"So, did you make any progress?" Jiraiya asked.
"Kinda." Kazuki replied with a grin on his face.
"Okay then, show me." Jiraiya said.
Kazuki stepped back a little and made 15 hand signs continuously.
'Fire Release: Avatar of Agni'
Kazuki floated in air, small wings of flame sprouted from his back. A half-finished tail of flame was visible behind him and his eyes turned crimson red.
Jiraiya stood there, frozen, his eyes widened as he thought, "I- is he the child of prophecy? Is my search over? No, this isn't it. I've found ninjas even more talented than him but none of them were the child of prophecy. I can't be sure."
Suddenly the tail and one of the wings vanished and Kazuki's eyes closed as he started falling down, Jiraiya caught him last second, preventing the fall.
After a few minutes Kazuki opened his eyes, he was leaning against a tree.
He noticed that he was in the same garden and the scroll was right in front of him, alongside a note.
Kazuki read the note, 'You are far more talented than I imagined, so I am giving this scroll to you but don't practice this jutsu yet, your chakra is still too low for this. You'll faint if you try, so increase your chakra, then attempt it. We'll meet again, Kazuki Uchiha.'
Kazuki smiled.
After that Kazuki noticed that he was covered in dirt, so he took a bath at the hot spring and washed his clothes. He dried them with wind style and entered his room in the mansion through the window.
A few minutes later a maid called him for breakfast and he went downstairs.
After breakfast, Team Akari headed to Konoha.
On the way, Yuki said in a worried tone, "Kazuki, are you okay? You look tired."
Kazuki flinched a little and said, "Oh, I... it's nothing, I just couldn't sleep that well at night."
"Alright, if you say so." Yuki replied innocently.
After a few hours, Yuki said, "I sense chakra signatures, hundreds of small chakra signatures towards the east."
"Likely a bandit camp. Let's check it out. Follow me." Akari said.
She walked in front and the team followed her.
They reached the location in a few seconds. The camp was visible, there was a large tent in the middle and a lot of small tents surrounding it. The clearing was surrounded by large trees, so it was no wonder that no one noticed them until now because no one would be spreading their chakra field as large as Yuki.
"Yuki, report the enemy composition." Akari ordered.
"It will take some time, there are so many enemies." Yuki replied.
After a few minutes, she said, "34 Genin, 12 Chunin and 61 ordinary people, likely non-ninja bandits."
"Tsk, we don't have any Byakugan users to verify if there are any hostages or not and this mission has already increased to B rank with the involvement of Chunin." Akari said in annoyance.
Kazuki thought, 'It's not good, effects of my chakra pill will end soon and I'll fall asleep on the spot, we have to do this quickly.'
Akari said, "Alright, here's the plan, me and Yuki will go underground and kill as many enemies as possible, Kazuki and Ryuma will observe from a distance and try to kill anyone who notices us, if someone still notices and alerts everyone, then we'll regroup together and stay close and refrain from using any jutsu that does large-scale destruction."
The group nodded.
'Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique'
'Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique'
Yuki and Akari went underground and started moving towards the camp. They went inside a small camp and killed everyone inside. They did that a few times when suddenly a guard ninja was about to go inside a small camp where the dead bodies of his fellow ninjas were.
Just as he stepped inside, a kunai pierced his head from behind, suddenly an alarm started to ring.
The ninja on guard had already grown suspicious because the sound from the camp had stopped coming and it was so quiet all of a sudden, so his hand was already on the alarm when Kazuki and Ryuma killed him, at the last moment, he pressed the button.
"Damn it!" Kazuki said before he rushed to Akari and Yuki alongside Ryuma.
All the bandits surrounded them when they regrouped.
"What now, Sensei?" Ryuma asked.
"Don't worry, we managed to kill more than I expected before alerting them. Most of them are weak and you can even stand your ground against Chunin. Just avoid fighting more than one chunin at a time." Akari replied.
'Wind Release: Air Bullets.'
Akari used Air Bullet Jutsu to kill some bandits.
