Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any characters from the manga
Warning: Contains use of bad language and themes.
Summary: Kakashi and Sakura make up for their last failed mission. More sick Kakashi and some lovin'.
Sequel to In Sickness. Looking at a trilogy. Let me know what you think!
It had been two months since their last mission and Kakashi still wasn't feeling a hundred percent, but he wouldn't let anyone know, anyone but Sakura that is. Since their last mission hadn't gone so well, their contact hadn't shown up like they were suppose to, leaving Kakashi and Sakura fighting the cold weather on their way back to Konoha. They were soon pressed with another attempt to meet the contact and get the information the Hokage sought after.
"Are you sure you're up for this?" Tsunade-sama asked. "I don't like the sound of that cough."
"Yes ma'am. Especially since it's a simple retrieving information mission." Kakashi managed to say.
Sakura frowned somewhat, he sounded winded. She turned her gaze to the Hokage wondering if she shouldn't give the mission to someone else.
"Besides, if things get a bit bad, I have Sakura." Kakashi said with a smile.
"True…" Tsunade said thoughtfully.
"We can do this Tsunade-sama. We need to leave and get ready now if we're supposed to meet the person within two days." Sakura said.
Tsunade nodded and sighed. Giving them what information she could, she dismissed them and the two vanished from in front of her.
Reappearing outside, Kakashi leaned against the wall, coughing a bit before he could take a deep breath again.
"Are you ok?" Sakura asked.
"Hai." He responded and the two went off to their home.
Ever since Kakashi came home from the last mission, Sakura had been there for him and the two decided that she should just move in. They were a couple, it was tiring seeing her leave to get a change of clothes then come back, so it was easier this way.
Walking back to their home, Kakashi kept leaning forward, a hand pressed against his chest as he coughed every chance he could in order to get a good breath. Sakura frowned and ordered Kakashi to take some medicine and get in a quick nap before they were to be leaving.
"You know I don't like that stuff, besides I need to pack first." Kakashi said.
"Don't worry; I'll take care of it. You just take your medicine and go to bed." Sakura said leaving no room for argument.
Kakashi sighed, but did as he was told. It seemed as if he had just drifted off to sleep when Sakura was shaking his shoulder, telling him it was time to go.
"Did you pack everything?" Kakashi asked.
"I did, even a few of your smutty books." Sakura replied.
Kakashi gave a faint smile and forced himself to his feet. He started to say something but was interrupted by a strong coughing session. Sakura quickly went over to him and patted his back, trying to break up the phlegm that was caught.
"Sorry, thank you." Kakashi managed.
"No problem." Sakura replied and frowned with worry as she placed her hand on his forehead. "You don't have a fever, but you're a little warm." She said.
"That's just 'cause you're so close to me." Kakashi said and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Sakura smirked and shook her head.
"Uh huh. Let's go." She said and made her way towards the door after grabbing her pack.
Kakashi followed suite and the two were soon on their way out of Konoha boundaries. Kakashi had managed to get his coughing down to every now and then once they had reached a warmer climate. He figured the overcast that was hovering over Konoha was partly, if not near mostly, the reason behind his coughing fits. Managing a deep breath, he pushed himself further, Sakura stay with him.
A crease had found itself upon Kakashi's brow when he thought he detected something. Sakura looked over at him and wondered what was up.
"Kakashi?" Sakura asked.
"It feels like… Sakura look out!" Kakashi managed to push her out of the way of an oncoming shuriken.
Surprised, Sakura was moved behind a tree with Kakashi using his body to protect her front. He turned to see who was attacking them when he moved Sakura out of the way once more. Another shuriken embedded right where Sakura's head had been.
"What's going on? Who's attacking us?" Sakura asked.
"I can't see anyone. I can hardly feel their presence as well." Kakashi said and made his way to another position as to draw the attention on him and to see if he could find out who they were.
Several kunai were thrown in his direction and he quickly ducked behind another tree. Unfortunately, the need to cough was growing and he soon found himself bend half over coughing wetly. He just moved in time as more kunai left the outline of his body in the tree.
"Huh… not bad." He said moving back to look at it.
He moved once more as another kunai was thrown where his heart would've been.
"Whoa. So they mean business." He moved through the trees attempting to circle around and see who the attackers were.
Sakura took that moment to help distract the attackers from Kakashi as she moved out and through the trees. Pulling out a kunai of her own, she blocked three shuriken that were trying to get her and she dodged a kunai that was aimed at her head. She pulled an explosive note attached to a kunai out of her hip pack and threw it in the direction the shuriken and kunai were coming from. The explosion wasn't large, but it did a bit of damage.
"There!" Sakura yelled as she saw someone moving towards another tree out the corner of her eye.
She dodged another attack and sent her own retaliation. Kakashi was soon upon his and Sakura's enemy and he could count six men searching for him he guessed. Sakura once again threw an explosive note attached to a kunai and saw another figure move out of the way of the explosion. She quickly threw a shuriken in the direction she thought the person was headed and was reward with a faint groan and then thud. She'd hit whomever it was.
