As they were escaping, Chihiro kept her Byakugan active to scout out the few remaining perimeter control Shinobi. All the while N.C.4 had released three of its "Cookies", dragonfly-like drones to seek out the potential sensors. Once Chihiro detected one of these sensor nins, the drone would lock on the direction she'd be pointing at, allowing N.C.4 to shoot them at the temple with a wire bullet. It wasn't too long after that they'd finally make it to a dense forest between the rocky mountains and the now chaotic village. They would stop for a moment, mostly because of Chihiro's current condition, taking the time to recuperate and think of their next action. They didn't seem to be followed by anyone so it appeared they were out of the biggest problem. Now they just had to arrive at Konoha before the Hokage's speech.
But as they were ready to head off into the gloomy darkness of the forest, the terrible screeches of battle echoed through their headset as Gin's transmitter was still receiving. The robot was relatively unmoved by this, only trying to acknowledge what could possibly be going on there. Chihiro on the other hand understood perfectly well and stopped only a few feet away, her fist bashing the nearest tree trunk as her tears leaked out and her pain accentuated more than ever in her wound.
"
Jun... I can't... We have to go back! This is insane!"
She cried while imploring for the heartless team leader's change of heart, unaware of just how the grand scheme of things truly was at this point. Her life was valuable and the pendant she still held was worth all their lives at this point. N.C.4 fixated her with the same, blank look as it often gave to pretty much anyone. This time it understood perfectly well what was going on, she grew too attached to the liability that was Gin.
"
No. We move."
It coldly responded without a shred of sympathy for their more than likely fallen comrade. It immediately turned to keep walking but stopped dead on its tracks when it easily noticed Chihiro's lack of compliance. She wasn't going to budge as she only glared at the robot, resentful for its choice despite it being the best one most likely. It was a couple of second after that she'd sudden lunge herself back toward the fallen Gin's general direction, prompting the humanoid machine to swiftly turn around and charge in right at her. She wasn't going to listen to reason and she was hurt, as such the best option would be the following.
"
Jun, you better not be fucking sto-..."
Before she could finish her warning, she'd feel a hard slap on the back of her head break her balance and quickly render her to a state of unconsciousness. The 11th Corp agent sighed for a moment and paused to look up at the star riddled sky. For once it took some time to breathe and wasn't bothered by the burden of its teammates all the time. For an instant, it too felt an ounce of regret in terms of its choices that could have maybe led to better survivability of all the members despite probability calculations it ran. It would then pick up the Hyuuga heir in a piggy back and headed straight toward the mountains where they'd be almost undetectable with the path they had chosen from the very beginning.
7 am - 5 hours before the Hokages Speech
After a few hours of walking, the uncertain trail through the chain of maintains came to an end and the robot would take another break. It had been carrying the wounded Chihiro for the entire ride and needed some time to recuperate its stamina. By then the transmitters were destroyed to avoid any detection or association to the mission. Chihiro was still out cold, partially due to her body being so strained by also the hit wasn't light at all. After a few minutes, the android sighed in realization that they'd be very just in their arrival, despite being at the border of the two countries. There was still at least 4 hours left of travelling as it wasn't the most efficient route they were taking, but the safest.
As it kept hopping from tree to tree with the wasted Hyuuga on it, N.C.4 could only contemplate what was her attachment with that nobody, Gin. She agreed to this mission and yet put his life before all of this, even after his pleas. These were the irrational emotions the 11th Corp tried to delete just as Root did, although they had actually succeeded with the creation of the being contemplating that same fact. With this analysis, it understood perfectly now why it was created and of course embraced that idea as any creation would. But it couldn't help but wonder how the emotions felt, after all it could still feel worry and physical pain as well as stress. Would these emotions actually be efficient if mastered by an evolved being like itself? The robot was endlessly curious in that level, sometimes a little too much over trivial things, but this even did make it wonder. More and more questions popped up such as the death of Fi being of any relevance in the end or if the destruction of the whole Castle was of any relevance, if anything it got them to this mess in the first place.
