"There is a trail over here." Hayashi spoke when he found a footprint in the light mud.
"Finally." We started to follow into the deep trees.
Enhancing my nose for a second hoping for a scent but it did not work, the trail was too old.
A man asked to send ninjas as his wife disappeared with no reason, we have been looking for a trail for a while all around their country home.
Hayashi stuck his fingers in his mouth and let out a loud whistle, calling the other two with us, Kuro and Anko. "Shit that was loud." I stuck a finger in my ear. "Damn you are good at that." He just patted my head as I felt them head our way.
"About time." Anko almost yelled as they landed behind us.
Hayashi and Anko bent over. "This is definitely a male foot print." Hayashi spoke. "But it is deep as if they were heavy so it might be the right path." I stood back as they inspected it.
We slowly started to move looking for the next, moving on the side of the trail carefully to not disturb any clues.
"This guy is easy to follow." I quietly spoke to them.
"Ya." Hayashi mumbled as he moved a branch out of his face when it snapped back making him duck and glare at the strange branch. "I assume his footprints are so easy to find as he was carrying her." Hayashi spoke again making me nod as I thought that already.
My heart pulled at this poor woman, hope she is still okay.
I was sweating as we followed the path, the sun was strong today. I heard the sound of june bugs making me smile. How do we have some of the same types of creatures. We passed an area where someone spent the night. There was a trail of wheels in the dirt.
"Shit." Anko almost yelled. "A caravan." She sounded pissed, now they are moving fast and far.
"We will be leaving the land of fire soon." Hayashi sounded a little worried.
I still don't understand how they all know the way around so easily. Boosting my nose again I sniffed around but again nothing, the road only goes one way so headed down it the wheels were heavier then the man, so it was again easy to follow.
The trees started to get smaller letting the wind pick up, as I could see a small mountain on the horizon.
"Where are we?" I said in excitement at the change of scenery.
"The Land of Rivers." Hayashi spoke with a smile as we slowly came to the tip of a big hill looking out over a big area of fields.
The road split here, one down to a river and another down to a open town. Some homes sporadically sat around in this beautiful area. Getting closer to the workers in the fields, they were mostly filled with men. A group of three men looked at us and cheered confusing us greatly.
"You are here for the woman missing right?" They asked when they noticed the confusion on our faces.
We stopped to chat, I guess many women from here and surrounding places have gone missing, it got so bad females can not walk anywhere alone.
"How long?" Hayashi asked.
"A few months but now it happens less."
"Must be why they moved into the land of fire a bit." He mumbled in thought.
"So how many?" I asked scared.
"Too many." One man spoke looking at the ground sad. "And still do not know why." A second spoke as he touched his friend as it seems he was really upset about it, maybe someone he knows is gone.
We got all the information we could and continued to follow the heavy trail. "If so many have gone missing, why would they leave a trail?" I said in thought making them all stop and look at me shocked and curious.
"You have a point." Anko said loudly.
"They wouldn't." Kuro looked at me as Hayashi spoke. "Might be a decoy or not the real trail." We all stood there lost at where to look now.
"Fuck." Anko yelled.
We split up to talk to people for as much information. Anko and Hayashi hit the town and Kuro and I moved around to the people in the fields. We headed to the nearest group of four girls and one man. Kuro walked up and startled them with his resting bitch face as he asked them who was the last to go missing, his consent anger tone made them look at him with fear.
I gave a smile as I put my hand on his shoulder making them calm down a little as they seem to be on edge.
"Well the last one was a few days ago." One spoke up slightly nervous and her friend piped up.
"Ya maybe four days ago."
"Where does she live?" I asked kindly.
The first spoke up again. "See that house over there?" She pointed to a small place on the top of hill. "She lived there."
"Thank you." I spoke as we turned toward it.
"But I don't think she was staying there as it is very open." The second yelled after us.
"Thanks." I yelled back.
"So happy to see you leaf!" Was called out after us making me feel kind of special.
Walking up I could tell no one was inside so we just walked in, the lady was right by the dust in here she had not stayed here for a while, sad that that still did not help.
"Another dead end." He said with annoyance.
Boosting my nose I picked up her shirt and sniffed it making Kuro look at me as I slowly walked outside, closing my eyes and focusing on my smell. I could smell her home and Kuro very well, some food and plants on the air but nothing else. "Nothing." I sighed as he nudged me.
