"Are you shocked Hirata Senju? I have to say thank you. If you hadn't overshadowed me, I wouldn't have been able to reach this level. As a gift, I will let you live in my shadow from now on, hahaha…"
Daiki Uchiha started laughing while pointing at me. Since I know the full potential of three Tomoe Sharingan, I am not shocked. In my current state, fighting with Daiki will be at least ten times greater than before.
From the woods, Hokage-sama, teacher Danzo, Tsunade, Jiraya, and Orochimaru were shocked. Jiraya asked, "Why is Hirata not fighting at his full strength?"
Tsunade hits the back of Jiraya's head, "you idiot, it's not like he wasn't using full strength; it's just that he can't use his full strength."
Everyone except Tsunade was shocked. The strange thing is I can hear them talking. There is no need to keep quiet since Daiki has unlocked three Tomoe Sharingan, which allow him to see my chakra flow.
Orochimaru and Jiraya, "what do you mean, Tsunade?"
Daiki, who noticed that my chakra flow was concentrated on my chest and my four limbs, was surprised at first, but then started laughing.
"Hahaha... I see your chakra flowing into seals on your body that is interfering with your chakra flow. It seems you are pretty unfortunate."
Listening to Daiki speak, Jiraya and Orochimaru looked at Tsunade for answers. Tsunade sighed, "When we traveled to Uzushigakure, he was fascinated by fuinjutsu and learned a bunch of them. After that he developed a fuinjutsu, "fuinjutsu: Gravity seals", which works more or less like weight training and he tested it on himself.
It is working pretty well, and clan elders were also praised. However, this is not the end of it. Even though it works pretty well, there is one problem with this sealing jutsu: once it starts, there is no way to interrupt or stop it. He is now as good as a ninja with 40 percent of his chakra sealed.
The only way to stop it is to apply force to break the seal. This may damage the user's body and empty the user's chakra resource, which causes chakra exhaustion."
As Tsunade summarized the entire mission details to others, Daiki attacked me and all I could do was play defense. Soon the battle heated up as Daiki used B-rank ninjutsu, and I used the Horse hand seal,
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation"
He spits out large amounts of flames at very high temperatures soon covering over ten meters of range and spreading toward me. To counter it, I used a Snake hand seal,
"Water Release: Exploding Water Shock Wave"
I then spit large amounts of water which formed waves like ocean waves and spread out over ten meters before colliding with Daiki's fire jutsu. Since fire is weak against water, after thirty seconds the entire fire burning the ground and trees was suppressed. Finally, what is left behind is wet charcoal land.
"It seems you still have some fuel in you." Daiki laughed sarcastically while looking at me.
Looking at the 180-degree change in his personality, a smile appeared on my face. Even though I have a large amount of chakra, using a B-rank jutsu drastically reduces the amount of chakra in my body, rendering my body incapable of executing another similar jutsu for a considerable period of time.
"You are quite confident that you can defeat me. Then why don't you catch me first?"
I ran towards the forest to hide. Watching me flee into the forest, Daiki attacked me with kunai and shurikens while following me. To distract him, I created two clones and ran toward trees to hide.
If I want to take down Daiki with three Tomoe Sharingan, I have to mask all my movements. If not, my muscle movement is enough for him to predict what I am doing, rendering my attacks useless. Another reason to drag this battle longer is to break the fuinjutsu so that I can battle with my peak strength and for that, I need some time.
Just when I gained two meters distance, Daiki used C rank jutsu, Rat → Tiger → Dog → Ox → Rabbit → Tiger
"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu"
Many small fireballs were shot at us instantly, attacking my clones and me. My clones burst into smoke after taking two or three fireballs. I used substitution jutsu to replace my position with a wood log. I could hide behind a tree to escape but in that way, Daiki closes the distance between us.
After gaining ten meters away from him, Tiger hand seal,
"Shadow Clone Jutsu"
Ten clones appeared around me and dispersed in all directions creating a disturbance. I found a place that would take him about fifteen minutes to find and that is enough time for me to remove this seal. Although this seal has given numerous advantages over the years, it is still an incomplete seal.
"Fuinjutsu: gravity seals" is an odd-numbered sealing jutsu and it doesn't have a stop function that can be controlled by the user, which is me. To deactivate it, I designed a simple even-numbered seal. This even-numbered seal matches this jutsu. But if an even-numbered seal is placed on top of the odd-numbered seal this will create an imbalance in the seal and render both seals useless. That imbalance state is enough for me to remove both jutsus.
While it may seem perfect and simple in theory, an imbalance can also lead to the violent behavior of chakra in the body, causing serious injury. If that were to happen right now, that would be K.O.
I took to paint, brush, and scroll; carefully preparing the even number seal. After removing my shirt, I took five minutes to prepare the seal on the scroll. A circular seal with a gravity seal in the center appeared on my chest. I placed the scroll on the floor and using two hands with chakra, I activated the seal.
