My Shinobi

Chapter 19 - Teleportation

Chapter 19 - Teleportation

Nuh uh. My heart did not just skip a beat for him. I was just surprised, that's all. I would have never thought that he would come--not to mention that he just so coincidentally appeared when I was imagining about a princely knight coming to my rescue.

I mean, what kind of hero hurts the person he comes to rescue?

My forehead was beginning to throb in pain. I could really use an ice pack right about now. But I guess I will just have to do with massaging it for the meantime.

"Gabriella, we finally found you! I am so sorry for my incompetence. I should have gotten you out of there before you even took a step inside." Tsubasa said shamefully.

"Don't worry about it. You did warn me after all. It was my fault for not listening to you. So please, don't beat yourself up for it." I told him. "How did you guys even know where I was?"

"My abilities unlocked." Shirokane-san explains. "And with that I managed to locate you. Though getting here was no easy task. Sneaking in all the way to you was tricky, but not impossible."

"So it was true," I say quietly.

"What was?" they both question.

"Oh, nothing. Don't worry about it, it's not such a big deal. So if you got all the way here, does that mean that you know how to get out?" I ask hopefully.

"About that, I noticed that this place is full of illusions, my guess is, to trap those that they don't want or keep those they want in. But I believe I can get us out of here."

"Thank you, Shirokane-san, for everything. I should have paid more attention when you were training me. But in my defence, you are way too forceful! You want me to do things right straight away."

"Yeah, yeah. Gabriella, we need to get out of here. I hear others coming our way." Tsubasa interrupts.

I grunt. This whole trying to figure out how to get back home is going to be full of problems. I can already see it. What 'destiny' or whatever, this is like some kind of imprisonment. What did I even do to deserve this?

"Okay. Let us get going then." Shirokane-san says and grabs my hand before pulling me out.

"Wait! Is it necessary for you to hold my hand?" I take my hand out of his without slowing down the pace.

That caught him off guard and he suddenly stopped. But shrugged it off and kept going. "Just follow me." he says.

"Hey, that's all you had to say."

As we came close to the first turn, Shirokane-san slowed down and made a face as if he was concentrating on something. When he was pleased about whatever he was doing he turned and kept walking.

It took me a while to figure out what he was doing until I put two and two together and realized that he was listening to make sure that we wouldn't run into trouble. I still felt like we were going through the same places though.

"Umm, didn't we already go by here? I swear I already saw that dragon design."

"I think we may be in trouble." Shirokane-san says.

Oh really? What happened to the whole "I believe I can get out of here"? Much of a ninja you are.

"So then, now what?" I ask.

"Hold on. I will try to figure something out. If I cannot get us out this way, then I will just have to find an alternative."

I gave him a weird look. What kind of alternative does he mean? How will he even be able to do that?