Chapter 4: Ambush
Atop the Hokage tower, Yuma and many Chunin and Jounin were gathered.
The third Hokage, along with his advisors, stood before the Chunin and the Jounin.
Koharu, who was standing behind Hiruzen, saw Yuma, and she was looking intently at her. She then thought to herself, while her eyes shone in approval, "Not bad; her current chakra reserve is high-Chunin chakra reserve, and according to what I am sensing, she has a very good grasp on her chakra."
Yuma was wearing traditional Chunin attire of Konoha, a red katana strapped on her waist and a bo staff made of metal strapped on her back.
The Hokage looked seriously at the Chunin and Jounin present, and he said to them, "Most of you should know about our skirmishes with Iwa and Kumo. If our skirmishes with them continued, there would be a high probability that the fourth ninja war would break out. Right now we are recovering from the Kyubi attack; recently we lost the Uchiha clan and the fourth Hokage. If we participated in another war, we would suffer a great loss, so we need to end our skirmishes with Iwa and Kumo as soon as possible. We need to force them to retreat from our borders."
All the Chunin and the Jounin looked dignified after hearing the words of the third Hokage, and Yuma continued to listen to Hiruzen's words with interest.
The third Hokage then continued, "Kakashi, you will lead the backup team to the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass. You will need to assist Jounin Commander Shikaku Nara in whatever he needs."
When Kakashi heard this, he nodded to the third Hokage respectfully, and he said to him, "As you wish, Hokage-sama."
The third Hokage nodded his head in satisfaction. He then looked at a member of the Hyuga clan and said to him, "Hiashi, you will lead the backup team to the border of the land of Fire and the land of Hot Water. It is there our skirmishes with Kumo Jiraya are in his way; there he will lead our skirmishes with Kumo. You will need to assist him in any way possible."
Hiashi Hyuga nodded his head respectfully and said to the third Hokage, "As you wish, Hokage-sama."
Hiruzen then waved his hands, and all the Chunin and Jounin disappeared from where they were standing."
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With Kakashi's backup team
Kakashi and his backup team were rushing towards the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass.
Yuma was very excited even in her previous life when she was a soldier in the US army and was sent to participate in the war; her heart will always beat fast in excitement.
"I guess that makes me a bloodthirsty battle freak." Yuma thought to herself while smiling in amusement.
Suddenly, Kakashi smelled the air, and he stopped; he then raised his hand.
When the rest of Konoha shinobi saw Kakashi raise his hand, all of them stopped.
Kakashi turned his head and asked a Hyuga clan member, "Ryu, how many of them?"
Ryu is a Chunin from the Hyuga clan. He looks exactly like all the Hyuga clan members with their unique white eyes and dark long hair.
Ryu activated his Hyuga clan bloodline the Byakugan, and veins apeared around his eyes, Ryu then said with a serious tone to Kakashi, "There are 40 waterfall shinobi surrounding us, Captain Kakashi."
Kakashi, Might Gai, and the rest of the backup team narrowed their eyes when they heard this, and Yuma unsheathed her crimson katana from her side, ready for battle while giving a small, beautiful smile in anticipation.
Might Gai and Kakashi sweated nervously when they saw Yuma's smile, and then Kakashi thought to himself, "I have never seen any shinobi enjoy being in this kind of situation and still smile. She is so hot but way too insane."
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Many kunais and shurikens rain down on the Konoha backup team.
Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and yelled when he saw the kunais and shurikens rain down on him and the backup team. "Everybody disperse ambush formation."
The backup team desperately dodges the kunais and shurikens and regroups into separate three-man squads just as Kakashi planned in case they were ambushed.
Yuma, Kakashi, and Might Gai form a three-man squad, and five waterfall shinobi appeared in front of them.
Kakashi looked coldly at the waterfall shinobis in front of him and asked, "Why do you attack us? Both our villages had no grievances."
One of the waterfall shinobi chuckled when he heard what Kakashi asked and said to him, "If you want an answer, I don't mind answering since you are all going to die."
Kakashi and Might Gai narrowed their eyes, and Yuma was intrigued, so she listened closely to what the waterfall shinobi was about to say.
The waterfall shinobi smirked and said to Kakashi, Yuma, and Might Gai, "The answer to your question is simple: Konoha had been on top of the shinobi world ever since its establishment. It is time for Konoha to fall down and a new village take its place. The hidden Waterfall village decided to form an alliance with Iwa to achieve this."
Kakashi, Yuma, and Might Gai widened their eyes in shock when they heard this, and the five waterfall shinobi started making hand seals quickly.
Kakashi quickly started forming his own hand seals when he saw the five waterfall shinobi taking action, and he ordered Yuma and Might Gai, saying, "Yuma, Gai, formation B."
"Water style: Water Shuriken Jutsu."
"Earth style: Mud wall jutsu."
