"A kid? Like how young? That's totally fucked up, Rai." Genma was, as Raidou had hoped, completely distracted. In four years in ANBU, he'd never heard of such a thing, except within a clan. "They pair Aburame ANBU with rookies from their own family, but that's just common sense. You don't have some bloodline you've never told me about, do you?"

Genma edged behind Raidou and looked him over. Stiff, tense, and was that the hump of a bandage under his shirt? He reached down and hovered his hands over his friend's back, feeling for changes in his chakra field. There was definitely an injury there.

"You should go talk to someone. Maybe Arakaki. Tell them it's a bad idea to waste you on babysitting. Or I could tell 'em."