It been our second day, we started early at 3am as the base deployed us to aid near the borders were Kirikagure ninjas been raiding some towns and also targeting our gennin corps. Cutting our war potential, so they decided to send some teams including ours to detain their advancements. We encounter Gal's team which was been led by a Hyuga chunnin name Ko. Together we were clearing Kiri shinobi's from left and right. Looks like allot of anbu units were deployed on the outskirts. But they couldn't escape our sensory skills and the all-seeing Byakugan of Ko Hyuga. It also looks like Ko used the sword since he had a set of 2 Kukri blades. Ko then mention to me he had been personally been training with Po Hyuga who is one of the sword club members. So his skills were not as powerful but were similar in fighting skills, giving him a edge against other Hyugas.
Because of all the shinobi's we been taking down, Kiri as been more on guard, since it looks like they also had some scouts and notice our presence. We tried to follow pursuit managing to kill most of the scouts but at least one manage to get away. We were pretty far away from base, but we have made a name for ourselves as the Kiri shinobi killers because of our increase encounter with them and letting almost no one alive.
It started to rain and get cloudy, so we decided to rest in one of the abandoned house that was in the forest. It was cleared since we had Ko to look for any hidden traps , so it was relatively safe. Either way, I assigned Popo to set wire traps around the perimeter and also explosive tag traps. Popo had become more efficient with his explosives tags. He no longer wasted time on creating bomb tags with seals. He had some more burns in some parts of his body since he did had some mishaps while fighting the Kirikagure ninjas but they were mostly superficial.
Gal also has been using more of her giant Buster Blade sword since she noticed it was more efficient to kill in one strike than with several blows. None the less even her kicks and punches could make heads explode like watermelons on impact. Gal even got a little recognition and was given by enemy ninjas the title of Green Beast Gal or Bloody Beast Gal, since she would end up all red from the blood of her enemies.
Anko also been improving with her snake summoning skills. Letting her trick and poison her enemies, that and with a combination of genjutsu , she was the perfect distraction or misdirection against enemies while we finished them off from blind spots. Also she has been assisting with gale palm, giving us boost to launch attacks or maneuver in midair. Also combining her Wind Great breakthrough jutsu with our Fire Ball jutsu, that Popo uses creating massive destruction and wrecking chaos among enemy ninjas.
While Ko, Gekko and Me made a 3 sword style formation to take down enemies with our sword skills. We had been improving it since we first tried it. We called this formation the Tri-Force of Swords, which contains 9 different formations depending of the situation, flowing from one to another seamlessly. This formation was based on the Water God sword Style, and since Ko learn it from Po it was easy to integrate since Gekko and I also knew the style. This formation was based on the Kumo sword style tactics but instead of using Kumos we used Water God style, improving it by leap and bounds, since Water God was more for a defensive, counter attack and containment of the enemy.
Since the start of the day we had already taken down several teams, and our killed count was already above the 300's, give or take. Not all anbus since we also encounter regular chunnin teams. By the end of the day after a hour of rest on that wooden shack. We manage to gain back our energies all thanks to me bringing some of my beloved teacher Mr.Kokolate Saburoso. I had previously been slowly collecting his patented S.N.I.C.K.E.R.S.-Bars. His bars had been life savers, letting us recover our chakra to full within 5 to 10 minutes.
Sadly my reserves of them are running low, since at the moment I only had about 6 bar left. If you wondered how I manage to convince Mr. Kokolate to give me allot of his chocolate energy bars. Well, that was simple, I arrange him on a date with my maid Nanako. It was a while back but they been dating about 3 months already. So Mr. Kokolate is no longer single and ready to mingle, he now is tied up with commitment known as Nanako Sarutobi.
It was getting near twilight when I notice 7 chakra signatures coming our way. All of them were Mid-Jouninn to Elite Jounnin and one almost reaching Quasi-Kage level. Ko also detected them since he had his Byakugan active. We knew that us alone couldn't take them, since we suspected it was the infamous 7 swordsman. They were the elites of the elites of Kiri so once we detected them we gave the order to retreat, using our special routes were we had wired traps, bomb traps and other strategic points as a safety net against followers.
We needed to inform headquarters for reinforcements as soon as possible. The chakra signatures were getting closer to our location, so we had to speed it up. I told Gekko, to pick Anko while I carried Popo who was a big fellow. Gal pick up what I was going to order them, so Gal pick up Hyuga Ko, as Genma and Raido also ready themselves as all of us who could activated up to the 3rd gate and speed up on our retreat leaving a huge gape of distance from the 7 swordsman.
They in respond also pick up speed, but still were far enough for us to be on the safe side. I also could sense other ninjas on the out skirts of my sensing perimeter. And noticed a familiar chakra signature among them. It looks like Lord Danzo itself came to deal with the 7 seven swordsman as I also detected what appeared the chakra signature of Ebisu and Ryu Uchiha. If I remember they joined Root, so the other chakra signatures must be other Root unit squads. Looks like they were expecting us to be the bait all along since we have been killing allot of Kirikagure ninjas. Lord Danzo likes to play in dirty, using us as bait. I also noticed a genning chakra heading our way, which I could verify as most likely as Might Duy. He must have heard that the 7 swordsman were roaming around the territory, and was worried for her daughter Gal. This part is indeed similar to the Cannon, but I won't let Duy activate the 8th gate, I won't let him die. He is like a uncle to me and the crew, he been our coach for a long time, I couldn't let him perish away.
If I need to show all my hidden cards then, I was willing to show them all, including my Wind Owl Cloak combine with the Raikages Lighting Armor release which I named Lightning Wind Owl Cloak. Which surpasses or equals the Raikages Lighting armor in speed, but not on defense since is about half of it. In actuality is similar to the Gekkei Kekkai of "Swift Release" but mine is a force up version and is not a blood line. Combine with my Sword God It lets me attain temporary Emperor rank level and if I used it all in one hit even capable of reaching God rank, at least in one move similar to Mihawk from One Piece anime, but it will exhaust my chakra.
Eventually we ended on a clearing were we could prepared for the encounter since we couldn't keep using gates for too long. We also needed to prepare some traps fast, so Popo at fast speed got into it putting bomb tags in specific places informing us about them. The 7 swordsman were about 3 minutes from reaching us.
What surprise Gal was that before they arrived, her dad makes his appearance, with a worried look. I relay that we were in an emergency and needed to hold for time. Since I noticed that reinforcements most likely were only Lord Danzo and his Root members. I also got close to Duy as I immediately told him that no matter the circumstances he should not use the final gate. He look surprise at what I told him since he had the look of determination to put his life on the line from the beginning hearing that we were going to fight the 7 swordsman of the mist.
He promised me he will try not to do it, but he said if it came down to it he would sacrifice his life to save her daughter Gal and his friends.
The time came and the 7 swordsman appeared near the edge of the clearing. Each on top of a tree, I noticed that some look angry and some had some small cuts. Looks like they encounter some of our bomb traps and wire traps. Other than that they look pristine and uninjured.
Looks like the showdown against the swordsman as finally arrived. I just hope the back up speed it up, since I would appreciate the back up, even if is the despicable Lord Danzo.