Chapter 2: The explosive punch
Konoha: The Legend of Kiba
Chapter 2 The Explosive Punch
Late evening had turned to a full,
clear, starry sky. Kiba was rushing through the dense forest with his third
gate, The Gate of Life (Seimon), still open. His speed even in the dense forest
was very fast; he could vaguely see the black grass in front of him as he
stepped over the branches.
"Who was it? Was he spying on me?"
Kiba mused. However suddenly his
thoughts came on his dead father. "That's right, I am a descendant of a traitor
after all; even if the Third Hokage let me stay in the village, I should still
be under surveillance." He thought.
"However, if it was surveillance, why would
they expose themselves?" thought Kiba internally. "Wait! Maybe it was not
surveillance but something more than that."
Watching as the person ran ahead, he thought,
"It seems that this person does not have good intentions." Rushing forward
to catch up, Kiba was deep in his own thoughts when suddenly he felt two drops
of liquid suddenly floated in front of him and hit his face. He wiped it
subconsciously. Bringing his hands in front, he saw bright red colour of the
liquid.
"Its blood ,He is wounded!" he thought. As he
rushed forward, Kiba was able to see that the ninja in front had a girl under
his armpit. Now he was definitely sure that this person is not from Konoha and
surely an enemy.
As he observed, he saw that the child was
wearing expensive clothes with the Hyuga clan symbol on them. "It makes sense,"
Kiba mused, since the Hyuga clan was one of the oldest clans originating from
Otsutsuki Hamura, also possessing one of the three main doujutsu. The Byakugan.
As the family possessing one of the three major doujutsu, the white-eyed Hyuga
clan has always been the target of other ninja villages. There have been many
incidents in the past where there were attempts made to snatch the main house
successors of the Hyuga clan.
"Obviously, this person is a ninja from the
enemy village. If I can successfully save their clan successor, I would
definitely gain favor of the Hyuga clan; furthermore, this may help me with my
problem of social status, which is at rock bottom currently thanks to my
dearest father," thought Kiba.
"Though, this situation can also
help me defect Konoha, after all, there is no one here that I hold dear."
Thought Kiba.
However, as soon as the thought
arrived, he ruthlessly crushed it. After all, there was no guarantee that the
enemy ninja would help him and not kill him afterwards. In addition, even if he
did help, why would the other village want him, a civilian-level ninja with no
kekkai-genkai or doujutsu? Moreover, even if he were allowed, he would be under
tight scrutiny, which would restrict his freedom. Traitors are never respected;
no matter which place they go, they will be ostracized.
Moreover, as he had seen in his
previous life in this world, Konohagakure never lost any war, so sticking to
winning side makes more sense. So there was no reason to defect from Konoha.
However, his current position in the village was at the rock bottom. As the son
of a traitor, everyone hated him.
If the Shinobi World War broke out, he would
be among the first ones to be deployed to the border as cannon fodder. Even
though in the original manga or anime, the Hyuga clan was rarely shown, that
does not mean they were a small clan. Being descendent of Otsutsuki Hamura, as
well as being one of the oldest clans of Konoha, the noble Hyuga clan does hold
some sway.
With their favor, Kiba's status in
the village should also improve. Even if one cannot change the attitude of
ordinary people, one can strive to increase the favorability among the
high-level clan Shinobi of Konoha. Moreover, with this, his promotions would be
much smoother in the future.
"Besides, it seems the kidnapper was already
injured, and judging by the speed at which he was moving, he should be gravely
injured in his prior fight. Maybe it was really feasible to rescue the child,"
thought Kiba.
Thoughts like this ran rampant in Kiba's mind,
but he quickly came to the decision of rescuing the Hyuga main family's child.
After making up his mind, Kiba circulated chakra to his legs and accelerated
his speed.
Panting heavily, Iwaki was
struggling to get through the dense forest. Forty tenketsu points in his body
were sealed during his fight with a Hyuga clan member, and because of this, his
chakra was not running smoothly, which in turn was seriously affecting his
speed. However, this was not the most serious injury he had received. On his
chest, there was a deep wound reaching to the bone from the upper right chest
to the lower left abdomen that had been bandaged hastily, but blood was still
oozing from the wound, converging into drops, and scattering in the air.
As an elite Jonin, he knew that the blood
would leave traces and could be tracked. But he couldn't stop. He looked down
at the little girl he was holding. Currently she was unconcious; her long hair
was pouring down, and he couldn't see her face. However, he knew that this was
the main family child of the Hyuga clan that their group of ten Jonin
desperately snatched away.
As long as they could study Byakugan, it was
possible to understand the secrets of the Hyuga clan. It was said that this
clan can be traced back to the time of the Sages of Six Paths. It will
definitely reveal something extraordinary.
For this bloodline, all nine of his companions
have died, and even he was gravely injured. Anger quickly coursed through him.