"Little puppy." Making me smile.
We just looked around the area for the best way someone who was abducting women would take. "The whole area is mostly wet fields, so unless that was their trail and they are that dumb, they would take the roads." Kuro spoke, I just nodded at him.
We stopped many different people around with questions on theories, where they think these people went. Some said the forest taken as test subjects, others down by the river but we ran into a man who went on a tangent he thinks aliens had abducted them making us smirk at each other.
Once we walked away from the last one Kuro turned to me with a smirk. "So tell me now." We slowly walked. "Was it you, are you taking them?"
I laughed. Yes, it is the only way to get home." I laughed back making him pause.
"Fuck, that would make sense."
I tapped his shoulder in sadness. "Well, now what?" I mumbled as I stopped. "Find the others?" I asked he just nodded as we headed the way they went.
At least everyone saw our leaf symbols and was nothing but cooperative.
None of us found a hint of what way to travel and it was getting late, unsure where to go from here we found a small inn. I lied down my yoga mat bed and looked out the inn's window as the others put down there own.
"Maybe me and Anko should split up and get captured." I looked back at them.
"That is not a bad idea." She spoke standing up straight with a spark in her eye. "I am up for it, that sounds fun." She spoke loudly.
"That wont work." Hayashi spoke with worry. "You would be alone."
"But you could watch and follow." Anko really liked this idea, both of us looked at Kuro. "Deciding factor." She said with a creepy grin.
He stared at us for a moment before he nodded. "Get captured."
We all looked at Hayashi, he looked defeated. "Fine, lets make a plan." Hayashi said. "Do this right." I nodded with a smile, shit just got interesting.
The boys moved to the empty home we walked into because it had a good view. Anko hung around in another empty home, lights on making sure it was obvious she was a female that was alone.
I was to walk slowly between the main town area and Anko's home, alone.
We both took off everything that screamed ninja and waited for the night to get darker.
I just walked slowly, a bottle of alcohol I took from Anko making it seem like I was drunk. I made my way down the path, looked around seeing nothing I headed back up the way I came. At one point I just sat down and pretended to drink, I felt something but I was to far to see when I looked towards Anko's house. Suddenly a small shadow moved passed the light coming from the home as I stood up on the dark path and stared in that direction.
I heard her fake scream, not wanting to be seen I waited for a few minutes before I headed her way when I was sure no one saw me.
A part of me was glad they took her, she's a jonin I am sure she will be safe. I boosted my nose and followed her trail, the boys were already on it it did not take me long until I caught up with them. We followed as she was swung over some mans shoulder as they headed down the hillside along the river, glad we did not follow the trail as that one went north into the forest.
The one holding Anko had the chakra of a chunin and the one next to him had the chakra of a genin, voicing that to the guys.
"I knew that was dumb." Hayashi spoke a little angry.
I just looked at him, he really hated this plan, filling me with sadness at his discomfort but I still like this plan.
They never noticed us as we stalked them down some twists and forks in the road, we passed a small bridge below a waterfall making us pause as if we run over it we might be noticed. Boosting my nose and looking with chakra I shut my eyes. "I can smell a lot of different people on the air and some alcohol and food but I am to far to see chakra."
Once they passed we moved fast over it and headed into a tree line. We slowly moved along the trees and looked at the small camp, the place was surrounded with a small wall that would not keep out anyone.
There was three buildings inside that can't be moved and two movable caravans of women trapped in cages.
I looked at these women with sadness, Anko was awake and calm one of the only ones standing as the rest looked sad and scared or asleep.
Closing my eyes I checked off every person in the area.
"Two genin guards at the cages, three normal men at the fire in the middle and ten more spread out in the huts." Sighing. "There is about four chunin level at the highest."
Hayashi mumbled almost to quietly. "What are they doing?"
"I think slaves." Kuro spoke back as I watched Anko sit down one hand on the bars and looked around the area.
We all just tried to think of a plan. "We need Anko." I said. "She is the strongest of us."
"Okay, we need Keys." Hayashi said. "Take out the guards secretly and get her out."
"We open it and the rest will come." Kuro said. "Can't expect them to wait."
"So we need keys, take out guards but before then we need to make sure there is a path out for the woman to run." I mumbled. "There is three by the fire and can see in all directions, plus directly in the pathway out."
