XXXXX VARUNA(Rabbit) XXXXX

The ability to world one of the most sought out and powerful Dojutsu should have made me the most powerful guy in the elemental nations. But the world decided to fuck me sideways and instead I have a crappy Dojutsu that has performance issues at the most unfortunate times. Right now, I have a crazy guy who is the wielder of Kiba blades and my Tenseigan was not able to use Kangiten again. That left me and my team no choice but to run away to save our lives.

"You are the strongest wind user in the team. Can't you do something against this guy?" Dog(Hikari) asked as the two of us ran and hopped around the mountains carefully avoiding any stray lightning that was striking around the place randomly

"That guy is not converting chakra into lightning. He is manipulating the atmosphere and summoning pure lightning and no amount of wind jutsu is going to cancel it out. Besides, by the time we weave any hand signs, we would already be dead." I said to him as I dismissed the Tenseigan and reverted back to Byakugan to conserve as much chakra as possible

"Can't you use jutsu with one hand?" Dog(Hikari) asked curiously as we took shelter under a boulder far away from others

"I can only use Fire Jutsu with one-hand-seals. Besides who can even weave hand signs with that crazy bastard cackling around? Did you see the crazed look in his eyes? He is a pure psycho!" I flinched as I could still feel the oppressive blood lust that oozed out if that crazed psycho. The Tenseigan I have found picks up emotions from others and throat prevalent emotions I could see from the Kiri jonin was an amalgamation of hatred, lust, anger and greed. It was truly a novel experience and I have never seen anyone exhibit something like that. That guy is a real sicko.

I was forcibly broken out of my shocked state by a whack to the back of my head courtesy of Dog(Hikari)

"Geez, kid…Calm down alright! You are going into shock and your control over chakra is slipping. Rein in your chakra and suppress it else we will be caught." Dog(Hikari) whispered heatedly

I took several deep breaths and used pranayama to quickly control my out of control heartbeats as well as my racing thoughts.

"Are you alright now?" Dog(Hikari) asked as he rubbed my back

"Yeah…I just had a panic attack. Sorry." I apologized bowing my head in she and guilt as I nearly blew our cover

"Don't worry kid. We all have our moments of weakness even those who are touted as geniuses." Dog(Hikari) consoled me

"I shouldn't have joined ANBU. I will only endanger you guys." I mumbled into my hands

"If every new recruit thought like that then our village will be overrun. We in the ANBU fight the fights that our regular troops are not able to. We use every dirty truck in the book to complete the mission and failure is not an option. Sometimes we will have to face unfathomable odds but a true ANBU never lets the enemy decide how the fight is going to end. While the ANBU agents may not win the battle against such monstrous enemies all we have to do is not to let the enemy win. Nowhere in our manual says that we have to kill every opponent and achieve total victory." Dog(Hikari) explained which made me look up at him in confusion

"What are you saying?" I asked curiously

"You said it yourself when we first faced the guy that he was manipulating atmospheric composition to attack us right?"

"Yeah…so what?"

"In doing that he is wasting a lot of his chakra even if the Kiba blades may aid him in this technique. No matter how powerful he is, the guy can't keep this up for a long time. So, all we have to do is let the guy waste all his energy and even if he somehow finds us and engages us in open battle we have to somehow divert his energy away from us. Now, do you understand?" Dog(Hikari) shared his plan

Instead of replying to Dog's strategy my mind was stuck on an idea that was blossoming in me. This mission was not yet completely hopeless and there was still time to take back the momentum here and he was finally able to solve one of his long-standing problems as well. It was like killing two birds with one stone.

"I think I know how to negate the Kiba blades." I said as I immediately grabbed a kunai from my back pouch and pricked one of my fingers

"What are you doing?" Dog(Hikari) asked curiously and I began to explain my plan. I could see his eyes widen inside his mask and he nodded briefly giving me the go-ahead signal. With that, I slammed my hand on the ground and the classic summoning circle appeared beneath my palm.

