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The Kazekage's hand turned downward. The ground beneath Minato rippled... iron sand spreading like ink, rising around the kunai that had just landed.
Minato's eyes widened.
The kunai trembled. The soft iron blade shivered under the pull of Saoi's magnetic field.
"Jiton: Jiki Kōten (Magnetic Shift)."
The kunai lifted, black grains clinging to it until the once-silver blade turned dark, glinting with Saoi's chakra. It was now part of his magnetic domain.
The kunai was magnetized... and under Saoi's control.
Minato disappeared again... but the field twisted violently. His teleport destination bent as the magnetized kunai wobbled in the air, its signal distorted. The flash of gold reappeared a few feet off-target.
Where he emerged... there was a vortex of swirling iron ready. The sand lashed against him, slicing shallow lines across his uniform. He ducked, rolled, slashed... but the Satetsu (Iron Sand) came from all the directions, drawn to every faint trace of metal he carried.
Saoi raised his hand higher. "You rely on your markers. I rely on the metal itself that you use the markers for. Tell me, Yellow Flash, can you outrun a battlefield that obeys my command?"
The sand swirled faster.
Minato's breath came rough now, sweat streaking his cheek. His missing hand burned... not from pain, but from frustration. He's right. Every kunai is being tracked. I can't maintain control without metal… and I can't replace seals quickly enough one-handed.
He leapt back, slamming his foot into the earth, marking a faint Flying Thunder God seal with chakra on ground with his feet. His eyes snapped to it. New anchor point.
He teleported, reappearing at the freshly marked spot. His speed tore through the battlefield again, a blur of gold and wind. For a moment, he gained distance, standing at the edge of the Kazekage's range.
But Saoi only smiled faintly. The iron sand beneath the surface began to rise again."Satetsu Kesshū (Iron Sand Gathering Assault)."
The ground erupted in a tide of black spikes that lunged toward Minato from every direction.
He countered immediately."Fūton: Shinkū Renpa (Vacuum Serial Waves)!"
Wind blades shot outward, slicing through the spikes. But even as they shattered, the iron sand flowed back together, reforming midair.
Minato exhaled slowly. His eyes tracked the movement, his mind calculating angles, patterns, chakra flow. Saoi wasn't just manipulating sand; he was controlling the field. Every metallic speck was both weapon and sensory network feeding him of what was happening.
He whispered under his breath, "Then I'll move faster than his control can compensate."
He teleported again... flash, flash, flash... zigzagging between three kunai placed before the battle even began. But Saoi's field distorted each jump slightly. Minato landed half a second late every time, his rhythm breaking.
He drew back his katana, wind chakra wrapping around it, ready for one decisive cut.
Saoi extended both hands, palms down."Jiton: Satetsu Kaihō (Iron Sand World Method)."
The earth screamed. Columns of black iron surged upward, forming a massive lattice of magnetic pillars. Each one rotated with slicing precision, creating a death maze of magnetic current and steel.
Minato's cloak tore as he barely slipped between two shifting pillars. His single hand flicked seals, tracing another Hiraishin marker across his blade. He threw the blade enhanced with wind chakra at Saoi.
He vanished... reappeared behind Saoi. He took the katana. Then swung, edges rattled with sharpness.
Saoi turned just in time, his hand sheathed in magnetic chakra. He caught the blade with Satetsu Gauntlet, sparks erupting on contact. He had been keeping a close eye behind his back.
Minato's blade trembled, wind chakra struggling against magnetism. He pushed harder, veins standing out on his neck. "You're strong… but you can't trap me."
Saoi's eyes narrowed. "I can control it."
The Kazekage released a magnetic pulse. The air shimmered. The kunai Minato had thrown earlier rose again, now fully coated in black iron sand. Saoi flung his arm outward, and the kunai shot toward Minato like a railgun.
He teleported again... but this time, the kunai was his own anchor.
Minato reappeared beside it, just as it tore through Saoi's sand barrier. His katana gleamed with compressed wind chakra... he slashed.
Fūton: Senpū Kōdan (Whirlwind Piercing Slash)!
A streak of white wind cut through the black haze, carving a deep gash in Saoi's left shoulder. Blood spattered the sand.
The Kazekage stumbled a step back, eyes wide in surprise.
But before Minato could follow up, his footing faltered. His balance, thrown off by his missing arm, caused him to miss his next seal mark. The golden flash fizzled, dying before activation.
Saoi took advantage instantly. "Satetsu Kesshū."
A wall of iron spikes erupted from the ground, smashing into Minato and hurling him backward. His jounin vest tore, blood seeping from a cut across his ribs.
He caught his breath, steadying himself on one knee. His kunai... his last one... was now firmly magnetized, drifting gently above Saoi's hand.
Saoi's lips curved slightly as he controlled the Minato's FTG Kunai. "No more space to run, Konoha's Flash."
Minato's blue eyes burned with quiet defiance.
He pressed his fingers together, marking one final seal onto the air itself. The kunai shimmered... its marker still faintly glowing despite Saoi's magnetism.
He whispered, "Hiraishin: Level Two."
He vanished completely.... with no sound.
Saoi's eyes widened. His magnetic field didn't sense the movement. For a split second, the Yellow Flash truly disappeared.
Then... behind him... wind screamed.
The Wind-Enhanced Katana slashed across Saoi's back. But before Minato could pull away, the iron sand which was protecting Saoi's back side reacted like a living shield, stabbing backward in spikes. Saoi knew he can't react to the such high speeds so he made himself a iron sand armor on his back.
One spike grazed Minato's cheek.
Minato teleported away.
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A/N: Minato has been poisoned. Saoi's left shoulder is injured from the Wind slash.
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