'A dragon wasn't something the expected‘
It was obvious that the battle was coming to an end, the forces that had attacked the fortress had been broken in two due to the attack from behind, combined with the Mizukage scattering forces in the middle and the ninja from the fortress as well, put the would be attackers on the defensive. They ere trapped, there was very little that they were able to do now... But that wasn't the end of the plan. Once they were boxed in, the Mizukage would enact the final phase of her counterattack. Holding up her hands she would form chakra into them, raw, not intended for any technique. She would perform six handsigns as the combat would rage around her. Ayakashi had no need for hand-signs, she had no knowledge of ninjutsu or any other form of combat which would require them. But... her opponents didn't know that. Expecting a jutsu of catastrophic proportions to be summoned, the banditos would back off for the brief moment it would require for their world to come crumbling down all around them.
In an actual fact, Ayakashi knew she would be being watched through sensory techniques from ninja behind the barrier, kirigakure worked like a well oiled machine, and the second that she began to formulate chakra, there was no doubt that eyes would be on her to see the simple sign language that she had performed as an issue of an order to those who witnessed it. Without hesitation a large portion of ANBU would perform the body flicker technique, pushing themselves out of the conflict and to the other side of the veritable arena, behind the lines of the reinforcements. Each of them widely spread out and facing inwards as they each began to channel their own internal chakra. Handseals in unison flourishing deftly in their hands before another expanse of colorless chakra would expand to what seemed to be the horizon. The effect would enrapture the gawking stares of the missing-nin that had attacked them while a second larger barrier formed around the battlefield, trapping them in the center once the charge had finally ceased. Doton users willing to use the reverse decapitation technique to burrow into the sand and erupt into the combat zone that was now little more than a slaughterhouse.
'They were trapped.'
It was then a voice would break through the silence, the words of another ninja offering aid to the Mizukage. Her smile would be quaint, thankful under her mask until she saw where this ninja had come from. Kumogakure. Hastur had sent aid after the attack it seemed, it was a bold political move, of that Ayakashi was certain. But she wasn't about to neglect or shy away from the foreign aid in the meantime. The two of them would have to do a bit of talking later to ensure that this was not some form of act that the Raikage expected to be repaid in the future. Ayakashi would nod under her mask before speaking in stern neutral tones.
"They're locked in, eliminate all you can, but attempt to capture their leaders if you can identify them, that way we can interrogate them later." The edict would come across as cold, with a metallic tinge in her voice which would be obvious to be a factor of the mask. Whatever its purpose as armor, it flattened her tone as she spoke and elimintated any perception of emotion through it.
But the battle wasn't over. With the second barrier erected, the enemy forces within were like cornered dogs. They became rabid and unfocused, many of them worrying about their own survival as they would seek to break ranks and fight with everything they had. It made them dangerous, but it enabled the highly skilled teams of Hunter ninja to be able to pick them off one by one as they fled the protection that a mob enabled. Ayakashi would still attempt to seek out clusters of enemies that had huddled together in strong formations, knowing that she would be able to act as a battering ram that no-one else in her country could likely match. Picking one target and bulleting for it with everything she had, throwing a fist into a ninja with such force that the shockwave alone would send six others flying in every direction. The chakra enhanced strength of her blow would be enough to carry the victims on the wind, slamming them into the earth with fractures and breaks if they were unlucky.
But soon enough it seemed, the battle was beginning to come to a close, as powerful as their force was, it had shattered and only now were living victims even beginning to be taken by the kirigakure forces. Not as prisoners, but as potential informants, with sentences to be extradited as soon as their worth or the cause of their insurgency had been determined. There was a chance there was foul play involved, but, ,Ayakashi could already tell by some of the crossed out hitiate, that many of the ninja within the ranks were former sunagakure nin that had chosen to go rogue after the fall of their country. It was a damn shame, but it seemed that they had decided that their nation was going to remain theirs, and regect the aid of anyone else who even so much as set foot on their sacred ash of a nation. It was a damn shame... Although, with a heavy sigh, Ayakashi would move to seek out the ninja who had come with the reinforcements. They seemed like they would be chatty enough, so, in roaming around the battlefield she hoped to find them. Hoping on some level, that they had not been killed in the assault.
