Sweat dotted Mizuki's face with the strain of using so much power. She tasted the coppery flavor of blood in her mouth. I have to do something to end this. Mizuki thought. She then focused on her chakra. I have just enough and I'm in a tight enough spot...I have to try it.
Mizuki concentrated on the flow of her chakra. She felt it flowing through her. It came out in the marks that covered her body...including the dragons on her back. She animated one of the dragons on her back. The dragon closed its mouth and the fire it breathed stopped. It then untangled itself from the sword and the other dragon. It flipped itself facing downwards and then headed down Mizuki's back, over her hip and then down the back of her leg. She discreetly sent it through the ground, towards her mother.
Blood began to trickle out of the other corner of her mouth. I have used so much...but I have to finish this. Mizuki thought.
"You're straining, my little Hoshi." Yuina told her daughter.
Mizuki looked at her mother. Blood was trickling from both corners of her mouth as well.
"It looks like I am not the only one...straining." Mizuki replied.
"Yes...and it also looks like the... apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Yuina added.
At that moment, Mizuki's dragon struck her mother, but her mother had also summoned a third dragon. Yuina's dragon attacked Mizuki at the same moment. Kakashi!
Kakashi...
Kakashi and Hiro stood, their blades locked in contact. The two men stared each other down. "While I am under the control of this jutsu...I don't want you to win...but as Mizuki's father...I want you to win." Hiro told Kakashi. "If I win...I have to help Yuina...I have to help her kill our daughter."
"I'm not about to let that happen." Kakashi replied, determination in his voice. Kakashi! He heard Mizuki's voice. Her voice sounded so urgent...but I heard it in my mind. Is this a gen jutsu?Kakashi thought.
"You just heard her voice in your head...didn't you?" Hiro asked.
Kakashi's eyes widened, but he didn't say a word. How did he know? What's going on?
"You're questioning how I know. You're wondering if it's real or a trick by me." Hiro said.
Kakashi still didn't say a word.
"I'll go ahead and tell you...I know because I went through the same thing with Yuina." Hiro told him. "It's a part of the bond."
Is he telling the truth? Kakashi thought. If he's right...then Mizuki really needs my help and every second I stand here thinking about this...I'm wasting time. But it could be a trap. I have to think of something and something fast.
"You can doubt me all you want, but I can swear to you that I am telling you the truth. Every second you waste here with me...the more danger Mizuki is in." Hiro told him. "So you might want to finish this and finish it quickly."
Even if it's a trap...I can't risk it. I can't risk Mizuki's life. Kakashi thought.
Hiro then infused his chakra into the blade of his sword. This caused Kakashi to have to jump back. Hiro then charged at him, his chakra enhancing the range of his blade. Kakashi lifted his kunai to block the attack.
"You'll have to do better than that." Kakashi's voice came from behind Hiro, along with the crackling sound of his lightning blade. Kakashi punched through Hiro's heart with his jutsu.
"I see... a shadow clone..." Hiro managed to choke out. "Now...protect...my little...Hoshi." Then he turned to dust and blew away in the wind.
Kakashi ended his jutsu. He looked all around him. He then saw seven silver dragons, tthree of them were starting to fade away. Kakashi! Mizuki's voice sounded in his head...full of anguish and pain. "I'm coming, Mizuki. Hang on." Kakashi spoke aloud and ran towards the dragons.
By the time he arrived, the three that had been fading had disappeared completely. Three Dragons were just there as if awaiting orders. The forth dragon was curled round a figure kneeling on the ground. Kakashi looked more closely at the figure. She had long white hair spilling over her shoulders and her face was buried in her hands.
"Mizuki?" Kakahsi asked.
She looked up at him, an expression of ultimate heartbreak on her face. "Again...they're gone...all of them...and this time by my hand."
Kakashi walked closer to her. The dragon was still curled around her, so he couldn't actually get to her. "You had to do it." He said, simply.
"I know." She replied. "It wasn't right...or natural for them to be here again."
"They were forced and so were you." Kakashi replied.
"By that bastard." Mizuki said, a harsher tone to her voice. "He will pay for what he has done." She then rose to her feet. The dragon uncurled itself from around her and then moved to her side. The other three dragons moved so that two stood on either side of her. She then took off with her dragons, towards where the collector waited.
Kakashi ran after her. I can't let her do this alone.
