«11» SHINOBI BOUT OF FRIENDSHIP

@Masashi Kishimoto

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"INOJIN!" She jolted up as she awoken from her sleep. Rubbing her forehead, recalling the things happened.

"Well shit."

Right, she fell asleep in her brother's arms. She cursed at the sudden pain on her palms.

Inomi grabbed her hand, staring at her palm. She slowly unwrapped the bandages around it before smiling. Her wound was finally gone, leaving a scar.

Other than that, she saw a piece of paper on her side. Carefully reading the not as it was coming from her brother.

Dear Imouto, We're out for a walk, Please d̶o̶n̶t̶ come after us.

Love,Ji-nii

"Huh?" Inomi questioned the message. Shaking her head in confusion. Setting that aside, she weaved a handsign as she tracked their chakras.

"Seems like they weren't on a walk too.. Onii-san..." Inomi gasped and immediately took her bag from the table and slid the window open.

She had to find her students.

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SHE FOUND HERSELF in a very strange place. Shame, The Yamanaka thought that they would be safe in this City, but not for long.

"What would this path lead me to?"

She may get in trouble covering up her students from the situation, but she didn't have any other choice.

Inomi heard chatters coming from the left, knowing it was Boruto and Iwabe. "What are they doing here?"

With no hesitation, she immediately flickered towards the noise, worried about her students.

"... Boruto?" The girl whispered, silently hiding in the corner. There she saw, all of the guys including the delinquents earlier.

"Hachiya, are you out of your mind?! What's the point of doing something like this?" She assumed that Kagura asked the oh so-mighty Hachiya.

"Shut up and STAY OUT OF THIS!" Hachiya yelled out of anger, putting his hands on his pocket, as he cockily bend over. He dared to underestimate the kids around him.

"You're just a lapdog sucking up to the Hidden Leaf." He continued with a sick smile on his face. "This is a war between us and the Leaf!"

"A war? In this day and age?! You guys are so dumb, it's clichéd.." Inojin mumbled in annoyance.

Inomi nodded at her brother's statement, but she couldn't make a move yet. Yes, he was a Genin.

Who knows what he's capable of?

Just then, she felt a hand weave sign coming from behind. She widened her eyes as she saw Hachiya's eyes lit up.

"Crimson Mist: Barrier Jutsu!"

There, she immediately stepped out and rolled inside the barrier. She made herself hidden again, glaring at Hachiya.

"Now... No one can see anything from the outside. In here, nobody will be able to help you... While we beat the hell out of you." He grinned maliciously, convinced that he had many bad intentions towards the Hidden Leaf kids.

"So no matter how much noise we make, no one will notice us?" Mitsuki questioned with a smirk on his face.

Meanwhile, Boruto was really interested about this Jutsu, in that way... No one could notice them.

"Very smart move, but not for me to keep as a secret.." Inomi knew what they were planning.

"Wait you guys, calm down!" Kagura halted them, but Inojin shook his head towards the Karatachi.

"Say that to them!" He hastily responded to him, referring to the Delinquents they're against with. Some of their were holding weapons.

"We've got a lot more guys with us.. It won't be like earlier this afternoon!" Hachiya reminded them as his stick his tongue out cockily.

"GET THEM!"

Just on cue, they charged towards the students with war cries. Inomi had enough of this non sense.

Yet again, she stood up in the middle and crossed her arms. Everyone was shock to see her in action.

She used the mist's advantage as she swiftly placed wires from the corners and place kunais on every end. Just as they approached their area, she pulled the thin wires.

Click.

Surprisingly, some guys were tangled or even stuck on the wires. Kunais pointing near the vital points, scared to see paper bombs on each blade.

Gosh, they were heavy.

Some even screamed as they saw the evil glow on The Yamanaka's eyes.

"Sensei! What are you doing--" Boruto started in frustration before Inomi turned to him, completely unfazed.

"You're lucky enough that I'm the one who came, not Shino-san." She spat out. The Uzumaki gulped and nodded, he didn't want to anger their Sensei.

"This is a warning for all of you, I'm just giving you a chance to end this argument."

