A/N: Hi again! Time to get Kakashi some help. Or will it hurt? Again, see it in your head as it's playing out. Try and feel the desperation. Enjoy!

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Anko raced through the pre-dawn streets of Konoha. Her mind raced along with her. She was tired, but adrenalin pushed her faster. It was like she was on the greatest mission of her life. She had to get help for her friend. She would not fail.

She arrived at Sakura's apartment where she noticed a light in a window. She pushed the button under Sakura's name and waited. She pushed it again, and was greeted by a sleepy sounding voice saying, "Who's there. What is it? It's early."

"Sakura, it's Anko."

"Anko. What's going on? Why are you,"

"Listen Sakura, there's been an emergency. I need you to come with me now."

"But I'm not ready to,"

"It's Kakashi."

"Alright, come up. Second floor – I'll leave the door open." The entry door buzzed and Anko ran up to the second floor and saw Sakura's head peeking out a door. She followed her inside and Sakura said, "What's wrong with Kakashi?"

"He came back from a recon mission. Was gone for seven days, actually eight days. He's badly injured Sakura."

"Where is he? Is he at the hospital? I know he hates hospitals."

"No." Sakura looked at her completely confused. Anko said, "He's at my apartment."

Sakura looked at her strangely and said, "What's he doing there?"

He promised he'd come back to me, was what she wanted to say, but instead, she said, "I don't know. I tried to get him to the hospital, but he can't be moved. He wanted me to come get you. Hurry Sakura. He's in so much pain." Anko turned toward the door, not only to go, but to hide the tears that threatened to show up again.

Sakura said, "I'll get my things. What's wrong? Did you do an assessment?"

"I looked him over, and he's got some cuts, lots of bruises, but his right shoulder is really bad. It doesn't look right."

"Probably dislocated. I'll look him over but you may have to help me."

"Anything. Just hurry." Again Sakura looked at Anko. Anko was tempted to pick Sakura up and throw her over her shoulder to get her to hurry up. Sakura must have sensed her urgency, because she grabbed her bags and ran out the door with her fellow shinobi.

They arrived at Anko's apartment minutes later. Anko flew in the door and said, "This way," as she tried to keep her emotions under control. Sakura followed her to the bedroom and saw Kakashi lying on Anko's bed. Anko said, "I found him against my door in the hall. He lives on the other side of the building; I guess he didn't make it all the way home."

Kakashi said, "Don't listen to her Sakura. She did this to me when I rejected her sexual advances."

Anko's mouth dropped open and she stared at him in disbelief! Even in great pain, the man could still lie. She thought, you are such a fucker Kakashi! Just you wait until you're better. I'll have your ass for that one.

Sakura didn't know what to believe and also didn't care. She saw her sensei in great pain and she needed to help him. "Kakashi-sensei. What the fuck happened to you?"

"Language Sakura."

"Shut up, I'm not your student anymore. I'll say what I want. Now are you going to tell me? Better yet, just tell me where it hurts."

Kakashi looked at her and said, "Alright Ms. Grown-up, my right side hurts and my shoulder is on fire. Any chance of fixing me up?"

Sakura looked at Anko and said, "Help me sit him up. Kakashi, this is going to hurt like a bitch."

"LANGUAGE Sakura!" Sakura just reached down with her super human freakish strength and grabbed both sides of his vest and sat him straight up. "OWW! Did you have to do that so violently? God that hurt."

Sakura said, "I have to get this vest off you, and the shirt as well. I'll probably cut the shirt off."

Kakashi whined through his pain, "But it's my favorite."

"You probably have ten more like it."

"I do, but this one doesn't have any holes in it."

Sakura and Anko removed his vest and then Sakura poked her finger through a small hole in the upper right back shoulder area and said, "Sorry, but it does now."

Kakashi grimaced, sighed and said, "Do what you will then."

Sakura told Anko, "steady him, I'll get the scissors."

