Board Thread:Konoha Arc/@comment-24937485-20160325110717/@comment-26510601-20160410033815

Blood was everywhere, the entirety of the floors and the majority of the walls were simply covered in the crimson liquid. The rich smell of iron pervaded Ieyasu's senses as he slowly stood up, his whole back and some of his sides covered in the blood that had been slung all about the room. Ieyasu had a bit of a look of shock on his expression, seeing that his jōnin Ari had actually done something. Beforehand, he seemed more like fodder than anything, but with this large-scale jutsu he completely decimated the huge bats that probably would've otherwise fought them for hours on end.

Before Ieyasu could even shake his head, he heard footsteps coming from the room behind. Turning quickly around to see what it was, he suddenly felt a tight grip wrap around him and embrace him in a hug of sorts. He wasn't sure who it was at first until he heard a familiar voice whisper into his ear, "Let's go." Keldran...! It was more surprising than Ari proving his worth, and as soon as the Fūma let go of him: Ieyasu easily trailed behind his friend as a smile grew on his expression as he slowly came to realize this was his friend and he managed to recover miraculously somehow.

As Keldran turned and said his words to the rest, Ieyasu only moved a short distance while Keldran ran ahead before turning around and informing the rest, "I'll be going with him, gotta show him that I've been working since we last fought."

Ieyasu tailed behind Keldran and before too long they were heading down the staircase that was at the end of the left hallway. Whatever came next, they didn't know, but they had a mission and it would be dishonorable to not finish it.