And he was right. The movement performed by Akira was an iconic movement technique from the NARUTO series, it is a technique for which Uchiha Shisui was recognized, the Shunshin no Jutsu, Akira theorized that it could be done if he pumped enough blood into his legs to give them the explosive power needed to move just like Naruto's ninjas did.

The problem is that it was only a theory so far and although his bet was correct and he managed to do it, his legs suffered the consequences of performing this technique prematurely and without having correctly measured the power that his legs could support, for which, he was taking a lot of damage every time he took it, the only reason he could keep running is that his regeneration was working overtime to heal the damage he was taking and allow him to keep moving.

After about 3 more blinks, Akira stopped in an alley and collapsed on the ground, he was pale, as if he had returned to his initial state of anemic and his legs were bloody, with torn muscles, and even his bones were broken, also due to the great loss of blood his regeneration could not keep up, healing him slowly due to how weak he was.

Himiko seeing his condition was alarmed and called him desperately.

"Akira ... Akira ... Are you okay? Why did you do that? You're very hurt because of me, sorry for being useless, sniff, sorry for not being of more help, sniff, sorry, sniff" Himiko spoke between crying.

"Himiko, you have not done anything wrong, this was the only way if we wanted to escape from there, in any case, it was my fault for not being strong enough, so don't worry, you are not useless, you helped me a lot, you should feel it for our connection, you are special to me, you are in no way a burden, so don't cry, smile happily, after all, we finally escaped haha ... *cough*.

Urgh, putting that aside, we don't have much time help me up, we must get into that sewer, and then we'll move around. So we will lose them."

"Sniff NO! Look how your legs are, you can't even stand up in this state, get on my back, you've protected me all this time, it's time for me to protect you" without giving him time to speak, Himiko raised Akira on him back and entered the sewer where she continued running non-stop for 2 hours and due to her improved strength and resistance, plus a strong will, Himiko managed to travel a great distance and because they were in the sewers they managed to sneak away and dodging all the search parties that followed them through the city, finally Akira who had been on his back using his heightened senses to guide Himiko through different paths in order to get rid of his pursuers told him.

"Himiko let's stop here, we've already lost them, and he's already getting dark, we need to find a place to take refuge since it wouldn't be good to sleep in the sewers."

They went out into an abandoned alley and both began to look around in search of a shelter that would meet their needs, until Akira managed to see on the roof of the building opposite what seemed the perfect place to rest and recover, without having to be discovered.

It was a three-story building with a terrace that had a small room that must have served as storage.

"Himiko I think I found the perfect refuge for us, you see the terrace of the building in front, there is a room where we can stay, also due to the height it is unlikely that they think that we are hiding there, to get there I need you to climb there Do you think you can do it with me as extra weight?"

Himiko did not answer him immediately, but instead, he began to see the place indicated by Akira, analyzing all the possible routes until he thought of the best way to go up to the terrace.

"Hmmm, don't worry Aki, I'm strong enough to go up there" and with agile and quick movements she began to climb the wall leaning on the edges of the window to jump and propel himself by means of her claws, which she nailed the wall as support to continue climbing and despite carrying Akira, plus his two backpacks, she managed to do it without stopping.

*Hufff* *Huffff*

Upon reaching the terrace, Himiko lay down on the floor while puffing and panting due to the physical overexertion that she had put in all day, and carrying Akira on her back further increased stress and fatigue.

"I'm sorry Himiko if I was stronger wouldn't have ended up so hurt and you wouldn't have had to carry me all the way" Akira spoke guiltily.

"What are you talking about, I'm glad to be useful to you, besides I'm just a little tired, compared to you who got hurt for helping me this is nothing, and finally don't forget Aki, I'm willing to die for you if necessary, after all, you are my only family, having to carry you is not a bother to me "Himiko spoke seriously despite being a girl, her words were so heavy that Akira felt moved, at the same time that he felt even more guilty and sad.

"Thank you, Himiko but listen to me clearly, you cannot say that you will die for me if necessary, just as I am important to you, you are also invaluable to me, your life is the most valuable, I do not allow you to lose it, you are prohibited die, understood"

"Hehehehe, hmmm if I understand, you are also the most important thing to me hehehe...sniff" Himiko replied with tears in the corners of her eyes.

Seeing that Himiko understood what he said, he decided to go towards the door of the room, looking at it closely he could see that it had a padlock that prevented opening it, but with a slight vertical gesture with his extended nails, he managed to cut the padlock.

When he opened the door looked inside the room, it was small, about 2 meters deep, by 2 meters wide, and apart from some tools and cleaning products such as brooms, mops, and some soaps there was nothing else in the room, leaving Enough space for Akira and Himiko to be comfortable.

They took their clothes out of their backpacks and spread them on the floor to form a makeshift bed where they could sleep for today.

As they sat down on the bed, Akira and Himiko began to examine the condition of Akira's injuries.

"How are you Akira? Are you still very bad?" Himiko asked with concern seeing that Akira's appearance was weak and still pale, besides that he could see that he was healing very slowly.

"Hahaha ... cough ... You don't have to worry so much, it's just that I lost a lot of blood between the fight and then the injuries that caused the movement technique, plus that same technique to make it work I have to spend blood when activating it, that's why I look so weak, I'm just a little low in blood, but with a little rest I'll be able to recover"

"Hmmm, I see, so you just need to drink some blood to get back the one you lost so you can recover faster right?" Himiko immediately showed her neck and pulled him close to Akira for him to bite him.

"Wa-wait Himiko, you must be tired after everything you've done today, you also have some injuries that you must recover, so if you give me your blood you will be even more exhausted and you will recover slower."

"That does not matter to me, besides my injuries are minor blows and cuts that have mostly healed, as for fatigue is the least important, what matters is that you are very injured and need blood to be able to recover some energy and start healing as soon as possible."

* Sigh *

Sighing at the special care and affection that Himiko had for him, Akira could only show a grateful smile and without hesitation, he bit her neck sucking on her blood.

His complexion began to improve, recovering some color, replacing the previous paleness and the wounds on his legs began to heal at a faster rate. After another 15 seconds, he pulled away from her neck and stopped drinking her blood.

"Thanks, with this I should be able to recover within two days and a day later I should be back to full power, although we did not bring food, due to our higher bodies we can go more days without eating than the average human, so I recommend staying here recovering and only leaving when we are fully healed.

Once we recover, we will move again in search of information and a better place to stay and that is even further away from the institute, to avoid being found by accident."

"For now let's rest, tomorrow we will continue planning what to do with more details" with that said Akira could feel how exhaustion hit him, at the same time he felt how Himiko curled up next to him, already asleep due to how tired she was, hugging her more close to him, he felt his consciousness vanish and he entered the world of dreams, thus the two fell asleep together, embraced sharing their warmth with each other, each with a happy smile on his face.