Team Kuroi-Sabaku's First Meeting

***Claiming an undisputed hit on Kushimaru as my attack in my previous post has gone unopposed since Aug. 29th, 2022.***

As before, everything seemed to happen at once.

As soon as the real Kaito had given his two clones the signal to take action, needles made of water from the pond directly in front of him began to shape themselves into sharp senbon. They would linger but for a mere fraction of a second before hurdling directly toward Kushimaru. As this happened, the earth below the team's feet shook violently as a loud explosion erupted and enveloped the meeting place in a thick plume of dust and debris.

‘Good...’ Kaito thought to himself, still enveloped within his "Dustless Bewildering Cover" technique with his arms crossed over his chest and a smirk upon his face.

The Uchiha wasn't all too worried about a counterattack. Not in the slightest. It would take a highly skilled tracker to ascertain his location thanks to his sensory technique, and while he wasn't certain what all Kushimaru had up his sleeve, Kaito was sure the man did not have the prowess to see through his facade.

And lucky enough for Kaito and his two new Genin teammates, a counterattack wouldn't come at all. As the smoke began to clear, Kaito saw nothing but a hole where his new Sensei and the box the later planted himself into had once been. In fact, the box that Kushimaru had drawn in the sand was all but gone completely.

‘Thats odd...’

The boy's clone landed gracefully upon its feet next to the site of the destruction and drew a kunai from the pouch at its back, arming itself just in case. It was obvious that it didn't see Kushimaru either and was more than likely a bit worried itself. With a deep breath, however, it walked over to the edge of the 10-meter pit that had been dug up and peeked downwards into it.

"Travin! Takuhashi! Come look at this, you guys!"" The clone exclaimed happily. Cocking his head, the real Kaito followed suit whether the other two Genin of his team went up to the clone or not. Peering down into the depths himself, he could see Kushimaru. What it was the man was doing he couldn't tell as there was still smoke obscuring the view within, but Kaito could tell that in one way or another his plan had worked. Dispersing the clone and revealing himself by dissolving his "Dustless Bewildering Cover" technique, Kaito smirked down into the pit.

"Looks like we've completed the challenge, Kushimaru-Sensei."" He chuckled with a hint of comradery. "You said we had to remove you from the box, and well, we removed the box from you. I'd say that's a mission accomplished.""

As to show that he was still a sport and that he was not allowing the accomplishment of beating Kushimaru go to his head, Kaito would deactivate his Sharingan and all of his other active techniques before offering his assistance to Kushimaru in joining the rest of the team on level ground. He would wait a few minutes, chatting and listening to any instruction that Kushimaru had for the younger members of the team, but as the meeting would come to a close, the Uchiha would bid his farewells before taking his leave.

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