Chapter 11 - Minato enters the light to hide himself (1/2)
Standing in the middle of the training ground, Minato was glad that he decided to come by himself. Thanks to the month's training he has done, his chakra reserves have gone up to that of a low chunin, and he now can endure the backlash of 4 shadow clones. It means that each of them has the power of a bȧrėly decent genin. And there is a high chance to be touched by Tsume with that level of power. With her nails like claws, his clone will have gone 'puff', and all the village will know that he mastered a jutsu that he should have no way to.
'Well, if the shadow clones were more durable they could have won pretty easily, she is still pretty young and weak. But it can be a chance for me, the more I try to hide, the more suspicious I will be. After all, the darkness needs its lights, and the more brightly the light shines, the deeper the darkness is concealed. If I appear as a genius, all the feats that I will achieve will be attributed to the label 'genius'. With it, I could have far more freedom, and I could have public access to things that I will use but should not have known '
”Are you two ready?” The 2 of us performed the confrontation seal, then ”Begin!” Shouted Amano-sensei”
As soon as she heard the teacher finished, Tsume crosses the distance between her and Minato and sweep at him with her claw-like hand.
Minato just sidestepped. He was already far more powerful than her, but with his sixth-sense that he named 'Hyper intuition', it became a complete overkill. All things could be perceived by him, danger, the flaws in her stance than he can take advantage of, her weak points...
He then began to dodge and weave through Tsume attacks, not striking back, content on just avoid for the time being.
Meanwhile, Tsume was a mix of angry and awed. Angry because he didn't take her seriously, and awed because she came full power but he was dodging without breaking a sweat! You must know that orphans were different than clan members. Since she was 4, she was trained by her family in the Inuzuka Taijutsu style, but he must have attained such a high level on his own. 'A pure genius'
Stopping herself, she asked Amato-sensei if it was okay for her to battle with Kuromaru.
”If Minato is ok with it there is no problem” Minato nodded at that, and the battle resumed.
Unfortunately, even the presence of Kuromaru didn't change a thing, Minato seemed to evade her with the same ease as before. Not willing to be beaten like that, Tsume activates her ace in the hole.
Standing on all fours, with Kuromaru near her, she executes her clan Taijutsu technique ”Gatsuga(Wolf Bite)!” She launched herself, rotating at high speed, making her look like a mini tourbillon. Kuromaru did the same, unfortunately, no Jutsu is authorized so she couldn't have him transform into her, and with his size, his gatsuga was even smaller.
Minato finally decides to act. When Tsume came just in front of him, his hyper intuition indicated him the path to break her technique, which he was unable to do with just his eyes. After all, if it was that easy, the Inuzuka clan will not be this renowned.
Lashing out with his arm, he took hold of her right arm, and with a jerk, spun her in the other sense that she was rotating, and let her go while sidestepping. This sudden motion made her completely lose control of her body, and she collided with her ninken, sending the two of them tumbling down out of the circle.