Author's notes: Heyo, it's me again; I'm back :D. I'm sticking with the KakaSaku fics because I find them much easier to work with, and because their a cute couple XD. Someone's been asking in the last story I wrote to bring back them chats; if you really want them, then you'll get 'em :P. So yeah, new story up and running, though I'm working on another in the same time, which will slow me down a little, and also, I'm off on my holiday, so I probably won't be able to catch up with whatever goes on on this chapter :S. So here you have it, a new story with a new plot

Kakashi: about time man, I've been waiting for ages

Sakura: yeah yeah, we get it, we've all waited here

Kakashi: but I wanted to get into the next story as soon as I could (pouts)

Sakura: (rolls eyes) well too bad, at least it's here now

Kakashi: true (grins)

UNDER THE RAIN
Chapter One

The pink haired Kunoichi sat under the shelter of the hospital, waiting for the rain to calm down. For third time that week, Sakura had forgotten to take her umbrella with her whenever she took off to work everyday. This time however, she had taken a double shift, and by the looks of things, so did the rain.

It wasn't getting any better, and all Sakura wanted to do was get home and crawl under a blanket and sit in front of a heater. Not only was it wet out there, but it was really cold too. Sakura stood there, shivering as she tugged on her long white coat to hide her most exposed areas on her arm and chest.

It was the beginning of winter in Konoha, which also meant, rain, rain and more rain with the side of freezing temperatures to beat. A few weeks would pass soon and it would snow, meaning it would get even worse the way it was already.

The Kunoichi sighed heavily, looking up at the darkly coloured sky as the rain continued to bucket down on the village below, 'why can't this village be renamed to the Hidden Rain in the winter instead?' she asked herself, flicking a pink lock from her forehead.

The young Jounin had waited long enough outside the hospital. She could go back inside, but she never did like the smell of antiseptics and dried blood. Plus, if she were to walk back inside, someone would throw her something to do such as mend someone's broken arm. Though she didn't mind the work, it's just she had had enough for today and only wanted to go home and sleep; with the exception of food to fill her growling stomach.

"That's it!" she exclaimed under her frustration and walked out under the pouring rain, not giving a damn about her attire and how much she wanted to stay dry.

She dashed across the street, trying not to stop or talk to anyone who could pass her at any given time. She skipped through the puddles, feeling the gush of water splash up her jacket and medic skirt, making her squeal suddenly.

Dashing around the next block, she passed the ramen shop, where she definitely knew Naruto was eating right at this very moment. Ignoring that, Sakura ran like a bat out of hell, trying to wipe the water that drilled into her eyes, blurring her vision. Upon reaching her street where her house was, she tripped on an uneven piece of the pavement, tumbling forward and seeing the ground come closer to her face at every split second. She hit the ground with a loud splash, her face planted right in a mudded puddle, lying motionless for a moment.

'Ouch!' she cursed, as she tried getting up, but she couldn't move.

She used what was left of her super human strength and pulled her head out of the muddy puddle, spitting a heap of nasty water from her mouth and feeling the burning sensation in her legs. How the hell could a fall hurt her so bad. Not only that, but she started feeling the cold temperature get to her and was shivering uncontrollably. Struggling hastily to get to a more dryer place, Sakura winced in pain. She decided checking to see what had her feeling like shit and found that when she had fallen, a rod that had been sticking out of the pavement and gone straight through her left leg.

'Aw crap!' she cursed again, watching the blood water down by the rain and running down the drain beside her.

She was so cold, Sakura wasn't able to muster the strength to get up, so she was stuck like this until help came. That is, if there was anyone who would be walking out in the rain at this hour.

Unfortunately, Sakura was tired, and hungry, not only that, but most of her chakra was used up in her double shift, and thought that she would most likely be stuck here until the next day. But after fifteen minutes of struggling, she was in luck when a very tall and very wet silver haired Jounin came walking around the corner. She knew this man anywhere, but couldn't put her finger on why he was walking out in the rain, at this hour. She pushed those thoughts aside for now and tried lifted herself up again, but began coughing vigorously from the cold.

The Copy Nin walking closer undoubtedly noticed his former student lying on the hard sidewalk of her street, "Sakura-chan!" he shouted over the heavy downpour of the rain and rushed to the medic at once.

"K-Kakashi-s-sensei," Sakura managed to stutter under the pain and cold.

