She was running as fast as she could.
-Mom… I'm cold… - the little boy whispered to her. She zipped her waistcoat and she hid him into it meanwhile she was running.
-Are the uncles angry? Are they angry of Ansuyu?
Again an innocent question she couldn't answer.
-Why are you running, mom?
How can a mother explain such a complex problem to a little child who could not understand? How can a mother explain that the men who were kind to the boy and to his mother, now wanted to kill them?
-We are playing hide-and-seek… - she answered in the end.
-Really? – the boy asked joyfully.
-Hush, love, hush – she said softly – you should be in silence for a while, mum is now searching for a shelter, we can only win this play if they don't find you…
-Will we loose if they find you, mum?
-No, we won't… they got the point only when they find you…
-That's sound fun, mum! – he whispered joyfully.
-It is…
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-Search for them everywhere – bunch of black men were in a group, making their strategy – we find Himitsu's and Mizuki's corpse at the north side of the village, now they are heading towards north still, here we can…
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-Hidan, are you here?
-Hey, Kakuzu! Stop acting like a mother…
-Hmm…. – Kakuzu hummed then he turned to left, Hidan followed him without question and when Kakuzu stopped, he stopped too.
-What's it? – Hidan yawned.
-Steps…
-After us…?
-Don't think so… even that you are still loud, they haven't noticed us… they are concentrating just for one thing…
-Can I destroy the Village then?
-Hidan, don't make me to kill you…
-Why cannot I?
- Now, we are here for the boy, not for the Village, maybe next time…
-Kakuzu, you always steal my good mood… you are mean…
-Unfortunately, your good mood can't make money, so it's useless…
-Kazu-chan…
-Don't call me like that…
-Kazu-chan…
-HIDAN! – Kakuzu growled angrily and he wanted again to punch him but looking at Hidan's serious face – if he has one – he stayed in quiet.
-There's moving… -the white haired guy pointed to a place.
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She jumped down to the ground and she continued running on the snow. She was a bit relieved, her child was now in save, but what if she dies? Who could raise him…?
-I have to… must survive this crazy night – she thought as she was running and she took three of kunais, she threw them one after the other… all of them cut a point of the trees and the traps revealed, so she could avoid them.
She just landed on the ground when she felt a little push under her heal. That means nothing good…
-Goddammit… - she thought and she jumped back immediately but still… she felt that something, tiny things stabbed her right tight, almost making a itchy sense for her. She fell to her back and meanwhile she was skipping she pull the things out of her body. The weapons had long, thin, sharp form… needles… as she got out the last one she checked it. The upper part of the needle had the normal colour of metal, but the last part of it was dark… dark red because of her blood but it had still a strange colour… she smelled it then she threw it away angrily.
-Poison… - she thought and she got up. But as she wanted to run again the world turned around her.
She inhaled the cold air slowly then exhaled. Inhaled then exhaled. She closed her eyes then she took her hands into the meditation pose and she concentrated into her body… she was searching for the poison.
She felt that strange liquid was running in his veins, now it was around her legs, but it was spreading with an unbelievable speed…
She concentrated on the liquid… she wanted to know what kind of poison it was but at that time she heard voices around her…
She opened her eyes and the world turned around again, but she saw the five men was standing before her.
-It's a kind of poison that paralyze your muscles that it destroys them it you don't get the antidote – the man who was the third for left said to her – please, tell us where the boy is and I will give you the antidote…
She knelt down to stop her dizzy feeling and she drew a kunai.
-Why do you want to kill him now? You have already had three years… you have had your chance… why did you wait?
-The council thought that he didn't inherit is father's power but… do you remember what happened two months ago? He killed two men…
-They were enemies who attacked a little girl, he saved her… he didn't know that he has this kind of power, moreover I doubt that he is aware of his doing, he lives still instinctively…
-That's why he is dangerous…
-Don't you remember that his father sacrificed himself for this Village…
-There's no time for talking anymore… - the man said quietly bit angrily – Please, tell us, where the boy is and we won't hurts you…
-Yes – she nodded –There's no time for talking…
She suddenly disappeared, just her blade flashed for a second.
The white snow-blanket got some red spots; it heard some sights, some groans, some voices that the human gave out from themselves who felt angriness, fear, love, hate, kindness, caring, pain, the warmth of the hugs at the same time…
But the snow-blanket was still cold as the past…
And…
The blunt steps' voices were loud… really loud… in everybody's mind…