With Yukina
"BZBZBZBZBZ!, BZBZBZBZBZ!, BZBZBZBZBZ!"
"BOOM!, BOOM!, BOOM!, BOOM!"
Yukina executed the Lightning Ball Jutsu repeatedly, slamming it into the Earth Release trap. Each explosion sent blue waves of lightning surging back toward her, and she grunted in pain every time they struck.
Yukina could feel that the Earth Release trap had weakened significantly, but her body was completely paralyzed. She couldn't move a single muscle to break free.
As the steam slowly dissipated across the battlefield, Yukina saw the Uchiha standing before her, his Sharingan fixed on her with an unblinking stare.
Yukina narrowed her eyes at the Uchiha. 'This is bad—really bad. I'm completely paralyzed.'
'Am I going to die again?'
'Damn it… this is so unfair. I'm enjoying my second life too much.'
'I haven't even slept with a men yet. I haven't mastered every jutsu that exist.'
'There are still so many things I want to do in this life.'
The Uchiha seized a kunai from his pouch and poured fire chakra into it. The weapon ignited, wreathed in blazing red and orange flames that roared with killing intent. In the next instant, he lunged forward at incredible speed, closing the distance to Yukina to deliver the final blow.
"SWISH!. SWISH!, SWISH!, SWISH!, SWISH!"
Before he could strike, a deadly barrage of bone bullets and icy spikes erupted from both sides, aimed straight at the Uchiha.
The Uchiha's Sharingan spun wildly, crimson tomoe blurring as he danced across the battlefield—swaying, twisting, and flipping aside to evade every bone bullet and ice spike before thrusting his kunai straight toward Yukina's throat.
Hiro cursed under his breath at the sight, then snapped his palm forward, firing a long bone spear that screamed through the air toward the Uchiha.
"Long Bone Piercing Flying Spear."
"SWISH!"
At the same time, Ichiro's hands blurred as he launched into a rapid sequence of hand seals.
'Please let me be in time.'
"Ice Release: Crystal Ice Mirror Shield."
Without warning, a glimmering ice mirror materialized before Yukina, blocking the Uchiha's blazing kunai in its frozen reflection.
"CLANK!"
"PPSSHHTT."
Hiro and Ichiro let out a long, shaky sigh, relief washing over them now that Yukina was safe. Ichiro's gaze met hers, and he asked,
"Yukina! Are you injured?"
Yukina gave Ichiro a sweet smile and replied.
"I'm fine, but I pushed myself too hard trying to escape this trap—I'm completely paralyzed. I can't help you anymore. You'll have to finish off this Uchiha on your own."
Ichiro nodded in understanding, while Hiro's smirk twisted with a hint of madness as he spoke.
"Leave this Uchiha to us, Yukina-chan. We'll finish him in no time."
Ichiro smirked, nodding firmly. "Hiro, go all out against the Uchiha. I'll support you with the Yuki Clan's secret jutsu."
Hiro widened his eyes upon hearing this and asked.
"Did you master that secret jutsu?"
Ichiro shook his head and replied.
"No. Ten mirrors is my limit, but it's sufficient. End this battle quickly—the secret jutsu consumes too much chakra. With my reserve I can only maintain it for five minutes."
Hiro smirked upon hearing this and said to Ichiro.
"Five minutes is more than enough. I'll finish him in less than three."
Without warning, Hiro's spine erupted through his skin, and the Uchiha's eyes went wide in horror at the grotesque display.
"What kind of freak is this guy? First, he weaponizes his own bones, and now his spine is literally bursting out of his body—these Kirigakure shinobi are pure monsters."
Hiro reached behind himself, gripping his own spine and tearing it free as Ichiro began weaving a rapid sequence of hand seals.
"Ice Release Secret Jutsu Crystal Ice Mirrors Of Death."
Ten ice mirrors began forming around the trio, and Ichiro strode toward the closest mirror, stepping through it without hesitation.
The Uchiha scanned the mirrors with caution. Suddenly, Ichiro's reflections materialized in all of them at once, and the Uchiha's frown deepened in alarm.
"Those aren't clones—those are reflections. So where the hell is the real one hiding?"
Suddenly, Hiro gripped his spine and lashed it through the air, the bone stretching and snapping outward like a blazing whip.
"SWISH!"
The Uchiha eyes widened at the scene and he started dodging the spine by flipping, and swaying his body.
The Uchiha's eyes widened at the sight, and he twisted, flipped, and swayed, narrowly dodging the snapping, whirling spine.
"SWISH!, SWISH!, SWISH!, SWISH!"
