Ryu had retired to the beach after the encounter. Troubled by how even out here where people were managing they were outside the villages protection, Sure they could ask for help at any time but as he had discovered the night before it took hours for them to even arrive. Possibly even days if the message ever even got out. No matter how many times he told himself it wasn't his problem though Ryu couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with increasing amounts of guilt. Still he would lay there in a beach chair he had found and sunbathe as he listened to the waves lapping against the shore. He would lay there for hours even dozing off for a while. When he opened his eyes the sun had begun to set and he felt rested if not a little burned. For a moment his eye settled on the waves just drinking in the ocean. After a minute though his gaze fell upon a set of masts approaching from the distance. His eye narrowed for a moment before the sound of a bell tolling from the village could be heard. He looked back to it to see the villagers approaching the beach at a run. Together they formed lines along the beach and reached down picking up ropes? Together they pulled as the ropes ripped out of the sand and the water before yanking up large spikes in the water. So the ship couldn't approach if it was barricaded? smart.
However he would find his impression short lived. The ship had turned but it had also hauled up sail some thirty meters out. He could see men rushing around the deck and hear shouting, He knew they didn't intend to leave over some spikes in the water. Suddenly the port side cannons on the ships lifted and were shoved out. In a second Ryu was out of his seat and crossing the beach without a second thought. He heard it then. The first cannon round was fired. Too quick for a jutsu. Still he found himself in its path. Chakra surged over him and covered him in a dim blue glow as Ryu placed both hands out in front of himself. The cannon ball raced across the water leaving a trail in the water and then the sand from its low projectile and high speeds. With a crash like thunder it slammed into Ryu's hands and back into his chest as he held it there and braced himself with a roar as hard as could. Passion driving him as his feet slid back making twin trails in the sand until finally it stopped. The sizzling ball falling from his hands as the defensive jutsu had worked. With a growl Ryu would lift his head as raiton crackled around him and glassed parts of the beach. Buzzing like a thousand bees before suddenly it surged forward. Taking on the form of a dragon head and roaring against the setting sun in its power. The dragon surging across the bow and ripping a section apart. The pirates hauled up sail then and the ship fled. Ryu spat in the sand before turning to walk away. Only one person addressed him as he left, The old man stating he saw before him a hero after all. Ryu supposed he had his answer
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