Kakashi immediately knew she was in deep trouble. He knelt down, checking her current position and said, "how long have you been like this?" he asked hastily as he reached down to touch her injured leg and hissed in sympathy for the pink haired Kunoichi.

Sakura cringed and gasped as she began coughing. She began shivering slightly, "too long," that was all Kakashi needed to hear, and with that, he slowly, yet as swiftly as he could, pulled Sakura's leg from the poll, with the exception of a loud scream. He glanced down at the now very weak medic on the ground, "don't go out on me now Sakura," he demanded, unzipping his vest and putting it over Sakura, after taking her coat off and wrapping it around the medic's injured leg.

He grabbed her as gently as he could without harming her and her leg and ran down the road. Sakura lived down this street, he knew that much, but this street was really long, his house was closer; he was on his way home before finding her like the way she was moments ago, "Sakura, I'm taking you to my house," he said over the sound of the driving rain.

"…" Sakura mumbled something, but she was too weak to make it understandable.

Kakashi inwardly cursed himself, 'I'm always late with these things aren't I?' he mused, running as fast as he could and making a left turn, slipping just a little bit, but remained balanced.

He managed to safely make it to his house and slammed the door shut in seconds, jogging through his house with an almost unconscious Kunoichi in his arms. Blood stained his wooden floor, but he didn't care; he just dashed straight to the other side of the building to his bedroom and gently lay Sakura on his bed.

He had to act quickly; Sakura was pale from the cold and was losing quite a lot of blood. Kakashi opened one of Sakura's eyes to find them dull in colour, noting that she was on the verge of passing out, "don't go out on me yet Sakura-chan," he forced yet again, sprinting off to the bathroom across the hallway and returning with a medical kit he got ages ago.

The Copy Nin also returned with a bowl of warm water and three cloths. He set his supplies down next to him and removed the soaking vest and blooded coat from Sakura, placing a dry towel under her wounded leg, so he could work on it without dirtying his bed sheets.

"How did you do this Sakura," he asked louder than normal, keeping the medic awake for as long as he could.

"…I…-as runn-g…nd I…fell…" she murmured under her weary state, wincing as Kakashi dabbed a wet cloth on her leg.

The rod that stuck up from the ground had gone straight through her left leg, which was a bad thing. Kakashi wasn't gifted with medical jutsu and wasn't able to heal her, but the least he could do was put his first aid skills to good use.

After a long hour of work, Kakashi was finally done; having fixed Sakura's leg to the best of his ability. He sighed in sympathy at his former student, wiping his blooded hands on a rag and stood up, staring at the medic a moment more and glanced at the bandages around her leg, 'all I could do for now,' he said inwardly, rubbing his Sharingan eye tiredly.

He gently pulled the blanket over Sakura to let her sleep and left the room with all the medical gear he used to clean up.

Taking a shower, Kakashi pondered over what the hell had just happened and what he just went through. With a deep sigh, he washed the dried blood from his arms, scrubbing the stains off his skin, and deeply thinking over how Sakura could've injured herself just by falling over. She should've been able to avoid such an injury if she had just looked where she was going, but then again, it was raining, and when he was walking, he had a hard time seeing where he was going and almost tripping over himself. But he only had one eye to use at the time so that didn't count.

Kakashi quickly finished up and got dressed into some dry clothes and set some of his old clothes by his bed so Sakura had something dry to wear for a while. He was tired, and figured a rest was in order so he crashed on his couch in the living room, and was out like a light in seconds.

A groan escaped her lips, feeling tired and very weak at that. Her vision was blurry but she could make out most of her surroundings, 'where the heck am I?' she asked herself, a little dazed from what had happened.

She had also realised that she wasn't in her own home. There was a familiar scent in the air, as well as the blankets she was nicely tucked under. It seemed to warm her up a little, but she was still very cold. She moved, but her muscles ached and so did her leg, but not as much as it had started when she first felt it.

Slowly but surely, Sakura sat up, rubbing her eyes tiredly and looked around the room. Why was it so quiet? Sakura looked to her very right and found a set of clothes set for her on the chair next to her. She had a pounding headache but felt that ridding herself of her still damp clothes would be a good idea, as well as a healthy one. She quickly stripped herself of her clothes and tossed on the really baggy black shirt and pants.

The medic found a belt next to the pants and quickly put that on, warming herself up as quickly as possible. Sakura had managed to regain some chakra and healed some of the wound on her leg, but it wasn't enough for her to put full weight on it just yet. All she needed was more rest and plenty of patience.

