Memories of You

By: Kinomi Shadow

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto... Period!

Kakashi sat down under a cherry tree, skimming through (but not actually reading) a book. He let out a sigh, glanced aroung for a moment, the continued skimming. Damn it was lonesome without Naruto, Sakura, and Sai pestering him. Ever since his students became Jonin, he had been bored beyond reason. Even the "Make Out" book series could not grasp his attention.

Kakashi started to nod off when a scream caught his attention. Initionally, he tried to ignore it, but when the cries of despair grew louder he arose lazily and and walked slowly to the source of the disturbance.

A girl with blondish flowing waist-length hair and piercing green eyes was in a heated battle with some sort of demon. It wasn't a tailed demon, but it was rather large and feirce resembling neither human nor animal but something in between.

"Do you, uh, need help?" Kakashi asked lazily.

"That would be nice," the girl replied, thowing a kunai at the rather large pale fanged beast.

Before the kunai reached it's target however, Kakashi uncovered his shirangan eye and sprung forward using his signature chidori attack. The chirping sound was deafening as sparks coursed through the demon on impact. The creature let out and horrible shriek and took it's massive claw and grasped Kakashi around the throat. Kakashi stuggled violently feeling his chakra drain slowly and painfully from his body and being stored in the demon's body. The demon smirked, his yellowing fangs glistening as light reflected off of his pale muscular body.

"Kakashi Hitake you're my slave now," the demon growled low in it's throat. "Consider it payback for stopping my destroying Saku Midake, that little bitch that just escaped."

Kakashi managed to see the blonde girl run far from the beast and cursed himself for getting involved. He felt something hot sink into the depths of the flesh on his neck and felt the warm salty blood trickle down his throat. His world faded to black.

It had been a long time since he had dreamed of Rin. But he did. He remembered everything. Obito's death, how he had obtained shirangan, everything. Her beauty, her smile, their love/hate relationship everything. Even as he sleep, he thought he could feel her touch.

His eyes slowly flickered open. He could make out the image of a girl.

"Rin?" He asked weakly. Then as things came into focus it was clear it was not Rin.

"I hate it when guys mutter the names of other girl's when they're half-dead!" the girl, Saku Midake said defiantly. "So what's the story? Why did you help me back there with Shido Amaru?"

Shido Amaru? Was that the demon's name?

"Damn my neck hurts," Kakashi groaned.

"That's the accursed bite wound working its magic on you," Saku said matter-of-factly. "Soon you'll become a half demon like me."

Kakashi shot straight up (for he had been lying down) but dizziness caused him to flop back down.

"So you're a half demon?" Kakashi muttered bitterly. "Figures… So did you run away on purpose so you'd have another half-demon for company."

"How can you accuse such a thing!" Saku defended, placing a hand on her breast. "I was merely escaping a fate that all half-demons must endure."

Kakashi rolled his eyes.

"And what might that be I wonder?" Kakashi muttered.

A pale form appeared before them.

"Why service to your lord and master Shido Amaru…."