The cursed prince

{27}

"Someone ordered an attack against the carriage..." The young heir informed once his parents have finally arrived to the scene. The three royal members stared down at the dead bodies of what would seem to be the Fire kingdom's personal doctors and scientists, something the Wind kingdom never found the need to have. The young heir looked away from the body and up towards the many others scattered across the border between the dark forest and the pathway towards their respective kingdom.

"This attack seems quite familiar, the hole in his chest seem was too large for a sword and to fatal to be the resengan... Wait! This is Kakashi's technique, the chidori! He has protected both Naruto and Karin!" The king exclaimed, showing his hope plastered across his face, allowing his wife to mirror the same expression while their eldest son still kept his worry and scowl present.

The young heir opened his mouth to express his worry yet was boldly interrupted by the rustling from the bushes, clearly showing how the Wind citizens are not alone in the dark forest of the Fire kingdom. Turning their attention to the direction of the sound, said bodyguard was dragging his injured leg behind himself as he held his bloodied arm tightly.

Kakashi's uniform was a shredded mess, well obviously his mask that is surprisingly still intact. The queen ran towards her youngest son's highly trained bodyguard to check on him, not caring whether her beautiful sky blue gown gotten spoiled with Kakashi's blood. The two questions in the air would be whether the blood on the bodyguard's uniform is entirely his or not, and whether their fox cubs are safe and secured inside the kingdom and in better terms, the palace walls.

"Let's go, we need to give him help as soon as possible!" The queen exclaimed, worried as she helped Kakashi into their carriage, not wanting to place him in the carriage dedicated for the other rowdy bodyguards. She would have preferred placing him in the carriage assigned to the bodyguards for her youngest son, both the current and in training, yet that cart has been used to take back the young fox cubs to the kingdom for safety.

Once the door to the royal carriage was closed, did the journey continue. "Kakashi, what happened?" The king asked his most dedicated student, watching as the bodyguard continued to wince by the side of his wife who was performing her medical jutsu on his open wounds. The concentration on the queen's face and the green aura surrounding her hands has immediately interested the young heir, who was sitting quietly next to his father.

"Dr. Orochimaru... His doctors and scientists attacked the carriage, I left both the prince and princess under the care of Yamato as I stayed back to hold those savages off," Kakashi explained, coughing slightly once he has completed his quick, yet straight to the point explanation which has caused the young heir to tightened his hold on the seat. It is quite obvious that his younger brother's bodyguard has no idea whether the young prince and princess have made it back to the palace safely or even back into the kingdom with how they are still two hours away from the large bridge connecting this cursed kingdom and their own.

"Kakashi, dear, please refrain from moving or even talking, I need you to be completely still in order to heal your wounds," Kushina instructed as she gently pushed down her youngest son's bodygaurd back down in order to lay his back against the seat, not caring whether the blood on said bodyguard stained her beautiful sky blue down.

Noticing the look of worry on his son's face, Minato couldn't help but bring him into a soft side hug, most certainly not expecting his son to actually let into the hug without any sort of annoyance. The young heir just didn't have the strength to fight his father as most of it is already in use, worrying about the two youngest members of the Uzumaki-Namikaze royal family's safety, whereas the other remaining energy is used to keep him awake and sitting up right.

The thirst for that wretched traitor's blood has been reluctantly pushed back due to this specific reason, yet being in a kingdom surrounded by possible enemies is not an ideal area to initiate a fight with him. The carriage was drowned in silence, well excluding the winces and groans of pain coming from the bodyguard and the sound of the carriage's movements, which has made this the ideal moment for every occupants in the carriage to reluctantly fill their minds with all the negative thoughts regarding the young prince and princess.