The three Leaf shinobi dived out of the way, as the enemies' jutsus all collided, disintegrating the branch on which they had previously crouched on.
SH*T. THEY NOTICED US! Obito grumbled to himself as their squad continuously circled around their enemies, in the trees above which provided more footholds and covers to avoid and dodge attacks while they were thinking of a strategy.
"What do we do?" Rin asked, "We can't keep jumping around them, eventually they're going to lose patience and come directly to get us or demolish the entire forest!"
"Exactly! Rin's right! We need to change tactics!" Obito chimed in.
"You're right," Kakashi sighed, annoyed that the enemy had already noticed their presence so quickly, "but we're still weaker than them right now. They have a few more shinobi than us, but forgetting the Genin, they have multiple Chunin, stronger than the ones we previously fought, as well as a Jonin. If we don't think this out carefully, it could cost us our lives." He adjusted the medical chakra bandage Rin had wrapped around his left eye, which was now blind and a large scar could be seen above and below it.
"Thanks to Rin, the medical supplies and the soldier pills, all of our chakras have been replenished. However, I'm still weaker than I was before the last fight, since my field of vision is reduced, and even with Obito's Sharingan, I don't think we're in a position to fight them. Regardless, it's our only option."
"I'm guessing you have a plan then?" Obito looked at Kakashi as they hopped off another tree branch.
"Yeah, I do," Kakashi rolled his eyes, "Listen here…"
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"That might just work!" Rin smiled.
"But remember," Kakashi said seriously, "There's still the possibility that the plan will fail."
"Remember that cave we passed over on the way here? I bet the enemy doesn't know it's there. We could use it to retreat into if things end up going south!" Obito firmly said, before looking at Rin quickly to see her reaction.
"Good idea, Obito!" she nodded enthusiastically.
After this war Rin, I'm going to take you to Ichiraku, to celebrate… Obito thought to himself happy, before being jolted back into reality by an explosion behind them.
"There's no time left!" Kakashi urged, "We're exposed to all of their attacks now. Let's do this!"
Instantly, the three ran down the trunk of the tree, evading all the attacks their enemies threw and sent towards them.
As they reached the ground, Kakashi led the attack alongside Obito, with Rin closely following behind.
"Take them down!" the enemy Jonin, who was a Cloud ninja, ordered the rest of the shinobi, while he stayed back to assess the strength of the Chunin and one newly promoted Jonin trio who had somehow managed to take out an entire 3 squads of Chunin and Genin alone, as mere children.
Simultaneously, all of the enemies shot towards the trio. Fortunately, Kakashi quickly rushed to meet their opponents, wielding his Tanto, similar to the one Sakumo tried to gift him.
His blade clashed against the enemies' but his title as the youngest Chunin and Jonin in history was very much deserved, and Kakashi swiftly out-maneuvered and cut down the first several opponents using the Shunpo his Dad was famous for, his enemy fell only moments after they came in contact with the son of the White Fang, moving off one enemy to the next like a thunder bolt.
As Kakashi regained his footing after his initial attack, he fell back slightly, still actively engaging their opponents, but now allowing Obito to take on the tougher enemies. Concentrating, Obito tightened his body, activating the Sharingan, tightly gripping his kunai. He knew his time with the ability was limited in each battle, which is why he decided to turn it on and off whenever he felt necessary in order to preserve chakra, a skill which he had practicised while the team was travelling through the forest after their last battle in which he had unlocked the Sharingan.
As the next two enemies bounded towards the squad.
Now.
As his opponents descended, Obito leapt towards them, and seeing through their movements, he knocked the first shinobi to the ground with a calculated mid-air roundhouse kick to the neck. The shinobi collapsed, temporarily unable to fight. As the next enemy approached with his blade, the Uchiha boy saw through his opponent like glass, and stepped out of the attack range, before diving his own kunai into the enemy.
Even without the Sharingan, Obito's skills were already strong for a Chunin our age, anyone could tell that much in the last battle before he unlocked it. With it, he's only going to grow even further… Kakashi thought to himself, as he fought off an enemy ninja, Maybe I'll challenge him to a spar after this is all over, as a sign of respect…and thanks… and of course to show him he's not at my level yet. His thought ended along with his opponent's life.
The second shinobi who had been kicked to the ground by Obito forced himself back up, but his movements were far too sluggish to keep up with Obito's own ability, allowing him to turn off the Sharingan and leading to Obito striking with his clan's famous shurikenjutsu even without it.
