What if? Chapter 3
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Maru) Well this is the last chapter of the story I hope you like it.
Maru) I do not own Naruto or the movie this is base off of.
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Stepping into the Hokage's office Sakura saw the rest of her ANBU squad was there Neji, Shikamaru and Choji all stood side by side to the left of Tsunade's desk facing Sakura. Looking at the blonde Hokage, Kakashi held his ANBU mask in his hand while Sakura had hers sitting on her head like a hat. Waiting Tsunade stood up and walked to the window placing her left hand on the pane of glass sighing she spoke.
"We sent out two teams of three and neither team returned, SO I Sent Kiba and Hana Inuzuka out to search for them they found the teams dead we believe it was miss ninja or a small group from a rival village. You are to go and infiltrate their group and bring them back but if they refuse or attack you do not hesitate to kill them on the spot." The blonde said turning to look at Sakura. Nodding her head Sakura gave the command and her team walked out the doors of the Hokage's office reaching the street they jumped to a roof and Sakura turned to Shikamaru.
"What information did Lady Tsunade give to you about the location of these missing ninja's?" she asked her Mask still sitting on her head.
"They are believed to be a few miles north of the main gates that's the way their sent came from when Kiba and his sister went out to find the missing teams." he said tying his mask on.
"Right let's go then." Sakura said pulling her mask down, waiting for the others to do the same thing then she jumped from roof to roof toward the main gate of the village.
Reaching the gates the five ANBU passed by and headed north to find the missing ninja and bring them in for questioning. As she jumped through the trees Sakura thought about what Kakashi had told her, about her teaching him he could be loved and showing him how to love. She was a bit confused as to why he would tell her all of this so suddenly and out of nowhere. She couldn't place her finger on it for anything and it annoyed her that she couldn't ask him now; the head sets were interlinked so the others could hear and they couldn't talk any other way they had to be quite. Sighing Sakura jumped off another branch, landing softly on the next she went to jump again but stopped looking down she saw what looked like the remainder of a camp. Signaling the others they quietly dropped from the trees into the abandoned camp, walking to the snuffed out fire Sakura felt heat coming off of it. They had just left which meant they could still be around ready to tell her team to retreat a kunai flew by cutting her cheek. Pulling a kunai of her own from her pouch she took up a stance as did her team, Shikamaru pulled a kunai from his pouch too seeing that the moon was being blocked by his favorite things the clouds. Hearing laughter Sakura saw five men walk into the clearing each holding a weapon, looking them over Sakura knew they weren't chumps there was a reason they where missing ninja.
As the missing ninja picked one of the ANBU to fight Sakura shot a glance to Kakashi who did the same for her, suddenly jumping back as one of the big men swiped a katana at her Sakura growled at him. Bringing her foot up, the man blocked her kicked which she had anticipated and pushed chakra into her shin making the blow that much more powerful. Bringing her foot down to the ground Sakura saw the big man shaking his arms from the impact; he was still moving next time she would have to put more brute force into it. Getting into a stance Tsunade showed her Sakura dodged all of the big mans attacks he was shockingly fast for his size, dodging his fist but getting her arm cut by the katana Sakura hissed. Looking at her bleeding arm Sakura growled at the man and lifted her fist into the air then brought it straight down to the ground. Making a small two foot crater where her fist hit, the ground around her shattered and exploded knocking the man off balance, running toward the unbalanced man Sakura lifted the kunai up. Jumping over the big man she landed and pulled the blade across his throat. As he dropped to the ground Sakura saw Shikamaru was dodging a smaller man, running over to help her team mate another man dropped in front of her he was new he was not from the first five there were more of them how many?
Dodging the new man's fist Sakura swiped at him with the kunai in her hand the man dodged it, smacking the blade from the Kunoichi's hand he smiled at her. Pulling a long Katana from the sheath on his back he held it out then came at Sakura swinging it toward her stomach he cut the fabric of her ANBU outfit. Jumping back she pulled some throwing stars from her pouch and threw them at the man who blocked them and ran at the pinkett. Swiping at her he cut her arm then swinging down he cut her leg. As she dodged his sword she tried to think of a plan, jumping back she hit a tree then a smile spread over her face, running behind the tree she punched the trunk of it splintering the wood the tree cracked and fell onto the man. Glancing around Sakura saw Shikamaru's guy had gotten crushed by the tree too Neji and Kakashi had killed there guys and Choji had subdued the man he was fighting. Walking to her team Sakura inspected them for injuries healing cuts an bruises then she got ot Kakashi who insisted she heal herself first telling him it was her job to heal her team first he reluctantly gave in and let her heal him. Turning to grab the man he had Subdued Choji let out a confused 'huh' and more laughter was heard looking up Sakura gasped there were more men in the trees and some on the ground these weren't missing ninja they were from another village.
