Mabui barely registered the blow. Recovering quickly from Kakashi's sword, she swung her own sword at the leaf ninja, but was blocked by a kunai that appeared suddenly in Kakashi's right hand. Kakashi pushed both of his weapons forward, using his shear strength to over power the two younger shinobi. He pushed them both back and off balance.
Throwing Mabui off of her feet easily, he tossed the kunai at her long shirt, pinning her sleeve to the ground. Then he blocked Atsui's next sword swing before pivoting to the right and punching the blonde boy in the face.
With the punch, Atsui flew back and skidded on the ground on his butt. Kakashi moved over top of the boy, punching him again in the face. Atsui was out cold.
Finally getting her sleeve free from the kunai, Mubai made hand seals and the unconscious, Atsui disappeared from underneath Kakashi, instantaneously appearing in her arms.
Coolly Kakashi walked over to the two young shinobi on the ground. Standing above them, he placed his tanto at Mabui's throat, and stated, "You're too far in leaf territory. We know you're here for your prisoners, but you won't get any further."
That is when he noted numerous paper bombs right behind Mabui's back. "Shit!"
He started his body replacement, but Mabui had set the explosion as soon as she fell. It came too quick. In Kakashi's attempt to escape, the explosion blew him right off of his feet, filling the entire clearing with smoke and searing fire. He hit a nearby tree head first. His head rang with the impact. His eyes blurred, his lungs filled with hot smoke and he felt his body give in. Finally he passed out.
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A bit later, he opened his eyes again to Mabui's face peering curiously into his face. She removed his broken ANBU mask. Examining what she could see of his face, she gently brushed off the dirt and soot.
She appeared unmarked and seemingly uninjured by the paper bombs. Kakashi thought to himself, 'How is that even possible? She should be dead', before he blacked out again.
More time passed and Kakashi opened his eyes again, this time to Atsui and Mabui arguing above him. With the exception of Atsui's black ringed eyes and battered face, they both looked completely fine.
"We should take him to Konoha and leave him at the gate." Mabui was arguing. "Who knows how long it will take them to find him out here?? He might bleed out and be dead by then."
"We don't have time for that!" Atsui argued back. "Besides he was going to kill us without a second thought. Why are we wasting energy helping him?"
"Because the order was to get the prisoner out without being seen. Abandon the mission if there is any chance we might get caught." She argued back. "Leaving a trail of dead ANBU behind will definitely get us caught."
"By the time they find his body, we'll be long gone." Atsui retorted, snorting.
