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Chaining several chunks of fire together, she pushed back the volume of water in which Fuyowa stood, then grabbed a beam with one hand using her chakra to adhere to the damp wood, jumped at a frightening speed to go to the opposite of the renegade, then started his roundabout again to corner him. Deeming her opponent confined to a sufficiently small space, she dived, ignoring all caution. But using her chakra under her feet again, she pierced the surface of the water in an instant, and once below him released a punch enhanced with her medical chakra, intended to cause some serious damage.

With the sound of the jutsu, an impressive volume of water was propelled above sea level, rising several meters high. At the same instant, the Serah’s boss, who had just landed gently and quickly on the waves, violently closed his fist in the direction of the watery mass overhanging Serah. The surrounding air Fuyowa saw its temperature go from normal to that of the sun in an eyelash, and the water literally evaporated in the air. The bubble of hot air simultaneously released a hot wave which struck the surroundings with violence. Fortunately, it dissipated when hitting the boss, but it was not the case for Serah, who felt a sharp burn on her left arm. Not losing her composure, however, she examined the water around her. This wound wasn’t something she couldn’t heal later.

The criminal's energy rippled quickly in the direction of the vapors, materializing slightly, thus revealing the shape of his face and his arms. One brandished a strange sword, while the other hung limply by his side, as if he had been severely injured. Probably the technique had still burned Fuyowa before he had time to slip entirely into the water below, and to think that his plan had not completely failed pulled a little joy from Serah behind her expressionless face. Nevertheless, that the criminal survived this attack testified to a speed which rivaled her own. She was preparing to dodge when a violent uproar upset her. She leaned on the mud to jump out of reach of the blade, a second too late. Steel bites its flesh without resistance, cutting muscles and tendons with disconcerting ease. Serah winced in pain as she jumped out of the way and instantly started trying to heal back up.

She pressed her injured arm, the left, with her right hand, and tried to go up, but a downdraft pressed her to the bottom. This time, she was sure of it, it was the deserter who commanded the water. Out of the corner of her eye she could see the caravan that the water wielding criminal was supposed to be guarding. The only thing stopping them from robbing it was this incredibly powerful guard. Serah could only imagine what kind of goodies were in that caravan if they could afford this caliber of guard. Despite the pain that plowed her arm, she noticed that her opponent, completely ignoring her boss, the one he had to worry about, was preparing to give him the final blow.

Backing up a bit, he swooped down on him again. Serah's brain worked at disproportionate speed, ready to do anything to find a way out. Fuyowa was almost upon her when he had a flash of genius: uttering a groan of suffering, he abruptly expelled his chakra through every pore of his skin, repelling the water around him for a fraction of a second, time necessary for that it can straighten up and initiate a rotational movement. Just before Serah was eaten up by the chakra, she was pushed out of the way by a jutsu of her boss’s creation. She disappeared behind a bluish whirlwind which struck her enemy, halting his attack. The defensive jutsu offered her a few moments of respite, violently pushing away the one who almost killed her.

Before the guard could even regain his senses, Serah had jumped out of the water, and had collapsed at the feet of her boss, greedily sucking in fresh air to feed her thirsty lungs (cruel irony that having thirst while underwater). Still on guard, she still took the time to take a quick look to ensure that their prey did not run away in secret, but it seemed to stay under the bridge, as if to watch for an opening. Serah tried to get up, but her bloody arm snatched a cry of pain from her, and she had to stay on the hard stone of the bridge and properly heal up. Her head was spinning, and she was afraid of passing out, yet her ideas were clear.

She felt that her boss was looking after her hastily, and was telling her something she didn't hear. His gestures were feverish, as if he feared being attacked while serah treated herself. Serah had time to whisper to him that the renegade was not immediately threatening them, then was forced to keep quiet so as not to scream. He was swimming. Serah removed the wound with her powerful medical chakra and before long she was as good as new.

The boss also looked to be injured but he didn’t have the time to let Serah treat him as well. He had some wire that he used to stitch himself up and he cut the wire with his teeth, tied it and quickly wrapped a band around his arm to limit his hemorrhage. The fabric will immediately flush. It would take him a little time to get back on his feet before resuming the fight but in the meantime, he had to take care of the renegade. He surged a large amount of chakra into his feet and used the instantaneous movement technique leaving behind a few sparks of glowing chakra. The crime boss landed delicately on the water which was just beginning to calm down. With his sword in hand, he really felt complete. Ready to fight. In a confident voice, he addressed the deserter without knowing where to speak.

“You abandoned the gang, but you remain a man. The concept of respect and honor is no stranger to you. Know that I am the new one in charge. I offer you a fight in the rules of the art, a fight between two high-ranking warriors, a titanic fight. A fight that will make you a legend whatever the outcome.”

Behind Serah, a watery peak came out in a fraction of a second from the water ready to pack it, but the girl who had foreseen a breakdown in negotiations had anticipated the blow and therefore had no trouble dodging it with a simple good to the top. She formed handseals again and used phoenix fire again to send fireballs that crashed heavily on the aqueous surface. The medical nin fell back on the water, feet charged with chakra.

