An enemy emerged from the darkness, a long sword in one hand and a kunai in the other, leering viciously at the three of them.
"What, has Konoha already run out of people? Sending children your age onto the battlefield—how pathetic."
"You bastard, don't underestimate us! We're Konoha ninja!"
"Ninja? Hahahaha, what a joke. Brats, this isn't some pretend ninja game. This is war, and people die in war!"
Mahiru roared and instantly hurled a kunai at Kakashi.
He hadn't attacked Obito first because he could tell that Obito was nothing but an idiot. Of the three brats, the truly dangerous one was the boy holding the ninja blade, who had knocked aside all his attacks with a single slash.
Kakashi didn't hesitate either. He stepped forward and deflected the kunai with another slash. At the same time, dazzling lightning erupted from his left hand, crackling with a sound like a thousand birds chirping.
"Chidori!"
He thrust his Chidori at Mahiru.
Kakashi's hand pierced Mahiru's body, but Mahiru burst into a cloud of white smoke.
"Kakashi, watch out! That's a Shadow Clone!"
Obito immediately formed hand seals and spat out a mass of flames.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
The fireball flew past and struck Mahiru as he appeared above Kakashi. To their surprise, however, this Mahiru was also a clone.
"Hahahaha! Like I said, brats will be brats! Die!"
Several Mahirus appeared in the darkness, each holding a kunai. Seeing both boys defenseless, they hurled their kunai at them simultaneously.
"Damn it, there are too many kunai! We can't dodge them! No, wait—only one should be real!"
Obito frantically tried to distinguish the real kunai from the fakes, while Kakashi charged forward again with his ninja blade.
Whoosh!
Clang!
Amid the flying kunai, Kakashi knocked the real one away