She took a leap and collided with one of the sand columns. Almost instantly, Trish was swallowed by the sand and completely disappeared again. Hinata's Byakugan would now be unable to detect her, but she had something she could do to defend herself.
'I must not only rely on my eyes. I must not only rely on my eyes... that's what I learned by training. I use my ears, my hands and my feet...I use my body to feel the gentle currents of wind outside. I raise the palms of my hands.'
"There will be no time to think!"
Emerging from one of the sand pillars, Trish kicked Hinata in the stomach. After that, Trish was again swallowed up by the sand from the columns. The latter left Hinata quite sore, as Trish has too much strength even carrying those heavy iron sand gloves.
Still she did not back down. Now she is going to use what she learned training. 'This is my taijutsu, mine alone and no one else's. This is the taijutsu I created to defeat Toru... I can do it. I can do it!'
Hinata closed her eyes and relaxed her hands. She took a small breath of air and then waited. She could hear the sand crunching in the silent desert. The rustling that could barely be heard, but passed from side to side, zigzagging between the columns of sand. A shadow moved among all this, a shadow that could not be visible to anyone. Then, that rustling stopped and Hinata opened her eyes instantly. It was at that moment that...
"Omoiken: Hendō! [Heavy Fist: Fluctuation"
"¡¿?!"
As a strange current calmly passed through all the corners of her arm, Trish's eyes widened as she felt that. She watched as something moved through her fist the moment she tried to hit Hinata, a strange sensation, as if a draft was caressing her arm. The only thing she knew afterwards, she saw Hinata's fist collide with her face. A little blood splattered and she shot out against Josuke, who at that moment was trying to survive Ino's monstrous strength.
When they both fell, Trish quickly got up from the ground and wiped the blood from her nose. She saw him at that moment, as Hinata, using the palms of her hands, deflected the punch she was planning to throw at him. Then Hinata, using her other hand, punched him in the face using chakra to enhance the damage, that obviously worked too well...
"That hurt! Why did you hit me, Trish?" Josuke touched his head in pain after Trish's butt landed on him.
'I think I did something I never should have... Ha~ even though I had promised myself not to underestimate my opponent, I ended up doing the complete opposite. She's really strong. I don't know what she did, but she deflected one of my most powerful punches just by using the palms of her hands...' Trish wiped her clothes and then clenched her fists with her sand gloves on.
The iron sand shifted and the spikes on the knuckles grew larger. Trish snapped her teeth twice and the columns of sand fell. She snapped her teeth again, this time it was three times. The sand swirled under her feet and up her legs.
"Josuke... tell Rohan to get ready. Try to outlast those two girls because you're going to have to help me in a few seconds... How scary~ she's getting closer."
Pretending that her blood wasn't cold with nerves, Trish clenched her fists as she walked towards Hinata. At the same time, Hinata thought that Trish was quite resistant to damage, as the punch she threw was wrapped in chakra, which she used to slightly damage the chakra streams near Trish's eyes. If it managed to take effect, Trish could have lost her eyesight for two seconds.
"That scroll better be worth it, because that punch really hurt. Hime-sama, get ready, because the show I'm about to give you will be the last one you'll ever see in your life... Because you're going to die, understand?"
Having said that, Trish was pulled down the sand, disappearing again.
This caused Hinata to narrow her eyes. She wasn't going to fall for the same thing twice, not anymore....
Crunch
Something came out of the sand right behind Hinata, she turned around and gave it a chakra slap. However, what had come out of the sand was a mound of sand the height of a person. When Hinata gave it a chakra slap, the sand grabbed her wrist and wouldn't let her go. At that moment, Trish came out of the ground ready to kick Hinata with murderous intent.
She responded immediately by ducking. She used the mound of sand that held her to swing close to the ground and kick Trish in the chest. This lifted her into the air causing her Kekkei Genkai to be out of range. The sand mound fell because of this.
"No, you won't! Rohan! Josuke!"
"Yes, ma'am!"
Chains came out of the ground and held Hinata's leg. At the same time, Josuke appeared and threw about three hundred shurikens hidden in seals attached to his clothes. Still, Ino and Sakura did not allow them to continue this, so they took advantage of this to give them the coup de grace and send them flying against Trish.
