Stranded In The Woods

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Double posting today to celebrate being on the verge of 500 reads. Thanks y'all. And thanks to Babikayy15    For the shoutout. They are incredibly sweet and they got some cute scenarios!

This was a reader request. Reader is apart of a merchant family that got raided and Jiraiya was selected as head of a team to search for any survivors of the raid. It's a tragedy but with a wholesome ending. Also reader is grossed out by toads.
Pov jumps around every few paragraphs again. Added ellipsis for every time it happens.
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How can your world come crashing down so quickly? In the span of a few minutes, it all went to hell. Your little caravan of trade goods was raided. Your friends and family taken down in a matter of seconds. All you remember is a group of ragged looking men and woman surrounding the road. Then one of your dear friends pushing you. They screamed at you to run. You just shut down and did what they said. Your fight or flight instincts took over along with a rush of adrenaline. You choose flight. You were terrified and just did what you were told. You ran for as long as your limbs could carry you. You cut your face, arms, and legs on the forest around you. The leaves so thin and their edges caught you as you flew past them. The twigs and bramble bite your flesh as you trample them. You didn't stop until you felt like puking from the after effects of your traumatic experience.

There was some deadfall all piled together. It looked like all these trees fell and died together. The trunks and branches were angled high enough from the ground to find some sort of shelter in it. Almost like nature made a crappy tent or halfhearted beaver den. It would keep you covered. You can barely move to it. The exhaustion had caught up with you. Your eyes feel heavy. Your body even heavier. You squeezed yourself underneath it and curled up into a tight little ball. A loud clap of thunder tumbled across the sky. Rain followed. It's like the sky is crying with you....

Well shit. Jiraiya looks up at the dark grey sky. Rain drops began to hit his face. This makes things harder. He looks around. The call came in this morning about a traveling group of merchants and nomads who were ambushed along the borders of the Land of Fire. There wasn't much left. Whatever they were selling was stolen. All that was left was broken wagons and death. Blood soaked and mixed with the dirt road. The horses pulling the wagons had several kunai embedded in their necks. The bodies of those caught in the line of fire were disgracefully laying all around the road. Terror and pain still etched in their faces. Their bodies pilfered for any last minute goods by their thieves. It was honestly disgusting. How disrespectful.

"There's one missing."

Jiraiya turned his attention to the one who spoke. It was one of his subordinates assigned to help him investigate. It was an assembled team that specialize in tracking. It was the Inuzuka girl who had spoken. Her fluffy companion was sniffing the ground beside her curiously. Her brow was furrowed with concern as she looked over the list in her hands. Thankfully, to sell in the Land of Fire one needs a set of papers with intentions. There was an official headcount made up by the border patrol and they had the general description of each. It was better than how most investigations kick off. It gave the whole group a bit of hope since there was actual information. But it fell as they matched up bodies to descriptions. May this one missing be the one thing this team needs to move on! It was depressing enough to count bodies. At least one survivor won't make this whole thing a wasted effort of sadness and death.

"Okay. Then we split up. Who is it?" He asked.

"A girl. One of the youngest in the group."

He took the list from her. He memorized the details listed about this person. Name, face, unique features. Okay. A cute girl. He can remember that.

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