" Kakashi?", Sasuke whispered.

Kakashi moaned and rolled over. Sasuke shook his shoulder.

" Kakashi?", Sasuke repeated, getting louder.

"What's wrong?", Kakashi mumbled.

"I had a nightmare", Sasuke said.

'This is what you get for taking on an eight-year-old, Kakashi', Kakashi thought.

He sighed and lifted up the covers, indicating Sasuke to get in. After a few moments, Kakashi broke the silence .

"What was the dream about?", he whispered.

He regretted asking when he heard him take a deep breath.

" Itachi", Sasuke whispered.

Kakashi didn't reply.

Sasuke curled up into a small ball , making it easier for Kakashi to put his arms protectively around him. A while later he felt his heavy breathing on his arm.

"I won't let him hurt you, Sasuke".

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Kakashi woke up, bleary eyed. With his eyes closed, he put his arm out, looking for Sasuke. He gasped and opened his eyes. Sasuke wasn't there.

"Sasuke?", Kakashi called sitting up.

He jumped out of bed, and looked in every room. Then he stopped in the kitchen. Sasuke was holding a piece of bread, looking at him with huge onyx eyes. Kakashi smiled.

"You can't have just bread for breakfast Sasuke", Kakashi said. "What else can I have?", Sasuke frowned .

He looked in the fridge and saw he only had some milk and butter.

"Looks like we're going out today", Kakashi said.

Sasuke frowned and Kakashi couldn't help thinking how impossibly cute he looked.

Sasuke got dressed and followed Kakashi. It was a long walk to the town and Sasuke began to slow down.

"Sasuke come on!", Kakashi laughed.

Sasuke frowned again. Kakashi sighed, muttering something under his breath. He picked him up and put him on his back. Sasuke felt uncomfortable. He only got piggy -backs from Itachi.

"Crap", Sasuke cursed .

"What?", Kakashi asked.

Sasuke raised her head, sighed and pointed at a group of women who were running towards them. He jumped down and stood next to Kakashi.

A particularly large woman grabbed his cheeks and smiled.

"Aw! He's so cute! Is he yours?", she cooed. Kakashi didn't get a chance to answer when the woman yelped and looked down. The small, pale boy frowning back.

"Oh! The little Angel!", the same woman cooed, ignoring the fact that the Angel kicked her.

"Sasuke! Don't go around kicking people!", Kakashi said, hiding a smile.

"She was attacking me! It was self-defence", Sasuke protested.

Suddenly the woman picked him up and spun him around saying how cute he was. Sasuke frowned.

Kakashi had to admit Sasuke adorable with a frown. Sasuke managed to jump down .

The women cooed and walked away, reluctantly.

"Are you ready then?", Kakashi sighed.

Sasuke hadn't notice Kakashi sit down and read his romance book while he was being attacked by women.

"You did look cute!", he laughed. He received a kick from Sasuke.

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Sasuke sat up. He'd had another nightmare. Ugh. Now he'd have to go back to Kakashi. Although he did like not being completely alone.

He was about to get up when there was a loud bang.

Sasuke jumped up and ran into the hall.

Kakashi was there, Sharingan flaming and standing over a ninja. Sasuke didn't recognise this ninja. He was from the Sound Village judging by his head band. He was on the floor , looking injured. Immediately Kakashi looked up.

"Sasuke get back into the room!", Kakashi yelled.

Sasuke turned to go back in, but was stopped by another ninja.

"Hello there little man", he growled. "We've been looking for you for a while now".

Sasuke turned and ran.

There wasn't many places to run in Kakashi's apartment so the ninja caught him quickly. The ninja grabbed Sasuke, not having to many problems. Kakashi hit him, knocking him to floor before catching Sasuke.

'I can't take on two Sound ninja!', Kakashi thought. Then he noticed the other ninja was gone. That meant he was hiding. 'We have to get out of here'.

With that he took Sasuke out of the apartment, still holding him, and not looking back. He had to stop to take a breath. It was a mistake. That ninja who disappeared had reappeared and hit Kakashi on the head. He was lost consciousness.

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Kakashi moaned. His head was pounding like a drum. Where was he?

It was too dark to see anything. Wait. What happened?

Where was Sasuke? Those ninja. They took him.

He had to get up.

"Ah, Ah Kakashi. Your in no condition to be going anywhere", came an unknown voice.

Suddenly, a light turned on ,blinding Kakashi. The ninja who Kakashi had hit earlier walked into the light. Now Kakashi could see him clearly.

He was from the Sound Village. He was wearing a mask , like Kakashi's , which was hiding his face but Kakashi could still see a small grin on his face.

"Where's Sasuke?!", Kakashi fumed.

"Oh , don't worry about the little man. He's being looked after..", he grinned. "Now, we just have to figure out what we're going to do about you…".