Sakura POV

Can this be? Is this the famous Copy Ninja? I don't care who he is right now! I just want to save him! I won't let him die! Not while I'm around!Konoha was a ruin by now. All houses were destroyed and bodies were lying everywhere. I was shocked by what I saw. I hate Akatsuki! I hate them! Just destroying and killing like it was nothing! Like there were no people who would lose someone, they love! This s terrible! I looked around to search for injured ninjas, but something caught my eyes. Standing in a narrow street I watched a man, who wore the same clothes as Itachi did, picking up a nail and aiming for someone at the ground.

"I'll just make sure to keep my distance to you, Copy Ninja… just in case."

WHAT? KAKASHI-SENSEI? This can't be! Without thinking, I grabbed a small stone from the ground and threw it -just a second before the Akatsuki guy threw the nail- towards Kakashi's headband. Everything seemed to happen very slowly. I saw how the stone hit the headband and how Kakashi's head flew in his neck and how the nail missed his aim.

"What the hell was that?" the Akatsuki shouted.

Without thinking I was at Kakashi's side in a second.

"Sakura?" I could hear that Kakashi was surprised, but only in the negative way.

"What are you doing here, Sakura? Get out of here!" he yelled at me.

"Girl, you shouldn't interrupt when adult are talking!" the other guy said.

"I will not let you kill any of my friends! " I shouted a bit too loud maybe.

"Sakura! Get away, now! He won't hold back just because you are a girl!"

Kakashi was worried, I knew that, but there is no point in worrying about me anymore! I am no longer a child who has to be protected by someone!

"Just watch me, sensei. I am done here right away," I smirked.

"These are big words for such a tiny girl, don't you think? You should have listened to what your sensei told you...I won't hold back."

"Me neither!"

Right in that moment there was a big explosion in front of me. I had only two seconds. Therefore, I hurried to get Kakashi out of the ruins and ran away as fast as possible with him on my back. I rushed out of the battlefield and towards the stone images of the Hokages where all villagers must be.

"Sakura!" I heard Izumo call when I reached the entrance.

"Let me through!" I managed to whisper. I did not notice that I had begun to cry.

Maybe it was because I nearly had to watch how my sensei died. Once we were inside, I laid Kakashi down, ripped his clothes on his left arm, and left leg away so that I could treat him. Both of them were broken. If he had not passed out on the way here, it would have hurt him like hell. Therefore, for that matter of fact I was glad that he did. As I was done with his arm and his leg, I took off his headband and tried to heal his Sharinggan, because blood was coming out of it. I sighed.

Suddenly someone grabbed my hand.

"Why have you done this? You could be dead by now!" Kakashi sat up and glared at me while he still held my hand tightly. It almost hurt. Tears were forming again in my eyes as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"I am so happy that you are okay again!"

I did not pay attention to what was going on around me. Therefore, I also did not notice the looks of the villagers and of Izumo and Kotetsu, who were watching all the time. I was just happy that he was alive. I couldn't bear it, if a friend of mine would die in front of my eyes.

"You should not have helped me. That was too dangerous...Nevertheless, I am proud of you, Sakura. Thank you," Kakashi put one arm around me and with the other he supported himself on the ground.

I opened my eyes and saw the awkward looks of everyone. I am sure I was red all over my face now. Just now, I realized that I hugged my former teacher right now. I backed away immediately.

I heard Konohamaru -who stood in the front- chuckle, "Sakura-oneechan has fallen in love with Kakashi-sensei."

With this, he smirked just like Naruto.

"Stop talking nonsense, Konohamaru! That's so not true!" I shouted at him.

"So why the hug?" he continued smirking. Ugh. The others were giggling too.

"I-I just...err...you see..."

"I am going out now, " Kakashi said all of a sudden.

"What! You haven't recovered! I just treated your wounds, but I didn't give you your chakra back!"

"Sakura, you saw what happened to our village. Everyone is fighting for it...should I just hang around and wait until the worst happens?"

"Just stay here until your chakra recovered as well! You wouldn't survive out there in your condition!"

"At least I would have tried", he stepped to the door and opened it, but we were shocked of what we saw.