Konoha Spider

Forest and chakra

Kakashi groaned as he came to in an unfamiliar room. The bits and pieces of furniture and an unknown woman made him believe that he was in someone's home. He was pretty sure that it wasn't any of the safe houses that the Leaf had since none of his students knew where those were and wouldn't be cleared for that sort of information until they reached Chunnin. He did a quick mental check and recalled the fight he had with Zabuza, and how he had used up nearly all of his chakra to keep the fight away from his students and the client. It was rather humbling that his three gennin had managed to hold a ninja of Zabuza's reputation off so efficiently though even if only for a few minutes. Zabuza who literally had the blood of hundreds on his hands had been outplayed by a few Gennin. If they were already capable of this he wondered just what they would be capable of once they got some serious training done. He exchanged a few words with the woman before lying back down. At this time Tazuna and his students entered the room.

"Sensei," the group said with relief as they quickly all gathered around in a half circle around the Jonnin that had saved all of their lives.

"Report," he ordered weakly turning to Sakura who had situated herself at his side while Peter and Naruto were between himself and the door.

Sakura nodded as she drew out a scroll and handed it to him. "After you collapsed, we relocated to the Bridge Builder's house. The place is on the edge of the city and the rear faces the ocean giving us at least a partial defense from that side. Peter and Naruto checked the perimeter while I went through the house. The building is two stories tall and appears to be one of the more easily defended homes as it does not have to worry about neighbors. The surrounding forest area does make it somewhat difficult to spot approaching enemy though."

"Good, work." Kakahi said as he saw a more detailed report on the scroll complete with a minor diagram of the house and the grounds. Sakura's attention to detail was useful, he might even have her write out the mission reports adding in his observations for a later time. It was something to consider. Not to mention it would be a great way for him to get out of having to do his own paperwork. This mission was already turning into a short story length as it was.

"The house has three occupants." Sakura continued unaware of the thoughts of her sensei had on her work and how to capitalize on its uses. "The old man, his daughter, and a grandson that we've yet to meet." She said ticking off the family members while showing the rooms that each of them had. "Peter and Naruto have taken rooms on the second floor in case they need to move from the roof to elsewhere, your room is on the opposite side of the hall from the Bridge Builder's ,while I have a room near the daughter's quarters. By rooming this way we should have the house suitably defended if an attack were to take place." The girl assured the man.

"Good work, it sounds as if the house is sufficiently covered then." Kakashi complimented the group as it appeared that they had most of the ways in and out of the house either guarded or watched. How long was I out?"

"About four hours." The girl said as she looked him over with concern. "Sensei your Sharrigan is astounding and everything, but if it takes this much out of you then perhaps you shouldn't use it." Sakura looked nervous as she said this to her teacher.

"Sorry, but that is part of what being a ninja is Sakura. It is putting your life on the line for the sake of the mission. I believe we've had this conversation before." Kakashi reminded her, the girl nodded glumly at that. Kakashi sighed as he realized that the true danger of being a ninja was finally becoming clear to her. Everyone had these moments when they realized these facts. Naruto may or may not have it considering how he grew up and Peter was more likely to have them. Still he had to reassure the group and keep them focused until the mission was over. "Besides, I only use it against serious threats such as dangerous ninja like Zabuza. Its why I keep it covered most of the time as well. Were there any injuries amongst the three of you?"