"If I never knew you"

By Morobutt

Chapter 2

'You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude
But I would just stand and stare'

Fireflies by Owl city

'Something isn't right'

Kakashi woke in a cold sweat; he sat up and looked around running his right hand done his face. Someone was coming and they meant to kill Sakura and him. Kakashi's one visible eye darted over at Sakura, who was still a sleep. He let out a sigh he stood up and let the blanket on him fall to the ground. He blinked at first as he looked down at and then back at Sakura.

"What's this about? ... Hmm I don't have time for this" he said as he picked up the blanket and placed it over her before jumping up in to a tree.

Kakashi took a deep breath as he lifted his head band off the left side of his face. His left eye opened to reveal a dark red orb that contracted as it adjusted to the light. He let out a soft growl type of sound as he looked around with his Sharingan; it wasn't long before his eye picked up the sight of five clones that where getting closer and closer to him.

Kakashi started to run through the tree tops till he got even closer still and dropped down on top of two of the five clones and hit them with his feet; turning them in to a puff of smoke. He quickly pulled a kunai out and threw it at one of the remaining three clones, it to turn in to a puff of smoke. By that time the last two clones started to attack, they both held a kunai and ran at him. Kakashi knew that he wouldn't get hurt from the clones because they were not like Naruto's shadow clones, but he tried staying alert to pin point the where a bouts of who scent the clones.

Kakashi kicked at the one clone sending flying through the air; it hit a tree and turned in to a puff of smoke. He let out a sigh as he turned to the last clone.

"One left…" he said to himself as pulled out another kunai and threw it at the clone witch hit it dead on in the middle of its forehead and it too turned in to a puff of smoke.

Kakashi looked around yet again trying to find who scent the clones after him. As he took a step toward where the clones came from he felt a rush of air on the back of his neck.

"Ah… so there you are… I've been looking for you" Kakashi said as he put his hand down near his leg holster taking a kunai in his hand.

"You're from the Leaf Village are you not?" a man's voice asked

"Yeah, what's it to you?" Kakashi said with a slight smirk on his face as he quickly turned around hitting the guy on his arm with his kunai.

The man just laughed as he kicked Kakashi down to the ground, Kakashi pulled himself back up and looked at the man's face. He vaguely remembered the guys face… where did he see it before…

"The restaurant" he said to himself; the guy nodded and took a step closer to him.

"That's right… Where is your little pink haired girlfriend?" he asked looking around.

Kakashi took that moment to try and get the upper hand quickly forming the hand seals Ox, Rabbit and Money. By the time the man turned back to Kakashi it was very dark near him and only the light from Chakra that was starting to gather in Kakashi's left hand. As more and more chakra went to his hand lightning started to spark out from the ball and the sound of birds chirping could be heard.

The man took a step back as Kakashi lunged at him thrusting his left arm at the man. His attack did not hit head on, it just grazed the man's shoulder as he tried to doge it. Kakashi landed on the ground behind the guy on one keen. Before Kakashi could get up he felt a hot stabbing pain on his right side of his body. Kakashi looked over and saw the man had ran him through with a katana, he gasped a bit before taking his left hand and pushing the katana out of his side causing the man to lose his balance a bit. Kakashi took a deep breath as tried to think of how he was going to get out of this alive.

"I don't have much Chakra left… Sharingan and Chidori have used most of my Chakra up… I might be able to pull of using Chidori once more but if I don't hit him dead on... It will be useless" he thought as he struggled to get up on to his feet.

"Why so sad?" the guy said as he laughed at him

Kakashi winced at the pain and tried to take a deep breath to calm me self but his lunges refused to let him do that. He coughed and closed his eyes as he formed hand seals once again Tiger, Boar, Ox and Dog. He split in to 4 other forums. He used a basic Clone Jutsus, at first the clones stood by him but with in a moment they ran out at the guy. Kakashi could only hope that they would hold the guy off till he could forum Chidori once more.

Quickly forming the hand seals Ox, Rabbit and Money; the light from Chakra that was starting to gather in Kakashi's left hand. As more and more chakra went to his hand lightning started to spark out from the ball and the found of birds chirping could be heard. The guy was too busy trying to get rid of the clones to realize what Kakashi was up to.