In a puff of smoke, Miku appeared in the summoning circle and I immediately began to fill him in on my plan and sent him back on his way. Now, it was time to take this fight to that Kiri swordsman.

XXXXX NOZOMI(Otter) XXXXX

Nozomi enjoyed being in the ANBU as it gave her the thrill and euphoria of freedom and adventure. While the job did make her stare death in the face she would rather be in ANBU rather than being some baby-making machine in some fools backyard. Nope, she loved the job and every time she had come close to death she somehow managed to evade it and say a resounding NO. The kind of feeling that generates within her when she does that can't be found in any other way and she was pretty sure of that.

Right now she was in one of those 'stare death in the face' situation. Rat(Koharu) was the one that devised the plan to split the team into two and she concluded with her captain's assessment. When Rabbit(Varuna) had informed the team about what the Kiri ninja was doing with those blades she knew that this was going to be one of those fights where the team will have to make the enemy abandon attacking them. With that decision made her captain entrusted the safety of Rabbit(Varuna) to Dog(Hikari).

She was not happy about that decision at first as it would have been some 'bonding' experience if Rabbit(Varuna) was given to her. She would have loved to tease Rabbit(Varuna) further with some alone time and that might be why her captain did what she did. Rat(Koharu) was always a spoilsport and had no inclination for some fun time. Still, she forgave her captain as both of them got to be the distraction while Dog(Hikari) secured Rabbit(Varuna).

Rabbit(Varuna) was the slowest among their team not because he is weak but because of his physical constitution. Then again he is too valuable to be lost in a mission like this.

"Otter, we have to engage him in battle sooner or later. Are you ready?" Rat(Koharu) asked as they jumped through a sea of trees

"Yup and we learned one more thing from our little plan." Nozomi said

"What's that?" Rat(Koharu) asked

"Our enemy is slow when he uses the blades to manipulate the atmosphere and he seems to intent on using the blades to attack us." Nozomi replied as her palms went to her kunai pouch

"Don't use regular kunai or shuriken. There is too much static charge and it's risky. If you are intent on using Kunai use the one with explosive tags." Rat(Koharu) advised as they neared the rendezvous point in a clearing. Both of them stopped with the clearing to their back and waited for the Kiri ninja to catch up. Quickly they jumped up on instinct and that saved their lives as all the surrounding trees were cut down in an instant by a concentrated beam of lightning.

"I see you have stopped running. That's good. Don't worry, I won't drag this out and finish you off quickly." Hijikata smirked as he faced the two Konoha kunoichi

"I am sure you are quick to finish in many things. It is not an admirable trait to boast off especially to women." Nozomi goaded which wiped off the smile from Hijikata's face as he glared at her

"You are going to regret this bitc..." before he could finish Rat(Koharu) threw several smoke bombs at Hijikata

While the smoke bombs went off the two of them spread out and began launching their attacks that were designed to confuse the enemy for the true attack to take effect.

Otter(Nozomi)started off with kunai strapped with explosive tags. She added a little static to those kunai for increased speed, piercing power and to repel any static charges. All the kunai landed around the Kiri ninja's position in a wide semicircle. At the same time, Rat(Koharu) started off with an earth style jutsu that made earthen spikes to sprout from the ground. The spikes went straight for the Kiri ninja jumped straight up to avoid a sure death. Nozomi's eyes widened behind her mask as she saw the Kiba blades hum with power.

Otter(Nozomi) was quick to use the body flicker jutsu to move away as a torrent of lightning struck where she was a second ago. The same happened for Rat(Koharu) and her captain quickly slammed her hand on the ground. The ground shook as stone walls after stone walls quickly littered across the area and Otter(Nozomi) let out a sigh of relief. The stone walls were going to be a layer of protection that they will have against any possible lightning strikes from the blade.

