Chap. 20: The Enemy Returns
"Oh goody, the nine tails is here. Yay!" Chitiro said three days later, standing across from Naruto and Akei, seeming to appear from nowhereher purple hair sitting spiked around her a headband with the kanji for death was tied to her forehead she wore a red cloak with blue clouds wearing black tights with a blue skirt and white collared shirt underneath. stand on the grass, wearing pink ninja sandals. Wearing a sadistic grin on her face, Hinami being held by magnetic sand as she swiped her hand across the ground in front of the woman, who looked towards her, aiming an attack, before she was forced to freeze in place. Flowers blooming around the woman. Akei was on the ground, being shoved back by the woman, Shinki sent his sand forwards at the same time as Hashirama sent woodstyle, trapping the womans arms, as she tried to move, finding all of her movements restricted, Sasuke coming down with lightning style the woman breaking free from the jutsu's holding her in place unexpectedly as she held up a kunai, holding it against Sasuke's sword giggling like a maniac with glee she continued to push against Sasuke's attempts to subdue her.
"This is so much fun. Haha! Entertain me!" Chitiro proclaimed to Sasuke as she pushed against him, her feet sliding on the ground., as did Sasuke's, Hinami jumping from the right, moving the forest with her, going to help Sasuke. Chihito piercing through her abdomen with the chain yet again, that seemed to function independently of her body, before jumping behind Jiraiya, and stabbing him through the shoulder with the same chain.
"Hinami! Pervy Sage!" Naruto yelled over, worried, the girl poofing from existence, kicking the side of the womans head, grabbing the chain coming from her body, causing the woman to yell out in partial surprise as Hinami lifted her overhead, slamming her down on the ground, causing a large crater to form, 5 trees in the vicinity splintering
"You ripped my shirt." Hinami said looking over, jumping over Chitiro's chain once more, before yelping a moment as she was grabbed from behind by Hashirama, the adults nodding to eachother,
"Get Naruto out of here. I'll hold her back. Go now." Sasuke said and Jiraiya nodded alongside Hashirama, his white gizo in a ponytail behind his head reaching down his waist with the majority of his white hair spiking over his headband that had two horns which held the kanji for oil in the middle. Wearing a green short shirt kimono and matching pants; under which he wore mesh armor that showed out of the sleeves and legs of his outfit. With a sleeveless red cloak overtop with gold circles around the pecs. He had red lines on his face that went from the corners of his eyes to his chin.
"What! Sasuke! No way you know!" Akei said and Hinami looking forwards confused a moment, but decided to trust him anyway.
"You die and I'll kill you!" She yelled over and Sasuke scoffed a moment, before giving a single nod
"The whole reason we're here is to protect him, don't loose sight of the mission we were given." Sasuke said before groaning, on the loosing side of the battle. Chitiro and Sasuke engaged in a battle of strength, the girl sending Hinami's chakra she'd absorbed back towards the man, which he blocked, Jiraiya summoning his toad, and jumping away with Naruto, Akei held by the tongue,
"I totally had her on the ropes back there though, so why'd you grab me anyway?" Hinami said sitting next to Hashirama on the toad and the man hummed in response,
"Those chains are specially designed to steal chakra. Injuries from them heal pretty quickly. From what we've gathered anyway." Shinki said in response as he flew next to the toad, the group touching down in the middle of the forest a few km away from where Chitiro had shown up once more, Shinki binding Boruto to a tree as he insisted on returning straight to where Sasuke was fighting Chitiro to help.
"Mannnn how are we supposed to defeat her anyway then?" Hinami said rubbing her head,
"There's something about her attitude… her movements… I can't place it, but I have an idea." Akei commented, and the group looked towards him a moment before nodding, in agreement, agreeing to follow what he was thinking.
"You think this'll work? Whatever you're thinking?" Hinami said and Akei nodded, as they ran through the forest and Shinki looked over,
"Great.. So you wanna fill us in?" He questioned and Akei looked over with his light blue pupiless eyes,
"There's something about her clothes." Akei said in response as they ran towards where Chitiro was, using Hinami and Hashirama as guides to locate her quickly.
