Tears of the Forgotten (Various!Naruto X OP!Reader)

Chapter 9: The Forest of Chakra

        Seagulls mewed outside Tazuna's house, where you were resting at. Kakashi laid in a futon, staring up at the ceiling. Your hands, encased in a green glow, hovered over him.

        "It seems I've overused my Sharingan..." Kakashi mused aloud. You snorted under your breath. Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter, walked over to the two of you and leaned over him.

        "Daijoubu desu ka, sensei?" she asked.

        "Not really. It will be hard just to move for about a week even with (A/n) here healing me." He attempted to sit up, but you just shoved him down again.

        "It would be better if you didn't move at all!" you hissed. He sweatdropped.

        "R-Right."

        Footsteps approached the room, and Team 7 and Tazuna appeared in the doorway.

        "Hey! Sensei's awake, 'ttebayo."

        Sakura sighed as she knelt down beside you. "Come on! Your Sharingan is fantastic, but if it puts that much of a strain on your body, it may not be worth it!"

        "S-Sumanai."

        "Demo ma~," Tazuna called as he fanned himself. "He did take down a real powerful Ninja like that! We probably don't need to worry for a while."

        "Anyway, that kid with the mask... What was he?" Sakura asked.

        "He was an Anbu Black Ops from Kirigakure. It's a mask that the elite Ninja Tracking Unit wears."

        "The elite Ninja Tracking Unit?"

        "They're commonly called the 'fire extinguishing corps' and their duty is to erase all traces that a NInja ever lived. The body of a Ninja reveals a variety of things, Ninjutsu secrets and Chakra characteristics which permeate the Ninja of their village, the composition of secret medicines used on a Ninja's body. For instance, if I were to die, every secret about my Sharingan would be investigated thoroughly, and in a worse case, there's a danger that my entire Jutsu could be stolen. In other words, Tracker Ninjas are specialists that prevent the village secrets from leaking out by killing Rogue Ninja who've run away from their village and completely eliminating their bodies."

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~3rd P.O.V.~

        A certain tracker sat beside a certain rogue in a clearing. He rolled out a kit and selected a pair of scissors.

        "First, I'll cut the mouth cloth and have him spit up blood..." he muttered to himself. He raised the scissors to the cloth but was stopped by Zabuza's firm grip. 

        "It's alright," Zabuza replied as he reached up to lower the cloth himself. "I'll do it... myself."

        "Nanda? You've already come back to life."

        Zabuza grunted as he slowly sat up. He reached to pull out the lone senbon in his neck. "Darn, you really are rough... Haku."

        "You too, Zabuza-san. Please don't pull it out so violently or you really will die."

        Zabuza humphed before looking over at his companion. "How long do you plan on keeping that shady-looking mask on?! Take it off!"

        Haku lowered his head. "It's a relic from the past, and it's been handy for trickery." He slowly took it off, revealing a feminine face. "After all, it had been (Y/n) who gave it to me."