Yo peoples. New story. Enjoy. I don't own Naruto.
Kakashi slipped quietly into the home he shared with his wife. The first thing he noticed after the lack of a greeting was the pair of shoes in the space Akiko left hers.
'So she's home.'
He proceeded cautiously, wondering if she was asleep or injured. There was always someone who wanted her, or him, dead, and whenever he arrived to a silent home he feared they'd succeeded.
'The bathroom,' he thought as he crept past the door. He held his breath for a moment, listening, then rapped on the wooden door.
Nothing. He was answered by Silence and Anxiety.
The Copy Ninja shoved the door open, and a familiar smell assaulted him.
Blood. Lots of it.
Akiko Hatake lay on the floor of their bathroom, naked, in a pool of her own blood.
Kakashi gasped and dropped to his knees beside her.
"Sakura," he whispered. "I need you."