…

Well fuck, it's been 10 days.

What happened to all my time?

22

I sat at the edge of a hospital bed, delicately out of the way of the three medics hovering over Sasuke's unconscious form.

I held a pen in one claw, and a small notebook in the other, both of which had been sna- temporarily borrowed from one of the medics. I was writing down the things I had seen that night, after having written down what I thought the medics would find relevant to Sasuke's condition, the first of which had been a quick note with the words 'Chakra Exhaustion' scribbled on it and passed to the medics.

'Genjutsu.' had been scribbled after that.

I didn't consider myself enough of a doctor to say too much more than that.

With a near silent click, the door opened, admitting the Hokage, shortly followed by another Medic, who was wearing more ornate clothes.

I raised a claw and waved in greeting, the three ninja hovering over Sasuke barely giving more than a glance and a respectful nod, before going back to their quarry.

The Hokage nodded back, glancing between them, Sasuke and me.

The medic next to him spoke, gathering both my and the Hokage's attention. "Sasuke was in a relatively good condition when he arrived; merely unconscious, minor strains in his muscles from exercising, slight chakra burns on his legs from channelling more Chakra than his body could handle on top of Chakra exhaustion, but aside from that, he's physically fine."

Hiruzen nodded. "And mentally?"

The medic gave a shuddering breath. "We're… not sure. We detected minute amounts of foreign Chakra inside his Chakra System, almost certainly indicating Genjutsu, but we have absolutely no idea on the content of it, nor of the effect that it had on him. A mind is a finicky thing, a child's mind even moreso, and without the assistance of the Yamanaka Clan, we won't be able to determine the damage."

"I see. What of the rest of the clan?"

The medic somehow became grimmer. "Of the 97 Uchiha registered in the village, we were only able to identify 74 bodies, 18 Uchiha are still unaccounted for, and the final 5 are currently in this hospital under ANBU guard. Sasuke is included in that number. Incidentally, Sasuke is the only one with a negative physical condition, the others are fine."

So, I had managed to save some of the clan.

I saved them.

I felt happiness course through me, the knowledge that I had managed to make things better.

I-

I'd counted 76 dead.

Quickly, I wrote down precisely that, before passing it to the Hokage.

He looked at me when he was finished, saying. "You saw 76 dead?"

I shook my head, before scribbling down. 'I have an ability that allows me to sense when others die. I only sensed 76 people dying.'

It was technically true, but not precisely that.

Hiruzen frowned. "Then what happened to the other 18 Uchiha?"

'I don't know.'

"I see… Isha-san, please send me periodic updates on Sasuke and the other Uchiha's conditions, I have to investigate a few things."

The doctor- Isha, apparently- nodded. "Yes, Hokage-sama."

Turning on his heel, Hiruzen began to walk towards the door.

Before he left, however, I passed him one last piece of paper. His eyes scanned over the piece, before he looked back and nodded.

As the door closed, I turned back to Sasuke, noticing a lack of the ever hovering medics.

Saved. I saved them.

Not all, but at least 4 more than what would have survived.

This time, I was a bit too happy to curse my lack of a mouth.