32 [The Land of Hot Springs! Part - 2]
The next several minutes were a little blur before my mind started to clear the images automatically… I stopped hurling and leaned away from the mess I made…
'Yeah, that was bad...' I channel some chakra to my leg and thump it on the ground while manipulating the ground with a jutsu...
'Earth Style: Mud Wall'
Instead of getting the wall straight out of the floor, I let it fall down and cover my leftover lunch… I take a few deep breaths and notice that the negative images and thoughts have cleared up and the endless drowning from them is not there anymore… I mean I could still call up those memories and the same expression on the guy's face, but it is not twisting onto itself anymore, the face is not laughing and the eyes are not mocking me…
I shake my head to get rid of the thoughts and lean back against the tree…
'Where is every...nevermind'
As I was finally getting a grip on the situation my passive sensory skill was once again active and I felt 7 chakra signatures surrounding me…
I open my eyes and say, "I am fine everyone, I didn't expect that to happen..." I notice that almost everyone else looked like they didn't fight at all…
"You should rest a little Tobi-kun, here have some water..." Kurenai-Sensei gave me some water so I rinsed my mouth and then drank some…
I steel my nerves and look back at the dead guy but only saw a patch of mud and nothing else… 'Looks like Asuma-Sensei took care of it...Thank god I wasn't sure I was ready to face that again...'
I stood up and slowly started to walk around… 'need to go back to normal...' I examined myself but there was nothing wrong with my body, just the mental strain was a little too much to handle at once…
I walked around in laps a few times before jumping and jogging to get my blood flowing and things started to turn normal… 'Okay I am not a lunatic...stop staring at me...' after a little exercise I felt a little normal so I went back to Kurenai-Sensei and said, "We can get going sensei, I think walking will be good for all of us..."
As we all started to walk I notice that Shikamaru has switched places with Ino so that he can guard the left side with some peace and quiet… I notice Ino also looked a little pale and Kurenai-sensei was probably with Hinata trying to calm her down…
I walked up closer to Ino so that our shoulders keep bumping into each other as we slowly made our way towards our destination…
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It was around midnight and I was unable to sleep…
*sigh*
'Guess I will have to suffer at least this much...there was so much blood though...I don't wanna freeze the next time this happens...'
I was doing a perimeter check when I notice Ino was not in her tent and was sitting outside by the campfire, Asuma-Sensei was on guard sitting on a tree above Ino, 'At least she is safe...'
I get out of my tent and walk towards her and sat down beside her… She looked at me for a second before once again looking at the fire seemingly searching for answers…
"Are you okay, Ino-chan?" She nodded but I wasn't convinced so I poked her waist… She let out a cute little yelp before glaring at me hard…
"Are you okay, Ino-chan?" I repeated my question as she sat down once again beside me.
"Yeah, it's just...there was so much blood spilling out I didn't know what to do where to look...and by the way, you know you are getting stronger very fast Tobi-kun...It's like I can't seem to be able to catch up to you..." It was the first time I had seen Ino-chan look sad, her blue eyes were staring at the fire in front of us and the reflection of it were dancing in her eyes. The orange glow made her look even sad as she had a soft and delicate expression on her face…
I nudge her a little with my shoulder and poke her waist again…
As she was repeating her earlier actions of glaring at me… I placed my hand on her head and softly rubbed it as I stood up…
"You are fine Kunoichi Ino-chan, never give up...I'll be waiting for you...now come on get some sleep..." I took hold of her hand and dragged her towards her tent and lightly pushed her towards it…
"Good Night Ino-chan"
"Good Night Tobi-kun"
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The next day we dismantled our tents and started to travel towards our destination...It took another 6 hours before we finally arrived at the gates of what was once Yagakure… 'The village hidden in Hot Water, now just a massive resort for the entertainment of civilians and Shinobi's...The land of dreams…'
I stare at the short dresses on most of the female population, their swaying backside, and their bouncing… I could feel a chill run down my spine so I looked straight ahead and ignored the paradise around me…
'...why is my luck always soooo bad...'
