Chapter 25.3- One Thousand Hands

Our chakra clashed before our bodies. I lashed out with a palm slap aimed for his head but his arm moved in time to knock my wrist away and send the attack away from his target. My other palm came up but met naught but air as he moved to the left to avoid it. His knee met mine for a second and we both snarled at each other until a swarm of shurinken fell down on our position. I did not move to dodge, trusting Kagami’s accuracy even as my opponent grit his teeth and enhanced his output. The shurinken crashed against his armour but failed to make any headroom. Still, the distraction had allowed me get closer to him. My palm shot out and this time his block was a second too slow. I felt the impact against his shoulder as I knocked the bone off its previous position..

I dove into the attack at that. One hand less, it was all he could do to block and avoid my barrage of attacks. He never got the chance to attack on his own, but the fact that he was so neatly keeping me at bay with only one hand in the fight said a lot about his skill as a shinobi. That even said nothing about the fact that he had to constantly deal with Kagami’s genjutsu while doing so.

I saw the Uchiha’s chakra as it lashed out at the Raikage, trying to ensnare the man in its grip even as it fed him untruth after untruth. Yet, regardless of all that, he still managed to break out of every genjutsu the second he was caught. I could see it now. This was the man that Granduncle Tobirama fought for years without being able to beat. A genius of the Cloud. I silently thanked my ancestors for the byakugan as I briefly disengaged from the Raikage to cut a shinobi who tried to sneak behind me in twain. Done with the distraction, I fell upon the man again.

Somehow, the quick disposal of their comrade had not made the Cloud Jounin reconsider the thought of interfering in a fight that was clearly above their level. Somehow, it had made them even more fired up to do so. They came from all directions, screaming savage war cries as they fell upon my wind armour. With enhanced speed and strength beyond their imaginations, I dealt with them in virtually no time. Each palm thrust was a lance that shoved chakra so far into their bodies that they were dead before I even withdrew my hands. Of course, they had lost their lives but still managed to distract me for long enough to be annoying.

The Raikage had managed to relocate the bone I’d dislocated and pressed a glowing hand to the tenketsu I’d blocked. Medical ninjutsu, of course. Just my luck. I ran at him, hoping to prevent a full recovery, but took a boot to the head for all my troubles.

A/N: Today’s bit