With great effort Kakashi lunged once more at the guy, he had his back to Kakashi and this time he wouldn't miss. Within seconds he hit the guy head on in the middle of his back causing the man to scream out in pain as Kakashi cut him in half. Kakashi feel to the ground and landed with a thud. He panted trying to get air to his lunges. He put his hands under him and pushed himself up to his feet, he was feeling light head. Talking his left hand he placed it over his right side and held it as he tried to use his right to bring down his head band over his left eye. Feeling weak he fell back wards on to a tree, still gasping for air. His eye darted up to the sky it would be awn soon.

The feel of warmth on Sakura's face and the sound of birds chirping up with in the trees worked her up the morning after they started their journey. At first she just opened her eyes a bit and looked over where she had last seen Kakashi but did not see him over on the other said of now dead fire. She let out a sigh and slowly sat up and looked down at her blanket, it was then that she found that the blanket she had given Kakashi was on top of the other one she had taken out the other night. She let out a sigh as she stood up and started packing the blankets back in her bag.

"I wonder where he went" she said to herself in a soft tone.

Once she was done with that she stood and looked around a bit trying to find Kakashi so they could get going back on their way. But she had no such luck and she dared not to call out to him in case they were being followed. He had left his pack behind so he would be back to get it if nothing had happened to him, Sakura nodded to herself as she sat back down and waited for him to return.

It would be an hour later when Kakashi slowly made his way through the trees and back in to the clearing. He looked as if he had been in a fight; his hair was messy, he had some blood and dirt here and there on his outfit. They had been followed and where attacked right before dawn, Kakashi had a woken before they had gotten close to them and put the fire out going after them.

"I can't believe you slept through all that noise" Kakashi said as he closed his one visible eye and sat down next to Sakura.

"What do you mean? What happened to you?" she asked looking at him as he tried to cache his breath.

"A group of people from that place we stopped at yesterday followed us and had plans to kill us… it would seem that the Sound have people all over the place" he said as he winced a bit from some pain as he sitting forward a bit

"We'll no longer be talking roads or stopping place… we don't want to draw to much attention to our self's" Kakashi said as he brought his hand up and placed it on his right said of his rib cage.

Sakura watched as he winced once more and pulled his hand way and looked at it, blood lay on his fingers. Kakashi gave a slight laugh at it and looked over at Sakura

"I think the guy puncher my right lung…" he said in a worried tone before he fell back wards on to the ground behind him.

Sakura grabbed his shoulder and shook him a bit

"Kakashi! Kakashi!" she yelled

Sakura shook Kakashi and called out to him after he hit the ground; he did not respond to her voice what so ever or her touch he had also stopped breathing. Sakura took hold of his vest and unzipped it revealing the inside of the vest and the black shirt; it was all covered in blood. She gave a slight gasp as she took out a kunai and cut the black shirt down the front.

Sakura formed a light blue ball of Chakra in her right hand and softly placed it over the wound on Kakashi's side. She took a deep breath as she tried to concentrate on what she was doing. Within a few moments Kakashi coughed and started to breathe again in short shallow breaths. Sakura let out a sigh as she took her hand from his side she had done all she could do for him at the moment.

Taking her kunai in her head she took a deep breath and cut the rest of the black shirt and green vest off of Kakashi. She pulled her light blanket out of her beg and cut a long strip from it. She looked back over at Kakashi as she began to roll the strip of fabric in to a roll. As she keeled down next to Kakashi and pulled his upper part of his body off the ground she began to wrap his healing wound.

Once she was done she took a deep breath and sat back on her butt. Lucky for Kakashi, Tsunade had taught her some stuff on healing. She watched him in quiet hoping that he would come through alright. She had done all she could, there was no one but her to take care of him out here in the middle of nowhere.

It was the afternoon when Kakashi started to stir in his sleep; he talked in his sleep and called out people's names. Sakura rushed to his side once more and placed the back of her hand on his forehead, he had a high fever. She took part of the cut up black shirt of Kakashi's a long with a small jug of water and poured it on to the small bit of shirt and placed it on his forehead.

Sakura refused to leave his side and dared not move him. He need rest, she could only hope that no one would come after them tonight. She took a deep breath and looked around her a bit and then up at the sky, it was starting to get dark out again. She placed her hand on Kakashi's forehead once more. He felt cold to the touch so he pulled out her heavy blanket and placed it over him. Sakura started dose off as the stars came out.

Kakashi woke four hours after Sakura succumbed to sleep, at first he laid there wondering what felt so heavy on his left side. Using his right arm he boosted himself up and looked around. The moon had come out and shined light down within the clearing. Sakura had fallen asleep and rested the upper part of her body on top of Kakashi left side. He smiled a bit as he slowly but his back down to the ground again. She had tending to his wounds and stayed by him; taking his right hand he slowly moved it over to Sakura's head and moved a few stray hairs out of her face.

