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Chapter 21 - Mischief

Tsukiho slowly walked towards the trees in the garden after masking her chakra. Reaching near the park.

The lake reflects the bright moonlight making a mesmerising scene in the park. Though there wasn't anyone in the park, it didn't look creepy as the moonlight giving it a calming look.

Seeing that she closed her eyes for a while and let her whole body relax. Doing that she felt a freedom she had never felt. She took off her boots and stepped to the lake. But she didn't sink as she focus her chakra under her feet.

She slowly swept the water under her feet as she dance on the lake. She closed her eyes as she spins and going round on the lake until she reach to the middle. Then she jumped up to the highest point she can reach in the air. Then she landed elegantly as her feet slowly touch the water surface. But some of water touched her face while giving her a slight shiver.

She squinted her eyes as she felt the chakra signature she felt before coming closer to her. She started to make some hand signs.

"Water style, water animal creation"

A very small rabbit made from water started to fly towards the direction she felt that familiar chakra signature.

After some moments she felt her jutsu collide with the person. A small mischievous smile came across her face. She suddenly felt the chakra signature came closer to her with very fast movements. She quickly pull off another jutsu.

"Water style, violent water wave"

After forming the hand signs, she expel a strong jet of water from her mouth at the target after calculating the distance. Since the person still little far away she knew it won't hurt the person. But at the same moment a fireball came along with her jutsu as it created a thick mist around her.

She took a few steps away from her previous position and masked her chakra. She knew with thick mist the other person can't see her. Then she felt the the ripples in the water that don't belong to her. It came from her right side. Sensing it is a trap for her she stayed there without moving.

"You know it is very rude to throw some jutsu to passers-by" she heard a boy's voice came from her right side.

She rolled her eyes at what he said. "Like you are a passer-by. Didn't you tell us that you are here for a walk. It's is really rare to see someone who even skip the dinner for a walk." Tsukiho sarcastically said. "Fire style, fire ball jutsu" she threw two fire balls at him.

"Oh, it's you little apple" his voice heard from behind her. Apparently he recognised her as he had already given her a new nickname.

"Don't call me that" she bit her inner cheek to hide her embarrassment.

"Why not? Now tell me little one what are you doing?" He appeared behind her as he targeted her tenketsu points.

Then water splash on him as the water clone destroyed.

"I'm dancing with you." She flickered behind him as she kicked him with compressed chakra. She used little amount of chakra as she didn't want to hurt him severely.

"That one is painful you know" he stabilized himself after focusing chakra on his feet and managed to land on the lake.

"Of course it will hurt." She had a smirk on her face. "I know you have some other moves. So come on, let's keep on dancing"

"Dancing?" The boy's eyes twitched. Then he sighed. "You are still too small! Actually how old are you?"

She almost rolled her eyes. "You know it's rude to ask the age from ladies. Too small? Even my father used sharingan when fighting with me. So don't be annoying" Then she got close to him and slowly muttered. "I know you have awaken your sharingan so let's do a real spar"

He widen his eyes about what she had spoken. But he still defend against her attacks. "How do you know?"

"I'm kind of sensory type. So of course it is easy for me to find it out. Don't worry I won't tell it to others if you don't want them to know about it. As a guarantee I won't ask your name this time." She managed to give him a shoulder throw.

Despite the pain she gave him with the throw he was taken aback by her honest gaze as a shadow appeared till his eyes when he looked down. Then the boy looked up. He had a small smirk on his face. "Well then" suddenly his black pupils turn to red colour pair. And there was two black tomoe inside those blood red circles.

'Two black tomoe. It's not that bad. I have to be careful of genjutsu. Don't look at his eyes and just focus on his other part of his face. And look carefully at his leg movements.' She mentally took a note and launched a punch at his right shoulder. But with sharingan he easily calculated the attack and lowered his body to dodge that.

When he dodged it, a kick attack his left shoulder resulting him to break the balance of his body. But he quickly jumped back to the ground to avoid getting sink. "Fire style, phoenix flower nail crimson"

Small fire balls came to her in different directions. She quickly did another handsigns set. "Water style, wave impact jutsu" a small wave of water erupted in front of her and crashes down extinguishing the fire and deflecting the shurikens.

While doing that she didn't stop handsigns. "Water style, whip of water" she went through her previous jutsu and at the same moment a whip of water appeared as it lashed the boy and tied him up.

"Look like I won. Let's do this again in some time" she stood on the ground with a grin.

"Hey! you placed a seal on me but when?" The boy surprised. Then he immediately got a conclusion after thinking for a couple of minutes. "It should be when you did that shoulder throw! Right?"

"Yup, the seal called glyph of pressurization. I infused my chakra in to my palm and stamp the seal on your back of your shoulders. This is a D rank sealing jutsu it will hinder your chakra manipulation."

"Are you related to Uzumaki?" The boy asked with a cautious tone.

"Yes, How do you know? I don't think Uzumaki name is very common. After all it had already became a part of history" she said with a self mocking tone while releasing the seal on his shoulders.