Chapter 73: Against Rasa

"Hmm~ I see... impressive Hachiro-kun."

Orochimaru looked at Pakura and Izumi Uchiha beside Hachiro and praised with slight envy.

Of course, he wasn't looking at them in a sexual way, he was looking at them as possessors of bloodline Limits.

Spotting two of Hachiro's subordinates with bloodlines made him twitch in greed.

Even before, he defected from Konoha, he was a proud human trafficker that believed he was the greatest of his craft.

Kidnapping, Uzumaki and other descendants of clan's was like a hobby to him.

Scorch release, Sharingan, Shikotsumyaku and ice release...

Not bad. I'll have to try search the Land of Demons when I go back.

He licked his lips and thought to himself, I really want that Dark Release...

Rasa was still standing frozen in place.

Although, he had only brought out 10 Anbu with him, they had all been Jonin.

Definitely not a group of rookies, who could be eliminated so easily.

Unfortunately, he saw with his own eyes how they had been killed in moments.

That could only mean that these opponents were at least quasi-kage level.

But it was not without reason, they had been slaughtered so quickly.

Izumi with her Mangekyo and Flying Thunder God technique could easily handle the Jonin on her own.

Pakura owning a deadly kekkai genkai, and solid overall skills giving her a chance to defeat those at the mid-kage level.

And Orochimaru, not only possessing countless trump cards but also rich experience and an expertise in sneak attacks only made it all the worse for the poor shinobi.

"Orochimaru! You dare to join forces and attack me with the Cloud Shinobi?!"

Rasa turned to Orochimaru and shouted at him angrily.

Secretly, he was trying to divert their attention while he gathered gold dust in the ground.

The majority of his techniques used gold dust.

In fact, depending on the amount of sand he had, he could display the strength of a high-kage. All he needed to do was dump loads on the enemy and crush them under its weight.

"Hehe~ Rasa, you should know I don't ally with idiots. If I really required your participation I would rather keep you in a genjutsu to keep you from anything stupid."

Orochimaru smirked, and said.

"But, rest assured. We will accept the help from Sunagakure, as they will play an important role in our plans."

Rasa stared at him blankly.

He deciphered the information, he just got from those two sentences and figured out what he wanted to do.

Kill/incapacitate him before taking his power in the Sand for himself.

"You are delusional!"

Now angry, Rasa clenched his fist, causing chakra to spread and lift the golden sand underneath him.

Pakura quickly formed several hand seals and launched a great wall of fire towards the Kazekage.

"Fire Style:Majestic Destroyer Flame!"

Although, it was far inferior to the fire style from future impure reincarnation Madara, it was enough to pressure Rasa.

The expression of the Kazekage flipped, as he raised his hands and pushed the gathered sand in front of him to act as a wall.

"I didn't see that wrong, that's a Fire Release Technique from the Uchiha clan. That was probably a sharingan I saw on the teleporting girl earlier, even if its a little different."

Noticing the techniques which should have been unique to Konoha, Orochimaru looked at them and said.

"Huh, so it was the Cloud that took the book of seals."

Gradually, the sea of flames subsided and the wall of Golden Dust showed its liquid form.

Courtesy of Orochimaru's reminder, Rasa furiously roared at them saying,

"It was you damn Shinobi, that threw the blame on us back then!"

Rasa continued to speak as he controlled the sand to form a huge spear.

"I will have you pay for all the damage you've caused us!"

"Magnet Release Gold Dust Imperial Spear!"

The massive construct that was beginning to fall apart flew at breakneck speed towards the ninja from the cloud.

"Scorch Release: Incinerating Flare Technique!"

Several orbs of fire appeared, in a swift fashion they merged together to form an imitation of the sun.

The ball of flame came into contact with the spear and caused three quarters of it to melt from the extreme heat.

The rest fall apart on its own.

"Your opponent is me."

Pakura said calmly,

"You ungrateful wench! You go stay in the cloud for a few years and suddenly you forget the Village that you grew up in. Unbelievable!"

Rasa shouted in righteous fury.

He now realised that the 'fire' techniques from earlier, was actually a kekkai genkai he was familiar with.

Still, it amazed him, how she had been able to grow to become a kage-level ninja in six short years.

"I was raised by the villagers. Not you."

Pakura said emotionlessly,

"It would be better for the village if they had another leader. The only reason you have value, is because your kekkai genkai is strong and can keep it economically afloat."

"What, are you better?!"

Rasa snapped back instantly,

Hachiro smirked and added fuel to the fire.

"Hey, that's a good idea! How about this, after you die, she becomes the Fifth Kazekage? It'll be our little secret~ Whada-ya think?"

Rasa got even angrier at the taunting.

This time, he tried to form several smaller spears before sending them at her.

However, each time they liquified before getting close enough to cause her harm.

He totally forgotten, that he should have been focusing on escaping.

He didn't consider at all that Orochimaru or the Uchiha girl would suddenly decide to enter he fight.

"Scorch Style-Extremely Steaming Murder!"

With an astonishing show of mastery, she recycled the flame making up a big orb, she had created and split them into hundreds of ping pong size balls.

Each one of these orbs, were thousands of degrees in Fahrenheit.

She had not spent 6 years just learning more jutsu.

"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Imperial Funeral!"

Rasa gritted his teeth and slammed his hands on the ground.

His actions caused all the gold sand to slip out of the earth, and turn into a wave.

The thousands of red orbs confronted the heavy wave.

"It seems their fight will start to attract attention from those people in the nearby town. I think it would be better to end the fight now, right Hachiro-kun?"

Orochimaru reminded.

Hachiro thought about it and realised he was right.

Pakura and Rasa still had a lot of chakra and it seemed like she wanted to prevent Orochimaru from finding out her stronger techniques.

He patted the Uchiha on the head and told her.

"Izumi, go help."

She nodded and took out a Kunai in each hand, her eyes spun around and formed a crossdart shape.

Note: I might go back and change some things.