Going through the gateway, the reached an enormous cliff that connected to the opposite side trough a single wooden bridge and red steam was prevalent everywhere."So we have a bridge now , more danger then. Lets keep going" Yugao committed tiredly. This mission was the most danger she faced in a long time.
"No need to stand any longer her then I guess." Kakashi said as he led into the bridge. As they proceeded further down he exclaimed "This setup is very obviously here to protect something. It has made us all walk through here, completely vulnerable. "
"There would be one of those mirrors here definitely then , right ?" Yak.u.mo called out hopefully
"We just have to hope that keep going forward" Itachi said
As they reached the end of the bridge , three people appeared suddenly appeared before them. Jun recognized one of them,
"You , Top Knot Guy!! Why are you here now ?"
"Who is a top knot guy that looks like a muscle bound idiot huh ??!! My name is Rokkaku, call me that. ROKKAKU!" The top knot guy, Rokkaku said
Kakashi focused on the other two and saw that they drew red vapour from surrounding into a sword in their hands and their eyes started to glow red.
"Those are the Chinoike clan, they knew about us coming . All this might be a trap for us and Oyashiro" Itachi exclaimed
"Or could be that he betrayed us to secure his family, could be anything. Right focus on getting the mirror and getting out of here ." Kakashi replied
Rokkaku smirked at Kakashi "Sorry but that mirror is our property. Can"t let you take that out of here. You two, get ready to kill them." The two of Chinoike clan immediately got ready with a sword in each hand and red vapour shrouding their bodies like a cloak.
"How are they even listening to you?" Yak.u.mo asked
"Pretty simple. I killed their chief and now all the women and children of the Chinoike clan are my hostage. These are such stupid people, just because of their hatred of one man they let me deceive and get in their midst and enslave them."
"You are a monster !" Yak.u.mo said as she started to weave a powerful Genjutsu. The air around her started rippling slightly and there was a hazy demon like image that was starting to overlap her.
"We are not going to just hand over that mirror to you!" Jun said as he and Kakashi took on Rokkaku and Itachi and Yugao took one Chinoike Clan member each. Yak.u.mo was still busy in her Genjutsu, but looking at the magnitude of changes around her , this was major one.
"Lets open with this one, Hazy Spring Jutsu" Jun said. With his last hand seal, chakra was diffused into the surroundings and winds started spiraling like tornadoes around Rokkaku. The tornado also let out wind blades while concealing them in red vapour haze.
Itachi and Yugao were completely involved in sword fight against the clansmen. Although they were overwhelming the two clansmen, they could not defeat them in a short while, so it was clear this was going to take some time.
Meanwhile Rokkaku sent out chakra charged Shuriken that tore through the tornado like wind around him , forcing Jun and Kakashi to dodge them. Jun increased chakra inside the tornado in retaliation, drawing in lots of red haze and barraging Rokkaku with wind blades forcing him to dodge and be on defensive.
"I have had enough of this! Fierce Dragon Palm!!" Rokkaku shouted as he sent out a huge chakra dragon from his palm that shredded the tornado to pieces.
"Lets give you a taste of your own medicine. Fierce Dragon Palm!!" Kakashi too sent out a enormous Chakra Dragon like Rokkaku that crashed against his , sending out shock-waves in the surroundings.
"Copy Ninjaaa!!! GRRRRR, you will not beat the original!" Said Rokkaku as his dragon became even larger than before and started to overwhelm Kakashi"s dragon and Kakashi had to exert himself a lot to maintain it.
"How about two instead of one? That should be able to beat the original right ? Fierce Dragon Palm!!!" Jun said as he too sent out a Chakra dragon "I have been a.n.a.lyzing this ever since you gave me a taste of it last time. Let me return you the favor!"
Two slim chakra dragons, one bluish and one greenish in color crashed against huge chakra dragon let out by Rokkaku. The dance of the dragons made the boulders around them crumble to dust and the very earth around them shook fiercely due to the shock-waves let out by their clashes.
"Now for the finale, Flying Thunder G.o.d- Guiding Thunder: s.p.a.ce Release Variation "
Suddenly, in front both of Jun"s and Kakashi"s dragons runic gates appeared. As soon as the dragons pa.s.sed through the gate, they appeared right above Rokkaku"s head and crashed into him, resulting in a huge explosion.
After a while as the dust cleared , they saw a big crater with Rokkaku in the midst of it. He had blood poring out from various torn muscles all over his body. But the weirdest thing was , he was smiling.
"You know" Rokkaku said while coughing with mouthfuls of blood "There is supposed to be a challenge before obtaining the mirror. Do you know what is it? The challenge is that, each mirror is connected to the Evil Spirit Beast. Each of them holds a portion of it chakra that helps act as a shield against the main body of the spirit beast. The thing is, when you want to obtain the mirror, for that you have to face the portion of its chakra for getting its approval before you can take the mirror. Summoning Jutsu!!" Rokkaku slammed a hand on the ground and an enormous lizard appeared , with the Mirror mounted on the center of its head. A weird shock-wave ripple pa.s.sed in the surroundings as it appeared, and the entire place changed.