As the five Konoha ANBU got into fighting stances the men and some women jumped from the trees and to the forest floor. The entire group of enemy ninja ran at the Konoha ninja from the corner of her eye Sakura saw Kakashi lift the head band from his eye. Making some hand signs Kakashi shouted 'Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu' leaves started circling some of the ninja and some of them started screaming, Sakura remembered this jutsu, Kakashi had use it on her when she was a genin. Dodging a kunai Sakura grabbed and broken the woman's arm and threw her into the nearest tree then she heard Kakashi again'Doton: Tsuiga no Jutsu' seeing dogs run past her and tackle some of the enemy ninja. Ducking another kunai Sakura kicked the man in the stomach breaking some of his ribs she heard the cracks of them snapping under her foot as he fell to the ground she saw Neji spin knocking some of them back with his chakra and she saw Choji knocking them around with his expansion jutsu. Then she noticed the moon was visible looking for Shikamaru she saw him sitting against a tree his hands set in his families trait move. As his shadow slid along catching who ever was in range, any unlucky enough to get trapped in it were strangled by his 'Kage Kubi Shibari no Jutsu'.
Getting grabbed from behind Sakura flipped the person over her shoulder, slamming them into the ground Sakura went to stab them with a kunai but a katana was rammed through her stomach gasping blood trickled from her mouth she swiped the kunai across the enemies throat and fell to her knees. Reaching up she gripped the katana in her hands that were glowing green pressing one hand to her stomach above the blade she pulled it from her stomach biting her lip. Healing the wound to where she wouldn't bleed to death she stood lifting the katana and blocked another heaver blade, pushing back she used her strength and knocked them back into Shikamaru's shadow. Staggering on her feet she felt something keep her upright looking down she saw it was one of Kakashi's dog's, it was bull the biggest of the dogs. Looking at the Kunoichi the dog stayed by her side helping her fight anyone who attacked her, finally after what seemed like years which in actuality it was only about forty-five minutes the enemy ninja were either dead or badly wounded. Falling to her knees Sakura leaned on bull, who was sitting next to her seeing the dogs bleeding face Sakura's hands glowed green reaching out to him the dog pushed her hand down with his paw and shook his head then pointed at her team. Crawling over to Shikamaru and Neji Sakura healed their most serious injuries which were a broken arm some fractured and broken ribs and a sprained wrist. Then she moved to Choji who was leaning against a tree smiling at Sakura when she sat next to him he had a deep gash in his head and possible a concussion, his hand was shattered and his ribs were bruised badly. Finally she moved to Kakashi who was leaning against some of his dogs, sitting in front of him she reached out ready to heal him but he stopped her.
"Kakashi I have to heal your injuries." she said looking at him.
"Heal yourself first Sakura." he said looking at her.
"No its' my job to heal my teammates first then myself now stop complaining and sit still." she said healing his injuries which were two broken ribs three fracture ones a deep gash in his leg and chakra burns on his hands from overuse of his Chidori. After she finished she moved to heal Kakashi's dog but Pakkun stopped her telling her they would be healed once they returned to their home with that all the dogs disappeared in a puff of smoke. Slowly Kakashi stood pulling Sakura to her feet a sharp pain shot through her stomach then a wave of nausea washed over her doubling over. Pressing her hands to her stomach she felt something warm soak onto her forearms and her hands pulling them away from her middle she saw it was blood. Trying to use her medical jutsu, Sakura found she didn't have enough chakra left to do anything, not even to stop the bleeding, falling to her knees still clutching her stomach her vision blurred, she heard yelling and the voices of her team and her lover. Seeing them walk away from her she reached out only for more pain to shoot through her stomach and chest gasping in agony she fell onto her side. Rolling onto her back Sakura looked up at the dark sky seeing the moon she smiled at least her friends were safe and Kakashi was safe too. A wide shadow blocked out her view seeing the outline of a man Sakura saw them lift something, suddenly there was a shout and another outlined figure then something warm and wet hit Sakura's face and darkness took her over.
