Naruto - The Wind Calamity

Chapter 128 : Pre-Dawn Raid

The group went back into the forest. Seeing their initial trail, the group decided to go in the same direction. After moving for slightly over a kilometer, Hoka stopped.

He said, "Found them! They are staying inside a cave on a hill about a kilometer ahead."
Shunso grinned, "They think that they are very smart."
Fujin wondered, 'If they are hiding in a cave, will Renjiro try to kill them all?'

Hoka said, "There are two ninjas guarding the entrance to the cave."
Renjiro said, "Keep moving ahead. I'll kill them both. Fujin, don't attack."

Fujin nodded while thinking, 'My Wind Vacuum Bullet is good for assassinating. But once it hits, it will alert even a sleeping person due to the trail of destruction it leaves.'

As they moved ahead, Hoka said, "Other than the 2 guards, there are 14 more Ninjas inside. 3 seem to be at the Jounin level. Rest are at the Chunin level. They are all sleeping."

Renjiro said, "Don't check on them anymore."

Hoka didn't understand. He was about to look away from them when he suddenly noticed one of them getting up suddenly. He said, "One of the Jounin level ninjas just woke up."

Renjiro frowned. He said, "Some ninjas instinctively feel when someone looks at them. Though they can't sense the Byakugan, they can feel that something is wrong. Keep that in mind."

After saying that, he suddenly flickered ahead! Instantly, Hoka, Fujin and Mieko also flickered. The Yugakure ninjas, who were alongside them, were dumbfounded!

Shusaku exclaimed, "What the fuck?"

A scowl formed on Tokuhei's face. He said, "Keep up."
He made a few hand signs and flickered as well. Others soon followed him.

Inside the cave, Kubota Mitsuzuka was sleeping. However, when Hoka observed him, his eyes suddenly opened up. He immediately got up and checked his surroundings.

On seeing that no one was around, he thought, 'What the fuck? I swear that someone was fucking looking at me!'

Thoughts ran inside his mind at the speed of light! He immediately came to the conclusion, 'Fucking Hyuga! Those cowards should have issued a mission to Konoha!'

He got up and gathered Chakra on his right foot and stamped his foot on the ground. A wave passed through the ground. It was harmless, but everyone inside the cave felt it. All the 13 rogue ninjas woke up.

Mitsuzuka flickered towards one of the two Jounins. On arriving, he shouted, "Fumimaro! Quickly check our surroundings!"

At the same time, the other rogue ninjas also began arriving at their location.

Kabota Mitsuzuka moved very rapidly. However, there was someone who moved even faster!

Renjiro flickered thrice in quick succession and reached just around 150 meters from the guards. On reaching here, he noticed that there were a few traps set close to the cave. However, he didn't pay any attention to them. He stepped on the ground and disappeared inside it.

A second later, eight earth spears formed under the two unsuspecting guards and pierced them! The guards were shocked! However, even before they could let out a scream, Renjiro appeared from the ground and beheaded them in one smooth action.

As soon as he beheaded them, Hoka, Mieko and Fujin appeared behind him. While they were running, Hoka noticed the traps. Mieko took the lead to avoid them and the other two followed her.

On reaching, they noticed the cave. It was a small hill that was as tall as a 3-storey building. There was a giant cave mouth at the bottom which split into a few paths. This hill was around 200 meters from the beach. The rogue ninjas chose this spot so that they won't be visible to anyone who scouts for them from the sea, but still be close to the sea if they needed to escape.

As soon as they stepped there, they felt a groundwave passing under their feet. Hoka checked the inside of the cave. He frowned and said, "Everyone is up."

Renjiro made a hand sign and said, "I figured."
Fujin, Hoka and Mieko watched their sensei as he built up a massive amount of chakra!

Behind Team Renjiro, the Yugakure ninjas were following. However, without the Byakugan or the Sharingan, they couldn't identify all the traps.

Tokuhei was the first one to notice the traps. He shouted, "WAIT! There are traps ahead!"

However, they were flickering rapidly. 3 of their ninjas ended up activating traps. Immediately, hundreds of needles rained down on them! Tokuhei frowned and made a few hand signs.

Inside the cave, Fumimaro spread his chakra field. Fujin felt his chakra field as it expanded past the cave. He quickly said, "They sensed us!"

Fumimaro immediately sensed the huge chakra built up by Renjiro. He yelled, "CRAP! They are right outside the cave and are about to attack us!"

All the former Kiri nins immediately had grim looks on their faces. Ever since they went rogue, they never had to fight against a proper Ninja squad. The Mizukage faction was too busy fighting the rebels. They didn't have the time to pay any attention to them.

Renjiro put his palms on the walls of the hill!
'Earth Release : Mountain Destroyer jutsu!'

[A/N : As you may have noticed in the past few chapters, the average words per chapter has been increased to 1.5k (instead 1 to 1.5k words per chapter). It will stay the same here onwards.]

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