T.i.t.l.e Desideratum
D.i.s.c.l.a.i.m.e.r I do not own any Naruto characters,sadly.
P.a.i.r.i.n.g Kakashi and some random madeup character!
S.u.m.m.a.r.y Kakashi can't keep his feelings locked away forever.After rejecting so many women,he can actually let his emotions all out now.Possibly rated for later chapters.
A wisp of wind slowly came in through the window and ruffled the head of grey hair slightly.He could hear the rain come bombarding down on his apartment roof in a barrage.He laid back so his head hit the pillow and tried to go to sleep.But he couldn't.He was sick and a migraine was keeping him up and the storm wasn't helping.
In hopes of going to sleep,Kakashi got out of bed and slowly strolled over to the window.Pulling it down shut,he saw two figures in the dark carrying a stretcher.Why would they need a stretcher during this time?There were no- His train of thought ended right there.He had been asked to go on an important mission by the Hokage,but he was much more ill then.
So they had sent a replacement by herself.It didn't seem fair seeing how she was only sixteen years old.On the stretcher,he made out a faint,but visible outline of a girl's body.Her pale skin seemed luminescent in the dark of the night.He had just decided that he would visit her at the hospital in the morning to make up for having to send her in his place.
Kakashi made his usual 'hm' sound when he noticed that the two men carrying the stretcher were Asuma and Genma.It was odd because they weren't on the mission.The Hokage must have sent them to find her.After all,transporting a very important person to his destination in the middle of a war was a very important mission,even for a ninja with no jounin standards.
Kakashi wasn't saying she wasn't fit to be a jounin,but she hadn't passed her exams to become one.Yawning,he decided to deal with this matter in the morning.Kakashi scratched the back of his neck lazily and crawled back into his bed.
The Morning
"She has lost a huge amount of blood and chakra."Asuma said,helping deliver the unconscious woman to one of the hospital beds."She's not even a jounin yet and she is one of the best Shinobi we have."Genma said,helping Iruka lift the girl onto the bed."It would be a shame if she died right now."
They both turned to leave as a nurse came in."All right,you two can leave now.I'm sure she'll be fine."The nurse's voice was that of a doting grandmother.Even though she looked too young to be a grandmother,that's what she sounded like.Asuma and Genma walked through the hospital's corridors looking for the exit and stopped when they saw Kakashi.
"I though you were sick."Genma told Kakashi,as he pushed past the two Shinobi."What can I say,I got better."Kakashi said as he turned a corner and stopped at a room door.The nurse had already finished changing the injured Shinobi into a hospital gown and she was under the covers."Kakashi-san!"The nurse said,turning her head."What brings you here?I thought you disliked hospitals."
"I came to see someone.Can I come in?"Kakashi said,walking in as the nurse nodded."She's still sleeping though.Try not to wake her."The nurse told Kakashi as she departed from the room.
Kakashi averted his gaze from the nurse to the clipboard at the end of the bed.He picked it up and read the name."Harue Ichigawa..."Kakashi said,placing the clipboard back where it was.
Kakashi walked over to the side of the bed and sat on the stool,averting his gaze to the girl.Her hair color was that of a raven and it stopped roughly at her shoulders.
Her bangs were parted to the left,giving clear view of her closed eyes and -- was that blood?Kakashi's arm seemed to have a mind of it's own as he reached out towards her forehead and lightly ran his finger over the bloody area of her forehead.
"Hm..."Harue muttered,discomfort creeping over her face.That spot must be an open wound. Kakashi thought as he ran his eyes over her body.Her chest slowly moved up and down as she took in air and blew it back out.
Her hand was covered in blood but it wasn't a wound.Harue's hand was trembling as if she was having a bad dream.When Kakashi was in the hospital a few years ago,he had many bad dreams from the battle that rendered him useless and in the hospital.
Kakashi looked up as he heard footsteps."Sakura?"Kakashi said,apparently confused."What are you doing here?"Sakura was only thirteen and didn't seem like the sort of person that would visit someone in the hospital unless it was that Uchiha kid.Sasuke.
"Oh!Kakashi-sensei!I didn't see you there."Sakura told her former sensei.Her sensei was now Tsunade because Kakashi was now only training Sasuke and Naruto.
"I'm actually visiting my cousin,Harue."Sakura said,walking over to the bed and sitting on it.She reached for Harue's left arm and thoroughly examined the bracelet she was wearing.
"She's your cousin?"Kakashi said,trying to confirm this fact."I don't recall you mentioning you have a cousing named Harue."Sakura slowly placed Harue's arm on her stomach,where it had been.
"Like you told us sensei,there are some secrets can never be told."Sakura's face turned to deep concern as her green eyes averted their gaze to the sleeping girl."She's okay Sakura.The nurse said she'll be fine."Kakashi reassured the pink haired girl.
"I guess I'll believe you Kakashi-sensei.Have a nice day."Sakura said,leaving the Harue's hospital room.
Kakashi stood up and ran his hand through her hair slightly and left the hospital.As they days went by,the night when she was on the stretcher,when she was in the hospital,and Harue bloodstained haunted his memories.
One night he dreamt of Sakura throwing shuriken at him and ended his life right there for making Harue suffer the pain of that mission.In his dreams he was frozen and could not move.Not even reach out to help Harue in her mission.
Every night he woke up with a cold sweat.Kakashi had to go see for himself if Harue was all right.Two weeks after Harue got back from her mission,Kakashi made a trip to the hospital and asked to see Harue Ichigawa
."I'm sorry,you're too late.We just released her about an hour ago."A doctor told Kakashi."It was strange,waking up from a coma in two weeks."The doctor trailed off as he had patients to see.Where would I find a girl who had just left the hospital?
Kakashi spent all day looking for her to apologize but Harue was no where to be seen.As sunset grew nearer,Kakashi decided to go home,eat dinner,and possibly go to bed.He arrived at his home and unlocked the door,going inside.
Kakashi entered the kitchen and took out leftover noodles to eat.As he ate,his normal train of thought kept going back to his nightmares.The thought of a thirteen year old girl murdering him and putting him on his deathbed scared him.
Kakashi dropped his bowl in the sink and retired to his bedroom.Removing his head band,he removed his mask too.Kakashi removed his vest,pulled off his shirt and took off his pants until he was in nothing but boxer shorts.He crawled into bed and the one thought that got him to sleep was sort of depressing.
It's all my fault...
Sorry for the short chapter!Unless it isn't short...I usually write short chapters...Oh well..Review please!!! Even I have to know what happens to Kakashi.And I wrote 1332 words!