Medical chakra once again charged her right fist with pure energy and with her left hand quickly glowed which meant she could slash through tendons if she could get close enough. Meanwhile her boss hand formed a string of seals that would let him manipulate heat with a hundred meters around. He immediately raised the water located at the periphery of this circle by a hundred degrees. The deserter was trapped. The steam circle tightened quickly: it was necessary to act quickly because the technique required considerable energy, all the more when it was used with only one hand and the other was occupied in maintaining energy in its center.

But, when the circle was already only a few meters in radius, a dragon of a new kind arose. Unlike his previous techniques, Fuyowa had this time mixed raiton energy with his attack: bluish ribs snaked the mythological animal which then seemed more powerful. A voice then rose without the deserter’s adversaries knowing where it came from.

“A simple medical ninja and a fire manipulator can do nothing against the infinite power of water. Over the past few years I have reached a level that will forever be foreign to you. Feel my wrath.”

A second head detached from the elemental dragon and rushed towards the bridge on which Serah stood defensively. Meanwhile the first, open mouth rushed towards the boss. Before the animal reached the leader, the subordinate had time to glimpse a sword, one of the fangs of lightning, in the midst of the dragon's jaw. Listening only to her instincts, Serah concentrated her technique on the head which rushed on the deck in order to destroy it, but an energy maintained the cohesion of the animal: the raiton had increased the bond between each molecule of water thus making its much higher evaporation temperature. The dragon crashed on the bridge, breaking several meters of rocks. If Serah was still there, she was now seriously injured. It was therefore necessary to resolve this situation as soon as possible: Serah dropped the energy she had been holding in her right hand for a few minutes at the very moment the dragon struck her. The technique, launched at close range, literally disintegrated the animal's head, leaving the her barely shaken by the impact in the middle of the water vapor.

During the attack Serah perceived the intense explosion of energy between her closed eyelids, and protected her face with her free arm, before collapsing on the ground. It was only after several minutes that she would to come to hersenses, an unbearable migraine crushing her head where she had bumped against the ground. She felt a taste of earth in her mouth, and spat out the sand she had swallowed as she fell, looking disgusted. Her long hair, having soaked in brackish water, was damp and sticky, as were her clothes, but he was not overly concerned with it, if it was not the unpleasant sensation that the dripping and rough fabric inspired on him.

When the dragon dissipated, Serah saw the silhouette of her teammate on dry land. He seemed to have had time to escape before the dragon crashed into him. A strange smell then alerted the leader a smell of burning. He then turned and discovered with amazement a body lying in the water. That of Fuyowa. Apparently, Serah had been able to enhance her health and not only withstand the attack but also strike him with a medical technique that forced him to return to a solid form and severely damaged him. He was no longer able to fight but seemed to be dying. The leader of the local gang drew his sword while advancing, feet loaded with chakra, towards his target while he sealed up more wounds.

The boss winced in pain as the wire repeatedly pierced his skin, then gritted his teeth in silence. Fortunately, he showed great dexterity, and only needed one try. Even so, the blood was still slowly flowing out of the wound, and the bandage he applied to it had little effect. However, the situation was no longer critical: he would keep using his arm. As the crime boss descended to face Fuyowa, he tried to reduce his blood flow by slowing his heartbeat, which he achieved after a few seconds, allowing him to stop the bleeding.

The boss stood by an inert body floating on the surface of the water. He had already picked up the swords that were still crackling with lightning chakra. They had clearly been augmented to have some special properties. Still, he didn't pretend to want to finish him off, and even seemed to talk to him, even if Serah was too far away to make out what he was saying. The girl hobbled towards him, and joined him as best she could. When she came within range, the crime boss gave her an inquisitive look, the same as that of their first meeting in his office. Serah suddenly realized that her boss’s weapon had cracked in his fall, and that a large lump was forming on his shoulder. She put her hand to her cheek, understanding why she had swallowed sand once on the ground.

“I’ll handle the guard. You get the goods from the caravan. The deserter is no more threat to us. I’m deciding whether to kill him or torture him,” the boss said.

The deserter took out a scroll he had hidden in his jacket so far and asked the boss to read it. The water had caused some of the words to drool, but everything was still quite legible. Serah wasn’t privy to this information but she didn’t care at this point. She sprinted to the caravan with what little energy she had. Everyone scattered. She didn’t want to hurt them, so she had no need to chase each one of them down. Once she had cleared out all the vehicles, she directed the animals to turn around towards the safehouse she and the boss had come from. A life of crime was suiting her, whether she liked it or not.

4,379 counted by my counter

Claiming 7 health and 10 stamina and 11 speed

The 3,100 ryo bonus

The 7 Ap

Also this A rank jutsu (2500 words) http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t42696-chakra-scalpel-lancet
This D rank summon (500 words) http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t43020-jolteo
This D rank summon (500 words) http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t43086-suicoo
This E rank summon (250 words) http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t43019-ichigo
This E rank summon (250 words) http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t43018-ryuuji

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