A/N: Hi all. Time for Mei to kick some serious boo-tee. Much violence in this chapter so be prepared. Enjoy!

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I quickly hid in the shadows. I waited for someone to walk by, and shortly, someone did. I called to him, drawing him to where he thought my voice was coming from. He walked right into his death from my poised and waiting kunai. I dragged his body into the shadows with me, discarding it in a heap behind me as I positioned myself to call to another victim. One by one men passed by, and one by one their curiosity killed them. I dragged each body, heaping them on top of the others I'd dispatched. I was making quite a pile.

I crept from my shadow and quickly scouted the grounds for others. Everything was quiet, just the way I wanted it. No alarm screams, no anguished cries of men begging for their lives. I'd cut them down quickly and silently, stifling any opportunity they had of sounding an alarm. I noticed movement to my right. A single man probably wondering where everybody went started heading my way. He seemed to be the last one outside the building, so I purposely called to him and led him to the heap of others dead in the shadow. I hid and watched his reaction. The silence I'd worked in was broken immediately. He let out a banshee scream and ran inside to tell what he had seen.

I went back to the window I'd peered into earlier, and watched the screaming banshee man tell a small group that everyone outside had been massacred and none had made a sound. The only sound he heard was a woman's voice in his head that led him to the bodies. The one who seemed to be the leader sent three of the four remaining henchmen to find out who had done this (me), and kept the screaming man with him. I heard the leader say, "This ninja is more trouble than he's worth. We've lost almost all our men. Maybe we should just kill him and be done with him."

I wouldn't let that happen, so rather than waiting anymore, I called to him. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."

"Who said that? Where are you?"

"I'm everywhere. You've got something that belongs to me."

"What? The copy ninja?"

"The same. Release him or die."

The leader shouted to the screaming man, "Kill the copy ninja!"

The screaming one turned with abject fear in his eyes and said, "Huh? She'll kill me if I try."

The leader shouted back, "I'll kill you if you don't!"

The screaming man made a move and that was it. It was time to get in there and get nasty. I broke the window and dropped down into the room and was gone before they could see me. One quick kunai to the neck and the screaming man dropped to the floor, making an incredible blood spray as he fell. The leader seemed to be the only one left besides the three who were sent out to find me. Now he was going to die too.

"Who are you? What do you want?" he called out to me.

"I've already told you. My demands are simple. Release the copy Ninja and I may let you live."

"If I refuse?"

"I kill you and take him."

"You plan on killing him?"

"That is not for you to know. I am growing impatient." I threw some needles for effect. "You are no match for me. Give him to me now!"

"I cannot!"

"Then I will take him. But first, I will take you." I dove out of the shadows and drove two kunai into either side of his neck. He'd taken my husband and wasted my time. He stared at me in disbelief as I watched the life drain out of his eyes. He slowly crumpled to the floor. I had to find Kakashi and leave before the other three came back.

Then I heard it, a quiet voice behind me.

"Who's there?" a muffled voice said from behind me. I turned, and my God it was Kakashi. He was hanging like a puppet on a string, two strings from either arm, his legs bound, his face covered. He sounded out of his mind. "Are you the killer they talked about? Are you the one they said was coming for me? Are you the tigress that's silently killed her way to me?"

I thought to him, "I didn't know I had a title, but yes, I guess that's me." He seemed very close to death, almost out of chakra. I could see he had barely any chakra to speak of.

He said, "I must be dying. You sound like my wife."

"What if I said I was your wife?" He stirred a bit.

"Then I'd die happy. She's all I think about. She's all I hear."

"Kakashi, it is me."

"Who are you? You're inside my head."

"It's me, Mei. Hokage taught me a silent communication jutsu. I'm talking to you with thoughts so no one can overhear us."

"How do I know it's really you?" I took out a needle, and tied a piece of fabric to it, and taking out the one last thing I packed, I placed a drop of jasmine and lotus perfume on the fabric, and sent the needle whizzing toward him, just enough to stick in his clothes, not penetrate them. His head turned to the needle, then his nose went up, and he relaxed. "My Mei. You've come for me."

"They took something that belonged to me and I had to get it back."

"I'm an it now?"

"Far from it." I ran to him and after checking for booby traps, I began cutting him down, cutting the bindings on his legs. When his hands were free he almost immediately fell to the floor. He leaned to the side and sat. Then he pulled away the cover from his face with hands that didn't seem to work right. I could see in his eyes he was exhausted and had little strength left. But as soon as he saw me, as soon as his eyes could adjust, he smiled. I was there to save him. I touched his face and said, "I've missed you so much."

"I never thought I'd see you again."

"But you still held on. I've brought you something." I reached in my pack and pulled out his forehead protector and handed it to him. He smiled and I helped him tie it into place. He adjusted it automatically over his sharingan. Next I had to get him to start building his chakra again.

Kakashi said, "I kept remembering our wedding night. I remember you coming out of the bathroom in that gown. I kept drawing from that vision, and when I did, everything else just went away. But why did they send you Mei? Why not a team like Gai, Iruka, and Asuma?"

"I insisted. I needed to come get you. Those guys would draw too much attention to themselves. I came prepared though. I've got double summoning scrolls for Gai and Asuma if we need them."

"Excellent, but it was so dangerous, I wouldn't have sent you."

"Didn't you just call me a tigress a few minutes ago?"

"I did didn't I? Was what I heard true? What's the body count?"

"A dozen or so. I lost track after the first six."

"You killed so many, just to get to me."

"I made a vow the first time we made love that you were mine, and I'd kill anyone who tried to keep us apart. They all tried to keep us apart. I fulfilled my vow."

"Remind me to never make you mad."

"You could never. Now come on, I need to get you up and going. We've got to get you out of here before the other goons come back. I had a plan when I left Konoha. The five F's. I was going to Find you, Free you, Flee with you, Fix you if you needed mending, and then F,"

"I think I'd like the last one first if you don't mind."

"I knew you'd say that. Anyway, up we go."

"I don't know if I can Mei. My hands won't work right now, my legs are shot, and I have no chakra to speak of."

"I've got to get you out of here, come on, just stand up a little so I can get my arm around you."

"I'm trying Mei."

"I need you to stand up. I've got to get you to stand!" I tried pulling on him and not hurting him, but it wasn't working. His body was so beaten and bruised, muscles abused to the point of uselessness. I had to try something drastic.

"Please, try anything," Kakashi said desperately.

"We have to get out of here, now!" I screamed at him.

"I know that Mei!"

"All of us."

"All of us, what are you talking about?"

"Kakashi, I'm pregnant."

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A/N: She told him. Now, what is she going to have to do to get him back home? Stay tuned and find out.

Next up: Final chapter! It's really just a wrap up of what they have to do to get home safely. It won't be easy. Gai's reaction is enough to read the next chapter. Gotta love Gai. See you soon!