Hitori's heart was pounding against his chest. He placed a hand over his chest and tried to calm himself by taking deep breaths. He wondered why he was nervous. He had done this before too, then why?
Or perhaps it was not because of nervousness, it was because of excitement. He had never imagined teaming up and attacking an army with your friends would be so exciting.
But he knew now. He knew that he had people to keep his back even if they did not listen to him or tell him about the plan– which Kyo did, but after making him wait.
Hitori was doing this calm-myself ritual when he felt someone poking his obliques. He frowned, then opened his eyes and saw a wand on his obliques. He raised his eyes at Kakashi with a crease on his forehead.
"Come closer," he said, "listen to me."
Hitori frowned harder. "W-What are you doing?" he asked, being unable to process. "W-What do you want?"