style="font-size:15px;"> – We are also in this competition, and also through the Haya settlement. Necroline wanted to check on her older sister, Caroline immediately replied. “Her sister was hurt, and we want to make sure she’s okay.
“How touching, taking care of your sister,” Dale scoffed.
– Hardly. She will train me. We will stay in Haya for two days,” Necroline remarked coldly.
For a while, everyone was silent. “Dark” sat on a log next to Caroline. Sharp flashes of fire beautifully illuminated the face of the kunoichi girl. The bandages on my legs looked dark.
– Are you hurt? Your feet are bandaged,” Dale asked.
Caroline made a scary face, implying that this topic was taboo, as if after this question there were only corpses.
But this time, Necroline condescended to answer. She spoke, as always, with irony and a strange composure.
– Four years ago, I was in love with a guy from our settlement. He was the strongest among the ninja. He seemed to love me, but then… Then he said that love had passed, the tomatoes wilted and met another. Yes, it was hard for me to hear it, but I could handle it.
Necroline chuckled and brushed back her white bangs that had fallen over her eyes.
– Then he said that he was cursed, and his legs should have been taken away. And he said, I should give my legs, and he would visit me. I refused, and then he tried to take my legs away.
Necroline looked bitterly at the rising orange flames.
In general, with the help of magic, you can engraft any part of the body, even six arms and six legs. True, no one was in a hurry to get hold of two heads, neglecting extra brains.
– I was left with terrible scars on my legs.
Necroline slightly unwound the bandage and showed part of the lower leg. The skin was mutilated, burns mixed with bloody streaks from claws and swords.
The girl looked at it all with irony and smiled strangely. Rewinding the bandage, Necroline clicked her tongue thoughtfully.
“All the wounds were inflicted by a magic blade, and therefore such scars remained,” the kunoichi girl snorted. So now I have made a vow. I will leave the Haya ninja clan if I really find someone who loves me and is willing to risk everything for me. But this doesn’t happen in real life. These are fairy tales.
Necroline smiled openly. She was beautiful, and now it seemed a crime that the girl rarely smiled. Most likely, only on special occasions and for special people.
The wood in the fire crackled softly. The birds didn’t sing. Old cemetery. It created a terrible atmosphere – a cursed place. Once upon a time, there was a war between vampires and humans. People imagined themselves above all and challenged the vampires. There are no winners in this war – only corpses.
The bushes stirred. The company of ninjas twitched. Necroline and Dale were already preparing to launch attacks, and Zander suddenly stood up and calmly walked somewhere to the side.
– Hey, what are you thinking? Caroline asked fearfully, standing behind her friend.
– What about girls? The elf purred softly.
Dale waved his hand and explained:
– Zander dreams of appearing heroically, saving some beauty. But, alas, every time he has a bummer. I think this time…
The shaman did not have time to finish, because the pointy-eared elf flew out of the bushes at the speed of a rocket.
– There was a mistake. There are vampires,” Zander explained.
There really are vampires out there. Slender with pale skin and black robes. The unnatural eyes glowed with a bright scarlet, almost uncontrollable, bloodlust. Without thinking, Necroline tossed the head of garlic. The nearest vampire grabbed him and swallowed him in one fell swoop, not bothering to chew his food, causing the ninja girl to make a displeased face.
– So you choke, – Necroline said, somewhat offended, realizing that the mutations are affecting, and the old weapon does not work so effectively, which means there was only one left.
***
They fled from the vampires briskly, overtaking each other. The fact is that over the several thousand years of their existence, vampires have adapted and are truly afraid of only two things: holy water and sunlight.
Our heroes “flew” and “jumped” to the village in such a short time that any Olympian-athlete would envy.
When only three hundred meters remained, the whole four stopped together, hiding behind the trees to take a breath. They are still ninjas, and they need to look decent, and not like out of breath siskins.
It has already dawned, and the air is unusually fresh, invigorating and raising morale.
– And we would have reached the village only tomorrow evening, – Caroline shook her head sadly.
– A peculiar plus, – Zander forcedly smiled.
The village of Khaya turned out to be small, with a dozen houses, but quite strong in appearance. All houses are made of stone from two to three floors. Joyful and smiling children ran through the streets, dogs walked, adults went about their business, old people gossiped on the benches.
The little girl rushed towards the kunoichi girl and hung on her waist demandingly.
– You’ve come! The girl exclaimed.
Necroline looked at the child somewhat puzzled, as if bewildered. She obviously did not know the girl, and was not used to such treatment from children.
– Will you save me?
At first glance, the girl was about six years old, in her hands she held a small wicker basket with flowers. She handed a chamomile of these flowers to the “dark one”. Necroline’s violet eyes showed such incomprehension that Caroline involuntarily giggled.
– My deceased mother predicted that you would save me tomorrow.
“I’m a mercenary and I don’t do anything for free,” the kunoichi replied coldly. It might even give the impression that the girl has no human feelings, only “money”.
“If you don’t save me tomorrow on the roof of the fourth house, then I will die with my head held high, and I won’t regret my life,” the girl’s voice was serious. “So just remember me. I am Lesya.
Leia turned around and ran away. She didn’t look upset at all. Rather resolute and confident, but what??
Dale, who took a step forward and caught up with Necroline the fastest, noticed a strange understanding in the eyes of the ninja.
– Necroline, well, how long can you wait? BUT? The voice that called out to the ninja sounded loud and demanding.
On the threshold of one of the houses stood an almost exact copy of Necroline,
