25 - Kirito's regret...

Konoha…

Deep in the forest…

Currently, Kirito is standing in front of Hinata, trying to stop the Kumo shinobi with a Kunai, but he gets pushed back due to not having enough strength as a grown-up man like the Kumo shinobi.

"A kid!!! " Upon seeing the face and size of the kid under the moonlight, the Kumo shinobi couldn't stop himself from shouting out with surprise and added, "A damn f**ing kid is stopping me... This must be the biggest joke of my life, and he even injured me… " with an ominous laugh.

"Who are you, and why did you kidnap the Hyuga princess??? " Kirito asked with curiosity, looking at the Kumo shinobi.

"That is not an important thing for you, kid, but I have to tell you one thing: you have made a great mistake coming here... Now I will have to kill you and then the Hyuga kid… " The Kumo shinobi said as he tried to punch Kirito with his empty hand.

"Princess, you escape, I will hold him and buy time…" Kirito said to Hinata while putting a Kunai in the way of the Kumo ninja's punch.

"You think I will fall for that??? " Upon noticing the Kunai in the way of his punch, the Kumo shinobi stopped and jumped backwards. He made a few hand signs and shouted, "Lightning style: Thundershock attack. "

Two lightning bolts the size of an adult man's hand went toward Hinata and Kirito's direction.

Hinata, who was very scared right now, couldn't move, so Kirito had no other choice but to protect her. He made some hand signs and, after standing in front of Hinata, said, "Earth style: Mudwall. "

A small wall at the same height as a grown man appeared in front of the two and blocked the incoming lightning attack.

"Seems like that little runt can also use some Jutsu. How problematic, and where are those a**holes... " The Kumo shinobi said as he dashed toward the mudwall.

While on the other side of the wall, Kirito had already taken the scared Hinata in a princess carry and asked, "Hold me tightly…" and started jumping up on the tree branches.

By the time the Kumo shinobi reached the mudwall, the dust had already settled down, but he found no one behind it. He shouted, "Where did they go??? "

When he suddenly heard a sound from behind him,

"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu… " and a fireball twice his size came from behind him, making his face pale from the sudden attack.

"Water Style: Water wall jutsu… " Two voices came from behind him, and a water wall countered the fire, saving him.

"Did he just copy my jutsu? " the captain said, surprised, as he started making some hand signs with his team. When they finished, they shouted together, "Earth style: Earth wall. ", And blocked the attack easily.

"Did you really think you could defeat us with our own attack… " Kumo 3 said as he jumped up to make sure they don't escape a second time.

When Kirito tried to jump on a tree branch from another, suddenly a kunai with lightning coating hit his right leg, making him slip from the tree with Hinata.

"Shit… " Kirito said as he hugged Hinata tightly and landed on the ground on his left leg. In the process, he was able to save Hinata, but both his legs became immovable due to extreme pain.

"Now we got you. " Kumo 2 said, running toward them.

"Princess, you go, I will try to hold them back… " Kirito said as he stood up with only his willpower.

While Kirito stood up to face his enemy, Hinata thought, 'I don't know where to... '

"It looks like you still haven't given up, kid… " Saito said and went to attack Kirito from above.

"You are too reckless, Kirito… " Suddenly, a voice came from afar, and a fireball hit the Kumo shinobi from out of nowhere. After this, the voice shouted,

"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu. "

"Sensei, what took you so long??? " Kirito said with a sigh of relief when he heard Saito's voice.

"Just wait a minute here, Kirito... " Saito said and quickly captured all the Kumo shinobi and returned to Kirito.

While Saito started to heal Kirito from outside, the Kyubi with its huge chakra had already started healing him from inside.

When Kirito was almost healed, finally Hiashi arrived and asked, surprised, "Saito Sensei, what are you doing here??? "

"You see this kid here got reckless and followed behind that guy and found your daughter getting kidnapped by the Kumo shinobi. So he sent a clone which... " Saito explained in some short sentences.

"Thank you, kid… you can ask for anything you want for saving my daughter... " Hiashi said after listening to everything.

"It's fine, I have to go now. " Kirito said as he remembered why he came out and thought, 'Naruto must be getting hungry,' and started walking.

"Kirito, here is the medicine you asked for your brother. Also, let's go, I will come with you to see how Naruto is doing. " Saito said, quickly following behind his student.

While he sent a shadow clone with the captured Kumo Shinobi to the Konoha police office to report about this matter.

On the other hand, Hiashi returned with Hinata to the Hyuga compound quickly.

Though Hiashi found no wound on Hinata, he still asked several times if she was okay, if she got hurt anywhere, etc.

While Hinata was calling Kirito's name in her mind.

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On the other side of the village…

After getting out of the ramen shop with Saito, Kirito finally remembered something and shouted out, "Oh no, I forgot… "

"What did you forget, Kid??? " Saito asked, confused by Kirito's sudden shout.

"That girl was the Hyuga princess, and today is her birthday, right??? " Kirito asked.

"Yes, a lot of people attended her birthday party today. Why did you ask, kid? " Saito said with a nod.

"Well, I and Naruto weren't invited, and Naruto wanted to eat the food from her birthday party. So when her dad asked if I wanted anything... " Kirito said with an embarrassed tone.

"Hahaha… so you wanted to ask him for food, right, kid…" Saito said with a loud laugh and added, "Don't worry about it, kid. We can celebrate your birthday in a few months, and then, I will feed you guys anything you want. Now let's go and see how Naruto is doing. "

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Special Note: Hinata never saw Kirito's face and only saw him from behind. Also, she only knows his name for now and could forget with the flow of time.

Kirito also never heard Hinata's name...

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