"I have had enough playtime with you tree huggers. I would have really enjoyed this game more but I have a mission to finish and it's time for you to be gone forever." Hijikata snarled as he raised the Kiba blades to the air and the sky darkened further if that was possible and it was raining now

Otter(Nozomi) and Rat(Koharu) gulped in fear as the skies were filled with a number of lightning dragons that were too innumerable to count.

"We are fucked!" Otter(Nozomi whispered

"Say, bye-bye bitches." Hijikata yelled as he swung the blades in a downward ark and Nozomi braced for the explosion that was about to follow. But even after a few seconds she never felt the attack connect so she opened her eyes to a very confusing sight. The lightning dragons in the air were rapidly shrinking down. Her senses alerted to two more familiar presence behind her and she turned to find Rabbit(Varuna) and Dog(Hikari) behind her.

The interesting bit was that Rabbit(Varuna) was holding a weapon that was similar to a pitchfork. It was not exactly a pitchfork seeing as the two ends of the weapon had the fork-like prongs extending outwards and the weapon was absorbing the lightning in the sky at an unprecedented rate.

"What!!! How is this possible?" Hijikata screamed in anger as his primary weapon was reduced to a sparky blade as he felt his control over the sky slip away

Before Hijikata could unleash a wave of destructive jutsu Rabbit(Varuna) slammed his hand on the ground performing the summoning jutsu. In a puff of smoke a large three-eyed rabbit the size of a 20ft tower who was red in colour named Ikkaku.

"Finally I can have some piece of the action." Ikkaku happily jumped with a scythe in his hands and delivered a devastating blow right where Hijikata was standing

The Kiri ninja had the presence of mind to jump away but the force behind the scythe shattered the ground and the gales of wind pushed the ninja at least 50ft back.

"You are getting fried beast!" Hijikata snarled as he crossed the kind blades and channelled lightning chakra through the blades. A concentrated beam of lightning went straight for Ikkaku but the red rabbit merely scoffed and clapped his hands together while the scythe was still lodged in the ground.

"Rabbit style: Great Destruction Beam."

Ikkaku opened his third eye and from that eye, a powerful red beam of energy blasted away and pushed back the lightning beam easily. The beam tore through the ground and struck straight at Hijikata who defended against it with his crossed blade. While the lightning infused blades were strong enough to withstand the brunt of the attack without much damage Hijikata himself was not immune to the adverse effects. The guy was steadily getting blasted away as the energy beam burnt him out from the outside.

Otter(Nozomi) watched as Varuna jumped over the rabbit's head with his hands blurting through hand seals.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough."

A large torrent of wind blasted off from Rabbit that combined with the red laser beam and blasted away the Kiri ninja.

Otter(Nozomi) let out a sigh of relief as a deadly situation turned to their advantage in a matter of minutes. The large rabbit popped away in a puff of smoke leaving Rabbit(Varuna) to stand there with that weapon in his hand. Taking a closer look at it she was sure she had seen it somewhere. Then her eyes widened briefly as she remembered the symbol that was attributed with the Senju clan.

"How come you are holding some weapon that is disturbingly similar to the symbol of Senju clan?" Otter(Nozomi asked curiously startling her other team members which led them to look on curiously

"It's a long story." Rabbit(Varuna) laughed awkwardly

"Then it can wait because we have a secondary objective of our mission to finish." Rat(Koharu) reminded them and together the team vanished in a blur

XXXXXX

Kagami Uchiha winced lightly as he moved his left arm, pain shooting through the fried nerves of his now useless arm. This mission was supposed to be an easy one as the client just received some threats to his business and was requesting Konoha's protection. Usually, such missions were assigned to Genin team but this one was assigned to his team who had Takashi Hatake as the only Chunin. It was an opportunity for Takashi to gain field experience in a safe environment. At least, that was the plan but from the moment that they crossed the borders into Tea country everything went up in shit.

