"Naruto! You knucklehead! I told you to reserve the Dojo so you could help me practice my new technique!" Sakura yelled at the whimpering Naruto as they stood in the middle of Konoha.

"Sakura-chan…I didn't mean to forget…" Naruto whispered, lingering on his thoughts. All Sakura could think was why wasn't Sasuke there to help her. Even if it's been four years since he left the village, she still can't get over the fact that he left. After recalling Sasuke, her current rage with Naruto disappeared. Sadness overwhelmed her body as tears started to grow in her eyes.

"Sakura-chan! Don't cry! I'm sorry! I'll be more reliable next time I swear," Naruto said as he embraced his pink haired friend in a hug. Sakura always felt so safe in Naruto's arms. They've become so strong together after their dear friend Sasuke left. Sakura knew Naruto and Sasuke were like brothers and if the separation was this hard for her, imagine how hard it was for Naruto. Sakura realized she was being ridiculous and broke from Naruto's arms.

"Sorry Naruto, I got a little worked up. Thanks for trying to get the dojo," Sakura said monotone. Naruto looked at her peculiarly, this wasn't like his best friend. She was always fun and energetic, even mean!

"Sakura are you alright? You've been acting a little Bi-polar for a while now…" Naruto asked lightly. She peered up at him with sharp, worried green eyes. Had Naruto figured out she wasn't over Sasuke yet? Sakura began to take several steps back from Naruto. Her mind began to race, "What would he think of me if he knew I was still in love with Sasuke?" Extreme worry filled her body, as she looked into Naruto's concerned blue eyes.

Still walking backwards away from him, she said, "I…I um…I gotta go Naruto…t…talk to you later…" Sakura turned all the way around and bolted down the dirt rode headed towards her house. All she heard were Naruto's bleak words.

"See you later Sakura-chan! Talk to me if you need anything!"

Moments later Sakura arrived at her cottage on the outskirts of the hidden town. Her heart raced as she shut the door behind her, finally reaching the confinement of her home. She leaned onto the cheery red door, letting her knees get weak. She slowly slid until she felt her butt reach the ground. She started to breathe slowly, her heart still racing. Why did this always happen when she thought of Sasuke? Just the thought of his name gave her a deep, deep pain inside her chest.

"I'm fine…" Sakura whispered to herself, "Just don't think about Sasuke…" Speaking his name drove home the horrible pain. Her chest was throbbing, as her right arm went numb. The air going through her lungs felt like fire racing through her throat. What was she going to do? Was she having a heart attack? Her breath quickened as she tried to crawl over to her phone. She knew she couldn't make it, she needed to do something, and she wasn't going to die here. Sakura let out a mind-blowing scream. Surely it must have been heard all through Konoha, maybe even past the hidden leaf village. Just as she ended her cry for help, her vision went fuzzy, her body limp, and suddenly she was in another world. A world where there was nothing but black.

Kakashi sat in his living room reading his sex books, as a terrifying scream sliced through his ears.

"What the hell…?" Kakashi said aloud as he stood up from his couch. He wondered what it was, noticing the desperateness coming from the voice. A strange surge went through his body, telling him that he had to save whoever was screaming for help. Kakashi busted through his door, and took off sprinting into the night hoping to find this mystery scream.

"Naruto, did you hear that?" Hinata whispered into his ear as they lay in their bed.

"Hear what angel?" he whispered back, giving her a fancy kiss on the lips.

"It was a scream…it…it…sounded like Sakura-chan…" She said after breaking from his kiss.

"Sakura?? Do you really think something bad happened to her?" Naruto asked her curiously.

"Well, you know me, I always think the worst…" she said shyly.

"Sakura was acting pretty weird today after I messed up our practice…maybe we should go check," Naruto declared. Quickly, both of them jumped out of bed and made a run towards Sakura's cottage.

Kakashi's silver hair blew in the wind as he fiercely ran towards the mysterious sound. His legs followed the scream so fast it almost seemed like they were dragging him there. Suddenly Kakashi recognized the scenery, and noticed he was running towards his old student's house, Sakura. All the feeling in his body, drained as he pushed himself faster. "Sakura is fine, she couldn't be hurt? Could she?" he wondered anxiously to himself. Finally he arrived at her small cottage, and he burst through the door. The room was dark, the only light coming in from her window, from the giant full moon. Kakashi took another step in stepping on some slippery silky cloth. He looked down to see that he was stepping on Sakura's skirt.

"Oh I'm sorry," Kakashi said casually. Then he realized that she was unconscious lying on the floor. He knelt down by her side and turned her on her back. He held up her head with one hand and rested the rest of her body onto his knees.

"Sakura? Sakura can you hear me?" he said urgently to his unconscious student. He touched his to fingers to her icy neck to check for a pulse. It was barely there, nothing but a faint reading. She needed CPR and she needed it fast. Laying her body flat on the hard wood floor, he pressed his lips to her own and breathed a giant breath causing her chest to lift up. He waited patiently for it to take affect, but it didn't. He scooped her up in his arms and opened the door, expecting to run towards the hospital. But what he saw was Naruto and Hinata, eyes wide and minds blank.

"Kakashi? What are you…OMG WHAT HAPPENED TO SAKURA?!" Naruto yelled noticing Sakura's limp body in Kakashi's arms.

"No time to chat now Naruto, I have to get her to the hospital," Kakashi said sternly. Naruto nodded and pulled the whimpering Hinata close to him.

"We'll meet you there Kakashi," Naruto said. Kakashi bolted once again down the dirt rode headed for the hospital.

As he arrived at the hospital, Sakura still limp in his arms, the nurse sitting at the front desk gave of a shriek. Immediately, the nurse called to Tsunade and all the other medical nin to come look at Sakura.

