"We could've taken them - is that Zabuza still alive?"

Kakashi goes over and checks.

"He's dead. For real, this time."

"...Oh."

Sugira crosses his arms and looks away.

"...Why don't you three head back to the house for now. I'll help Tazuna clean up here."

Sugira nods.

And Naruto frowns and dismisses his clones - but is fine heading back with the others.

Chihiro is quiet until they get back.

"Why- did you say not to kill him?" she asks Sasuke.

"He didn't have to die. The fight - it was only because of circumstances, and leaving him alive was unlikely to get ourselves killed. Death... It's wrong, especially with - younger people."

"Why is it wrong?"

That gives him a bit of pause. 'People shouldn't permanently die' is such a cultural mainstay where he's from... It's a philosophy he agrees with firmly, but he's not sure he can convince someone else, especially from a culture that as far as he can tell fundamentally lacks a concept of sapient rights. Still...

"There's - it's..." He makes a frustrated noise. "I'm not good at articulating this. But there's possibilities of what people can be. What they can do. And - sometimes things that limit that are important, but... It's a cost. Death ends all possibilities." Which is why he's somewhat confused this world has permanent death; it doesn't seem Inanna's usual style - possibility is story. Though he remembers vaguely his world pre-Unification might've been similarly terrible...

"Ideally, there'd be - no need for full compromise. People would be able to live how they want; if that conflicts with how others want to live, they could easily exist separately. But... Even in a world like this, death is - rarely necessary. And just because this world is broken... There's a - way that a perfectly whole world can be, that maybe this or any world can never be, but actions should move towards a whole world. To begin like we mean to continue."

His world's hardly perfect, after all; 'we should always strive to be better than ourselves' isn't his philosophy, but he's heard his niece Lili-Anesi talk about it often enough... And this world definitely needs to be better than it is.

"That's... not something I've ever heard before."

"It sounds nice."

He nods.

She needs to think about this.

She finds a quiet place to sit and do so.

Eventually, Kakashi returns.

"Is - everything alright? Did Gatou's men stay gone?" Naruto asks.

"Yeah. With Gatou gone, a group that size won't stay together. They'll scatter and look for easier pickings. The villagers are talking about naming the bridge after us." He coughs. "Well, you."

" - I didn't really do much, though. They should do all of Team Seven, though 'Seven Bridge' would be kind of awkward. We need a team name..."

"You were the one that most of them saw. The fight was over by the time they got there."

"I guess?" He shrugs. "Dunno what I'd tell them to change it to..."

"How about 'The Super Awesome Jounin-Instructor Kakashi And His Amazing Ninja Dog Pack Bridge'?"

He laughs. "I think we could just go with 'Awesome Bridge,' for Team Awesome."

"Lacks a certain something, but I suppose it's serviceable."

He smiles. "You think the Land of Waves will do better once the bridge's built, though?"

He nods. "Mm. I do. The freedom it represents will mean a lot, both economically and psychologically."