Kaguya's Legacy Chapter 82 - 79: Push-ups and Payback

Haruto was naturally relieved when we ca to get him, but the sa couldn't be said for his opponent.

Tsurugi Shoma was not at all weak, a powerful taijutsu master, skilled enough at ninjutsu, and all around a skilled Jōnin.

Sunagakure didn't have many like him, which is why the loss of him would undoubtedly hurt and ensure that the team hunting us would need to replace him before they could follow us again, giving us ti to lose them once again.

"Damn, Arata, I didn't realize you were such a big fan of the second Tsuchikage," I said, noticing how he looked with all his cuts bandaged up.

"Ha ha, very funny Yuki, real mature of you." He answered very dryly.

Koji, however, let out real laughter at my little joke. "I never knew that about you Arata, you should have told ." He wasted no ti in joining in making fun of him.

Because Arata was wrapped up like a mummy, just like the famous look of the second Tsuchikage. A man so mysterious that today, hardly anyone knows what he looks like under it all.

Which was very rare for soone as famous as him.

Arata opened his mouth to say sothing, but ended up just closing it again.

"You two, do you have to make fun of him? He really got hurt badly, you know." Haruto tried to co to his defence.

Koji said with a light shrug, "Isn't it his own fault for getting hurt? Even you barely got hurt, and you didn't have it any easier than he did."

As shinobi, we cared for our fellow comrades, but we also weren't about cuddling them when they got a little hurt. Sure, we might avenge them, but if they got hurt, we would tell them to get better.

Because as a shinobi, you got hurt, you suffered, you fought, and you likely died. There was no place for false comfort.

"Be that as it may, he is in pain." Haruto said.

"Fine, we will let him off the hook, if nothing else, he did well staying alive and avoiding any permanent injuries; had he fallen, the rest of us might have followed." I relented.

Arata gave a grunt of acknowledgent. It wasn't exactly gratitude, but it was the closest thing we'd get from soone still covered in fresh bruises and sha.

"I'm just glad you made it in ti," he muttered, settling down on a damp rock. "She would've taken my head eventually."

"She was good," I agreed. "But too eager to play with her food. That's the only reason you had ti to hold out."

Still better than going up against soone like who Haruto fought. If she had shared his mindset, we wouldn't have made it — I wouldn't have, at least," he said with a grunt.

I could only agree with that, had any of the others not lasted until I managed to win, I would likely have been tead up against. Koji might win his fight, but it would have taken longer, so yeah, he wouldn't have been able to help for a while.

"So," Haruto said, breaking the mont, "now what?"

"With one of their dead, it's unlikely they would try anything, even if Arata isn't able to fight at full force, he can still assist with his ninjutsu, so winning shouldn't be too hard, we know it, they know it, so for now, they shouldn't do anything." I answered.

"So, should we take the chance to kill them?" Koji asked.

I understood where he was coming from; the best we could do was eliminate the threat entirely, more so since we didn't know who was responsible for tracking us. So it was possible that the one responsible was still alive.

Taking them out would make us much safer, and well, it was the right thing to do as a good Konoha shinobi. And we had the ability to track them.

Still, I didn't answer right away, because there were still so issues with doing that. Naly, the fact that they had a head start on us.

This ant that even though we could track them, we would still need to run faster than them, and given the ti we needed to take to rest, recover, and patch up Arata, this head start wasn't small.

While I didn't know if they had to rest, I couldn't be sure.

If they had a day on us, that ant we would struggle to catch up with them, and with the large amount of Suna shinobi running around, it was entirely possible that they would run right into another patrol for support.

"And if that happens," I said aloud, finishing my own thought, "we'd be walking into an ambush."

Koji clicked his tongue. "So, what, we let them go?"

"Revenge isn't our mission. If we find them, we can fight, but I would rather not run into them again; too much could have gone wrong this ti." I said, shaking my head.

"Its just those two fuckers… they pissed off, I wish I could have killed them," Koji complained.

"You and both," Arata grunted, his body hurting all over after his run-in with that sadistic Kunoichi.

"I assure you, I have no more desire to let that creep run wild than either of you, but hunting them down is reckless; it's better to just focus on our mission," I said with a shake of my head.

"Mission could be dangerous with them hunting us, though." Haruto added.

"Which is why we prepare to change the mission goal, if we can't kill, we can at least keep such a dangerous team away from the other patrols and teams. Sotis, you gotta act smart." I replied. "And that's my decision as team leader."

Koji grunted. "Fine, a bit of ti without having to worry that much won't hurt."

"True, I could use the ti to recover, moving too much will cause all the cuts to open all the ti, and I would rather not get this many scars all at once." Arata comnted.

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Over the next few days, we continued to move, but at a steady pace, allowing everyone to rest, recover, and heal.

