Flying away.

Once Yoshimaru had exited the young Tomoko's house, he had written down her address and put the piece of paper back into his pocket for later. The sky was dark and the street lights were just now turning on. The clouds were visible and seemed as if it were to rain soon, as usual. Walking slowly away from the house, it felt as if someone had just then punched him in the chest with some sort of spiked weapon. It hurt him to leave just when he had kissed her. 'What was I thinking... I probably hurt her more from leaving like that.' He thought to himself as he looked at the window, as the room was dark. She must have already gone to bed. A smile played across the young man's face, happy that she was safe. But now him... Was he truely safe? He would have to find out.

Yoshimaru closed his eyes and relaxed himself, 'Koudogan..' Opening them back up, his eyes had a green colour, with two black spike shaped figures around the pupil. His skin on his hands and legs turned brown like the dirt on the ground, and the skin around his eyes turned a green colour as to the leaves. Yoshimaru took his son's hand and lead them both into a small, enclosed forest just behind Yoshiko's house. As they both walked further and further into it, Yoshimaru looked around to make sure no one had seen them. Kneeling down onto the ground, Yoshimaru made a series of handsigns and then dug his fingers onto the ground, chakra running through the dirt coloured hands of his and into the ground that his fingers were dug into. The chakra ran throughout the ground, causing some of it to raise and form into a large circle. The circle was as beginning to crack and crumble, Yoshimaru concentrating his hardest on forming this into a large bird. A few minutes flew by as the creation was perfect. A large bird was formed from rock, dirt, and wood. It was as hard as a rock, and 12 feet long. Large enough to carry Yoshimaru and his son. Having a limited amount of chakra in him, Yoshimaru hopped onto the large bird, as he helped his son get on as well.

Sitting his son in front of him, so he wouldnt fall off, Yoshimaru breathed in deeply, making a handsign and closing his eyes. Chakra then was released around the young boy, and then the large bird. Yoshimaru's Koudogan faded away, saving some chakra for later. 'Camouflage Concealment Technique' Opening his eyes back up, the chakra surrounded all of them and began to grant them just near invisibility, having none of them be able to be spotted for a long while. Yoshimaru put his arms around his son, and then leaned down, digging his fingers into the bird's shoulder blades, and breathed deeply, concentrating as he connected with the large bird. "Alright, lets go." He grinned as the bird flew up into the air, out of the tree's way, and began to move to the direction that Yoshimaru flew it to. Now, he had left behind Yoshiko, but he was sure that he would meet her again. It was only a matter of time.

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Yoshimaru had directed his large bird to go to the direction oppositely from the large gate, going out from the backside of the village. They had gone unseen, which was great. Just a few people had taken some glances because of a large blur in the sky that had caught their attention, but it didnt seem to really effect them anyway. Yoshimaru moved his hands backwards, as he made the bird rise higher in the air, getting into the clouds. Yoshidoku had gotten out a map and showed it to his father, which he nodded his head and turned a bit, as it took but a few minutes to cross Amegakure's borderline up high in the sky, without a trace of him ever leaving or entering the village.

It wasnt until a few hours passed by, they were just now even leaving Kusagakure and entering Takigakure. It seemed to be nothing but water, which was odd. It was a deserted land with just a large waterfall. 'Well, no point in really coming to this place.' Yoshimaru thought and lifted up into the clouds once more, as they kept going. Their reflection in the water could be seen just ever so slightly, as Yoshimaru smiled and watched it. It seemed like only a few days ago, him and Yoshiko had became friends, and just a few seconds ago, they had kissed. It seemed to be getting slightly brighter outside, as the sun has began to rise. Yoshimaru was running out of chakra slowly, but it didnt seem to bother him as he had quite a good chakra control. The chakra that was around them would come out, then come back into him so he was basically balancing it out so he wouldnt run out of it so quickly like most shinobi might.

The minutes flew by as they were about to leave Takigakure, which was basically nothing but water. It was a very boring flight, as Yoshidoku was sound asleep in his fathers securing arms and very relaxed. Yoshimaru remembered what the map had looked like by now and they were just on the brink of a new land, which was unnamed and very mysterious. Yoshimaru commanded the large bird to fly faster, as they did so and landed at the tip of it, looking down wards as there was nothing but tree's and a shoreside. 'I guess this is where we should camp out and eat until I get to my destination...' Yoshimaru thought as he lowered the bird down, it slowly stepped onto the shoreline and Yoshimaru lifted his fingers from the bird's dirt mold. It was true that along the long trip that he had gotten exhausted and needed a small, relaxing, break.

Lifting his son off the bird, the bird just stayed there as Yoshimaru woke him up. Taking off his backpack, he pulled out some dry meat, as Yoshimaru began to tear it to slices. Yoshidoku took the larger portion of strips as Yoshimaru took the smaller ones, beginning to eat the strips. They were pretty well tasting, as Yoshiko had gotten the flavourful ones. It was kind of her, but it had made Yoshimaru remember the moment he had made her those roses, as his heart began to ache. He should have known better than to think about it, but it was early in the morning and the sun was rising up. Yoshidoku had finished eating his meat and Yoshimaru finished slower than him, seeing as the man was lost in thought.

The time had flown by for the two, as Yoshimaru picked himself back up and Yoshidoku followed him back to the large bird. "Alright, let see how long it'll take us to get there." Yoshimaru said to his son as the boy just smiled, nodding his head and sitting infront of his dad. The man dug his fingers back into the large bird, going back into camoflauge concealment and waiting for it to cover all of them. 'Lets go.' He thought as the bird opened his large wings and took off into the direction, the water rippling underneath them.

Leaving the unknown land they had rested on, they were about half way towards their destination. Under them, the water continued to make a small ripple movement as they flew over it. Yoshimaru got closer and closer to the water, making the bird turn to its side as he leaned down and touched it with his foot. It was cold, but he knew that wasnt a big change to him. Yoshimaru had looked back up and saw a large mountain range, and what seemed to be a city inside of it. 'This... Is new from what ive seen in past pictures.' Yoshimaru thought as he lifted the bird up into the air, getting a better look at the city-based village of Kumogakure.

Yoshimaru made the bird turn to begin going to the front of the village near the mountain range. Flying over the mountains and into the village, Yoshimaru looked down and around for the entrance. 'Its so high-tech..' He thought and got closer, as he landed infront of what seemed to be a train station. There wasnt anyone around, because of how early it was in the morning.