142. ONE PUNCH!
142. ONE PUNCH!
Back with team Yamato
As they continued to travel Tomoka couldn’t help but vibrate in place with excitement.
‘Finally! It took four days but finally things will get interesting!’ Why was Tomoka so excited? Simple really, up ahead lies a small puddle of water. Any Naruto fan would know what this means in this one mission. Especially so with the fact there has been no rain for the last two days.
Discreetly looking Towards her teammates she could see that all of them noticed as well. Hinata continued to chat with Nozomi like nothing happened. However, if you were to pay close attention you would be able to notice how her hands came a little closer to her weapons pouch. Nozomi for her part became a tiny bit tense. All of this wouldn’t be noticeable unless you were paying close attention to them. A slight mistake as this could alert their ambushers.
Tomoka, unlike the other two, didn't change in the slightest. No tense muscles, no strange movements though her excitement could barely be contained. Yamato also didn’t change his demeanor. Even though this may become slightly dangerous he had faith in his own skills as well as those of his team.
Not long after the group passed right next to the puddles. Suddenly out of them two kiri-nin jumped out with wip-blades attached to some kind of gauntlet. In an instant they attacked Yamato, however, to their surprise the kids moved with amazing speed initiating an attack towards them.
“Finally something fun!” Tomoka’s shout was accompanied by the sound of bones breaking as her electrically charged fist collided against nin number 1’s ribs. In her excitement Tomoka forgot to control her strength coupled with her incredible speed the poor nin didn’t stand a chance. Before anyone could react a thunderclap resounded as a smoking corpse flew away into the forest with a caved in chest and well cooked flesh.
The shock from his comrades sudden death made nin number two freeze for a moment, one long enough for the other two girls to act. With speed and grace Hinata used her taijutsu to block her enemy’s tenketsu points. Meanwhile Nozomi prepared an APER which just as Hinata made some distance after finishing her work landed on the poor nin’s chest. As expected it exploded from the inside destroying his internal organs killing him instantly.
Yamato for his part cringed a little seeing the brutal display. He had seen far more brutal displays than this in his time at root as well as an ANBU. Nonetheless he didn’t expect this group of genins to do so as well. Not to mention that the first kill is always the hardest. Yet they all seem relaxed as if it wasn’t a big deal. Well, except for Tomoka who stood frozen.
“Tomoka, I know killing can be hard. However, fights like this are common for shinobi, you shouldn’t let it-” Before he could finish trying to comfort Tomoka the girl reacted.
“God fucking damit useless kiri-nin couldn’t even withstand a simple punch! I have been waiting for three days for some action and this piece of trash couldn’t entertain me for even a single miserable minute!” Hearing Tomoka rant, Yamato's kind smile became slightly crooked.
‘Hokage-sama, what kind of monsters did you assign me to watch over?’ Those were Yamato's thoughts as he saw Tomoka throwing a sligh tantrum.
“Come on Tomoka, you can’t expect some no name ninja to keep up with us. Not to mention this is a C-ranked mission. We shouldn’t even be facing ninjas to start with. You should be happy you at least got to punch one.” Hearing Hinata’s words, Tomoka calmed herself a little.
Tazuna for his part was scared shitless of the nonchalance with which this group of brats talked about killing others. At that moment he decided to never antagonize them again. As if reading his thoughts, Tomoka looked in his direction and gave him a playful wink. Seeing this Tazuna’s face paled to the point he looked like the dead before turning around as if he saw nothing.
‘Puahahaha! Did you see his face?! He was scared shitless! hahah’
[Hehe, I will admit it was funny though I can’t help but feel a bit bad for the old man. What if he gets a heart attack from fright.]
‘Meh, if that happens I just have to give him a good zap!”
[I pray for your soul Tazuna, may you rest in peace.]