This couldn't be happening. There was just no way that this was possible. Naruto and Sai were out of commission, they were both knocked out and leaning up against the tree Kakashi had propped them against but there were still about six Sound Anbu left. Sakura couldn't fight the way she should be able to; she had to save her strength to help Sai and Naruto, and Kakashi if he needed it. Kakashi glanced at her and then fixed his gaze back out at the enemy. He knew what was running through Sakura's mind. "Sensei…I don't know how much I can help."
"I know Sakura, I'll handle them, I want you to stay here and take care of Sai and Naruto." Kakashi pulled his head band up revealing his Sharingan.
"But Sensei you can't—"
"Sakura." Sakura flinched at his voice, it was cold and harsh. He turned just slightly and looked at her. "I'll be fine; I need you to take care of Sai and Naruto."
Sakura bit her lip but nodded. She turned her back on Kakashi and knelt beside Naruto. If it came down to it, Naruto would be more of a help than Sai would, she needed to get him healed first. While she was concentrating her chakra and healing Naruto's body, she was watching Kakashi. He moved with lightning speed and precision, killing anyone that stood in his way, but when they thought they were done, when the last of the six had fallen, another wave of them appeared. Sakura pushed herself faster, willing the chakra to pound out of her body faster and go into Naruto quicker. He had to get up and help Kakashi.
But the procedure was canceled the moment Sakura was grabbed around the waist and pulled backwards. She couldn't use her chakra to get away either, she had used most of it on Naruto, and he still wasn't awake yet. She opened her mouth to scream for Kakashi but the moment she did a cloth was forced into it and then another was tied around that to keep it in place. Before she knew it she was bound and gagged, hanging off some guy's shoulder and being carried away. She looked over at Kakashi. Damn it. Look up.
He did, and his eyes locked on hers. He was done playing games with all of these Sound nin. He unleashed the power of the Chidori, and wiped them all out before going after Sakura. He wished he didn't have to use the Chidori, he didn't know how much more his body could take. He replaced his head band and leaped into the trees, following the enemy nin that had taken Sakura. What the hell did they want with her? Duh, she was a medic ninja; you don't come across many of those anymore. He was close to them though. With a leap he tackled the man to the ground and Sakura went rolling. With a thud and a slight whimper from the girl, her back hit a tree and Kakashi pulled a kunai from his holster.
The enemy sized him up and leaped at him, going for the attack, but he was inexperienced. Kakashi caught him in the side with the kunai knife and spun so the blade dragged up and across his chest. The man fell to the ground lifeless.
Kakashi walked over to Sakura and cut her binds and pulled the gag off of her. "Are you okay?" he asked. Sakura shook her head. She felt light headed and there was a throbbing pain in her side. She pulled her hand away from it and looked down. A cold chill shot through both Kakashi and Sakura. There was blood coating her hand, a lot of it. The red liquid poured out of her body in pints, the wound was deep. Kakashi gently moved Sakura and glared. There was a kunai laying beside her on the ground covered in her blood. "Sakura don't talk, just blink, once for yes and twice for no. Did it hit a main artery?" Sakura blinked twice. "Will you be able to make it back to Konoha?" again she blinked twice.
Damn it. Kakashi had to come up with something fast, or he could lose Sakura, and he still had to get back to Naruto and Sai. He didn't have much chakra left either. Just enough for one technique, the rest he would need to get Sakura to the nearest village for medical treatment. There was no way she was going to be able to heal herself, she was already nodding off. "Sakura, don't close your eyes." His voice was harsher than he meant it to be, but it caught Sakura's attention and she pinched the skin on her arm until her nails bit in deep.
Kakashi turned from her and summoned his whole squad of ninja dogs. He gave Pakkun the orders to go and stay with Sai and Naruto while he took Sakura, he told Pakkun what direction he was going in, and as soon as Naruto and Sai were awake to follow them. Once they had left he gently picked Sakura up in his arms and started flying through the trees. "Sakura can you absorb chakra from my body to yours?" she shook her head. She was too weak to do anything, and she was fading fast. Kakashi knew it. Damn it. He pushed his legs harder, demanding that they go faster. Sakura was not going to die. She couldn't.
It was nightfall, Kakashi had been traveling for a couple hours, and there was still no sign of a village, or the others. He was beginning to lose hope. Sakura was almost gone, her breathing had gotten shallow, and her body had broken out with a fever, she was shaking in his arms and he had just managed to get the blood to stop. But he didn't know how much longer she had. He felt like he was going to pass out. His body was shaking because it was starved for chakra, he was extremely low. There was only so much more he could do before his body forced him to take rest. But Sakura didn't have time for him to be weak. She was going to die if he didn't get her somewhere safe. He kept going, but he was so tired and being so made him clumsy. His sandal caught on a tree branch and he fell to the forest floor. He managed to roll his body to absorb the blow, Sakura landing on top of him. He couldn't move, he was drained of all of his energy. The last thing he could remember before he passed out were the silhouettes of people standing above him and talking in a language he didn't understand. As his eyes closed and darkness consumed him he prayed that they would save Sakura. That was all he cared about.