A big water Shuriken appeared on top of the palms of the five waterfall shinobi, and they hurled the water shurikens towards Kakashi, Might Gai, and Yuma.
Kakashi slammed both of his hands on the ground, and the earth in front of Kakashi, Yuma, and Might Gai piled up, creating a defensive wall.
"CANK, CANK, CANK, CANK, CANK."
The water shurikens stabbed on the defensive wall that Kakashi created with his earth style jutsu and Yuma started doing her own hand seals.
After she finished doing her hand seals, she slapped her palm into the ground.
"Earth style: Hiding like a mole jutsu."
Yuma then sank to the ground and vanishes underground by creating a hole in the spot where she was standing.
Kakashi then turned to Gai, and they both nodded to each other, and then they charged at the five waterfall shinobi.
The five Waterfall Shinobi executing another set of hand seals.
"Water style: water whip."
Water surged from the five waterfall shinobi palm and formed a whip made of water.
After the five waterfall shinobi created the water whips, they started attacking Kakashi and Might Gai with these whips.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Thanks to Kakashi's sharingan and Gai's mastery of taijutsu, they were able to easily dodge all the strikes from the water whips while at the same time closing the distance between them and the five waterfall shinobi.
Suddenly, Yuma rose from underneath the ground stealthily without making any sound behind one of the waterfall ninjas, and then she swung her katana swiftly to behead the shinobi.
"SQUASH."
The head of the waterfall ninja slide down and fell to the ground after Yuma swung her katana, successfully beheading the shinobi, and his blood gushed out like a fountain from his neck.
All the remaining waterfall shinobi stopped in their tracks and widened their eyes at when their comrade's head slid down and fell to the ground.
One of the Waterfall shinobi yelled in anger upon seeing this and started using his water whip to strike Yuma down.
Yuma easily dodged the water whip strikes thanks to her fast speed and reflexes. She then sheathed her katana back and held it with her left hand.
Yuma squatted down, holding the handle of her katana tightly with her right hand and holding the katana's sheath with her left hand tightly.
Another water whip strike flew to strike her head but Yuma read the trejectory of the water whip and she moved her head slightly to the side dodging the water whip perfectly.
In the next moment, Yuma disappeared from her spot with incredible speed, and the waterfall ninja who was attacking Yuma was alarmed after wittnessing this.
Suddenly, Yuma appeared behind the waterfall ninja, and she murmured.
"Wallow leaf style: golden leaf strike."
"CLICK."
Blood gushed out like a fountain from the waterfall shinobi chest; he then fell into the ground dead.
"How dare you, slut." One of the shinobi who were battling Kakashi yelled in anger after seeing Yuma killing another Waterfall shinobi.
Yuma ignored the Waterfall shinobi outburst and she quickly performed a set hand seals then slammed her hands on the ground.
"Earth style: hiding like a mole jutsu."
Quickly Yuma hid herself deep in the ground and the remaining three waterfall shinobi gritted their teeth in anger when they saw that.
"I CAN'T LOSE TO ONE OF MY ENTERNAL RIVALS." Might Gai, yelled enthusiastically when he saw Yuma killing two Waterfall shinobis; he pulled his fist back and punched the waterfall ninja hard in the chest.
"BAMB."
"SPAT."
"CRACK."
"SWISH."
When the waterfall ninja got punched hard by Gai in the chest, he vomited blood from his mouth, and a loud bone cracking could be heard before the ninja was sent flying.
"BAAM."
"SPAT."
The Waterfall shinobi's back hit the tree trunk hard after he was sent flying by Gai's punch; he then spat blood from his mouth.
"HA HA HA, KAKASHI, YOU ARE WAY BEHIND ME AND YUMA CHAN." Might Gai exclaimed to Kakashi, but in the next moment, Kakashi took out two kunais and slit the throats of the two waterfall shinobi easily.
Kakashi looked at Gai with a bored look; he then asked, "Sorry, Gai, did you say something?"
"Damn you, Kakashi, and damn your hip and cool attitude." Gai yelled at Kakashi while pointing his finger at him.
Suddenly, Yuma emerged from the ground next to the waterfall shinobi that Gai sent flying.
She looked at him and discovered he was faking his death; she quickly unsheathed her katana and slit the waterfall shinobi's throat.
Yuma looked at Gai smiled at him and said, "Sorry, Gai, you lost this challenge.You haven't finished off this guy; he was faking his death."
Gai looked stunned at Yuma and said to her, "This is unyouthful."
Kakashi then looked at Gai and Yuma, and then he said to them seriously, "You two should stop fooling around. We need to back up our comrade, then we need to inform the alliance between Iwa and the village hidden in the waterfall to Lord Hokage."
Both Gai and Yuma nodded their heads seriously, and the trio quickly disappeared from their spot using the Shunshin jutsu to go and back up the rest of the backup squad.