"And no one is ever going to let you forget it. Rightfully so."

Laugh. "Fine, fine. I'll let you handle the finicky parts. I'll manage any explosions."

She begins forming Six Paths chakra, beginning the technique.

It goes smoothly, opening a dark portal sized just perfectly for them.

"After you."

He smiles and heads through.

Elieyha follows on his heels.

They're in... A forest! They sense a city nearby - one full of nervous people.

The world is full to the brim with something a lot like nature chakra, too, ebbing and flowing around them.

Also, there's some familiar signatures on the city's edge. A Naruto alt, and then a lightning and crow pair a bit away from the Naruto, likely in the same room.

The crow alt feels very, very badly injured.

"Seems we've inherited whatever trait keeps landing travelers on interesting people."

"Yeah."

"Let's go check on them."

Off they hop.

Wyld isn't very conscious, right now.

She'd exhausted herself ending the siege, taking the city - leading her forces oh so carefully, this is a big prize and it's tempting to loot -

Her Essence pools had been nearly empty when Cecelyne decided to punish Luc'.

Wyld -

Had reached, reflexively, like she always does now when the wind kicks up and the sand starts swirling. Reached for her bond to Luc', to see if she could pull some of Luc's torment to herself...

It worked. It's never worked before.

Wyld had forgotten how low her Essence stores were.

She'd had just enough to shift into her war form - not enough to close any wounds - instead forced to rely on her half-beast shape's natural toughness.

She regrets that probably made her harder to remove from the field, in the small corner of her mind having thoughts.

Now... She's mostly trying not to make too many pained noises, while wishing she could just fall unconscious. Sleep through the slow trickle of her reforming Essence pool.

Luc' is not happy about this state of affairs.

She is also not happy about the two people who have suddenly appeared at high speed.

"Who the fuck are you?" she asks, brandishing her whip.

"Here to help?" Elieyha offers.

"Potential allies and friends," he says. "Promise. We have healing powers."

"...And also a long story but she looks like she really needs healing."

"...Prove it." She slashes her own hand and holds the bloody palm out.

He steps forward, slowly, and touches her hand -

Warmth fills her, and knowledge settles within her reach - she understands her hand, and the wound, and what he's doing, and also that he's concerned and non-hostile. There's a soft golden glow around his own hands, barely visible.

The wound closes.

"Hrm. Fine."

She steps aside.

He nods, stepping forward to place his hands on Wyld, focusing on healing her.

The glow is a bit more noticeable, now (though he's not forming a caste mark or anything).

She groans, waking up and ignoring the weird flashes of insight.

"Luc'?"

"I'm here."

She sits up and pulls Luc' in for better cuddles. Also a better angle for defending her from.

...She wasn't expecting to be healed, and starting healing herself probably would've taken another little bit and some focus. She also seems fully healed - this much would've taken her at least an hour of exhausting every bit of Essence she regained.

She glances at the strangers, wary. "Who're you?"

"My name is Elieyha. This is Naruto. We're from another world."

" - Like from Heaven? Or like from outside Creation."

That startles a laugh out of her.

"No, not Heaven. Outside Creation, I suppose you would say."