Shikanenai was breathing heavily by the time that he spotted his objective. Hinata wasn't particularly large, but he'd never been the most muscular of ninja, depending more upon speed, precision and sheer nastiness to carry him through. At times like this, carrying in injured comrade through a forest at high speed, he had to admit that a little more brawn would be pleasent.
"We've still got the Heaven Scroll, yeah?" he asked, coming to rest on a convenient branch.
Katsu nodded. "Yes. Why?"
"Cause I was the one who handed out the scrolls 'back then'," the boy replied and lifted Hinata off his back. "And I distinctly recall the team of Sound-nin got an Earth Scroll. Which we need, no?"
Neshan nodded slowly. "Yeah. But taking out the Sound-nin now would keep them out of the preliminay round. Mess up a lot of what we can guess about the match-ups."
"And save the lives of at least six Leaf-nin," Shikanenai replied shortly. "When we did the clean up after the exam, we found they'd lost their own scroll to one of our teams and wiped out at least two teams to get replacements. Six of _our_ genin." He passed Hinata to Neshan and produced several sheets of paper from his pocket. "I buried those kids," he told the rest of his team. "I'll be back in a couple of minutes."
As he leapt in the direction that the Sound-nin team was moving, the papers folded themselves into a wicked looking ninjato.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
"We've still got the Heaven Scroll, yeah?" he asked, coming to rest on a convenient branch.
Katsu nodded. "Yes. Why?"
"Cause I was the one who handed out the scrolls 'back then'," the boy replied and lifted Hinata off his back. "And I distinctly recall the team of Sound-nin got an Earth Scroll. Which we need, no?"
Neshan nodded slowly. "Yeah. But taking out the Sound-nin now would keep them out of the preliminay round. Mess up a lot of what we can guess about the match-ups."
"And save the lives of at least six Leaf-nin," Shikanenai replied shortly. "When we did the clean up after the exam, we found they'd lost their own scroll to one of our teams and wiped out at least two teams to get replacements. Six of _our_ genin." He passed Hinata to Neshan and produced several sheets of paper from his pocket. "I buried those kids," he told the rest of his team. "I'll be back in a couple of minutes."
As he leapt in the direction that the Sound-nin team was moving, the papers folded themselves into a wicked looking ninjato.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.