Kakashi turned and looked at Anko who had him by the chest and back. She could see the pain on his face; she could feel it in the way his breath was labored. She looked at him with concern. He just quietly said to her, "you're the best," then he grimaced and sat up a little straighter.

Anko looked urgently at Sakura and said, "Sakura, hurry!"

Sakura ran back with the medical scissors and proceed to cut Kakashi's shirt straight up the middle of his back, and down the front again. Anko pulled the left side of his shirt off, then steadied him as Sakura slowly and carefully removed the right side.

Sakura said, "Lay him back down gently. This is going to be painful Kakashi. There's no way around it. I could knock you out for it. I'm probably going to put you out for a while anyway just to give you time to heal. Your body can't take much more of this. Do you want me to put you out to get your shoulder back in?"

Kakashi looked at Anko who was nodding to him to let her do it. She couldn't stand to watch him in one more minute of intense pain.

Kakashi said, "No. Just do it. I have to be conscious to tell you where else I have pain. Do it and then put me out."

Sakura looked at Anko, then Kakashi. "Are you sure? I promise you Kakashi, this is not going to be easy. It's going to hurt like nothing you've ever experienced before." Anko was practically in tears, but hid them completely. She wanted to beg him to spare himself, but she stayed silent and watched her friend suffer.

Kakashi said, "Just do it and put me out later when we're done."

Sakura said, "Alright. Anko, do you have a piece of board, anything flat we can put under his shoulder?"

"I have a cutting board in the kitchen."

"Go get it. It may work." Anko ran off to her kitchen and grabbed the board she used to cut veggies and meats on. It was a sturdy square piece of wood an inch thick. She brought it into Sakura. Sakura said, "That'll work ok. Now help me move him. Get ready Kakashi, this is the easy part."

Anko and Sakura slowly helped Kakashi sit up, then Sakura put the board against his shoulder and they eased him back down so it was under him, with the outside of his shoulder outside the edge of the wood. Kakashi was almost panting with the effort of just being moved around.

Sakura said, "Anko, put your arm across his stomach and chest like this," Sakura pulled Anko's left arm across his body and wrapped it around his side, making her practically lay across him, her face at his chest level. Then she said, "Put his left arm straight down his side and sit on it. You have to keep him still."

Anko looked at Kakashi who even in the dire pain he was in, managed to give her a quick wink at the prospect of her sitting on his arm, or better yet, his hand. She didn't know whether to scream at him, or laugh in spite of his pain. She did neither, opting to stuff his hand under her bottom, and bring her left thigh up to brace him even more.

Sakura said, "Good. Kakashi, where else do you hurt badly, in case you black out from the pain?"

Kakashi said, "Right side. Ribs are really sore. Left ankle too. It's throbbing."

Anko sat up as soon as he said "throbbing" because he took that very second to give her bottom a slight squeeze with the hand she was sitting on. She wanted to slap him first, and then all her desire for him came flooding back from the quick way he privately touched her. That'd have to wait. In the meantime, she was willing to let him have a feel if he wanted to. If it kept him calm, he could do whatever he wanted. She hoped he'd be ok. She needed to feel his hands on her again.

Sakura said, "Anko hold him tightly. He can't move the rest of his body. Kakashi, try and relax as much as you can. Don't resist me. I'm going to straighten your right arm now. I'll do it slowly, just breathe through it." Sakura straightened his arm slowly until it was along side his body. She held it straight with her left arm, pulling it down slightly. Kakashi winced, but breathed through the pain. Anko watched both in amazement as Sakura tried to put Kakashi back together again.

Then Sakura said, "Kakashi, this is it. This is the worst. I'm warning you because you need to know what's going to happen. This is going to hurt like a . . . like crazy. But you can't resist it, or I could do more damage to you. Do you understand?"

Kakashi said, "Sakura, stop talking to me like I'm a child, AAAAGGGGGGHGHGHH!!!!!!!!"

