Chapter 13: Calm before the Storm

Hinata didn't want to leave her hospital room. Sakura had cheerily said she'd be back in an hour to pick her up. And Hinata had obediently packed away her things, put her coat on, and was ready to leave when she sat cross-legged on her bed and froze in absolute fear.

She really, REALLY didn't want to go outside. She didn't want to leave. Leaving meant that everything had actually happened. Miyuki was dead. She had been raped. And Kumo was real. And that fake smile plastered on Sakura's face really was only reserved for her.

She was in the middle of hyperventilating when Kosuke wandered in, and paused when he saw a panicking Hinata staring at him with wide white eyes. He wondered what in the hell he should do, before striding forward, and sweeping her up into his arms.

She immediately began to shriek that she didn't want to leave, but Kosuke gripped her, and walked out purposefully. He'd been warned about this. The nurses looked at her with sympathetic gazes, as she suddenly had a bout of agoraphobia. He kicked the front doors open, to reveal a surprised Sakura, whose eyes filled with immediate understanding, as she'd seen this quite a few times in her patients. Kosuke walked leisurely out into the street, with Hinata struggling viciously. He sauntered towards the plaza with the fountain, and paused for a moment, ignoring the pain on his arms from Hinata clawing at him.

He suddenly spun, and headed straight towards the alleyway that Hinata had been taken into. She saw this, and screamed at the top of her lungs, and bucked trying to get out of his grip.

"AOKO KIMI!" Kosuke eventually shouted sharply, and she immediately stopped shrieking and bucking, and just continued to claw at his already raw and bleeding hands. He continued on, and Hinata's desperation to get away, became greater as the distance between her and the alleyway shortened. But, as they came level with the alley, Kosuke stopped.

This made Hinata pause in her escape plans, and look at Kosuke in confusion. Suddenly he let go of her, and dropped her to her feet. She stumbled, and prepared to make a bolt for it, but she was blinded by a white flash. And suddenly, she was face to face with a pure white teardrop gemstone, set into a clean silver amulet, on a sturdy silver chain. She gasped and reached out for the necklace.

"Kimi-san!" a voice suddenly called out, evident relief flooding through it. The stall owner looked relieved to see Hinata well. "Thank goodness! I'm so sorry I couldn't help you before! But…" he said, and gestured vaguely towards his jewellery laden stall.

Hinata smiled shakily, "I understand, erm…?" she queried for his name, which she hadn't caught before. "Just call me Izo!" he said, and grinned.

Izo then turned to Kosuke, and bowed deeply, and said with great respect.

"Amaya-sama, your response was impeccable, I'm hugely grateful you managed to save Kimi, I felt so responsible after it happened. I didn't see that godforsaken man, I wasn't paying attention!" he shook his head, and looked sadly down at the necklace.

"But, I have good news Kimi-san! I dug out the matching ear rings and bracelet for your necklace; it was in a rival store. I don't expect you to buy them, I know you're a farmer girl" he said, and smiled pleasantly at her, "But, I thought you'd be interested to see the other pieces" he said, and disappeared briefly and came back with carefully wrapped silk packages, and laid them out in front of Hinata and Kosuke.

The earrings and bracelets were the exact same shape and metal, except the stone was mother of pearl, so, a white stone with pink veins, and a glittery shimmer. She gasped, and picked them up gently, admiring the stone. "These are incredible!" she gasped, and Izo nodded.

"I'm going to take them to a specialist one day. I can get a huge price for this set. I'm going to start my search for the ring one day too! There's definitely a ring, because, there's four strokes on the back of each piece, indicating that this is a set of four. I investigated, and the metal is the same, and I've minimilised the damage they've sustained over the years. They're awfully old, you know that? But, look, I managed to restore them!" he said, babbling on.

Hinata smiled at him, this man was still very young, only about 20 or so, yet he was already very talented and owned a respectful business. Kosuke suddenly unslung his pack, and dug around in it hurriedly, with a sudden urgency. Hinata and Izo watched him with interest, and he suddenly produced 3 knives, all of varying colours quality and laid them out in front of Izo.

Hinata recognised one as Miyuki's knife that she gave to him. She felt her heart sink as Miyuki's passing away hit her again. The other two were far more lethal looking, and in worse shape than Miyuki's knife.

