It's been six days since the team arrived at Tazuna's house. Ko and Sakura still protected the bridge builder, despite Ko's pleas to train on her own, and even started helping out ever since his workers started quitting. Everyone sat at the table eating breakfast when Ko came downstairs.
"Ko, are you hungry?" Tsunami asked giving the girl a sweet smile. She had tried to get her to come out of her shell wishing she would interact more with everyone.
"No," she answered barley acknowledging her as she headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Kakashi questioned just as she opened the door.
"To look for Naruto, he didn't come back last night." Ko said as she walked out.
"I'll come with you." Sasuke said getting up.
"Sakura and I will join you when we're done eating."
Sasuke nodded and followed Ko out the door. "Why are you looking for Naruto?" Sasuke asked catching up to her pace.
"Can't I be concerned about my teammate?" She answered already knowing Sasuke couldn't be fooled. She hasn't been careful at hiding her apathy and disinterest towards her teammates.
"You don't show a lot of concern for us." He scoffed at her response.
"I do, just not always. I was concerned when fighting Zabuza. I was planning an escape route just in case Naruto's plan failed." She lied; she was only concerned about her and Sasuke's safety.
Ko stopped making Sasuke look back at her giving her a questioning look. Ko looked straight ahead focusing on something.
"What is it?" He asked curious as to why she would stop so abruptly.
"Someone's with Naruto," she informed him making his heart skip a beat. He wasn't scared this time, but he wasn't prepared for another fight at the moment.
"How do you know?" He questioned as he scanned the area not seeing anything through the thick forest.
"I've been working on sensing chakra signatures since Kakashi sent us to guard the bridge. It's nothing compared to a talented sensor, but most shinobi can sense others to an extent."
"Is it Zabuza?" He put his guard up getting ready for a fight.
"No, someone else; doesn't seem threatening." Ko yawned stretching her arms as she continued to walk. She wanted to seem calm, but she didn't know how to differentiate chakra signatures. She could only tell that the person had a low chakra signature but they could be suppressing it.
Sasuke still stayed on his guard despite her words and calm demeanor. As they walked further, they noticed a young girl walking away from a puzzled Naruto.
"What's with the face?" Ko questioned looking down at the blonde.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing." He chuckled rubbing the back of his head.
"Here, I brought you some food." Ko said reaching out a piece of bread which Sasuke hadn't noticed from before. He wondered how she swiped that from the table without him noticing.
"When did you get that?" Sasuke asked.
"While I was leaving, you guys didn't notice me at first. You guys only noticed when Tsunami announced my presence. Now, since we're here, get to training."
Until Kakashi and Sakura arrived, the boys were still practicing their chakra control while Ko was working on her target practice.
"Ko, have you seen the boys?" Kakashi asked just as she threw two kunai making them collide in order to make them deflect to hit her designated targets.
Ko pointed up at the trees making them look up at Naruto who was laying on a branch almost at the top of the tree.
"He can already climb that high?" Sakura gasped as she shielded her eyes from the sun.
"What do you think? Look how high I can climb now!" Naruto shouted with glee as he stood up on the branch.
He then pretended to fall making both Kakashi and Sakura to gasp but caught himself and hung upside down giving them a large smiled.
"Haha you fell for it!" Naruto laughed.
"Stupid Naruto! Stop showing off!" Sakura yelled wanting to punch the knucklehead.
The sound of his feet popping off the branch made the two gasp unsure on how to save Naruto but was caught by Sasuke who hung upside down on the branch holding Naruto by the ankle.
"Yay Sasuke! You're the best!" Sakura cheered with stars in her eyes.
Later that night everyone was sitting at the table silently eating when Naruto and Sasuke walked in both looking exhausted.
"We both made it to the top," Naruto said as he was panting.
"Alright, starting tomorrow. You two will also help protect Tazuna." Their sensei said with a smile feeling proud of the two.
They all started to eat dinner silently until Inari spoke up slamming his hands on the table catching everyone's attention.
"Why do you guys bother to try so hard?! No matter how hard you train, you're still no match for Gatou's men! No matter what glorious claims you make or how hard you work. When facing the strong, the weak will only end up getting killed!"
"Whatever kid I'm not like you." Naruto sneered.
"I'd hate to be like you! You don't know anything about this country, yet you're being so nosey! What the hell do you know about me?! I'm different from you, you're always clowning around and acting so cheerful, you don't know how hard life can be!"