"Nice." Kakashi said from his spot up in the tree.
He soon threw a few of his own shuriken and kunais at the group of ninja he could see. Several dodged his attack, but there were a few hits. Now down to three enemy ninja, Kakashi and Sakura moved further into battle with them and realized they were going to have to make up the time in order to meet their contact.
"If we don't finish this, we're going to be late." Kakashi said.
"Yeah, but… what are we going to do?" Sakura asked.
Kakashi gave a faint smile and reached up to reveal his sharingan. Sakura looked at him and turned as she watched him take off, killing each of the ninjas off. The last one seemed to be putting up more of a fight, or it could've been the fact that Kakashi's strength was waning. Finally Kakashi had been able to take him down as well before he fell to his knees. Sakura ran over quickly and started checking him over.
"I'm alright. Just tired… can't seem to catch my breath." Kakashi wheezed.
Sakura moved in closer to him and filled her right hand with chakra before placing it on his chest. She closed her eyes as she focused her chakra to see what the problem was. She could tell his breathing tubes were narrow and placed the blame on his not being completely healed from when he fell into the freezing waters. She could only do so much for him since that was going to have to heal on its own. She managed to make it a bit easier for him to breathe before she pulled her hand away.
"Thank you." He said and stood to his feet.
"Shouldn't you rest a bit?" Sakura asked.
"The sooner we get their, the sooner we can get this over with. At least let's get closer to our destination." Kakashi said.
"Fine. So who were they?" Sakura asked, nodding over at the bodies.
"Looks like sound ninja." Kakashi replied.
"Huh." Sakura said.
The two continued on towards their destination unaware of the hidden danger that lurked behind them.
"Alright, that's it, we're stopping." Sakura said
Kakashi had nearly fallen from the tree tops for the umpteenth time and Sakura was really worried. They still had time to get to their destination, but they also had quite a ways to go.
"I'm sorry. I can keep going." Kakashi said.
"Uh huh." Sakura replied, beginning to set up camp.
She'd started digging a pit for the fire and then headed off in search of wood. Kakashi was left to see what food rations she had packed. Never one to disappoint, Sakura had managed to pack most of his favorites as well as the crummy ninja rations they were usually given. Slightly laughing, he turned his head to the side and started coughing. He tried to clear his throat a couple times, but reached over for the water canteen anyway.
"Kakashi? Are you ok?" Sakura asked when she returned.
"Yeah, just… need a minute." Sakura nodded and began situating the wood into a pile.
"Could you pass me my pack please?" She asked.
"Yeah, here you go." Kakashi passed the pack to Sakura and then froze.
His eyes wide, he looked up from the pack to Sakura and jumped away quickly, but it was too late. The kunai that was thrown from behind him managed to nick him in the left leg.
"Who are you?" He asked breathing heavily.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"I know you're not her. Who are you? Where is she?" Kakashi questioned.
"I guess you really can't be fooled." The person that had been disguised as Sakura said.
The person morphed from Sakura into a ninja wearing a headband with the symbol of the hidden village in a waterfall. Her long legs captured Kakashi's gaze before his eyes traveled upward, taking in her seemingly perfect hips, up to her rather large chest, and then to her face.
"Like what you see?" She asked.
"Where's Sakura?" Kakashi asked coldly.
"Who? That girl you were traveling with? I don't know. Why are you traveling with the likes of her anyways? Wouldn't you prefer a woman traveling companion?"
At this, she had managed to get right in Kakashi's personal space, a finger teasingly running down his masked lips to his chin. Kakashi quickly caught her hand and moved it away from him. He backed away from her only to find himself up against a tree and she had moved in close once again.
"What's the matter? I thought all men wanted a woman that can satisfy their needs." As she said this, she ran a hand down the front of Kakashi's pants and smirked as he didn't seem to respond.
Running her hand up his side, she quickly stabbed her nails into him and laughed at his surprised expression. Kakashi quickly kicked out at her and pushed her back before moving from in front of the tree and into more space. He frowned when his vision started tunneling.
"What…?" Kakashi asked, starting to fall to his knees.
"It's just a light sedative. It's been so long since I've been with a real man before. I'm just gonna take you for a spin before I sell your parts to the market." The woman said as she moved towards Kakashi.
He tried calming his overly beating heart, trying to slow the effects of the sedative, but it was to no avail. He looked up in time to see her knock him out cold.
"I'll let you keep the mask on, I like the dark and mysterious type." She said to him as she removed his pants.
Lifting up his shirt, she couldn't help the sharp pull in of breath as she looked at his wonderful body.
"I am so gonna have fun with this." She laughed and pulled his pants all the way off.
I do hope you will all let me know if I'm merely wasting your time, as well as the space provided, in writing this story. I'll take all the review you're willing to give. Good or bad.