"Izo-san, what do you think you'd be able to do with these? They're meant to roughly be the same as this" he said and pointed to his mother's knife. Izo tilted his head, and picked up the knives. He inspected them for half a minute. He laid them carefully back onto the table, and launched into a full description, where they were from, what the design was called, what was wrong with them, how he could fix them, what exactly he would need, and how long it would take. He couldn't sharpen them though, only strengthen the blades.

Kosuke looked at him with awe. "How would you like, Izo, to…" he paused, and lowered his voice drastically, "To work for me and who I represent" he said, a glint in his eye, "someone with your skills would be able to keep our oldest weapons in top form. Our weapon specialists simply bang the metals together, and then ninja add the garnish, we have no one like you, who actually cares" he said, his voice a scarce whisper. Izo looked at him for a second, and then nodded.

A lot can happen in a few weeks. Including a Rush planning for a funeral.

Hinata was wandering around the estate, carrying a book reading it at the same time, when she suddenly heard a man give out a pained scream. Her head jerked up, and she ran flat out towards him. She skidded to a halt, when a giant horse suddenly jumped into view, its nostrils wide and snorting, its eyes wide in terror, and blood on its hooves. Hinata quivered in fear as she saw the stallion, jet black, with white speckles cascading down its back. It swung its head towards her. She froze, and then pulled her courage towards her. The stallion shrieked and reared, and darted forwards towards her.

Hinata gripped her book, and waited. The horse was incredibly quick, but Hinata had fast reactions. When it was only a few metres in front of her, Hinata threw the book into its face, then ran to its side, up the wall, then jumped onto its back, and clamped her arms round its neck. The horse, reared and bucked, and twirled in circles, and ran the length of the courtyard and back, nearly crashing into things, but Hinata would grab its mane or ears, and jerk it out of the way. She shifted, and began to sing nonsense to the horse. It eventually stopped fully, twisting its ears back and forth to listen to her. Hinata loosed her grip, and sat back, continuing to sing. By then, Horse boys, and horse masters, and a few curious ninja had appeared to watch the spectacle.

Hinata continuing to sing, waved over one of the horse boys, and motioned for the reigns to attach to the bridle. Once she had hold of them, and leaning forward again, prepared to quickly attach the leather. She timed it, and tensing her muscles, swiftly attached the reigns next the colt's mouth, and gathering the reigns and tightening the length. The stallion reared in resistance, and bucked and kicked out a few times, but Hinata pulled him out of harms way.

People then clapped quietly, and cheered her in whispers, so as not to startle him.

"Well done, Aoko-sama, you have quite the way with horses" a man Hinata could only assume was the stable master, had slid up beside her silently. Hinata caught movement on the edge of her vision, and glanced up to see the Kosuke had materialised on the rooftop with an alarmed look on his face.

"Kosuke-san!" she called out, without thinking. The entire congregation froze, and then bowed, before acting stiff and unnatural. One thing Hinata had learned was that everyone in this compound was desperately scared of Kosuke and Shira, and everyone else who was in their position. Apart from, it seemed, women who had their eyes on them. The story of how Miyuki won Asa's heart was one told many a times to the various young ladies of the house hold.

"Kimi-san, are you alright?" he said, and looked sadly at the group of people. Another thing Hinata had taken to doing, was forcing great crowds of people to see how un-scary Kosuke was sometimes.

"Of course I am, Kosuke-san! Get down here, and see this Stallion. He's a fine horse if I ever saw one. We don't make them like this in Konoha!" she said, casting her mind about for better conversation starters. He looked at her, by this time used to her strange behaviour, and merely snorted in amusement. He complied however, and appeared suddenly beside the stable Master.

"Afternoon, Huyu-san" Kosuke greeted him, to which the stable master, Huyu, bowed deeply and greeted him respectfully. Kosuke merely looked at him sadly.

"Huyu, how many times must I say, you don't have to give me such formalities. We've known each other for long enough…Anyhow, what is this Stallion's name?" he asked, and edged round the side of the giant horse, and approached him from the front.

"Shun, sir, and he's merely a colt" Huyu replied curtly. Kosuke stopped, and looked at Huyu quizzically.

"That's the name of my mother's horse!" he said, astonished. Hinata assumed that his mother's horse was the foal she rescued.

"Aye, it is. We named him that in her and the horse's memory. And, goodness, this is the finest Colt we've seen in a long time, master Kosuke" Huyu said, staring vaguely at Kosuke, his formalities dropped.

