I'm Only Human

Questions

It's been three days since team seven has had their encounter with Lord Danzo and the foundation, and so far, there has been no sign of pursuit from them. There was no training today, but the students of team seven all met up accidentally during the mid-morning rush in the market. While they were walking around the village and decided that if they're going to waste time, then they might as well do it as a team.

"So, do you guys want to go train or something?" Naruto asked as they continued to mindless walk through the village.

"Yeah, and get jumped again by those masked guys again, no thanks," Sakura commented sarcastically still staring at the ground as they walked along the dirt path. "But what shocked me was the complete change in Kakashi-sensei's personality," she thought out loud.

"I noticed that too, but maybe that's how serious of a threat those masked guys were. To actually make Kakashi get serious," Sasuke added staring at the path ahead of them.

"Doesn't matter to me, because Kakashi-sensei totally kicked their butts like it was nothing! Believe it! I mean, I didn't even see Kakashi-sensei break a sweat," Naruto responded before pausing thinking back on the battle. "But I've never seen a clone jutsu like that before, they weren't water clones or shadow clones. Since they took way too many hits before dispelling. I know it sounds crazy, but I saw one of the clones bleeding from a cut on its arm." Naruto thought out loud looking up at the sky. When he looked back at his teammates, he saw their shocked expressions and asked, "what?"

"I'm just surprised that you saw it too. I thought that maybe I just imagine it." Sakura replied then asked, "I sure you noticed it too, right Sasuke?"

Sasuke nodded deep in thought, then glanced at his two teammates, who looked at him with concern. Sasuke took a deep breath trying to not get too annoyed before responding, "Kakashi is the Copy-ninja. He is known to possess over a thousand jutsu, maybe he got it from one of his previous fights. Naruto, Sakura do you two remember what Kakashi said after Naruto asked why  Danzo hates me?" Sasuke asked after getting a spark of thought.

The students thought back to that moment. "Why does that Danzo guy hate you and Sasuke so much?" Naruto asked suddenly looking at the ground.

"Lord Danzo acts like that around everyone, so I don't think his anger was intended at Sasuke," Kakashi responded.

"I wonder what Kakashi meant by that Danzo's anger was not intended at me? But he said nothing about Danzo not hating him," Sasuke questioned looking in front of them and saw that they're next to the academy.

The students decided to sit under the tree in front of the academy. They quietly discussed and analyzed how Kakashi's behavior has been the past few weeks, as the gentle breeze makes the leaves rustle and the rope swing to softly sway. The more they talk the more they realized that they don't know anything about their Sensei.

"Hey! What are you three doing here?" A voice asked, making Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke looked up towards the voice. To see Iruka Umino existing the academy and walking over to the three students, who sat at the base of the tree.

"Hello, Iruka-sensei! What're you doing here? I thought there weren't any classes today?" Sakura replied politely with another question as Iruka stood in front of them in the shade of the tree.

"I was doing some grading, and setting up next week's lesson plans," Iruka explained before adding, "I was just on the way to get some lunch, wanna join?"

Sakura and Sasuke nodded as Naruto loudly cheered thanking his former Sensei. The three students followed Iruka through the busy street of the market until they reached Ichiraku. After ordering, Iruka turned to his previous students and asked again, "why were you guys at the academy?" Iruka was not only curious about why they were there, but because they all seemed deep in thought and were silent on the way to the ramen stand, which is shocking for Naruto.