After Yukina and Zabuza finished setting up the traps outside Arika village, Yukina looked at Zabuza and said, "Remember, Zabuza, when we kill, we should not make any sound at all, and when those fools die, they die silently without making any noise. Am I clear with you?"
Zabuza's eyes twitched upon hearing Yukina's words, and he angrily replied, "Stop ordering me around, woman." I know what I am supposed to do."
Yukina sighed after hearing Zabuza's response and she nodded her head to him.
They then started executing three hand seals simultaneously.
After completing the hand seals, both of them murmured in unison.
Hidden Mist Jutsu
A dense mist started condensing quickly and it started covering the whole Arika village.
Both Yukina and Zabuza were stunned at how fast and dense the hidden mist jutsu was when it covered the entire village.
This mist was way denser than when they executed jutsu on their last mission, and it consumed way less chakra than before.
After Yukina calmed down, she smiled slightly and thought to herself, "Interesting, my proficiency in water-style jutsu has significantly improved; this must be due to my mastery of the third exercise of water change in chakra nature."
"I need to conduct a few experiments with my water-style jutsus to confirm my theories, but it is not the right time for me to do that; I must first complete this mission."
After unsheathing her katana, Yukina's eyes turned cold, and she disappeared into the mist with Zabuza.
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With Juzo
Juzo widened his eyes in shock when he saw the density of the mist that was covering Arika village and he said to himself, "Impossible. how could two genins create mist this dense?"
After a few seconds, Juzo's eyes twitched when he realized what really happened, and he started taking a deep breath to calm his beating heart.
"I can't believe it; this girl really mastered the third exercise of water change in chakra nature; this is ridiculous! How was she able to master this exercise so quickly?
"No one ever mastered this exercise in less than a month, and this girl did it; she is a monster."
Juzo then scoffed at himself. While reflecting on this, he then murmured while giving a small smile, saying, "She might master her water affinity before Fuguki-senpai returns from his mission."
Juzo then chuckled to himself after thinking of this possibility and said, "I would love to see Fuguk-senpai's reaction after seeing how far this girl has improved; it will be very hilarious."
Juzo's eyes then turned cold; he grabbed his executioner blade over his shoulder and said, "Right now isn't the time for me to daydream; there is someone strong here and I need to take care of this guy."
After saying this, Juzo disappeared in the mist.
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With Yukina and Zabuza
Yukina and Zabuza silently sneaked behind the bandits and began killing them quietly with their katanas.
"SQUACH, SQUACH, SQUACH, SQUACH."
Yukina and Zabuza started slitting the bandits throats silently, stabbing them in the hearts, and severing their spines expertly.
"THUD, THUD, THUD, THUD, THUD."
The bandits began to fall dead to the ground one by one, unaware of how they had actually died, while Yukina smiled sadistically at each bandit she killed.
"SWOOSH."
Suddenly, a powerful gust of wind blew away the mist, forcing Yukina and Zabuza backwards a few meters.
Yukina and Zabuza concentrate their chakra on the bottom of their feet to stabilize their footing.
After they stabilized themselves, Yukina saw three shinobi wearing dark blue robes walking calmly towards her and Zabuza.
Yukina smiled in excitement when she saw the headbands worn by the three shinobi, as she recognized that the symbol on the headbands belonged to Konohagakure.
However, there was a horizontal scratch marring the Konoha symbol on their headbands.
"Interesting, those three are the shinobi I sensed before. I never thought that they were rogue shinobi from Konoha." Yukina thought to herself.
The three shinobi stood in front of Yukina and Zabuza while they were smiling calmly at them.
One of those shinobi was a chubby young man who looked like he was 15 years old.
He had tanned skin, short black hair, black eyes, sharp eyebrows, and an ordinary-looking face.
The boy was smiling with amusement at Zabuza and Yukina.
Next to him stood a short-looking young man with brown hair, brown eyes, fair skin, and a lean, muscular physique.