We kept our guard up, but we also didn't want to be predictable, just in case soone was following us, though neither I nor Koji found any traces of that. Which ant either there weren't any, or they kept themselves far away.

Most didn't really need it, Koji hadn't gotten hurt, Kuro was a little hurt, but it was all minor things, and while he kept extra close to Koji, there was nothing wrong with him.

Haruto had just used a lot of chakra, and a few small cuts and bruises, nothing that couldn't be fixed with so rest, which only left Arata as the one needing proper recovery.

This was both a blessing, and a curse.

"Really, Yuki? Is this necessary?" Koji groaned and gasped, voice strained and out of breath.

"Yeah, yeah, it is, considering how you're trying to push your luck... I thought I needed to find a way to help you use up your energy... and you did agree to it," I said, smirking and grinning.

Koji's arms trembled as he lowered himself toward the dirt, veins popping in his forearms. My perch on his back shifted slightly with the motion, but I adjusted easily, crossing my legs and resting my elbows on my knees as if I were ditating atop a mountain rather than a sweaty boy doing push-ups beneath .

"You tricked ," he muttered through clenched teeth. "You made it sound like we were going to have sex!"

"I did," I replied sweetly, watching him struggle to push up again. "I needed to punish you for what you did last ti, and you clearly have too much energy, so win-win."

Koji groaned in protest, managing another shaky pushup. "This is cruel and unusual punishnt."

I leaned forward just a bit, putting the tiniest extra weight on his back. "You should be grateful. Most boys only get their hearts broken when they ss up. You get physical conditioning and personalized attention."

He dropped back down again with a grunt, cheek nearly in the dirt. "This is worse than heartbreak."

I laughed. "Oh please. You're getting stronger and I'm keeping you company. You should be thanking ."

"You're sitting on my spine."

"Because you said you could handle it," I said innocently.

Kuro, lounging nearby with his head resting on his paws, let out a huff that sounded suspiciously like a laugh. Koji glared at him between pushups. "Traitor…"

"Face it," I said, patting Koji's shoulder mockingly. "You earned this."

"For what, exactly?" he growled.

"Do I really need to remind you?"

"Yes!" he shouted, a bit too eagerly.

"Be good, and we might do a replay of the events, but only if you work hard enough, so train those arms, show what you can do, partner." I said, giving him a bit of encouragent.

"Yes!" he shouted, now fired up as he began doing push-ups with the sa single-minded dedication I expected to see from the Might family.

"You are too good to him; you should punish him harder." Arata said from his spot, not far away.

"Hey! I'm right here!" Koji complained.

Haruto chuckled from where he was sorting through their gear nearby. "You kind of asked for it, Koji. You don't just flirt so shalessly in front of two single guys without expecting a little punishnt."

Koji didn't stop his push-ups, but he groaned again, more from embarrassnt than exertion. "You are just jealous I get to fuck the team leader and you don't!"

I slapped the back of his head, it was light and playful, but he still ended up kissing the wet ground. "Team leader, am I? And here I thought you fucked because you love , not just because I'm your boss."

"Woof!"

"Yuki, you know I love you, I was just saying."

I interrupted him with another soft smack to his head. "You were boasting about your girl, with your girl here, which is risky when you can't hold your tongue."

"Woof! Woof."

"Hehe, you're my girl, are you?" He giggled.

I rolled my eyes. "You stopped," I pointed out.

"Garr," he groaned as he began again.

"Start over." I said from his back.

"What!?"

"You heard , start over."

"But Yuki! I already did over two hundred!" he whined.

"Then you shouldn't have a problem with another two-fifty."

"Damn it Yuki, I will make you regret this" he cursed but still began once more.

"Please," I said, rolling my eyes. "If you can even lift your arms once I'm done with you, I won't resist them no matter what they do."

"You said it!"

"Woof!"

"Yuki, you shouldn't encourage him. He is a healthy young man; he will be unstoppable if you say sothing like that." Haruto warned .

Arata snorted. "Too late. That idiot just activated Eight Gates of Horniness."

Koji nearly faceplanted again from laughing mid-push-up, groaning. "Shut up, Arata!"

Kuro gave another bark, clearly delighted with himself.

I smirked and leaned back lazily, still perched on Koji's back. "You're all just mad I found the perfect motivational system."

"I'm mad you're enabling his delusions," Haruto said, standing now with his hands on his hips, like an exasperated older brother. "Do you know how hard it is to sleep when the two of you are going at it twenty ten ters away?"

"I don't want to know," I said very quickly and very firmly.

"Maybe you should add another few hundred to his goal, or I fear he might make use of your offer." Arata added, trying to help.

"Woof!" Kuro barked again.

"Damn Yuki! You sll so horny while on my back! It's torture!"

"Shut up koji!" I slapped his head again.

While Haruto and Arata just laughed.

(end of chapter)