Chapter 26: Three marks

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Sin's POV

I jolted awake when I sensed someone near. Instinctively, I reached for a kunai. Which was surprisingly there beside me. "Who's there?"

Gami's head shot up. His eyes narrowing. 'Kuro?'

"Hahaha~ you guys got me." Kuro stumbled out He looked unsteady.

I ran to his side, quickly. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah." Kuro smiled wearily. "But the gameplan failed…"

I then felt something warm on my hand, that was placed on his left side. I pulled it off and saw it painted red. I quickly checked the spot, and to my horror; it was bleeding tremondoulsy. "Oh my god! Gami! Go get Kuro's mom! She'll know something!"

Gami raced off, and soon became a speedy black dot. Somehow this commotion woke Sep up from his sleep (who surprisingly sleeps like a log). "Mm? What's wrong, dearest?"

'Agh! He's at it again!' I shook my head to rid the thought, and asked for his help. "Sep do you know how to cure heavy bleeding?"

"Who's bleeding heavily?" Sep turned serious. 'Wow, I never knew he could get serious…' I pointed to Kuro's side with my bloodied hand. In an instant Sep came over, trying to stop the bleeding. "We need more cloth!"

I went over to my bag and successfully found a good amount of cloth. Recently I stuffed a first aid kit and packed more food. Anyways, I brought the cloths to Sep, who in turn used them on the gash that Kuro held.

It was nasty, now that his shirt wasn't in the way. You could see it clearly as well. It had three thin, neat lines. 'Who knew something that small could bleed so much…' It seemed to travel from his left side until his mid-back.

"If this is treated right, then there would be no scar visible… but a scar nonetheless." Sep nodded at the scars.

"It's still going to be there?!" I asked exasperated.

Sep nodded. Gami came rushing through, and a crowd of people seemed to follow. 'Sin! I managed to bring Kuro's mom, and a few other healers.'

I patted Gami's head. "Great job, Gami… now all we can do is pray that he will be alright."

'…' Gami was nervously watching the people fix Kuro up. He finally sat down and laid his head on his paws. His ice blue eyes filled with worry.

I turned my head towards Kuro. 'What exactly have you been up to?' I sighed, getting up. "Hey, is there something I can do?"

Kuro's mom, Mai looked up. You could tell that she was trying her best to keep calm… but it looked like she was on the verge of tears. Couldn't blame her, Kuro was her only son… I mean daughter. "Thanks, Sin-chan. But there isn't much to do."

Her smile seemed to falter. I gave my own weary smile, and turned to go find a river nearby. 'Well if I can't do anything then I might as well clean my hands…'

'A very good idea Lady Sinitria.' The dragon spoke up in my head.

"What do you want now?" I muttered. "No need to make me feel bad any more than I already am."

'I was doing the opposite, Lady Sinitria.'

"It's not helping."

'Well if it makes you feel better, that Kuro kid can't exactly die.' It snorted.

"And I'm supposed to believe that?" I scoffed. "Like a five year old kid?"

'No. That kid has weird vibes…' It said grimly. 'I don't know anything about it, but he is going to live a really long life…'

"Very funny." I replied sarcastically, parting a bush to find a river. 'As expected.'

'Just saying.'

"Long life or not, it doesn't seem that Kuro can survive all that blood loss." I winced at the memory. "He's lost too much blood…"

'Suit yourself.' It resigned. I started washing my hands and some of the larger blood stains that my clothes inhabited. A few hours later, after I got cleaned, I sat down on a tree branch looking at the sky.

"Mm? What are you doing there without me?" I looked down startled, gaping at Kuro. Who was being supported by Sep.

"Aren't you supposed to be de – I mean resting?!" I corrected myself hastily.

"Dead?" Kuro said thoughtfully, then started laughing. "Ahaha~ that's the funniest thing I ever heard!"

'Kuro! It's not funny! We almost thought you passed on!' Gami appeared from the bushes behind Kuro and Sep. Kuro looked back.

"Oh, hey Gami." Kuro eye smiled. "You've grown even more!"

"Don't go off topic, I would certainly like to know why a dead man's alive and kicking, away from deaths door." Sep put in. Kuro's smile faltered ever so slightly, that you would've thought it was your imagination.

"That's an answer I don't know." Kuro smiled thoughtfully. "Although one thing is for sure."

"And that is?" I asked.

"The pain is excruciatingly painful." Kuro nodded at his own statement.

"Sep is right." I sighed at his antics. "How does a person get kicked off of deaths door?"

Kuro seemed to have an evil glint in his eyes, while Sep was all happy about something… and he was staring at me. Gami was amused. While I was simply confused on what was going on.

"My dearest agrees with me?!" Sep was now in glittering mode, and dropped Kuro. On accident.

"Agh!" Kuro yelled. "Pay attention lover boy! You can't just randomly drop people that are injured!"

"Ah, sorry, sorry." Sep picked up Kuro again. "I just was real happy when my dearest was agreeing with me."

"That reminds me." Kuro snickered in my direction. "I need to have a chat with Sin."

Now I was pretty confused. Sure I got the previous scenario but what was going on in Kuro's head… I had no idea. 'What the hell is going on?'

'Use this for support, Kuro.' Gami brought out a medium sized stick out of the undergrowth.

"Great idea, Gami." Kuro nodded approvingly, then his face brightened up. "Oh and did you know Gami, that you're name means 'scythe'? I just seemed to notice the meaning now, so it's not 'god' but 'scythe'."

'You tell me that now?' Gami stared at Kuro with a bored expression.

He simply shrugged. "Thought you might want to know."

He picked up the stick and turned to Sep. "You can leave."

Sep smiled his signature smile and left accordingly. Kuro then turned back to me. A small smirk on his lips. "Sep told me about you first encounter."

"What?!" I gaped in shock. "When was that?"

"On our way here," He shrugged. The smile coming back on his face, full force. "It seems you need to know some elemental jutsus."

I thought for a while. It then dawned on me a few seconds later. "Oh yeah… I guess I didn't really have any time since I came here…"

"It's all good. We'll just start now." He smiled.

Mai's POV

"I really am wondering if it was my imagination…" I sat down, inside the palace, on my special dining chair. "… Those three lines seem familiar…"

"Mai," I looked up at Asuma. "Its best you eat. You need you're energy for the rest of the week."

GUURGLE~

"You're right!" I pushed the marks to the back of my head. Enjoying the food on my lunch plate.

Me: FINALLY!

Kuro: That took you long enough… I seriously think your readers have diminished greatly…

Me: Wha? How could you think of such a thing?! TTATT

Sin: I cast my vote on Kuro's opinion.

Me: *shock* That's not fair! DX

Kuro: Well anyway, hope you guys liked it and review so Peru knows that you are still out there… but seriously I think that everyone left it…

Sin: The poll is still there and it is a must to vote on it! It ends at the next chapter update!

Me: True, I will put a new one on there after the current one. And it is critical people! Critical!