Takashi was the one to lead the team and he proposed the strategy to track down the source of the threat. The only problem was they never imagined Kiri ninja were spinning a trap for them in this mission and they paid the price for their ignorance. Takashi had one side of his face burnt off with a few broken ribs and a twisted ankle. Sora Inuzuka had his ninken killed in the fight and the boy was in a catatonic state with few minor injuries. Asuna Yamanaka had both of her hands broken and she was the least injured of his team. Kagami himself suffered from a lightning attack that came out of nowhere. He didn't even see his assailant which was shameful for a veteran ninja to admit but that's the truth.

The only relief in all of this was that he had managed to send a messenger hawk to Konoha requesting aid. From the looks of the unusual weather patterns, there was some serious fight going on in the mountains half an hour ago. He just hoped the client's daughter is safe and the Kiri shinobi be dealt with. He half-turned to his right side as their client Jushiro Ayuzawa stood right next to him and observed the calming skies.

"Will my daughter be alright?" Jushiro asked hiding the undertone of fear but Kagami could pick it up quite easily

"I sent a request for an ANBU team Ayuzawa-san. Your daughter will be quite alright." Kagami consoled the guy

Just as their client was about to respond he saw Jushiro's eyes widen. He turned around to see four ANBU agents with a child. Kagami let out a sigh of relief. For once things were looking up and it seems he and his team would be returning back home safely.

A few minutes later Kagami was watching the tearful reunion of the child and her mother all the while Jushiro-san was thanking the ANBU team profusely.

"I don't know how to thank you all. I don't even know your names." Jushiro rubbed his eyes happily sweeping away his tears of joy as he witnessed his daughter safe and happy in his wife's embrace

"We live and die for our village Ayuzawa-san. You can honour us by enlisting Konoha's services and we consider our clients an integral part of Konoha. An attack on our clients is an attack on Konoha and we will protect what is ours fiercely." Rat(Koharu) spoke up for the rest of the team and continued, "We have also dealt with the merchants that threatened you and ordered this kidnapping in the first place. We have also ensured their trade networks won't take a speedy recovery if recovery is possible at all. You have ample time to expand and Konoha will always aide our trusted clients every step of the way."

"Ayuzawa-san, we would like to place a proximity seal in your house. It would allow us to detect any foreign entities entering your home. We would be alerted and we have discrete measures to check-in on you and your family to ensure that you are safe. You won't ever feel any discomfort and we won't be invasive but this will ensure your family remains safe." Rabbit(Varuna) suggested thinking about starting his new spy network now that he had prepared the rabbits for the mission with reverse summon seals that they could use to move back and forth from their destination and Moon mountain.

"You expect that we will be threatened again? Are we in danger?" Jushiro looked scared as he started at everyone separately for an answer

"We will ensure an incident like this never happens again Ayuzawa-san. If you cooperate we can do our jobs much easier but let me assure you that your family won't be in any danger. You can trust Konoha to keep our word no matter the odds." Rabbit(Varuna) promised, seeing as no one was talking and the client finally gave his permission to apply the seal.

With the mission concluded both teams returned back to Konoha as fast as they could especially considering that team Kagami needed immediate medical assistance.

XXX HOKAGE TOWER XXX

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at the ANBU team assembled before him briefly and then went back to read the report in his hands. He was a little worried that Kiri was once again flexing its muscles. He knew when an opening to a long drawn out conflict was starting and this one had all the looks of it. The First Shinobi world war started along the similar lines and what a disaster it had turned out into for all the great ninja villages.

After reading through the report he closed the file and secured it inside his personal safe where all ANBU ops and their detailed reports are secured.

"So, your team encountered one of the Seven Swordsmen of Kiri and that too the wielder of the Kiba blades." Hiruzen commented without showing any emotions pinning the ANBU team with a stare "What is your assessment of the situation Rat? I would like you to explain the actions of your team and the reasons if possible."