Some bandits used earth wall to defend themselves, while many got holes in their heads.
A bandit from the group made some hand signs and used the 'Earth Release: Rock Gun technique.'
Akari also made some hand signs and used 'Earth Release: Mud Wall' to form a thick wall of stone to block the incoming attack.
Kazuki and Ryuma rushed to the other side with swords in their hands and started killing bandits who were too slow to reach.
Ryuma was surprised that Kazuki didn't even hesitate before killing someone for the first time. It was as if a battle instinct took over Kazuki as he kept fighting.
Both of them kept killing bandits like insects, everywhere they could see was blood. At this point, bandits started to run away from them but they were obviously slower than them.
Some Genin would come in between but their speed of using hand signs was so slow that they'd die before using any jutsu and even if some of them managed to use the jutsu, Kazuki and Ryuma would just dodge.
Some gave a little challenge with their kunai or sword but were defeated with a little struggle as well.
On the other side, Yuki and Akari were fighting the chunins. Akari was fighting in front with her sword while Yuki was giving her backup from behind.
The whole bandit camp was in terror, Akari as an elite Jonin, was easily handling all the Chunins with Yuki as the backup. Kazuki and Ryuma were also killing the remaining bandits easily.
A Genin charged towards Kazuki with a sword from behind, "You bastard, take this."
Kazuki kicked the bandit in front of him and turned behind, both swords clashed.
Kazuki used his superior strength to push the Genin and then killed him with a single slash at his chest.
After a few more minutes Kazuki sensed chakra coming towards him, he quickly weaved hand signs and slammed his hands on the ground.
'Earth Release: Earth Plate Jutsu'
A wall of stone formed behind him, after a moment it was struck by a fireball.
Kazuki made some hand signs and used 'Fire Release: Ember Shower' from a distance.
The chunin countered with 'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu.'
The chunin's jutsu easily overwhelmed Kazuki's but they both managed to dodge the remaining attack.
The chunin started making more hand signs but Kazuki recognized them and made some hand signs himself.
The chunin used 'Fire Release: Heat Wave Jutsu.'
Kazuki used 'Wind Release: Breakthrough.'
The Chunin's face became pale as he saw Kazuki use that jutsu.
Both AOE jutsu clashed and Kazuki's jutsu won, a large wave of scorching air crashed on the chunin and many other bandits in that area.
The Chunin's skin was burned slightly, which is definitely causing pain, evident by his screams but didn't really do anything lethal.
Without wasting any time, Kazuki charged towards the Chunin with his sword. The Chunin side-stepped at the last moment but Kazuki still managed to cut off his left arm.
The chunin again screamed in pain and started running in the opposite direction.
Kazuki flickered in front of him and impaled his sword in the chunin's chest.
He thought, 'It was easier than I expected, this guy was not nearly as powerful as a chunin, just his chakra reserves were chunin level.'
"You monster," were the last words the Chunin said before his body went limp.
Kazuki withdrew his sword from the chunin's chest, a spray of blood came out of the dead body and stained Kazuki's clothes.
It was then that Kazuki realized, "Did I... did I just kill people?"
He looked around himself in horror, everywhere he looked, there was blood and gore. Some alive bandits were screaming because of their missing limbs and burns on their bodies.
His head started to spin and he became dizzy. He clutched his head in pain and started screaming. The pain was severe, he had never experienced something this painful in his life. After a few seconds of screaming, he fainted.
Yuki, who was fighting beside Akari, said, "W-was that Kazuki's voice? He was screaming. I can sense his chakra, it's normal but..."
Akari said, "Go assist him, I can handle the rest of them myself."
Ryuma, who was the nearest to Kazuki, rushed to him as soon as he saw Kazuki clutch his head while screaming.
As he reached there, he saw that Kazuki was knocked out and a bandit was approaching him hesitantly.
[A/N- Not sure if people are gonna like or hate this chapter, do tell me in the comments if there is something you didn't like. This is my first novel so I'm not sure if it's good or bad.]