Nothing Special

Chapter 4

They got Kakashi to Tazuna's house, Aceso was tending to him, when he opened his eyes.

" I think I overdid it with my Sharingan," Kakashi suspected.

" Dad, you overdid it," Aceso corrected. Kakashi laughed softly.

" Waking up, huh?" Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter asked as she walked over. " Are you alright?"

" I've been better," Kakashi answered. " Without Aceso, I would probably feel a lot worse."

" It'll be a few days before he can move normally," Aceso informed as Kakashi struggled to sit up.

" See, it's better if you don't move, so just lie down," Tsunami advised.

" Right," Kakashi groaned as he lied back down. Footsteps entered into the room.

" Look, the Sensei's coming around," Naruto noted.

" Listen, Sensei, your Sharingan is amazing and everything," Sakura began as she walked over and kneeled. " But if it puts that strain on you, maybe it's not worth it."

" Sorry," Kakashi apologized.

" He overdid it," Aceso informed.

" When will he be able to move?" Sasuke asked.

" Not for another few days," Aceso answered.

" Huh. Well, you did take down one of the most powerful ninja assassins, so we'll be safe for a while," Tazuna concluded.

" Right, but you know that boy with the mask, what about him? " Sakura asked.

" He's from the elite tracking unit of the Village Hidden in the Mist," Kakashi answered. " Those masks are only worn by the most elite shinobi."

" What exactly do they do?" Narutoasked.

" The Anbu Blacks Ops, also known as The Inferno Squad, destroy all traces of a rogue ninja's corpse. The Shinobi's body contains many secrets--Ninjutsu, chakra, special medicines used on his body. These are the secrets of his village. If his enemies find them, his people will be in grave danger. For instance, if I were to die at the hands of an enemy, he would try to analyze my Sharingan. In the worst case, my entire Jutsu could be stolen and used against our home village. It is the sacred duty of the Shinobi trackers to prevent this, to keep the village secrets safe. If a ninja betrays his village, the trackers hunt him down, eliminate him, and obliterate every trace of his existence. That's their specialty."

" Sensei?" Aceso asked after a second of silence, he looked at her. " Don't most ninjas travel with a team, including the trackers?"

" I find that strange that there was only one as also," Kakashi admitted. He then began thinking and touched his eye.

" Hey, are you okay? Sensei?" Naruto asked.

" Hm? " Kakashi came back to reality. " Oh, yeah. To finish what I was saying, tracker ninja deal with the body immediately, on the spot, so there's no room for error."

" Is that really important?" Sakura asked.

" Think about it," Kakashi advised. " Do you remember what that tracker did with Zabuza's body?"

" We don't know what he did, I mean, I guess he took it away," Sakura recalled.

" Exactly. But why?" Kakashi asked. " He should have worked on Zabuza right there, as quickly as possible. Think of the weapons he used for the takedown. Do you remember what they were?"

" Throwing needles," Sasuke answered.

" No way," Aceso gasped.

" Exactly," Kakashi agreed. " None of it adds up."