Okay, this one has the exact same beginning, but has a different end. If you don't want to re-read the beginning (If you read the sad ending) then just skip down to the part where Kakashi checks Sakura's pulse.
Italic Thoughts.
Italic bold Berating, temperamental conscious.
Bold Pessimistic conscious.
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Kakashi sighed in relief. Almost home. He grabbed his mail, walked into the house, threw the mail down on the table, pulled out Icha Icha paradise, and plopped onto the couch. Damned missions. If I didn't get bored so quickly and if they didn't pay for Icha Icha paradise, I would have given them up years ago.
Kakashi suddenly stopped flipping through his infamous orange book when he saw Sakura's familiar handwriting on top of the large pile of mail. A wave of guilt washed through him. Telling Sakura he didn't love her that way and never would probably wasn't the best way to handle Sakura professing her love to him. It was a big lie of course, but… Damn it Kakashi! You shouldn't feel guilty. I'm too old for her anyway. She'd get too much shit from dating such an older man, and that's not something I'd ever want her to go through.
Oh, but telling her you don't love her and shredding her heart into itty bitty pieces is much better?
But… The villagers…
Who gives a damn about the villagers? You know Sakura. If anybody even attempted to bad mouth your relationship, she'd throw them through a damned concrete wall! After she broke several of their bones! And, more than likely she'd forbid any of the medics to heal the bastard!
But…
Just read the damned letter and see what she has to say. Then you can go beg and plead for her to take you. After some yelling, blocked chakra points, and a few broken bones, she might forgive us.
Kakashi rolled his eyes at his 'inner self'. But you have to admit, he does have a point.
Damned right I do.
Did I ask you?
Just read the letter, you baka.
Kakashi reluctantly picked up the letter. He braced himself, just in case it was a hate letter. No… Sakura wouldn't do something like that…
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Kakashi dropped the letter, wide-eyed. She can't be serious… He bolted off the couch. "SHIT!" He bit his thumb and quickly did a series of hand signs. Pakkun appeared in a puff of smoke. "Tsunade. Sakura's house. NOW!" Without hesitation, the dog ran off to find the sake-loving Hokage.
He nearly broke his door in his haste to get out. Please, please, please let this be a sadistic joke. If there is a god, let her be okay.
Kakashi did break Sakura's door in his haste to get in. She'll kill me for that.
If she's alive.
Shut the hell up, you!
Kakashi did a quick search of the house. He found her in the bedroom, surrounded by blood-soaked sheets. He reached down and checked her pulse.
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Tsunade looked sadly at the fresh grave. A feminine voice reached her ears.
"Don't worry Tsunade. It will be okay."
"No it won't! I will never be the same without them!"
There was a masculine sigh. "Come on, Tsunade. It'll get better."
Tsunade glared at the pair. "No it won't!"
The girl sighed. "Yes it will."
"How do you know?! You've never had a pet before!"
Sakura sighed again and Kakashi rolled his eyes. "It was just a cat, Tsunade. There's no need to be so dramatic."
She glared at him. "Just a cat? Just a cat?! MISSES MEOW MEOW WAS NOT JUST A CAT!"
Kakashi looked at her from where he was hiding. "Whatever you say, ma'am." He immediately ducked back behind the large rock, terrified that she'd have another outburst.
Sakura laughed at his antics. Maybe instead of saying goodbye to life, she should be saying hello.
Tsunade braced her foot on Kakashi's back and started pulling his arms backwards. "Say it! Say 'Missis Meow Meow was not just a cat'!"
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Okay, there's the happy ending. I'm sorry if you hoped for a fluffier ending, but I had to write something more cheery due to writing the tragic ending earlier.
I have a question. Should there be a sequel? And if there is a sequel, should I write one for the happy ending, the sad ending, or both?
Possibilities for sad ending sequel: Everyone's thoughts over losing Kakashi and Sakura.
Possibilities for happy ending sequel: Kakashi and Sakura dating. Kakashi and Sakura's wedding day. Kakashi and Sakura hangin out with their kids. Everyone's thoughts to nearly losing Sakura.