"It looks like Kiri is starting to expand their influence across the seas into the mainland. Naturally, that means we are going to come to blows and as you know engaging against Kiri is always costly for our Shinobi. They are the second strongest great village and has a pool of ninja clans that have bloodline limits that have devastating powers. This is why Rabbit(Varuna) insisted on keeping the Ayuzawa residence under surveillance for the time being. Also, we have ensured that there won't be any immediate retaliation from rival merchants by robbing them of any and all valuables. It is good to say that our client is now more than committed to working with Konoha now that we have cleared up the board for his business to grow further. It is also my suggestion to emphasis Konoha's contribution to the rise of Ayuzawa-san's rising business empire to remind him where his fortunes come from." Rat(Koharu) reported monotonously

"I see. I am also interested in knowing about this advanced form of Byakugan and this weapon that could make even the famed Kiba blades impotent." Hiruzen focused his stare on the ANBU with a rabbit mask. His trained eyes could see Rabbit(Varuna) stiffen under his stare

"You don't need to share if you are uncomfortable with exposing clan secrets." Hiruzen gave the young ninja a way out from answering his query seeing that he had made Rabbit(Varuna) uncomfortable

"I have no problem in sharing the details Hokage-sama. It's just that I don't know much about the evolved form of Byakugan any more than you do. I call it the Tenseigan and I seem to have the ability to pick up emotions from others and of course, it has a more in-depth perception of Chakra far better than the Byakugan." Rabbit(Varuna) answered but Hiruzen could pick up that it was not the whole truth but didn't pursue the matter

"What about the weapon you used?" Hiruzen moved on to the next question reminding himself to discretely enquire about the evolved eye with trusted Hyuga operatives

"The weapons name is Vajra. No one knows its exact origins but it was a gift from the Senju clan to Uzumaki clan in the Warring clans era as a form of dowry. The transfer of the weapon and a Senju bride to the Uzumaki clan head brought peace between the two clans. It was handed over to me by the Rabbit clan after I was healed in the Moon mountain." Rabbit(Varuna) answered truthfully

"And this weapon is similar to the Kiba blades?" Hiruzen prodded

"I didn't know how it worked but I traced the chakra dispersing technique Hijikata-san used through the Kiba blades. Using the same method I was able to take control of the chakra dispersed in the skies."

"I see. Have you mastered this weapon?" Hiruzen asked and he raised an eyebrow as he felt Rabbit(Varuna) switched lightly

"Mmm..not exactly. I did try to use it once but this was the first time that I managed to do something to this scale." Rabbit said awkwardly as felt the glare on him from Dog(Hikari)

"Outside of depending on an untested weapon at a crucial point in the mission, I think you managed to make most of the situation. Although, I do strongly recommend not to pull this kind of stunt. Konoha doesn't expect her shinobi to blindly charge into battles. We choose whichever battles we can win and then engage otherwise we use tactical retreat so that we can fight and win another day. Am I clear?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama!" Rabbit stiffened lightly

"Rat, stay. The rest of you may leave." Hiruzen dismissed the rest of the ANBU squad and turning his attention to his friend and advisor. There was a lot of things to discuss especially the encroachment of Kiri. It was time to take strong actions before Kiri exerts its influence further. If they are ready to go for Tea Country then they are ready to go for other nearby countries

"We have to contact the Uzumaki clan. It seems we will be needing or coastal allies to lockout Kiri from the mainland." Koharu suggested as she removed her ANBU mask and took a chair

"ANBU, find Danzo and Hamura. Tell them that the Hokage needs their advice on a matter of great importance." Hiruzen said and the shadows in the office flickered signalling the movement of hidden ANBU guards

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

I think this chapter was long overdue. I hadn't planned on introducing Vajra this early as my plan was for another one of Tenseigan abilities to show itself. But halfway through the chapter I shifted the plot and pushed back the development of Tenseigan. Sorry to disappoint you guys but I have another venue for the Tenseigan to show itself. Now that Vajra is revealed I will be using it further along as Varuna will be learning to use it through experimentation. As for how Varuna managed to learn to use Vajra quickly, that will be addressed in the next chapter.