Rin, who had also been successfully knocking down her opponents, looked at Obito in innocent adoration.
Obito, you've come so far, I- her thought was cut short as a kunai flew past her grazing her arm, forming a small yet precise cut.
"RIN!" Obito cried out, quickly backing towards her and Kakashi, who did the same. The three stood back to back, once again, like they did before.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me!" Rin nodded firmly, as she tied a small bandage over her arm, "but we have bigger problems on our hands." She looked towards the direction from which the kunai had come from. From the back, the Kumo Jonin stepped towards them, smiling, as he twirled another kunai in his hand, as the rest of the enemy unit stopped.
"My, my, you three certainly aren't just your average young shinobi. 2 strong Chunin and even 1 Jonin. Son of the White Fang, an Uchiha boy, and a Medical Ninja who is proficient in Taijutsu. And considering you're all just children, you certainly must be very accomplished. I'm sure my former ally who you dealt with already told you that we're here to take you hostage… however, to me it doesn't matter anymore if you're alive or dead. Just by saying you're in danger will have your Sensei leaving his position to come save you. But of course, you'd be dead by then," the Jonin chuckled.
"Try us," Obito snarled.
"Oi don't provoke him," Kakashi murmured, as he launched himself towards the shinobi, "You two fight the rest of them.
"You may be a Jonin," the Kumo Jonin laughed, signalling the few remaining enemies to target Rin and Obito as he dealt with Kakashi, "but you're still just a kid. Son of the White Fang or not, you're barely an opponent for me."
Kakashi narrowed his eyes, as their blades made contact, but didn't lose his composure at the insult.
"Oh?" the white haired ninja disappeared in front of the enemy Jonin's eyes.
Huh?
"Behind you!" another Kumo shinobi who had been fighting Obito and Rin exclaimed, seeing Kakashi suddenly appear behind the Jonin, which gave Kakashi's opponent enough time to spin around and raise his kunai in defense, right as the son of the White Fang struck down with his blade. The Shunpo that only the White Fang and Stormbreaker used when enhanced with lightning chakra made their movement almost impossible to follow. And it seemed that another had joined their ranks.
However, even with the warning, the Jonin was driven backwards, and in the exchange was disarmed quickly. He grunted, darting backwards and hastily throwing forward a paper bomb, to buy himself some time.
"Earth Wall!" A large, thick rock wall emerged in front of the Jonin, allowing him to think for a few moments, before Kakashi charged towards it.
"Chidori!" Like before, a current from the chidori wrapped around his weapon, and he swiftly sliced through the Earth Wall, narrowly missing the enemy Jonin. He needed to be careful, he couldn't use its upgraded version yet, so the tunnel vision weakness was still active, but it the Chidori's penetrative power was perfect in these type of situations.
That was way too close. That kid can use such a powerful jutsu at his age? No wonder we had him labelled as a potential threat.
However, right as the fight was about to continue, a loud cry pierced the air.
"KAKASHI!" It was Rin.
Kakashi quickly turned to look over at what was happening, and the sight horrified him. Fallen to the ground was Obito, clutching his right arm, which had been badly burned by a Fire Style Jutsu. It was smoking and the smell of burnt clothes and flesh slowly infiltrated the air around them.
NO!
"OBITO!" Kakashi yelled, his voice shaking. Abandoning his fight, he immediately shot towards his teammates, and pulled Obito over his shoulder, taking off with Rin beside him.
"To the cave!" Kakashi cried to Rin, whose face had tears slowly dripping down it, but she still managed to nod. He threw down smoke bombs and use the "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" The two Shadow Clones of Kakashi appeared leaping out of the smoke and immediately engaged the enemy shinobi, as the real Kakashi, carrying Obito, and Rin sped off through the forest, heading for the cave which Obito had pointed out before. The smoke bombs and Shadow Clones should have distracted them enough, but their desperate escape could be easily tracked to the cave. To stop this he made 3 more shadow clones with his already depleting reserves, even using transformation Jutsus on them to appear exactly like the 3 of them. The shadow clones shot in another direction, to look like they were running and would leave even more traces to be tracked so that the enemy wouldn't search the cave.
"He overused his Sharingan- he thought he could have it on for the entire fight…" Rin shook.
"Kakashi…" Obito groaned, somewhat conscious, "I- I'm sorry."
"Keep still, you idiot," Kakashi trembled.
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