After a decently long trip, it'd arrive to the borders of the village with about half an hour to spare. Evidently in a rush, it'd try its best to wake Chihiro up with a few nudges and calls, but despite her increasing movements, she didn't actually awake yet. It'd only be when a squad of 11th Corp agents would circle the two that N.C.4 would adopt a more calm posture while Chihiro finally awake. What she would see however would be a tall being peering down at her and Junshiro. That person was wearing a mask and a hat just like all the people around her. Except he seemed to mention something she couldn't hear but prompted the robot to drop her down without hesitation. N.C.4 did't even look at her as it marched right into the village, leaving her behind as if they hadn't lived anything. The young Hyuuga could witness this more than bizarre event with her half closed eyes.
The masked man would get on one knee and slid his hand on her pocket to extract the pendant they had recovered from the mission. He'd then remove his mask and reveal himself to be the Jonin commander himself, Fujitora Choko. All he did was smile at the barely conscious girl before gesturing something to one of the agents.
"
Mission complete, Chihiro. Shikaji Nara would be pleased if he were still on the council. Unfortunately... Heh, a couple of hours earlier and you'd have caught him."
He'd tell her before standing back up while the pendant illuminated itself. It would morph into a strange, small scroll when opened would project a hologram containing massive amounts of information, some of which contained the 11th Corp's insignia. With just a few glances, Fujitora smirked before crushing the scroll, causing it to burst into flames in the process. The item they worked hard to get was left to burn into nothingness, as if this was all part of something they could barely even comprehend. A couple of 11th Corp agents grabbed a hold of the Hyuuga and escorted her to the base. She'd later wake up in a dark room with only a chair she'd be sitting on and a table before her. She was also cuffed with chakra sealing tools to prevent any escape.
Just as she dove in he game and complimented her greatness, Daisuke had claimed the papers for himself despite never getting the authorization from Aoi. At first, she just stared blankly at her game screen, trying to realize what was wrong with that picture before her. Before she'd notice the papers gone at the corner of her eye, Daisuke made it clear he had taken them and was leaving the scene without her accord, prompting the girl to puff her cheeks in irritation. She had given her signature and yet the form wasn't complete, as such she wasn't too happy that her Senpai took her initiative for granted and simply walked away with an approved form. She realized she was busting her head for no reason but she had to let it out anyway, after all it wouldn't be her Senpai if she didn't annoy him a bit.
"
Oi! Come back here with them papers! They're MIIIIIIINE!"
She wailed, her John Hancock being the symbol of her competence for her at this point, even if it was just a lousy sheet that could easily be rectified or fixed by the albeit slow administration. She did seem all stirred up as her glare didn't escape Daisuke's figure until Chokashi captured her attention with, you guessed it, free food again. This time with money added to it for a rather easy thing she commonly did. At first she tried to picture the massiveness of an Akimichi BBQ as it was something she only heard stories about as of now. She blinked, completely disconnected from the issue she got so worked up on and simply beamed at her tubby colleague while scratching the back of her head.
"
Teehee, okay I'll see~ I have to ask Kiki if she wants to come though! Now scram and get those piccies!"
And with those orders, they quickly made their way there probably without even acknowledging what she said. Not that she cared too much, she had her DS opened and a game to finish so she could make Akio feel bad about being so lame at it. With what appeared to be long minutes for the two was a swift moment for Aoi who dove deep into her playing session. When they came back they presented the set of pictures, all of which were rather ridiculous and wouldn't fit the picture criteria. But, unlike most Jonin, formalities were to be respected until she got severely bored of them and simply said 'fuck it' to everything of relevance. Using her gooey bungee to snatch the documents off them, she'd then glue each respective silly pic on the docs, finally making them somewhat official.
"
Mkay Mkay boys~ You did a super sloppy work! And as your superior, sanctions must be made!"
She rubbed her hands in villainy upon putting away her gaming device away and standing up, preparing a nasty twist for the two males who were obviously getting on her good side. She'd look at each in the eye before bursting into an over the top laughter that probably tried to imitate some evil villain's maniacal laughter.
"
Mwahahaha! Tell you what~ You two have a fight in a few days or whatever, and the loser has to buy me a new 3DS! Winner gets to go with me on a future mission, and maybe even a little spar~ If you both refuse I'll have to make you sign the ... PRELIMINARY PAPERS! Mwahahaha!"
She laughed even more but the heinous threat was quite true this time around. It was the horrible pile of paperwork every shinobi would have to do upon graduating, including a quick test that could easily be missed if not focused and cause a whole lot of extra work for nothing. Essentially, they both asked for it but at least she made the sanction fun enough to make it relevant to their upcoming shinobi duties, as well as serve as entertainment for her.
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