Just then, someone threw a kunai towards the Yamanaka and it immediately went through her left shoulder.

She hissed in pain, accidentally dropping the wires as the shinobis were free from her trap.

"Inomi!" Inojin yelled, carrying his sister's side. He was furious to see her bleeding in the middle of a fight. "You can escape, please stop hurting yourself Imouto!"

The Yamanaka waved it off and smiled to her brother. "I'm fine, it's just the mist bothering me.." She calmly responded, taking out her own kunai from her shoulder.

She knew it was Hachiya that threw the kunai, as she heard him cackle in victory.

"Fall back and regroup!" They heard the enemy yelled, hearing loud footsteps running away from their area. They were entirely bruised from the trap.

Inomi clicked her tongue, throwing her kunai towards their direction. Four of them fell to the ground seeing a wire pulling them from behind. It was connected to the kunai.

"Jackpot..." She whispered to herself. Inojin was still holding up her shoulder, terrified that she was still in pain. "Inojin, stay back and please."

She held his hands between them, looking at him with pleading eyes. "Don't get hurt."

Inojin gulped and nodded, taking out his scroll. He wanted to avoid close contact too, he might as well use his own Jutsu.

"Is that sword still just for show? A coward like you becoming one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen... Is a Disgrace to the Blood Mist Village!" Hachiya laughed as he walked up to Kagura, an irritating smirk painted on his face.

"We don't have any intentions on hurting you, Dear Genin." Inomi suddenly spoke as she blocked Kagura from the Delinquent. Hachiya growled as he saw her figure.

He didn't like her response either way. He tried to grabbed her wrists but it was too late, she was pointing her tantō near his neck.

"Or perhaps you're challenging the so-called "Young Jonin of Konoha"?" She angrily continued. He gulped in fear. This girl, it can't be real... There's no way she could handle me!

"Stay back!" Kagura immediately pulled her away from Hachiya's sight. She slowly lowered her tantō, carefully not touching the guy infront of her.

That's where the real problem happens. Hachiya smirked. "What? Why don't you just kill her, you know... Like you did before!"

"Shut up!" Kagura interrupted him with hardened eyes. Inomi blinked, confused on what he just mentioned.

Before?....

The Yamanaka furrowed her eyebrows, a sudden memory Striking her.

"You killed your classmates now, Inomi.." He said with a smirk painted at his face.

She shivered, looking at her stained hands and threw her tantō far away from sight.

"You're Wrong! Stop lying to me murderer!" She cried, ripping her cloth as she wiped off the blood from her hands, it was stained.

"Is that how it is, Inomi? I thought you liked me... I guess times changed!" He cackled, stepping forward as he grabbed Inomi's hair tightly. "All hail the Moon's dignity, or should I say dissapointment?"

"Who's the bloody murderer now? I guess you were a monster after all!"

Was... Was he... Just like me?

"He's distracting you Kagura, don't let his words fool you." Inomi blurted out. Kagura didn't dare to turn back, he was still processing the Genin's words.

"Kagura please." She squeezed his shoulder, quivering that he may release his anger, any minute right now.

"I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.. This guy changes when he draws his sword. When he was at the Academy, he dropped a bunch of his classmates into a sea of blood." Hachiya said, referring to The Karatachi who froze. This guy was insane.

"What? You think I'm lying? This guy's the grandson of the Fourth Mizukage!" He paused for a second before staring into Kagura's purple orbs.

"Yagura." Hachiya stated cockily as Inomi whispered in sync. Not much to her surprise, but she couldn't believe the first thing he said about Kagura.

Inomi turned back to see everyone's eyes on him. This could be bad. Shikadai's mouth was wide open, Iwabe was gritting his teeth, yet Boruto was still in shock, before summoning his own clones to fight back.

"And look at how pitiful he is now, he's afraid of cutting someone... He can't even touch his own sword... So sad!" He continued to taunt Kagura who was in the verge of releasing his anger.It was irritating to see him trying to push Kagura's buttons.

Hachiya walked towards him, but he stepped back from each step he took. "If you're Yagura's grandson, then act like IT!"

