Sigh…
Kushina sighs and shakes her head.
"It's too much to expect something from this bunch of losers. Rather than wasting their time by bullying others, they should spend time in training since the practical class already began. Still… LATE… those guys are so late."
She hops back to her swing and slowly rides it while whistling.
A few minutes later,
"Huh! There is someone at the entrance." She hears some commotion at the park's entrance.
"Hoshi Nii-san, that girl bullied us. Look at how badly she beat us up." Michio and Akai escort a slightly older kid with them.
"It's them again!" Kushina recognizes the voices of two bully kids.
The two kids saunter in front of her and puff their chests.
"You two are back for more? Was it not enough to get beaten once?" Kushina smiles at them.
'My mood is already foul from all this waiting. I want to blow off some steam.'
Crack… crack…
Kushina cracks her knuckles.
"Do you guys like the taste of my iron fist and thus are back for more? If so, then this time I will make sure you enjoy them properly."
Kushina walks towards them with firm footsteps.
Eeek…
The two kids shriek in fear and hide behind the older kid.
"Hmm…"
Kushina raises her head and her eyes meet with the older kid.
"So, are you the one who bullied my brother and his friends?" The older demands from her.
"Huh! Did you say I bullied them? Weren't they the ones who keep bothering me in the classroom and then decided to gang up on me to beat me up? I just defended myself. How did it turn to me bullying them?"
Kushina crosses her arms in front of her chest and turns to the two kids.
"Ain't I right, you two?"
Eeek…
The two kids hide their faces behind the older kid's back.
"That's enough! No one bullies my younger brothers. I will teach you a lesson."
Hoshi cracks his knuckles and aims a punch at Kushina's face.
"Tch… looks like you are mentally ill, like your brothers." Kushina tilts her head and dodges the punch.
"Huh!" The older kid is surprised by her quick reaction. He changes his punch to a chop and aims for Kushina's neck.
Swoosh…
Kushina ducks down and dodges the attack.
'His movements are a lot better than these two losers. Looks like he has practiced the basic taijutsu a lot.'
Kushina jumps back and creates some distance between herself and the older kid.
'Tch… how troublesome!'
The older kid clicks his tongue.
"Looks like you have practiced the basic taijutsu techniques of the academy beforehand." He praises Kushina and changes his stance.
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He bends forward and charges at Kushina with both his arms aimed in front of him.
"So what? Those basic techniques aren't that hard to master." Kushina carefully observes his movements.
'He is charging straight at me like a bull.' The image of a bull overlaps with Hoshi's figure.
'No! It's slightly different. A bull's charge is straight, but looking at the angles of his hands, he can change the direction of his charge at any instance. So, the usual sidestepping isn't going to work. Then the only choice is to…'
"So, what you ask? Then listen, as a third-year student of the academy, I already mastered the basic Taijutsu techniques and have started the advanced Taijutsu techniques."
"Really?"
As soon as the older kid reaches Kushina.
Swoosh…
With a light tap of her foot, Kushina jumps into the sky. She performs a backflip in mid-air and kicks the back of the older kid.
The older kid tumbles forward with the momentum and the impact from his charge and kick.
He wobbles forward and slams into a tree.
"Ouch… That must have hurt a lot!" She giggles as the older kid shakes his head and slowly stands up.
"Why are there two of you now? Did you use a clone jutsu?" The older kid shakes his head.
Pfft… Haha…
Kushina burst out in laughter.
"Idiot!" She remarks on the antics of the older kid.
"Argh… Damn it!" The older kid loses his temper and charges toward Kushina. He attacks with a flurry of punches and kicks. Kushina deftly avoids his attacks.
'This level of Taijutsu skill is nowhere near to Yuji. Me, Nawaki, Minato, Inoichi, and Shikaku have been fighting against Yuji for the past few months. Ever since his first defeat at our hands, that guy never lost to us again. Not even, the combined force of five of us could land a single blow on him. Compared to Yuji, this Guy's skills are too amateurish.
If it was me from six months ago, then I might lose against him. But the current me has no such weakness.'
Swoosh…
Kushina parries one of the punches with her hand and redirects the force to the sides. She clenches her fist and aims a jab at his face.
Bang…
With a single punch, she sends the older academy kid flying. The poor kid tumbles across the ground and rolls a few meters before hitting his head on a tree.
"AAH!"
He shrieks in pain as a bruise appears on his cheeks.
"I will remember you!"
"Really! Then why don't I make you forget it?"
Kushina's hair rises in the air as she unconsciously releases her chakra.
"EEEKK!!"
The two little kids drags the older kid in fear.
"Demon! There is a red head Tomato Demon in the park." They dash away while yelling.
"CHOTTO! That's even worse. I haven't even beaten you up for calling me red-head demon from last time." Kushina clenches her fist.
"Ah Mo! I am so angry now. Those better guys better show up soon, or else they will get a piece of my mind." She grits her teeth and walks to a nearby bench.
"I am so exhausted from all this. I will take a quick nap."
Kushina closes her eyes and rests on the bench.
A few minutes later,
The sound of footsteps echoes in her ears.
"They must be here by now, right?"
She opens her eyes. The sunshine on her face is blocked by an unknown face.
"And who are you?"
Kushina jumps down from the bench and cautiously stares at the newcomer.
"Haha… surprised to see us, aren't you?" The two bully kids saunter from the newcomer's back in confidence.
"Oh, it's you two again! I am currently in a very foul mood and it's all you guys' fault. So, let me beat you up to relieve my mood."
Kushina cracks her knuckle and walks towards them.
"Haha… this time, you can't beat us like before." The older kids also smirk at her. There is a blue-greenish bruise on one side of his face."
Pfft… Haha…
Kushina burst out in laughter at the weird shape of his face.
"Let me fix it for you. I will give a similar balloon on your other cheek, this way, it won't look weird." Kushina clenches her fist.
"So, it's true. You were indeed bullying my little brothers." The newcomer opens his mouth.
"Huh? And who are you?" Kushina turns around to confront the newcomer.
The newcomer boy seems to be around twelve years of age. He has short, black hair and brown eyes. A blue bandana is tied around his neck. He wears an orange t-shirt and black pants, paired with a set of shinobi sandals. There is a Konoha headband tied around his forehead."
"Unlike you academy kid, I am a full-fledged shinobi." The newcomer kid shows off his headband.
"So what? It was your little brother who bothered me first. They harassed me during class and thought of bullying me while I was patiently sitting in the park, minding my own business. I only retaliated when they attacked me.
Your loser brothers couldn't handle being beaten up, so they called this idiot!" Kushina points towards Hoshi.
"He also said the same thing as you. Why do all of you make it sound like it's my fault? When it was clearly these two stupid brothers of yours who attacked me first." Kushina rests her arm on her waist.
"So, you are saying my brother's bullied you?" The shinobi kid questions her.
"Yes, of course!" Kushina fearlessly nods in approval.
"Then why is there no sign of being bullied on you?" The shinobi kid demands.
"Of course, because your brothers are too weak to hurt me," Kushina states the obvious.
"Oh! So, you mean to say that since my brothers are weak, you decided to beat them like this." The shinobi kid points toward the bruises on his younger brothers' faces.
"Hey… that's because…"
Crack… crack…
The shinobi kid cracks his knuckles.
"Sorry, but I have to teach the bad people who bully my brothers a lesson!"
Whoosh…
The shinobi kid disappears from Kushina's vision.
'Where is he? Where did he go? I couldn't track his movement for a second. Is that the advanced movement technique, 'Body Flicker'?' Kushina warily stares at her surroundings.