Should she come across them, she would hold out a hand, her other moving up to, while not remove her mask, fold up the faceplate that covered the lower half of her face, allowing her to express herself better, while simultaneously being prepared for anything that might come her way as she would begin her greeting.
"Hey, you there, Kumo nin. I, feel like I am obliged to thank you sincerely for your aid, it was a grand help, however, may the two of us talk for a moment? While the battle is winding down? Come this way."Moments after she finished talking one of the higher ranking rogues who had been playing dead would raise their head, spying the mizukage and attempting to slink closer and closer before leaping from their hiding spot, crossbow in hand and firing the bolt directly for Ayakashi's chest. In the blink of an eye, the man was pinned to a wooden garrison foundation that had been broken and sticking out of the ground. His own arrow piercing him to it through his shoulder... what had transpired having not for a moment for anyone in the area having so much as seemed to occur. No-one here was capable of seeing ayakashi snatch his bolt out of the air fast enough with her right hand and spinning with it, casting it back at him underhand like a dart as the impact shattered his collarbone and threw him against the stake that jutted violently from the ground.
'A dragon wasn't something the expected‘
It was obvious that the battle was coming to an end, the forces that had attacked the fortress had been broken in two due to the attack from behind, combined with the Mizukage scattering forces in the middle and the ninja from the fortress as well, put the would be attackers on the defensive. They ere trapped, there was very little that they were able to do now... But that wasn't the end of the plan. Once they were boxed in, the Mizukage would enact the final phase of her counterattack. Holding up her hands she would form chakra into them, raw, not intended for any technique. She would perform six handsigns as the combat would rage around her. Ayakashi had no need for hand-signs, she had no knowledge of ninjutsu or any other form of combat which would require them. But... her opponents didn't know that. Expecting a jutsu of catastrophic proportions to be summoned, the banditos would back off for the brief moment it would require for their world to come crumbling down all around them.
In an actual fact, Ayakashi knew she would be being watched through sensory techniques from ninja behind the barrier, kirigakure worked like a well oiled machine, and the second that she began to formulate chakra, there was no doubt that eyes would be on her to see the simple sign language that she had performed as an issue of an order to those who witnessed it. Without hesitation a large portion of ANBU would perform the body flicker technique, pushing themselves out of the conflict and to the other side of the veritable arena, behind the lines of the reinforcements. Each of them widely spread out and facing inwards as they each began to channel their own internal chakra. Handseals in unison flourishing deftly in their hands before another expanse of colorless chakra would expand to what seemed to be the horizon. The effect would enrapture the gawking stares of the missing-nin that had attacked them while a second larger barrier formed around the battlefield, trapping them in the center once the charge had finally ceased. Doton users willing to use the reverse decapitation technique to burrow into the sand and erupt into the combat zone that was now little more than a slaughterhouse.
'They were trapped.'
It was then a voice would break through the silence, the words of another ninja offering aid to the Mizukage. Her smile would be quaint, thankful under her mask until she saw where this ninja had come from. Kumogakure. Hastur had sent aid after the attack it seemed, it was a bold political move, of that Ayakashi was certain. But she wasn't about to neglect or shy away from the foreign aid in the meantime. The two of them would have to do a bit of talking later to ensure that this was not some form of act that the Raikage expected to be repaid in the future. Ayakashi would nod under her mask before speaking in stern neutral tones. "They're locked in, eliminate all you can, but attempt to capture their leaders if you can identify them, that way we can interrogate them later." The edict would come across as cold, with a metallic tinge in her voice which would be obvious to be a factor of the mask. Whatever its purpose as armor, it flattened her tone as she spoke and elimintated any perception of emotion through it.
But the battle wasn't over. With the second barrier erected, the enemy forces within were like cornered dogs. They became rabid and unfocused, many of them worrying about their own survival as they would seek to break ranks and fight with everything they had. It made them dangerous, but it enabled the highly skilled teams of Hunter ninja to be able to pick them off one by one as they fled the protection that a mob enabled. Ayakashi would still attempt to seek out clusters of enemies that had huddled together in strong formations, knowing that she would be able to act as a battering ram that no-one else in her country could likely match. Picking one target and bulleting for it with everything she had, throwing a fist into a ninja with such force that the shockwave alone would send six others flying in every direction. The chakra enhanced strength of her blow would be enough to carry the victims on the wind, slamming them into the earth with fractures and breaks if they were unlucky.
"Shall we?"
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