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Beeping, why was there beeping, wait they knew this noise they were in the hospital enough to tell it was a heart monitor, but why were they on a heart monitor. Then it all came back the mission opening there eyes the jounin looked around the room seeing blonde, the first thought was Naruto then the jounin saw the lack of orange instead it was purple and a lot of it. Sitting in an overstuffed chair in the corner of the room was Ino, slouched down eyes close sleeping, looking around the room it was full of flowers and balloons. Hitting the button to raise the back of the bed the jounin propped there self up and waited for the blonde women to wake. About an hour later the blonde stirred, stretching she sat up and opened her blue eyes seeing the jounin awake the woman's visible eye filled with tears. Standing from the chair Ino made her way toward the jounin standing at the bed side tears started falling down her face she looked at the floor not relishing the idea of telling this information to someone who had just woken up but it was an order from Lady Tsunade.
"Ino what is it?" the Jounin asked fear evident in the tone of the question.
"It- it's…"
"Ino!"
"I'm sorry but….Sakura…Kakashi he's gone." Ino said looking at the pink haired women sitting on the hospital bed seeing her eyes widen Ino prepared herself.
"Wha-what, no he can't I healed him!" Sakura stated frantically looking at the blonde beside her.
"Sakura his stomach was practical cut open and you were unconscious from all the blood loss and overuse of your chakra. Lady Tsunade and I, we tried everything to save him we really did Sakura… but the distance Choji had to carry him it was too far." Ino said breaking into tears. "E-even if someone f-faster had brought him the d-damage was too great there was n-nothing we could do. We barely saved you Sakura, Lady Tsunade and Shizune were pushed to their limits to save you and keep you stable." Ino said rubbing at her eyes. "S-Sakura you actual d-died on us once, do you know how scared I was I though we lost you Sakura!" Ino said choking on her words as she told the pink haired Kunoichi what had happened just Like Tsunade wanted.
"Ino." Sakura said looking at the white bed looking at the pinkett the blonde waited "How long have I been out for?" Sakura asked clenching her fists in the sheets.
"A w-week." Ino sniffed wiping her eyes with her hands.
"Am I aloud to walk yet?" Sakura asked.
"Even if I say no you'll do it anyways why do you think I was the one sleeping in that chair all week?" the blonde said pointing to the chair in the corner.
"Can you help me Ino I want to go see him." Sakura said looking at her friend.
"Of course Sakura I even brought you clothes." the blonde said pulling out a pair of loose fitting sweats and a baggie shirt and helped Sakura get dressed then Ino walked to the widow and opened it, looking out she yelled to someone stepping back Sakura saw a flash of orange. Standing in her hospital window was Naruto a small smile on his face as he dropped to the floor he walked over and hugged the pinkett gently as not to hurt her.
"Sakura-chan you scared me, I though I was going to lose you too please don't ever do that again okay?" he said hugging her a little tighter.
"Okay Naruto I won't." she said hugging him back.
"Promise Sakura?" he asked.
"Promise." she said.
"Okay, lets bust you out of here." the blonde said smiling at her as he pulled back from the hug then he picked her up bridal style and jumped out the window, Ino following as they ran through the village. Reaching the destination Naruto placed Sakura on her feet and Ino checked her stomach to make sure nothing had opened during the run. Telling the pinkett they were within yelling range both blondes left her in the grave yard in front of a polished stone slowly she dropped to her knees. Tracing the name written in the stone Sakura finally let the held back tears fall, to slide down her face only to splatter on the head stone. This was why he told her all of that his dream or premonition this is the bad thing he saw this is why he told her what he did in front of the restaurant.
About her teaching him to love he wanted her to know that she was the reason he could show his true feeling to her, she was the reason he woke up every morning and the reason he slept every night. She was his support his one and only, but what about her? He was gone now what was her support now he left her alone how could he? Laying her hands on the stone she cried causing her stomach to jolt with each sob the pain in her stomach making the tears come faster.
