The Way Through Stone Village (Naruto)

100: Onoki's State

[OP: "Pale White Horse" -- The Oh Hellos]

For once, the plan went about as expected, at least at first.

Shine, Wally, Bakugo, Kankuro, and Tenten, with Sai, made their way to the outside as Karin directed them.

Wally managed to dig their way out fast enough, with some help from Bakugo's explosions.

They didn't care if anyone saw them. Bakugo said he wasn't afraid of the danged bandits.

And no one did see them, or, if they did, they never tried to stop them.

They met the girls, with their captive, and Jugo and Lee, just as they got to the Kage house.

"Well...that was fast," Ino said when she saw them.

"Bakugo!" Camie ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck. "Did you miss me?"

"H-ll no," Bakugo said, but he couldn't hide a smile. "It was nice and quiet without you."

"But you hate nice and quiet, right?" Camie said, with doe eyes.

Bakugo shrugged.

"You're not really gonna be mean to me after I got captured, are you?" Camie said.

"Just a little bit," Bakugo said, hugging her back finally.

"Aww..." Zokei said.

They cast her a look.

"Uh...nevermind." She looked away.

"Be easy on her," Camie said. "She just got engaged. It was totes romantic. Bakugo, if we get engaged, can we do it in a jail? Because, like, I think I'd like to tell that story."

"Don't get ahead of yourself!" Bakugo was mortified.

"It was just a hypothetical," Camie said, kissing him.

"That's so cute," Wally told Shine. "Man, kids are adorable."

"Okay, Dad," Shine replied maddeningly.

"Hello, Tenten," Lee said cheerfully. "We captured a prisoner."

"I can see that." Tenten was surprised. "Who is this?"

"Zokei," Jugo said. "She's kind of on our side, but only if we win."

"I've played that game before," Kankuro said. "But I guess it's better than nothing."

"Are you all right?" Sai asked Ino.

Ino turned red at him asking her. "Uh...fine. Nothing really happened."

"Oh, she was awesome." Camie let go of Bakugo with one arm and leaned on him with the other like he was a railing (which he didn't mind as much as he would have said he did). "We, like, girl bossed it. We escaped. It was so smooth. The bandits are total jokers. No offense, Z."

"Z?" Zokei said.

"I remember you," Wally said suddenly. "You're the one who sunk me in the mud...or was that your boyfriend?"

"Both of us," Zokei said nervously. "I hope you're not still mad about that."

"Nah, it's not the first time," Wally said. "But on the record, only my fiancee is allowed to hold me that tightly in the future."

"I hope so," Shine said. "And that was a terrible joke."

"I was trying to think of what would match quicksand, and I couldn't think of anything," Wally said.

"But we were so cool," Camie told Bakugo. "I was, like, psyching out the mean lady. And Ino went into a guy's head and found out how to get outside the jail, and then we cut them a sweet deal. I was like Momo, for crying out loud. And I just said the word 'hypothetically'. I think you smart peeps are rubbing off on me."