Army's march

"So far so good." Edward whispered to Leo.

"You idiot. Everyone knows that as soon as you comment on how well things are going, it always goes pear shaped." Leo muttered angrily.

"Yeah, whatever. We haven't even been spotted yet." Edward replied with a smirk.

"AMBUSH!" One of the soldiers yelled out.

"Don't say it..." Edward warned.

"As long as you know." Leo replied.

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Naruto was up the front, and seeing flying horses set him on edge. What the hell was up with this place?

Regardless, he grabbed a handful of shuriken, and hurled them at one. Only one or two actually hit the pegasus, but the metallic clanging when they hit the ground unveiled another ambush squad.

Naruto noticed a green wyvern zooming towards the pegasi, and decided to let her handle those things. He was much better suited to a ground battle.

Zihark ran alongside him. "I heard you were a lucky kid, but I didn't expect this." He referred to the chaos that was the enemy's second ambush squad.

"Eh, what can I say? Make use of your gifts." Naruto replied with a shrug.

With the cruel edge of Zihark's blade, and the practiced precision of Naruto, the squad of 6 was brought down in a very one-sided battle.

"Let's go back, they know we're here." Zihark suggested.

"Yeah..." Naruto went to run back, but quietly slowed down, and Zihark ran off. Naruto turned around, and ran back along the path to Terin. He just couldn't shake that feeling that something really bad was about to happen.

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"Micaiah, they were waiting for us." Zihark reported. "Naruto and I found an ambush party by accident, and I suspect they'll be many more."

"Ok, so where is Naruto?" Micaiah asked.

Zihark's eyes widened, and he turned around. "He was right here..."

Micaiah closed her eyes in concentration. Then they snapped open. "Damn it! Sothe, we have to move, now!"

Sothe had never seen Micaiah have such a forceful reaction to a vision before. What's Naruto about to do?

Micaiah was having other thoughts. That was way too much blood. And what was that shape in the middle? That's the first time a vision's ever been fuzzy. Please let me make it there in time...

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Naruto stumbled out of the trees. Mountain air was thinner, and several skirmishes had taken its toll. Even though his wounds had healed, blood loss was still a factor, and he had enough of his own covering him to make a substantial difference.

Teach them to think I'm easy prey...but still, I'm not as good as I thought I was. Naruto thought sadly. Then he looked up, and saw cavalry, ballistae and standard soldiers, all in rank and file.

He sluggishly sidestepped an oversized bolt. He still couldn't shake that strange feeling. He looked back to the tree line, and found himself surrounded. Yeah Naruto, really clever.