[Naruto] Raiders of large dogs

Stepping on the small road of the country of stone again, the last rays of the sun will be swallowed by the stretching rocky mountains in the distance.

"Do you know which direction they are?" Temari asked Kakashi as the temporary team of three stood on the branch road.

"The originally negotiated route was for us to detour from the western border, and they would go directly across the border of the Kingdom of Rain to Konoha from the east, but now it is certain that the Anbu team did not go as planned." Kakashi scratched his finger and summoned the Puppy Parker with a forehead guard.

"What's the matter, Kakashi, you don't look very good." Parker raised his paw and greeted the silver-haired Kamunin.

"I'll explain to you later, hurry up and track down the smell of this." Kakashi handed Parker the girl's cloth bag containing sugar.

Listening to Kakashi's tone, Parker also knew that the situation was urgent, so he sniffed the cloth bag without talking nonsense. "Hey, Kakashi, isn't this the smell of your little girl? What happened to her?"

"...Find her first, and if I find her, I will spank her." Kakashi was inexplicably angry when he mentioned the girl cheating on him. Could it be that he is not trustworthy?

The temporary team followed Parker quickly, and the burning clouds in the sky made people feel melancholy unconsciously.Letting his legs run on their own, uneasiness, worry, anger, and regret kept alternating in Kakashi's mind.

Angry at the girl who made plans to abandon her child without telling him, angry at her determination, and angry at myself who noticed the clues but didn't think much about it.

Originally, I should have some understanding of the character of the girl who is ruthless against both the enemy and herself, and always puts the completion of the goal as the first priority in formulating tactics, but I thought that through this period of getting along with her, she had gradually changed. I think wild cats still retain their proud wildness even if they are kept at home.

But no matter how annoyed, Kakashi's rationality told himself that the girl's plan was indeed the safest and most effective.

The defeat with the strength of the Kujo Elite Jōnin proves that the enemy's ability is beyond expectations. If the escort team faces it head-on, there will be casualties, and the biggest possibility will be to endanger the target.

Anbu is better at confusing tracking and forging traces, ensuring the maximum combat power of the regular team at the least cost, even if there are any unexpected situations.

What's more, with the girl's rich experience and impressive ability, she may have gotten rid of the enemy and is ready to join her side.Kakashi comforted himself.

"...Kakashi, you have to be mentally prepared." Parker who ran ahead seemed a little embarrassed to say, "The direction of the little girl's smell has a strong smell of blood...it should be her blood."

Kakashi's heart sank when he heard Parker's words, and he quickened his pace unconsciously.

Even though he had a lot of dissatisfaction with the girl, at this moment, the silver-haired Jonin was only left with remorse and fear.

Why is it always like this?

Kakashi questioned his fate more than once.

Holding the paper crane given by the girl in her hand, the smile on the girl holding the gift under the fireworks in my memory seemed to melt into the exotic sunset, and I was a little dazed for a while, if it was too late this time...

Kakashi's heart suddenly became frightened, and what appeared in his mind were the memory fragments from many years ago, the father in the dark room, the teammate under the falling rock, and the girl whose chest was pierced by him.

The running legs seemed to be filled with lead, making him suddenly wonder if he should continue to move forward.

"Even if you're late, as long as you try to get there, it's better than doing nothing."

The girl's words in the rain echoed in her head, and her immature voice hit the silver-haired Jonin's heart like a hammer.

Kakashi hid all distracting thoughts in his heart, and urged Parker to speed up and run towards a hidden stone forest with Temari and Kankuro.

Stones of varying heights are erected in disorder among the low bushes. From a distance, it looks like countless stone tombstones lined up on the wasteland, depressing and solemn.

Parker's small body nimbly shuttled among the narrow stones, and the smell of rust and damp soil became heavier the deeper he went.

"It's blood!" Shouju shouted, pointing at the traces of liquid on the rocks by the roadside.

"It's still fresh, it seems that it's not long ago." Kankuro wiped the blood that hadn't dried up with his fingers, and then hurriedly pulled the leaves of the shrubs to wipe his hands clean as if he had been pricked by a needle.

"What's the matter?" Seeing his younger brother's startled look, Temari asked quickly.

"This blood... this blood is wrong..." Kankuro raised his hand, and saw that the blood-stained fingers turned out red flesh as if corroded by sulfuric acid. Fortunately, he wiped off the blood on his fingers in time. Cause too much damage.

