Fluffystwin: Well this has been a long process, it's coming up on finals week for me so I kept getting laden with homework so this was pushed to the backburner, sorry Danax. Now this is a challenge fic from Danax and I can honestly say I have had a lot of fun writing it. I don't write that much KakaSaku but it's slowly worming it's way up to becoming one of my favorites to write. Of course there's a little hint of other relationships that will be revealed later but for now the main focus is KakaSaku. This is hopefully going to be around four chapters long, so I hope you enjoy chapter one of Request. (and no it's not entitled request because Danax challenged me. There's a point to my title which will be seen in the last chapter)

Sakura's fingers slowly stretched beneath the soft fabric of her pillow. She was searching for the kunai she typically had hidden beneath it. She kept her breathing even and steady so as not to alert whoever was perched outside her window. The rain beating against the window continued to pound even as the intruder slunk closer. She cursed her luck, of course someone would try and sneak up on her while she was asleep after just getting off a 32 hour hospital shift. She frowned, no one knew she was down with her shift except…

"Naruto get in here already."

She heard his deep rumbling laughter and watched as he climbed through her window and sat down at the foot of her bed. He stood up quickly once he realized he was soaking wet and rubbed the back of his head laughingly. She rolled her eyes and threw the blankets back allowing her long legs to slip from beneath them. She laughed as Naruto began to pull his long white robe off his shoulders. It made her wonder how the hell he had managed to still be stealthy with that thing on. She took it from his cold hands and walked in to her bathroom with it. She grabbed a hanger off the towel rang and slipped it on it. She gave the robe a once over before letting it hang dry in her shower. She snatched a towel off her counter before walking back in to her room. She rolled her eyes as Naruto, stripped down to his boxers, was rummaging through her dresser.

"Where's my old clothes Sakura-chan?" he whined.

Sakura threw the towel at him and nailed him in the head, "Bottom drawer."

Naruto flashed his brilliant smile at her and reached in to the bottom drawer to pull out a pair of sweats and an old t-shirt. Sakura turned on her bedside lamp and watched as her room was illuminated. She winced; she really needed to clean up her apartment. She climbed back on to her luxurious king size bed and resisted the urge to just stretch out and go back to sleep. Naruto wouldn't come to her in the middle of the night for something stupid…actually he might. She leaned against her pillows and felt the kunai prick her lower back. She grumbled and placed it on the nightstand. Naruto furiously towel dried his blonde mess and plopped down on the bed. He placed the towel on his shoulders and looked at Sakura. Said pink haired woman was giving him a curious look as he imagined the gears inside her head grinding to figure out why exactly he had shown up at her place so late.

"Naruto, why exactly are you here? I saw you only," she took the time to glance at her clock, "Three hours ago."

Naruto leaned back on his hands and stared up at the ceiling, he was having issues with figuring out how to explain his own dilemma. He had debated with his lover about telling Sakura about this, but he knew they couldn't hide this information. He was hoping it was just a rumor and not fact. He sighed and closed his eyes. "We've received wind of a rumor about Tsunade and Shizune being kidnapped because Tsunade failed to pay off her debts."

Sakura's jaw dropped, "But, she hasn't even been gone for that long! And there's no way she could be taken hostage!"

Naruto turned to look at Sakura, "Apparently this man has known her for years and she's racked up quite a debt, I'm hoping this is just a rumor but with every new bit of information I receive it's hard to deny the truth. I need you to go get them."

"How am I supposed to rescue them? This man, if he was able to capture Tsunade, won't allow me within 100 feet of where he's at."

Naruto bit his lip, "You're not going to like this…I need you to flee. I'll mark you as missing so when word of it reaches him he'll be more willing to allow you near him. Which will get you closer to Tsunade and Shizune. Of course, this means that you will have ANBU chasing you down." Sakura's jaw hit the floor as her world began to swim around her. Different scenarios were running through her head as memories of years past began to come back to the surface. She shook her head, she didn't need those memories coming back now that she had finally gotten over everything. Inner Sakura decided to make an appearance and point out the one problem with them leaving, 'He will be devastated.' Sakura stilled as she realized who 'he' was. Her fingers tightly grasped her bed sheet, he would be upset. More than upset. It would kill him. "I understand your reluctance—"

"No you don't…you have no clue," Sakura looked up at her best friend with barely restrained tears. "Why do I have to do this?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at her, "Why are you hesitant about this?"

Sakura turned away from Naruto to gaze out her window at the rainy night sky. She had to refrain from smiling as the image of silver popped in to her head. She couldn't say anything to Naruto, he would freak out. It's not like it was going anywhere anyways, it was simple relationship between them. She honestly had no clue where it was going to go. She had hopes but she didn't want to let them be crushed once again. Her heart could only have so much duct tape covering it before it would be of no use.