'This is bad. Even with the pattern laid bare and the whip‑spine's trajectory predicted with my sharingan, my body isn't fast enough. I can't keep dodging. I have to finish this freak now—or I am going to die here.'
"SWISH!, SWISH!, SWISH!, SWISH!"
"PU!, PU!, PU!, PU!"
Four ice senbons shot out from an ice mirror behind the Uchiha, striking his right thigh and sending him collapsing to his knees. At that moment, Hiro's spine lashed forward like a whip, slicing deeply across the Uchiha's chest.
"SQUASH."
"AGGHH."
Ichiro's eyes widened for a brief moment at the sight, then a smirk curled across his lips.
'So that's it. He was completely focused on Hiro, and since I attacked from behind, he couldn't perceive my strikes with his Sharingan—that's why my ice senbons hit him successfully.'
'Then I'll keep striking from behind and focus on the pressure points in his legs. Once they're useless, Hiro can end this fight without any problem.'
The Uchiha felt his right leg go numb. He yanked the ice senbons from his thigh and nimbly dodged the whip-like spine once more.
"SWISH!, SWISH!, SWISH!, SWISH!, SWISH!"
"PU!, PU!, PU!, PU!, PU!."
But at that moment, another volley of ice senbons struck his left thigh, hitting the pressure points with deadly precision.
Hiro gave a mad smirk when he saw the Uchiha drop to one knee once again. He then swung his spine like a whip, lashing it across the Uchiha's chest one more time.
The Uchiha raised his kunai to block the whip-like strike of Hiro's spine, but Hiro smirked as he snapped his wrist.
In that instant, the spine-like whip lashed out like a striking serpent, slicing the Uchiha's right arm clean from his shoulder.
"SQUASH."
"AAAAAHHHHHHH."
The Uchiha screamed in agony as his arm was severed, and at that moment, Ichiro launched a flurry of ice senbons that struck every pressure point along his back.
"PU!, PU!, PU!, PU!, PU!."
"Hiro, end this now! I've hit every pressure point on his back—he can't move at all!"
Hiro smirked at Ichiro's words, then advanced toward the Uchiha and drove his spine across his throat in a swift, lethal strike.
The Uchiha's eyes widened in terror as Hiro's spine sliced through his throat. He gurgled helplessly for a few moments before the light in his eyes vanished, and he collapsed lifelessly to the ground.
Ichiro stepped out from the ice mirror he had been hiding in, and in the next instant, all the surrounding mirrors shattered into a storm of ice fragments.
"CRASH!, CRASH!, CRASH!, CRASH!, CRASH!."
Ichiro kept walking towards Hiro, ignoring the ice fragments that rained down around him, and said.
"Seal the corpse. I'm going to help Yukina escape that Earth Release trap."
Hiro nodded, retracting his spine back into his body. Once done, he reached into his kunai pouch, pulled out a corpse storage scroll, and sealed the Uchiha's body inside.
He then turned around and followed Ichiro to help free Yukina from the trap.
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Yukina smirked when she saw Hiro and Ichiro arrive safely, without any major injuries.
"I knew you two could finish off that Uchiha by yourselves."
They both smiled at her when they heard her words and nodded in appreciation.
Ichiro's hands moved swiftly as he executed a series of intricate hand seals.
"Ice Release Crystal Ice Chains."
Multiple chains of ice shot out from his palm, wrapping tightly around Yukina's slender waist.
With a swift motion, Ichiro freed Yukina from the Earth Release trap, holding her by the waist. He looked at her, concern etched on his face, and asked.
"Are you alright?"
Yukina's lips curved into a soft smile as she nodded toward Ichiro.
"Yeah, thanks. I'm just paralyzed from using a lightning jutsu when I tried to break free from that trap."
Ichiro nodded in understanding at Yukina, then she turned to Hiro and asked.
Hiro, can you pass me the clothes that Uchiha was wearing and some food pills? I'm running low on chakra.
With a smile and a nod, Hiro pulled food pills from his kunai pouch and fed them to Yukina.
Once the paralyzing effect faded, Yukina slipped into the Uchiha's clothes, her eyebrows twitching with irritation.
'Black isn't really my color, but I have no luxury of choice now. It's time to back up Kotaro-senpai.'
After making up her mind, Yukina shut her eyes, focusing intently to sense Kotaro's chakra signature.
Using her hidden sense, Yukina detected his presence and glanced at Ichiro and Hiro.
"Let's go follow me."
After nodding to Yukina, the trio used shunshin to vanish from the woods.
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