I looked at Hayashi. "So we wait until they disperse." He whispered.
"Best idea." kuro said. "We wait and see if there is patrols and to make sure a path is open."
"Okay so we watch and wait, it is still early in the night." Hayashi spoke calmly. "And Anko is fine right now.
He sent me to look for key's, I jumped over the wall and landed behind a building. Peeking into a window as the strongest chakra was inside. He left lights on so it was easy to see. He was asleep on a decent looking bed, a small woman was curled on the wall, handcuffed to it.
I glared at the man pissed holding back from breaking in there, I got closer and got a good look at him. I saw the key's attached to his belt. Of course. I headed back to the boy's.
Kuro when he nudged me to put my gear and protector back on.
We just observed, Anko would look around from time to time, locked in the cage without showing her hand. About an hour the Guards changed and they were weak making me tell that to the others.
"So I think about seven are sleeping, other then one around the fire the rest are inside."
"Best chance you think, where are the Chunin?"
"One is sleeping two in the main building and a stronger one in a room with a scared women and the keys, sleeping."
We started on our plan, Kuro headed for the keys and Hayashi and I ran behind the cages to ambush the guards.
I took the left one, a balled up shirt in my hand as I shoved it in his mouth before using my wraps to keep it in there, I moved fast as I wrapped him up in wire and started to drag him behind the cages. Hayashi took out the other in a same way. Sadly it alerted the women who started to make some noise before Anko shut them up but it still made the man around the fire head are way to see what was up.
Anko looked at my face, hers screaming 'how dare you take so long' as the man slowly came this way.
I was ready to shush him when Kuro ran out of the building keys in hand before he bashed the guy on the head with the blunt of his sword and moved next to us in a second unlocking the cages.
Anko kept them quiet as she made them all follow her silently through the camp and lead them away, Kuro almost next to her as he grabbed the hand of the poor girl coming out of the boss's room and she followed. Hayashi and I stayed at the back of the group.
They all started to get passed the wall when the boss guy came out of his room holding his head.
"They are free." He yelled awaking everyone in the area as they headed our way out of the cabins, Hayashi and I blocked the way out ready to fight all men. Water on my arm and whip in my hand as they looked at us and surrounded us in a circle inside the wall, two Chunin ran up passed the wall and headed after them all.
They tried to get at us but we held them back, using my whip with ease when Hayashi pulled out his shadow scroll, they tried to move but most got caught, he then pulled out two more, in a quick move he let loose a water wave followed by a scroll of lighting.
Knocking them all to the ground, only temporary but long enough for the women to cross the bridge.
"Can you freeze water?" I asked as I grabbed his arm to run.
"Ya." I pushed him across the bridge before I did some hand signs and let the water flow from my mouth as I crossed, the second my feet hit the dirt he froze the bridge as the first one did not notice before he slid on the ice and fell down off the bridge, turning we headed to catch the two that got away.
We caught up quickly to the chunin, wrapping one's leg in my whip as I pulled making him fly towards us while eating dirt. Hayashi had thrown kunai at the second making him spin on his feet and blocking them all ready to fight us. Giving the girls the chance to leave the area.
Two on two.
The one in my whip got a hold of himself as he broken my grab and jumped onto his feet. "How dare you let them go, do you know how long that took to get that many." The other spoke, he was short and stubby with a creepy beard and a half balding head, his weird voice made me almost laugh. I guess not every ninja here is fine as fuck but I could see his chakra was stronger then his partner, who am I to judge.
The other looked at us worried, he was a younger guy about the size of Hayashi with yellow hair in a ponytail.
We only have until the bridge unfreezes to take these two down. I have not fought side by side with him in a while and I am sure he has so much more tricks up his sleeve. I know you should not attack first but we don't have time as we shared a look.
I went straight for the blonde boy I was next to him so quickly but he was as fast as me as he blocked my water with his own water sword he gave me a small smile as they crashed into each other, however it shocked me as I jumped back from him.
Quickly pulling my whip back out as chubs did his own hand signs putting us both on alert, then a big wall of mud came at us making us jump away from each other as Blondie went to Hayashi, boosting my speed I blocked just in time to keep Hayashi out of direct combat slashing out with my water as he blocked it.
I snaped my whip at his feet as he bounced backwards.
