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RECAP

The previous Chapter The Ultimate Sacrifice Kakashi almost dies. Sakura is able to save him, but only at the expense of her own life. Kakashi is told by the others about her sacrifice. Tearful goodbyes are said. Kakashi brings her home, so that she can die in her village, rather than out in the woods. Tsunade has an idea to save her, but it may be too late.

CHAPTER FOUR

Saving Me

He appeared at the gates. He rushed over to the Hokage building. Tsunade would want to see her ... before. He kicked open the Hokage's door. She was luckily still awake, doing paperwork.

"What is the meaning of this Hata..." She stopped dead in her sentence when she saw what was before her. "What happened?" "I got injured ... bad. She was trying to save me and she took a pill that recharged her chakra. She took one yesterday too." Tsunade sighed angrily. Sakura was now unconscious. Her skin was glowing so bright that it almost hurt to look at her. Her skin was starting to crack in some areas.

"Take her to the training field. Try to wake her when you get there. If you can get her awake, she might have a chance, but you have to hurry. There isnt much time. Ill meet you there."

Kakashi teleported them to the training field. He began to lightly shake her. "Sakura, honey? You gotta wake up. Please wake up." Tsunade arrived and brought a vial over. "Smelling salts" she said as she waved the vial under Sakura's nose. Sakura started to stir. "Sakura, get up!" Tsunade demanded. Sakura weakly opened her eyes. "Hai, Shishou?"

"Sakura, I need you to take as much chakra as you can and channel it to your fist. I need you to punch the ground. I'm going to need you to do it a few times. I know you dont feel like it but you have to try."

Sakura nodded as she weakly pushed herself up. She wobbled to the middle of the field. She fell to the ground. "Sakura! Get up!" Tsunade demanded again. Kakashi thought she was being a bit harsh, but this was Sakura's last sensei and her methods were different from his.

Sakura pushed herself up and channeled chakra into her fist. She punched the ground. Nothing happened. "You gotta do better than that!" Tsunade yelled. Sakura tried again, this time, making the ground crack slightly. "Again, but with more chakra!"

Sakura did as she was told. Yamato and Sai appeared just as Sakura was punching into the ground again, making a small crater. "Yamato, Im glad you are here. I need your help." Tsunade said. Yamato nodded and stepped forward. "I need to to keep using your wood technique. Make a wall for her to smash through. At least We wont have a huge crater like the one during the Pein era." Yamato nodded and made that hand signals and a large wooden wall came up from the ground.

"Punch the wall, Sakura!" Tsunade yelled. Sakura did as she was told. The process was repeated over and over. Each time she punched, her glowing skin dimmed. Once you could barely see any glow, Sakura fell to the ground, limp. "Take her to the hospital." Tsunade told Kakashi. He grabbed her up and teleported them to the hospital.

Sakura had been in the operating room for hours. Tsunade finally came out. Kakashi, Yamato, Sai and Naruto all rose to their feet. Kakashi had sent Pakkun to get Naruto hours ago. "Shes stable, but shes going to be unconscious for a while. Due to the severity of her exhaustion, Im shocked that shes alive. She shouldnt have made it."

"How did you know what to do?" Kakashi asked.

"Who do you think helped Sakura make the pill? She and I are the only medics who have a chance at surviving taking two pills in 36 hours. Sakura didnt know that though. She and I are able to control our medic chakra so well, that if we can disperse our chakra, once it begins to expand, we have a chance, but its risky. But to be as exhausted as she was, I just dont see how she made it. I never told her because I didnt want her risking her life. No other medic would survive it so I just kept it as it was."

Kakashi sighed. She knew she was giving her life to save him. He would make this up to her. He now had a chance to start with her what he thought he didnt have a chance to. As Tsunade started to walk off, Kakashi followed her. He had to speak with her.

She opened her eyes slowly. There were flowers everywhere. She studied the room, then her eyes came to rest on Kakashi, who was asleep, a book lay open on his chest. She smiled and shook her head. But then she noticed it wasnt an icha icha book. She leaned over and carefully picked it up. Basic Medic Jutsu. Kakashi was reading a medical book?

She shook it a bit, expecting an icha icha book to fall out. Nothing. She looked at the page he was last reading. It was a chapter on symptoms and what they could be. She was now thoroughly confused.

Yes, Kakashi had been reading a medical book. He wanted to be sure if he and Sakura were in battle and she was injured, he would know what to do. But Sakura didnt know this.

Just then, the nurse came in. "Sakura Sama! Your awake!" Sakura smiled at her. She rushed out of the room. The noise had woken Kakashi. He looked at her and jumped out of his seat. He rushed over to the bedside and hugged her tightly.

He released his grip on her and placed his hand under her chin, pulling her gaze up to look at him. Hhe looked deep in her eyes. "I love you Sakura."

Without hesitation, she replied "I love you too Kakashi."

"No Sakura, I mean I REALLY Love you. More than just a friend. I had been ignoring it. It wasnt until you were dying in my arms that my brain processed it for me. I couldnt imagine another day without you. I didnt want to think of what life would be like with you not there. I couldnt imagine coming home, hurt, and you banging my door down, pissed off as all hell at me, only to turn around and take the most delicate care of me. Now that I have the chance, Im not going to let it slip away. I want you to know my true feelings. Even if you dont feel the same, I wanted you to know."

Sakura sat still for a few seconds, processing everything he had just said.

"Kakashi, I do feel the same. I love you as a team mate, and a best friend, but I love you a little but more than that. I never tried anything because I figured you werent the type to love like that."

"Well, you were right. I didnt used to be, but thinking of what life would be like without you was just too much. It just became all to clear to me."

He pulled his mask down, and his lips were on hers. She kissed him back. Just then Tsunade walked in, accompanied by the nurse from earlier. Sakura immediately pulled away. Waiting for the lecture.

"Dont stop on my account." Tsunade said, amused.

Sakura's confusion was evident on her face. "But, the law..."

"Kakashi asked me the night you were brought in. Ive already talked with the elders. Since you are no longer student and teacher, and you have given your lives for each other, literally, they are going to allow it. They put that law in order to keep students from being taken advantage of, and to keep teachers in line. Its mainly meant towards the underage."

Sakura smiled and looked at Kakashi, who was returning her smile. She had never seen his maskless smile before and it sent sparks throughout her entire being. "I want to see that more often.." Sakura said to him. He smiled and leaned in to kiss her. "You will, if you will have me." "I will" she said softly as her lips grazed his. He pulled away, "I think they need to check you out. Im going to go let the others know you are awake." He got up and left the room. Tsunade began her exam on her student. "You can go home today, but you have to PROMISE to get some rest" Tsunade pretty much growled at her.

Sakura smiled. "Hai, Shishou." Naruto, Yamato and Sai came in. After a short visit with them, she shooed them out, so she could get ready to leave. "I can go home, but I have to take it easy" She told Kakashi. "Ok, your coming to my place then. Ill fix dinner and make SURE you dont leave my bed." He said in a playfully seductive tone. Her eyes went wide with surprise. She swatted him in the chest, lightly. "Pervert." He smiled and picked her up bridal style and teleported them to his house.

The scroll revealed Intel that the Sound was planning on attacking the Leaf village. With many of the Sound nin injured or dead, and giving the leaf the advantage of knowing there was an attack coming, they would be ready when it happened. Having such great medics, the Leaf nin would be ready for anything.

End

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