Kakashi looked at the blood-stained stone, and when he looked carefully, he found that the hard rock had been corroded into a pit.

There is no doubt that this is the blood of the girl they are looking for, but it has never been seen that the blood is aggressive when it is far away from the host.

In other words, the girl is now in a state where she cannot control her blood.

Kakashi thought, and before Parker ran, he followed the bloodstains along the road.

"Hey, Kakashi, wait for me!" Parker and Temari hurriedly followed behind Kakashi to the depths of the stone forest.

Pushing away the thorns in front of him, Kakashi was brought to a hidden stone pile by the blood. The strong smell of blood came to his face. The smell of rust was mixed with a pungent touch, which made it almost impossible to open his eyes.

Kakashi, who was stimulated by the smell, stepped back carelessly, kicking away the gravel beside him and making a little noise.A ninja knife suddenly stabbed out from the depths, slashing straight at the silver-haired jonin with a murderous aura.

Dodging the ninja knife sideways, and holding the hands of the visitor with his hands, Kakashi recognized that the fox mask was the newcomer named Kanna in the Kujo Squad.Looking at the only remaining twilight through the thorn bushes, Kanna's white vest has disappeared, and his body is covered with signs of corrosion. The panting sound under the mask shows that he is exhausted, but the ninja sword in his hand is not in any way confused .

After only half a day's absence, Kanna, who exudes a strong killing intent, has transformed from a submissive newcomer to a real Anbu, and Kakashi can't help but have mixed feelings in his heart.

"Kana, calm down, I'm not an enemy!" Kakashi shouted to Anbu who was losing his mind, pushing aside the ninja sword in front of him.

"Yes, is it Kakashi-senpai?" Shenna hurriedly put down the ninja sword in his hand when he heard the shout, "Great...Great...I really don't know what to do!"

"Don't worry, what's the situation now, take your time, what about the others?"

"..." Shennai lowered her head, her voice choked with sobs, and the half-grown boy still couldn't help crying, "Seniors...the seniors are gone...only me and Huoyue-senpai are left, but Huoyue Senior is in a very bad situation now, and I really don't know what to do."

Hearing what Kanna said, Kakashi's heart felt cold, and he held onto Kanna's arm tightly and asked, "Where's Snow... Where's Fire Moon? What's wrong with her?"

Kanna led Kakashi into it, and the stimulation on the tip of her nose became heavier with every step, and the sound of dripping water gradually became clearer. In a corner covered by the stone monument, the girl was curled up on a huge rock.

Blood scabs stained with mud and dust covered the skin, and the broken hair condensed and covered the eyes. Only the sound of rapid breathing proved that the girl was still alive.

When he was about to step forward to check, Kanna grabbed Kakashi to prevent him from getting too close: "Senior Kakashi, wait! It's dangerous to go up rashly now."

Observing the snow in front of him suspiciously, Kakashi finally understood what Kanna meant.I saw the girl's original scabbed wound split open suddenly, blood spread all over her body like a snake, corroding the girl's clothes and body, the surrounding rocks made piercing noises, and a pungent smell permeated the air.

Before Kakashi could react to this strange situation, the girl's corroded wound quickly healed and recovered, leaving only a layer of blood scab, and only the pit on the stone proved that everything was not an illusion.Xue's rapid breathing sounded very painful, and her whole body was tightly curled up on the stone, trembling and unable to move.

"...What's going on?" Temari and Kankuro who came in behind couldn't help asking when they saw this strange scene.

"...It seems that she can't control the blood on her body anymore." Kakashi said, who opened his forehead to reveal Sharingan, "The blood instinctively wanted to heal her wounds, but because the wounds couldn't bear the huge The chakra is weighed and cracked again, and then healed, and so on.”

"... Originally, I wanted to lead my senior to catch up with the regular team, but the blood was too strong, and I couldn't continue to lead her forward, so I had to put senior here first." Shen Nai lowered her head and sobbed, "Obviously Tsuruta Senior asked me to protect Senior Huoyue no matter what..."

Kakashi looked at Kanna in front of him, probably guessed their situation, and sincerely thanked him: "You did your best, thank you."

If he hadn't risked the danger of being corroded by blood to bring Xue to this hidden place, maybe he could only find the corpse that was patched by the remaining enemies.

