One with spirits

Death

We leapt through the trees trying to get away from a group and criminals. And lucky us they were S ranked criminals. As we were running I felt them getting closer.

"They're getting closer we have to take them out. Aren't you guys jounin." Hisako said.

"Yes we are jounin but they are S ranked criminals and there's thirty of them. It'll be a death wish if we all don't go. But we all can't go because we need to get you back to the leaf." I said looking at Hisako.

As I spooked the rest of us looked at each other with conflicted emotions.

"You four keep going, I'll hold them off." Ichiro said slowing down.

"Fuck no. If you're holding them off I'm helping you." I said slowing down with Ichiro.

He looked at me but I just gave him a stubborn look. He sighed and nodded reluctantly. We both looked at Takeo and Mamoru and they both nodded sadly. Ichiro and I stopped and turned around waiting for our pressures to get here. We looked at each other with worry on our faces.

"Whatever happens here I want you to know I love you. You have done so much for me." I said to Ichiro.

"I was so happy when I found out you were alive. And you remind me so much of your mother. Brave kind extremely stubborn." Ichiro said to me.

We felt the enemies about to arrive and we smiled at each other.

"Let's show these fuckers the strength of the Hayashi clan." I said.

Ichiro nodded and we were soon faced with our enemies. we observed them I could tell Rico was calculating the enemies.

"Hitomi two ninja at the very back are medical ninja the ones surrounding them are long-range attackers and there are about five the ones in front of the long range are genjutsu also about five. Then the ones just behind the first row are mid-range attackers and there's about ten. The ones at the front are short range and use manly taijutsu and there's about ten. Making thirty-two ninja in total." Rico summed up.

I nodded and looked to Ichiro and he nodded to me. I pulled out my staff and Ichiro pulled out his two small hand fans. we jumped towards our enemies and I first took out the medics so they couldn't heal the others than I went for the genjutsu users. I got rid of 4 of them however as I was about to kill the 5th an enemy came up behind me. before he could attack me a large sharp gust of wind shot at him cutting him in half.

i then killed the last genjutsu user and made my way back to Ichiro and we stood back to back as we got surrounded by the enemy. I looked at Ichiro's to see him bleeding profusely from his side. I looked at him worried but he gave me a reassuring smile. I turned back to the enemies deciding to focus on them for now. 20 where dead leaving 10 half close range and the other half midrange.

"what do you say to using that jutsu?" Ichiro asked.

my eyes went wide and I looked up at him. he couldn't be serious, could he?

"but I haven't perfected it yet. what if I screw up." I sad letting my insecurity's show.

"I believe in you." he said smiling.

I gulped nervously but the soft look in Ichiro's eyes gave me reassurance. he believed in me and that's all I needed to do this. I took a deep breath and let my chakra leave my staff making it go back to its small cylinder. I stood closer to Ichiro and made the hand signs and concentrated my chakra. I closed my eyes feeling all the chakra around me. I soon felt and gentle wind surrounded both Ichiro and I.

soon the wind went rushing past us to our enemies chakra engulfing them in a suffocating wind. I felt myself becoming strained from using a lot of chakra, however, I kept my focus despite the pain. soon the pain stopped and I opened my eyes to see our enemies fall out of mid-air to the ground. the jutsu we did surrounded the user's targets in a suffocating wind that raised them into the air so the couldn't escape . It sucked the oxygen out of the target's lungs suffocating them but also crushing and ripping their bodies to shreds.

I heard someone fall to the ground and I quickly turned around to see had Ichiro collapsed to the ground. my eyes went wide and I kneeled beside him and saw him clutching his side which was bleeding profusely. I gasped and forced Rico's chakra into my hands and began to weave it through Ichiro's wound but deep down I knew it wasn't going to do anything. Ichiro grabbed my hands pulling them away from him.

"let me heal you, you fucking idiot." I said tears filling my eyes.

"you know full well that won't do anything Hitomi." he said kindly.

"why the fuck did you take on most of the strain of that jutsu." I said shaking my head.

"like I would let you do that. you're my niece it's my job to protect my little sisters daughter. besides you have your whole life ahead of you and you can truly change this world for the better." he said keeping his smile.

"please don't leave me uncle Ichiro I love you." I said crying.

I leaned my head against his chest crying. he stroked my hair but his hand soon went limp.I didn't move from him and it began to rain. I just continued to cry against his chest and I felt his body go cold. I soon sat up and looked down at Ichiro's pale body. I put my hand to his pale cold face and my tears splashed against his face.

my body felt weak and I was soaked to the bone and freezing. I stood up slowly and looked to the ground with clenched fists. I shut my eyes tightly trying to force my tears back but to no avail. I let my tears fall and I pick up Ichiro's body. I walked back to the leaf with Ichiro's body. Rico stayed quiet throughout this all which I was grateful for because I didn't feel like talking to anyone. so i made my way back to the leaf dreading telling Takeo and Mamoru about Ichiro's death.