The young man had a cold-looking face, and he also looked like a 15-year-old boy.
The boy was looking disdainfully at Zabuza and Yukina.
Next to the short boy stood a handsome-looking young man who looked 15 years old.
The young man had a long blond hair, green eyes, fair skin, and lean muscular physique
"SWISH."
Suddenly, the three Shinobi shunshin simultaneously.
The fat shinobi appeared in front of Zabuza and the other two positioned themselves in front and behind Yukina.
When Yukina saw Konoha's rogue shinobi positions, she smiled widely and said to Zabuza, "you better not die here, Zabuza; if you do, I would have to look for another punching bag for me."
Zabuza got a tic mark after hearing this and yelled at Yukina, saying, "I will kill you later, woman but first I will kill this fatso."
When the fat rogue Konoha ninja heard this, he became enraged and yelled at Zabuza, "I will burn you into ashes, you Kiri scum."
The chubby rogue ninja then started executing a series of hand seals and yelled.
Fire Style: Multiple Fire Bullets.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
The chubby rogue ninja took a deep breath after he finished executing the hand seals and breathed out multiple small scorching red and orange fireballs from his mouth.
The small fireballs flew toward Zabuza with incredible speed.
Zabuza's instincts kicked in and he started dodging the fireballs with considerable difficulty.
"BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM."
When the small fireballs hit the ground, they exploded in fiery red and orange explosions, which stunned Zabuza and Yukina.
Yukina was about to rush and assist Zabuza after seeing the firey explosions but she suddenly sensed multiple kunai and shuriken flying towards her with outstanding precision and speed from behind her.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Yukina cursed upon seeing the kunai and shurikens, and she quickly flipped sideways to dodge them.
The two shinobi stood in front of Yukina while they were smiling calmly at her.
The short rogue Konoha shinobi then said to Yukina while smiling arrogantly at her, "You are not going anywhere, girl; you are going to die here today."
Upon hearing these words from the short rogue Konoha shinobi, Yukina gave a bloodthirsty grin and thought, "Things are getting really interesting. This battle is going to be so much fun; I can feel it."
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With Juzo
When Juzo saw Zabuza and Yukina were at a disadvantage, he got ready to shunshin away to aid them but all of a sudden he saw some shurikens hurling towards him with incredible speed from the corner of his eyes.
"CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK."
Juzo quickly grabbed his executioner blade and used it as a shield to block the shurikens.
After he successfully blocked the shurikens, he was surprised when he saw the man in front of him, but he narrowed his eyes at him in the next second.
The man was quite handsome; he had spiky orange hair, brown eyes, tanned skin, and a lean, muscular physique.
Juzo then said to the man while smirking, "Well, well, if it isn't Ken Wakabashi, the fire dragon of Konoha. I heard that you went rogue not long ago; what brings you here, far away from the land of fire?"
Ken chuckled when he heard Juzo's question and said to him, "since you are going to die here today, I don't mind sharing this information with you."
"Our business is with that little girl in your team; we were paid by someone to assassinate her, Juzo."
When Juzo heard this, his eyes widened in shock as he thought to himself, "How is this possible?" The other villages still don't know about Yukina's huge potential; it is impossible for them to send assassins after her because she is an insignificant genin in their eyes."
"This means one thing: someone from our village had paid this guy to assassinate her."
Juzo was getting angrier and angrier at the conclusion he came up with; he then asked, "who sent you after Yukina, Ken?"
The man chuckled when he heard Juzo's question and said, "I already got paid for this job, so I don't mind telling you who sent me."
"The one who sent me to assassinate this little girl is the clan head of your Yuki clan, Yukitaro."
When Juzo heard this, his killing intent erupted like a volcano, and he said to Ken, "Thank you for confirming my suspicion; now get ready to die."
Juzo and Ken then charged at each other and started engaging in a fierce clash.
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