Hayashi tossed a shuriken with a shadow at Chubbs making Blondie block the path, blocking the first and noticing the second to slow as Hayashi blew up the paper bombs attached to it making them both jump farther away, We stood there in almost the same stance.
Blondie and I in front of protecting Hayashi and Chubbs.
It was kind of surreal.
"Well, well." Chubbs spoke with his strange voice. "Looky here, our lowers." The words sounded so stupid coming out of his mouth.
"Shut your hot mouth." I yelled making his face go red, I think it was a mix between flattery and anger but both Hayashi and Blondie gave off a sliver of amusement.
"Got anything like Kuro?" I asked Hayashi, he looked at me understanding my waters weakness.
"Nothing like that." I nodded.
"Split?" He whispered, not sure who I was to go after I just nodded and waited for his move.
He pulled out a big scroll as it spun in the air around him, as he let out the fire dragon I saw once it moved towards them with speed making them both move to protect themselves, in the moment I made sure to block Blondie as Hayashi cornered the other, he had barley made it away as Hayashi tossed a shadow scroll making him move quicker, real fast for his stature, the dragon went for a while before it blew up on the side of the hill leaving a burn mark.
I focused back at Blondie, using my whip to wrap around his sword arm and tightening it but he was able to slice through it with an impressive move and ran at me, sword to water arm as we pushed on each other neither breaking.
I spun down kicking out my leg as he jumped over it making me spin my water from blocking to slashing upwards as his foot landed on my water cutting it slightly as he back flipped away, landing on the ground a bit away acting like it did not hurt at all.
We got in a mostly water on water fight as I listened to all the words pouring from Chubbs, he was telling us so much about their operation and Blondie seemed to not be fazed at that, what's up with that?
They were both range fighters, I could see chubbs was mostly earth and water and Hayashi was doing well but just like us, it was kind of even.
We just listened to him as we fought, but I was holding back and I think Hayashi was as well. The man was talking his head off.
I guess in two days they will be taking the girls to a higher up area and we showed up just in time. I just tried to dodge and block everything.
So far Blondie seems to have no more aces up his sleeves and I was getting ready to throw down a bomb when we got all the information we may need.
Once Hayashi gave me a look, I tossed down two smoke bombs, throwing my spikes everywhere and making three clones as he tried to escape, the clones helping me keep him inside. He seemed lost making me smile, he has no extra sense, he did block me and my clones well once he stopped trying to escape.
He blocked one clone with kunai one hand and his sword in the other, as a second clone drop kicked him in the chest as he fell backwards toward me as I slashed out with water, he spun enough to block it with a shiver in his chakra as I spun him up in my whip, I wrapped him up tight before pulling out my wire and tying him up permanently.
The air cleared not long after, I stood there next to a tied up Blondie as Chubbs looked at us with fear, he was so startled.
Hayashi gave me an adorable smile as I moved closer to Chubbs making him spin on the spot and run towards the bridge as we watched with shocked faces. The bridge wont last long and I think the women are far enough away we decided to end it here and chase after the women, leaving Blondie tied up as I boosted my nose and followed the scent.
At least if we fight him and others later we will have a jonin with us and she will destroy them easy, the sun started to rise making me smile at the cool morning air.
It did not take long to catch up, they were halfway to the town, catching up Anko and Kuro smirked at us and we smiled back at them, Kuro still holding that poor women's hand, a softer side I never really seen before.
We made it almost there and still were not chased, keeping a chakra eye behind us. "Why are they not following?" I whispered to Hayashi.
He looked at me before back at behind us. "Not sure, might have scared them." He smiled at me. "The guy that ran was one of the only strong ones right? And there is four of us." I looked back at the women, we came up the river path and started to run over the hill when the few workers in the fields paused where they stood and watched us.
Once it was obvious who we were they all started to run to our group, screaming with cheer, waking people up, getting closer with these slow runners people started to come out of there homes and the women who lived here moved to find there loved ones and the rest of us headed to the only restaurant in the village.
The owner was setting it up and not quite open yet but opened her doors the second she knew who we all were.
The women were glad to sit down and eat, I was planning on paying but she said it was all on the house for all of us, making my wallet happy. They were all so happy and hungry as they ordered.
The one girl would not leave her knight as he moved to the edge of the table so she could sit down and eat without leaving his side. Kuro spoke up about who our main mission was about and if she was here.
