"So..."
"Can someone tell me what's going on here?"
Takahashi Yū stood where he was, with bare-chested Kaguya clan members behind him and a crowd in white-and-blue uniforms opposite him.
"Clan Head, these Kaguya lunatics are dressed differently, aren't they?" A clan member in Haku's ranks whispered to the Clan Head at their front.
"Don't they only have plain white hemp clothes?"
Someone else murmured in agreement.
"What unlucky bastard did they rob? Looks like someone pretty rich."
"Who cares? Don't tell me you want to reason with these lunatics?"
As more and more clan members whispered behind him, the Haku Clan Head sighed at the sight of the Kaguya Brutes opposite them, whose bone spikes kept growing.
A small fight every month, a big one every six months.
They had even worn down the Kirigakure ANBU assigned to watch them until they left, because their reports consisted of nothing but:
'The Kaguya and Haku have gone to war.'
'They've gone to war again.'
'War again.'
'At war.'
'War.'
They really were a pest they couldn't shake off!
Wasn't it just that we Haku had slightly more refined features?
Why were they so jealous?
The chakra around him stirred faintly as he raised his hands before his chest and deftly formed seals.
Takahashi Yū had wanted to talk things through. After all, the other side hadn't provoked them, and starting a fight just like that was too rash, not his style.
Just as he was about to speak, a blue breeze materialized between the two sides!
It spread in all directions, carrying bitterly cold snowflakes!
"Ice Release: Cold Wind!"
Crack, crack, crack~
Ice, glittering and transparent in the sunlight, steadily covered the damp ground. The little flowers and grasses native to this hot, humid climate were frozen into icy shards