Hidden Mist Kunoichi

Chapter 36: The Aftermath



With Fuguki

Fuguki started looking around the battlefield after Samehada healed him completely. 

He became extremely angry when he saw many of his teammates were floating on the sea; whether they were alive or dead is unknown.

He then muttered to himself with a tone full of anger, "I am going to kill that idiot."

Fuguki then turned his attention to his foe, who was also floating on the sea and had many burn marks on his body.

Fuguki started walking towards him slowly; when he was a few feet away from Shingo, Fuguki noticed that Shingo was still alive, but he was on the brink of death.

Shingo looked up at Fuguki when Fuguki was in front of him; his eyes were full of defiance.

Fuguki gazed at his foe with eyes full of respect and said to him, "You earned my respect for surviving that jutsu; the power of that jutsu had been amplified because that idiot used the Kiba blades when he executed it."

Fuguki paused for a moment, then continued, "When I battle a foe, I usually only introduce myself to the one who earned my respect; you have earned my respect because I recognize you as a true shinobi."

"My name is Fuguki Suikazan farewell IWA shinobi."

After saying these words, Fuguki then swung Samehada at Shingo's head, chopping it off.

Fuguki then took out the corpse storage scroll from his pouch and sealed Shingo's corpse in the scroll.

His eyes then turned cold after sealing the corpse and ordered Samehada, saying, "go and find Raiga; for me it's time I taught that idiot a lesson."

"GRGRGRGRGRGR."

Samehada then flew from Fuguki's grasp and started flying toward Raiga's location. 

Fuguki swiftly trailed behind Samehada; his eyes were cold as ice.

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With Raiga

When Raiga arrived to where Nangetsu was battling, his eyebrows twitched when he saw Nangetsu floating on the sea and not moving an inch.

Raiga became more irritated when he noticed that the IWA ninja, whom Nangetsu was battling, was also floating motionless in the sea.

He got really mad when he saw Nangetsu wasn't planning to move at all, and he yelled at Nangetsu, "Hey, Nangetsu, what the fuck are you doing?" You are wasting our time; stand up and kill that IWA bastard.

After Nangetsu heard this, he began swearing and cursing Raiga in his head; he wanted to yell at Raiga, but he couldn't because he was completely paralyzed.

Suddenly, Raiga's instinct kicked in and he flipped backwards, dodging Fuguki's strike.

"SPLASH."

When Raiga saw that the one who ambushed him was Fuguki, he started yelling at him, "Fuguki, what the fuck? Why did you attack me? Did you lose your mind?"

The more Fuguki listened to Raiga's complaints, the more furious he became, and he yelled at Raiga, "Shut up, Raiga."

Raiga was surprised when he saw Fuguki this angry; he had never seen him this angry before.

Fuguki then pointed Samehada at Nangetsu and said, "Look at what you did, when you executed your jutsu here; you didn't just take down our foes, but you also took down our teammates."

"Do you have a brain on the thick skull of yours?"

Raiga looked around the battlefield, and he noticed that not only were IWA Shinobi floating unmoving on the sea, but his teammates were floating unmoving on it too.

He quickly waved his hands desperately and said to Fuguki, "Fuguki, I made a mistake but look at the bright side: I took down all our foes in a single jutsu."

Fuguki snorted when he heard this; he wasn't sure if he should laugh or beat Raiga to death for his comment.

He then told Raiga, "listen to me, Raiga. I used to support you and stand by your side in the past, but this time you went too far. I would not have cared if our shinobi who you struck down were genins or chunins, as both are expendable."

He paused for a moment and his eyes became chilly as he glared at Raiga.

Raiga felt a shiver run down his spine as he looked into Fuguki's cold eyes, and Fuguki continued, "However, those are Jounins—the backbone of our village. If any of them die, you will face severe consequences."

"When we return to the village, I will let Lord Mizukage decide on your punishment."

When Raiga heard this, he began to complain again, but Fuguki glared at him angrily and said, "Raiga, you are a Jounin; you need to be more responsible. You used a wide-range lightning-style Jutsu with the Kiba blades while we were fighting on the sea. Is your brain dead?"

Raiga sighed, nodded his head, and then apologized to Fuguki, saying, "I am sorry, Fuguki."

Fuguki sighed and nodded, then walked to Nangetsu and placed Samehada on his body.

Samehada then started absorbing the lightning chakra from Nangetsu's body.

After a few moments, Nangetsu stood up. He bowed to Fuguki, and he started expressing his gratitude to him: "Fuguki-sama, thank you for healing me."

Fuguki nodded to Nangetsu, but suddenly he heard Raiga speaking to him. "Oi, Fuguki, this IWA ninja is dead. I will take his corpse since I am the one who killed him."

"The one that I was fighting against turned into ashes when my jutsu struck him."

Nangetsu's eyes twitched in annoyance when he heard this, and Fuguki looked at him and asked, "Nangetsu, you were the one fighting this foe, so it is your right to either deny Raiga or agree to his request."

Nangetsu sighed when he heard this, and he said to Fuguki, "Raiga-sama was the one who finished off this foe, so it's his right to claim his corpse."

Raiga laughed loudly when he heard this and he said to Nangetsu, "HAHAHAHA, I like you, man; I will treat you to some sake when we return to the village."

Fuguki then interjected in their conversation and said, "stop wasting time; we need to check on our teammates as soon as possible."

Raiga and Nangetsu nodded their heads after hearing Fuguki's order.

Raiga quickly sealed the corpse of the IWA ninja in the corpse storage scroll, and then the trio shunshined away.

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With Haru

Haru shivered in fear when she remembered how she almost died a few moments ago.

Flashback

The lightning beam shot from the thundercloud toward the Sea with incredible power and velocity

"BOOM."

"AAAAHHH."

Haru screamed in pain as the lightning beam struck the sea, electrifying it.

She then fell on the sea and started extracting the lightning chakra from her body using her perfect chakra control and her medical jutsu.

After a couple of minutes, Haru stood up and took a deep breath. She then said to herself, "I am glad I chose to be a medical ninja; if I hadn't become one, I would have died here and now, no doubt about it."

Haru then looked around the battle and saw all her comrades were either paralyzed or unconscious.

Her eyes turned sharp and stated, "I need to save them now; if I don't, the military power of Kirigakure will weaken a lot."

After making up her mind, Haru quickly dashed to her nearest comrade and started using her medical jutsu to save his life.

End of Flashback 

While Haru was healing her teammates, Fuguki appeared behind her along with Nangetsu and Raiga.

Fuguki then asked Haru, "Haru, give me our casualties report."

Haru continued healing her comrades without looking at Fuguki, but she still answered his question by saying,

"They were lucky that I was able to heal myself quickly from that wide-range lightning-style Jutsu."

"If I was a little late, some of them would have died; we didn't lose any of our teammates."

Fuguki sighed in relief and then he glared at Raiga.

Raiga started sweating when he saw Fuguki glaring at him again.

Fuguki then smiled at Haru and began to compliment her, saying, "You did well, Haru. I will make sure that Lord Mizukage rewards you when we return to the village."

Haru smiled brightly when she heard this.

After Haru finished healing her comrades, they started sealing IWA shinobi corpses in the corpse storage sealing scrolls, and those IWA shinobi who survived Raiga's wide-range lightning-style Jutsu were swiftly killed by the Kirigakure shinobi.

After sealing the IWA shinobi corpses, Fuguki and his teammates erase their presence and all the traces of battle; then they return back to their ship and start sailing back to Kirigakure.

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