Anko saw Kakashi throw his head back into her pillow and scream in pain after Sakura suddenly pushed his shoulder back against the wood and back into its socket. Sakura said, "I had to do it like that while he was distracted, or else it may have been worse." Anko couldn't imagine how it could have been worse. That was horrible.

Kakashi quieted, and panted with sweat studding his brow. He turned his head to Anko who kept her tears to herself and he mouthed, "I'm ok, really," before he turned his head back and passed out again.

Sakura said, "We still have more work to do. Anko. Hey, are you with me here?"

Anko snapped her attention back to Sakura and said, "Yep. What's next?"

"He said his ribs were bad."

"Yeah, right here. I looked him over earlier." Anko pulled up his shirt and Sakura focused her healing chakra over his contused ribs.

"Luckily they're not broken. Pretty close, but they'll heal quickly. Anything else?"

"Just the ankle." Sakura performed her healing magic on Kakashi's ankle and it looked normal again.

Anko asked Sakura, "What do we do with him now?"

"He really needs a hospital."

"You know how much he hates them. He wouldn't let me take him there when he showed up here. Is there anything else we could do for him? Move him to his place and watch him?"

"He does need someone to watch him. Can he stay here?"

Anko tried to look demure, as if Kakashi had never been there before. She decided to take a chance on Sakura. She said, "That's just it Sakura, I don't mind if he stays. He's my friend and if he needs my help, I'll help him. That's what friends do for each other. But I need to ask you a favor."

"Sure. What is it?"

"Kakashi and I talked briefly before I came to get you. He wanted to ask you to keep this quiet. He doesn't want anyone to know he's back until he's healed. I think it's a male ego thing or something. But could you just let it go? Just pretend to Hokage and anyone who asks that he's not here yet until he's better? We'll be able to keep him out of the hospital that way, and you know how he hates that place."

Sakura thought a minute and said, "You'd better call off today. You're going to need to be here with him."

"Sure. I have some vacation time. I'll call off. What do I need to do?"

"You need to keep an eye on him. I'm going to hit some pressure points on him that will keep him out for the next 12 hours. He needs that time to heal. He should be much better by then, but seriously Anko, he needs to rest. The hospital is the best place for him. They can take care of him there, but if you insist, I'll check in on him later."

"I think he wants it that way."

"Alright. Go ahead and call off and I'll put him out. Then I'll let you know what you'll have to do for the next 12 hours with him."

"Ok." Anko thought – he's back and he's going to be comatose in my bed for the next 12 hours. If only he was awake and whole and ready for action! But that can wait. My friend needs help and I'm damn well going to give it to him.

Anko sent a message to the Hokage that she'd be taking a vacation day that day for "personal reasons." Meanwhile, Sakura applied some pressure point techniques to Kakashi and his breathing slowed and evened out. He seemed to be sleeping deeply. Sakura said, "There. He'll literally be out for the next 10 to 12 hours. I've put a sling on his arm – don't let him use it for a while. It should be ok tomorrow. I'll come back after my shift at the hospital and I'll check on him then. If you need any relief or help with him, send word to the hospital and I'll come over. And Anko,"

"Yeah?"

"Get some rest. You look beat."

"I will. Thanks Sakura. Your sensei did a great job with you. I'm sure he's very proud."

Sakura blushed a bit then said, "Don't mention it. I'll be back later."

"I'll leave the door unlocked for you."

"Thanks." Sakura wrote out a list of things to watch for while Kakashi slept. She had literally put him back into a coma, one where he could heal while he was in it. Anko walked Sakura out and then went back to the bedroom and the comatose Kakashi. He laid there on her bed, shirtless, arm in a sling, and still as desirable as he'd ever been. It'd be so easy Anko thought as she looked at him "sleeping" in her bed. I could do such terrible things to him while he's in the state he's in. But what fun would that be? She'd missed him, and he was right there in front of her now. But she could wait a little longer. She could endure her hurt for a little longer.

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A/N: Whew! Did you feel it? There's more where that came from.

Next up: Comatose Kakashi who can hear what Anko says when she talks to him. See you soon!