18 Chapter 18 : The Devil Made Me Do It Part 3 (1/2)
Esketit.
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Kenji and Hansuke shot towards each other with anger. Hansuke swiped back and forth, twice as fast than his normal one sword style. Kenji flicked his eyes around, barely catching the movements of his deathseeker, even with the sharingan. Hansuke switched his playstyle at the last second and slashed at the speed of light. Another tear in the skin on Kenji's hip, added to the collection.
Kenji retreated. ”Fire Style : Dragon Flame Jutsu!”
Hansuke glanced towards his chest. A glimmer of wire attached to his shirt began to heat up. A rush of fire facilitated by Kenji shot across the wire. Straight towards Hansuke. The boy hesitated, then he spun the dual daggers in his hand, Shink! He dealt a blow to Kenji's wire in one hit, causing a build-up of flames with no where to go. A mini explosion sounded off throughout the woods. But Hansuke and Kenji were unaffected.
Hansuke weaved some signs. His daggers started glowing a diamond blue. Water emerged and traveled up the blades. Hansuke now had two scythes. He still held the daggers, but they extended with a piercing glow of blue about two feet past his original blade. The newly developed water blade shot from the side and angled slightly downward with intimidation. Hansuke's hilt changed. He held on to the piece closer to him while another gaurded his knuckles with spikes.
Hansuke flipped the weapons backwards in his hands. Stopping them into the same position he had before.
Kenji looked on with admiration. It looked like Hansuke lost zero speed also. Kenji glanced at his sword. He weaved signs with one hand and channeled fire into his blade. Half of it glowed red like coals under a fire. The top half stayed black, only radiating the flames into the air. He looked at his best friend. He didn't want to kill him, so deciding to cancel his water out with fire, rather than using lightning was a choice he had to make.
Off to the races again. Kenji collided with Hansuke's new weapons. The two opposing forces created a smoky playing field with every collision. Kenji grabbed another small cut across his left eyebrow, down his cheek. He narrowly missed his eye. Hansuke was in no better shape. He had burns on his forearms, a black eye from an unsuspecting punch, and a blood oozing shoulder.
Kenji wondered how he was even standing a chance. His consciousness was waning since the beginning. The back of his head still throbbed.He was about to lose it. After trying to stay awake for so long, he couldn't do it anymore.
The two boys stood close to each other, hands on their knees, and staring each other down.
Kenji never suspected this at all. When he looked down, trying to gather himself. Hansuke picked up his only remaining scythe and began to swing. Kenji felt the movement through his senses. He picked his head up and slung his sword. On the brink of severe blood loss, Kenji's rationality was gone. His sword headed straight towards Hansuke's stomach, both were looking to gut each other. Kenji's sword followed through. When both weapons became centimeters away from contact....
Hansuke smiled.
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In the middle of the woods, Kakashi's remaining Team 7 and Aya stopped to have a break. The kids couldn't keep up to speed. Even the Adults were a little winded.
”Wh....WHY DID....I HAVE....TO....WAKE UP....SO LATE ANYWAY!!” Rei managed to say through her wheezes. She closed her mouth and swallowed. Rei smacked her lips and finished. ”It's not like you need me.” She looked down. ”We are only genin, why did we get put onto an S rank mission? I thought that was for jonin.”
Sasuke leaned against a tree and only looked at his teammate. He turned back to focus on himself.
Kakashi stuffed his hands into his pockets. ”Actually, I need both of you. For good reason too. We will address how the situation is when we get there and I'll tell you if it's necessary for the help too.” Kakashi seemed stressed and let out a long breath. ”And Rei, please at least try to be quiet don't get us killed.”
Rei eyed her sensei. ”I'll try but no promises you know.”
Kakashi slumped. Only he could hear it, but he said ”Great” with the highest sarcasm.
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Hansuke smiled. He stared into Kenji's eyes and retracted his weapon extension. His dagger only flew by Kenji's stomach. Missing completely. Kenji's face turned to shame and darkness. For himself. He couldn't stop it. His sword pierced Hansuke all the way through his stomach. He never stopped smiling. Kenji's waning consciousness ceased. His adrenaline kick started even more and brought him back.
Without any disbelief, Kenji pulled his sword out, threw it, and held on to Hansuke. He hugged his friend tightly, not letting him hit the ground. Kenji cried through his red eyes.
”No. No. No. No. No. No. We...why....” Kenji had no words. Until Hansuke spoke up.