Kapitel 127: A Longtime Favor
Should I have let Tayuya leave just like that?
Probably not, but at the end of the day, she didn't notice me, so it's fine.
Let's see... in theory, only Kiba and Naruto should be left now.
Huh? It seems there's an anomaly, and Ukon and Sakon have decided to separate.
Ukon takes the barrel, while Sakon blocks Kiba and his dog, leaving Naruto to chase Ukon alone.
I thought their fighting style involved staying together because of being Siamese brothers and using their unique Kekkei Genkai, so...
(From my research, their ability wasn't just a technique; they actually had a unique Kekkei Genkai.)
Okay?
I mean, Kimimaro isn't here to take the barrel, and they have to keep clearing the pursuers while securing Sasuke for Orochimaru, so... wait a moment.
Wow, Kiba is really in a bad situation. It seems I got more carried away than I expected.
With those two separated, one would think it would be easier for him to win, but it seems that the absence of Ukon removes Sakon's inhibitions. Not only Kiba, poor Akamaru looks quite bad.
How did they end up in this state?
I think I can see the bone of the leg through Akamaru's wound, and his trembling betrays either pain or fear, maybe both.
...
He's really going to kill them when he finishes his cheap monologue.
...
"Damn," I sighed exasperated with myself as I disappeared in a flash.
POV Kiba
How can he be so strong?! This shouldn't have played out like this.
Akamaru and I wanted to use that technique and combine forces to finish him, but I didn't expect him to realize Akamaru's ambush and injure him so badly.
With my ninken partner out of action, I could barely hold against this maniac while making sure he didn't try anything with Akamaru. I don't think I can endure much more; the wound on my stomach doesn't look good.
I think I'm losing too much blood, but this guy won't let me...
"Divine Punishment!"
Eh?
Dazzling flash accompanied by a thunderous sound
My eyes! Damn, it hurts like a point-blank flashbang.
After blinking enough to regain vision, I see the guy from the team that took Sasuke completely immobilized and black from head to toe. When the breeze forms a current, the body turns to ashes and disappears carried by the wind.
"Well, I thought I left him crispy," I heard someone else say, the one who helped me, I suppose. "That looked more like a snap of the fingers."
Snap of the fingers? I don't understand.
Wait! Didn't the voice come from where I sheltered Akamaru?
My wound hurts like a thousand demons, but I manage to crawl enough to see a huge man... isn't he the Kage of Seimeigakure?
Didn't he ever wear a shirt?
"You'd better stay still; if you speed up blood loss, it will be annoying later," he tells me while seemingly sewing Akamaru's wound more skillfully than even my sister, who is one of the veterinarians of the clan.
When did he anesthetize Akamaru?
"Ready," he cut (cauterized?) the remaining thread with a glowing finger and put things away in what looks like a very small and metallic storage scroll. "You're lucky I happened to hear your fight by chance while traveling, and my curiosity got the better of me. Your dog would have lost the right hind leg if I hadn't arrived in time to heal him. I advise you not to move for a month and then do rehabilitation exercises."
I let out a sigh of relief that I didn't know I was holding, hearing that Akamaru will recover. I'm horrified at the thought that Akamaru would have...
Wait a second!
"Aren't you the Kage of Seimeigakure?" I opened my eyes wide when I finally remembered where I saw those strange ears and the headband symbol on the thigh.
Was it true that this guy never wears a shirt?
"Do you know me?" he looked at me with a surprised face, and I was left speechless.
How the hell wouldn't I after the power display he showed during the Chunin Exams? I don't think anyone in Konoha doesn't know about you!
The clan's ninken that were nearby had nightmares for a week, and it was very difficult to calm them down and get them to eat. Not to mention the lasting impression left by their monstrous genins.
Well, I guess they're chunin now...
"Are you going to keep staring at me with your mouth open like a statue, or will you let me heal you before you bleed out?"
"I don't want to sound ungrateful, but..." I just can't help myself. "Why are you helping us?"
"I'm just returning a favor to your mother," he tells me while scratching his nose with the earlobe. "Well, I don't think she'll remember it anyway."
That only leaves me with more questions, but everything starts to spin and darken.
POV Enel
"Of course, passing out in the middle of the conversation, as always," I rolled my eyes as I approached the unconscious Inuzuka and began to give him enough treatment to hold on until Kakashi's dogs arrived to take him back.
Because I'm sure they were the ones who located the kids on their way, while Kakashi followed Naruto.
Oh, I didn't lie about Akamaru's injury; it really would have been crippled with that wound if it got infected or the muscle couldn't be sewn up in time.
"Well, it's true that I owe a favor to Tsume for taking her DNA, but that's just part of the reason why I'm doing this..." I murmured to myself as I finished the conversation without anyone really hearing it. "I didn't want Hinata to cry when she heard about your death, she'll be bad enough when she wakes up because of Ino."
After giving him a soldier pill to help him stay conscious, I left.
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