"What should we do now? How can we take her back if we can't touch her?" Temari asked as he looked at the darkening sky outside.

"I can't wait, seeing her condition won't last long, I have to think of a way." Kankuro's words made Kanna, who was already restless, even more anxious.

Kakashi walked forward without saying a word, and slowly approached the trembling girl. The blood squirming on Yuki's body turned into sharp blood thorns out of self-preservation instinct, and fiercely attacked the approaching living creature.Kakashi let the blood thorn pierce his arm, and covered his hand with soft broken hair like waking up a wild cat in the past, gently comforting the insecure girl.

The girl seemed to feel the familiar warmth, and the blood thorns softened and dripped slowly, accepting the man who trespassed into the beast's territory without authorization.

"Hey, Kakashi, be careful!" Parker yelled from behind, the pungent smell of blood made him dare not go forward, and he could only stand in a cold sweat at the silver-haired Jonin's recklessness.

There was a burning pain in the palm, and holes were corroded in the sturdy gloves, but Kakashi did not move his hand away, but parted the girl's messy bangs, revealing the eyes that were closed because of the pain .It was a real touch, thankful that he was not late this time, Kakashi let out a sigh of relief.

"You usually don't know how to lie, have you suffered?" Kakashi chuckled and took out the handkerchief from his pocket, "You are lucky to have a big backer as your friend."

Pushing the stone into the girl's hand, she saw bursts of fluorescent lights glowing in the dark space due to the setting sun, illuminating everyone's vision.The curled up Snow seemed to be wrapped in a cicada cocoon, glowing with a red shimmer, and then sucked into the stone in her hand like being swallowed by a whirlpool.

With the disappearance of the red light, Xue's tightly clustered brows gradually relaxed, and the wounds that had been continuously expanding on his body also stopped moving, leaving only bloody scabs.Seeing this, Kakashi immediately took off the stone and rewrapped it in his pocket, took out a blanket from his backpack, wrapped it around the girl, and held it in his hand.

"Senior Kakashi, what did you do?" Kanna asked looking at the girl who had recovered.

Wrapping the weightless girl tightly around her hands, Kakashi greeted a few people to return: "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. I said as I walked on the road, let's catch up with Kai and the others first. Can you contact the medical ninjas in Hidden Sand Village? Trouble them next time." Take a break and help out."

"Okay, then let's take a step first, see you on the road." Temari and Kankuro understood that Kakashi and the others needed space to discuss the content of the task, so they ran away wisely.

Watching Sand Ninja run away, Kakashi said to Kanna, "Can you move?"

"No problem, senior, you..."

"Ah." Kakashi pulled off his forehead to cover Sharingan, and said while running with Kanna, "I observed that the abnormality on Huoyue's body was caused by the sudden increase in Chakra on her body. Just now the chakra in her blood The chakra reaction was several times higher than usual, and the comatose host couldn't control it, which caused the blood riot. But thanks to this amazing healing power, she was injured so badly and survived so much blood."

"Is it the ninjutsu that Huoyue-senpai used today..." Kanna recalled the scene when Yuki and Kakuzu fought, "At that time, the eyes of the senior became very strange, and the whole person seemed to be possessed by a demon. It was very scary and almost passed out. Completely wiped out the enemy, but it seems to have failed halfway. Senior Tsuruta also said...Senior Huoyue wants to die with the enemy..."

Kakashi remembered the conversation when the third generation introduced Yuki to him for the first time, and guessed in his heart that the blood riot was probably the sequelae caused by the girl using the last killer's mace.

Fortunately, she did not succeed.The silver-haired man tightened his arms in fear, as if the warmth in his arms could make his suspended heart feel more at ease.

"...Although temporarily using the client's stone to absorb the chakra of the riot, I still can't feel at ease. I have to let Huoyue wake up and control his blood first." Kakashi quickened his pace.

Parker on the side followed the two of them with short limbs: "There is no smell of enemies around, just charge straight over!"

"Speed ​​up, Kanna, can you keep up?"

"no problem!"

The two of them and the dog stepped up and left the desolate stone forest, leaving regret and remorse behind, and ran straight towards the Kingdom of Wind under the reflection of the new moon.

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Happy Lantern Festival everyone~

Now my mood is only [Wow, hurry up and send the rest of the manuscript and I will lie down] haha