Chapter 70: Chapter 67 Protect
Chapter 67 - Protect
Summary of the previous chapter:
The Konoha ninjas were waiting for reinforcements, while the injured ninjas were being treated, and collecting the corpses. When the Jounin were chatting, the Chunin were guarding the perimeter. The Chunin detected the group of ninja approaching, and their superiors were informed. The group that was coming was being led by Orochimaru. Orochimaru after hearing the report is surprising, and sends for any possible evidence. In the end, no ninja had been able to find any proof. Orochimaru gives the order to retreat, since it was a waste of time to stay in that place. From the point of view of Max. Max after having escaped, had started running in different directions, to avoid tracking, or whatever. After a long time, Max decides to go where the civilians were. When Max finds the civilians, he clears their memory, to make them think that Konan's family had died, and they were the only survivors. Max sends the group of civilians to escape from the Amegakure territory. Max goes where Konan is, and his mother.
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Continuation.....
[August 31, 14 A.N.N.]
"Hello!" - I spoke with a calm voice, and I appear near them.
When Konan's mother hears my voice, she feels relieved, as she stopped, and she looked at me, and she spoke- "Hello ... Are you okay?".
"Yes, just a few small problems, but everything is fine" -I spoke in a relaxed voice, as if it was nothing important, what I had done.
"Good, my daughter was asking, about you." -Said Konan's mother with a relieved face, and looked at her little daughter who was in her arms.
"Hello" - Konan said with a childish voice, and looked at me curiously.
"Hello little one, are you okay?" - I spoke with my true voice, since I did not want to lie to them, because later on they will know who I am, and I have no problem with that.
"Yes" -Konan said with his childish voice.
"Good ... Now we're going to a better place, okay?" - I spoke, and I thought 'I have to leave this place, since Konoha will not stand idly by.'.
"Yes." - Konan said happily.
"Good" -I spoke, and now I looked at her mother. - "Madam, you have to find a place to rest, since you have been running, for a long time.".
"It's fine." -Said Konan's mother, and she accepted immediately.
When I heard the confirmation, I took off my backpack, and from inside I took out two raincoats, and handed it to her - "Here", the coats were my size.
"Thank you" -Said Konan's mother, and grabbed the coat, while she covered herself, and so did Konan.
When I saw that they were covering themselves with the coat, I stopped seeing them, since I felt discomfort, and to remove the doubt, I concentrated on what I am going to do next.
At this moment, I crouched down, and sent a Chakra pulse, after a long time, I got back up.
'Ohhh! ... and to think they were so fast.' I thought, since I had detected several presences, because of the location near the Konoha border.
"..." Konan's mother had already finished changing, and so was Konan, and she hadn't interrupted me.
"Come on, let's find a safe place, where we can rest ..." - I spoke, and I approached the two of them. - "If he took them ... we will go faster.".
"It's okay!" -Said Konan's mother, and accepted, since she had seen my speed.
When she handed Konan over to me, I carried her on my right arm, and I spoke- "Hold on tight", as she looked at Konan.
"..." Konan nodded at me, and hugged me with his little hands.
"Madam, you too, since there are still enemies near this place ... with me it will be faster to travel." - I spoke calmly while looking at Konan's mother.
"Okay ... A consultation, what happened to the townspeople?" - Konan's mother said nervously, since she hadn't seen anyone from her town, and she thought they were lost.
"I don't know, I was worried ... I sent them on a safer route, we are going to go a faster route, but ... it's only for a few people." - I spoke calmly, I did not intend to lie, since the civilians would be fine, it depends on them, if they continue the trip, or not; because it's not my problem anymore.
"Good, I thought something had happened to them." - Konan's mother said with a relieved face, and at this moment she approached me.
When I saw that Konan's mother was next to me, I carried her with my left hand.
When she held them in my arms, I covered them with the Chakra cloak, as that prevented the rain from wetting them, and also prevented air resistance.
'I have to get out of this place' I thought, since I did not want to continue fighting, when I have two people to protect.
Right now, I sent Chakra into my legs, and in a blink of an eye I was out of the place, I was using the Blink Body Technique. In just a moment I had disappeared from this place, and I began to move away.
When I was running, Konan was playing with the rain, since she wasn't touching it, and she was having fun, while his mother just watched his daughter play.
After a while, I had spent a couple of hours, with this same routine running, without stopping, and sending out pulses of Chakra, if I found a sign of a person. Furthermore, I was silent, as I was concentrating on escaping.
