Naruto: A New Perspective

Chapter 9

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or this would be true

Tazuna had a small home that looked to be on the outskirts of the Wave village, Naruto's clones herded the unconscious Kakashi into the house, and they were met by Tazuna's daughter who quickly set them up in one of the spare rooms.

The genin knew few medical techniques, but knew enough to make sure Kakashi was stable, and they were thankful to find that he would recover although suffering from major chakra depletion.

"Okay, one of us will stay with him at all times. Naruto, take first watch, we'll switch every five hours." Sasuke ordered.

"You know you're not in charge." Naruto complained.

"Do you have a better idea?"

"..."

"That's what I thought." Sasuke smirked, "I'll replace you in five hours, let's go talk to Tazuna some more so we can get an idea of what we should be doing here.

The three shuffled out of the room, leaving the blond with the unconscious Kakashi. They had covered his other eye, but Naruto could still remember its strange color, and the little dot thingies he could see from far off, they looked kind of like extra pupils. For a second he thought about getting another look, but decided against it.

Kakashi kept it covered up for a reason, and the man had suffered from severe chakra depletion and Naruto had trained with Kakashi for hours, he never seemed winded. In the battle with Zabuza he pulled that eye out and suddenly fifteen minutes later he collapsed, obviously the eye had something to do with it.

Also Sasuke and Aiko were convinced that it was Sharingan, their bloodline, but at the same time they insisted that Kakashi-sensei wasn't a family member. Naruto didn't get it at all.

While Naruto was puzzling over their unconscious sensei, the other three genin were sitting at the dining room table with Tazuna who was explaining a bit more of the situation.

"So you need protection while building the bridge?" Sasuke mused, "Well as long as one of us stays with sensei, the other three can go with you. With Zabuza dead we should be fine for now I think."

"That guy was super scary." Tazuna agreed, "But your sensei took care of him quick! I gotta admit I had doubts, but he's worth the money!"

Sakura scowled, "I still think we should have just gone home, now Kakashi-sensei is unconscious... this is getting over our heads."

Aiko thanked Tazuna's daughter Tsunami as she handed her a cup of green tea, "We're already here now, Sakura. We can't go back now anyways, let's make sure we complete the mission."

"Why do you even bother!"

The three genin turned to the shout, a small child stood within the doorway glaring at them. He wore a small fisherman's cap and didn't look to be older than seven or eight.

"Inari!" Tsunami scolded, "These are our guests..."

"You're all going to be killed no matter what! Gato is going to kill you, you should just leave!" The kid, Inari, yelled.

"We're here to protect you..." Sakura tried to console the child, but he just glowered.

"You don't know what it's like here; you don't know what its like to suffer..."

Sasuke stiffened, and Aiko put a hand on his back. The child continued unabated, "Gato killed my father and he was way stronger and braver than any of you! What do any of you know about suffering, coming from your fancy hidden village... you know nothing of loss!"