Pleading Eyes

Possessive Markings

"Gods, couldn't he have warned me sooner?"

Instantly three teary shinobi kids were whirling their heads, from they had laid dramatically on his arms and chest, to look at the mumbling demigod on the ground, surprising Percy because wasn't that disturbing? How did they not get whiplashed?

Guess we'll never know.

"Percy!"

Three perfectly synchronized voices called out to him with worry evident in the young boys faces, an undertone of fiery fury and something dark and longing visible in their eyes. Percy didn't know wether to be confused or worried, both seemed like a good idea.

"Yes?"

The demigod was hesitant to answer back and was half tempted to just lay back down and pretend that he was still unconscious or better yet, back at camp where he would realize that this was all just a dream and everything was okay now, his friends were all alive and you can protect them.

Percy didn't lay back down.

"What happened?! The old man and that hag told us you were out for a brief walk after you finished the deal but when you didn't come back after five minutes...we got worried!

And then Madara almost got into a fight with the old man because apparently it was his fault and that you were probably hurt and dying on the ground somewhere while we were eating and resting like babies!

Tobi almost cut the hag for saying that you were probably okay and had just forgotten about the time! I told them we had to hurry and come find you but they wouldn't let us go and we had to run and hide and when we found you..!

Kami, we had thought you were dead! You weren't breathing and you looked so pale and, and! We were so worried!"

Hashirama has barely breathed at all during his little rant and by the end of it he was panting rather heavily as if he had just been chased by a hellhound, he'd shouted a bit at the end as his maturing voice had risen up in a sort of panic like worry, face a ghostly white color with bloodshot eyes to complete the picture.

Madara and Tobirama looked oddly proud of the things they had almost done for Percy, yet when they remembered the current situation...they were back to looking worse than Hashirama, all three clinging desperately to him as if afraid he'd disappear again.

Percy should have laid back down.

He was not ready to deal with.....all this.

But the fates were cruel and Percy was stuck having to do this whole saving everyone mission for the greater good because apparently he was the only one capable of doing so.

Life was so unfair.

The young immortal only sighed though and got back to work, if he didn't hurry to reassure these kids...all hell would break lose and who would get blamed for it all?

Him.

It was always him to get blamed for everything.

"Hey, it's okay. While I don't agree with you calling our hosts by those...names, I understand that you were worried and only wanted to find me. I would have done the same for you except maybe not threaten the people who helped me and are now going to live in the same village as me?

About what happened...well I collapsed from...exhaustion? I haven't been sleeping very well and if I do, it's not for very long. I was about to go back and go get you guys but I got too tried and blacked out.