Kakashi Seems to Quite Like Using a Sword

Buzz! Buzz!

Kisame gripped the hilt with both hands. Just as he was preparing to fight Guy to the death, Samehada in his hands suddenly began to tremble violently.

Kisame frowned. As confusion rose within him, Samehada suddenly erupted. Its row of serrated blades rapidly curled, then stabbed toward his body.

Kisame's expression changed sharply at the sight. Without hesitation, he flung Samehada away.

By then, Guy had already arrived before Kisame. He had seen Samehada's strange behavior as well, but merely found it odd; it did not slow his movements in the slightest.

"Leaf Strong Whirlwind!"

Boom!

Guy leaped into the air, and his steel-hard leg, like a sharp battle-axe, kicked straight at Kisame.

Bang! Crack!

Still stunned by Samehada's abnormal behavior, Kisame took Guy's kick directly on the shoulder. A tremendous force surged through him, and his body shot backward like a cannonball.

And once again, Kisame felt the bones in his shoulder shatter.

Bang!

Kisame's body slammed heavily onto the ground. At that moment, agony wracked his entire body.

"Heh. Samehada, this truly suits your status as one of the Seven Ninja Swords," Kisame said, enduring the pain as he slowly rose to his feet, a mocking expression on his face.

Samehada's strange display just now reminded him of its previous owner—his former superior in Kirigakure, the head of Kirigakure's Intelligence Division, Suikazan Fuguki.

Back then, dissatisfied with Suikazan Fuguki's oppression, he had directly assassinated the man, fled the village, and become a rogue ninja of Kirigakure.

Samehada was what he had taken from Suikazan Fuguki, though "taken" was not quite the right word.

Kisame remembered clearly that after he had ambushed Suikazan Fuguki, the man had not died on the spot. He had merely been severely wounded.

At the time, Kisame had even worried that Suikazan