"I am here." Looking at this poor woman, ripped clothes and looked like a mess.
"We were sent to find you." Anko spoke loudly making a few women cheer that girls name, finding out most of the women come from places all around in different zones in this area, one I heard was even from the leaf village but had been visiting a friend and got kidnapped walking down a road.
Once Kuro was able to part from that girl, she seemed calmer and happier as she reluctantly let him go.
We walked a little off from the group to chat amongst ourselves, about how that crazy amount of people was not even the main issue here. Where ever they were going to take the girls is a much bigger and dangerous area.
"Do we ask for more help?" Anko asked, mostly in thought. She has faith in herself but knows we may need more people, this is far from over.
We stood in silence as I could here the women laugh. "Well whatever we need to bring this down." I spoke with weird confidence.
"Yes but they are nothing but a branch." Anko spoke, worry in my heart that she seemed a little shaken at the thought.
"How about we send a bird to the Hokage with information and continue on, we have a new mission." Hayashi said and the two of them agreed with him.
"So do we take our main mission home first, or should we wait and see if we can find who they are gonna meet?" I asked.
"Well there is two of them heading that way, might be more." Anko said before she turned to the group of happy females. "Hey, anyone else headed up the road towards Konoha." She yelled at them and two more hands popped up. "They got each other." She said with attitude.
She looked at Hayashi. "Write a note." She pulled out a scroll, bit her finger and a small brown bird appeared, he pulled out some paper sat on the ground and started to write.
It took maybe a minute before she shoved it in a small part and lifted her hand as it flew away.
"So we should go back and watch them, see if they will still meet up with the others." Anko spoke with authority, it is nice to see a completely different side of her. We all nodded, she walked over to the group of women and explained we can't walk them all home and they should try and stick together, they looked a little worried until she said they did not follow us and we need to take them down.
We stayed near them until they all headed the directions making sure they got far enough away and no men to follow before we made our way back to the camp.
We quickly headed back when at the first fork when I felt a small chakra in the treeline, he stood up and ran towards the camp. I made it known and Anko who was gone for two seconds before she was back with a small man in her fist.
"What are you doing?" Anko spoke loudly with anger, he did not say a word so she shook him making no noise. We all knew why he was watching, we tied him up and ran into the forest covering his mouth we continued on our way. We moved up the cliff side near the bridge and found a good vantage point. There was a spot slightly inside a small bush perfect for watching the main gate of the wall.
The bush was small so only two could fit at a time unseen, Kuro and Anko watched first.
My chakra sense was just to far to really use, my nose was slightly useful as their unclean smell wafted by in the air. "Do you think they still will meet whoever without girls?" I asked him.
He just look at me. "Hope so but I don't know."
Time moved slowly and we switched between watchers, at one point it was just me. There was not to much movement when I heard a faint yelling wishing to boost my ears but now is not the time to try that, I will learn it when I don't need to hear. I sat bored crossed legs when Hayashi sat down next to me in silence.
A thought popped in my head.
I moved my mesh slightly and showed him my tattoo, holding in front of his face with no word. "Yes I have seen that." He laughed making me smile at his joke.
"Can you check my tattoo?" He looked confused before I continued speaking. "I heard seals in tattoos are a thing and you are a sealing expert, I just want to know."
He looked at me shocked and interested for a second before pulling my arm to him, he pulled it to his face making me tilt in an awkward way as he was on my right making me laugh a little at the strange way I was now sitting.
He stared at it for a few seconds before putting his hand on it.
I kept my eye on him and the camp as I was still in a weird angle and I waited, looking at him his eyes were closed in a scrunched way.
His chakra shifted a little and that made me worry, his eye snapped open in shock. "I think, I think I feel something." My eyes were now big, I did not expect it to be one.
I just wanted to be sure it was just a tattoo as he slammed his eyes shut again and just sat there without moving. This time I started to shift my body so I spun towards him more as I may be stuck in this position for a while.
I was filling with a strange excitement, what if there is something there?
Looking back at the camp. "But I don't understand." He said so quietly. "So small, so." He did not finish his sentence making me look at him.
"But there is something there?" I asked a little to loudly making me calm down and stay quiet.
He looked and just stared at me and let me go, I smiled with interest as he just stared.
I waited for like a minute and he did nothing but stare. "What?" I finally asked snapping him out of some thought.
