Namikaze legend

Chapter 15:The Bonds that shape us

Naruto and Mikasa were cautiously walking in the forest, well to be precise Mikasa was supporting Naruto as he was quite badly injured, and it seemed as Naruto didn't like that.

Mikasa saw he was frustrated, even if he had put on his facemask she could she that something was clearly troubling him.

"Something wrong?" asked Mikasa curiously, she was still on alert and was ready to face any enemy as best as she could.

Naruto looked at his friend for a moment, but averted his eyes from her and was now looking forward. He just didn't get what was happening to them all of a sudden, a few of their comrades were already dead and he was sure many were dying at this very moment.

"Naruto..."

Mikasa's voice snapped him out of his thoughts, even she had shocked him a lot today. She killed without any hesitation, he knew they were trying to defend themselves but...

"Why?" asked Naruto silently, this was bugging him a lot and he decided to ask his friend about it. He didn't even want to think about the kiss right now.

"Huh?"

"How can you kill them so easily? They were humans...not just some fucking animals," said Naruto angrily and Mikasa sighed tiredly.

"There was no choice...didn't you see they had lost their minds? They couldn't even differentiate between animals and humans...much less comrades," explained Mikasa straight forwardly.

"But there could have been another way..." said Naruto in protest, he didn't feel any regret for defending himself and Mikasa...rather he didn't know why he did it.

"Do you feel guilty about killing them?" asked Mikasa flatly and for a moment Naruto was quite surprised as she just read his thoughts.

"No...we defended ourselves, I don't feel any regret for killing them...it's just strange," said Naruto angrily,

Mikasa stopped walking and was now looking at Naruto, even if he didn't want to admit it he had lived a sheltered life and was unaware of how cruel the world was, she had seen it...she had lived it and right now looking at the questioning look in his eyes made her realize that he was having the same questions which she had a few years ago.

"What could have been done doesn't matter...who lives, or who dies isn't up to you, this is war. You did the right thing today...if you hadn't killed them, then I would have been dead. The only thing that matters is survival..." said Mikasa truthfully and Naruto gave a slow nod indicating he accepted it.

"But still don't you think it was strange? They looked like humans but..." said Naruto in confusion,

Mikasa looked at the forest, she had an idea as to what had happened to those blacklight troopers...she had seen such a thing a few years back, and it still terrified her.

"They had been poisoned," said Mikasa carefully,

"What do you mean?" asked Naruto curiously, things had just started to get more dangerous.

"A few years ago...there had been an outbreak in fire country, or rather the outbreak was created," said Mikasa flatly,

"Created?" asked Naruto in shock, who could do such a thing?