38 Chapter 38 : Rasengan (1/2)
Oight fellers. I was gonna post a chapter yesterday, but I fell asleep. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Esketit.
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Rei felt the surge of pain, blood escaping her body, feeling the weak tug of death pulling towards her.
”Lady! Are you ok?” The child she saved screamed at her in the distance. Rei was in her own world, the distinct buzzing in her ears. The throbbing brought her back. Tons of stone and wood cluttered around them. She found herself on top of the kid in an attempt to keep her safe.
”I'm..” Rei swallowed a lump of stress down her throat. ”I'm fine. Let's get to the others.” When she attempted to stand, that feeling hit her. She looked behind herself and winced at the metal bar driven into her calf, pinned into the ground.
Curses. Why did she have such bad luck with hurting her legs.
She took a deep breath. This was nothing. Rei cracked her teeth together and pulled upward. The blood and muscle squeezed and sputtered up the spike. Finally, the relief hit her hard. When her calf was relieved, the calm feeling of sleep set in. This was tiring. She still needed to train her stamina.
Movement stove her sleep. Rei's eyes darted to the right. Four images fluttered into view. Along with four more to the right.
”Hmmmmm.” A shark-man sporting a Mist headband brought fear to Rei's mind.
She quickly stood with weight on her uninjured leg, Covering the child behind her.
”If it isn't the esteemed Hokage's daughter.” The shark teeth surfaced beyond his creepy grin. He licked his lips. ”Not bad actually.”
Rei kept her cool despite the urge to kill him right there. Disgusting. She was still a child.
The eight Mist shinobi slowly began to surround Rei. The moved closer and closer. With each step, Rei doubted herself. Could she really do this? Was she really strong enough to save this child?
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Rei pictured her father. She was barely able to walk. She vaguely remembered Minato sitting in their home, drunken, broken, guilty, that he couldn't save his beloved wife. Her only terrible memory of him. Minato later realized she saw him and completely stopped drinking, for Rei, but that memory would forever be burned into her mind.
Her father couldn't save her. What made Rei think she could save this little girl.
The flash of Kenji mercilessly killing his classmates in the mine came. He grabbed her face. ”GROW UP!!” ”Just realize what this world really is.”
Rei imagined walking with Kakashi, moments before coming to this town. ”Rei.”
”Yes?”
”Your next lesson. Find out why you became a ninja. Someone who doesn't know what their fighting for, won't last long in this world.”
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Rei stoned her face. Her resolve had found a new wind. She glanced at the child, struck with fear, latching onto her shirt. She thought, ”Even in this dark world, there has to be light. And I'll be that light. To protect those who can't protect themselves.”
”Come here.” Rei grabbed the girl and held her close, balling her into an embrace.
The eight enemies closed in cautiously. ”I found it sensei.” She whispered.
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”Lava Release : Melting Apparition Technique”
An acidic trail of liquid rushed towards Kakashi.
”Earth Release : Mud Wall”
Kakashi's wall held, but the nasty corroding liquid ate right through it.
Kakashi sprang from the wall. ”Raikiri!”