Sakura slid off the bed, and limped her way out of the bedroom and noticed the mess she had trailed when she was most likely brought in. There was blood trailing to the bed from all the way to the front door, she had guessed.

The pink haired Kunoichi painfully struggled and limped out the door and down the hallway until she reached the living room, which was unusually quiet. She checked her surroundings until her eyes were set on the silver haired Jounin, who was cosily snug on his couch, sleeping away. She smiled softly, but there were bigger things on her mind. She hopped along and crouched beside her former sensei.

"Kakashi-sensei…" she whispered, nudging the Copy Nin gently.

There was a moan from the man before her, but he opened his eyes nonetheless. His eyes widened the second he realised it was Sakura in front of him, "Sakura-chan! What are you doing up? You should be in bed," he said as he sat up, rubbing his Sharingan eye sleepily.

Sakura stared at him expectantly, "sorry, I just had to know whose house I was in," she gave a tired and ashamed smirk, giggling a little as she gazed at the silver haired Jounin before her.

"Are you feeling alright?" Kakashi asked, pointing a finger down at the medic's leg, where his exceptional bandage work was displayed.

"Better than before," she said almost hesitantly, "but I feel kind of weird at the moment,"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at that, "what kind of weird, exactly?" he asked, hoping it wasn't something completely off the plot to him. Sakura almost felt embarrassed to even say something at this point, "well my head feels clouded and my body feels weaker than ever before," she was a medic; she should know about these things.

The Copy Nin frowned, "which is why I said you should still be in bed, resting," he stared at her seriously now, not wanting his former student get sick. Sakura sighed, "I suppose I should've just done what you told me to do from the beginning," she went to get up, but the sudden head-rush forced her off balance and her vision blurred before her.

Her body just gave away on her at this point and she fell forward without warning. She had managed to collapse on her former sensei in the most awkward position yet. Her head was right by the man's crotch with her mouth open, looking like she was heavily drunk.

"Sakura-chan," he quickly grabbed her, standing up while holding her bridal style.

Sakura opened her eyes a crack and smirked sleepily, "I'm sorry sensei, I should've just listened to you in the first place," she muttered under a hissing wince.

Kakashi knew this couldn't be helped; Sakura was stubborn and tried to be strong, yet she didn't have the strength to fight off the pain in her left leg for long. She felt her shiver in his arms, most likely the pain or her weak body reacting to her condition from an hour ago when she was first brought inside.

"Don't worry about it Sakura-chan; you're just lucky you have a sweet sensei like me to help you out when you need it," he grinned beneath his mask and made his way to his room.

Sakura was carried to Kakashi's room, her head spinning and her muscles gone limp on her. Her head bobbed along at each step the man took, and she couldn't do much about it. Sakura forced her head sideways so she was resting against the man's broad shoulder, leaving it there and closing her eyes so she could sleep.

She was awoken briefly when Kakashi had laid her down on his bed and tucking her under the sheets. Sakura sighed softly and allowed sleep to take over once again. Kakashi watched her for a moment and reached a hand to the medic's face to cup her cheek, 'Sakura-chan…' he thought sympathetically and got up and left the room.

Later that same night, Kakashi was awoken by something strange stirring up in the air. He knew it wasn't much to brag about, but it certainly threw him off. Kakashi felt and in fact heard that something wasn't right with Sakura, and thinking that checking up on her would be a good idea.

He sprang off the couch and rushed to his bedroom to find Sakura breathing heavily and out of rhythm. He watched beads of sweat build up around the medic's face and instantly knew she was building up a strong fever. The Jounin had to do something, but didn't know what exactly. He ran off to the bathroom and came back with a wet cloth in his hands and rushed to the medic's side.

"Sakura-chan don't worry, I'm here to help you," he tried to reassure the Kunoichi, but she probably couldn't hear him.

He gently placed the wet cloth on her forehead, leaving his hand rested there for a moment. Kakashi checked her pulse; it was very fast. He couldn't do much about that, but all he could do was wait, and keep her temperature at a normal level.

Throughout the whole night, Kakashi was pulled in and out of hit very short sleep to keep Sakura alive and make sure she wasn't cooking up too high. It left him tired; more tired than he already was that day, and more worried than usual of his former pink haired student.

He soon fell asleep beside the bed, against his bedside table, snoozing the final hours of the night before dawn crept over the hills and through his room window, casting its early light into the room.