"Sakura, I need you to do this. You're our best medic and if anything is wrong with Tsunade or Shizune you can easily heal them while running. I trust you with bringing them back."

Sakura sighed and pushed herself out of her bed before walking over to her dresser in her night clothes. Naruto covered his eyes quickly as Sakura began stripping her underwear and shirt off. She grabbed clean clothes and slipped her compression shorts on. He peeked through his fingers to see her wrapping her chest and he let his hands fall back to his side. He watched her as she went about her routine of getting dressed. He caught the pack she threw at him and he gently placed it on the bed. She slipped a black long sleeve compression shirt out of a drawer and tossed it at him, she knew it was beginning to get cold and could only be careful. She slipped her traditional red shirt on and grabbed her gloves off the top of her dresser. Her eyes lingered on the picture sitting so perfectly on the mahogany top. So many years had passed since then, too many times had she cried over the past and now she was going to force him to face it all over again.

"Sakura, I'm sorry."

"Naruto, I'm a ninja. It's my job to support the Hokage and do what he wishes. When do I leave?"

Naruto gave a heavy sigh and held out her bag, "You leave now," he bent over and picked up his damp pants. "I have a scroll for you detailing all the information that I know so far. You'll have an hour head start, use it to your advantage. That hour starts now."

Sakura nodded and took the pack from his hand. She was yanked back in to his arms as he wrapped her in a tight hug. She wrapped her arms around him tightly, refraining from wondering if she was going to come back and just taking in the moment. She patted his arm as she left his embrace. She grabbed her cloak hanging on the back of the door and dashed out the window into the rain. Naruto leaned across the bed and closed the window for her. He could only hope that she made it back.

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Naruto stood in his office staring out the windows as the rain began to creep to a crawl. His breath fogged the glass, showing a hidden message on the pane. He gave a soft smile as the heart showed for a second before it vanished. His own heart was hurting, not just from the mission he had to give Sakura, but from the fact that his loved one was nowhere near him. He straightened up when he felt the chakra signatures outside the door to the office. Sai let the three shinobi in and Naruto turned around to look at the tired faces in front of him. Kakashi gave his signature nonchalant wave but he looked distressed at being summoned at this late of an hour.

"I need you three to gather your ANBU gear, I'm reassigning you to the hunter-nin division for now," Naruto hastily said.

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "What's going on?"

Naruto took a deep breath and refrained from looking at Kakashi, "Sakura has gone missing."

Kakashi's eye shot open as he looked at Naruto, he could not believe the words that had just tumbled from Naruto's lips. Neji raised an eyebrow at the statement; he would never believe that Sakura would run from the village. Kakashi shook his head, he would not believe it.

"She would never do that," he said as calmly as he could. He couldn't lose his control now. He was on the verge of attacking Naruto to find out the truth. His mind flashed back to two nights ago when he had stayed up all night talking to Sakura at the team's training grounds. Underneath his favorite tree was where they sat all night. Just talking. He knew when she had come to visit him earlier that night to invite him to dinner she had been up to something. He had been wrong and he was glad she had come to get him. Apparently they both just needed some company for once. Kakashi honestly has to admit it was then that he realized he had missed the pink haired kunoichi a little too much. He had ended up asking her out that night.

Kakashi looked out of the corner of his eye to see her eyes were closed. Her eyes fluttered open when she felt his gaze on her. He smiled underneath his mask when he was able to see the subtle green look back at him. He honestly had to admit that he was out of line with what he wanted to ask but it wasn't forbidden so he couldn't really give that excuse. It may be frowned upon because of the age difference but he never personally cared for all the old fogeys who looked down on him. If he had to be honest with himself, he was tired of being lonely. He knew that was the same reason she had come to him tonight. Naruto had finally achieved his dream of becoming Hokage, Sai had been appointed his assistant, Yamato was gone a lot with ANBU missions, his friends were beginning to settle down and look at retirement. While he had been drowning in missions to erase his empty life and Sakura had been absorbing herself in running the medic-nin portion of the hospital that Tsunade had left her and had no time for anyone. He had to chuckle as he realized what their lives had become. Sakura raised her delicate eyebrows at him as she watched him begin to laugh. He turned his head so he could look at her as his chuckles began to die down.

"Sakura?"

"Kakashi?" he could hear the worry in her voice.

"I know this is going to be weird coming from me, but will you go out with me on Friday?" Kakashi had to refrain from laughing as Sakura went slack-jawed. He could see the wheels turning in her head as she tried to figure out if what he said was actually true. It was his turn to be confused as her soft lips formed a smirk.

