45 45 War as Started (1/2)

War as started, I was assigned to be leader of my own unit since they were spreading us thin around not only Iwa but against Kumo and Kirikagure which wanted to take advantage of all the chaos to get hold of some territory by attacking the at the edges of the land of fire territory. I got assigned with a 3 cell team of gennins under me as their chunnin leader. I was not the only one since team guy was led by a chunnin Hyuuga, I notice thought that Ebisu was not on the team but instead Raido was on their team taking his place. Looks like Ebisu was anbu so he had his own unit.

My team of gennin were Anko, Gekko and Popo. Our mission was to confront against Kirikagure shinobis that were wreaking nearby villages by the borders between Amekagure and the land of Fire. Looks like not only did Kiri send the 7 swordsman to try to take some territory from the edges of the borders but also sent other troops based on anbus to kill off our war potential. Mostly aiming at our gennin corps units.

Looks like from the positioning of my Sarutobi ,ThunderGod logo on Rin. Their team got assigned to demolish the main bridge that connects Kusakagure to the land of fire just like in the cannon. While our team was near the edge of borders between Amekagure and the land of Fire. Giving us also part of the action against shinobi's of Iwa since they have to travel by Ame to invade Kusakagure(hidden grassvillage).

Once we got in contact to the main base situated on the border we encounter several ninjas that were injured on some of the tents. It looks like they were using this base for injured shinobi's that had confrontation with the Kiri and Iwa forces.

We didn't stick around for much since we got assigned to patrol a area that covered some small villages that could be targeted by enemy forces. I ordered Anko to use her snakes to patrol ahead of us to detect potential enemies. Gekko used his Chameleon jutsu also while scouting on the direction assigned to him. As Popo would put strategic explosion tags and wire traps to cover some of our tracks if we were being followed by enemy ninjas.

Not long after mid-day did we encounter some conflict as we ended in a confrontation against a Kiri anbu team of 5. I could sense all of the Anbu were at least mid-chunnin level chakra as their strongest, which I assume is their captain had at least Mid- Jounnin chakra. Since this was going to be experience, to play it safe I commanded to retreat, as we attracted the enemy to a more favorable location.

As the leader it was my mission to keep the Anbu captain busy while my team got in charge of the other anbu. I knew they were not completely ready, well maybe only Gekko could take them on. But the others needed to gain experience. To equal the leveling field or more to put it in our favor. I summoned Uloong to keep a eye on my team and assist when needed while I was busy with the Anbu Captain.

I didn't wanted for them to have a advantage so the moment he release his clones I release my own Ice jutsu. Icy Wind Great Break Through, which is similar to the Wind style-Great Breakthrough but this technique, freezes anything in his path within 2 to 5 seconds of impact or contact with it. Freezing the Anbu captain's water clones and then shattering to ice particles of snow.

Not wasting time the other Kiri Anbu's started using their signature move Hidden Mist jutsu.  Making it hard for my team to locate the enemy. Good luck for us we were already used to the location were we baited them too. So we had a general idea of our surroundings.

I knew my team was going to be fine since Uloong was with them and he was just like me a sensor type, even better than me. So all I had to do was focus on my target. Since the whole place was in dense mist. I used my echolocation training from the silent killing techniques to make the less noise possible. Likely my enemy also studies it since he was a Kirikagure anbu ninja.

I could here already the clash between my unit and the enemy clashing since I heard shurikens and sebons clashing. Looks like Gekko decided to finish fast since I could hear some Sonic Slashes in between the clashes. Then the sound of Blood spilling was heard. I manage to clash with my sword against the Anbu Captain, I could hear him laughing, as he thought the one that most likely fall was one of my comrades.