Grabbing the bandages with one hand, he uses the kunai in the other to cut them apart.

Hidetora Looks at him with furrowed brows, but seeing Mei's calm face he doesn't stop him.

Removing the bandages reveals four wounds in close proximity on his abdomen, probably from shuriken judging by their shape and size.

Taking a deep breath, he makes hand seals "Mystical Palm" his hands glow green as he moves them over the wound. He doesn't know if there is any internal damage, and even if there was he couldn't repair it, he can only hope speeding up the red blood cell's healing process will take care of it.

"A medic ninja, I'll be damned" A little hope returns to Shigeaki's eyes

"Not a full-blown medic ninja, his skills are superficial at most." Mei shakes her head, not wanting him to get his hopes up.

The wounds slowly close after a few minutes, leveling his Ninjutsu to 15 along with it. Hidetora is still pale from blood loss, but his life may be out of danger now.

[Chakra 218/305]

"Come kid, me next, help me out a bit." Shigeaki breathes roughly as he looks towards Zitsu.

Zitsu nods his head, not sure if he can help much as he knows nothing about burns. First, he cuts the bandages off his arm, revealing a stump that's been cut clean through. Around his armpit is a tightly bound rope tourniquet to stop the blood flow. Casting Mystical Palms he begins healing the stump, wanting the wounds to just stop bleeding and new skin to grow.

[Chakra 3/306]

Forty minutes and the rest of his chakra later he finally closes the wound. The new skin over the stump looks red and inflamed, but the bleeding has stopped.

From all the healing his Ninjutsu has leveled from 15 to 17, bringing his total level to 8. His free points are up to 70, but because his stats are still easy to increases as he's still growing he saves them. Thinking about it for a second he decides to put his perk point into [Increase damage of melee weapons by 5%].

A small smile creeps on Shigeaki's face as a bit of his pain is relieved. "What's the plan?" His eyes turn towards Mei.

Mei looks at the people in the room. A crippled Jonin, two Chunin, and a Genin Vs three clans of around three hundred ninjas.

"We are outnumbered, unequipped, out planned, and outmanned." She closes her eyes, plunging the room into silence "But we must resist, reinforcements will not be coming, and there's no way back to Kiri" opening her eyes she looks at the exit "Even this bunker is not safe, we may be overrun at any moment."

Spreading her fingers wide, she suddenly clenches her fist. "The coastal clan, Nakahara must have a boat. Maybe they will be expecting us, but we have no choice."

Shigeaki, Hidetora, and the Chunin nod their head as they rise to their feet. While Shigeaki is still in pain, he can deal with it, he has to. Walking towards the exit they begin to leave.

Mei turns to look at Zitsu and they stare into each other's eyes. "If this place was safe I'd leave you here, but it's not." She shakes her head softly "I'm sorry I brought you here."

Zitsu smiles "I'm glad I came, my head was getting too big." A genuine smile appears on his face "You may have reluctantly picked me that day, but I picked you. If I had to die there's nowhere else I'd rather be than by your side."

Mei looks at the kid speaking big words with a smile. Turning towards the exit she drops to a knee.

Seeing this Zitsu smiles as he climbs on her back. Wrapping his legs around her waist and hands around her neck, she rushes out of the cave.

"Let's go!" waving her hand everyone begins running along the rock face, heading west with the setting sun.

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Zitsu releases a radar pulse every twenty seconds and tries his best to recover chakra. Thinking about all he's seen today he thinks about how he should battle. He wants to use Samehada, and there will be a chance to acquire it in three years. To actually keep the blade he will have to become a decent swordsman and make the sword love him. If he can't then he will be forced to hide it in his inventory.

As he's thinking he picks up a ping in his radar. There are two ninjas, one Jonin level chakra signature and one Chunin.

Leaning his cheek on the back of Mei's neck he whispers into her ear "A Jonin and Chunin are ahead of us, they're not moving."

Mei's hand rises into the air and draws everyone's attention while they continue running. Pointing forward she holds up two fingers before clenching her fist.

Seeing this they disperse in different directions as Mei continues to run forward.

