"Sage arts?" Kakashi was shocked when he heard those words.
"Sakura. Get back." Kakashi said as he pushed Sakura away from Kakoto.
A few fast-moving vines travel towards him and Sakura.
Because Kakashi pushed away Sakura at the last second Sakura was able to avoid the vines however Kakashi was not as lucky.
Because he prioritized Sakura's safety over his own despite being able to get away from Kakoto's attack a few vines pierced through his right arm chest.
He immediately pulls out a kunai and cuts off the vines.
However, even then he was injured heavily.
"Kakashi sensei. Are you alright?" Sakura asked Kakashi.
"Sakura. Get away quickly. This is not an opponent that you can handle." Kakashi said to her.
Sakura nodded as she ran towards the village to get some help.
"As If I let you alert him," Kakoto said as he ran towards Sakura.
"Your opponent is me," Kakashi said as he intercepted Kakoto.
Kakashi's kunai clashed with the iron plate that kakoto had on his right arm pushing both of them backwards.
"Fire style. Fireball jutsu."
"Water style. Water dragon jutsu."
The two then use their respective jutsu as they aim for each other.
The two attacks nullified each other.
Kakashi then revealed a red three-tomoe Sharingan as he looked at Kakoto.
"Sharingan. So you must be Kakashi of the Sharingan." Kakoto said as he smiled.
"I have heard rumours about you. The pupil of the fourth Hokage. The son of a traitor. And the only one who possesses a Sharingan that is still alive apart from me and that traitor." Kakoto said to Kakashi.
Kakoto didn't know the existence of Sakuke and other shinobi that survived the Uchiha massacre while still retaining their Sharingan.
"Apart from me? Don't tell me. You are a Uchiha member?" Kakashi said in shock.
"That is for you to find out about your own," Kakoto said as he also activated his three tomoe Sharingan from both of his eyes.
Sharingan. And sage powers. How is that even possible? Kakashi thought in his mind.
Although Kakoto has not activated his sage mode he has used a technique that has the words Sage arts in it.
But not only that he also possessed three-tomoe Sharingan. Kakashi wanted to know if the teenage-looking boy standing in front of him was even a human.
Kakashi was not a member of a Uchiha clan. He received his Sharigan as a gift from his dying friend.
Because of that Kakashi was unable to deactivate his Sharingan.
A non-Uchiha member also required more chakra to use Sharingan.
This means that whenever Kakashi was using Sharingan his Chakra was draining very quickly.
Because of this, he can't waste time trying to analyze Kakoto.
He has to try and bring him down as fast as he can.
Kakashi rushed forward and engaged in some hand-to-hand combat with Kakoto.
Despite not activating his Mangekyou Sharingan or using his sage mode Kakoto was able to keep up with Kakashi's Martial arts despite Kakashi's experience and wits.
To a certain degree just by using his three tomoe Sharingan.
Kakashi had an advantage in hand-to-hand combat as he was forcing Kakoto to react to his attacks by launching them at a rapid rate however the advantage was not big enough as he was not able to land a decisive strike that could injure Kakoto.
In fact, Kakashi was only winning because Kakoto was trying to see what Kakashi was capable of by letting him take the lead.
Even without MS or Sage mode Kakoto was powerful enough to end the current Kakashi just by using the teachings that he obtained from the Ryuchi cave.
Kakashi was not stupid so he also realized that he would not be able to overwhelm Kakoto in hand-to-hand combat.
So He backs away by jumping backwards and launching a fireball at Kakoto.
"Fire style fire ball jutsu," Kakashi yelled out as he launched a powerful fireball at Kakoto.
However, Kakashi was shocked and confused by what he saw when he launched the fireball.
Instead of dodging or countering his fireball by using a jutsu of his own Kakoto simply used his hand to swipe away the fireball like it was a small gust of wind.
Kakashi doesn't know what Kakoto's abilities are. So he simply thought that the fireball was off-target by a small margin or Kakoto dodged the attack.
After all, just getting swiped away like it was a piece of paper was not something that even a ninja who has seen thousands of Jutsus like Kakashi would be able to believe at first sight.
He realized that he would not be able to defeat Kakoto if he kept on attacking like before.
His chakra was running out so he thought that he had to finish the fight quickly.
He started to do some hand signs as he looked at Kakoto.
"Those hands signs are impressive. I can barely keep up with them even though I am using my Sharigan." Kakoto complimented Kakashi.
"But do you think I will wait around before you finish your jutsu?" Kakoto said as he rushed toward Kakashi.
Kakashi gathered a small ball of Chakra in his hand that was imbued with lighting chakra nature.
The small chakra ball that was imbued with lighting nature collapsed as it was transformed into lightning bolts.
A loud sound that is similar to numerous birds chipping appeared as Kakashi prepared his jutsu.
"Raikiri," Kakashi said as he also dashed towards Kakoto while holding concentrated lighting chakra in his hand.
Because of the Raikiri (Lighting blade), Kakashi's running speed was increased by leaps and bounds as he moved almost as fast as the lighting itself.
Just like Kakashi Kakoto also prepared his attack as he ran towards Kakashi.
Chakra started to leak out of Kakoto's left fist.
