Ninja's Life Remake

Training

It wasn't long before Kakashi bolted out of his sleeping position to a sitting one. He ended up scaring Sakura and Naruto so bad they were clutching their chests.

"Onii-chan?" Kira whispered softly placing the back of her head to Kakashi's flush cheek. "You should be resting."

"I know, but something doesn't feel right..." he muttered staring at the ground, sweat droplets forming, Kira let out an annoyed sigh. If he wouldn't rest he wouldn't get better. If he didn't get better than something bad would happen. Reaching over placing a damp rag to his face she dapped the sweat away.

Kakashi gave her a thankful look before going back to his thoughts.

"Whats wrong Kakashi?" Naruto called, he knew his sensei should be resting but couldn't understand what was bothering him so much.

"Hmm, of course. The shinobi hunters who manage corpse disposals are supposed to destroy the bodies of those they kill at once, right on the spot."

"So what?" Sakura stared at Kakashi like he was crazy.

"Wait they're supposed to destroy the body where it dies? Oh no." Kira bit her bottom lip nervously this wasn't good at all. 'That shinobi hunter took Zabuza's body, that means Zabuza might not actually be dead. This isn't good. This isn't good at all.'

"Exactly oh no indeed."

"I'm confused, why oh no?" Naruto asked cocking his head to the left.

"Don't you get it? How did the kid in the mask dispose of Zabuza's corpse?" Kakashi questioned staring at every one of his group.

"How should I know? He took the body with him." Sakura shrugged.

"Yes he did. Even though all he needed to take home as proof he'd made the kill was the head. And there is a mystery surrounding the weapons that the hunter used to dispatch his prey."

Sasuke's eyes widen in shock. "No way..."

"Yes way."

Sakura and Naruto were still confused. "What the hell nonsense are you all mumbling on about?" Tazuna called fearfully.

"That it's likely Zabuza is still alive." Tazuna, Naruto, Sakura shared the same level of panic. Sasuke and Kira watch nervously listening for whatever valuable information Kakashi had to say next.

"WHAT THE HECK?! What are you talking about?!"

"But Kakashi you checked to be sure Zabuza was dead didn't you!!!"

"I made sure of it, but a death like trance could have created a very convincing illusion of the real thing. Those acupuncture needle weapons that shinobi hunter used can be deadly if they hit a vital spot. If not, the mortality rate is surprisingly low and remember, they were originally designed as medical treatment tools. Shinobi hunters and all members of any village's corpse disposal squad must possess an intimate and thorough knowledge of human physiology. It would be simple for one of them to place a person into a near death state. First of all, the masked boy went to the troubled of lugging off Zabuza's heavy carcass. Secondly, the acupuncture needles he used as weapons, while potentially deadly, can also be used to inflict non mortal injury. These two points suggest that the kids objective was to give the illusion of killing Zabuza while he rescued him." A heavy silence filled the room of the possibility that Zabuza was actually still alive.

"Things may be just the way they seemed, but we have to consider the other possibility."

"Aren't you just complicating things by over thinking them? Shinobi hunters are supposed to hunt outlaw shinobi right?" Tazuna called trying desperately to calm his nerves. He like the rest of the group didn't want Zabuza to be alive. After everything we've been through he was positive that they deserved a little break to get their breath back. Yet talking like this was proving to be ineffective, only building their nerves back up.