Chapter 24 - Weak

I walked out of the debris but blood were dripping on the corner of my mouth.

'Thankfully I immediately countered it after hearing the jutsu name or it would have been fatal. '

"Izuna-chan" I walked out and heard the voice of tsunade. She was confused and worried after seeing the blood on the corner of my mouth.

"What are you doing here? how come you are are hurt. " she walked towards me but i just glance at her and then took of from there.

"Wai-" she tried to reach out but orichimaru's voice stopped her "Let him go. "

"Tsunade, do you know him. " jiraiya asked her seriously. He couldn't believe that orichimaru lost to a kid and his attack didn't caused him serious injury.

" Yes " tsunade replied while checking on orichimaru for injuries.

"Oh! who is he? " orichimaru asked with interest .

seeing the 2 interested, tsunade finally realised what was going on. " No way! he was the one who was fighting with orichimaru! "

Jiraiya looked at orichimaru and asked. " What was going on here? "

"Just a friendly match" orichimaru replied

casually.

"Friendly-" Jiraiya's mouth twitches. 'If I didn't come in time, you would have been a goner! what did he do to piss of the kid so much that he was after his life.' Jiraiya was lost in his thought when suddenly a punch hit his face.

The puncher's hand was soft but the punch wasn't. he flew and crash towards a nearby tree. " You idiot!! you almost killed izuna-chan!" tsunade picked up Jiraiya and punched his face. Jiraiya's face was bleeding, his face disfigured.

"Ow, Ow. Not my face!!! Orichimaru help me!! " jiraiya helplessly cried out.

Orichimaru helplessly sighed.

" Tsunade, you don't have to kill him. With the level of his intelligence, killing that brat would have been impossible for him. "

tsunade stopped punching. "Ye-yes, that's correct! It wouldn't have been possible for me to harm him. My sneak didn't worked right!? " jiraiya was desperate.

tsunade looked towards the forest

'why did he suddenly left? was he training all along? '

She was shocked by the strength of izuna but she was more worried about his health.

These past year she never met him, she only met his maid when he was asking about medical ninjutsu. She also didn't visit him since grandma mito didn't allow her. She was worried but she couldn't chase after him.

" Don't worry he is alright. " orichimaru comforted her.

"umm" tsunade nodded her head.

Jiraiya relaxed *phew* "I am safe " but he was again sent flying.

Meanwhile

A boy was rushing through the woods.

'Damn that jiraiya! To counter his jutsu, I forcibly expanded the rasengan which backfired and injured me. If tsunade wasn't there then I would have already fought him! '

I was angry but I know that he did it to protect his friend but still I don't like it when someone aims for my life!

' thank god that idiot shouted his technique and knowing about the jutsu from anime, I immediately counter attacked it with my full force otherwise I would have been a goner. '

I started analysing the battle with orichimaru.

'I only win because he was underestimating me and didn't fight seriously since he was only testing me. I deceived him with the water clone and transformation jutsu that lead him into my trap and then I used lightning release: electric discharge ((evolved version of of sparkle finger that can stun enemies and....that's all)) to stun him and then use rasengan to finish it but sadly I couldn't. If we fought again then tricking him again would be very hard since he saw through my transformation jutsu of my water clone in few seconds of the fight. '

This is bad, I showed a strength far superior than kids of my age and defeated orichimaru in a fight. He wasn't serious but it didn't changed the fact that he lost. During the fight, I sensed chakra fluctuations in a nearby tree. It must have been an anbu , he would have saved orichimaru even if jiraiya didn't came but he didn't showed himself due to jiraiya's intervention.

This is bad, The anbu will report it to the 3rd hokage and I would mostly be monitored by an anbu which restricts my movements but the worst part is that danzo will also received this news and his eyes would be set on me. Thankfully tsunade and Mito will protect me from the root for now.

I reached my house and jumped inside through the open window. I drag my tired body on my bed and started bandaging my wounds.

"I am still far too weak. Just a sudden intervention from a third person almost took my life. " I laid on my bed and started sleeping. ' tomorrow is the day of my enrollment. What surprises will it bring me? '

In the opposite room, a girl was quietly lying on her bed with her eyes open " Finaly he is back. " she yawns and whispers " goodnight young master. " she closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.

A NEW ARC IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!