The leaked Chakra ignited as flame surrounded Kakoto's left fist in a nano-second.
Unlike normal ninjas, Kakoto can use his chakra offensively just like a ninjutsu without needing any hand signs while his Sharingan is active.
His Sharingan doesn't even need to be Mangekyou to use this ability as even his base Sharingan can partially use the friction of his Mangekyou's ability.
"Fire fist," Kakoto said as he punched Kakashi with his fire fist.
Kakashi also used his Raikiri to counter Kakoto's fire fist.
A huge bust of fire that was mixed with lighting appeared with a loud noise as the two clashed their jutsus.
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"Kakashi sensei." Sakura escaped from the battlefield as she headed towards Konoha.
Although she had to leave her teacher it was not because she was terrified.
But because she knew she would be no help and would only hinder Kakashi if she decided to fight alongside him.
Trying to get help from others jonins would be her best choice for now.
But even then she was still worried about her teacher.
If he is someone who can even give Kakashi sensei trouble I should get someone like Guy sensei or Azuma sensei. Sakura thought in her mind.
Luckily for her, she saw the person that she was trying to search for immediately even before she reached the village.
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"Do you two always need to cry whenever we complete our mission." A girl with two Chinese hair buns said to a Jonin named Might Guy and a Genin named Rock Lee.
Her name was Ten Ten and both she and Lee were Genins that are studying under Might Guy.
"Ten Ten you won't be able to understand. This might even be our last mission and we were able to complete this under the guidance of our great master the blue beast of the leaf." Lee said while crying.
"I am so proud of the Ninjas that you have become. Come here, Lee." Guy said while crying as he also hugged Lee.
"Why would this be our last mission? All of us are in perfect condition to do this for at least a decade so could you two stop crying?" Ten Ten said while making a sigh.
"Lee." "Guy sensei."
However, the two didn't seem to pay attention to her words as they continued to cry.
"God. If only Neji was here he would probably be able to stop this embarrassment. Why did he have to do his clan's duty now." Ten Ten said.
Then she thought about it for a second.
"Who am I kidding even he would not be able to stop these two from making a scene. Thank god we are not in the village right now." She said.
Then the three heard the footsteps of Sakura who was running towards them.
"Footsteps?" Ten Ten was alerted as she put her hands near her weapon pouch.
Might Guy and Lee also stopped crying and messing around when they were alerted by the footsteps of Sakura.
"Hey. Isn't that..." Ten Ten said as she saw Sakura running towards them.
"Sakura-chan? Why is she running towards us?" Rock Lee said with a concerned look.
"Why is she alone? I thought she was supposed to be on a low-rank mission with Kakashi." Guy said while making a serious face.
"Huff. Huff. Guy sensei. Can you please help Kakashi sensei?" Sakura said to Guy while huffing and puffing.
She used all her energy to run towards the village to get help for Kakashi while he was in life and death situation so she was really tired despite not engaging in the battle itself.
"Sakura. Can you take a short breath and tell me exactly what happened?" Guy asked Sakura.
"Huff. Huff. Currently, Kakashi sensei is fighting with a powerful missing Ninja. I am here to ask for help." Sakura said.
She didn't say Kakashi was losing or was at a disadvantage but Guy Immediately knew that Kakashi was fighting a powerful missing ninja that even he might not be able to handle alone just by the fact that Sakura was sent away from the battlefield.
"Here Sakura-chan. Have some water." Lee said as he gave Sakura his water bottle to drink from.
"Thanks." Sakura thanked him.
"It's bitter." She said as she spit out the drink that Lee gave him.
"Ah. Sorry about that I forgot that it was my medicine and not my water bottle." Lee apologized.
"Here. You can have mine." Ten Ten said as she gave her water bottle to Sakura.
Sakura looked like she was about to pass from exhaustion but Guy knew he would have to make her endure it a little more.
"Sakura. Can you show me the location?" Guy said to Sakura who was drinking.
She nodded.
"I will lead the way." She said.
"No. It would take too long. Sakura get on my back." Guy said.
"Lee. Ten Ten. Go back to the village and report our mission's success to the lady Tsunade. And also report to her about this accident." Guy said to Lee and Ten Ten.
"Ossu," Lee said as he saluted Guy.
"Got it." Ten Ten replied.
"Let go. Sakura." Guy said as he piggybacked Sakura as they headed to the place where the fight between Kakashi and Kakoto took place.
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Back at the place where the battle took place.
"Kakashi of the Sharingan. Huh? I would be in trouble if the man with the scar was being guarded by more than seven ninjas like him." Kakoto said as he looked at Kakashi who was lying on the ground unconciously.
"I hope you can understand how lucky you are. If it wasn't for the former clan head's high opinion of you and the great relationship that you have with Obito I would have burned you to a crisp." Kakoto said as he deactivated his three tomoe sharingan.
"I wasted my chakra for no reason. I should have tried to reserve some more." Kakoto said as he walked away from the battle as the victor.
Leaving Kakashi who was lying on the ground with his right arm which was now pitched black from the damage he received from the fight.
It doesn't seem like he would be able to use his right arm anymore in his remaining life.
"I should have been more careful," Kakoto said as he noticed that some small cuts were on his left arm.