At this moment, I came to a cave that could serve, as protection for me, for tonight, and I entered.
The cave was empty, because no presence had been detected. When we entered, I took Konan's mother down first, and handed Konan over to her.
"We are going to stay in this place, for today, when it dawns ... We are going." - I spoke calmly while looking at Konan's mother.
"It's okay!" -Said Konan's mother, while she hugs her little daughter, and she looked at me.
When she confirmed me, I nodded to her, and then I approached me at the entrance of the cave, and I began to close the cave, since I did not like that the entrance was easily accessible.
When I closed the cave, I crouched down, and sent a Chakra pulse again, after a while, when I finished, I let out a sigh, since there was no one near the cave.
The whole cave had gone dark when I had closed the entrance to the cave, and from my backpack, I took out a small crystal that illuminated the cave.
I lifted me, and I approached Konan's mother, to be able to talk, I could see her surprised face. Konan had a curious face.
"They are fine?" - I spoke for
"Yes, thank you for saving us, I don't know how I could thank you." - Konan's mother said.
"Take care of your daughter first, then you can pay me." -I spoke sincerely since Konan is a person with great potential who could help me, after all, I always liked his behavior in the original story.
"Thank you, really thank you, for doing all of this for us." - Konan's mother said with a voice of gratitude, and she was holding back from crying for her daughter, since she wanted to be strong in front of her daughter.
"Sigh, okay, now more important. They have to change their clothes, since they could get sick, and that's the last thing I want." - I spoke, as I pulled out of my backpack two sets of clothes, a large water bottle, and some towels. They had both gotten wet when they were running alone.
"Thanks!" - Konan's mother said with a voice of thanks, and she received the two clothes.
The first set is one of my clothes, and it was almost tailored to Konan's mother, I was only 13 years old and already measured almost 1.60 meters. The second set is only a polo shirt, and a coat, with this I covered Konan's entire body.
When I saw that she had received it, I walked away from them, as I wanted to give her space so that she can change, and Konan needs to be dressed because she is a little girl.
When I walked away, I could hear a thank you from Konan's mother, I just continued, and I walked away from the place.
When I managed to find a good place, I sat down to wait, while I closed her eyes, and I began to think about everything that had happened.
'Until now I am still surprised how little Konan could survive alone in a warm environment, she is only 5 years old.' I thought, as I reflected. 'Furthermore, she was able to witness the death of her parents, by the hands of the Konoha ninjas,' after a moment.
'Sigh, war makes children grow so that they can survive, this reminds me of my past life, in the Second World War, the same thing happened with children.' I thought, as I recalled the history of my previous world. 'No matter which side you are ... a child will remain innocent.'.
Letting out a long breath, since I had killed several people, I was not affected, since if I did not, they would have killed me.
I always remembered the phrase, ¡To be compassionate towards your enemy, is to be ruthless towards yourself!, and I thought 'With an adult, I will not have compassion.', I let out a long internal sigh while resting.
At this moment, I heard a childish voice.
"Hi, I'm Konan" -Said Konan with a curious face, and she approached me. - "Why do you wear a mask?".
When I heard her voice, I opened my eyes again, and looked at her, I could see in her eyes they reflected curiosity, the clothes were super big, and I thought 'I did not think about creating clothes for them, since they would have thought badly of me.'.
Konan looked very cute after she got ready, she seemed funny to me how she was dressed.
"Konan, I didn't bother him, come here." -Konan's mother said immediately, she didn't want him to bother me.
"Mother!" -Said Konan, while she kept looking at me.
"It's fine." - I spoke to Konan's mother, and now I looked at Konan. - "You want to know?".
"Yes." - Konan said energetically.
"It is to protect my loved ones." -Sh-I spoke, while I remembered Seramu and little Sara. Seramu is a very good person, and I had always treated me well, and little Sara is very funny, you were never bored being next to her.
"To protect?" - Konan said with doubt.
"Yes, if bad people know who I am, they can hurt my loved ones." - I spoke, and I thought 'Well if they know who I am, they could go for them ... The only thing I could do is kidnap Seramu, and Sara, and escape ... I would be an arrogant fool, if I think that I can fight with everyone, at this moment, when I am not strong enough. '.
"But, you are strong, you have protected me, mommy," - Konan said right away, as she had remembered when she had protected his mother from him.