Jumping forward Mei quietly lands on a tree branch. Reaching into her bag she pulls out some Kunai and looks at the targets below.

"Are you sure you saw him come this way?"

"Definitely, he was basically on his deathbed. He couldn't have gotten that far in an hour."

One of the men sitting on a rock shakes his head. "The one we caught has already started talking, they only came here with seven people, seven! They won't be able to hold out for long."

"Ha! Hidden Village rubbish" he spits on the ground "Once we started flaying his skin he sang like a canary. Their hideout should be along this rock face, but it stretches on for miles."

"Yea, if you saw him around here then it must be close."

Suddenly Mei launches her shuriken.

The two men jump to their feet as they hear the whistling sounds, but it's too late. Shuriken are launched from three other directions, encircling them.

The Jonin holds up two fingers as the shuriken strike the both of them. The Chunin drops to the ground as he bleeds profusely, but the Jonin crumbles into a pile of stone.

Seeing this Mei quickly jump from the tree branch, as she does a spike of earth decimates the spot they were just in from below.

Shigeaki rushes over with a kunai in hand, stabbing into the ground. Before it penetrates half the Jonin emerges from the ground and blocks the kunai with his own.

Not giving him a chance to fully emerge Shigeaki's foot rushes towards his chest.

Using his free hand the Jonin blocks the kick but is still sent flying out the ground.

Hidetora and the other Chunin appear in mid-air above him and rain down shuriken.

A black line wizzes through the air as his kunai begins to dance in his hand as he deflects the shuriken.

Mei finally lands on the ground and performs a series of hand seals "Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet!" Leaning forward a continuous stream of fire scorches the Jonin as he begins to burn.

His screams fill the area as he slowly turns to ash. Closing her mouth Mei licks her lips.

"That must have been an Elite Jonin to survive for that long, beating him alone would have been impossible in my current state. I can't even perform jutsu any longer." Shigeaki shakes his head "If I survive this mission my career as a ninja is over."

Everyone begins picking up their weapons as Zitsu looks at the scorch marks on the ground. Even someone that strong can be killed easily with a group effort. Shaking his head he thinks further about the way he has to fight in the future. After a few seconds they resume running west.

Soon the sun sets and darkness envelops the world, the hour for ninja is nigh.

After rushing through the trees for hours they finally arrive on the other side of the island. The Small Kurata clan who specializes in barriers is nothing compared to the Nakahara clan. Standing in the treetops they look down at the clan grounds below.

The clan grounds look more like a small town, completely illuminating the night as it stretches on for miles. While the clan only has around a hundred ninja, they have a population of a few thousand. Even from afar they can see people moving about the streets.

Looking at their docks they see the target of their mission, three brig class ships sitting in the water.

"What's the plan?" Shigeaki and the Chunin look at Mei.

Mei thinks for a moment. "We could try sneaking around through the water and taking a boat, but getting it into the water without it getting destroyed will be hard."

Listening to her plan Zitsu thinks for a moment. Looking at everyone's stressed face he slowly opens his mouth.

"I have a plan, but it will be risky."

"No" Mei immediately shakes her head "Absolutely not"

Zitsu squeezes her waist a little tighter with his legs "I too am a ninja of Kirigakure, believe in me." his arms tighten around her neck, pulling him closer to her back.

Everyone looks at Mei and Zitsu, unsure if they should place their trust, their lives into the hands of a child. But they remember his words, he too is a ninja. Looking at Mei they all nod their heads.

Seeing this Mei bites her lip for a bit and turns her head towards the ground. "Ok" she lightly nods her head.

Zitsu jumps from her back and lands on the tree. He unfastens his sword from his back and headband from his neck before handing them to Mei. "Please hold these for me, when you see the signal run to a boat."

Mei grabs the objects with a heavy heart. "What's the signal?" She looks at the little man in front of her, because of the things he's done so far she has a strange sense of hope, hope that he can casually perform another excellent feat.

A smile forms on his face "When you see it, you'll know." Turning around he jumps from the tree, heading towards the clan territory.