Squad 1, Genin [Mission]
Between Merchant's Destination and Konoha
Kazuya Uchiha
Kazu started, surprised that bandits were so well adapted at covering their tracks. A shadow clone of Kazuki had jumped in front of the dark-haired genin, just in time to take a kunai to the arm. Quickly, the genin reacted, pulling out his collapsible metallic pole out with deft fingers and extending it to a very easy to control medium length. He was slightly put off to attacking with his sensei in front of him, in a guard position with a kunai ready to pierce the bandit's skin. So, he waited calmly.
The bandit was rugged looking, his skin and hair flaked with curt dirt and splashes of dried blood on his old, stained clothing. He had this odd wide grin, somewhat mad in Kazu's opinion, lifting his wooden club above his head and charging towards Kazuki. The jounin, though a clone, was quick and blocked using the tip of his kunai, using a blunt kick in the stomach as a counter attack. The bandit had much endurance, clinging to his club like it were his soul even with Kazuki's foot pushing against his stomach, though Kazuki had thrown the smile off his face.
Or so he thought. The unnamed man grinned wide, looking more mad than before with one eye opened wider than the other. Kazuki's clone stepped back slightly and the bandit took that chance.
He pulled his club off the kunai and swung it, recklessly, at Kazuki, all before the clone could react. It was quick. Kazu barely even saw the movement.
“Sharigan.” Kazu shouted loud and clear, his golden eyes changing into an angry crimson with two tomoe dots evenly spaced from one another. The bandit lifted his club up, at a blindingly fast speed deceiving of his healthy size, and slammed it down onto Kazuki's clone's head, forcing the shadow clone to disappear in a poof. Kazu saw the motion... however, he was still caught off guard at how quick it was. And how he made it seem so easy.
The bandit came charging at Kazu and the genin panicked, feeling his breathe escape from between his teeth as he instinctively reacted. His metal pole clamored against the wooden, parrying the attack off and barely allowing Kazu the chance to avoid quite a painful blow. The genin felt his heart beat against his ear. He couldn't help thinking, Am I going to die?
Stop being such a damn coward Uchiha!, a voice in Kazu's head commanded, 'I'm going to beat the legendary Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura', somehow, the voice was mocking, though it was only in Kazu's mind. Not like this. Not like a coward! The little voice in his head shook him out of his confused state.
Color returned to the dark-haired Uchiha's face and his parrying gained confidence against the bandit. He began fighting evenly with the thief. His sharigan was becoming a very useful asset, helping him predict the bandit's moves and look for opening. So far, though Kazu had saw a volley of openings, but the bandit was being far too quick in his random fury to allow Kazu's sluggish movements to attack one of the openings. “At this rate,” Kazu muttered low under his breath as he parried attacks, “I'm going to have to...”
The dark-haired genin sighed, jumping back quickly and performing quick hand signs. “Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire Style: Great Fire Ball Jutsu)!” Kazu took a deep breath and released a large breath of fire ball towards the bandit. The bandit took no time to panic. He made a movement to dodge to the right...
And was met, in the face, with the tail of Kazu's metal pole, at least breaking his nose and knocking him down backwards. Kazu smiled confidently, as he brought his stick above his head... and slammed it down on the bandits forehead.
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Kazu sighed as he pulled the wooden wagon in his gloved hands. Looking up with his golden eyes, sharigan deactivated, he saw two bandits tied in wires Kazu brought. One of them, the one Kazu fought, was very uncomfortable with the wires bitting into his hands, feet, and holding his arms against his chest, his nose and forehead bleeding unconscious. The other bandit's limbs were bending... the wrong way, had third-degree burns, and a bleeding wound somewhere. It was hard to tell the source, since the red liquid had by now covered a portion of his body. Either way, wires dug into his limbs, holding him still.
Kazu looked up ahead and rubbed his eyes. He could've sworn he saw... “Oh that better not be who I think it is.” Gritting his teeth, the dark-haired genin left the wagon to Adzie and Kiku, running forward with his eyes furrowed.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!” Kazu questioned angrily, his shadow covering the relaxed Kazuki and merchant.
“Well...” Kazuki looked at his picnic cloth, where a cup of tea and plate of riceballs sat, “Eating.”
Kazu's eyebrows twitched...
<- Her expression.