"That white-haired boy, if he hadn't stepped in, he would not have been injured
this badly. And that short knife exuding white chakra light... What kind of
relation does this kid have with Konoha's white fang?"
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly noticed
that someone was approaching quickly behind him! "Damn it, if I hadn't been in
this sorry state, I would have detected someone following long ago," thought
Iwaki furiously. "Is it that white-haired kid? If that kid is here, it would
mean that more Konoha's shinobi are coming!" Iwaki thought rapidly. He didn't
look back. Looking back at this time will only slow down his speed. Iwaki
reached into his ninja tool bag and grabbed two round black balls in his hand.
Rushing through, Iwaki had already reached the
end of the dense forest, and he could already see the clearing some distance
away. He thought he sensed that the person trailing behind him was catching on
to him quickly.
A sinister smile curled up on the corner of
his mouth, and he threw the two black balls behind him, and then he rushed out
at a high speed. "Go to hell! Brat! Try our special exploding balls of Hidden
Rock Village!" Iwaki shouted as he rushed to the clearing outside the dense
forest.
Outside of dense forest, silver moonlight
could be seen gently falling down from above.
Whoosh,
Iwaki rushed out of the forest and, without
stopping, continued forward in front of him. There seemed to be a river passing
by and further than that, He saw that he had reached the boundary of Konoha
village; crossing it, he should be out of the village and temporarily out of
danger. After that, leaving Fire Nation should not be much hassle.
"The border is not far away," thought Iwaki
excitedly.
"boom!"
Just After Iwaki rushed out of the
forest, there was a big explosion covering the forest, sky, and some parts of
clearing in black smoke, rubble, and wooden splinters. Iwaki didn't stop and
ran straight after falling.
Suddenly, he saw a shadow approaching him,
growing gradually from small to large! He suddenly raised his head and saw a
handsome boy about seven years old, with his chest raised and his fists
clenched, rushing out of the smoke; it was Kiba!
"Not that white-haired brat!" thought Iwaki
with relief. Kiba whizzed down from the mid-air, carrying a trace of smoke, and
punched hard! A direct punch-carrying power of third Gate!
"Boom!"
On the ground outside the dense forest, gravel
flew, a large crater was formed, and smoke and dust flew everywhere. When the
smoke and dust cleared, the Iwaki lay there in the center of the pit, his face
seemingly smashed to ground. Kiba held the girl's hand and retreated a little
distance away from the enemy ninja.
Beads of sweat on his forehead.
"That was close!" thought Kiba. Just a few
minutes ago, Kiba was speeding up to catch this Jonin, and as soon as he was
about to catch up, two black balls suddenly shot towards his chest and almost
reached his body. Fortunately, he reacted quickly in time; with the help of a
few chakra bursts on his feet, he accelerated and flew upwards, escaping the
epicenter of the explosion created by those explosive black balls, and then
used the blast wave to adjust his direction, swiftly stepping on the branches,
rushing from the forest, and almost hitting the ground in process.
"This is Jonin-level Shinobi,"
thought Kiba. Just as he took a deep breath, he felt a burning pain on his
back. "probably from an explosion." thought Kiba gritting his teeth because of
pain.
The Jonin, lying in the crater, looked
completely still. "This punch of mine used almost half of my chakra,"
mused Kiba. His chakra reserves had increased to pseudo-chunin level thanks to
him controlling the chakra of Gate of Life and keeping it open till now. Kiba
had directed all his chakra in his right fist at that time, and with the power
of Third Gate and his control, he was able to blast a crater of a diameter of
roughly few meters.
"He should be dead!" thought Kiba,
noticing no heaving of the chest of the enemy Shinobi. He sighed in relief;
that puch contained almost half of his energy. Although he had mastered the
Seimon mode and his Chakra amount had doubled several times, he didn't know any
ninjutsu. The three basic ninjutsu of the academy are definitely not enough to
fight the ninja of this caliber, who dared to break into Konoha and snatch away
the heir of the Hyuga family.
"The only thing I can rely on is
taijutsu that I have been training all the time, and also, his absolute control
over Chakra! So that when the time comes, there will only be one thing to do,
i.e., gather all the chakras on the fist, smash them to pieces, and the winner
will be determined with one punch! Don't give the opponent any chance to attack
and counterattack!" realized Kiba.
Wait a moment! A thought came to Kiba's mind.
"Isn't this similar to Tsunade Senju's power? Doesn't she punch in a similar
way? I have touched the principles of Tsunade's power."
Kiba was beyond excited; he
unexpectedly used that power. "Quickly I must recall the feeling of that punch
that I used just now; I have to go back and practice it," thought Kiba
excitedly.
At this moment, the girl stirred
with a slight whimper in his arms, woke up, and slowly opened her white eyes.
Kiba heard the sound and looked down subconsciously. At this glance, Kiba's
pupils contracted, and a slender hand suddenly came out, hitting his face
directly.