Green and turquoise lightning flashed acrossed the sky, the thunder booming in the background; yet the rain did not fall. My feet made no sound as I ran through the forest to his home, my best friend, Kakashi Hatake. Part of me was saying that I was too late, that he was going to be dead upon my arrival; the other part was praying to God that I made it in time. My feet moved faster, my desire to get to him before it was too late was my fuel. It was on the horizon, it was small, but very noticable to me. My eyes flew open in fear, the door had been left open . . . Kakashi. I pushed myself faster as I entered the house.

Nothing.

Silence.

I wanted to yell out his name, but knew better. Stealthily, I tip-toed through out his house. The living room looked untouched, as did the kitchen. No surprise there. CRASH! My head snapped to the stairs as my breath hitched. I quickly sped up the stairs and stopped on the outside of Kakashi's bedroom. I could hear voices, two of them. One was Kakashi's, the other unknown.

"Why would I tell you anything?" Kakashi's voice seemed worn and raged. My eyes shut tightly, I could just picture the state he was other man seemed to shuffle around, "We will get her, with or without your help." His voice was monotoned and yet, it sent chills down my spine. Taking in a deep breath I turned my head around the corner, Kakashi was on his knees in front of this man, his head hung low. The man had on a black cloak, with what seemed like red puffs of smoke or clouds, I couldn't tell. "You can go to hell Uchiha." He spat at the man in cloak as he brought his head up too look at him. Kakashi tried not to show shock on his face that he just seen me, but this man was good. Uchiha tilted his head a little and turned around.

Those crimson eyes seemed to penetrate my very body. "Looks like I won't be needing you anymore Kakashi." His voice was still monotoned as he pulled out a kunai. My eyes grew wide as I ran forward to try and protect my best friend. "Kakashi!" The man raised the kunai above his neck and brought his arm down swiftly . . .

"NO! KAKASHI!" I bolted straight up my arm out stretched in front of me. My breathing was like Kakashi's had been in my dream, that stupid and horrible dream that had been occuring lately. I could feel my whole body trembling as I brought my knees closer to my chest, lightly setting my elbows on top of them. My fingers ran through my hair, trying to wash away that image in my mind. It didn't help that Kakashi was out on a mission, it didn't help that he was due back two days okay. But then again, he is always late. I swear Kakashi, you better come back from this mission alive.

Meanwhile:

A grey-haired ninja jumped through the trees swiftly on his way back to Konoha, on his way back to her. "I don't know why that Granny keeps sending us on these pointless missions. Telling us that they are top priority." His spikey blond student chided next to him. "Naruto! Stop! If she needs us to do something, we do it." The pink haired one snapped. "Kakashi-sensei? Why do we keep doing this?" Naruot asked his the grey-haired ninja. He took a deep breath, he knew that Tsunade was protecting the city, two people especially. "Naruto, she has her reasons. You know one of them." His bored tone rang back. Naruto just rolled his eys and continued to jump through the trees. "Sakura's right though Naruto, it's best if you don't ask questions." Kakashi could see the gates of Konoha in front of him and subconciously, leapt faster.

Sakura and Naruto just looked at each other. "You know normally Kakashi-sensei is a little more subtle about things.""They're just friends Naruto, he's told us a million times."

Naruto just smirked, "Yeah, just friends. That'll be the day."

"You know I can hear you two." Kakashi's voice called in front of them. Sakura's cheeks started turning red as Naruto's foot slipped, causing his face to collide with a branch. "Damn it!" Sakura and Kakashi just laughed as they slowly entered their home village, Naruto holding a bloody nose behind them. "Not funny guys!"

The three ninja walked up the spiral staircase that led to the Hokage's office, although it was manditory that the three see her, they all knew that Lady Tsunade was the pleasentest of people in the morning, especially after a night with a little too much saki. "Kakashi . . ." her voice was already murderous, and he hadn't even said anything yet. "Hey! We haven't even-" Sakura quickly covered the knuckle-heads mouth before he could enrage the hungover Tsunade even more than she was. "Two days? What on earth took you two extra days!" Kakashi thought she was trying to yell, but knowing the headache that she had, her voice was merely a whisper. But hey, he wasn't complaining. "The perimeters are still secure, no one is getting to this village." Kakashi stated proudly. It was the truth, you'd have to be invisible to get anywhere with in a hundred yards of this place. "That better be the case." Tsunade growled.

Sakura, her hand still over Naruto's mouth gave her a small smile, "Would you like me to study under someone else today Lady Hokage?" Tsunade waved her hand off, dissmissing them and answering Sakura at the same time.

"Okay, I'm off to get some-"

"Save it." Naruto smiled mischeiviously. "We know where you're going Kakashi-sensei." Sakura gave him a knowing look. Kakashi, for the life of him couldn't figure out what had gotten into their heads and Bri were just friends, they had been through everything together. Everyone in town knew that Bri and him were friends. Best friends, but still friends. That wasn't going to change anytime soon. Unfortunately.

Back to Bri:

I had went back to bed after that nightmare, but both faces continued to pop in and out of my mind. It was probably the worst night's sleep I've had since I first moved into my apartment. I rolled out of bed at 7:30 that morning, aching and feeling as if my eyes could fall shut any second. How am I supposed to train like this? I made my way, extremely slowly, to my bath room. Cold shower . . . yeah that'll do it. I smiled to myself as I undressed and jumped into the freezing cold water, instantly being woken up. "YAHOOO!" as soon as I jumped in a jumped back out. "Yeah nice and awake now." I said looking at myself in the mirror, my dark brown hair (now wet) looked back as it clung my skin. The black ANBU tattoo on my shoulder stood out on my fair skin, it was my favorite mark on my body. Today I looked normal, despite the fact that I was far from it.

I finished up in the bathroom and ended up in the kitchen, trying to find something to eat but realizing that there was nothing. "You've got to be kidding me!" I whined, sounding like a two year old. "Yeah, you normally have at least something decent to eat when I come back." Another voice called from the doorway. My body snapped around to see the masked ninja, Kakashi Hatake, standing in my door way. Squeeing with happiness, and relief, I sprinted over and wrapped my arms around his middle smiling into his chest, "No more missions. I swear each time you leave I get nightmares." His arms returned the embrace, "Aw Bri, it sounds like you actually have feelings!"

I let go of him and glared. Around other people, I did seem a little cold and distant, but with Kakashi it was different. And he was different around me, he never sounded bored and was a little more easy going than he normally is. "You know you love me." He ruffled my hair and walked past me onto my black futon, "Besides the point Kakashi." I said plopping myself down next to him. He let out a yawn, the outline clear on his mask, causing me to yawn as well. "You can't be tired, you just woke up Bri-san." He said closing his visible eye.

"Nightmares Kakashi." I whispered as I leaned on his chest, my eyes slowly drooping. I could feel him looking down at me now, concern probably showing in his eyes. "It's no big deal, Kakashi-san." My eyes were half way closed now. His arm wrapped around my body, holding me closer to him, protecting me. "Well go to sleep now, nothing's going to get to you, not even nightmares." He whispered, bring his other arm to close the little envelope he had me in.

I smiled to myself, this is how it always was when either one of us came back from a mission. We would always fall asleep on each other's couch, and I would always feel safe. Nothing could happen to me when I was with Kakashi. Absolutely nothing.