The activated seal slowly passed through both of my hands and encircled the seals. Just when the even-numbered seal settled, both seals behaved violently. A numbing pain spread across my body. Along with the main seal, sub-seals also activated making my limbs experience scorching pain as though they were forcefully twisted and ripped apart.
Each second the chakra's destructive behavior intensified, making it even more painful. I tried to control the violent chakra while enduring pain. After a whole minute, I brought the violent chakra under control, used that time to forcefully break both seals and that's it. I was finally able to remove the seals that were locking me in.
The suppressed chakra now started to move freely; surprisingly, the intensity of the chakra also increased. My body started healing itself after it was damaged by violent chakras. After two more minutes, I am good to go.
During this entire time, some collisions and explosions occurred. It seems the battle between my clones and Daiki is still going on. If my clones were normal, Daiki could easily see through them, but my clones were as good as me. As long as the clone has chakra, then they can fight endlessly.
Now it's time for the real me to show up in battle and finish what was left behind. Just as I approached the battle scene, three remaining clones were killed at the same time by the Daiki sword. Since that battle is over and Daiki is out of breath, now I have the chance to finish off quickly.
Ten seconds later, I am standing in front of Daiki, who is slightly out of breath and his red eyes are now black. Continuous usages of Sharingan drain more chakra and with the usage of B-rank jutsu emptied his chakra reserves much faster. If I attack him now I can defeat him instantly.
Looking at me, "you finally showed up you coward."
I laughed, "What a coward, this is a battle tactic. If you don't know what it is, I suggest you go back to the academy."
He laughed, "Then let's resume our battle."
As I shook my head, I said, "Take five minutes off, then we can have a fair fight. Now it is unfair to you."
Daiki's face darkened and I could hear him grinding his teeth. He put his hand in his pocket and took two pills, one small brown pill and another larger red pill. The small brown pill replenishes the chakra and nourishes the body. The large red pill boosts chakra by at least five times. This effect is, as same as opening the first gate of eight inner gates. But the disadvantage is chakra exhaustion and if not treated in time that may put more strain on the body.
Daiki tightened his grip on the sword and chuckled, "I have only ten minutes left. Take out your sword, Hirata."
Standing in battle stance facing Daiki, I held two kunais in both hands. But for some reason, Daiki is dissatisfied, while pointing his left-hand forefinger at the sword hanging around my waist and saying, "I said face me with THAT SWORD, is it for a showcase?"
I relaxed a little bit and took out the sword, which was severely damaged and almost scraped. "This is my last memory of my father, who lost his life during his mission. Keeping it with me always reminds me of my duties and calms my mind. So, this sword isn't for battle use."
Then I sheathed the sword and took out two kunai in each hand. "I will fight with you using kunai."
Daiki laughed, "Let's dance Hirata."
For his invitation, I smiled, "Yes, let's dance Daiki."
While we were fighting, Hokage-sama looked at Tsunade, "Tsunade be alert. The moment this battle ends you have to step in."
Tsunade nodded her head, "yes, teacher."
Tsunade, Jiraya, and Orochimaru watched the battle enthusiastically. Hokage-sama and teacher Danzo watched with anticipation.
Time is ticking away and as time passes Daiki is becoming impatient. The longer I drag out this battle, the more likely I am to win. But I want to end the battle before the time runs out.
"Shadow clone jutsu"
Ten clones were formed behind me. The first five clones surrounded Daiki and attacked him together. But Daiki lit his sword on fire and swung it a full 360 degrees, destroying all five clones in one attack.
Now only six of us are present, including the original me of course. As he looked at them, he jumped in a more synergetic manner. The first two clones attacked Daiki from both sides; he jumped back to escape since he couldn't avoid both attacks from opposite directions at the same time.
When he landed, a clone attacked him from behind, so he bent 90 degrees forward and swung his sword, turning around and attacking the clone. The clone burst into smoke.
Another clone of mine appears in the smoke and attacks Daiki. I used the clone's smoke as a smoke screen and let the clone attack him. But this time he had already anticipated the attack. He directly thrust the sword into the clone's heart.
The sword pierced right through my heart all the way. Daiki, who believed he had killed me, relaxed and smiled while bending his head downward. He tried to pull the sword but it didn't budge at all and at that moment Daiki alerted and let go of the sword. But the clone used his hands to hold Daiki's hand tightly and restricted his movements.
The clone started to melt and turned into mud and finally solidified. Yes, this is a clone trap, which is a combination of earth clones and seals to restrict opponent movement.
As I moved his back, I hit him on the back of his neck. Daiki lost consciousness and fell. As I held him up, I removed the clone trap and gently lowered his body to the ground. I looked at Tsunade and shouted for help.
Tsunade appeared next to me and used medical ninjutsu to cure Daiki's charka over exhaustion. Tsunade regularly visits the hospital to help the staff or people and along the way she also picked up medical ninjutsu. Though she is still an amateur, with me here she may surpass that Tsunade I know from Naruto.