"I'm not... Like... Yagura!" He whispered harshly as he was trying to defend himself and tried to not take it from heart.

"That's for sure, you're not like him at all! You're just an idiot!" Hachiya spat out as he pulled a wire and sent it right towards the guy.

Kagura fell right into his trap, tripping down to the ground as he felt the wire wrapping up his ankle.

Inomi immediately ran to rescue him, but weak arms tried to hold her back. It was useless, four of them were already holding her back from saving the boy.

Her teal orbs widened when Boruto was getting choked up by another person. "B-Boruto!"

She screamed when she felt a hand squeezing her wounded shoulder. "S-shit, it hurts!"

Slash.

Her eyes widened to see Kagura deflecting Hachiya's metal blade with his dull wooden sword.

She was bursting in anger after seeing him smirk every time. They Yamanaka immediately sent a gush of wind through her body, sending the four of them flying.

She knelt down and held her shoulder tightly, the pain was already pushing threw her body. She couldn't move herself properly.

She threw a kunai towards the Uzumaki's direction, cutting the skin of the guy's hands.

Boruto gasped for air and silently thanked his own Sensei.

"Kagura-Sama! Snap out of it!" She yelled on top of her lungs. Kagura shook his head and turned to her with a determined look.

He pushed his sword towards the metal blade. Before he actually escaped his attack.

"WHAT?!"

Inomi didn't hesitate but to pull out her katana from a scroll. Smirking to herself as she thought of a trick. "I-I haven't used you for a long time buddy." She managed to let out as she was desperately trying to ignore her pain.

Just as Hachiya could even dodge Kagura's swift attack. He heard a drawing blade, and gulped silently.

Hachiya felt a swift gush of wind around him and ended on his back.

He turned to see Inomi holding her katana and placing it back to it's case. He could feel her evil smile that was directed to him.

He was scared for a moment that he might die. But something unexpected just happened.

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His pants fell off. Revealing his dark boxers. Hachiya turned pink and covered himself with his shirt. The Yamanaka smiled, turning to him with widened eyes.

"Pfft, Ji-Nii. Even this guy is wimpy enough to wear plain undergarments!1" Inomi laughed maliciously as everyone gulped in fear. Inojin didn't bother to listen to her, he couldn't sort things out.

Even the students couldn't comprehend that their Sensei was a menace. It was a harmful prank, for her it was... And maybe for everybody else?...

The delinquent got punched on the face, not even seeing the sight of Iwabe coming towards him. It sent him flying to the ground yet again.

With that, the Mist dissapeared at ease. Placing a smile on Kagura's face. Inomi smirked to herself as she sealed her own katana back to the scroll.

She was still thinking. Wasn't it obvious that Kagura was the grandson of the 4th Mizukage? Judging from his looks, they really did look similar. The hair, the eyes, even the iconic mark on their cheeks.

No wonder they were so charming....

No, erase that. She was still worried about him, that bastard was too insensitive with his words.

"You?! What are you doing outside in the middle of night?!" A guard yelled at Inomi. She blinked in confusion, and turned to see no one was around. Her face went bright red, seeing herself in an awkward position.

"Those idiots...."

"I need an explanation!"

"Oh right, I was patrolling at night, A Shinobi never disobeys her orders even in a Different Nation!.. it's a habit of mine! But duty calls!" She laughed as the guard deadpanned. Well, it did convinced him enough to let her go.

She sighed in relief, returning back to the Hotel.

"What a day..."

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Boruto and the others panted heavily as they returned to their rooms. The Uzumaki sat on the couch, relieved that he can feel the soft texture on his butt again.

They were celebrating after the success. Even without the teacher's notice. They weren't aware of the cranky one, right beside them.

"Care to explain why everyone left me?" Inomi glared at the boys as everyone shrieked in fear. Their faces were phenomenon, hearing the venom lacing The Yamanaka's tone.

"Imouto.." Inojin started but kept his mouth shut when she growled in annoyance. She's really mad..

"Uh, hey sensei! No need to freak out, we didn't see you because the guys earlier walked past you before we could even ran and--" Boruto tried to convince her but she sealed his mouth with her own hands.