Hinata broke the chain and leapt into the air.
"It's over..."
"No," Trish smiled....
Hands of sand came out of the ground and swallowed Trish and her team. Hinata tried to stop them, but the hands blocked the attack.
'Where are they, where?'
Hinata looked everywhere, but there was no one, no one came out of the arena. After this, Ino and Sakura tried to approach Hinata.
"Don't move!"
Ino and Sakura stopped. They looked at Hinata with a frown and veins swelling around their eyes.
'To prove my will, to become strong and to bring Toru back.'
Crunch x3
Trish's team came out of the sand. Trish had her fist in the direction of Hinata's face, while Josuke and Rohan were about to stab her in the back with a katana and a kunai, but....
"Omoiken: Hendō..."
The world felt in slow motion for these three as they saw dozens, no, hundreds of chakra streams moving like being snakes of air from each end of their bodies. Their attacks were deflected and returned a hundred times faster, a hundred times stronger... this made no sense. 'Someone like this can't exist!' the three of them thought together.
Their bodies were hit in vital areas. They felt indescribable pain and the sensation of passing out in just a second.
They shot off in opposite directions until they stopped ten meters away from the girl who had hit them.
"She.... she..."
Trish's eyes were about to pop out of her face. She felt anger, she felt frustration, she felt humiliation.
'I was trained to become Kazekage! I won't lose! I never lose! I was always better than everyone, always the one chosen to help the weak... I... I CANNOT LOSE TO SOMEONE FROM KONOHA!'
The sand swallowed Trish again. Hinata watched this and stayed in the same place she was.
The sand moved under their feet and around everyone at great speed. However, Hinata sighed and then touched the ground with her hands. They lit up with chakra light and everything began to tremble.
"Omoiken: Atsuryoku [Heavy Fist: Pressure."
Boom!
From Hinata's hands were expelled great waves of chakra that hit whatever was hiding inside the sand. Everything began to break apart as if it were stone, forming cracks where the sand began to fall. Sure enough Trish was buried in the sand.
"That..."
"Yes... this is Hinata. She's Hinata now. Remember that, Sakura."
Ino smiled with a bit of fear. Although Ino possesses great strength and speed thanks to her training with Tsunade, she thinks that in terms of taijutsu, Hinata is the best in all of Konoha, only buying with Neji and Rock Lee. Without a doubt, Hinata has become strong.
Still, what came next only made Ino proud of her friend.
Hinata was digging through the sand to find the girl who was buried. Hinata was quickly able to pull her out. With this, Ino felt that even though Hinata has grown up and is now more aggressive when it comes to fighting, she is still the same kind girl inside.
"That's not fair, Hinata. You stole our show fight" Ino said.
"Uh... I... I'm sorry..."
"Hm... you shouldn't apologize. Still... What do we do about those guys trying to run away?"
"¡¿?!"
After Trish was defeated, Josuke and Rohan tried to run away, but Ino saw them trying to leave. Hinata looked at Ino and then at Trish's companions. She got up from the ground and walked towards them.
They quickly dropped to their knees with their foreheads on the ground and with tears streaming down their faces said, "Don't kill us, Killer Queen-sama!"
"..."
Hinata obviously had no intention of killing anyone, so Rohan and Josuke's concerns were ridiculous. But because of the fear these two boys felt, they placed the scroll in front of Hinata, slowly got up from the ground and approached Trish with the same speed. They apologized to their teammate with a few whispers and then lifted her up. Josuke now had Trish clinging to his back.
Rohan looked at the team of three girls and shivered a little in fear at the sight of Hinata. After that, they ran off in a somewhat ridiculous fashion.
Everything went silent after that. No one understood what happened in so few seconds.
"Ha~" Sakura yawned as she stretched a little. "How about we go to sleep for now?" She felt tired after fighting those guys. They had the scroll now, so she could try to get to the tower in the morning, so it would be easy to rest. Ino disagreed with that, but... Hinata looked at the scroll and noticed something strange.
"This is... a scroll from earth..."
Sakura and Ino were silent at Hinata's words. They also have an earth scroll... that means they almost killed three people in vain.
The earth scroll looked quite well kept. It didn't have a scratch on it despite the wild fight they had. Hinata looked at it and took it gently in her hands.
