Chapter 76 - Pitifull (1/2)
*Fair warning, small parts of this chapter are a bit graphic*
Mizuki went back up to the balcony before sitting next to Anko, who gave him a playful punch on the side.
Anko: ”Congrats on making the semifinals, although with your opponents, it must have been a bit of a cakewalk.”
Mizuki gave a slightly sad look at the thought, as it was true that he by far had the easiest route to the semifinals compared to all of those who he predicted would eventually arrive at that stage.
Mizuki: ”Well, break a leg Anko, can't have you losing before you lose to me now can I?”
Anko: ”Please, if anything, I would be the one winning in that fight”
Mizuki: ”I suppose we will find out next round.”
Anko had a determined look on her face, as she turned and was about to jump down the railing to engage Idate, when she felt herself being stopped by Mizuki.
Mizuki: ”One more thing, Anko, be cautious.
Mizuki: ”In just over a half a year, he went from an average genin to a near master of his variant of Futon Jutsu and we have no idea what other surprises he might be packing courtesy of the old snake.”
Mizuki: ”Anyways, I just have a bit of a bad feeling, but it's probably nothing. Just do me a favour and be careful.”
Anko: ”You've got a point, I will Mizuki, wish me luck!”
Mizuki: ”Good Luck Anko.”
A light blush adorned her face, wish she quickly tried to get rid of as she approached her position on the stage, looking across her to see her opponent.
The month that had passed had changed his appearance once more, with Bandages covering his entire Neck and up to his nose, in a manner similar to Zack Foster from ”Satsuriku no Tenshi”,
(A/N: Manga Version: satsuriku-no-tenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Isaac_%22Zack%22_Foster)
This is, with the except for his attire, which consisted of a black trench coat and pants, accompanied by the standard shinobi holster and sandals.
Doto: ”Are both participants ready?”
Anko: ”Yup”
Idate: ”Yes”
Doto: ”Very well then, I now declare the second match of the second round of the exam, as begun.”
Idate: {Futon: Vacuum Serial Waves}
Seeing the Blades of Wind coming towards her, Anko simply remained still as she spit out a geyser of water which began to encircle her in a sort of wall which blocked the previously mentioned blades of wind.
Anko: {Suiton: Water Formation Wall}
However, As just as Anko finished defending herself with her Water Wall, Idate had already chained together his second attack, an incredibly large amount of chakra was focused into a sudden blast of wind, which caused the water wall to shake and eventually collapse.
Idate: {Futon: Great Breakthrough}
Seeing the opening created by his attack, Anko was just about to move back when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her ċhėst, which began to grow cold.
Looking down, she saw a blade of wind sticking out of her ċhėst, courtesy of Idate, who was now standing behind her.
Using the reduced visibility he created by Anko's wall of water, he created a shadow clone to execute his first attack, whilst hiding himself on the roof by applying his chakra to his feet.
Anko: ”Fuck you ȧsshole.”
Anko had left the safety of the water wall long ago in order to try to take out Idate and end the fight early.
Anko let loose a silent tsk as she realized that Mizuki's predictions were starting to become reality.
Anko: ”God Damnit Mizuki, had to You just had to jinx me didn't you.”
However, on the inside, Anko was starting to grow slightly fearful.
After all, he showed no hesitation before trying to pierce her ċhėst, even if the blow wouldn't have killed her, it would have seriously crippled her, most likely collapsing one of her lungs.
Anko's gaze narrowed as she tried to settle the battle quickly.
Anko: {Striking Shadow Snakes!}
A series of snakes sprouted out of her sleeves, all aiming to bite Idate.
The boy infused wind into his kunai via softly exhaling wind chakra onto it, forming a scimitar shape before using his newfound sword in order to slash the different snakes.
He then began to close the distance between him and his opponent, trying to get close enough to win in close combat, where Anko is weaker.
. . . . .
Seeing this jutsu, Mizuki's eyes nearly bulged out of his head as he looked towards Idate, a newfound look of horror evident on his face.
He had finally figured out what was bothering him all this time.
That jutsu Idate used just then, was the one was used by Danzo in his final clash with Sasuke at the FIve Kage Summit years later before he commited his suicide jutsu.
Thinking back to the anime, Mizuki also remembered that Orochimaru was an Anbu working with Danzo around this time, a detail which Mizuki had previously overlooked, believing that the partnership would only begin during the war and not before it.
Mizuki looked towards his sensei, who was alongside the other jonin who were standing off to the sides as they were ȧssessing the genin.
Mizuki: {I see, this is all a sort of test for him, with Idate being the subject, hmm, what could he be testing though?...Most likely the curse mark or one of it's variants...}
Having sorted out his thoughts in his head, Mizuki could only wish Anko good luck in his heart as he observed the match, a certain glare evident in his eye.
Even with the new stress on her shoulders however, Anko did not falter, as she was able to effectively maintain the distance between her and Idate, all the whilst producing counter attacks through snakes which would come out of her sleeves and scratch Idate.
Clearly, over the course of the past month, she had trained her snake jutsu to an incredible degree, in addition to her elemental ninjutsu.
Anko's attacks, whilst initially showing little to no effect, quickly ended up showing their might, as Idate's movements slowed and chakra weakened