"I see." Naruto said as they ran, Akei and Naruto would confront Chitiro headon, with Hinami watching from a valley with Hashirama and Jiraiya. Akei went for an attack on Chitiro only for his eyebrow to be sliced in an upwards motion, the blood splattering on Chitiro's clothing as well, before drying quickly. Hinami doing what she could to watch from the canyon, noting the interaction, pushing through her phobia of blood as her hands shook, sitting in the canyon across from Hashirama
"Hey that's weird." Hinami commented, looking over,
"What is?" Hashirama questioned,
"Her chakra spiked for a moment, but then returned to normal." Hinami said in return, looking towards Hashirama a moment before looking back out with her byakugan, looking into the forest,
"Ooh, is this a game of hide and seek? How fuuun. Let's see." Chitiro said sending Sasuke's sword straight through the trunk of the tree that Jiraiya had been behind, splitting the wood and forcing the man into the open. Jiraiya sent fire bombs and then toad oil bombs toward the woman who laughed as she dodged every single one as though this were a game. Before they retreated to the valley,
"What'd you notice?" Hashirama questioned looking at Akei's clothing, as did Shinki, noting the blood staining it, he passed forth some bandage,
"The blood on her clothes dried faster than on mine." Akei said moving his clothing out as he realized what'd happened from the confrontation, poking the liquid a moment as he crouched in the rocks.
"It's another type of transportation technique. That's gotta be linked to how our attacks are being predicted." Hinami said and Hashirama nodded,
"I was thinking the same thing." Jiraiya said looking over, and Hinami hummed before looking back,
"But if she could predict our movements why not just outright take Naruto. Something doesn't add up." Shinki commented, and the group nodded, looking towards him
"We're missing something." Hashirama said in response,
"What if he can only predict moves until the blood dries you know, like with Nejis rotation jutsu, it only works as long as he spins you know" Naruto said and Hinami looked towards the the back of the canyon,
"That could be it." Jiraiya said looking towards Naruto before looking towards Hinami,
"What's wrong?" he questioned,
"She didn't have the byakugan before, but after she stole some of my chakra, she does. Also her eyes were yellow when she first appeared. But changed after she stole my chakra, and then they changed again after she attacked, to the sharingan which was hidden within the byakugan. Could that be how she's predicting attacks, and how can one person have access to two types of dojutsu in both eyes. At the same time." Hinami said and the three hummed, before Hashirama looked over,
"For her prediction abilities at least, there are three things we should consider. It's likely she used a teleportation technique unseen to us in order to counter our attacks before they happened, so what we saw was the blood drying faster, while she'd already seen our techniques." Hashirama said and Hinami hummed in response before the others nodded in agreement, before the rocks on the back of the canyon were knocked from their place, Chitiro appearing before them, her chain moving as though it was an extension of her body as she lifted her right hand to her face, looking towards the group with byakugan,
"I do so love these eyes. I found you little fox." She said sadistically, before sending out her chain,
"Shiit." Akei said as they jumped from the canyon, rocks crashing and falling to the ground behind them as they jumped, She laughed like a madwoman, slicing towards the group, floating through the area.
"You're using a timeline jutsu." Hinami said jumping over the chains, Chitiro giggling maliciously,
"Wowwee so you've got a brain, but that doesn't matter. I'm gonna take the fox and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Hehehe, I've already seen every move you're going to make. This is a defensive move of my clan, but I adjusted it for this situation." Chitiro said in return, before hitting Akei and Shinki out of the way as the two had been about to punch both in front and behind, sending them crashing into the rocks and ground behind and in front of him.
"You're gonna pay for that." Naruto said, looking forwards and Hinami held her hand out towards the boy to stop him,
"Get angry Naruto, I'll take the fox from you! Oh yes… I can taste the victory now." Chitiro said as she held her hands out as she looked towards the sky,
"Control yourself Naruto, those who loose to emotions make mistakes in battle. Remember, besides, Hina'd kick our ass if you did." Hinami said glancing towards Naruto a moment as Shinki and Akei stepped from the rubble as Naruto looked towards her before nodding. Jiraiya activating his toad mouth trap around Akei, Naruto, himself, and Chitiro. Leaving Hinami, Hashirama, and Shinki outside the trap, the three coming up with another plan for when the trap dropped. While inside the trap, Jiraiya remained crouched on the ground, his hands remaining touching the pink insides.