"I am strong .... But, there are forgives stronger than me, for now! ... In the future I will be the strongest of all." - I spoke, and I thought 'I just needed time to get over everyone.'
"Are you going to protect me?" - Konan said, and his eyes were full of expectation.
"Do you want me to protect you?" - I asked, .since his question was very curious.
"Yes, my mommy too," - Konan said hopefully, and pointed to his mother.
"It's okay!" - I spoke calmly, since I was just a little girl.
"Yes!" - Konan said with a happy face.
"..." Konan's mother could only sigh, at her daughter's behavior.
"..." I smiled at her demeanor. I was not worried, since I had put a sound barrier in the cave, as a precaution.
"I can see your face?" - Konan said curiously, when she had calmed down, and she looked at me.
"Konan!" -Konan's mother, said screaming this time, and she was approaching her daughter, she had the clothes that she had given her, and her face was that of someone 35 or 40 years old.
"It's fine." - I spoke to Konan's mother, and she stopped, and now I looked at Konan, and I continued. - "Do you want to see my face?".
"Yes," - Konan said, and she answered me immediately, while she nodded at me.
"It's fine." - I spoke calmly, since they would still know who I am in the future, and I was just anticipating it.
At this time, I put my hand on the mask, while carefully removing the mask. When the mask had been removed from my face, and I took off the hood, my true face was reflected, and I could hear two surprised voices.
"Wow!" -Said Konan, she was surprised, and did not speak.
"Son, how old are you?" -Konan's mother said immediately, and she began to calm down.
"I'm 13, I just had it." - I spoke, I did not feel ashamed for my age, and I thought 'I had not taken much importance on my birthday ... I did not say anything to Seramu, and Sara.'.
"You are very young, I thought you had more." - Konan's mother said with a calm voice, and softer.
I look at Konan that she was standing without saying anything, and I pinch her little nose, and she just reacts.
"Wake up." - I talked.
When she reacted, Konan leaned over, and started pinching my face.
"Big brother, isn't it a mask?" - Konan with doubt.
"Not because?" - I asked for.
"You are very pretty." -Said Konan, while he kept touching my face.
I could only smile at his behavior, as it didn't affect me.
"Let's eat." - I spoke, since I just remembered that they had not eaten, and maybe they are hungry.
"Big brother, we don't have food," - Konan said with a sad face, since she had not eaten for a long time.
Konan's mother could only lower her head, as they had no food to eat.
"Don't worry, I have food ... Let's eat." - I spoke, while from my backpack I took out several foods to eat. All the items actually, I was taking out of my storage ring, and my backpack was empty; I did it so as not to answer questions.
Konan and his mother were surprised, by the amount of food, since, in these times, food is very valuable.
"Come on, let's eat, eat what you can, since tomorrow we won't have much time to eat." - I spoke, and they just reacted, and began to eat.
When we were eating, Konan's mother was making Konan eat. The atmosphere was very calm, and I continued eating while thinking.
'I suppose in this time ... Konoha will be looking for me like crazy.' I thought for a moment, and I remembered something important. 'I'll have to hide for a while, until the waters calm down.', And I heard a voice, and I looked at her.
"She I had forgotten, she had not told you my name, I am kana, and she is my daughter Konan." - Konan's mother, Kana, said while we were eating.
"I'm Max, just Max, I don't like honorific." - I spoke calmly, at all times I was still without a mask, since it was not necessary, I was in a safe place.
"Max, thanks for everything." -Kana said gratefully, as she continued eating with her daughter.
"Let's finish eating, and let's rest, as tomorrow will be a long journey." - I spoke, and I continued eating, since I had to take advantage of every moment, and I thought 'There are thousands of kilometers that we will have to travel ... it will be a very tiring trip'.
After a while, when we finished eating, we talked for an hour. At this time I took out two inflatable beds, and placed them on the floor to sleep.
"Come on, we have to sleep." - I spoke, as I placed myself on a bed, and the other bed was Kana, and Konan.
Konan was very quick, and she got on the inflatable bed, and she spoke- "Mommy, she's so soft.", As she jumped on the bed
Kana hugged her daughter, and spoke- "Let's go to sleep.", As they lay down, she covered herself with a blanket that she had given her.
When I felt that they had fallen asleep, I only let out a sigh. I also fell asleep, but I was still aware of the surroundings, I could not lower my guard.
The cave was silent ...
To be continued.....
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