"I can't mess with it here and afraid of what it is, to get a better look." He said silently. "But there is something." He picked up my arm again with interest and I was happy that he was not running away, like other times.
What does that mean if it was a seal?
"I want to really look at it." He pulled it closer to his eye. "Sadly, not now."
We both just looked at it with interest, getting our eyes up close to try and see it clearer even if that did nothing for me.
"I wonder what it is?" I mumbled.
"Me too."
Kuro was standing just in the tree line. "why are you both staring at that so hard?" He asked quietly as Anko walked up beside him making us both smile at them with shock and excitement.
Kuro and I laid next to each other, almost close enough to cuddle as Anko was on watch.
I was getting hungry but we can't cook anything up here, that could show our hand. Sitting up I looked at Hayashi as he was writing things on paper looking stressed.
I a scooted towards him on my butt, he was so focused I patted his head pulling him out of his mind. "Take a break." I spoke kindly. "You might need to understand it, but sometimes space helps."
He nodded as he scanned my tattoo with his eyes again, he has been focusing on it for a few hours now. "Okay." He said a little sad, he stood up and stretched as he left all his things in the area. "I will go watch with Anko." He said before patting me back and walking off.
I looked at what he left behind but I did not understand what he was doing.
Lying back, my hands behind my head as Anko was almost sleep with her head on my chest. It was so peaceful as Kuro made his way towards us, once he got in eye sight I looked up at him as he stared at us blankly.
"This is why." He gave a small smirk making me smile a little as I bit my lip.
"I see it."
"It is so comfortable, you should try it sometime." Anko yawned. "Such a decent sized chest."
"Thanks my dear, yours is glorious."
"You know i.t" She snuggled the back of her head into my chest making Kuro look a little awkward at the scene.
"Maybe I should call over Hayashi, I would like to see him have a heart attack." He joked before he turned away.
"Is this really that weird?" I asked, he made a noise as he walked away.
Anko agreed. "It is slightly strange." She laughed keeping her eyes closed. Once he was gone. "He is a cutie also, just a little to young for me." She said with amusement, I just made an agreeing noise.
"Thanks." He said from the bushes making me laugh a little, I guess he was not far enough away.
"What was, this is why?" She asked keeping her eyes closed when he moved closer again.
"We thought she was a lesbian." Kuro called from the bushes.
She made a entertained noise. "Ya I can see that." I just laughed.
"I am just more comfortable around women." I said with a smile.
She laughed. "And such a flirt." A small giggle escaped my lips before I yawned again.
I was hanging upside down on a tree branch with my arms crossed, Anko walked over and our faces lined up making me think of a Spiderman kiss.
"What are you doing?" She asked making me open my eyes.
"I don't know." I sighed. "This is a long day and my training would make noise."
She just walked behind me and I watched her chakra as she moved into the small trees a few feet before I felt a ting and in the same second I was in her arms as she body slammed me to the ground.
"Mmmm." I said my mouth in the dirt by her knees.
"Whats that sweetie." She laughed letting me go and stood up.
I just got on my knees and gave her a friendly glare but that was less scary with the smile on my face. But the small moment made Kuro show up suddenly. "What do you think cutie, who would win, Ava or a bug?" She smirked as I slowly got on my feet.
He gave a small smirk understanding what just happened. "The bug." Making her giggle.
"Well you would rather me be here over a bug right?" I smiled.
"No." His smirk got bigger making me mock being hurt.
"That hurts." I smiled, knowing he did not mean it. "Next time I see an Aburame I am sending him to your place." That made his smirk drop and looked at me with anger, just before a shudder went through his body.
Anko laughed as she tried to stay quiet hand over her mouth. "Aw he is afraid of bugs?" Making him glare at her. "Aw baby, it's okay." She smiled as she patted his face making him get a little stiff, moving closer to his face. "I'll protect you." She whispered seductively in his ear, making the biggest smile grow on my face as that made him show more emotion then just a smirk as his face as she walked toward Hayashi.
I just looked at him with a strange question and a smirk on my face, he gave a small cough. "Well, she is something." He quietly said as he moved passed me slightly embarrassed farther into the tree line where we left most of our things.
I just gave a small giggle when he got farther away and yet again for the second time in a few minutes I was suddenly being attacked from behind with such speed as he wrapped something around my eyes and pulled me backwards making me let out a squeak.