"What is this?" Chitiro said, looking around the small room, looking confused at the pink walls that now surrounded them, the forest completely gone
"Conserve your energy as much as possible. You two." Jiraiya said quietly, as he kept his hands on the ground, Naruto creating dozens of clones, while Akei created 6 alongside him. Naruto's clones running forwards and forcing Chitiro on the offensive, the woman blocking and accounting for every attack he used, activating the sharingan to track the jutsu, which she did with ease, before she coughed blood. Looking in confusion. all the clones disappeared, Chitiro falling to her knees, spitting more blood on the ground which squealched into the ground. She ran forward before grabbing her chest, which was in pain coughing blood into the acid.
"What is this… jutsu." She said as she coughed, her blood felt acidic, Jiraiya looked over in mock sympathy
"Feeling the affects? Were in the stomach of the great myoboku toad. The acidic acid is tasteless and odorless which makes it hard to detect. Even if you can detect it, in 10 minutes you're as good as mush. And since your ability allows you to travel back in time only for a few seconds your not able to go back to the moment before you were placed in the belly." he said as stomach poofed away.
"Let's do it!" Hinami said moving her hands in specific signs as Hashirama and Shinki did the same, Hinami sending forwards wood kunai, Shinki sending forth sharpened metallic sand spears as Hashirama sent forwards wood shuriken, sending them towards the woman who was blasted back, coughing from the acidity now in her blood. Akei and Naruto sending a rasengan forwards into Chitiro's abdomen one after another, sending her crashing into the ravine leaving a large crater in the rock. The group landing on the ground, looking towards the woman.
"Hinami." Jiraiya said and the girl nodded, activating her byakugan,
"This isn't over." She said in response, the group gearing up for yet another fight with the woman. Who stepped from the rubble her clothing torn from the attack.
"You… you…. You imbicle fools. Children like you must be punished. Come feel the full force of the Gitai clan." Chitiro said floating in the air, her hair falling from it's updo as her clothing held cuts and tears from the fight they were engaged in.
"The malice coming from her has almost doubled in size, is that a cursemark?" Hinami said looking forwards,
"I don't think we want to get close enough to find out." Jiraiya said in return, as Chitiro's skin went almost luminescent white, her hair glowing a vibrant yellow a stark contrast to the purple it had been, as black swirl lines made their way across her body, her eyes holding the byakugan and sharingan once more as her headband broke in half as it fell to the ground, a horn protruding from her forehead, as her cloak tearing as spines not unlike kimimaro appeared around her body, her pink ninja sandals tearing to make room for the elongated claws now sitting on her feet. She looked towards the group before her with hate and anger in her eyes. Ready to kill them all.
"What is she. Is she even human?" Hinami said in shock, Shinki and Akei echoing her concerns as did Jiraiya from the otherside with Naruto. Hashirama glaring towards her as he prepared to fight alongside them.
"Hahahahahaha! Now be good boys and girls and die quickly. Or don't make this more entertaining." Chitiro said laughing wickedly as she floated above them, she was giggling like a mad woman, scratching her face as blood dripped from the scratches, hitting the blades of the grass before returning to the earth. Before Holding her hand out towards the group, Hashirama grabbing Hinami and Shinki before jumping back, Jiraiya grabbing Akei and Naruto and doing the same as Chitiro sent a powerful fire powered lightning charged jutu towards the group completely decimating the spot where they'd just been.
"Her speed's incredible." Hinami said looking over Hashirama's shoulder as they jumped back,
"I didn't even see her move ya know." Akei said looking forwards in shock, Hashirama letting the two kids go as they stood outside the crater created, the trees in the area snapping from the force of the blow, falling to the ground.
"You're all going to die, except for Naruto. So fun." Chitiro said from the air, the group looking up towards her, the sun beating high in the sky.
"No way! I'll stop you for good this time!" Akei said jumping forwards, with rasengan, though before he could reach the woman, he was hit in all directions before being slammed into the ground, the boy coughing as he yelled out, Shinki grabbing him with magnetic sand.