"No more excuses, if I ever saw you doing this again without the teacher's consent... Or even mine.. please say your last goodbyes to Chojuro and Kagura." The boys nodded to her statement. Refusing to complain as she was flaming hot.

She walked out of the room, slamming the door loudly. Everyone shuddered from her sudden action.

"Your sister is really a drag, Inojin.." Shikadai smirked in amusement, it was tough to see a tempered Inomi around. Inojin sighed and leaned on the couch with a bored look.

"I have never dealt with that kind of attitude very often, but that's how it is... I don't want to make her mad." Inojin stated with a yawn. The Nara chuckled yet again, he knew that his friend was scared of his own sister.

"Well about Kagura..." The boys turned to the oblivious Kagura was sitting on the edge of the couch with a confused expression.

"Are you really Yagura's grandson?"

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Inomi heard the door creaked open, furrowing her eyebrows to see Kagura entering her room. What was he doing here?

"Is there something wrong, Kagura-Sama?" She suddenly asked the boy who sat on her bed. The Karatachi observed Inomi wrapping her shoulder with bandages, he was glad to see the wound in her palm, completely gone.

He silently tapped his fingers near the wooden edge of her bed, before having the courage to speak with her.

"I'm here to ap-"

"You're here to apologize about the incident earlier that happened twice?" She completed his sentence in one go. He nodded slowly and turned pink.

He was so glad it was dark to see his face completely turning to a sweet apple.

The Yamanaka hummed as she signed him to continue. He took a big breathe before speaking yet again.

"You also got injured earlier, I really apologize for that. It's just that, Hachiya doesn't want this village to become a tourist spot..." He explained further, noticing that she clenched her fists as she heard the guy's name.

"I'll manage, my healing techniques would help me at this moment." She smiled, but frowned when Kagura was unconvinced. "Kagura-sama.."

"My shoulder is completely fine now... But, that guy must have been insane for placing their rebelled side against my students. If he really wanted this village to become it's old self yet again, he might as well serve Yagura-Sama for eternity."

Kagura went silent after hearing his name. Inomi noticed his attitude, which made her sigh a little.

"I didn't mean that.. Yagura-Sama was a terrible Leader but he was rather interesting, he may be cruel but managed to keep this village alive. He looks a lot like you. I'm sure that.." She held his hand as she used it to caress his own cheek. She smiled at him with closed eyes before she spoke up.

"You guys are different from each other, you two are not the same person. You can still be the Kagura that you wanted to be.. Don't let anyone think that you are! Got it?" She warned him as he froze in shock. His eyes became blurry, nodding in agreement before hearing a laugh coming from the Yamanaka.

"Why are you being... So nice?..." Kagura stuttered out, clenching his fist tightly from believing her words. She could be a fraud after all, Inomi sighed and grabbed his head to face her. Looking at his features up-close, she would admit that he was very charming.

"Because, we're friends Kagura. Comrades always help each other... You helped me keep my students safe from harm, now it's time to return the favor."

"You're really a persistent person Kagura. The type of person who prioritize his duties than his failures. I'm proud of you."

"You're very unpredictable Inomi-San.." He muttered while pouting in annoyance.

".... You know, I was just like you.."

"H-huh?" Kagura's face flushed pink as his breathe hitched. "What do you mean?"

"I remembered that Hachiya... Said that you... Somehow hurt your classmates..." She shyly answered his question. "I did once too... It still haunts me till this day. Yet, I was still a kid." Kagura continued to listen to her, how could an Innocent Jonin would kill her own classmates?

She pressed her fingers to the diamond mark on her forehead. Kagura noticed where she was pointing at. "I was in control, I didn't know who to believe. Everyone told me that I wasn't a murderer... but him. He told me that I was stained with my classmates' blood.."

"This seal, is somehow a curse... But it saved me from slaughtering them. I held the blood of each of my classmates.. holding the guilt inside of me." She started to build tears from her eyes, wiping it quickly before staring at the Karatachi.

"I knew why you were frozen in place when we sparred... that's why I'm approaching this to you, one by one." She grinned as he scratched the back of neck.

