When Time Changes More Than One

Man Up

Meanwhile with Aki and Ace

Aki POV

"He's not far now," Ace said.
"Good, keep concealing your chakra," I commanded.
"He's heading towards the exit of the village, speed to the front and stop him," Ace said.
"How do I know if it's him?" I asked.
"Stop anyone you see, we'll erase their memories later."

I nodded and swiftly started moving to the front of the gates where you leave the village. I used Midnight Star and Daylight Sun to see if I saw anyone suspicious.

I did see a tall figure wearing a grey cloak. I moved faster to the front and waited behind a bush. That was the only person heading towards the exit, it had to be him.

How am I gonna stop him, if he's like Ace then he has to be strong and can easily escape... maybe I can pull off some acting.

Luckily I had a spare black cloak on me, so I placed it on, I decided I would act hurt and i escaped from something... hopefully this keeps him occupied.

I did a few cuts on me with my Kunai, I can't be using my chakra.

Here it goes.

Once I see him approach near me I went it.

"H-help... I need h-help," I said in a groggy tone.

I slowly fell to the ground.

"Are you alright miss?" I hear him say.

I looked up, I couldn't see his face very well, but his voice was deep, a little higher pitched than Ace but still low.

"I-I don't remember much, I'm just, s-so, so tired," I said.

I acted weaker, slowly falling into 'consciousness.'

"Miss, stay with me I'll get you some help," he said and he began to pick me up.

I look in a distance to see Ace creeping up on him telling me to keep going.

I began coughing hard and wheezed a lil.

"I can't b-breathe," I said breathlessly.

He place his hand near my neck to check my pulse.

"Your pulse is pretty normal, does your chest hurt?" He asked.
"It does, my throat is so dry," I mumbled.

Ace was now fully behind the guy and wrapped his arms around his neck.

"W-what are you doing?!" The Guy shrieked.
"Don't move," Ace said.

The guy looked down on me, I removed my hood so he could see my eyes.

"Y-your," He stuttered.
"Now, lets all move in an orderly fashion, and have a chat," Ace said.

The guy put me down as I began to heal the cuts that I caused myself.

Ace removed his hood as well.

"It's been a while.... Enzo," Ace said.
"H-how did you find me?" Enzo asked.
"You didn't hide your chakra very well," I said.
"Please, we don't wanna hurt you... we just wanna talk, if you run off, Aki will trap you," Ace said.

Enzo nodded.

Ace slowly removed his hands from Enzo's neck.

As expect Enzo tried to run off.

"Geez this dude," Ace groaned. "Aki help."

I nodded and ran after him. I ran beside him and threw Kunai at him. Having him catch up on a tree

"Fire Style: Phoenix Entrapment," Enzo said and he blew blue fire around Ace and I, trapping in up both.
"Really? Can't we just walk out? We both have done it before," I said.
"It's Heikima Fire so I was able to walk out, this is Souta flames, I'm sure you can walk out though since you're mixed," Ace explained.

I slowly walked out.

"Oh hey... nice," I said.

Enzo sighed as he was still trapped on the tree.

"What happens if you try to walk out?" I asked Ace.
"It'll sting... badly," Ace said.
"Aa, well Enzikins... let's see what you look like," I said as i reached for his hood.
"It's Enzo! Not Enzikins!" Enzo shouted

I reached for his hood and pulled in off.

"He changed his hair color?" I questioned.

For the most part he looked like that Ace described him. Blue eyes, skin complexion light than Ace's, Phoenix tattoo peaking out from his cloak, instead of brown hair... it was blonde. He was toned as well, and pretty tall. His hair was shorter than Ace's as it was messily swept back. (In the media)

"Now Ace, can't you push against the fire with your own?" I asked.
"Well yes, but I don't wanna burn down the forest," Ace said.
"Why do you want to chat with me?" Enzo said nervously.
"Release Ace first, and I Release you IF you don't run off," I said.

Enzo nodded as the flames surrounded Ace retracted.

"I see Ace found his subordinate," Enzo said as I walked towards him to remove the Kunai.
"You've always been soft, you had much more power than that," Ace teased.
"Whatever, like you said... I don't wanna burn down the whole forest," Enzo said. "Now answer my question why do you want to chat."
"To convince you to go to Keiko," Ace said.
"Oooohhhhhh nooooooo, I-I can't, I'm n-not s-strong Enough, oh boy, no no no," Ezno began to freak out.
"I told you he's a scaredy cat," Ace said.

But really hot...

"Listen, my sister needs that Souta blood to train with," I said.
"How's Keiko?" Enzo asked.
"I don't know... I left her 3 years ago," I said.
"That's not Important now, Enzo, you should go to Keiko," Ace said.

"What if I'm not strong enough to protect her," Enzo said.
"Dude... we've been training since diapers, how old are you now?" Ace asked.
"18," Enzo responded.
"See, it's about time you man up, you can get stronger with Keiko... we'll give you more details if you come with us," Ace said.
"To where?" Enzo asked.

"Should we tell him?" I asked.
"We could always erase his memory later."
"What wait?!" Enzo shrieked.
"We're part of the Akatsuki... don't worry since they don't wanna kill you, they're not gonna. We've already told them were eventually gonna bring you with us to train a little and organize a plan for you and Keiko... you know she's in Konoha correct?" I said.

Enzo nodded nervously.

"Perfect, come with us?" I asked. "I have more questions for the both of you."
"Can i trust you?" Enzo asked.

Ace pulled up his sleeve to show the Heikima clan symbol.

"Our clans may be enemies, but we've worked together since birth... your subordinate needs you, and you need help building the Confidence up," Ace said.

A moment of silence took over.

"Fine.... I'll go with you... but no promises that I'll go find Keiko," Enzo said.
"That's our job to convince you now let's go," Ace said.