Chương 17: Chapter 16
"If the two of you want to keep your hands attached, then I suggest removing them." Shinku's voice lowered, turning eerie and cold as he pressed Jiraya's head with more force.
The muffled yells of the white-haired teen made Tsunade grit her teeth in frustration. While she was confident she could match Shinku in strength, his speed was on another level entirely.
Orochimaru, on the other hand, sighed while releasing Shinku and moved to soak once more.
Tsunade offered her squad mate a glare for the lack of help but soon retracted her hold as well.
"Let him go."
"Why should I? I can crush his head right now, and even the Hokage wouldn't be able to stop me." Shinku shifted his gaze to the blonde. His cold crimson eyes were filled with annoyance at the three.
"..." Tsunade lowered her head and bit her lower lip as she inwardly cursed Jiraya's recklessness and Orochimaru for suggesting the man could be trusted.. Now, she was only able to watch as the man crushed her comrades' skull before her.
Normally... one would only watch in fear of being next...
Balling her fists, Tsunade had no intention of watching Idly.
'There just kids, Shinku, let it go.' Sighing, Shinku released the pressure on Jiraiya as he transferred enough chakra into his wounds to produce a healing effect.
"Hyah!"
'Huh?'
Shinku had already lowered his guard against the two behind him, figuring that Orochimaru understood simply killing Jiraiya wasn't his style, and he would have at worst would have temporarily crippled him.
Not knowing much about the Senju princess, Shinku figured she would be shaken up by the sight and freeze.
So, leaving himself open to the two, he hadn't been actively sensing his surroundings with chakra either when something more than unexpected came flying his way.
Instinctively, though, Shinku moved to leap into the air when he suddenly felt like he was hit by an Iwa Shinobi... a very small fisted Iwa Shinobi.
Shinku was launched out of the water as he maneuvered mid-air to land back on his feet just at the edge of the other side of the hot spring as he held his right ribs in pain.
'Damn, little monster.'
Shooting an annoyed glare at the scowling Tsunade, Shinku couldn't help but think of how much of a monster the girl would become in the future with her strength alone.
"We may fight every now and again, but I'll be damned if I let you kill him!" Tsunade shouted, and with a downward punch, she caused the water to burst out and block Shinku's vision.
"Great idea... if I was reliant on my eyes." Shinku smirked as he threw a punch towards his left, colliding with Tsunade's incoming fist.
As their fists connected, Shinku leg sweeped, forcing Tsunade to fall backward before rolling out if the way of an axe kicked aimed for her head.
"Is head the only thing you know?!"
Tsunade shouted as she leaped back onto her feet and delivered a round house kick for Shinku's side.
Catching her ankle with a smirk, Shinku lifted her up to slam her down when her other foot came around and knocked into the back of his head.
Shinku released his hold on her ankle, allowing Tsunade to leap back and follow up with a straight punch to the chest.
Shinku couldn't hold back his grin at this point, finding their fight exciting as he sidestepped her fist and struck his knee into her solarplexus.
"Ugh!"
Feeling the air leave her body, Tsunade resisted the urge to fall down or back. Barely able to form a complete fist, she instead used a single finger to stab Shinku's throat.
Pushing the girl back, Shinku evaded the incoming strike.
"I like you."
Shinku said, suddenly appearing behind a weak legged Tsunade, his intense grin gone as he stared blankly at the blonde.
"What the hell are you on about?"
With her left hand holding her abdomen from the pain, Tsunade clenched her right hand and prepared to keep going.
"Orochimaru, why didn't you tell me you had such a great friend? I'm almost hurt that you would keep her from me."
Turning his gaze to the slim figure, still soaking in the spring, Shinku asked, feigning hurt.
"What the...?"
"Look. The squirt has got some balls of steel on him, and you have courage, grit, and monstrous strength. 'Also don't know I'm a Uzu nuke nin'. "
"I'm not a guy that takes people as friends easily. I uave very few I would even consider as such so take pride that I like you two like the genderless snake over there." Shinku said, patting Tsunade's back, helping her heal like he did with Jiraiya.
"Well, better an allie than an enemy. Though do we not have a say in it?" Tsunade sighed, feeling an odd sense of relief wash over her as she glanced at Jiraya's healed figure and felt her own recovering at a faster rate.
"No." Both Shinku and Orochimaru said on sync.
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Days passed since that night with Shinku deciding to keep the three close, ensuring that the three didn't come across anything regarding Sora.
Under the guise of their friend and tour guide, Shinku wasted their mornings around the village, making the two skeptical teens warm up to him if only a little.
While they would either spend their nights at the bath house or 'searching' for remnants of Sora.
During these days, Jiraiya had soon begun sharing his 'hobbies' with Shinku, much to the older man's displeasure.
The thought of having to peek at women from a distance because you couldn't get close was almost humiliating.
The only pleasure he found was from Orochimaru and Tsunade, who were both interested in the study of medical ninjutsu.
A path the man only mimicked, so he chose to pick their brains about the subject every day, till he had actually formed a liking for the two.
After the three Konoha-nin were sure that Yugakure was a dead end, they packed up and headed back to Konoha to deliver their report.
After seeing the three Shinobi off, Shinku teleported into the apartment he had been staying in since coming to this village using the Uzumaki clans adaption of the flying raijin.
A teleportation Fūinjutsu, that was adapted to leave no evidence of its use like Tobirama's that flickered with lightning, even the seal would vanish after it was placed and unless one was aware the seal they wouldn't be able to sense the seal.
Allowing Shinku to place a seal on the three Konoha-nin, though he felt as if Orochimaru was somehow aware.
It had been almost a week since he last dropped by the tavern for the intel Odin wanted to give him, and he was tempted to just head over and get everything from Summer for fair payment, though he decided to respect Odins wishes and headed into his kitchen.
Pulling out cookware to prepare himself a nice meal, Shinku frowned as a snow rabbit was perched outside the window seal in his living room, staring straight at him.
Considering he currently lived on the buildings fourth floor and it was the middle of spring in Yugakure, the sight of the out of place snow rabbit made him scan the entire block.
"If you plan on spying, then you should choose a better summon." Shinku said before appearing in front of the small rabbit and grabbing it by the ears.
"I guess it's rabbit for dinner." Shinku glared at the frantic rabbit as he failed to sense anyone suspicious nearby.
"Ahh! Summer, this is the last time I'll help you!" The summon screeched as it soon tried to break out of Shinku's hold.
"Oh. Summer sent you?"
Shinku raised him up and stared directly into his eyes, making the rabbit nod.
"Then speak Dammit, why the hell did she send you?"
"Sh-She said Odin is set to arrive four days from now!" The rabbit shouted before disappearing, presumably by forcefully reverse summoning itself back home.
"Four days... Old Man, you have me waiting quite some time. You better have some great news for me." Shinku sighed as he headed back to the kitchen.
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"I'm almost home, Odin. Just wait, I'll sever that Uzumaki's head, revive him as a puppet, and make him slaughter you and every single Uzumaki." The white masked man named Kamish spoke aloud as he stared off into the horizon from the grandiose ship he was on.
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