"You and Nara-San are no different, You guys completely noticed a single detail about me with just a look of my face." He looked to his side when he heard her chuckle again.

"Can't believe I was compared to such a smart student.. You really did compliment him."

"Well, settling that aside.." She took his arm. He was confused as she engulfed him to a hug.

"I think you need a hug." She whispered, wrapping her arms around his torso. "Let it all out.."

Just then, he slowly wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She heard silent sobs from her shoulder. Inomi saw him leaning towards her with teary eyes.

This felt wrong but, He thought that She needed this more than himself. Kagura didn't want to pity her either, she was truly strong... In the inside and the outside.

Though, he was smiling alot. He needed this comfort. He pulled away from the hug and grinned at her.

"Thank you Inomi-San, I won't forget this moment.." He silently thanked her as she giggled lightly. "With pleasure, I'm not really a good adviser but you proved me Wrong, Kagura."

"Now..."

"Huh?"

"I heard that you ran away from them, they're really into games, why won't you try playing with them?" She suggested the oblivious Karatachi looking below her. He laughed in embarrassment as he left through the door.

"Thank you for reminding me, Good night Inomi-San." He bowed to her. She gladly lowered her head politely.

He stopped for a moment and smirked from behind. "Oh and Did I tell you? Shikadai-San was really worried about you earlier... I would say that he likes you."

"Ha-Hah? Wait what?" The door shut closed when she reached out to him. She was turning pink from time to time. She gritted her teeth.

"That darn Kagura, teasing me like this won't help me from these tiny crushes.."

~"....Shinobi Bout!" The Ash-blonde boy yelled as he placed three blue cards on the table.

"Huh?!"

"Just like that?!"

"Without any warning?!"

Everyone was in shock, after they saw him won unexpectedly. He smiled in victory. "I win!" He stated as he look at the Uzumaki.

"Dang it!" He cursed, throwing the deck of cards from his hands. Kagura laughed, staring at the defeated blonde. "Thank you."

"That was really gutsy.. The way you blocked those successive red cards." Kagura complimented Boruto, who was still upset from his defeat.

"But I lost..."

"Shall we play again?" Mitsuki announced suggestively, looking at Kagura. Just then, the door creaked open.

Everyone went silent and turned to see Sarada stomping inside of the room. "Boruto! It's time for an evening roll-call!" She yelled out as she fixed her glasses.

"Who cares, it's just a roll call anyways!... Now let's play again!" He stated childishly.

"Do you know what your role is..." Sarada glared at him. He gulped in fear as everyone did too. "Don't forget, this was requested by Inomi-Sensei."

"I guess it's time to call it for a day.." Shikadai shrugged and Kagura slightly laughed in amusement.

"Are you all really scared of her?" He smiled, seeing everyone nod. Inojin took a stretch before speaking. "She doesn't scare us like that unless one of us teases her in one bit."

Kagura laughed a little. He did messed up with their last conversation. He shook it off when Boruto handed him the deck of cards.

"Here, you can have these."

"Huh? Really?" He questioned him as Boruto nodded with a smile. "Yeah."

"Boruto!"

"I'm coming, okay?!"

"And ah, About your Sensei... I told her that Shikadai likes her." Kagura scratched his nape. The Nara turned to him with tinted cheeks. Inojin turned to him with a stink eye, most directly towards the Nara beside him.

"Since when did you get to that conclusion?..." He stuttered out as he couldn't hold the smile on his face.He would admit that throughout this trip. He noticed himself attached to her. Calling her pretty, complimenting her skills, talking to her for a while.

Oh boy... "Maybe I do like her..."

"What.."

"Long story short, I can see that you like her from the start." He calmly responded as Inojin deadpanned at his statement before squinting his eyes on the Nara beside him.

"I'm keeping her away from all of you after this conversation." He scoffed and turned his head. They were sighing in defeat, he was really an overprotective brother.

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This was another rushed chapter but I'll edit it soon after my schoolwork <3

This is the scene where Kagura and Inomi shared about their past and thoughts, it was really fun to redesign her.

Honestly, she looks like a Goddess. I'm really glad that I made her as my oc <3

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