"Your body has reached its limit. You're the most difficult - to - deal - with ninja I've ever seen!"
Mei Terumī herself was in the same situation. She was only holding on by sheer willpower. Otherwise, she would have passed out from exhaustion. She was a Kirigakure ninja and would never lose to someone from Konoha.
"A man should be persistent!"
Seisuke mobilized his meager remaining chakra and said, "Mei Terumī, you're very powerful. Even though you're still young, it would be enough for you to hold off one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. To be honest, if you put this kind of effort into chasing a man, you definitely won't be single in the future!"
Mei Terumī gritted her teeth. "How do you know I'll be single in the future?!"
She was so beautiful. How could she be single in the future!
This damned man in front of her kept making this joke. Really, there should be a limit to joking!
"Intuition! Believe in a man's intuition! Young lady! Hahaha!"
"Asshole!"
Even with the good upbringing of her family, Mei Terumī couldn't help but curse. This man was as good as dead!
Seisuke rushed towards Mei Terumī. The kunai spun on his fingertip, and he held it backwards, stabbing straight down.
Clang!
Mei Terumī blocked it, then forcefully lifted it upwards. Seisuke's defenses were wide open. She quickly seized the opportunity and kicked Seisuke away.
Seisuke took a few steps back, stepped on the edge of the cliff, and his body leaned backwards, about to fall. A snake shot out from his sleeve and grabbed Mei Terumī, who was the closest.
His body was suddenly jerked, and Mei Terumī was pulled forward. She didn't have much strength left either, and she pounced onto Seisuke. The two of them fell off the cliff together.
Splash! They fell into the sea.
Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle...
......
Crackle!
The sound of flames burning wood filled his ears. Seisuke woke up groggily. His whole body was cold, and he quickly shivered.
Seeing the firelight, he immediately moved closer to it, sniffed, and looked around. He found himself on a sandy beach, under a coconut tree. The sky was dim, and a snake was roasting over the fire.
This snake... Why did it look so familiar?!
"You're awake?"
A familiar voice came. He turned his head and saw Mei Terumī walking out of the forest with a pale face, holding dry firewood in her arms.
Seeing him, Seisuke quickly tried to stand up, but his whole body was limp and weak, and it was difficult to mobilize his chakra.
Mei Terumī said, "You've consumed even more chakra than I have. Don't struggle. You don't have much strength left now."
She put the dry firewood aside, sat down by the campfire, and said, "We're on an island near the Land of Waves. We can't leave until our chakra recovers."
She didn't expect to be dragged off the cliff by this guy. If it weren't for good luck, she would have died.
"By the way, why were we washed up on this island? Shouldn't we have been washed up near the Land of Waves?"
"The Land of Waves is in the rainy season. There was a storm on the day we fell. Floating on the sea, we were washed here. If it weren't for me, you'd be dead."
She actually didn't want to save him at first. At that time, this snake had tied them together, and she didn't have the strength to break free, so she could only drift with the current. If she weren't from the Land of Water and proficient in swimming, both of them would have died in the sea.
Because of being tied up by this snake and dragged off the cliff, and getting this burden of Seisuke, after waking up, she immediately made a fire and roasted the snake to vent her anger.
"Thank you, Lord Mei, for saving my life!"
"Hmph! Now you know to call me Lord Mei?"
Mei Terumī snorted, looking a bit proud. Now that they were stranded on a deserted island and with insufficient chakra, dealing with Seisuke could be put aside for now. The top priority was to find a way to return to the Land of Waves.
They both had battles to fight.
Seisuke moved closer to the fire. He was cold, and smelling the aroma of the roasted snake meat, he asked, "Where did you get this snake?"
Mei Terumī glanced at him and said, "It was yours."
"..." Seisuke
Forget it, he wouldn't argue about this.
The smell was getting more and more enticing. He reached out to take a bite, but his hand was slapped back, and he was warned, "Find your own food. You freeloader!"
"This is my snake!"
"I saved you."
"Let's eat coconuts then."
He felt his ninja tool bag and was overjoyed to find that there were still some shurikens in it. He used the shurikens to shoot down the coconuts from the coconut tree.
Several coconuts fell. He threw one to Mei Terumī, took out the kunai from his shin guard, opened the shell, made a hole, and poured all the coconut juice into his mouth. After drinking the coconut juice, he opened the coconut and ate the coconut flesh.
One wasn't enough to fill him up, so he ate two more.
"Burp~"
He threw the coconut shell aside. His body regained some strength. He gathered his chakra, and the flames dried his wet clothes. A layer of white sea salt formed on the clothes.
"This is so uncomfortable. Do me a favor and use Water Release to wash it off."
Mei Terumī glanced at him and sighed. This man was so annoying.
She pointed to the forest and said, "There's a freshwater stream in there. You can go downstream and wash your clothes yourself."
"Thanks."
With that, he walked into the forest. Not long after, Seisuke came back, feeling refreshed. Although his clothes were still a bit dirty, they were very dry.
He saw Mei Terumī lying by the campfire, completely unguarded. There were beads of sweat on her forehead, probably from the heat of the fire.
This girl was quite brave. With an enemy ninja like him around, she still dared to let her guard down and rest here.
"It's only me. If it were someone else, you'd be dead."
He had no grudges against Mei Terumī, and he didn't want to kill this girl. The fact that she had saved his life was enough.
He yawned and lay down by the campfire.
The night passed without incident. When it was just getting dawn, Seisuke woke up. The campfire beside him had already gone out. He opened his eyes, sat up, and saw Mei Terumī curled up beside him, her face pale, gasping for breath, and her body trembling constantly.
"It's not that cold here."
The temperature here was around ten - odd degrees. It wasn't that cold. What was wrong with this girl?
He reached out and put his hand on Mei Terumī's forehead, and found that she had a fever.
"Your constitution is a bit weak. You're a ninja after all."
He didn't have any medicine on him either.
"Consider this as repaying you for saving me."
He felt the chakra that had recovered after last night's rest, and immediately created a shadow clone, saying, "I'll go look for herbs in the forest. You take care of her. After all, she's our savior. Although a large part of the reason we're stranded on this island is because of her, she did save my life."
The shadow clone nodded and said with a smile, "Leave it to me. You can trust me, right?"
"Of course I can trust you. After all, you're me!"
He high - fived the shadow clone, then stepped into the forest with his kunai.
The shadow clone looked at the feverish Mei Terumī and said, "Why did you save me? There aren't many good people like me left. You're really lucky."