"This is something we can do silently." He sounded a little defensive. "Figure out where I am going to hit you."
I nodded with a smile. "Finally something to do." I spun towards him.
Hayashi was on watch but he rushed over pulling something out of his scrolls when Anko gave a flirty joke about them to him but like always it went over his head.
I moved next to her and whispered. "Remember I told you about his blindness the night we stalked him." I whispered as Kuro stood there emotionless overhearing what I said.
"Oh the girl who." She spoke loudly making me cover her mouth with my hand making her shut up, I just gave a small awkward smile to Hayashi who turned around at that. She just looked at me confused before looking at Kuro.
Hayashi stared at me. "Girl who what?" He asked.
"No one."
He stared at me knowing I was lying about something. The four of us just stood there awkward silence, my hand still over her mouth before he shook his head. "Well someone needs to watch." He sighed and walked back to the area looking back at me once with curiosity.
Once he was far enough away I dropped my hand making her slap me on the back of my head. "Hey." I grabbed the back of my head.
"He does not know?" She spoke quietly, a strange turn for her.
"I don't want to ruin the girl for him." I whispered.
"Do you know?" She looked at Kuro who gave a small nod. "That is just not acceptable he should now what she tried to do."
I looked the direction he went. "I just, he just, his thing and I just." I mumbled incoherently.
"I weirdly understood that." She crossed her arms glaring at me. "Well if I date a guy and he tried to kill you I would want to know." She said so angry and Kuro agreed.
She then started to stare at me weirdly, a look I never really see ever, something I could not place. "You are to kind for this world."
Kuro gave a small nod. "She can be." I just gave a small sad smile at them.
I was snacking as I was on watch alone when I saw a few men walk off in the direction of the town. I sighed and got up heading to Anko. "A few left heading back." I said walking up.
"I think they are gonna look for girls, they only have a small amount of time." Hayashi spoke with anger, making me look at him, I am seeing things today in these guys I never did before.
"Alright, so we need to follow them but also not leave the post." Anko said before. "Okay Split, Me and Hayashi will follow." She patted his shoulders while giving him a once over, making me smirk a little. "You two watch."
We hung around as the world got darker, feeling bored he wanted to check out the camp. I just shrugged, why not. We headed that way quietly before peeing over the wall near the cages. They were empty other then the two men we took down locked inside.
Made me feel bad for a second before I remembered that had participated in the catching of women. Chubs started to yell that this was not right and he could have taken us, throwing his partner in the dirt making Blondie get pissed at him.
"You didn't, you ran like a pussy." He yelled. "At least I fought, she just took me off guard." Making Kuro nudge me.
"She." The leader yelled. "A fucking girl brought you down, you are staying in there."
"But we are males." Chubbs yelled as he grabbed the bars.
"It does not matter we need someone to take, can't go empty handed." He yelled. "Now shut up or I wont feed you." Making chubbs sit back down, hands still on bars.
Blondie just scoffed at him, making me smile, I kind of liked the kid.
We headed back and the others were back. She rolled her eye's at us when she found out where we went. They had just taken them down. It was not long until I went to sleep.
Again I had that dream that sometimes shows up, me getting electrocuted before falling down a pit of red clouds and almost landing on the orange ground before falling through the black hole and landing into the forest, it shows up every few weeks or so but never more to it, never less.
Like always just before I hit the ground I woke up, sitting straight up in sweat.
Wide awake now I headed over to Hayashi on watch and took the seat next to him.
"Anything?" I asked with a yawn.
"No but I don't think they have noticed yet that the others are not back yet."
He pulled out some cookies making me make a small noise. "I remember this kind."
"Ya, I know you liked it." We laughed at the time I ate Randoms food when we were at the tower.
"Thanks bro." I nudged his shoulder with mine.
We sat there and watched in comfortable silence as we ate.
He went to bed about an hour later but I was wide awake so I just watched alone. I could feel the world wake up, I always loved this feeling the sun was slowly rising.
I finally saw movement, one of the men peered around the wall looking for the guys who would not be coming back. About fifteen minutes later, I heard the voices over the wind, something was about to happen making me go and wake up the others.
We watched as the animal pulled one cage out of the gate heading the opposite way of the bridge, quietly we got ready and followed the slow moving caravan.