"She ran away?"
Naruto and the others had only just met up with Sandayu and arrived at the film set when they received some unexpected news.
Miss Fujiyama Yukie, whom they were assigned to guard on this mission, had slipped away from the set moments ago, and no one knew where she had gone.
"I'll go find her right away!" Santarō Asama rushed out.
"Looks like she has quite a personality." Kakashi accepted some information from the film crew and studied the photograph in his hand.
He could still faintly recognize the little girl he had rescued all those years ago, and he let out a helpless sigh.
"Hinata, go with Naruto and find the person we're supposed to protect."
"Yes."
In Konoha, the Hyuga Clan, with their Byakugan, were natural sensory Ninja whose talent for finding people was practically maxed out from birth. Assigning the task to Hinata was only natural.
Once Hinata and Naruto left, Kakashi called Sasuke aside.
"Raise your hand. Let me see."
Kakashi got straight to the point. Sasuke froze for a moment, then raised his still-bandaged hand.
"Make a fist, then release it. Even if the hand seals and chakra nature match, the more important part of Chidori is using Lightning Release chakra to stimulate the cells in your body. Forcing yourself to use it did some pretty obvious damage to your body... Hmm, looks like there aren't any lasting effects. You got lucky."
Kakashi crouched down to examine Sasuke's palm. Once he was satisfied, he stood and patted his shoulder.
He noticed?
Sasuke felt a little embarrassed. This was his first time secretly learning someone else's technique, and its creator had caught him almost immediately.
"Don't be surprised. It's one of the few techniques I created myself, after all. Of course I could