NOVEL WEB 28. The incident
Today was a strange day for Tomoka. Even though yesterday she had been pumped up for her return to training today she felt odd. There was this uneasy feeling telling her to do something as soon as she woke up. She disregarded it as an anxious response she was having towards going back to training.
In the morning she began with her usual routine of exercise right after breakfast. However, the strange feeling wouldn’t go away. Instead it grew stronger by the second. It felt like she was forgetting something important but for the life of her she couldn’t remember what.
In the end she decided to go out for a walk. Today was one of those very rare days when she was left alone. Her Mother had gone on a mission yesterday. Her father on the other hand had been called for god knows what reason.
As she walked alone through the streets the strange feeling would lessen and strengthen seemingly at random. Sometimes she would be about to take a random turn until suddenly the feeling would flare up with a vengeance. At other times it would lessen to the point she could barely feel it.
This continued until she reached a crossroad in which no matter what direction she chose the feeling would flare up. Right or left, both were wrong just like forward or even backwards. Perhaps down? A dumb question that lead to the same thing, wrong. Then up.
Just as she looked upwards time seemed to slow down. She saw a ninja jumping right over head. That in itself wasn’t strange, what was strange is the fact that the ninja wasn’t from Konoha. To make things even weirder the ninja carried a bag that made the strange feeling flare up like never before.
Without wasting a second Tomoka ran into an alleyway before jumping onto the roof. Her instincts were screaming for her to detain the ninja she just saw. Following her instincts Tomoka chased the ninja as her rational mind attempted to understand what was going on.
‘Disregarding that weird feeling, what is important now is understanding the situation. From what I can see the ninja in front of me is probably from Kumogakure, taking into account the color scheme.
Second is the direction we are run towards and from. Once again, disregarding the change of directions and taking into account the overall direction it seems we are moving towards the southern wall right opposite would be the Hyuga clan.
Wait a second! Kumogakure being involved with the Hyuga clan? Now I remember! This is probably the Hyuga incident, meaning the one in that bag is most likely Hinata!’
With that realization Tomoka engaged what she called her battle mode. In an instant her eyes became a bright pink with an extra pair of pupils. Her chakra became riled up as it gained speed inside her body increasing her physical capabilities to their limit. In an instant her hands began weaving hand signs as she used an original jutsu of her’s.
“air release: Lower wind resistance”
As the jutsu took effect a cloud of chakra was released from Tomoka’s body forming a bubble around her. This bubble of chakra function was to drastically reduce wind resistance around Tomoka allowing her to gain speed with ease.
In an instant Tomoka gained speed akin to that of a jounin level ninja. The only problem was the drastic strain on her body and chakra. Keeping up at this speed for more than five minutes was impossible for her but at the moment it would suffice.
In a moment she had managed to close the distance towards the kumo-nin. Unfortunately and as expected her opponent sensed her releasing a barrage of shuriken towards her. Tomoka grimaced, she had wanted to close the distance a little more before using her next card.
Not seeing any other option she took action. Her hands weaved new seals as she prepared an experimental jutsu she had been working on. The inspiration for this jutsu was the third and fourth raikage’s lightning armor. Unfortunately for her, recreating the jutsu was far to difictul. What she was going to use is an incomplete version, with a nasty backlash.
“lightning release: Lightning rush”
In an instant Tomoka felt like she had been struck by lightning as her muscles spasmed due to the large discharge of electricity coursing through her body. This was the backlash she hadn’t been able to fix just yet. Ignoring the pain, Tomoka rushed forward leaving behind a trail of electricity.
A split second, that's all she needed to close the gap of thirty meters between her and the kumo-nin. Taking advantage of the insane inertia her body was under she punched her opponent in the gut as he hadn’t turned around yet after throwing his shurikens.
“Gotcha!”
