[Vatanui AKA Pride]

Special: Nui Gaiden!


Chapter Thirty-Five: The Battle in the Icy Wasteland


"Lord Hisagi, huh? Well, I'm not going to betray him, no matter what!" Matsumora yelled in response to Sakura's interrogating question as Sakura offered a slight frown.
"Very well. Then I'll just have to force you!"
And with that, Sakura raised her leg to kick Matsumora, who responded by leaping back as Sakura threw one of her special kunais at her. As the kunai flew toward Matsumora she quickly formed handsigns, and stopped after a few seconds. Matsumora quickly countered by blocking Sakura's special kunai with her executioner blade.
Matsumora suddenly smelled the sound of paper burning as she glanced down, and there was a piece of burning paper tied to the end of Sakura's kunai. Before she could react, the spark reached the end of the kunai as Sakura ran toward it, smiling as a large light emerged, blinding everyone for a moment, as it overwhelmed everybody.
The light soon died down, and Sakura or Matsumora were gone, Sakura's kunai on the ground where they had stood just a split second once ago.


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"So...she decided to used her Flash of White Jutsu....that must means she's pretty pissed off right now." Senso commented with a soft shrug. He then glanced to look at Kaname, whose eyes gazed at the spot where Matsumora had disappeared. After a long moment, he finally opened his mouth.
"What have you done......to Matsumora?"
Senso offered a careless shrug.
"You mean that woman with the executioner sword? My friend, Sakura, used one of her jutsus to teleport them elsewhere."
At that moment, Kaname instantly spun around, lashing his fist at Senso's head, who quickly reacted by ducking as Kaname's fist drove through the air where Senso's head once was. Suddenly, Senso barely glanced down to see Kaname's right leg lash up and kicked him in the stomach, sending Senso flying across the air, the whole ten yards.
"Never hurt my comrades," he growled, "Or I'll kill you!"
Senso crashed onto the ice floor, half-buried by several inches of snow. His lance had slipped out of his hand when he was kicked through the air and was now several yards away from him.
Meanwhile, Nui stood emotionless, shocked as he gazed at the sprawled Senso. He then turned to see Allon gone, and heard a whistling sound behind him. Before Nui could counterattack, Allon, who was now behind him, whipped a kick at Nui. Nui was sent flying.
He then quickly landed on the ice with a thud, on his feet as he glanced at Senso, who was slowly standing up, shaking the snow off his clothes and reaching for his lance while Kaname and Allon both set into a taijutsu stance, ready.


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Half a kilometer away, a single icicle stuck out on the ground, standing three feet tall. The sun shone dimly on it as two shadows in the distance moved rapidly, circling the lone icicle, which stood at the center. The wind howled, and ice slowly cracked beneath the two opponents' feet as they quickly paced around the area.
And with that, the clouds passed the sun as the sun's radiant light shone more radiantly as Matsumora and Sakura burst towards one another, blades out as the sound of weapons clashing against each other was heard, echoing across the chilly wind as the lone icicle, now with two slashes etched on it, collapsed into the icy floor and shattered into pieces.


To Be Continued...