Re: Akimichi

-Ino POV-

It's been minutes since I suddenly arrived here...

I don't know why, but it's definitely because of this scroll. I've tried to activate the scroll again, but to no avail. I started to get nervous, where's this anyway?

It's so dark...

It's so damp...

I spread my chakra to check the surrounding but it seems that it's an empty cave and the only way out I could find was up above. Should I try to escape...?

But, what if Chouji and Shikamaru arrived here?

Should I wait? For how long?

This cave environment gave me creeps...

I... I should try to fend for myself...

I gulped my saliva, stay strong, me! Fight!

I focused my chakra on the sole of my feet and tried to walk on the rocky wall of the cave. One small step to out of this situation, a big step to whet my mental state...

Here we go...

I stepped on the wall, the first step was okay. Here we go the second... still fine. This gave me a confidence boost, what did I fear? I did this more than I could count already!

Thus, I scaled the wall nearing the end of the rocky cave on my five-hundredths step. No, I counted my step, not because I was scared or something. I also didn't know that 857 seconds already passed since the last time I saw my Chouji...

"..."

Okay, I miss him already!

Where's this anyway?

Chouji, I want to pinch your cheek...

*Hick*

Tears welled up on my eyes, I can't help it, okay?!

Don't judge me, human always fear the unknown more than anything!

Dummy, I'll let you snuggle on my c.h.e.s.t if you arrived here now...

I finally arrived at the end of the rocky cave, and finally...

FINALLY, I've arrived...

At the bigger cave outside of it.

"..."

It's so frustrating...

Mommy, I want to go home...

I took a deep sigh and tried to calm myself, no, Ino you shouldn't panic! You're a strong girl!

*hiss*

"..." I froze hearing a loud hiss, I jumped back into the cave I came before and went all the way into the bottom in my panic. What was that?

It sounds like... Snake?

Was that a snake?

I climbed the wall once again and spread my chakra into the bigger cave, my face paled. There's a big life signature not far from the cave where I was at, and it's getting closer...

*hiss*

Wha- What should I do?

Think...

What would Chouji do in this situation?

Right, he would rush out and beat the snake senseless. No use, I did not have his strength nor his prowess.

What about Shikamaru?

He will asses the situation, pull the worst possibility, and be prepared for it. What the worst could happen at this time? The snake found me and a fight occur when I was in an unstable mental state.

What can I do to fight it better? Of course, calm my self and stay alert until the danger passed. Then... how can I fight it with a better chance to win? Know its strength and weakness.

What was its strength? Hm... Wasn't snakes detected their prey through their forked tongues, which they flick in different directions to smell their surroundings? That lets them know when danger—or food—is nearby. Thank God I remembered most of Shikamaru's mumbling when we're at the library...

Then how can I avoid its detection? Of course with me erasing my scent and lowered my body temperature.

'[Suiton: Suihachi]' [1]

I summoned a stream of water and filled the bottom of the small cave with water until it reached my ankle.

'[Suiton: Suigakure]'

I used a technique that allowed me to fuse with water, even in water as shallow as a puddle. Though it made me unable to move at all as long as I maintain it, the positive thing about this technique was this technique need a minuscule amount of chakra to maintain. This was a trick I learned from Kakashi-san, he said that this technique often used by shinobi from Kirigakure. With this, it shouldn't be able to track me through my body heat and scent.

Then the next issue...

What was its weakness? The only thing I knew about snake weakness was the fact that they're cold-blooded creatures and had less resistance against cold temperature...

I did not have anything to use that information...

What should I do? The silver lining was only the possibility of me being discovered by the snake reduced significantly with me temporarily fused with the water.

The question was... Should I wait for help to arrive? Or should I fight for my own survival?

*Whoop* *Whoop* *Whoop*

Huh? What was that?

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-Chouji POV-

*Pant* *Pant *Pant*

That felt F*CKING AMAZING!!!

I felt that my acc.u.mulated stress melted away just like that. Maybe I should do that more often? Tehe~

As I landed on the ground, a hand smacked the back of my head. "What the f*ck are y-", Hokage-sama was furious when he saw me landed on the ground. Then he realized where he was, he immediately coughed and once again reprimanded me.

"What do you think you're doing? Do you want to kill me and your allies too?" He looked at me sternly, I saw the rage in his eyes.

"Then... Oops?"

Hearing my reply, his whole face twitched. I recalled something and turned my head to look for that snake remains. Then a hand-vice grabbed my head.

"What do you mean with just oops, brat? Stop looking away, that snake already de-summoned along with the toad. And Orochimaru was escaped, thanks to your flashy attack, and now he was chased by Jiraiya."

I just clicked my tongue because I don't know how to respond... Should I say fortunately or unfortunately that they're survived?

Still, that snake escaped, huh?

"Hokage-sama, Is there any news from Enma-sama?"

With his vice still gripped my head tightly, he answered. "No. Don't think that you'll be able to escape from my punishment, smelly brat!"

Crap...

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-Hiruzen POV-

For a moment I saw my wife -Biwako- waving at me from the afterlife, damn that Akimichi brat really can't differentiate between friends and foes.

But, the fact that his prowess was terrifying was true.

Still, that cannot void his sloppy mistake. If this was a war and he was deployed, our casualties number would be high from his friendly fire alone.

I'll do something about it later, for now...

Let's wrap this up.

Everything so far already went according to the plan with some change, all that left was the Ichibi. Without letting the brat go, I flickered towards where the Ichibi was.

In slightly more than two minutes, I arrived where the Bijuu rampaged inside a barrier that was erected by Yamato's squad. What surprised me was, there's Naruto inside. He's cloaked with the Kyuubi's red chakra, with two tails on his back.

I looked at Yamato with a tinge of annoyance in my gaze, and I saw he gulped before turned his gaze down.

"NARUTO!!! ARE YOU THERE?!"

I shouted to gain their attention, this could be bad if Naruto lost his sanity and lost in Kyuubi's influence. Unfortunately, Naruto ignored my calls and still madly scratched the Ichibi's body.

This would hurt a little for him, fortunately, it's only the second tails.

"Wuhai. Take that blonde brat here."

"Consider it done, old guy~"

Wuhai, Enma's son, was readily transformed back into his original form. He jumped and summoned three shadow clones of himself, which all three were floated on the air in a triangle position, as he rushed toward Naruto. Wuhai then grabbed Naruto's tails which should be intangible and spun him before he threw him into the air between his three clones.

"Nothing personal boy, [Fūinjutsu: Sanpō Fūin]!" [3]

A triangle prism barrier with a green jade color was trapping Naruto inside it. Then Wuhai and his clones moved it outside the barriers Yamato erected as he maintained the prism barrier.

After he has done with the task I gave him, I threw the Akimichi brat out of the barrier too then I summoned four shadow clones and then I along with my clones surrounded the Ichibi.

"[Goton: Dairendan no Jutsu]!" [4]

Each of my clones released grand bullets made from different elements which were -water, air, earth, thunder- and I released a grand flame bullets onto it.

*Kaboom*

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[1] Water Release: Water Bowl; [2] Water Release: Hiding in the water Technique; [3] Sealing Technique: Three Directions Seal; [4] Five Release: Great Combo Technique