EDIT 3/23/2008: for those who are just now starting this story...i had to go back and add in the freakin line breaks because they just had to go and no longer accept dashes and what not for line breaks...that's a total of over 30 chapters for me to have to go back and fix...if you find anything wrong with something please notify me...but nothing should go wrong since that lil export button is quite handy lmao

hello! this fic was a weird idea that came to me one boring morning so plz bear with me on that lol and it takes place after the time skip. First fanfic was written with POV's but i decided to attempt this one in this 3rd person format (i think it's third person, me dunno) so bear with me on that too lol

rating for a just in case and for what might come later on

Disclaimer: i don't own anything that is related to Naruto (only a lil wrist band thingy that i bought a while back and that's it :sobs:)

p.s. (why did i put p.s.??) anyways i don't know if Sakura says Shananaro, i highly doubt it but she does now lmao

They were surrounded and fighting hard. Their mission had already been accomplished and they were heading home when a group of enemy ninja spotted them and attacked. Sakura was scaring most of them since most of the enemy were guys and she could destroy boulders with just one fist. But that still didn't deter the enemy enough. Naruto and Sai were fighting hard and fast and Naruto's clones were doing some serious damage. Kakashi was taking down 3 – 4 at a time with each attack. All four of them were careful not to get to close to the edge. It was a long drop to the river.

"Shananaro!"

That was the boys' cue from Sakura to jump. As they did she hit the ground with both her fists hard, disrupting the ground rock and boulders. The enemy lost their balance and all four of them took advantage, defeating almost every one of them. The few that were left gathered some of their comrades and left quickly.

"Heck yeah! We won!" Naruto yelled while jumping up and down. "And it's all thanks to Sakura-chan!"

Sakura smiled and blushed a little. "Not really."

"Don't be so modest Sakura-chan." Naruto jumped up onto a new boulder and looked around. "How far away from the village are we still?"

"We've still got about two weeks of traveling ahead of us," Kakashi answered.

"Awwww, I want some ramen right now though." Naruto jumped down.

Sakura rolled here eyes. "You and your ramen."

Naruto looked at her a little hurt. "Yeah, what's that supposed to mean?"

The ground under them started to fall. All four of them tried to jump to the forest edge. Naruto was bringing up the rear with Kakashi in front of him a little ways. A scream caught Kakashi's attention and when he looked back he saw Naruto get hit by a boulder. Sakura and Sai had started to jump back towards their friend.

Kakashi looked up at them, "Keep going!"

He jumped back down to Naruto who was just about to go over the precipice. His pupil was still a little dazed, but at least he was conscious. "Naruto, you've got to jump!"

"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura screamed.

Kakashi looked down and saw the river coming up fast as well as a cave in the cliff side. It was coming fast and he had to move quickly. He focused chakra into his feet to cling to a nearby rock and grabbed Naruto. When the cave was almost level with him he threw Naruto towards it. Looking up as it passed he barely saw his student's body fly into the hole as splashing came to his ears. When he looked down the river was greeting him fast.

"Kakashi-sensei, Naruto!" Sakura and Sai jumped down from the tree and went to the sturdier edge. When they looked down they saw the last of the debris falling into the chaotic river. Sakura fell to her knees as tears started falling from her eyes. Sai stood there looking down to cliff, not sure on how to help her.

"Sakura-san look."

Sakura looked down the edge and saw Naruto leaning out from the cliff side. "Naruto! Are you alright?"

He looked up. "I'm fine, just a little headache that's all. Hey, is Kakashi-sensei with you guys?"

"No, we thought he was with you," she yelled back.

All three of them froze and looked at the river that had become rapids now.

"There's no way he could survive that," Sai said quietly.

Sakura shook her head. "No, there's got to be a way. It's Kakashi-sensei after all." She looked back down at Naruto. "Naruto, get up here, we've got to find sensei!"

"Give me some rope!"

Sai dug out his rope as Sakura ran off trying to find a way to get down safely to the river.

Sora walked by the river's edge. She was hunting for some more herbs and also trying to figure out where all the rocks and trees were coming from in the watercourse. As she climbed a small, clear hillock she looked back and saw her village nestled in the trees a ways away. The current was echoing strongly below her as it continued to cut through the knoll. She walked on. Near the bottom the shrubbery and trees started up thick again, but it didn't bother her too much until the game trail weaved away from the river. That's when she had to cut her own path to keep an eye on the water. Another tree floated by.

It's so weird that all these trees are in this river, she thought. My village isn't logging up this way.

She was coming up to where a tributary joined the main river. It left a small island on the edge of the waterway because the tributary fed into the other in two different places.

An avalanche couldn't have happened this early in the year, could it? The snows have come early to the mountain tops, she continued contemplating.

Crossing the ford she came to the little island and walked along its edge to the other side. Upon reaching it she froze. Lying on the gravel shore was a man. His clothing was soaked and torn and was weird looking too.

"Excuse me," she quietly asked.

No answer.

"Hello? Are you alright?" she said more loudly.

Still nothing.

Carefully, she crept over towards him. When she got close she noticed that his whitish-silver hair was stained with blood.

"Oh no." She crouched quickly by him and searched for his pulse. It was there and not that faint. Happy that he was at least alive she checked for other wounds. There were some cuts on his legs and arms, but not as bad as the scrape on his head. She glanced at his face then looked back at it staring.

My, he's quite a looker.

She gasped and hit her head.

He's wounded, Sora! How can you think of such things! Just tend to his wounds.

Kakashi felt consciousness coming back to him. His proof was the pounding headache he had. Opening his eyes slowly, he realized that he wasn't outside. Thinking back slowly he remembered the ambush, the fight, Sakura destroying the ground then the collapse of the cliff side and him flinging Naruto into the cave.

Then how did I get here, he wondered. Where is here?

He started to sit up then stopped and laid back down, feeling his ribs. They were bruised badly. As he tenderly felt his side he realized that this clothing didn't feel like his vest or sweater. Looking down he found that he was wearing a dark blue shirt and was lying in a bed. His face felt different when he moved his head. Quickly, he felt for his mask. It wasn't on. Instead, there was a bandage covering one of his cheeks. He then felt for his forehead protector and it was gone too, replaced by a bandage that wrapped the top of his head and not covering his sharingan. Sitting up painfully, he looked around the room. It was drab with just a small dresser, the bed he was in, and a small table by the bed. In the corner near the window was a sleeping dog. It had a splint wrapped around one of its front legs.

Where the hell am I?

He moved his legs out from under the sheets and got up slowly. Even with his slow movements he still went a little light headed. After it passed he took limping steps. His right hip and thigh were bruised as well and didn't want to bend. Kakashi walked to the door and opened. It opened into a bigger room. Looking around he noticed a fireplace, a table set, some other chairs, four big cupboards, but the main thing he noticed were the dried plants hanging upside down from part of the ceiling and one wall. Walking barefoot, he went over to them and looked closely at them. He recognized a few, helpful herbs that were around his village, but the others were strange looking. Some humming came from outside and was getting closer. Kakashi turned and watched the door carefully. The humming was louder and the door opened. A young woman was entering and when she saw Kakashi she stopped.

"You shouldn't be out of bed. You've lost too much blood."

cliffhanger already! comments welcome, flames, well it'd be best advised not to send any since i did say that this was a weird idea that came to me in the very begining (if u say u didn't see it then ur blind cuz it's the 1st sentence in the whole story! lol)