"So it's ok for you to poise as the star of a tragedy and cry all day? Just keep on crying forever you little sissy!" Naruto shouted raising to his feet.
"Don't underestimate ninja kid. Gatou's men are non-shinobi. Whatever happened in your past, or whoever was killed by Gatou, a ninja wasn't involved. If he has a thousand men, we can make two thousand of us. Naruto's right, stop your crying and have some hope in something for once in your life." Ko spoke up glaring at the little boy who flinched at her stare.
Inari ran from the table to his room followed by Kakashi who was probably going to comfort the boy.
"Why did you and Naruto have to gang up on him like that?" Sakura asked while she washed the dishes.
"He needed to hear it." Ko replied grabbing the freshly washed plate Sakura had just washed then dried it with a towel.
"He's a kid, he didn't need to hear that." She gave Ko the last dish then turned off the faucet finally drying her hands.
"He underestimated the power of a shinobi. He's an idiot to think this Gatou can beat ninja." Ko scoffed just as Kakashi entered the room.
"Ko, can I talk to you for a moment?" He questioned making Sakura stick her tongue out childishly at Ko knowing she was in trouble.
"Sure," she replied placing the towel on the counter before following him outside. "What do you need sensei?"
"You were a little harsh on Inari at dinner, you didn't need to talk to him like that." He got right to the point as soon as the door was closed. Ko inwardly sighed not wanting to hear his lecture.
"Shouldn't you be giving Naruto this speech sensei? Sakura already beat you to it." Ko snapped not bothering to hide her annoyance at hearing this conversation once again.
"I will talk to Naruto later but I'm more concerned about you." He put an emphasis on the last word getting her full attention. "I, and the Hokage have noticed your lack of interest in making connections with people." Ko stiffened at his words worried that he would catch on to her. She reached towards her neck fiddling with the necklace around it.
"I'm not a social person Sensei, I'd much rather be alone. Besides, I don't know what to talk about with other people." Ko explained truthfully but she knew she could've at least tried to avoid suspicion and acted like a normal kid. She then came to the conclusion she didn't really know what a normal child was like anyway, so it would've been impossible to attempt it.
"You've had five years to make at least one friendship in the village. There had to be someone you took an interest in." Kakashi sighed shifting his weight onto his left side. He didn't need the use of the crutches anymore but was still a be sore.
"It wasn't all my fault; I was mostly bullied at the academy and no one else took an interest in me. Plus, I have Sasuke and Naruto; I consider them as friends." Kakashi observed her blasé response noticing she looked more worried than the nonchalant attitude she was giving him.
"You have a weird way of showing friendship." His condescending tone made Ko's fingers tighten around the gem on her necklace. "You don't seem very nice to Naruto and with Sasuke, you two barely exchange words."
"Naruto needs to hear when he's being stupid and with Sasuke that's just how we are. We like peace and quiet; we don't engage in unnecessary chatter." She reasoned trying to relax which she accomplished. With her arms now on her hips, Kakashi now saw a confident girl in front of him making him raise a brow and the change in demeanor.
"If you say so. At least try harder to get along with everyone on the team." He reasoned hoping to see improvement with her.
"I'll try Kakashi-sensei."
*Time skip*
The next day, everyone except Naruto headed to the bridge to protect Tazuna. As they got closer to the bridge, they gasped when they saw the bodies of Tazuna's men on the ground.
"Wha-what's this?! What happened?" Sakura gasped in disbelief running over to the closest man.
"A monster," one of the men answered.
Mist started to surround the bridge causing everyone to be on high alert. As laughter erupted around them, the genin surrounded Tazuna.
"Here they come!" Kakashi warned glancing at his team who were on their guard.
Ko took two kunai out ready for an attack as adrenaline flowed through her. Her red eyes scanned the area feeling a bit excited this time to fight a strong opponent. She secretly hoped to go all out on Zabuza wanting to see how her abilities compared to the silent killer.
"Long time no see Kakashi, I see you're still with those brats. He's shaking again, poor kid." Zabuza's voice echoed around them making it impossible to pinpoint his exact location.
Clones of Zabuza surrounded the group looking down at them. He expected to see them trembling again but they were steady, except for Sakura.
"I'm shaking with excitement." Sasuke was confident no longer afraid of the killing intent the enemy was giving off. He felt ready to take on a strong opponent; he had to in order to get stronger and achieve his dream.
