Reincarnated Gamer Rei

Chapter twenty: The Forest of Chakra

Kakashi-sensei wakes up not too long after, just when Tsunami enters the room.

"Waking up, huh? Are you alright?" She leans over into his field of vision.

"I've been better. It'll be a week before I can move-" He tries to sit up and I rush forward holding onto him, the rabbit was taking a nap in my backpack again. "-normally."

"See? It's better if you don't move so just lie down." Tsunami says, with her hands on her hips.

I help Kakashi-sensei lie back down as he responds, "Right." Then he looks over at me. "Thanks, you and I'll talk later." I just nod, pulling the blanket back over him with a comforting smile. Footsteps getting louder draws my attention to my minimap, allies, and Naruto. I should recolor their dots too. Maybe later.

The team and Tazuna walk into the opening to the room. Naruto gasps. "Look, the sensei is coming around."

Sakura walks over and sits beside me. "Listen, sensei, your Sharingan is amazing and everything, but if it puts that much strain on you, maybe it's not worth it."

"Sorry." Kakashi-sensei apologizes.

"Huh, well," Tazuna rubs a towel along his face while he speaks, "he did take down one of the most powerful ninja assassins so we'll be safe for a while."

"Right but you know that boy with the mask? What about him?" Sakura inquires, holding her chin thoughtfully.

Boy with a mask?

"He's from the elite tracking unit of the Village Hidden In The Mist. Those masks are only worn by the most elite Shinobi." Kakashi-sensei explains.

"What exactly do they do?" With that Kakashi-sensei goes into a small lesson about ANBU. Kakashi-sensei tries sitting up, so I help ease him up and make sure he can maintain it on his own before letting go. He nods to me, before bringing his hand up to his uncovered eye.

"Hey, are you ok? Sensei?" Naruto calls after a second of Kakashi-sensei zoning out. He, Sasuke, and Sakura moved to the bottom of the bed, near the entrance of the room. Tsunami stood off to the side, with Naruto to her right, Sakura to his right, Sasuke beside her, and Tazuna beside him. I stayed beside Kakashi-sensei.

"Oh, yeah. To finish what I was saying, tracker ninja deal with the body immediately, on the spot. So there is no room for error."

"Is that really important?"

"Think about it, do you remember what that tracker did with Zabuza's body?" He put his hand down.

"I'm-," I start slowly and slightly hesitant, "-guessing he didn't do that, then?" I tilt my head.

"We don't know what he did. I mean, I guess he took it away somewhere." Sakura informs me, sounding unsure.

"Exactly. But why? He should have worked on Zabuza right there. As quickly as possible." Kakashi-sensei pushes.

"Maybe he didn't want to do it in front of you, and wanted to do it in private." I offer, hoping this wasn't going where I think it is.

"That wouldn't have stopped him."

"Yeah, that was a long shot anyway." I switch my legs around in my criss-cross position.

"Think of the weapons he used for the takedown. Do you remember what they were?" I figure that question wasn't for me.

"Throwing needles. No way." Sasuke says as it seems he's come to a realization.

"Exactly. None of it adds up."