Chapter 10
Lee looked at her, and asked, "Who are you?"
She ignored him, but tossed her hair and glared at Neji.
"Umm," she said, and turned back to us, making a face at Hikara as she swiftly walked back.
"Hey, come back here!" shouted Tenten.
She turned, looking at her, "Um, nope, I don't think I will," she said, she ran to us.
"Run!" she hissed, and she took off.
But, good old Katsu, he stepped in front of her, and displayed signs, and we dropped into the earth.
I had only been under once, and I didn't really like it, but it was really useful for times like these.
We heard them run over us, and then a boom. I saw Hikara turn to Tsukiko and mouth 'Trick scroll.'
Katsu can be very useful to have around.
He unburied us, and I glanced over to the other team. Tenten and Neji were fine, but Lee looked funny, leaning awkwardly on a tree and I guessed that he had gotten the worst of it.
And then Tsukiko collapsed, dropping to the ground.
"What's up with her?" asked Aika.
Hikara propped Tsukiko up onto her shoulder, "Well, she does have about 500 bolts of lightning coursing through her. When she's running out of energy, she collapses, like so."
"What do we do?" I asked.
"Either we head toward the tower, hoping no one runs into us, or we wait for the night."
I looked at the sky, "Considering it's only about 11:00 am, lets say we head on toward the tower, and hope that nobody runs into us."
"Sounds like a plan."
We headed off, but not five minutes into the path, Aika stopped, saying, "How many days have we been in this forest?"
I looked at her, mouth open, then shut it abruptly. I turned to look at Katsu, who shrugged, and Hikara, who said, "Haven't been keeping track."
I looked back at Aika, eyes wide.
"Let's hurry."