Board Thread:Konoha Arc/@comment-25687356-20160506032500/@comment-24937485-20160512043457

Kei and Kumiko’s words fell on silent ears as the Sunagakure force, and everyone else, was directed to the sounds of drums and a thousand marching feet. An army was heading their way, and right now the Sunagakure force followed the commands of a captain unknown to Kei. He shook his head as he saw them all head out to meet the enemy rather than set up defenses. The Uchiha couldn’t agree with these tactics, but at the same time understood that his services were needed. “At this point… they need anyone they can get.”

“What the…?”

His eyelids peeled back as he crossed his arms in front of his face, quickly narrowing at the sight of incoming dust and large debris, and even “buildings…” that came flying towards his way. Keldran and his squad had raised a valid defense while Kei jumped up and over the building while dashing between large chunks of wall fragments before finally landing on a broken pillar that stood in his exact previous location, jumping down to stand right in front of it, hidden by a shadow as he turned to the Konoha Jounin.

A few moments later, after he and Keldran exchanged words, the blue haired squad leader set off after the two shared a nod of confidence between them. Impressive as the two genin had been in combat, Kei didn’t have a second to spare on any kind of introduction, nor did he care to do so.

Truth be told, the Uchiha was ready to leave and join the fight right then and there, after Keldran and the others disappeared from sight, but found himself alerted by a fragile but familiar voice that called for his help and soon warned him for something incoming long after the explosion that blew up the wall had passed. He attributed it to her being in shock as she fell on the ground, only further worsening her injuries.

Yet he couldn’t look past the other things she was saying, she had information that was important enough for her to give it to the Hokage. In his mind, it’d be easier to leave her to die after she gives him the information instead. Or he could simply use genjutsu to take it from her…. But for some reason those thoughts didn’t sit right with him as they would have before his personal ‘change’ began and re-awakened his heart. And after all, she was the daughter of a very prominent figure in Konoha.

“Very well then. I’ll accept your mission seeing as you are daughter of a Council member and Clan’s head. But bear in mind, my request can come at any time in the future. And seeing as you said you  owe me whatever, I’m free to request anything. Keep this in mind. Cause I don’t like deals being broken.”

A somewhat sinister smile crept onto his lips as he said this last part. Even though he did feel for her somewhat, making deals was very important to him, as his deal with Kinshi had allowed him to progress life changing evens. He didn’t make deals easily, and always held to his end, but expected the same. Yet if expectations weren’t met, his sinister smile right now showed that the results of that would prove her no good.

After a quick series of handseals he created a perfect shadow clone. Then, the shadow clone used the transformation technique to change itself into a horse. Kei then helped her up on this black steed which would set off through one of the smaller side gates of Sunagakure, away from the enemy. However, this horse held Sharingan eyes that the shadow clone used to keep track of everything around them as they made way to escape; far away from the enemy forces and heading the other direction. The clone-made-horse was just as smart as Kei and made sure to make a very wide route around the battlefield. So wide that they’d never come in sight of the enemy forces heading into Sunagakure. Avoiding chance at confrontation while moving on a way back to the border, into the safety of the Land of Fire forest. But it would be a long travels.

The real Kei, who now only had 50% of his chakra, moved towards the front gate and by luck met up with Keldran’s squad on the way there. Seeing as they were the last surviving squad, Kei would remain with them like a shadow. Never speaking, never doing anything but moving along while keeping his chokuto at the ready.

Whether they would fight, die, or abandon the scene. And when? It would soon reveal as the final warriors of Konoha made way to the immense battle that was about to take place. But before they met the enemy… large glowing objects appeared in the sky. Activating his sharingan, Kei could see the immense intensity of the massive fireballs coming to rain down upon them. Only then did he say. “This fire… it’s far more potent than mine. Water won’t work… we can’t get hit, or even attempt to defend. Follow me… my Sharingan can keep us save here.”

As he said the last part, Kei used his Sharingan to calculate the trajectory of the giant balls of fire long before they hit the ground. Whether the others followed him or not, he moved left, jumping over the rubble of several houses reduced to ruins over the span of a day, and finally came to a halt into what remained of an alleyway not far away from the main gate, close behind the Sunagakure forces, with 20 yards separating Kei from the most nearby dropzone of fire.

But even in this safe zone, they’d most likely still feel the heatwaves expanding from where the giant fireballs made collision. If it came to this, Kei jumped up high into the air as the blast wave would move over the ground, allowing him to avoid being burnt while also gaining a vantage point of the battle that by now surely would have started.

Soon after, he’d land back on the ground, possibly beside Keldrans squad if they had followed Kei, saying; “The time has come.” While covered in sweat from the heat that lingered in the air. His bandaged right arm tingling at the reminder of heat. Even so, the Uchiha’s will wasn’t broken. If needed, he’d fight to the end and take as many men with him as possible. The longer he kept from dying, the bigger Seika’s chance of survival.

Everything was now a race against time, whether intentional or not.