Kosuke took a deep breath, "will he be on the carriage?" Here, Kosuke was referring to Miyuki's funeral. She would have a parade through the streets, and onto the plaza, pulled by a black Amaya horse, and a pure white horse, who was a descendant of the Old horses, as they were now referred to as. Huyu sighed, and relaxed visibly. The rest of the courtyard seemed to let out a breath.

"We want him too, but, he's not been broken in yet. He's large, but, he's young. I really think we're going to have trouble with him though. He reacted badly to the saddle just now; my right hand man has a couple of broken ribs as it is. I think, Aoko-sama, you should come away from him…" he said, and Huyu stood up straight, and moved in front of Shun. Shun's eyes followed him closely, snorting with discontent. Hinata stroked Shun's head, and leaned forward humming lowly.

"Huyu-san, please one second, can I just try and get him calm?" Hinata said her voice soft and inoffensive. Shun flicked his head, and shuffled his hooves on the cobbles. Huyu looked afraid, and Kosuke suddenly stood up straight.

"Kimi-san, are you sure?" he said, leaning forward a bit as if to suddenly grab her off the massive Colt.

"The Amaya breeds, are…"hot blooded", is what we refer to them as. Field horses like you're used to are "cold blooded" and have a quiet temperament, if you get what I mean…" he said, thinking carefully about his words. Hinata sighed at his assumption she was an ignorant moron. She clicked her tongue next to Shun's ear, and tugged his reigns lightly. He immediately swung his head in that direction, so he wasn't facing Huyu directly.

"I'm sure I can handle him" she said, and very carefully began to shift her weight on Shun's back.

"And anyways" Hinata said, sliding off Shun's back. He nickered uneasily, and she immediately hummed to him, and led him gently to a water trough. He was already used to reigns, but, not a saddle. She stroked him gently, and he pulled away slightly, but wasn't aggressive.

"I was told, that, Miyuki originally used her first foal, Shun as it were, for field work. Now, as I understand it, "Hot Blooded" Equus Animals, do not have the patience for field work like that. So, obviously, the breed of Amaya horses can't be so Hot Blooded after all" she said, and walked calmly into the stable.

She wasn't even sure what sort of training Shun had been given. In Konoha, a new born foal would be straightaway introduced to humans, and straps, and having things attached to it for practice later on in life. It didn't seem like Shun was at all used to a saddle, and he had really panicked when they tried one on. Hinata wandered around the stable for a few minutes, before going back out to talk to Huyu.

Kosuke stood, looking at the Colt Shun carefully. Kosuke had been training horses with his mother all his life, but he's missed the last few batches. The older horses would recognise him, but, this Colt wouldn't.

"Shun" Kosuke said with a definitive leader voice. Shun's ears flicked, but, he didn't respond. Kosuke sighed, and put his body language into a defensive position. The Horse was two years of age, and was just getting used to a saddle. This should mean he should be used to voice commands, body language, and should recognise certain humans as "leader of the pack". As horses are pack animals that work with strict hierarchy, they can be trained to recognise humans as the leader.

"Shun" he growled out again, and stuck his nails into Shun's flank. The horse's head shot up, and he turned quickly and buffeted Kosuke hard with his head. Kosuke growled loudly, and grabbed Shun's head. "Shun, down!" he snarled out, and Shun whinnied and tried to shake off Kosuke's grip. He held firm, and eventually Shun stopped struggling, letting out a snort of defeat. Kosuke nodded in approval, and patted Shun, producing a treat from no where. Shun ate it happily, before flicking his head impatiently.

Kosuke grabbed the reigns hanging loosely from his mouth, and led him over to where the saddle lay useless on the floor. Spots of blood covered the area. Kosuke made Shun stop, and hauled up the saddle to where Shun could sniff it. He wondered what went wrong which made Shun react badly to the saddle. Shun shifted, but stayed clam, and sniffed the saddle. Kosuke moved slowly, to Shun's side. He cantered away, but Kosuke stopped him with a sharp word. Shun wavered for a second, before going back to Kosuke slowly. Kosuke moved steadily again, and hovered the saddle over Shun's back, and paused. Put the saddle down onto his back, a slight shift, and pause. He let go of the saddle, and placed both hands on Shun's head. "Strap up" he said clearly, and Shun's ears flicked. Amaya horses relied on a multitude of vocal commands.

