47 Sosetsu's decision...

After rescuing Koyuki the group went toward tr direction where the sound of an explosion was heard…

As they approached the roof of the castle.

They saw the castle guards were fighting with the woman that Kirito and Kakashi meet the other day and she is easily defeating them using her Ice style and the attacks from her enemies didn't work on her because of her armor which is protecting her from all of the attacks.

On the other side, Kakashi is busy fighting with a young man who is a few years older than Kakashi and has purple long hair with some kind of armor as to a pink haired woman.

"Ice style: Snowstorm…  "Nadare said after making a few hand signs.

"Fire style: Fireball jutsu… " Kakashi is already using his sharingan to fight against Nadare and countered him with fire style attack.

But nothing among all them is important because upon approaching the top Koyuki shouted with a loud tone while looking at the middle "Father!!!  "

At the middle of the castle, the roof is broken and from there you can clearly see Doto approaching Sosetsu who has lost an arm fighting against Doto and laying on the ground helplessly.

Hearing Koyoki's sad cry in his arm Kirito looked at the direction to find Doto standing on Sosetsu's her with a cold smile and from looks of everything it seemed he might squash Sosetsu's head.

"Father no~," Koyuki said while crying inside Kirito's arms and trying to strangle free from his arms.

Seeing the sight in front of him Kirito remembered his mother's death which made it really painful for him and he didn't want Koyuki to feel the same pain.

While holding Koyuki with one hand and making hand signs with another Kirito said "Wood style: Wood clone jutsu. "

Two wood clone came out from his back and without giving Koyuki any chance to struggle Kirito hit her with the back of his palm and made her unconscious and handed her to one of his clones.

Inside the broken room...

Doto looking at Sosetsu under his foot said with a cold tone "Tell me where is the hex crystal… "

"Doto you traitor…  " Sosetsu said breathing heavily.

While they were talking Kirito suddenly kicked Doto out of nowhere and sent him going a few steps back but he wasn't able to cause any damage to him because of his armor.

"Konoha kid so annoying… " Doto said looking at Kirito angrily and started to make some hand signs.

Taking the chance Kirito took Sosetsu and used another blink to escape while his clone started fighting Doto.

When he arrived back on the roof Sadaharu pointed toward Kakashi a far away and said "kid leave the old man to Sosetsu and go help Kakashi.  "

Upon hearing he turned toward where Kakashi is and saw Kakashi is on the losing side and gave a nod after putting Sosetsu on the back of Sadaharu.

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While protecting the castle against the traitors of the castle Kakashi had already become tired when suddenly Doto and other two shinobi came to attack.

As he was going to help Sosetsu suddenly Nadare stopped him by standing in front of him.

At first, when Kakashi tried to attack Nadare with ninja tools he noticed the tools got reflected by some kind of unknown chakra and tried to use some low-level jutsu just to failed and received some damage from Nadare which made him taking his opponent seriously and he was forced to use his Sharingan to fight.

Because he is not an Uchiha he isn't able to keep using Sharingan as much as he wants. Though he doesn't get hurt from the uses of Sharingan but in mentally and Chakra aspect he gets a lot stretches.

"Wind Style: Air bullet jutsu.  " Nadare attacked Kakashi suddenly while Kakashi is down.

"I need to practice Sharingan a little more. " Kakashi said with a sigh and made a couple of hand signs and said "Fire style: Fireball jutsu. "

After the collection of the jutsu, Kakashi overpowered Nadare easily but thanks to the area and the armor Nadara was able to get out unharmed from the attack.

"Ice style: Dragon versus Tiger. " Nadare attacked retreating.

On the other hand, Kakashi is on his knees because of too much stress. Just the moment Kakashi tried to take a breather Nadare attached at that moment.

"Man I don't have a choice do I. " Kakashi signed and made some hand seals but before he could finish Kirito arrived in front of Kakashi.

"Fire style: Fire Dragon jutsu. " Kirito countered and immediately after using that jutsu he and Kakashi jumped back at Sadaharu's side where Koyuki and Sosetsu are currently.

"Senpai what should we do. " Kirito asked looking at Kakashi who is in his senior ranking position.

'What do you ask me for can't you see I am in no position to continue fighting….*sigh*' Kakashi thought and looked at Sosetsu who is in a very sorry state and asked "What do you want to do Lord Sosetsu??? "

"I can't leave my people behind just take Koyuki away from here. " Sosetsu said with a sigh and coughed a little bit of blood.

"You know we can help you escape with us if you want to???  " Kirito said with a determined tone.

"No, I can't leave my people behind like this. " Sosetsu said with a sigh as he knew his country is doomed to fall and if he escaped with his life he would be called a coward by his people and be hated by all.

"If only the monks didn't betray us earlier, we might have had the chance of winning. " Kakashi said with a sigh and turned toward Kirito and said "Also I don't know how long I can hold on, so it should be wise for us to return back in the village. "

"No don't leave father behind… " Suddenly Koyuki cried out in Kirito's arms while looking at her father's sorry condition.

"No Koyuki leave with them and take revenge for me, I don't have enough time left. " Sosetsu said while putting his right hand on his daughter's head who is still in Kirito's wood clone's arms with the last bit of straight he got and tried to force a smile but due to extreme pain he failed to do so.

"No father do not leave me alone… " Koyuki grabbed her father's hand while tears started falling like a stream.

At this point, Nadare who was a little far away finally noticed the group at the corner of the castle and called out "Fubuki stop playing with this group and stop them. "

Fubuki who is using her armor to fly noticed the direction Nadare is pointing at and gave a small nod and looked to find the father and daughter is together and this is the perfect chance for her to catch the both of them together.

"Ice Release: Swallow Snowstorm... " from the sky Fubuki said after making a couple of hand signs.