Chinatsu: Both Ninja and Wizard

Ch. 28

Third POV

The group of five plus the boat driver had stared at Chinatsu with mild concern. With one step on the boat, Chinatsu had immediately felt nauseous. She'd fallen face first on the boat floor. At first, the group had ignored it, thinking the fight from before had worn her. Though as soon as she shot up and poured out her breakfast into the water, they became more concerned for her. Was the fight really overwhelming for her or is it something else?

The rest on the boat seemed to just stare at the girl, not knowing what to do. "You good, Chinatsu?" Kakashi had questioned. He knew that she clearly wasn't, but he's never been in this type of situation. Her hair was always tied up, so he couldn't offer her help by holding that up. Naruto had already taken over the job of rubbing her back to ease her a bit. 

"Are..." Chinatsu managed to speak even if she felt sick as hell. She didn't know what was happening, but all she knew is that it was definitely the boat. Just looking at the boat made her dizzy. "We gotta get off," She spoke barely above a whisper, but Kakashi could hear her just fine. "Boat," Was all she had said before feeling her soul leave her body. 

"WHoah! Chinatsu! Are you dying!!" Naruto had shouted in concern. The boat guy seemed to shush him frantically. "Don't shout!" He whispered. Sakura was sitting across the girl and became concerned. She still felt antsy around the girl but seeing her completely weak not only frightened her but also concerned her. Sasuke seemed more or less confused about the situation. I mean one second she's skipping her way to the boat, excited as ever, and as soon as she steps in, she passes out. I made no sense to him. 

"Ah, I've seen this a couple of times around my village," Tazuna had spoken up. Of course, being around water, it made perfect sense. He's seen many people with the same symptoms as her. Kakashi turns to him, "Then what is it?" 

"She's seasick," As soon as Tazuna said that Chinatsu groaned. "Naruto, throw me off the boat, that's the only solution," Her head hung over the boat, her body threatening to throw out more food. "I can't do that!" Naruto protested, gaining a glare from the boat guy. With a softer tone, he cheered her on. "You got this Chinatsu, survive!" 

"I'd rather be dead," 

Kakashi turned his head away from Chinatsu. She'd be fine. She'll eventually pass out. Kakashi had more pressing matters to attend to with Tazuna. "You knew this whole time that you were being followed, right? You do know that you are putting kids life on the line because you didn't tell the Hokage that this is supposed to be a B-ranked mission." Kakashi accused. Tazuna tried his best to play it off as something of the complete opposite, denying what Kakashi was saying with only a shake of his head. He knew how risky it was to call it a C-rank mission. He didn't think he was followed or that any of what happened, would happen. He now knew that his decision is wrong. 

"I'm sorry," Tazuna had apologized, "I didn't have any money to afford a B-rank. The whole country had become poor and low on food supplies because of Gato," Tazuna was clearly nervous, Kakashi had noted, there was more than Tazuna was letting on. 

"Gato? Who's that?" Sakura had questioned curiously. She knew this was a conversation between the two adults, the air was tense when Kakashi spoke. Though, she couldn't help but butt in and understand what was going on. She wanted to help in some way. 

"He came to our village not too long ago and threatened us. He wanted all that we had: our money, our food, everything. Many people in our country had died because of this man. Our country is in shambles because of this man. So please, you have to help us out. I know what I did was wrong, getting these kids stuck in a B-rank mission but it's only until we finish our bridge!" Tazuna had pleaded. Sakura turned to the man, fully intrigued now. As scary as a B-ranked mission sounded, she hoped that Kakashi-sensei would allow them to stay and help.