"Only if I can see your face," she said with that sultry smirk. Kakashi had no idea as to why his fingers came up to his mask and gently tugged the thin fabric down. He had never done that before, with no one. Why could he do this with her? Her small fingers slowly came up to his face. He leaned in to her touch; she was warm, unlike him. Her thumb brushed across the bottom of his scar and his eyes fluttered closed at the touch. Warm lips placed a soft kiss across the scar and his eyes shot open. She was considerably closer to him now. "Now I know I taught you how to cut the chakra off to your eye so I think this should go as well," she reached up and pushed his headband off his head. "There, that's better. I personally think you should ditch the mask."

Kakashi wrapped his arms around her waist and hauled her in to his lap. He had to stop himself from looking at the chest that was right in front of his chest. He tilted his hip up, "Only when you're around."

"I think I can deal with that, so am I going to get a nice homemade dinner?" she asked with a gentle laugh.

"Whatever you wish," his hand snaked up her arm and rested behind her neck. He gently pulled forward and captured her lips.

"Kakashi, I really need you to go on this mission. I know you guys can find her. Please find her."

The three of them nodded and agreed to meet at the gates in ten minutes. They were not happy with this mission but all of them wanted to know exactly what the hell was going on.

Sakura leaned against a tree trunk and took a deep breath; she had gained a considerable amount of ground in a short amount of time. But if she knew Naruto, she knew that her trackers wouldn't be that far behind her. Her mind began to wander but she pulled the reins and brought it back. She couldn't allow herself to get distracted now, she had a mission to finish and she was going to finish it even if it cost her, her life. She unrolled a map from the inside of her cloak and moved in to the moonlight so she could see better. She held her hand over the part she needed so as to not get it wet from the remaining water that was falling from the treetops. She was going in the right direction thankfully, but she wasn't that far from where she needed to be. Another day and she'd be there, she honestly had to thank Naruto for telling her what village this man was holing up in. Her train of thought was shattered when she heard a very familiar howl off in the distance. She spun around in the direction it came from and heard another one. She had spent too many years listening to Pakkun talking to not know that howl by heart. She cursed her luck, she knew Kakashi would pull out all the stops to try and get to her faster than she could move. She rolled the map back up and took off in the direction she needed to go. She dropped down off the tree branch as a shuriken whizzed past her head. She tucked her body in to a roll and immediately got back up. She checked her surroundings before pushing away from the tree line. She growled as she realized she had walked right in to an open grove, she was vulnerable. Her body stiffened as she side stepped the kunai attack. She pulled her own out and placed it in front of her body in a defensive motion. Her heart stopped as she recognized the mask. She threw the kunai to the ground, she could never hurt him. Sakura raised her fists up and got in a fighting position, she had to mentally thank Lee for teaching her new fighting styles. She honestly did not want to harm Kakashi, only incapacitate him.

Sakura concentrated and forced chakra to her elbow and made the first move as she threw an elbow at his face. Kakashi simply ducked beneath her arm and tackled her around the waist. Sakura's mind clicked as she realized what exactly she could do next. His weight has directly above her hips. She smirked and bucked her hips up. It pitched him forward and she head butted him on the way. The mask audibly cracked. Her tiny frame shrimped out from beneath his legs as he tried sitting back up from the massive headache he now had. Her gloved hands gripped his wrists tight enough to cause pain and pulled one toward her shoulder. At the same time she lifted her hips and wrapped her toned legs in to a figure four around his neck. She pushed the arm she had to the side and reached up to grab his neck. She whispered an apology and she forced his own neck against his forearm. She counted until his movements stopped and she knew he was unconscious. Sakura released him and scooted back a few feet, just in case he was faking. When he didn't move Sakura jumped in to action.

Sakura pulled some wire out of her pocket and tossed it on the ground next to a tree. She lifted his larger frame off the ground and pushed it against the tree. She bent down and managed to wrap the wire around him. Once she got the first wire in place she wrapped around him nine more times and infused her chakra in to the wire so he wouldn't be able to break it. She reached up and pushed the mask to the side. Now she just had to wait for him to come back to reality.

She didn't actually have to wait long for him to come back to. His eyes shot open as he realized he couldn't move and glared at her. He could not believe that he had let her get to him the way she had. He was supposed to be a strong shinobi not hindered by anything, yet he couldn't deny this woman. He would never be able to hurt her. But she had managed to hurt him.

"Why Sakura? Why did you leave?"

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Fluffystwin: Mwuahahahahaha! A cliffhanger! Now the reason I actually have an exact amount of times she wrapped him to a tree is because I challenged my lovely artist friend of mine, Jocelyn, to draw this scene before it was even written. She helped me come up with this scene and all the details are in accordance of the drawing, which will be sent to Danax. Now I want people's opinion on this, I'm open to any opinions just let there be some constructive criticism in there if you must criticize. I hope you all will come back and read chapter two when I put it up. Thanks for reading and review guys!