Prowd meets Liselle. (fin)

To his surprise, she was able to dodge it quickly enough by shrinking down before appearing on his other side and counterattack with a pick on his cheek. The slime girl is pretty quick and reactive. "Tag~♪!"

"damm, you're almost like my brother, almost like a ninja" Prowd smiled when he felt her pick on his cheek and winked after finish his words before continue walking

"Actually I am studying to be one. I ha-..." She suddenly stiffs up as a pseudo pod that was behind her senses something. "Speaking of ninjas, I think we are being stalked."

"ooh, well so, what now?" he said while preparing his sword placing a hand in it sheath in case of danger while paying attention to the surroundings and keep silence

"...I think they know that you have figured out, they are there somewhere. They are backing off briefly before still having us at sight range." She kept her pseudopod tiny so not to give them the impression that she is tracking them. "Just keep moving, but be alert."

"Okay" he continue walking toward the slime sovereing but keeping his guard up and stay alert , he look around rotating his head a little before 'pretend to be distracted' "wow, what a beautiful landscape" he said while making signals at liselle meaning 'follow what i'm i doing'

Liselle leans down to whisper to Ferro, "You are making it a bit too obvious that you are acting." She notices that their followers are still keeping their distance but still definitely tracking them down. She wonder why they aren't coming down at them though she admit it is a good move on their part as an attack too early may spell disaster for them.

"sorry, i aren't a perfect actor" prowd whisper back to liselle while continue walking he just grineed nervously at her he really don't know how to make a good perfomance he just continue walking through the path

Liselle whispers again "OK what you are doing is right. I will leave behind a fake me while go in stealth behind you. That will split their team." Then she speaks in a normal tone. "Give me a moment, I think someone is following us."

It was then that Liselle fissured briefly though the red copy she left behind is just a hollow puppet that she is controlling until someone pops it while she is still beside Prowd. The stalkers starts to split up between 'Liselle' and Prowd though more is converging on the former.

"okay i'll give you a moment" prowd said following what she is doing while pretending he don't noticed them while continue walking normaly he just look at the ladnscape around him but still staying alert

It was then that the stalkers had started launching smoke bombs at Prowd while the other group started launching what could be describe as solid shaping adhesives that seems to enwrap around her bait. Shurikens seems to rain down towards Prowd's direction but wasn't aiming directly at him but behind him that the end sticking up creates spikes to deter mine from aiding Liselle's clone. None of the stalkers were even showing themselves while this happened.

Liselle herself did not break her stealth but still observed the situation, she was impressed how this group seem to have a strong strategic plan to deal with each of them individually and waited that they are separated. This also worries her though that they are also very skilled.

"we should do something?" he whispered while looking at the smoke from the smoke bomb thinking something to do now and still stay alert more than before , he place his hand slowly in the sheath of his sword then down on the pocket of his pants pretending searching something but having the middle of his hand in the sheath

Liselle whispers to Prowd. "Just run, they are targeting my clone. Use their smoke to get away, I'll be behind you." She then flattens herself down to almost a puddle so that her transparent form doesn't leave outlines in the smoke.

"okay so let's move fast" he said as he start to run without look behind he just continue running until he was more than far away from the stalkers "well i think here is safe" he said looking around but still in full alert to run away again if needed

Liselle was still virtually invisible but murmur softly to him. "Not quite, we need to clear out of this forest before they realize that they got duped. I'm going to dust up all of your footprints so I will still be behind you. Try not to break any bushes or branches." Then a brief motion of Liselle falls back a bit to start covering their tracks.

"yeah" prowd nodded and start to run again waiting to find a safe place and left the stalkers behind he just continue running as fast as is posible for him he concentrate only on the path and the surrounding trying to find a clue of civilization

It was only after 2 minutes before they reached a meadow area before Liselle pops up her actual red color about 20 feet from him before catching up. "OK this should be safe. They also have no idea what direction you went either."

"well,phew that was close" he said while sighing in relief before looking around then look at liselle smiling,"now we can walk normaly yes?" he asked while making a few steps before stopping waiting for her answer

"Yes for now but I can keep watch if we see any other problems coming for us." She frowned for a bit. "They had virtually everything set to ambush us. Snared my clones into liquid repellent wrap to capture me while trying to separate you."

"okay so we must stay cautious and alert, i can't think what will happen if i say to glen 'some stalker captured liselle while we were walking toward her home' , his daggers in my skin surely" he said nervously while swallow his saliva

"I would be able to actually escape them as it was made to capture common slime girls, except it wouldn't work so well against me. The bigger danger is your health. You wouldn't be able to escape a group of 6 ninjas."

"i understand,well let's move again the soon start to hide" he said and continue walking with liselle and looking his surroundings admiring the landscape in the afternoon

Soon they reached the area with a road path that seems wide enough for mass transportation. "Hmm do you want to follow along the road? It isn't the most direct path but it will lead us to a town. However I will need to disguise myself so I do not scare others."

"let's try an alternative Path,do you know other Path " he said while looking around searching for other Path to follow "hmm"..

Liselle shakes her head. "I mostly go in a straight line towards where I want to be unless there is something hazardous blocking me like a whole city hating midara or a volcano. So I'll let you choose whether to go straight or follow the main road. Both have their ups and downs."