She looked so peace full but all so looked so tired even in her sleep. Kakashi gave a slight laughed at the thought of how he felt like he was starting to like her.

"It would never work out… she's four-teen years younger than you!" he thought as he closed his eyes.

It would be too wired. Although he had mixed feeling at the moment he would never act on them. He let out a sigh as he allowed himself to start to drift back in to sleep.

"Maybe the feelings will be gone later once I wake up later" it was his last thought before his mind went blank and went to sleep.

Sakura woke once again to the sun on her face; no one had come for them in the middle of the night. She was grateful for it, but they could not stay here another night. It would be too risky. She slowly lifted her head off of Kakashi and looked at his face. She had left his mask on when she took his shirt and vest off the day before. His right eye was closed as if he was still asleep, she reached out a hand placed it on his shoulder

"Kakashi? hey can you hear me?" she said in a soft voice.

He made a groggy half sleep sound as he moved his legs a bit before he answered her.

"H…hmm…m Sakura? What is it?" he asked her slightly lifting his head.

A tear ran down her cheek as he flung herself on his chest and began to sob in to his almost bare chest.

"P…Please d…don't leave me… I d…don't think I'll be able to cope if I…I lost you like I have l…lost my mother and father…p…please" she said in a shaken voice in between long deep breaths.

Setting up and resting his weight on his left arm as he took Sakura in his right arm and held her close. She didn't have much left to her life, he himself played a somewhat big part in her life as she grew from a young girl to a young woman. Kakashi had been her Sensei from around the time she was twelve up and till now.

He closed his one visible eye and again tried to push any thoughts like that out of his head. Kakashi was a thirty-two year old man where as Sakura was still just a kid in his eyes… will eye. No he would not act on any of his feelings for his young student... not in less she two started to show signs of liking him as well. He let out a sigh as he rubbed her back, for now all he could do was comfort her

"Shhh, it's alright… I am still here aren't I… that means a lot doesn't?" he asked in a calm voice

She lifted her head off of his chest and wiped the tears from her eyes with her balled up hands like a little kid. She hung her head a bit and whispered to him in a soft voice "I am sorry"

Even though it pained him to use his right arm so much, he took his right hand and took her face in his hand. Stroking a way a few tears he looked in to her blood shot green eyes

"There is nothing to be sorry about Sakura" he said to her as he smiled a bit.

"What am I doing? I'll confuse her so much by the time this is over…" he thought as he watched her take another deep breath.

She started to calm down a bit from his touch and his words. She found herself blushing a bit as Kakashi still held on to her face with his hand. She felt so safe when she was around him for some reason. As he let go of her face he let out a soft cough and looked away from her, it was starting to turn awkward very fast for the two of them. Kakashi would have to put a stop to it for now, pulling Sakura's blanket off of him he tried to get up.

"We should get moving soon... We need to get out of this area before we are found again" he said stumbled to his feet.

Looking down he could see that he didn't have a shirt or a vest on any more and that he had something wrapped around him. He raised a brow at her but didn't say anything.

"I had to cut your shirt off and your vest… if I didn't I couldn't treat your wound" she said softly as she looked up at him. Her eyes feel on his left arm, up near his shoulder he had a dark red tattoo that was the mark of an Anbu. She had never seen Kakashi without a shirt on within the seven years of knowing him, he had never said a word about being in the Anbu but that was normal… Kakashi never spoke about himself or his past and dodged any of the questions that asked that about that all the time.

Kakashi walked over to his pack and pulled out another shirt but he didn't pack another vest. So he picked up the remains of his now cut up vest and took out a few scrolls from the scroll pockets it and a few small things out of the other pockets.

Sakura had turned away from watching Kakashi as he had pulled a new shirt on; she blushed a bit and started to feel funny.

"What is this feeling?... no…no.. I can't like him… like that… My Sensei would never dream of liking someone let alone go out with one of his students… he's just not like that" she thought to herself as she packed what stuff of hers that was still out, she was trying to forget about any thoughts she might have for her Sensei Kakashi.

Once she was done she looked back over at him; he seemed to be done as well with his packing and getting dressed.

"Sakura, you ready to get going?" he asked as rolled up the sleeves of his dark shirt.

