'Kill-worthy' was...a loose term. They had threatened the lives of their escorts and themselves, and from everything Sakura had observed and calculated up until the point she attacked them there was no indication that killing them would cause a diplomatic backlash. They were, therefore, acceptable targets for her jutsu. Most of her jutsu wasn't exactly the sort of thing to 'stun' the enemy.
But that was good, because if they killed the ones who came at them, no one would be able to report anything back, and other enemies would give more thought to their actions before they sent further waves. Although that could have a bad effect...an enemy who was no threat wouldn't always possess any method to become a threat even with prior planning. And on an escort mission, sometimes it was buying time that made their enemies hesitate instead of throwing all of their resources at them that meant the success of a mission.
After Sasuke moved, she waited only a moment to ensure nothing was sneaking toward their shielded wards and that the earth and fire shield remained intact. After that she dashed forward herself, at the treeline where the other ninja were hanging back at the treeline trying to decide what to do.
A quick series of signs sent a mud net shooting from one hand to a fleeing nin. The man crashed to the ground heavily and struggled in vain as the mud hardened to rock and melded into the earth beneath him, and then she landed on the branch with the remaining ninja, blade catching the other's sword as her feet touched bark.
Considering her position, and still being engaged with the final ninja, she didn't even notice that Sasuke's trick landed him with a handful of nest instead of nin. Not just yet, anyway.
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But that was good, because if they killed the ones who came at them, no one would be able to report anything back, and other enemies would give more thought to their actions before they sent further waves. Although that could have a bad effect...an enemy who was no threat wouldn't always possess any method to become a threat even with prior planning. And on an escort mission, sometimes it was buying time that made their enemies hesitate instead of throwing all of their resources at them that meant the success of a mission.
After Sasuke moved, she waited only a moment to ensure nothing was sneaking toward their shielded wards and that the earth and fire shield remained intact. After that she dashed forward herself, at the treeline where the other ninja were hanging back at the treeline trying to decide what to do.
A quick series of signs sent a mud net shooting from one hand to a fleeing nin. The man crashed to the ground heavily and struggled in vain as the mud hardened to rock and melded into the earth beneath him, and then she landed on the branch with the remaining ninja, blade catching the other's sword as her feet touched bark.
Considering her position, and still being engaged with the final ninja, she didn't even notice that Sasuke's trick landed him with a handful of nest instead of nin. Not just yet, anyway.