Ch. 21
--Tsunade POV--
I have to give it to Shizune for taking care of those interlopers quite handily. Turning to her I gave her a nod in acknowledgment in which she bowed in return. Turning back to Kayla I knew it was time to get her out of here. Before this damn village killed her!
Tsunade: "I want you to pack all your belongings, we're going to take you away from the village. Eventually meeting up with another Uzumaki in a couple of months."
Kayla gave me a self-deprecating smile and shook her head.
Kayla: "I can't leave here, you can clearly see the condition I am in. Please take Karin with you, I will stay here and delay the village long enough that you will be out of the country."
As a soon-to-be mother, I would do the same thing. She's thinking because of her condition she would just slow us down. Thankfully my man thought ahead and created the Humvee for us to transport her in. I'm sure Hephaestus is proud of that beautiful creation.
--Hephaestus POV--
A-A-A-CHOOOOO
Hephaestus: "Man someone must be thinking the fucking stupid truck is useful."
--Tsunade POV--
Tsunade: "We have a way to transport both of you at the same time. You won't be a burden and we can get you both out of the village. We'll be going to Tanzaku for a month and then head to Konohagakure where you are welcome to live in the Senju Compound or anywhere else. There I will teach you and Karin more about Medical-Jutsu."
Kayla just stared at me in disbelief.
Kayla: "Why would you be doing all this for us? I was a nobody."
I placed my hand on my belly and caressed it, and let out a radiant smile.
Tsunade: "Because of family. I can't fix the past, but I can at least try and make a brighter future."
That was all it took. I could see the fire re-igniting in Kayla's eyes. She got up and slowly moved around ordering Karin on what to gather. I nodded to Shizune to have her help out to make the packing quicker.
It took us about an hour to get everything packed and stored in storage scrolls. After triple checking that the two had everything they wanted to take with them, we headed towards the door.
Tsunade: "Ok this is how we'll do it. Karin you're going to be on my back. Kayla you're going to be on Shizune's back. We're going to make a break for the walls. I'll neutralize any shinobi in our way. Got it?"
With everyone's acknowledgment, I squatted down to let Karin get a grip on me.
Tsunade: "Karin be sure to grip around my neck strongly and wrap your feet around my waist. I'm going to need my hands to throw sebons."
Karin: "Yes Sannin-hime!"
I just rolled my eyes at that and headed out the door. As soon as I opened the door I saw two wounded people with one in better health helping them to the house. I reacted within a millisecond of seeing the, sending 3 sebons into their skulls. After what I've seen tonight, there will be no mercy.
We racked up a decent body count so far on our escape. I might have led us in a longer than needed route but I'll never admit it. Right now we're standing about a mile outside the village. Crouching down I let Karin off my back and pulled out the scroll that carried the Humvee.
Poofing it in existence I opened the rear driver side door and told Karin to sit there. After she hopped up I saw Shizune helping Kayla get in the backseat on the passenger side. Closing the door I opened the driver's side and hopped in followed by Shizune hopping into the passenger side. Pumping a lot of chakra into the steering wheel the truck started and we took off.
Karin: "WOAH THIS THING IS SO COOL SANNIN-HIME! WHERE DID YOU GET IT? IS THAT COLD AIR I FEEL?"
I couldn't help but laugh. This was indeed strange in this world, but I was lucky enough to see and learn about these automobiles from Zach's world.
Tsunade: "My boyfriend actually made it for us. In case of this exact situation."
Kayla: "He must be a very considerate man, who is also good at planning ahead." (A/N: WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE. Ok, dead horse has been beating way too much already.)
Shizune snorted at that, and I laughed along with her.
Tsunade: "No, I'm mainly the planner. He only thinks about 1 project ahead. He's a total metalhead, would spend all day and night in the smithy. He says we can create stuff other than metal workings. But I haven't seen it yet. He does take good care of me and will actually leave the shop just to be with me."
Kayla: "He sounds like a wonderful man."
That gave me butterflies in my stomach. Yes, he is a wonderful man, in many more ways than one. I just smiled and kept my eyes forward dodging trees and any animal that was taller than my bumper.
--Two days later--
We're probably 30 minutes out from Tanzaku right now and I'm getting a bad feeling in my gut. I was sitting in the passenger and started to look around for any signs of movement. Shizune caught on to my change of behavior and slowed the truck down to about 30 MPH. But still kept it going at a steady pace. We don't want to hit something or get hit by something going at least 80 MPH. Zach had taught about this unit of measurement to tell how fast we were going.
It wasn't more than 5 minutes later a trap was set off right next to the truck. It was an explosion tag, and it sent the truck flying on its side and skidding for a couple of feet. Right before the concussion on the explosion hit us, I was already in motion curling into a ball bringing my legs up and hunching over. Trying to protect our two children that were growing inside of me.
Groaning from bouncing around I quickly assessed my condition. First and foremost the babies are fine, I have a couple broken ribs and a broken arm. Looking around I saw Karin and Kayla. Karin looked like she'd made it out relatively unharmed, Zach would say something like "Luck of the Irish" or something like that.
But then I saw Kayla lying there with a nasty gash on her head and knocked out. Grimacing, I looked around some more trying to find Shizune. As I looked out the front windshield I saw her standing off against what looked like 20 shinobi. Squinting at their headbands showed that they were from the Village Hidden in the Grass.
Shizune: "Lady Tsunade I can hold them off for a bit. Take care of Kayla then you can help me!"
With that, she shot off to fight the group of shinobis. I didn't waste any time and kicked the windshield out and drug Kayla's body out. Wiping the thumb of my good hand across my bloody lip I made the correct hand signs and slammed my hand on the ground.
Tsunade: "SUMMONING JUTSU KATSUYU CLONE!"
*Poof*
A slug about the size of a German Shepherd appeared and looked at Tsunade for orders.
Katsuyu Clone: "What do you need Mistress Tsunade?"
Tsunade: "Please save my friend, I'll protect you while you do it!"
The Katsuyu clone nodded and went to work on Kayla while I saw the first shinobi get past Shizune and head our way. I squared up my stance ready to pummel this idiot into the ground. I might have only one good arm right now but that doesn't make me useless! As he got closer and I was starting my swing I felt a great pressure appear around us that made almost everyone freeze. I haven't felt this in a long time, not since the 3 war. This was a heavy hitter's Killing Intent.
??: "HAMMER DOWN!"