The Copy Nin was awoken half an hour later to the sound of someone knocking loudly on his door. With a grunt and groggily moan, Kakashi sat up, rubbing his head and standing up, stretching out his long arms as he made his way slowly to his front door.

"Kakashi-sensei!" the knocking on the door got louder, as well as the obnoxious voice on the other side.

Kakashi sighed as he opened the door, "what is it Naruto? It's seven thirty in the morning," he asked, trying to pull of the I-just-woke-up-what-do-you-want act. The young blonde ninja before him gave him an annoyed scowl.

"Sensei, it's eleven fifteen!" he exclaimed, "you were supposed to see Granny-Tsunade three hours ago! She's gonna throw a fit at you now!"

The Copy Nin had to plug a finger into his ear to mute the volume of Naruto's loud voice and took a step back, "okay don't worry, I'll be there in a minute," he reassured, making a shooing motion with his other free hand.

Naruto pouted before coming to realise something, "by the way, have you seen Sakura-chan around lately? I haven't seen her since yesterday afternoon," he wondered, placing a finger on his chin thoughtfully.

Kakashi knew that saying Sakura was in his house, sleeping in his bed would set the blonde off on him, and cause a lot of trouble. He scratched the back of his head innocently, "nah, I have no idea where she's been hiding lately; I haven't seen her in a while," this casual answer resulted in a frowning blonde, who soon took off without further say.

With a sigh of relief, Kakashi closed the door after waving at Naruto as he ran down the street and around the corner, 'that was a close call,' he inwardly said, sighing once more as he strode his way back into his bedroom.

He stared at the medic lying deep asleep on his bed, thinking how he got himself into this in the first place; though he didn't mind the company, he just wasn't really up to taking care of someone who was rather ill. He could send her to the hospital for better treatment, but she didn't always like it there, and neither did he. Plus, he didn't want to show that he was a lousy teacher and didn't take care of his students properly.

Kakashi had no choice; he had to keep Sakura here until she was better. He decided to call for some assistance; he couldn't just leave Sakura alone in his house, what if her fever got worse? What if she had a seizure and died in his own house? He wasn't willing to risk that. So with the swift series of handsigns, Kakashi summoned his trusted companion, Pakkun to help.

"Kakashi-san, what's the problem?" asked the brown pug, sitting on the floor as if he lived there.

Kakashi pointed at the sick medic. Pakkun quirked an eyebrow, "what's wrong with Sakura-chan? Is she sick?" he asked, alert now. Kakashi nodded, "I need you to keep an eye on her while I'm gone; I have to meet up with Tsunade-sama, and I can't just leave her alone," he ordered in favour.

Pakkun nodded his canine head, "not to worry Kakashi-san, I'll keep a close eye on your former student until you return," he replied with a smirk, "is there anything you want me to do for her while you're gone?" he asked.

"Perhaps change the cloth on her forehead every once in a while to keep her fever at a low," he reminded, walking into his bathroom and running a bowl of water and setting it down by his bed so Pakkun wouldn't have to reach for such struggle to change a cloth.

He just remembered another thing, "oh and another thing, if anything happens while I'm gone, let me know immediately," he commanded firmly.

"Roger," Pakkun said without second's hesitation.

"Thanks," Kakashi replied, tossing on his ninja shoes and vest with headband.

He ran out the window, hoping Pakkun could handle her while he was away for the time being. He would have to stop at a shop to buy medicine for Sakura. There was no way Kakashi was going to make a quick stop at the hospital; just no way. The last time he went there for some cough medicine last year, he had medics all over him, wanting to give him other things as recommendations and things alike. He decided to never go there for medicine ever again.

"You're late again, Hatake!" bellowed the honey eyed Hokage from her desk, swirling a cup of sake in one hand and a pen in the other.

Kakashi scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "sorry, I had to help a little girl get her cat out of a tree and-" he was cut off mid-sentenced by Tsunade.

"Enough of your bullshit Kakashi, now lets just cut to the chase," she snapped, angry already at the tall Jounin.

Kakashi winced when the Hokage almost threatened to sock him in the eye from where she was sitting, but refrained from doing so and sighed deeply, "do you have the mission scroll for me, Kakashi?" she asked after sculling back another shot of sake.

