[Naruto] Raiders of large dogs

The wind and sand whistled outside the house, making a shrill sound as it passed through the gaps between the bungalows, like weeping in mourning for the lost lives.

After being scolded routinely by Sakura, Yuki managed to escape from the medical room in Hidden Sand Village.The girl's body was covered with medical tape, and her left hand was wrapped with a thicker bandage than usual, hanging around her neck like a mallet, and a huge bow was tied at the joint.

Anbu's mask had been damaged, and his uniform was as tattered as rags. Since there was no spare supplies for traveling light, Yuki had to borrow Temari's old clothes to put on top.

"Hmm...it's still too loose..." Complaining to himself, the snow passed through the deserted corridor, looking out the window through the glass, the dusty weather was like a rainy day in the desert, extremely depressing .

No matter how hesitantly she slowed down her pace, Xue still walked slowly to the front of the ward, and after a few minutes of hesitation outside the door, the girl finally took a deep breath, made up her mind and gently pushed open the door in front of her.

The ninja's movements made no sound, and the stray cat that slipped into the ward moved its catwalk carefully, for fear of waking up the sleeping person on the bed.

Although there are many things I want to say to the person in front of me, I am afraid that he will not be able to say it when he wakes up.Xue could only hold her breath and bend down, quietly looking at the silver-haired face with closed eyes by the dim light outside the window.

"Is there something on my face?"

The closed right eye suddenly opened, and Kakashi who was supposed to be sleeping soundly asked.

"Ah!" Can't help being taken aback, she raised her body in a panic and took a step back, almost bumping into the chair beside her. Fortunately, she stabilized her footsteps in time so that she wouldn't be hurt by peeking. Injured.

"Am I so scary?" With a chuckle, Kakashi propped up his upper body and leaned against the wall. Kakashi looked at the girl in bandages and tapes. look.

Finally standing firmly in the corner, Xue, who was peeking, was very embarrassed because she was caught by the person involved, and her back was pressed against the wall, wishing she could just dig a hole and escape.

"No, no... I just came to see how the teacher is recovering."

Sighing, Kakashi waved helplessly towards the corner, as if teasing a stray cat on the street: "Come here, I, a disabled person, can't see your new clothes from such a distance, The ribbon bow is so cute."

"..." Xue hesitated and walked to the hospital bed step by step, with her left hand hanging on her chest and her head bowed, she looked very pitiful, "...Teacher...are you not angry with me?"

"You reminded me." Kakashi's previously smiling face suddenly changed expression, and his dead fish eyes looked straight at the girl with a very serious gaze, "Do you remember what you promised me?"

"...you can't fight alone in an overly dangerous way." Xue didn't dare to look at Kakashi, turned her head and stared at the foot of the bed and whispered, but she couldn't help but argue with the feeling of grievance, "But, this time my Tactics all worked out, winning at the least cost...isn't that right?"

"If your method can't deal with Sharingan, if the timing of the explosion is different from what you expected, if I accidentally miss, if your injury affects your ability to judge and the plan fails, have you thought about the consequences?" The girl didn't understand what she meant, Kakashi's tone gradually turned cold, and he kept talking as if he wanted to vent the accumulated dissatisfaction all at once.

"Obviously, you can rely more on the assistance of your teammates. For example, when fighting Uchiha Itachi, you can keep the distance and feint to restrain the opponent, and then let Naruto or Sakura carry out a close-up attack. When dealing with projectiles, I can restrain you instead of taking risks. Stop the opponent."

A girl in battle is like a kite without a lead, and it is impossible to predict where she will fly next.

"I'm not accusing your method of being wrong, but that you have chosen a gambler's fighting method when there are obviously more secure tactics."

And usually life is at stake.

"But the success rate of these methods is obviously the highest, and I have confidence in my ability." Xue retorted unconvinced, not understanding why Kakashi would deny his mode of action in such a way, and he has always been like this, "...and , If there is a mistake in this combat method, the loss of the team will be minimized and the maximum combat power can be ensured."

Yes, once it fails, it is just the loss of one of its fighters.

Only those who have the consciousness to bet their lives are qualified to survive on the battlefield where they risk their lives.

Even at the expense of the body, as long as there is still one breath, it is one's own victory.

Even a teacher can't deny this long-standing creed.

The sand blown outside the window hit the glass, adding a little noise to the temporarily quiet room. The table inside the room was only piled up with medical equipment, which seemed too cold—after all, the green plants in the desert were originally precious things.

Without turning on the light, the two people in the ward did not speak for a long time, but just looked at each other without showing weakness.

"Well!"

Kakashi, who had been leaning against the wall, suddenly covered his closed Sharingan, showing a painful expression for a moment, and his breathing became rapid.

"Teacher? Is there something wrong with Sharingan?" Seeing the man's movement, Xue immediately put her little dissatisfaction behind her, and leaned forward to check Kakashi's situation, but she didn't want to be used by the other party suddenly. Strong arms wrapped around the head, and the head was wrapped around the chest, and the whole person fell forward.

"What...!" Because her left hand is still unable to move, the girl's mobility is also limited, so she can only poke out half of her head to look at the instigator of the play, "Teacher, what are you doing! I'm really worried about you!"

