Dawn of a New Era 6: Eye-To-Eye

This will actually be a shorter chapter since the battle is ALL I want to insert, so if it is a short read, I’m very sorry. I hope I don’t disappoint!

Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 6

Eye-to-Eye

“Going to try and fight back even after my Rinnegan is in play, eh? I’ll put you in your place.” Jinrai flipped from the branch and shot down, straight with one leg aimed at Sauno.

He hit the ground, causing the ground to implode and uprise uneasily, throwing Sauno backwards. Her hand grasped the side of a tree trunk, allowing her to find a foot hold for the gale wind the pressure had caused. Jinrai stood up.

“You’re seriously annoying me.” Tiny needles of energy poked out of Jinrai’s fingers, similar to the “scalpel” he had used some time before. “Touch one of these, and you die.” Sauno couldn’t track his movements as he rushed towards her with high speed.

He kicked the tree, sending her back onto her feet and then aimed straight at her with the knives. Her Sharingan finally tracked his movements and she ducked, giving her an open spot. She punched upwards, then gave a single-knee blow, sending Jinrai high into the air, flipping backwards. Sauno dashed up the side of the tree, with now surprisingly dazzling speed, and meet Jinrai at the top. “Ninja Arts: One-Drop, Explosive Hit!” Sauno turned her body in a 90 degree angle and kicked Jinrai in the back, in the exact same area the shuriken had impaled him minutes before.

Jinrai found himself falling after the kick, but was able to land on a limb. Sauno landed exactly parallel to him. “I won’t lose, like I said, to some Akatsuki jerk! Fire Style Dragon Flame Jutsu!” She formed her hand signs and breathed the Dragon fire. Jinrai formed 32 hand signs and placed his hand on the branch.

“Triple Wolf Turbine!” Three spinning wolves of lightning twisted up from the ground. Sauno fell backward off the brach intentionally. The turbines span in perfect unison. Sauno avoided them by merely twisting her body slightly. “Hmph, now he has to wait a while before he can use anotehr jutsu…I suppose!”

Sauno touched the ground and then jumped back up into the tree. Jinrai grunted. “From here on out, it’s Sharingan v. Rinnegan!” He charged a Chidori and hopped away from his limb and to hers.

Sauno slid to the side, the lightning singing some of her hair, and span, throwing another kick into his back. She disappeared and reappeared above his head, throwing a kick down. Jinrai’s head slung and he fell into the branch with a hollow thud.

“I-If you h-had any idea how much y-your angering m-me…You would die this instant! I’ll kill you!” Jinrai suddenly flashed before her eyes and threw his knived hand out at her. Sauno had enough time to open her eyes…

Unexpectedly, a water jet shot down and crashed into Jinrai, causing him to fly into another treem only to be pinned by shuriken.

Uzuna landed on the branch and held a thumbs up. “You’ve done good Sauno…Uh…?” Sauno shook her head.

“I can do this myself. I have an ace in the hole. My second true ability; My Other Kekkei Genkai.”

Sauno started focusing her mind in a clear environment. Her chakra flowed evenly into all of her body. She heated the chakra until it became fire. “Kekkei Genkai Release: Ultimate Flame Armor!”

Her body suddenly coated with fire, just like a suit of armor. “This is my last resort technique! Let’s go!”

Jinrai shook himself free of the shuriken and torpedoed himself at Sauno. Uzuna jumped backwards as Sauno’s extended “flaming hand” sweeped across the branch and out at Jinrai. Jinrai noticed this sudden change and varied his direction. He then proceeded to land on a limb. “W-What have you done!?”

Sauno smirked and rushed at him, arms ready to strike. She jumped up and threw her hands out at him. The flaming arms destroyed the limb, shattering and sending splinters every which way.

Jinrai landed on the ground and formed hand signs, finally slamming his hand to the ground. “Eat this! Lightning Style: Quadruple Lightning Wolf Turbine!!!”

Four lightning turbines erupted from the ground and twisted towards Sauno. She knew there was no way to avoid it, so she dove straight into it. Clashing with them, it soon caused an explosion. Sauno was ejected into the air, the armor now dissipated. She landed on a limb, barely able to stand. She was on one tree that was directly standing point to another, which had a limb almost connecting to another on that tree.

Jinrai appeared on the headlong branch. “This is the climax of our battle!” He started charging a Chidori. He stood the same distance from teh trunk if his tree as she did on hers. “DIE!”

Sauno started to charge a Chidori. “Come on…I can do it…COME ON!” The Chidori sparked a bit, finally putting off a bit of power. She closed her eyes at the second where a spark of red swirled into the lightning. Jinrai bolted from his stance towards Sauno. She opened her eyes and he was right in front of her, throwing his Chidori at her. Snapping erh eyes shut, she flung her hand at his, clashing there Chidoris and causing a massive explosion, also causing a smokescreen. Sauno was sent straight back and slammed into the trunk on her back. She slid down and fell on her knees.

Jinrai, however, flipped and turned in the air and finally slammed back-first into his tree trunk, his lifeless form staring at Sauno. He un-stuck to the trunk and fell onto the trunk, his arms and legs dangling over the sides. Sauno huffed and puffed.

“Hehe…I guess, I win…hehehe…” Her headband came untied and fell upon the limb as she leaned forward and soon passed out. The last things she heard were, “Sauno!? Are you allright? Hizuka, let’s get her to the hospital! Help me out!”

Three Days Later…

The open curtains allowed a ray of sunshine in the window to shone on Sauno’s face, which was now full of color. Her eyes fluttered as she gained consciousness. Her eyes blinked as she looked around her new environment. Uzuna and Hizuka sat beside her.

“Hey, you’fe finally awake!” Hizuka beamed as Uzuna spoke.

“You were out for three days…”

Sauno sprang up in bed. “Where’s Iruka-sensei!?”

“It’s okay, he was fine and he came back here as well.” Uzuna reassured her.

Sauno sighed. “So, the battle’s over…”

“And it was one heck of a battle, too!” Hizuka laughed.

On top of the Hokage Stone Faces, Naruto stood with Sai…

“Let’s get to work!”

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Well, I know it was a short chapter…But it was one I had been waiting for, combined with the previous, so I hoped they were exciting.

The very end there seems intriguing…_

See you guys next time for Chapter 7: Generation Ying!

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Author: Why, me of course ;p