"Go for it Sasuke." Kakashi encouraged seeing how far his students have come since their last encounter with the man.
Sasuke easily slashed through the clones turning them into water with a smirk plastered on his face. Zabuza finally emerged from the mist with the masked boy next to him.
"Hmm he saw through the water clones. That brat has grown; it looks like a rival has appeared eh Haku?" Zabuza chuckled looking down at the masked boy then back at his enemy.
"It does indeed." His voice was soft almost sounding like a girl but void of emotion. Ko's suspicions were confirmed that this was the same person from the forest days earlier. She was fooled by the gender though; she could've sworn the person in the forest was a girl.
"It seems my thinking was right on the mark." Kakashi spoke up taking a step in front of his students.
"I'll fight him," Sasuke volunteered stepping out of the formation.
Haku disappeared then reappeared in front of Sasuke who deflected his attack. Both jumped away from the team engaging in battle. Ko took a step forward itching to join the fight until Kakashi stopped her in her tracks.
"Sakura, Ko, protect Tazuna. I'll handle Zabuza." He ordered making Ko cross her arms pouting.
"Ko, what if something happens to them?" Sakura asked readying her kunai as she looked over at the disappointed girl.
"Then I'll step in, it's never smart to fight an opponent one on one anyway when you have teammates. That's the whole point of having a squad with you. I understand Kakashi-sensei handling Zabuza on his own but Sasuke shouldn't be fighting an unknown opponent by himself; especially since he uses senbon to immobilize an opponent."
Everyone watched as Sasuke fought Haku seeing Sasuke held his own even getting a few good hits on Haku. Sakura was cheering Sasuke on, but Ko knew better than to think Sasuke had to advantage. Every experienced shinobi analyzes their opponent first before getting serious and that's exactly what Haku is doing now.
"Looks like I have the advantage in speed." Sasuke confidently said with a smirk.
"I can't have you underestimate my team by calling them brats." They heard Kakashi telling Zabuza. "Sasuke is the Leaf Villages number one rookie, Sakura is the brightest, Ko over there has many surprises up her sleeve and is very knowledgeable, and the other one is the show-off, hyperactive, number one loudest ninja in the village."
Zabuza glanced at Ko taking in her appearance. Her eyes are what intrigued him along with her deathly pale skin. He was surprised that during their fight she held her own, a mere genin would be too scared and weak to fight him but she was calm as if she had faced worse. He had his suspicions that she was holding back during their fight.
"Haku, do you realize? At this rate we'll be driven back." He called to his accomplice.
"Yeah, we can't have that." Haku then started to weave one handed seals making her eyes widen. The water around the two started to rise up from the ground forming into glass.
"No way," she gasped instantly realizing what jutsu this was. She had read it in the many books her father had her read as a child on the many clans in the nation.
"What is it Ko?" Sakura questioned looking over at her teammate. This was the first time she saw some actual emotion from the girl.
"That's an extinct jutsu. That clan has been wiped out for years."
"This is getting dangerous, Sasuke is fighting a Yuki clan member. I have to intervene."
"Sensei, I must help Sasuke. He doesn't stand a chance being alone in there." Ko called out with urgency taking a few steps forward.
"Haha like a girl like you could make a difference. Haku! You have another challenger." Zabuza laughed as his eyes narrowed on Ko. He honestly wanted to see what the girl could do.
"Go Ko," Kakashi complied with her suggestion knowing Sasuke was indeed in trouble now that he was trapped with an untouchable opponent.
Ko ran towards the floating glass then slid under one sliding beside Sasuke. He gave her a glare but her attention was on the boy in the mirror in front of them.
"What are you doing here?" He gritted his teeth with frustration wanting to handle Haku on his own.
"You don't stand a chance in here alone. This is a powerful Kekkei Genkai." Ko warned putting a kunai up in front of her ready for an attack.
"Both of you don't stand a chance against me." Haku stated holding up his arm with senbon in between each finger.
Before either could react, they felt pain all over their body. Both her and Sasuke screamed out in pain as sebon needles pierced their skin.
"Sasuke! Ko!" Kakashi shouted wanting to assist his students but Zabuza made it impossible. Kakashi knew that if he intervened, the bridge builder and possibly Sakura would be killed.