"Okay, okay, I just overdid it a little bit, and I really don't have much strength yet." Patting the head of the cat that was about to go crazy, Kakashi let go of his strength and leaned back against the wall, "What were you just now?" Feel?"

"..." With her right hand firmly grasping the bed sheet under her body, the girl stared unwillingly at her hand tied with a bandage and said, "...It's very uncomfortable, very weak, and I want to bear the pain on behalf of the teacher..."

"Me too." The girl sitting next to her seemed to finally understand what she wanted to convey, and the expression on Kakashi's face finally eased a little, returning to the dead fish eyes with no god in the past.

"Although I said so many high-sounding words before, in the final analysis, it still contains a lot of selfishness." Kakashi covered his right eye, and the scar seemed to constantly remind him of his sins, ugly and hideous, " I'm just scared, scared of you getting hurt, scared that if something goes wrong...you will too..."

Watching the moment when the girl was about to be swallowed by the heat wave, her heart seemed to be squeezed and squeezed by life, unable to beat.Once he thought of the consequences of not being there, Kakashi couldn't help but fear, but as ninjas, it was impossible for the two to stay together all the time.

Ordinary people will deliberately avoid when fighting—or they are afraid of being injured. No matter how they try to overcome the fear, they will instinctively prevent being hurt. It is better to say that it is a conditioned reflex for survival engraved on the soul.

However, the Lynx in front of her is different, as if she lacks important personality fragments, she has no fear of injury, and can even use her body to win without any hesitation.

A hand, an eye, can be paid without hesitation.If the girl continues to fight in this way, she will kill herself one day, just like Chiyo said.

This is the future that Kakashi absolutely does not want to see.

The sheets under her hands were almost twisted into twists, Xue lowered her head and didn't know how to respond. She didn't want to make the person in front of her feel uneasy, and even simply wanted to protect him and everything he wanted to protect. What went wrong?

"I'm sorry...but...I..."

What to say, what to do, the girl is completely unable to function her chaotic brain normally.

"I know that you have been fighting in this way for the past ten years. For you, as long as you can complete the task, you can bet on anything, including yourself."

The dead fish stared at the gray ceiling, as if he had seen something through the lifeless roof. It seemed that the memory was so long that it was almost forgotten, but it was deeply rooted in his mind, like a nightmare that he couldn't get rid of.

I don't want to see those important people in a pool of blood anymore.

"Don't rely on anyone, only believe in your own strength, you are indeed a brave warrior. But, what I want to tell you is..."

Touching the girl's cheek that was still covered with tape, the effect of blood loss has not yet recovered, and the skin is a little cool. With a little force, Xue, who has been lowering her head, can be forced to look directly at her. The sharp and dazzling eyes seem to be shaken at this moment. .

"You are not alone anymore, try to rely on others more, rely on me." The silver-haired Jonin's eyes were bent into crescent moons, and the smile under the mask exuded sweetness like seductive honey, catching the beast's eyes. Gaze, "Although it seems unreliable, I am an elite Jnin anyway."

"It was so cute when you asked me to help you make seals before, and I want to enjoy the feeling of being relied on more."

Gently pressed the dazed girl who was still working her brain to digest this series of confessions on her chest, the smell of the adhesive tape was a bit pungent, but at least the touch and heartbeat of her hands still really existed.

"The following is not an admonition given as a senior, nor an order issued as a guardian." The girl's breath brushed her neck, and the intermittent heat felt intoxicating through the fabric. "It's just my personal request."

"For me, pay more attention to yourself, okay?"

It's really cunning to use the girl's concern for him as a bargaining chip.Shinobu with silver hair held the kitten in his arms and smiled bitterly.

Snow leaned on Kakashi's body, pressed her forehead against his heart, and kept these sincere words in her heart with a steady heartbeat.

"...I understand." The girl raised her head, her expression no longer confused, "I will protect the teacher, and everything that the teacher values, if... the teacher thinks that I am also important, then I will protect myself well. "

It seems that this wild cat who doesn't know how to adapt has also thought about it with her own unique logic. Although there are still some deviations in her understanding, she has finally corrected her deep-rooted concepts a little bit.

This time he breathed a sigh of relief, Kakashi patted the kitten on his chest and asked, "Does your hand still hurt?"

"No problem. Sakura has already been healed. Although she can't heal the wound on her own because of the too much blood she used this time, she will be able to return to combat status soon, and it will not affect the return escort mission."

"...I don't care about this... Forget it..." It seems that it will take a long time to completely restore the girl's brain circuit, Kakashi lamented silently for himself in his heart.

Anyway, it's better than anything else that she can slowly learn to protect herself.

"By the way, teacher, I have other things to come to you." Sitting up straight, the girl took out a kunai while talking about the business, the sharp blade reflected the cold light, "although today we We can stay in Sand Hidden Village for a few more days, but the village has asked us to leave as soon as possible to return to our mission, after all, Naruto is always worried about staying outside with high-level officials."

"And there are a lot of concerns about this mission. After I go back, I may be mainly responsible for information processing. Naruto's guardianship mission should be taken over by Tianzang senior."

"Tianzang, if it's him, it should be fine."

After finishing speaking, Kakashi looked at the girl holding the knife with a tangled face in confusion, and asked strangely, "What's wrong?"

"Teacher, where do you want to drink blood from?"

"what?"

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