"Well... they attacked first. So- huh? Where are you going Hinata? Hinata?"
With the earth scroll in her hands, Hinata walked in the direction in which the Suna team left. "I'll be back in a few minutes. Don't worry."
"Hinata, wait!"
Ino tried to go after her, but Hinata started running leaving her behind. Ino is sure that Hinata is going to give the scroll back to those three. Still, maybe it doesn't matter so much. Trish and her team are hurt enough to fight, so they won't do anything to Hinata. But just in case, Ino and Sakura secretly followed her, though they later realized that Hinata is a Hyūga and can spot them from afar easily.
-With Trish's team-
They trudged along while carrying Trish.
Although they attacked first, they ended up in a sorry state because of their recklessness. They thought they could take on a team of pretty girls, but they were wrong. The shinobi of Konoha are dangerous.
"Where...where are we...Josuke?"
"You woke up, huh... Don't worry, we were defeated. We lost the scroll. I think it's best to abandon the exam. There's nothing we can do to get it back now" Smiling sadly, Josuke looked at Trish as he carried her.
She hugged Josuke gently and closed her eyes. "It was my fault... forgive me, Josuke..."
"It wasn't just your fault. We are a team, we will share our suffering, our sins and of course, our mistakes. So don't feel sad. We can become chūnin next year."
"Hehe... thanks for cheering me up."
"I don't like to see you sad. Besides, that Killer Queen crushed us all. She's dangerous and scary."
"Killer Queen, huh... I guess that name fits her like a glove. And yes, she is scary."
Trish and Josuke were locked in their own world, talking as if Rohan didn't exist. He was already used to this, though. So it's okay, he wants to become a great novelist. He wants to write his life as a shinobi together with his teammates. Romance was also welcome in this novel. However, for him, love is something he will never find.
"Hey you two. I'm here, stop ignoring me already" Rohan snapped his fingers. "Let's rest here. We've gotten far enough away. And don't you dare do dirty things while I'm sleeping. It would be disgusting to watch."
Josuke and Trish turned red when they heard that. They denied having any kind of romantic relationship, but it was obvious how they felt.
After a few minutes, they set up camp and Josuke set about treating the wounds their received when they were hit by Hinata. Josuke can do this, a spirit of with skin very similar to metal accompanied him and helped him heal serious wounds more effectively than medical ninjutsu.
While Josuke was at it, something was heard....
Crunching, crunching....
Someone's footsteps were heard and a shadow appeared in front of them. Her eyes shone like the moon... that means only one thing...
"Ahhhhhhh! Killer Queen followed us! Run away! He's going to kill us!"
"Uh, uh... I... I just..."
"Ahhhhhh!"
Josuke started screaming the moment he saw Hinata. Rohan held a kunai in his hand and Trish could only pout at the situation. They never thought that after getting the scroll, someone would follow them, but they were wrong.
Now they were sure they would be killed. No one will be able to fulfill their dreams anymore if that happens, but these were just strange ideas that Suna's team had. Since Hinata is not in the business of killing people.
"I just wanted to return this to them. We already have the land scroll, so we don't need the scroll from you guys. Also excuse me for hurting you so much, I didn't control my strength. I will now return to my team. Goodbye."
As quickly as she appeared, Hinata left leaving the scroll in the sand in front of Trish.
'Killer Queen... it doesn't fit her, but...' As Hinata left, Trish smiled. In her eyes, Hinata is a very adorable girl. 'It would be funny if everyone called such a nice girl like that. This will be my revenge for this, Hime-sama' No one expected Hinata to be like that. However, this left a good impression about the Konoha shinobi on this team of young shinobi from Suna.
"We'd better get some rest. Let's not waste the opportunity we've just been given. Besides, Josuke, Rohan..." Trish looked at her teammates and then sighed. "Forget it..."
"What, what were you going to say, and why are you smiling!" Josuke didn't understand what Trish was trying to say, but Rohan did.
'A good story... my story finally takes an interesting turn. The requiem of a villain who is actually a corrupted hero... maybe that's the title of my novel. 'Hm... I'm going to write a little' Rohan took out a notebook from his bag and opened it, he immediately moved his hands and with a pen wrote like a work of art, which one day will be known to all.
Killer Queen - The End
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