The Copy Nin rolled his lone visible eye and tossed her the scroll that was slightly tattered from the ride in his vest through the rain, "yep," he said coolly, placing his weight down on one leg and stuffing his hands into his pockets nonchalantly.

The rest of the meeting went boring as usual, and all Kakashi wanted to do was go home and catch up on some well deserved reading, "another thing," Tsunade interjected as Kakashi was about to leave the room.

"Have you seen Sakura-san this morning? She's not at the hospital and it's unusual for her to be late or absent," she asked, eying him suspiciously as she took another swig of her drink.

Kakashi sighed, 'guess I'd better tell her what happened,' he said inwardly while rubbing the back of his neck expectantly and faced the blonde.

"I see," Tsunade muttered, having had enough alcohol for the next few days.

"…" Kakashi awaited what the Hokage would force him to do.

The honey eyed blonde gave him a quick glance and said, "have you thought of bringing her to a hospital for better treatment?" Kakashi sighed; this Hokage was so difficult to deal with in these situations.

"Yes, but she's fine how she is at this point," he paused, staring the busty Hokage in the eye, "the only thing I need to look after is the nasty fever she developed yesterday; it happened quickly too,"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow, before widening her eyes, "who's with her now?" she demanded an answer. The Copy Nin raised his arms in defence in case Tsunade was tempted to throw a few scrolls at him, or even her bottle of sake if she were that desperate, "don't worry, Pakkun is taking care of her, and if anything happened, he'd tell me," he reassured, also trying to do the same to himself in the process.

Of course Kakashi trusted Pakkun enough to take care of his former student, but then again, something could've gone wrong and his little pug wasn't able to get to him. But he'd know at an instant that his chakra patterns would be slightly distorted if Pakkun got hurt or needed emergency help.

Tsunade's eyes softened a little and she leaned back, "does Naruto know about this?" she mused, furrowing her eyebrows curiously.

The silver haired man shook his head, "no, I figured he didn't have to know, and that he would only get in the way of Sakura-chan's recovery," he said plainly, his hands firmly tucked into his pockets.

"Good," was all Tsunade said in reply and entwined her fingers together in a thoughtful way. She pondered over the next move. What will she do now? She sighed dramatically, and stood up, opening the closet by her desk and pulling out a pair of crutches.

Kakashi's silver brow rose curiously, "take these to Sakura-san in case she decides to start walking; I'll meet up with you and her at your house later today to take a better look at her injury," Tsunade explained cleanly, handing him the props.

"Understood," Kakashi deadpanned, "I'll make sure Naruto doesn't ask what I'm doing with these. But if Naruto finds me carrying crutches around the village and mentions Sakura-chan, what should I say?" he asked.

The honey eyed woman took a breath to think, "if Naruto asks about Sakura-san, just say she's sick and in hospital; be sure to tell him that what she has is highly contagious and no one is allowed to visit her," she grinned.

"And what about the crutches?" asked the Copy Nin, raising the crutches in each hand.

"Just don't let yourself be seen by anyone at this point," she exclaimed, waving a hand dismissively to let the man leave the office.

Kakashi bowed and took off through the door, and headed straight home by rooftop. Leaping as swiftly as he could without slipping over and getting wet so much, Kakashi pondered how Pakkun was holding out with his former student lying as sick as a dog in his house.

Author's notes: Don't hurt me (covers eyes with hands), Sakura had a bit of a nasty fall and hurt her leg (cringes in sympathy). Anyway, next chapter will be up as soon as I can finish it lol, but it will have to waits for a bit. Hope you liked this chapter, as well as a start of a new story at that XD.

Kakashi: all I can say about that chapter is...OUCH!!

Sakura: you took the words right out of my mouth

Kakashi: yeah well, I have been in worse situations though; it wasn't pretty either

Sakura: was that the time when you lost your "precious" Icha Icha books and found out that Naruto had purposely hid them to see what you'd do?

Kakashi: (glares evilly) NO! That wasn't something different.

Sakura: what the hell man, you practically gave him the beating of his life when you caught him

Kakashi: oh well, he needed some exercise (shrugs)

Sakura: (rolls eyes), at least he does more than you (pokes tongue out)

Kakashi: On the contrary Sakura, I work out everyday

Sakura: oh and what's that then? Your finger when you flip a page?

Kakashi: Nooooo...! Anyway, we're holding up the readers' valuable time

Sakura: oh, right, well...hope you enjoyed reading this chapter (smiles and waves)

Kakashi: laters