Chapter 2: The Message
OOC – I like to use Japanese names for the jutsus, but will try to always add a meaningful English name (or the real one if it has been given) next to it in parenthesis.
Watching in what felt like slow motion, Misaru managed to barely jump out of the way in time to dodge Sensui's punch. Moving his hands as quickly as he could, Misaru managed to finish forming the jutsu just as Sensui began to charge at him again.
"Katon Karyuu Endan no Jutsu (Fire Dragon Flame Blast)!" Misaru breathed out a gigantic stream of fire that took on the shape of a dragon. Sensui saw the dragon almost too late, and managed to dodge it well enough that it only burned some of his left arm.
Misaru used the instant that it took Sensui to recover from his last technique to disappear and reappear behind Sensui's partner and use another jutsu on him.
"Kanashibari no Jutsu (Body Freeze Skill)!" Misaru sighed out loud as he saw that his technique had worked and that the ninja in front of him was now unable to move. Moving Hiraku so that he stood behind him, Misaru took out a kunai and placed it at Sensui's partner's throat.
"Sensui, you now have two options. You can take your partner and go back to Konoha, or you can attack me again and watch as I kill your partner and then move onto you." Misaru sighed out loud as Sensui gave him a defiant smile. It was clear that although Sensui regarded his partner as a close friend, he would not fail his mission even if it meant his partner's life.
"Let me tell you one more thing before you make your decision Sensui. I'm going to give you a message to take back to Hokage for me, and I'll give you my word that the message is much more important than you killing the boy." Misaru watched as he saw Sensui make up his mind.
"Spare my partner's life, and I will take your message back to the Hokage for you." Misaru let himself feel relieved, and then took a scroll out from his backpack. Tossing the scroll to Sensui, Misaru slowly removed his kunai from Sensui's partner's neck.
"Sensui, you'll begin your journey back to Konoha now. Once you get most of the way there, I'll release the jutsu on your partner and he'll make his way back." Seeing Sensui nod in agreement, Misaru watched as his rival departed silently.
"The next time we meet I'll have to finish you off Sensui. I can't have a powerful shinobi such as you hunting me and Hiraku constantly." Standing with Hiraku in the clearing for a couple hours, Misaru finally let himself breathe easy and motioned for Hiraku to come closer to him.
"Hiraku, I want you to run a mile north, and then go west for a mile, and then go down south for another fifteen miles. I'll meet up with you after you do all of that." Misaru whispered the words into Hiraku's ear so the ninja next to him would not hear them. He hoped that by having Hiraku take such a misleading path to start with, that Sensui's partner would give the leaf shinobi's incorrect information about their travels.
Giving Hiraku an half hour to complete his journey, Misaru launch off in the same direction at a much faster speed, letting the Kanashibari no Jutsu (Body Freeze Skill) slowly wear off of Sensui's partner as he did.
After another ten minute's, Misaru finally caught up to Hiraku who had traveled to the exact spot he had told the boy to go to.
"Hiraku, it's time that we left fire country and headed out to a place where we will be harder to find. I believe that you are old enough now so that you can handle any of the challenges those countries will give you." Hiraku nodded his head in agreement with Misaru's words and then looked up into his instructor's eyes.
"Misaru, what did the message that you gave to the mean older ninja say?" Misaru was tempted to tell Hiraku a lie and make up something that would sound kinder to the young boy's mind, but decided it was best for Hiraku to start getting used to the life that they would be living for now on.
"The message told the Hokage that I was sick of always being hunted down by the leaf shinobi, and that I would not hesitate to kill the next one that crossed my path." Watching as Hiraku went wide eyed; Misaru turned from the boy and started on the path that would lead the pair of ninja's to wind country.