She looked at his name carved into the stone, reading it over and over again her tears falling onto the name, why did he leave her all alone? She had no one now, no that wasn't true she had Naruto she always had her blonde teammate she also has Ino she had Ino before Naruto they were two main supports for her, if they weren't supports then they wouldn't have done this for her. Thinking about this Sakura's tears slowed and her sobs died down until they where just sniffs, she looked at the stone again and smiled. Wiping the tears away Sakura stood up, the wet tracks down her face drying in the air walking toward the gates she called for Naruto and Ino who came running to her making her laugh at their panic and concern for her.
Once she was back in her room via the window again and Naruto had set her on her feet Sakura had just sat on the bed when Tsunade walked in looking at her pink haired student. Looking at Naruto and Ino she shook her head knowing what they had done for Sakura walking up to the pinkett she looked down at her.
"Sakura I assume Ino has told you what happened?" Tsunade said looking over at the blonde.
"Yes, she said I almost died and Kakashi is no longer with us, what about Neji, Shikamaru and Choji are they okay?" Sakura asked looking up at her medical teacher.
"Yeah we're fine Sakura." following the voice to the door Sakura smiled seeing her ANBU squad standing in her doorway they were a little beat up but other than that they were fine.
"Is that all Ino told you?" Tsunade asked.
"Yes why?" Sakura asked looking over at her blonde female friend who looked away.
"Well lay down I have to check over you to make sure you guys are okay." Tsunade said, laying back on the bed it took Sakura a second to grasp what her teacher had said.
"Guys, as in two!" Sakura asked as Tsunade pulled up her shirt to reveal the jagged cut over her stomach and the stitches holding her stomach together.
"Yes two, that's what, happens when you're pregnant Sakura." Tsunade said pressing her glowing hands to the pinkett's stomach pushing her green healing chakra into Sakura and her baby.
"I-I'm pregnant?" she asked dumbly looking down at her stomach not believing that her baby was still alive after what she had been through, getting stabbed and the blood loss and the depletion of her chakra and actually dying.
"Yes, now stop moving so I can check on the baby and heal your stomach some more so it can grow normally." Tsunade scolded her. Once the blonde woman was done Sakura sat up and explode with questions for her teacher and personally nurse.
"Is my baby okay? How did it survive after me getting stabbed? Why didn't Ino tell me I was pregnant?" Sakura said directing this to her friend.
"I didn't know if it had lived or not and I didn't want to raise your hopes just to get them crushed if something had happened." she said.
"Thanks Ino-pig." Sakura said.
"Right then, yes the baby is fine so far development is perfectly normal. The reason you and your baby survived is thanks to Shizune and Ino and myself we poured everything we had into keeping you here with us Sakura and your baby. I actually had to open up my reserved chakra supply for keeping you with us Sakura you were on the brink on of death but I wasn't going to allow that." Tsunade said smiling at the pink haired women then walked toward the door. "Well I better go before Shizune finds me." the Hokage said smiling and walking out the door to hide from the brown haired women.
"Sakura-chan you're pregnant…are you happy Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked looking at her, looking down tears slid down Sakura's cheeks looking up she smiled.
"Yes I'm very happy Naruto is Hinata still here?" Sakura asked looking at the room full of her friends nodding Naruto jumped up to go get the lavender haired women and her fiancé and the rest of the people who cared for Sakura. Smiling Sakura placed her hands on her stomach she was still broken at the fact that Kakashi was gone from her life physical at least. This small life inside her gave to her a brand new reason to wake up in the morning and a new reason to live and a new reason to love.
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Maru) Its done whoo hoo yeah I'm done, I'm done *cough* okay sorry about that I know it's kinda sad but it's kinda happy too. Oh right the whole explanation thing here we go it's short…the thing is the story had to follow the same events, it doesn't have to be the same people instead of Sakura dying Kakashi dies in her place it's still a death only it was Kakashi and not Sakura he sacrificed himself in place of his love. If you want a better description I sugust you watch the movie its call 'if only' it's an awesome movie I love it.
Maru) Right, well I guess I'll say buy till the next story I write, oh and I would still like reviews even though this story it over I want to know what you think.
