Mastering Ones Own

The land before them was the wetlands. With grass reaching almost to the knees of people standing in them. There was battle to be held. Satomi Uchiha sat meditating while on the ground as ninja started to appear all around them. The darkness of night had not yet settled in. The Sun was trying to set, a perfect time for a sneak attack.

So this was where it was to end. Sent on a wild goose chase of a mission by Grim, the leader of the coup of Elders of planned to have him and his kin of Uchiha murdered. Now he was striking again. No one would believe that he was trying to kill him, and he was apart of ANBU he had to keep shut about a lot of things. But as Satomi opened his eyes. He was thinking he had enough. He held handsign up, and two Shadow Clones appeared next to him.

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The rogue ANBU unit had been sent for the Uchiha's head. They were serious this time. The first time led to failure. They were sure to not let that happen again. Feelings of bloodlust was strong. The intent to kill was felt among all of them. As they were trained to do. They were all kneeling as they had just landed from their ambush points.

This was a set up and they couldn't get the drop on thee Uchiha yet once again. The rogue ANBU Captain stepped forward. "You will not escape again."

Satomi eyebrows raised in amazement, "Escape? Your pitiful task force..was destroyed. You were of course the only survivor."

"Which you will pay with your life! Attack!" He ordered his men to attack.

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There was a kill unit of 5 ninja. They meant business, and did not wish to see him live any further. Satomi had not choice. His eyes blinked, then turned red as his Sharingan activated. They would be able to see past any attack. The rogue ANBU Captain however tried his hand to assassinate the Uchiha personally. The other clones began to attack the rogue ANBU forces as well.

A hidden kunai dropped from his robe and into his right hand and he dashed forward to strike at Sato. Sato easily avoided it, by stepping aside and letting his momentum carry him forward before he sent a three piece combo. A left and right hook followed behind a spin kick to the forehead. It sent him rolling on the ground.

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They rogue captain recovered quickly and he was joined with another ninja and they both proceeded to attack them directly. Sato pulled out his Katana and began to deflect attacks from hidden shurikens to chakra enhanced Kunai. However they could full his eyes. They were not nearly fast enough for his eyes or his body, he became a blur.

Using a feint to draw both of them in, they both stabbed their swords forward to impale him. He high jumped, somersaulting away from the attacks, in mid-air he made only a few handsigns before landing. Another clone appeared beside Sato. But none to the rogues knowledge, this was not an ordinary clone. It was an explosive clone.

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He dispersed one of the clones that had just defeated one of the rogue ANBU ninja. Leaving them down to four including the captain. It was two vs one both ways around. They thought they had the jump on the Uchiha with enforced numbers, but he was still able to take one down. They decided to go all out. The captain stepped forward and performed handsigns then yelled, "Dragon Flame Release Song Technique!" He spewed forward three dragon from his mouth comprised entirely of fire. They were large and menacing as they flew through the air straight at Sato and his clone.

Sato used the substitution jutsu and replaced himself with a nearby log. The explosive clone simply flashed forward at full speed, moving like a blur to the two, he dodged all the attacks and appeared right in front of the rogue captain and his comrade. Startled they stabbed forward to try and kill the clone.

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There was something to be had with being underestimated. There was a reason Sato was being groomed to be the new ANBU Commander by the Mizukage himself. The Uchiha were to be feared for good reason. The Sharingan could almost predict any movement his enemies made and so countering was their forte.

The clone acted as surprised when the blades of the mens kunai's pierced his chest. The two smiled as they thought they had gotten the real one. Except there was a bigger smile appearing on the Uchiha's face. Then the clone said, "Bang."

An explosion rang out.

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The clone exploded in a large fiery blast covering about a ten meter radius. The rogue anbu was incinerated immediately, his skin and bones turned to ashes. The anbu captain however was a little quicker in noticing the explosion and dashed backwards to get out of the way. However he could not fully escape the blast. It was designed to kill him but it damn near did.

The smoke began to clear and the rogue captain was left panting and clutching his left arm which was a bloody stump. The whole left side of his body was badly burned and damaged. He would need a medic quickly for those wounds to not be permanent. However he would never get that chance. As Satomi appeared behind the man with a Katana at his throat.

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"You can't fool my eyes. I saw you were weak long before Grim got you," Sato said menacingly. He would finally get some revenge for the first attempt on his life.

"Why you-" He was cut short when Sato's katana cut into his neck severing it from his body. The body hit the ground with a loud thud. The other two rogue anbu were fighting the other clone using a mixture of taijutsu and earth jutsu. But they couldn't seem to land a hit on him. Satomi decided to help his clone. He performed a set of handsigns as the two rogue ninja regrouped to counterattack his clone. Facing their back he yelled, "Thunderbolt!"

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The two rogue ninja paused in their assault and turned around to deal with the real Satomi as he threw his hands out in their direction. There was a large charge of electricity radiating from his hands. Four bolts of lightning extended from his hands and they discharged forward. They shot towards them with incredible speed. However they were ANBU ninja they weren't to be taken lightly.

They both jumped sideways separating themselves trying to avoid the attack. Which left them open to attack from the other clone. As soon as one of the ninja landed the Sato clone targeted him with a Uchiha favorite. He clapped his hands together to perform a few handsigns and held his hands to his mouth and shouted, "Great Fireball Technique!"

A large ball of fire gathered together in front of the Uchiha. It got bigger where it shadowed Sato before he shot the large fireball at the ninja. The ninja had only saw it in time but did not have time to avoid it. He yelled in alarm and held his hands together to block.

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There was another explosion as another ninja lay burned and dying. The fireball left the man charred in serious need of a medic himself. He would not get it. Now it was time to deal with the last one. Before the man had time think the real Sato was on him in a heartbeat. His Katana flashed forward aiming to take his head. But it was of no use, the man had actually blocked the attack after focusing his attention on the Uchiha. Double-bladed Kunai was used to block Sato's attack.

The ninja glanced back to see where the clone was. But it was gone. What? The ninja thought. He hadn't heard him move or dispersed. However he looked back Sato, and he to had disappeared. Replaced with himself being pinned to cross. What had happened? The rogue ninja had unfortunately looked into the Uchiha's Sharingan. Getting caught in Genjutsu. Before he realized and could release himself, he felt to swords pierce his body.

The clone Sato and the real one had stabbed him in the chest with their swords. Effectively killing him. Satomi took a deep breath as using so much chakra began to make him pant. The Elders were indeed going to pay for this. But he was now much stronger, he had tested his strength against the best Kiri had too offer. He would be the best now.

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