She nodded and walked over toward him, she still felt funny about being near him after what had just happen between the two of them. But no mater she can't just leave him and do the mission on her own, no she would need help and even if she did try she would never find any one she could trust to help her not after what happen to Kakashi. She let out a sigh as grabbed Kakashi by the wrist of his left hand

"Before we leave… How are feeling? Tell the truth now" she said in a stern voice to him

Kakashi looked puzzled for a moment as he looked at her

"I am feeling much better… Thank you Sakura" he said with a smile as he turned to lead the way from the clearing.

The next two days went by in quite; they said not a word to one another about what had happen the other day when Kakashi was attacked. Kakashi had healed nicely and had gotten most of his strength back by the fourth day of their mission thanks to Sakura's help.

The sun was out and there was a bit of cold breeze every now and then. Sakura walked next to Kakashi, threw the last few days of walking quietly she had thought over the feelings she had for her Sensei. She did find that he had grown on her and that she didn't really see him as her Sensei any more. No Kakashi was now just a Jounin to her; she had become a Chuunin the year before and was no longer under his teachings.

Sakura let out a sigh as she looked at Kakashi out of the corner of her green eye. He looked the save as he always did, but now he was trying to distances himself from her for some reason.

"Maybe he doesn't like me as I like him… this is all too confusing for me…" she thought to herself.

While in thought Sakura had fallen behind Kakashi, He now stood in front of her with a raised a brow at her but didn't say anything. Again no talking, she blinked a bit before giving her head a quick shake as if to show it was nothing. Kakashi gave a slight nod of his head as he went back on walking.

An hour pasted with still no talking, but that was soon going to come to an end. Kakashi came to a stop and jumped up in to a tree out of sight for a few minutes and then came back down to the ground.

"We've made it to the Hidden Sound country… keep on your toes and don't let your guard down, from here on out its going to be tough for us" he said in a cold voice.

Kakashi looked back at Sakura before starting to walk away again. Sakura blinked for a moment and followed him. They walked around again for hours without talking to one another, Sakura was getting use to it know.

"I get the point now…. You feel you went too far…" she thought to herself as she looked at Kakashi out of the corner of her green eye yet again. Kakashi stopped dead in his tracks, Sakura wasn't paying much attention to what she was doing and walked right in to him, and she bounced off of him and hit the ground with a thud.

"Gaa… why are you stopping like that?" she asked as she slowly got up and looked at him.

"Hush…." he said as he looked around

He had heard something

"Sakura… where being followed" he said softly as he took a step forward.

Kakashi pulled a kunai out of his leg holster; he gripped it and brought it to his face

"Kakashi…" was all Sakura could say and she jumped up in to a tree and hid herself.

Kakashi followed her lead and hid and waited. Within a few moments a man walked in to their line of sight from behind a tree. Kakashi lifted his head band up over his left eye and slowly poking his head out from behind the tree at the man who just seemed to be walking around waiting for something. A puff of smoke aperies in front of the man, as the smoke cleared a figure could be seen; Kabuto. Kakashi pulled his body back behind the tree and let out a long breath as he rested his back on the tree.

"So… Sasuke didn't kill him as well? No wonder the sound are growing in numbers…" he thought as he looked over at Sakura.

Kabuto started talking to the man about something that made no scenes and even the man said so.

"You know… I don't see any reason to speak in code… it's not like where being" Kabuto cut him off at that.

"You fool… we are being watched… and I would rather the two that are here not hear what I was saying about are upcoming planes."

He paused and looked out over at where Kakashi and Sakura where hiding before he started to talk again to the man.

"You know what… you fail… you are no longer of use to me"

And with that he lounged at the man and hit him with is right hand on his chest where his heart was while his right hand was glowing blue. The man hit the ground, Kabuto walked over to the man and looked down at him as he was gasping for air.

"It's pointless to try and fight it you know… you'll be dead soon"

He said as he turned back to where Kakashi and Sakura where hiding and despaired in a puff of smoke. Kakashi let out sigh of relief when Kabuto despaired, there was no way that just a Jounin and a Chuunin could stand a chance against Kabuto. As Kakashi got up off the tree he turned to Sakura.

"We need to get back to The Leaf… there is no way we'll be able to deal with Kabuto on our own" his voice was cold and shaken.

Sakura remember who he was... he was Orochimaru's left hand man and a very powerful medical ninja, Lady Tsunade even had a hard time fighting him. She nodded her head as she looked over at Kakashi.

"Yes... we should go back and tell the Leaf what we have found out and request backup"

She said as she made her way over to Kakashi who seemed to be white as a ghost now.