Many people think horses are stupid, but, they're very clever animals, that can be commanded at distance and without a trainer in view. Amaya horses can also be trained to react individually. So, if two horses were there, Kosuke could say "Shun, stop" and only Shun would respond. So, Strap up, is a notification for Shun to stay absolutely still, and he knows that he's about to get straps around him. When he was young, they'd just put on straps, that wouldn't do anything in particular, but would prepare him for the saddle. Kosuke ran his hands over his Hithers, and straightened the straps, before attaching them loosely underneath him.

Shun whinnied in annoyance, but allowed him to adjust the other straps. He left the stirrups tied up by the seat.

"Oh, Kosuke-kun, well done, I was fearing having to do that. How'd you manage to get them on?" Hinata's voice suddenly rang out across the courtyard, making Kosuke jump in surprise. He looked up, and grinned at her.

"T'was nothing, really. I just made sure he knew I was in charge" he said, and chuckled, patting Shun's shoulder. Hinata just ahh'd and came forward bearing food for Shun, and caring a very long lunge rope.

"Come on, we'll take him over to the Lunge pen, as Huyu-san's just called it" she said, and giggled a bit.

"Kimi-san" Kosuke paused a bit, just to remind her she was in character, "where did you learn so much about horses?" he asked, then gathered Shun's reigns, and tugged him out the courtyard, and onto the horse field. He headed for a round pen, where Huyu was just tugging open the fence.

"My mother, she loved horses anyway, and, we used them to travel around on, when we needed their strength or speed. But, my mother, and most of my family to be honest, liked them, and kept them" she gestured vaguely at the houses that surrounded her. Kosuke reasoned that she meant her family was much like HIS family when it came to horses.

Hinata pulled Shun into the round pen, and attached the Lunge rope to Shun's Bridle, and set to work. Shun flicked his head, but waited patiently to begin. He knew the score when it came to this.

Through the next few days, Huyu, Kosuke and Hinata put their heads together in order to Get Shun able to allow a rider. In the end, he would only allow either these three people. When a stable boy attempted to give Shun his exercise on the 3rd morning, Shun nearly killed him when he threw a fit of rage. Hinata was riding him one morning, when Kosuke pulled up next to her on a Pure white Stallion. Shun, who was a big horse, looked positively petit in comparison to this Stallion.

"Hinata, this is Shun Senior, my mother's horse. He's coming up 27 soon. And Old horse, in perspective. He's Shun Junior's…" he paused, "great-great-great-Grandfather. Good going, eh?" he said, and Shun snr flicked his head calmly.

"Come on, let's give 'em a bit of exercise" he said, and urged Shun snr forward. Hinata followed after him, and they rode through the compound, and eventually came to the stairs down into Kirigakure. Kosuke looked at her worriedly, and Hinata just lifted her head up defiantly, and urged Shun jnr Down the stairs.

"Young Shun needs to get used to the streets if he's to be on parade" she said, changing her stance as Shun trotted down the stairs. Kosuke watched her, and smiled. She could be so strong sometimes.

Less then a week later, after Hinata, Huyu, Kosuke and several stable boys had narrowly escaped being trampled to death by him; Shun would accept Hinata, Kosuke, Huyu and 3 other Stable boys to let him ride him. He could also ride down a packed but quiet street without freaking out.

On the morning of Miyuki's funeral, everything was still. Arrangements had been made for the Konoha Ninja to be involved in the parade, masked, so that they could BE Ninja's without arousing suspicion. Tsuyu, Asa, Kumo and Shishio were to be Riding on the Carriage that was going to be carrying Miyuki's body, and Yamato, Shino and Sakura, seeing as none of them could ride a horse, were to be foot ninja, on the rear of the procession. Hinata, being someone who would be using the Byakugan during the parade, would be riding Shun Jnr, an honour for her, while looking out for ambushers. It was generally accepted there'd be an attack.

A series of whistles had been thought up between the Konoha ninja, and the entire Amaya ninja squad, to be able to define in what direction an attack was coming from, if one were to happen. Hinata was given a set of clothes, just her size (she was secretly a bit perturbed they knew her size) which was stereotypically Amaya. She wore a long blue cloak over the Ninja uniform, with a hood, and was given a mask, one similar to a Noh mask, with Diagonally scars in it, symbolising Rain.

