(A.N: The jutsu these ninja are going to use are not kekkei genkai. It is just using two chakra natures at the same time, which is much weaker than kekkei genkai but still gets the job done, mainly because they are from those vilges ^~^)

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  “How the hell did they cook something like this in the forest?” Shima, the leader of the Sunagakure team, said.

  “It’s even more delicious than the restaurants in our vilge,” Tama, the simplest of the three, said while enjoying his share.

  “Do you think they’ll give us a little more if we ask?” he asked.

  “They may sider feeding you to that bear if you do that,” Kuro replied, feeding his is some of his share of the meat.

  “Also, how was that bear so docile? I’m pretty sure that was a wild bear because we saw the cave hem,” Shima asked, taking one more bite.

  “I don’t know, but maybe those tree-huggers have some ability to tame animals, something they developed living in the forest for so long,” Kuro said.

  “No, Konoha ninja don’t have that ability. Maybe they pced it under a genjutsu. Sihey had two Uchiha, it’s not impossible,” Shima suggested.

  “Well, unless we’re pnning tet them, it doesn’t matter to us, right?” Tama said.

  “I nning on f an alliah aeam tet them, but now I don’t want to,” Shima said.

  “Why? Is it because they gave us food?” Kuro asked.

  “No, it’s because we’re no match for them. In the previous fight, none of them used their full power. Heck, those two didn’t even use genjutsu, and we were defeated in a mihe result might stay the same even if we add aeam to the equation. Also, this time, they might kill us because we’d be like traitors to them,” Shima said.

  “Well, we have a more important task than taking some childish revenge anyway. Let’s keep searg for other teams. We still wo more scrolls,” Kuro said.

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  *Team Amegakure finds themselves in an intetle against teams from Shimogakure and Yugakure in Lightning Valley.*

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  Atop a rugged cliff in Lightning Valley, Team Amegakure prepared themselves, though their stealth was promised due to a flict with wolves in the valley, exposing their location. They could now seher teams surrounding them.

  “There’s more thaeam,” Suiren, the leader of Amegakure, muttered. Sihey khe location of three scrolls, they now had a big target on their backs.

  From the shadows, teams from Shimogakure and Yugakure, both with zero scrolls, surrouhem. These vilges were minor, but their teams were the elite sent to maintain their vilge's reputation. Their movements were swift and coordinated.

  “Here they e,” Suiren muttered, his keen eyes sing the ndscape, noting subtle disturbances irees and chakra flickers. “They think they catch us off guard.”

  With a swift hand signal, Suiren anded his team into defensive positions. The battle was immi.

  Suddenly, a Shimogakure shinobi smmed his palm onto the rocky earth.

  *Ice Style: Frozen Ground*

  Waves of chakra spread through the ground, instantly freezing the terrain. The already harsh ditions of Lightning Valley became even more treacherous as slick ied beh Amegakure’s feet, attempting to destabilize them.

  “Keep your footing!” Suiren yelled, his mind rag for a ter.

  Before Amegakure could react, another Shimogakure shinobi charged forward.

  *Wind Style: Wind Bde Jutsu*

  A barrage of razor-sharp wind bdes tore through the air, aiming directly at Suiren and his team.

  With a fluid motion, Suiren quickly formed hand seals.

  *Water Style: Water Wall*

  A thick wall of water rose from the moisture in the air, blog the wind bdes with a satisfying hiss as they collided.

  Just as Amegakure started to recover, Yugakure’s team uheir assault. Their leader, a muscur kunoiamed Asuka, appeared behind Suiren in a blur of speed.

  *Steam Style: Vapor Fist*

  Her hand was encased in boiling steam, aiming a powerful punch at Suiren’s head, the heat so inte distorted the air around it.

  Suiren barely had time to duck as her fist grazed his cheek, scalding his skin. He winced but quickly retaliated, kig upward to force her back. “We ’t let them get too close!” he called to his team, who were busy dodging water bullets from the other two members of Yugakure’s team.

  Asuka, not oo back down, formed quick hand signs.

  *Steam Style: Boiling Mist*

  With visible strain, she spat pressurized steam, c the battlefield in a cloud of scalding hot vapor. The mist surrouhe area, burning any exposed skin and blinding the vision of all who entered.

  Suiren grimaced as the burning mist closed in. “We o disperse it! Kaito, now!”

  Kaito nodded, weaving a series of rapid hand seals.

  *Water Style: Aqua Whirlwind*

  An A-rank Water Style jutsu summoned a spiraling vortex of water that spun around him and his teammates. The powerful current sucked in the boiling mist and scattered it, clearing their vision and quelling the heat.

  But there rice. Kaito now had no chakra left.

  Seeing her most powerful attack thwarted, Asuka shouted, “We’ll have to overwhelm them with force! All together!”

  She leaped forward, her fists once again coated in steam as she attacked Kaito, now visibly weakened, while the remaining Yugakure shinobi fnked Suiren. Kaito narrowly dodged her punch, but the impact cracked the frozen terrain, creating more chaos.

  Suiren and the st member of his team were surrounded by both Yugakure and Shimogakure’s teams, with Kaito fighting Asuka alone.

  ‘This is getting out of hand…’ Suiren thought, then sighed. “Everyone, Pn C!” he shouted.

  Both of his teammates nodded and crushed the pills in their mouths. Suiren started making hand signs and then pced his hands on his own body.

  All six of his oppos got on guard against the unknown jutsu, but after waiting for a few seds, nothing happened.

  ‘Is he trying to buy time?’ everyohought, but before they could react, dense purple smoke began to emanate from Suiren’s mouth.

  *Poison Release: Poisoh Jutsu*

  Eves that came into tact with the poisoed. The others, already on guard, tried to evade it, but Kaito, with his st bit of chakra, used Wind Release to spread the poison farther.

  Seeing an opportunity, Suiren called out to his final teammate. “Now!”

  Ren, who had been waiting for the right moment, released his trump card.

  *Lightning Style: Thunder Fang*

  A massive bolt of lightning surged from his hands, rag toward the immobilized eeams.

  The bolt struck the Yugakure leader, Asuka, full force. She screamed as the electricity coursed through her body, knog her down. The rest of her team barely mao avoid the brunt of the attack, but their formation was shattered.

  With Asuka down and Shimogakure’s movements hindered by the poison mist, Amegakure pressed their advantage. Suiren dashed forward, delivering a crushing blow to the Yugakure ninja, knog him unscious with a punch to the gut.

  Shimogakure’s leader tried to retaliate, f seals for another ice jutsu, but Ren was faster.

  *Lightning Style: Spider Web*

  He smmed his hands into the ground, sending out a web of electric chakra that enshe remaining Shimogakure shinobi, paralyzing them.

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  The battle had been fierce, but Amegakure stood victorious, their enemies defeated. As the dust settled, Suiren and his team searched both teams for scrolls.

  “None of them have any scrolls.”

  “We’ve only got two,” Suiren muttered.

  “We worry about that ter,” Ren replied, sing the horizon. “We o move before more teams show up.”

  Suiren nodded, leading his team away from the battlefield. Their bodies were bruised, but their spirits were unbroken. They had survived, but with only two scrolls, their jourhrough Lightning Valley was far from over.

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  Meanwhile, the Yugakure team, with their leader gravely injured, was forced to retreat. Asuka was not in any dition to tinue, and without her, the team couldn’t hold on. They decided to use the seal and give up on the in exam altogether.

  The Shimogakure team, though injured and without scrolls, refused to give up, limping through the valley in search of another opportunity.