The last defender (K/da X oc)

Chapter 8 The mission starts and the ninja emerges

The rest of the day was pretty pleasant and now it was finally time to sleep. Everyone went to their own rooms. Hanzo was now left alone and soon enough sweet sense of sleep drew him in and he finally fell for it. But it was not a dreamless sleep like always.

??: "Welcome back."

Hanzo: "Well, hello there, hope you did not miss me much."

??: "You don't have to be so rude, I just came to warn you."

Hanzo: "Well, that would be the first, what is it that you want to warm me about?"

??: "You really ask that? Isn't it obvious? Tomorrow, the mission will be very dangerous and will have serious and permanent consequences, and the thing is that Takashi and that commander of yours know that, yet they send you to die for them, to die for a course you have no right to die for."

Hanzo: "And why should I believe you? I mean, you never gave me any means to trust you."

??: "Have I lied to you in the past? And furthermore, I have nothing to gain from warning you."

Hanzo: "You have a point in that, however, I still don't believe you."

??: "Believe me or not, that is up to you, I'm just saying what could happen, if you regret it in the future is up to you and you alone."

Hanzo: "Well, thanks for the tip I guess, let us see what tomorrow brings."

??: "Oh, would you look at that, time flies by here in this realm quite fast, we will see watch other soon enough."

Hanzo: "No goodbye, well, see you later then."

Hanzo then felt the word around him fade out of existence, it was a feeling he already grew familiar with, so it did no longer bother him. 

He woke up alone in his room, when he looked out of the window the sun was just now starting to rise, so he decided to get some breakfast and because he was feeling generous today he was going to make breakfast for others too. And so he did, however, Hanzo was not that good of a cook and could safely only do eggs, so as he did not want to burn anything down he made boiled eggs with bread and cheese, simple yet good enough of a start to the day. Others finally woke up and enjoyed the surprise that Hanzo has given them, and they were thankful on top of that to Hanzo that they did not have to suffer Rumi's cooking, she has gotten better, but it just was not it yet. Then they picked up their stuff and went on their way.

Everyone was carrying backpacks, however, Hanzo's was the lightest of them all, as he refused to mix anything else with the explosives he was carrying, so Rumi was kind enough and eager enough to prove her capabilities and Carry all Hanzo's normal supplies. But the thing was that no one else could fit another tent into their backpacks, meaning Hanzo had to share a tent with someone, however, they did not pay much mind to it, as the whole day was still ahead of them.

The road was calm, nothing standing in their way and everything was going on smoothly, so Hanzo began to doubt the voice in his head and what it told him. When they were about halfway to the place where they should have had their camp set up, they encountered something strange. Or better said someone strange. When they were resting their legs, Hanzo heard someone fighting in the distance, upon a more detailed look, he concluded that it was a female. He told the rest of the group to wait for him because he had to pee and went to the forest lining the right side of the road they were on. He went in the direction the sounds were coming from, however along the way, he wondered how Rumi did not hear the sound, as she had the best hearing out of everyone in the group, but then Hanzo dismissed it by her just being tired. 

Then Hanzo finally reached the place the sounds were coming from, he slowly and stealthily made his way through bushes and peaked around every tree, and every bush, he then finally saw what looked to be a female ninja, clad in green robes fighting off a bunch of opponents, however, they looked different from what he was used to.