She walked out into the courtyard dressed all in Amaya Ninja clothes, to see around 100 Ninja dressed the same as her, and she could sense hundreds of other ninja, but couldn't see them. Kosuke Stood in the middle, shouting at a small group of Ninja, Hinata realised how positively frightening he was. She looked around, and recognised the posture of Shino. She quietly moved through the crowd towards him.

"HEY, YOU! STOP MOVING AROUND AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I'M SAYING!" Kosuke bellowed at her. She froze, and straightened, "Yes, sir!" she shouted back, and she saw him pause, as he realised who he had shouted at. She saw him smile a little to himself.

"Alright, you lot, make sure no one can see your faces, let's show a little respect here!" He said, and there was a general shifting of masks. "Everyone remember the whistles? Got your swords? Right, RIDERS! COME WITH ME TO THE STABLES, EVERYONE ELSE, GET TO THE HEAD OF THE STAIRS! DO NOT START PISSING AROUND, OR I SWEAR TO GOD, I'LL SKIN YOU ALIVE!" He said, but, the ferocity had been lost from his voice. Hinata jumped into the air, and appeared next to Kosuke. It felt weird, when he glanced at her, casually and without emotion. Like when he first laid eyes on her, walking up those stairs, and he was looking at her with cool calculation.

3 other Ninja's dropped down beside her, all three tall males. "Isn't this a bit suspicious?" she said, her voice dropping an octave automatically, when in the presence of Authority, as Kosuke now was. Kosuke raised and Eyebrow at her. "Would you like a Box, soldier? It won't be suspicious; you're on one of the tallest Horses. And, it doesn't matter that you're a woman. You could kick an enemy's ass anyway. Here, your sword. And don't leave it lying around again, or I'll MAKE you taller. And that's not a pretty thing" he said, and threw her sword at her. The men next to her chuckled, and Hinata just pouted. Although, she was wearing a mask, so the effect was Nil. She caught the sword easily, a lightweight short sword, which she could swing easily, and with deathly speed. It was good for her, and only about the length of her forearm, so she could hold it very close to her body.

"Right, BRING 'EM OUT!" Kosuke shouted, and the stabled boys suddenly appeared, dragging out the Two Shun horses, and two other Amaya horses, and a tired looking grey mare with white speckles. Two of the men sprinted forward to take the rowdy Amaya Horses' off the stable boys.

"Ah, Kimi-chan, you've got Shun Jnr, is he well behaved?" Shira's voice suddenly rang out quietly behind her. Hinata jumped, and whirled to look at the Third man. She didn't realised it was him because of his mask.

"Right, you two; S-49, you take Maiha, and, you" he said, and pointed at Hinata, "get Shun calmed down before we take him out" he said, and walked over to the White Shun, radiating dominance. Shun senior, who didn't truly accept Kosuke as an alpha, raised his head slightly, and snorted, but allowed him to approach. Hinata always marvelled at his intelligence.

She marched forward till she was about 10 metres in front of Shun junior. She clicked her fingers, and bellowed out "SHUN! HERE!" she said, Shun junior immediately stopped pulling on his reigns, and swung his head towards Hinata. Shira clutched at his heart. He'd never heard such a frightening sound emitted from such a small woman. The Older Shun turned to her, but didn't move, but she had his full attention.

Hinata squared her shoulders up, and snapped her fingers again, "Here…" she growled out. And Shun lowered his head, and snorted, but, came forward towards her. She grabbed his reigns, and brought his head up so she could look into his eyes. "Behave" she growled out, and he snorted at her. She nodded, and moved to his side, and leaped up onto his back. She gathered his reigns, and swung him round to face everyone else.

"Well done there, little lady" one of the other two horsemen commented, as he leaned forward casually in his saddle. Kosuke glanced at her, and raised an eyebrow, wondering if she'd take that comment. Usually an Amaya woman would kick a mans ass for calling her "Little Lady". Hinata turned to him, and urged Shun forward.

"My good man, you call me little lady again…" she said, and shouted and pulled back, making Shun rear and whinny impressively, "and I wont half be angry" she snarled out, and Shun landed with a loud clop. Shun growled, and the rider's horse shuffled back a bit, whinnying in a worried way.