A barrage of needles was sent towards the two once more and Ko managed to deflect a few but not all. She grunted in pain watching as Haku drifted from one mirror to the next attempting to anticipate his moves. She did notice that he wasn't aiming for vital points which piqued her curiosity. He was skilled enough to hit their necks, achilleas tendon, even their hearts with the needles and easily win but it seemed he didn't have the heart to do it.
When Haku went for another attack, a shuriken hit his mask causing him to fall out of the mirror. While everyone was distracted by Naruto's entrance, Ko took this advantage to attack Haku. She lunged towards him, kunai in hand, striking him in the shoulder. Haku hissed in pain and kicked Ko away but she blocked his assault only skidding back next to Sasuke.
"Naruto Uzumaki as finally arrived!" He shouted proudly announcing his presence and location.
"That…idiot," Ko growled as she got into a defensive stance. If her teammate was smart, he could've concealed himself and attacked from the shadows. Even helping Kakashi wound Zabuza or distract him with a sneak attack.
Ko sighed and shook her head when she saw Naruto sneaking in to help them. She thought he couldn't get any dimmer since that stunt he pulled but she was wrong.
"Hey, I came to save you." Naruto whispered to Sasuke.
"You moron! If you're a ninja, then use your head! Why did you come inside the mirrors?!" Sasuke scolded.
"What did you say?" Naruto gritted his teeth in anger. "I came to save you, and this is what I get?!" He shouted.
Sasuke wove seals attempting to melt the mirrors with his fire ball jutsu but it didn't work. Ko did notice though that he managed to burn the clothing by Haku's ankle.
"This is a Kekkei Genkai, it won't be defeated so easily." Ko scoffed rolling her eyes at his wasted chakra.
"Well, I don't see you coming up with any ideas." Sasuke snapped glaring down at Ko who ignored him.
Ko readied her kunai as Haku attacked. She was able to deflect a few but was stabbed in the back of her leg causing her to fall along with Naruto and Sasuke. Her leg felt numb, when she tried to move it pain shot up her body causing her to cry out in pain falling to the ground.
"Where's the real one?" Naruto questioned as images of Haku flickered in the mirrors.
"Trying to follow with your eyes is impossible. You will never be able to catch me."
Naruto let out a battle cry as he summoned clones making them attack the mirrors, but it was no use. Haku was untouched and useful chakra was wasted.
"I guess I need to use my Subete Miru," she thought as she looked down at her injured leg which had a pool of blood around it.
"This jutsu uses the mirror's reflection to transport me. From my point of view, you seem to move in slow motion." Haku chuckled as the mirrors flickered once more.
"We gotta do something fast, we're going to die of blood loss in here." Ko said as her eyes scanned the mirrors hoping to find a clue onto where the real Haku was.
"What do you have in mind then?" Sasuke spat.
Before Ko could answer, they were barraged again with needles. She and Sasuke let out cries of pain and Sasuke fell to the ground next to Ko.
"Arg, Sasuke. You need to unlock your Sharingan." Ko said as she attempted to ignore the pain and get back to her feet.
"What? I can't just make that happen!" Sasuke growled wishing she and Naruto would've stayed away from his fight. They were useless to him and just a burden.
"It's the only way we can all get out of here. I can do it but I can't protect all three of us." She seemed pretty calm and level headed as she talked to the Uchiha.
"You've done nothing since you got in here!" Sasuke shouted as the grip on his kunai got tighter with frustration.
"Trust me, I just wanted to see if you'd get your Sharingan."
"What are you going to do?"
"Read his movements of course."
"Ha, like a girl like you could read my movements." Haku snickered as he switched mirrors once more.
"Guess again." Ko said opening her eyes revealing the red glow to them. Finally, she could see everything despite it being red which is something she thinks she'll never get use to. Ko got to her feet with the help of Sasuke balancing on her one leg.
"Wh-what?" Haku gasped then shot out his needles again which Ko easily dodged despite her leg. She glanced over at Sasuke seeing he managed to dodge them as well.
"They saw it! No way!"
"Told ya you could do it." Ko said as she made eye contact with Sasuke's Sharingan eyes.
Sasuke couldn't help but stare at her eyes surprised seeing the red glow in them. Along with her pitch-black hair and pale skin, it made her look like a demon. He had never heard of someone with glowing red eyes.
"I see, you both are from advanced bloodlines. Then I can't fight for much longer."
"Sasuke! Protect Naruto!" Ko ordered as she ran towards Haku who was heading in Naruto's direction.
