A Warrior's Path 20 Chapter 20. Thrashing Kumo

On his way Ryu asked Navii the divisions on swordsmans.h.i.+p. According to Navii the cla.s.sification of sword levels are as follows

Sword Beginner< novice="">< teacher="">< master="">< grand="" master="">< lord="">< saint="">< supreme="">< G.o.d.="">

From Teacher to Grand Master it's further sub divided into 10 levels. Right now Ryu is at Sword Novice. The next step would be to comprehend sword intent. An intent represents your Way in sword.

Ryu put the next level training on hold as he was nearing the borders of Hidden clouds village. He has already noticed some people tracking him, it should be cloud ninja. He didn't try to cover his tracks as he didn't want to delay anything. Best if they are already ready to fight him when he gets there. He didn't bother with the trackers. Finally Ryu reached his destination.

' Hidden clouds Village. '

This village is located in a range of tall mountains literally hidden in the clouds. This village was founded by the first Raikage located in the land of lightning.

As Ryu neared the location he could see a large number of cloud s.h.i.+n.o.bi prepared for battle. At the front was Three people.

The man at the center had a large build with deep brown skin and light yellow hair. The man at his side was also similar except he had a sungla.s.s and a tattoo near his eye. The third person was a women. She was fairly good looking with the same colour hair as the other two.

Ryu knew these three people very well. They are the three people he came here for. Raikage Ai, Killer B, Yugito Nii.

Ai snapped : Get the h.e.l.l out of k.u.mo if you don't want to die.

Ryu: Now why would I do that. I came here especially for you three.

Ai: Since you chose to fight. Go to h.e.l.l!

As expected of the Raikage he didn't bulls.h.i.+t around and directly attacked. His body was clad in lightning and disappearing. He got behind Ryu and punched.

Ai: Die!!

Ryu's body also produced lightning but not like the Raikage's and dodged the punch. Ai wasn't surprised at this. He already got the info about how this man fights. He followed him to continue his advance.

Both of them moved at blinding speed and exchanged a few moves. After his fight with the two kages Ryu got some inspiration and slightly perfected his fast movement technique using lightning. Now it only put one third the strain before.

B and Yugito watching this were stunned. Although they heard about the man using some kind of lightning technique to move fast they didn't think he could match the Raikage. If they knew Ryu was still limiting his strength their expression would a sight to seen.

Ai: B! Yugito! Surround him!

While they were thinking this. Ai barked at them to attack. B took his 8 swords while Yugito had her nails lengthen like a cat's to form a claw.

Both of them attacked at the same time. Ryu just barely countered each of their moves but got accustomed to their pattern quickly. Seeing Ryu easily hold the three of them so easily all of them unleashed their full powers.

Raikage's full body was covered in lighting. His speed went up a notch.

B changed to his humanoid tailed beast form. His figured was clad in reddish black chakra with 8 tails from his back.

Yugito was similar to B except her tails numbered 2.

Ryu watched all of this before saying : Raikage you pride yourself in your speed. Even against Minato you wouldn't concede yet you use lightning in the crudest way to achieve great speed. Let me show you how to use lightning to achieve true speed.

Ai was angered hearing this. He took pride in his speed yet this f**ker is saying his lightning technique is trash. Ai attacked only to be dodged before he could react he got hit in his chest a crashed into the mountain.

Ryu: This is how you use lightning.

As Ryu said this the lightning around him dispersed. Ai seeing this was about to mock him when suddenly his expression changed.

Ai: B! Watch out!

Before B could put up his guard. He got heavily smacked on his head and blasted away. Yugito took the chance when Ryu attacked B to attack but it went through him. It was an afterimage. Ryu came above her with a blue coloured spinning chakra ball in his hand and smashed it on her back. The ground cracked and caved in with Yugito at its center.

The cloud s.h.i.+n.o.bi were scared seeing this. There strongest people was defeated so easily.

Raikage's face was ugly. They were defeated like this. Drake's speed was superior to them, His strength was also superior. He looked at his brother and Yugito and nodded to them.They started moving away from the village. His brother and Yugito are Jinchurikis they had a stronger form which they couldn't unleash here without harming the village.

Ryu thought ' I see, they are leading me further from the village'. Ryu followed them. After going a bit far from the village, they reached a mountain range. There were no vegetation around only mountains.

Ai: B! Yugito! Do it!

They both acknowledged and their bodies started to change. B took on the form of a giant creature with Ox head and 8 tails like an octopus. Yugito turned into a cat with blue flames and black marking all over its body with two tails. The Raikage's body was fully clad in lightning. He pushed his speed to the max as he knew this was going to be tough.

Ryu looked at them before changing his limit to the entry level strength of a kage. Ai and the others felt his chakra increasing. Their expressions hardened.

Ryu said with a crazed smile: Let's dance!