"It's a 56-MO01 cardiac arrest," Tsunade began in fear, "I've only read about this in books, it's said to be legendary…"

Sakura lay upon a hospital bed inside a tiny room. Kakashi looked in from the tiny window in the door. The whole time Tsunade operated, Kakashi kept looking at Naruto and Hinata then back at the operation. Naruto could see the defining strain in Kakashi's one eye showing out from his mask. Naruto moved from sitting down with Hinata to stand next to Kakashi.

Naruto placed his hand on Kakashi's shoulders to stop him from fidgeting. Kakashi stared at Naruto with an odd look, and stopped shaking.

"Kakashi…you have to calm down. If you get all worked up like this, you'll be in the operating room next."

"Your right Naruto, your right," Kakashi said back more calmly. Kakashi took one last peak into the operating room, and then went to sit down next to Hinata. It was time he let Naruto do the work.

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"Kakashi? Kakashi?"

Kakashi's gray eyes fluttered open to the sight of a beautiful woman. Her delectable pink hair smelt of cherry blossoms, and her skin was a beautiful pearly white.

"Kakashi? Can you hear me?" the voice kept repeating. Her voice was like velvet. Every word she spoke came out as cherubic as a song. But, her face was blurred out. Kakashi rubbed his eyes so he could clear his vision and see this woman's face, but when he opened his eyes everything was dark. In panic, Kakashi sat up and looked around frantically. Behind him there was one spotlight. There was a girl, she was lying on the floor, she didn't move.

"Hey! Are you ok?" Kakashi called to the unmoving girl. But she did not stir at the sound of his voice. Unable to control his actions, he stood up and started to run towards the unknown girl under the spot light. But the more he ran the farther she got away from him.

"Kakashi….help…Kakashi…" the voice called again. "Help me wake up Kakashi…I need you….now….you need to wake up….wake up!"

"Huh? What?" Kakashi yelled as he woke up from a deep sleep. His eyes met the site of Tsunade standing near the door where Sakura was operated on. Kakashi began to recall what had previously happened before he drifted off to sleep. Sakura…what happened to Sakura?

"Tsunade! Is Sakura in there? What happened to her? Is she ok?" Kakashi said while grabbing her shoulders and shaking them.

"Kakashi, Kakashi…" tsunade said with a tired laughter, "Your not usually the one to worry so much."

Dumfounded he answered, "Well, I…I um…you know…she's one of my old students; am I not allowed to care about her?"

"Your free to do whatever you want Kakashi, whatever you want," Tsunade said slyly. Kakashi just stood there staring at her. What was she trying to say to him? She thinks that he has feelings for Sakura? He stood there for several moments just staring at Tsunade until she interrupted.

"Well? Are you just going to stand there? Or are you going to go see Sakura?"

"I…I um…thanks Tsunade," Kakashi said then pushed on the door handle and walked into Sakura's hospital room.

"Hey Granny, what was that all about with Kakashi?" Naruto asked.

"Did you see the way he worried about Sakura? You've been best friends with her for years and you didn't even worry that much. Something is going on with Kakashi and Sakura, I don't even think he has realized it, but I did." Tsunade said.

"Granny I think your crazy…" Naruto said under his breath.

"You think I'm crazy? Well you can just not have a mission for the next month!" Tsunade roared. Naruto jumped out of his skin with agony.

"You can't do that to me Granny! You can't!"

"Yes I can, I'm the Hokage." She retorted back and walked away. Naruto followed after her screaming and crying, leaving Hinata sitting in front of the room Kakashi and Sakura were in.

"Sakura? Can you hear me?" Kakashi whispered as he sat down next to her on the bed. He saw her eyelids flutter a little bit; she reached her hand out into the air. Kakashi grabbed it and stroked it tenderly.

"Sasuke…" Sakura whispered desperately.

Sasuke? Kakashi thought to himself as he looked down at Sakura and his entwined hands. Sakura is still upset over Sasuke? But how-

"Kakashi? What are you doing here?" Sakura said in a weak voice. The look in her eyes was so hurt and so desperate.

"Sakura, how are you feeling?" Kakashi whispered with a smile. She glanced briefly at their hands, then back up to Kakashi's smiling face.

"I…I don't really know…I feel like I'm so weak and helpless…my chest really hurts too…" Sakura said looking in the other direction.

Her mind was spinning full of thoughts of Kakashi. Why was he being so sweet and sensitive to me? Sakura wondered. I mean he was my sensei and all but, I never thought that he would care about me so much…

"Just relax Sakura… Can we talk about something?" Kakashi added sweetly.

"Su…sure…" Sakura answered uneasily. What did he want to talk about? I wonder…

"Well Sakura…" Kakashi began blushing, "Before you woke up…you were sort of talking about Sasuke…and your voice was somewhat uneasy when you spoke his name…I was just wondering if you were ok…" Sakura was immediately alarmed and nervous. Kakashi had heard about Sasuke? What did she say about him? Had she gave it away? She was frozen, her face blank.

"You can let it out Sakura…you don't have to keep the pain inside anymore…"

Sakura looked up at this grey haired man with tears welling in her eyes again. Kakashi cared about her a lot, and frankly she cared about him.

"Kakashi…I…" Sakura said before she started to sob. Kakashi pushed Sakura over to one side of the bed and he climbed in next to her. The heat of their bodies converged into one, and Sakura's tears soaked his green vest. He wrapped his muscular arms around her fragile body, as she sobbed and sobbed.

"Thank you Kakashi," she whispered through tears.

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"Your welcome," he answered back flatly. The bland tone in his voice made Sakura look up at his face. She never realized how handsome he was.

"Kakashi are you-" Before she could finish Kakashi's lips were molded around hers. And the strange thing was, Sakura loved it.

-End of Chapter One.