From outside the mirrors, everyone could see the fight and also they saw Ko's glowing red eyes. Kakashi's eyes widened at the sight remembering seeing those eyes in his past battles early in his career.
"They won't be defeated by that guy so easily!" Sakura cheered unfazed by Ko's eyes but kept her focus only on her love.
"Exactly, I believe in their strength, Naruto's determination, Ko's abilities, and Sasuke is the offspring of the Leaf's most outstanding clan." Kakashi recovered from his surprise to inform Zabuza with his pride in his students.
"You mean," Zabuza gasped as his eyes narrowed at the raven haired boy.
"Yeah, his name is Sasuke Uchiha."
"What about the girl?" He asked staring at the girl's glowing red eyes. He knew he had seen something like that before, but he couldn't remember where.
"It's one of her surprises."
"I should do more research on her origins. There has to be a background on Ko, it looks like she has the Sharingan but it doesn't glow like that. I know I've seen someone use that during my chuunin exams." Kakashi thought.
Back in the mirrors, Haku threw his needles at Naruto with the intent to kill but Sasuke jumped in the way while Ko kicked Haku into one of his mirrors. She threw a kunai at him but Haku deflected it and threw it back towards Ko stabbing her in the stomach. In a flash, Ko ran up to punch Haku making him fall to the ground. Naruto finally opened his eyes to see Sasuke standing over him trembling. His eyes widened in shock, mouth agape, as he stared at his teammate.
"Geez, all you ever do is get in the way." Sasuke said weakly.
Naruto gasped when he noticed there were the many needles sticking out of Sasuke and the blood seeping through his clothes.
"Sasuke, you..." Naruto couldn't believe it, the person who hated him the most had saved his life.
"What's with the face, you moron?" The Uchiha grunted trying to ignore his aching body.
"Why?" The blonde gasped still unable to process what was happening.
"I don't know, my body...just..moved. I hated you." Sasuke started to fall back when he legs finally gave out.
"But but I never asked for your help!" Naruto growled in frustration as he caught Sasuke.
"Sasuke, you're the moron. I didn't tell you to jump in the way. You were supposed to deflect the needles." Ko scoffed when she landed next to the two.
"That man, my brother…I told myself I wouldn't die until I killed him."
Ko looked down at Sasuke seeing his pained expression starting to relax and his eyes were closing. Panic started to set in when she realized he was greatly injured. One of the needles was in the right spot in his chest to make it difficult for oxygen to circulate to the heart. She quickly bent down ignoring everything around her as she saw his life force starting to fade.
"No! You can't die you idiot!" Ko shouted in desperation. This was her first solo mission; something she was entrusted with. All those years would be wasted if he died right now; she didn't even want to think about what her father will do to her if Sasuke dies.
"He died to protect you. To protect a precious person, knowing it was a trap, he was able to still jump in. He is a shinobi that deserves respect. Is this your first death of a friend? This is the way of the shinobi." Haku said.
"Shut up! Ko, take care of Sasuke. I'll take care of this." Naruto growled almost animal like making her look up at him.
A strong chakra presence erupted from Naruto making Ko's heart stop. This presence was strong and felt evil; it was something she never felt before. Naruto's features started to change as red chakra surrounded him. The black line on his face started to thicken, he barred his newly grown fangs at Haku glaring at him with his animal like eyes.
Ko looked down at Sasuke seeing that his life force was still there but faint. She removed most of the needles looking over his body searching for any more life-threatening injuries.
"Ok I gotta heal his wounds, he's losing too much blood." Ko placed her glowing green hands over Sasuke's wounds sealing them up preventing him from losing any more blood but she could still see that he was dying.
"Come one Sasuke, don't die on me. Think Ko think!" Ko said panicking praying her target will survive.
Naruto's screams echoed sending out a gust of wind causing his two teammates to slide across the bridge. Ko looked over to where they were previously, seeing two puddles of blood where they just sat.
"Crap, I'm losing a lot of blood too. I gotta help Sasuke first; he's more important."
Taking in a deep breath, she placed her hands on Sasuke's chest attempting to do a technique father read about when researching her Kekkei Genkai. She has never attempted this technique not knowing if it would work; she hopes that it's exactly like medical ninjutsu. She then placed her other hand on Sasuke's forehead focusing on Sasuke's life force feeling it drain from his body; he was almost dead. Just before his life force was almost gone, she could feel it with her hands. As her body began to relax she could feel her own life force fading as it went into Sasuke.
