komorebi - a naruto uzumaki love story

ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ - ２３

„unleashed"

Several Pains appear once more, ready to attack the Shinozaki. The girl was back on the ground, but this time, she was different. The scales around her body are more and her hair is jet black, levitating like it's alive. Hanako easily gathered water from the clouds above her and attacks her opponents at once.

They're getting weak, once I take out three of them, they can't go back to life.

"It's nothing personal.", Hanako says with a smirk, "Well actually," she bends the water that is wrapped like a dome around her along with chakra to hold its shape, "it is.", she releases the water, taking out one of the Pain.

"You will know pain.", Pain says.

"Oh, you don't know how long we've been together.", Hanako says as she grabs her katana and swings it above her head and as she raises the katana, pointing up to the sky, lightning strikes. It embraced the steel, charging it with deadly electricity, but exhilarating to Hanako.

"Rakurai!", she strikes her the opponent closest to her, making the body drop dead. She smiles but suddenly, an invisible force pulls her up once more, causing her to drop the weapon that harnessed the lightning.

Shit!

—

"Focus!", the old man says, "You must not let your guard down."

"I'm sorry Otto-san.", Hanako apologizes before attacking her father once more.

"Focus on you chakra points. Feel it flow in your veins slowly filling you arms and legs!", her father shouts as Hanako does as she was told, she felt the power. She hesitates to land a punch to her father's body before feeling her body slam on the ground.

"Ack!"

"The enemy does not hesitate! You failed to acknowledge that so you will meet your death!"

"I'm trying!", Hanako shouts with anger, feeling the energy out of her body beam out, causing her father to cover himself but to no avail. The man hisses in pain.

"Hiroshi!", her mother shouts with concern as she runs to her husband.

"It's alright, I'm alright.", her father says.

"Oh no.", the woman says as she sees the sight of her young daughter unconscious.

"No worries, she's breathing."

"But she's in a coma! Again, Hiroshi.", her mother frowns.

"You have to understand that our bodies cannot handle that much power, she needs to train in order to use it as much as she can before passing out like this.", Hiroshi explains.

"She's our daughter! She's just a child!"

"She's a child with a responsibility!"

"You want her to be exposed to those wars that you handle by yourself?!"

"She has no choice! We have no choice! We're cursed with this because of our ancestors, you know that!"

She nods silently while sobbing and holding her daughter's body.

—

Hanako panics, not wanting to pass out from a fall, she quickly focuses chakra on her hands and feet.

Hanako lets out a battle cry before reaching out to the sky once more. This time, there wasn't a steel to lead the lightning. She wraps her arms with water as lightning strikes at her demand, she hisses in pain and closes her eyes to breathe.