Hinata heard the rider chuckle a bit, and he leaned over to whisper to the other rider. Hinata sighed, and she knew she'd have to react in a violent way. She sighed, and leaped out of the saddle, making Shun rear again, and she kicked him in the stomach, drawing her sword and placed it at his throat.

"Right, I won't hurt you, because I don't want to inconvenience K- the Boss, because I'm afraid he'd be angry. But, out of respect to Amaya-sama, I wont skin you alive just now, but, afterwards" she said, and ripped his mask off, and imprinted his face into her mind. "I'm coming after you" she growled. The man scowled at her, and pushed her away. She jumped back to Shun, and Kosuke voice suddenly exploded.

"IF YOU TWO ARE QUITE DONE, I'D LIKE TO ATTEND MY MOTHERS FUCKING FUNERAL!" he bellowed, but Hinata could tell he wasn't as angry as he pretended to be. "Now lets go down the fucking ramp, before I kill you my self!" he said, and the two riders dug their heels into the horses flanks, making them jump forward and shoot off in between the houses. Hinata tutted.

"Shun, if you don't catch up to them arseholes, I'm gonna dig MY heels into your flanks" Hinata said, and Shun snorted, and shot off after them. Kosuke watched her, and patted Shun senior's head.

"Go get em, boy" he said, grinning.

Here's how it went, the two riders got 10 seconds head start, and Hinata was in front of them in 5. Kosuke waited almost a minute, and was passing by all three of them within 10 seconds. Kosuke just loved Shun. He wasn't even trying. Kosuke whistled, and Shun suddenly skidded into a tight hairpin corner, and shot into a brightly lit tunnel. Hinata's heart leapt, but her Shun had control of the situation. He skidded into the corner, and pushed himself flat out to catch up to his namesake.

By the end of the tunnel, which Hinata realised was a slope downwards to the edge of Kirigakure. Shun jnr Pushed himself to his full stretch, and managed to over take White shun and speed out the end.

"Shun, stop!" Hinata shouted, and Shun immediately skidded to a halt. Kosuke trotted up behind her, a small smirk on his face. He grabbed his mask, and strapped it to his face, but, turned it to the side. He didn't need to hide his face. It was obvious who he was anyway.

"Hinata, you change when you're on a horse" he chuckled, and urged Shun onwards, through an alley, and onto a packed, and silent square. Hinata followed him, holding herself high.

"Noble, Shun" she commanded, and Shun drew himself up to full height, walking into the hundreds of silent people and stood behind Shun. Shira appeared behind her, with the two other Riders sidling into the square on the edges.

"Right, TURN!" Kosuke shouted out, and everyone in the square, plus the horses, turned towards the Plaza, which could be seen in the Distance. It was an eerie sight. The markets were gone, the streets looked twice as wide, and golden fountain in the plaza about a mile away glinted. The middle of the streets was empty, but the entire population of Kirigakure had turned up, lining the edges of the street, carefully avoiding the gutters of water that zigzagged crazily across the side of the streets.

The curtain of mist behind Hinata, at the base of the Amaya Staircase ascending into the compound, the funeral cart, simply decorated, where Asa, Cradling Kumo, and Shishio, with his arm round Tsuyu, who was desperately trying to keep tears back. Hinata sighed, and stretched out the view of her Byakugan. As soon as her Chakra started pouring out of her, she felt about a Hundred Ninja's Chakra suddenly activate within her scope. As she stretched her sight outwards, she saw Ninja's everywhere. She froze in her saddle, and tried to keep her concentration as Evenly spread as possible. She was in between Shira and Kosuke, on the son of the two horses. She grabbed her overly large hood, and pulled it up, so she could turn her head to avoid the blind spot without people realising she was turning her head for that reason.

"AAATENNTION!" Kosuke shouted, and there was a resounding stamp, as the Ninja in the courtyard stood upright. Hinata swallowed, feeling eyes on her, but she concentrated on the Ninja. She knew where they all SHOULD be, and how they SHOULD move, so, if they move out of place, she'd mutter instructions into the intercom hidden in her robes.

She saw, on the very outskirts of her vision, she saw slight movement, and she shivered.

"Shun's rider, you be still. This is important now. Concentrate on your task, and Shun will do the rest. Just make sure my family is safe" Hinata heard Kosuke's voice clearly, even though it was a bare whisper. She took a deep breath, brought herself upright, Gripping her reigns.

"The Fountain Shun, slow trot" she said in a low voice. "And, god help us"