"Sasuke, fight it. You can't die." She whispered placing more weight onto his body begging this would work.
She then started to feel weak; her life force getting absorbed by Sasuke's. Once she felt it was enough, she broke the connection immediately falling to the ground. It was hard to move so she stayed laying on her back staring up at the hazy sky. She couldn't tell if it was from giving Sasuke her life force, losing blood, or both but she knew she was going to die soon if she didn't get help fast. Ko turned her head to see Kakashi wielding a ball of lightning and his arm through Haku's body. She saw that he was already dead. Sakura and Tazuna ran over to where Sasuke and Ko were. She saw Sasuke falling to her knees.
"S-sakura, don't cry." Ko weakly said.
"He's cold, he-he's dead."
"He's alive..."
Ko grabbed her necklace getting a little more chakra out so she would have some energy. She saw Sasuke stirring and told Sakura to get off of him.
"Sasuke!" Sakura shouted in excitement.
"See..t-told ya."
They both looked over at Ko taking in the sight they saw. Needles were sticking out her and a puddle of blood surrounded her body. They saw the glow of her eyes fade away and return to normal.
"Ko! Why didn't you tell me you were injured?!" Sakura shouted.
"Sasuke was more important... Sasuke," she sounded tired and she fought to keep her eyes open.
"Hm?"
"Can you take me to Zabuza?"
"He just survived death, he shouldn't be doing anything." Sakura scolded.
"I feel just fine Sakura. I feel completely healed actually." Sasuke assured carefully picking up Ko. He walked over towards where Zabuza's and Haku's bodies were.
"Girl, I need to tell you something. Your eyes..." Zabuza said getting her attention.
"Sasuke, let me down."
Ko got down to her knees and leaned closer to Zabuza.
"The Himura clan, you're from there...they're from...from the mist village...almost extinct." Zabuza whispered so only she could here.
"Thank you."
Sasuke helped Ko up and carried her in his arms again.
"We should get to Tazuna's and get bandaged up. Ko isn't looking too good so we must hurry." Kakashi ordered Sasuke but their attention was drawn to Gatou and his men who appeared at the end of the bridge. "I'll clear a path so you can get Ko to Tazuna's."
It wasn't needed for when Zabuza took Gatou to his grave, the villagers appeared challenging the men who ran away in fear. Sasuke didn't hesitate to run towards the house. When they reached Tazuna's house, Tsunami bandaged up Ko while Kakashi bandaged the boys. When he got to Sasuke, he noticed that almost all the wounds were already scabbed over.
"Sasuke, what do you remember after saving Naruto?" Kakashi questioned the boy with a skeptical expression hiding behind the mask.
"All I heard was Ko's voice. She said I couldn't die then she put her hands on me and I started to feel stronger." Sasuke answered recalling the events trying to make sense of it.
"Hm seems like Ko has been hiding a secret from us." Kakashi placed a hand on his chin thinking of how this conversation with Ko will go.
Kakashi got up walking towards the room the girl's shared proceeding to knock. When he heard Tsunami allow him to come in, he entered seeing Ko laying on the bed covered in bandages.
"She's not doing so well sensei, she was on the brink of death. She needs a lot of rest and fluids." The older woman explained as she turned to his direction with a solemn expression. She gathered her supplies placing them in a basket and stood from the bed.
"Well on our way back I'll be carrying her the whole way if she likes it or not. Our medical ninja will heal her injuries."
Tsunami gave Kakashi a small smile before leaving the two. Kakashi looked over at Ko seeing her closed eyes twitching indicating she was trying to pretend to still be sleeping.
"So what happened back there?" Kakashi questioned nonchalantly as he sat at the end of the bed.
"Can we talk when we get home?" Ko whispered weakly turning away from him, unfortunately that was her bad side so she had to settle laying on the opposite side facing her sensei.
"Sure, the Hokage would love to hear about this."
"Fine,"
He looked at Ko seeing the distance in her eyes as if she were in another world. He didn't know what ability she used on Sasuke but it had to have been powerful. If she is able to heal someone from near death, and leaving her extremely weak afterwards, it must be forbidden. Kakashi left the room and Ko managed so summon a small snake.
"Tell Lord Orochimaru that I had to use my Kekkei Genkai to save Sasuke and Kakashi Hatake wants to talk to me and the Hokage about it."
"Yes master,"
The snake disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"I hope I can get out of this one."