5 Chapter 5

On the long dining hall, sat the important guests of the festival. Hanabi and Hayabusa sat beside each other while Kagura and Hanzo sat across them.

Hanabi could still feel the glare of Kagura. It doesn't make her feel uncomfortable, instead, she feels ecstatic. She wanted to annoy her as much as she could.

Hanabi was about to get some teriyaki but Kagura's and her chopsticks met. Kagura gave her a smile. Hanabi smiled back and got some takoyaki instead.

"Ahhh," she initiated as she tries to feed Hayabusa which made Kagura break her chopsticks into two.

Everyone was staring at Hayabusa so he was forced to be fed. Hanabi smile at him, then to Kagura.

With everyone's surprise, Hanzo stretched out his hand with teriyaki on his chopsticks and offered it to Hanabi.

Hanabi accepted it but has secretly flicked a small ball of rice right on his forehead. She giggled when it has landed on his forehead. She winked at him before flicking another ball of rice towards Kagura and it has hit her nose.

Hanzo snorted while he tried to keep his laughter. Hayabusa covered his mouth to keep himself from laughing. Hanabi simply smiled elegantly. Kagura, annoyed, hits her under the table.

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Hanabi yelped in pain and everyone looked at her.

"I forgot the food is hot," she excused while covering her mouth, acting like her tongue was burned.

Everyone simply giggled and went on with their own conversations. After lunch, the grand showdown had started.

Hyuuga and Haruno together with the soon-to-be couple are seated at the balcony where they could have a great view of the show. Kagura is simply behind them, in case they need something.

"Wow!" Hanabi exclaimed out of excitement. "I know that dance!"

"Of course you do," Hyuuga, her grandfather agreed. "That was the dance you had been learning."

"Are you a good dancer?" asked Chief Haruno.

"Not really," Hanabi replied honestly. "Can I join for a bit?"

"Of course, you can," replied Chief Haruno.

Hanabi got up on her feet and dragged Kagura towards the stage. She smiled at her.

"Don't you want to impress him?" Hanabi whispered before stepping in to dance with the beat.

Kagura looked at the balcony and had eye contact with her lover. She gave him a sweet smile before dancing with the rythm. Hanabi and Kagura are in sync as if they had practiced day and night for that presentation. The crowd was pleased with the situation. Some of the audience also joined in with the dance.

But the excitement suddenly changed into worry when Hanabi felt something strange and dangerous. Kagura felt it as well.

"Everyone, spread out!!" they both yelled which made the crowd go quiet. Without any questions, everyone started to empty the stage. Hayabusa stood from his seat and was about to jump onto the stage when a strange, dark circle surrounded the two girls.

Hanabi pushed Kagura out of the circle and she felt something slicing through her skin. Blood dripped down her body but she ignored it when she saw a person behind her. She immediately draw out her kunais. Kagura and Hayabusa ran to her side, their weapons drawn out.

They couldn't see the face of the intruder for half of his face was covered. Only his glowing emerald eyes could be seen. The three spreads out when the intruder was about to perform his jutsu. He suddenly lunged towards the location of Hanabi and suddenly disappeared. That didn't save Hanabi at all, she saw the dark circle once again and was about to escape but another invisible weapon has sliced her skin, making her whimper in pain.

Hanabi immediately got up on her feet when she felt someone charge towards her. With her injuries, she wasn't able to move out from her place. She could see the person with his sword lunge towards her. But before the intruder could land a blow towards her, Hayabusa immediately carried Hanabi while Kagura released her Seimei Umbrella open, taking the damage from the unwanted guest. Kagura, being the shield of the two, got her Seimei umbrella back and released it once more towards the intruder. With her jutsu instilled on her umbrella, the intruder was slowed down. Hayabusa, who already brought Hanabi to safety, lunged towards the enemy with his three shurikens, the intruder blocked the three shurikens easily with his huge sword. He also blocked the kick of Hayabusa, then, swings his towards him. Hayabusa summoned back his three shurikens which helped him escape from the hit of his enemy.

The intruder suddenly stepped back and vanished in thin air. Hayabusa and Kagura scanned the vicinity but there is no sign of the intruder.

Hanabi, who had seen the fight from afar, was in a daze. Not because she was about to die that afternoon but because she has finally seen the akuma ninja who killed her father.

"Found you," she smirked.

"Hanabi, you should enter the room. The medic should attend to your wounds," Hyuuga said with his stern voice. He doesn't want to lose Hanabi, he couldn't imagine how terrible would her mother be if they lost her.

"I'll go in," she simply replied. When she entered, she saw Hayabusa and Kagura.

"Thank you for saving my life back there," she said. " I owe you two my life."

"Who would have thought that you're weak?" Hayabusa blatantly said.

"You're right," Hanabi agreed. "It's hard for a marksman like me to counter that Soul Reap ninjutsu."

"Soul reap ninjutsu?" Kagura asked in confusion for she had never heard such thing.

"The akuma ninja is the only person who could do such ninjutsu. That dark circle you saw a while back is actually the soul portal. Whoever is inside the soul portal will be obviously hurt physically in order to accumulate blood. With that blood, the user will use it to become stronger," Hanabi explained.

"How'd you know that?" Hayabusa asked.

"I've done my research, of course. He had killed my father way back years ago. I had to do something about it," Hanabi replied.

"Spill all of his skills so we could find ways to counter attack him," Kagura demanded but Hanabi brushed them away.

"That will be discussed in the future. I want some time to rest. Now, shoo," Hanabi said as she pushes them out of the room.

On the other hand, Chief Haruno and Hyuuga are assisting the townspeople to fix the place. The grand fest has been cut short due to the unexpected chaos. Hayabusa and Kagura spent their time together in one of the restaurants.

While Hanabi was looking at the horizon, she heard the sliding doors opened.

"What brought you here?" she asked Hanzo.

"My father told me to guard you this night," Hanzo replied as he sar on the sofa right across the bed.

"Hey," Hanabi said as she shifted her position so she could face him.

"Want some sparring tomorrow?" she asked. "You're good, I must say."

"I don't want to fight a woman who is injured," Hanzo replied as he lays down comfortably on the sofa.

"Let's just give it a try," Hanabi insisted.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm resting, now go to sleep," he replied.