Chapter 49.2- Gamer of the Desert

XXXXX- HEAD JOUNIN MEBUKI

She weaved out of the way of a sudden strike that had been aimed at her heart, wondering for a second how the situation had gotten so bad. She’d come to work today, expecting another droll day where she had to read report after report from spy after spy. Since Iwa had been basically taken off the map by the Kazekage, not a day had gone wihpout her being forced into one or ten meetings. Some times, there were even meetings that would be scheduled to take place simultaneously with her being shuffled from place to place. Trying to figure out how they could take advantage of the fall of one of the Five was not an easy thing to do and they had a lot of thinking and talking and planning to do before anything could come together.

It was in between meetings, moving from one to another that she had caught a glimpse of him. A clerk, nothing more than a paper pusher, his appearance told her. But the way he walked in between the members of the class around her had been suspicious. It was that suspicion that made her alert enough to dodge the stab that struck out of her as the man transformed from into a child with two fingers stretched out and aimed at her heart.

The gentle fist, her mind supplied with time to disect the stance he had taken. Konoha were making a move, it seemed. But sending a child to do this? She’d have thought that when they eventually came for her head, that it would be Sharingan no Kakashi or the Green Beast that would be sent for her. One child, and as she dodged out of the way of a sudden katana swipe that would have cleaved her head from her shoulders, she amended the thought. Two children would not be enough, she thought to herself with an inner chuckle while signing at her guards to go fortify the village’s defences.

This was most likely a distraction and if Konoha thought they would find Kusa to be easy pickings, then they’d be proven dead wrong. They’d learned a lot from the third war and even if most of their plans were geared for an Iwa invasion, they’d be just as effective against Konoha scum.

She moved backwards, taking step after step to angle herself in such a way that she could keep an eye on both children in her crosshairs. That was when she noticed something else. The second boy looked very familiar. Scarily familiar. Anyone who had ever had the displeasure of running into Uchiha Itachi wouldn’t have any difficulty recognising his little brother.

“You look identical to him. You’re like a mini-Itachi, kid” She said, and then the boy roared at her words before charging her. She couldn’t even figure out what had prompted the sudden stupidity.

A sword swipe came for her head. She leaned backwards. Expert chakra control allowed the few sparks that branched out from the blade to hit her with no effect, seamlessly channelling the lighting chakra into the floor. The boy’s teammate was not far behind. She backpedalled to avoid two quick swipes while preparing for a harder fight than expected. A more rewarding one, definitely. In both their heads lay eyes that would be of paramount value to Kusa. Even better, keeping them alive would give her her own versions of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans in time. Wouldn’t that be one hell of a way to ascent to big 5 status. 
She went on the attack, dropping a senbon into either hand from within her sleeves. The Hyuga boy danced well, dodging out of the way of her first stab, but falling prey to the second that hid in the shadow of the first. His form burst into the smoke of a well executed substitution as she channelled chakra through her body to take hold of the lightning release jutsu that hit her and direct it to her palms before she fired it right back at the Uchiha boy. He dove out of the way, giving away the shallowness of his skill with the element. Oh how she would have loved to clash with the boy’s sensei. The famous Lightning Cutter had to be one hell of a jutsu. She was one of the few in the world that had cut a lightning bolt before and she knew it wasn’t a mean feat.

Her hands met for a second before she stomped her foot on the ground. The Hyuga boy was sent flying right back out of the hole he’d dug in for himself. “Subterranean voyage will not work during combat with a stronger adversary. Anyone stronger than a chunin knows how to detect and punish it.” She said.

The Uchiha, Sasuke she remembered from the reports, ran at her. He aborted his run at the last second and jumped backwards while grunting. She smiled to herself. Not completely stupid then. He weaved a familiar set of seals that she matched at the same time.

“Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu” They said in unison. His ball, bigger than hers was the first to give way when both jutsu hit each other and exploded in a fiery conflagration. The Hyuga tried to take advantage of the chaos to rush at her but she tossed both senbon at him, forcing him to change the angle of his approach. When he finally made it to her, she was the one with the advantage. His thrust was avoided with contemptuous ease. She jabbed at him. Once. Twice. He dodged both. The small fire balls the Uchiha sent at the both of them hit naught but air as she slammed into the Hyuga and tossed him backwards while dodging out of the way.

“You have terrible teamwork” She said with a rueful smile. Weren’t Konoha ninja supposed to be really good at that? That was why her sensei had tossed her aside, wasn’t it? Sent her back to the Corps.

“And you talk too much” The Uchiha thought he was smarter than he really was. She turned in time to dodge out of his stab before kicking him in the face and sending him backwards.

“Your speed, strength, chakra, and reactions. They’re all chunin level. Together, the both of you have no chance against me.”

A/N; This keeps coming along