Chapter four: Finding out

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters. Probably for the best though.

Author's note: Most of the characters would be a pain to write for when some don't go with the story so I have oc's for that purpose. Plus my oc's are just different sides of me. Shenlong comes soon. Thank you Sumikoa, Kuinochi Neko, bigbadwolf, wolfdiablo, and all the tohers who reviewed.

There she was lying on the ground with dirt caking her pink hair and her clothes ripped to shreds. It wasn't a good sight for Gaara because he could also see that it was less than what she looked like when she was brought back after being raped by Sasuke. Naruto was probably holding back because she was still a friend, no matter how many times she had placed his life in danger. Letting that anger out was most likely more Kyuubi, but he knew that Naruto had only felt sorry that he hurt her. No one would doubt that Naruto didn't regret what happened, but he was still sorry. Getting closer to her he could see that she was conscious enough to cry, but when it appeared that she had gotten back control of her body, she started hitting herself as if she were angered that she didn't fight back. Emotions were a strange thing, a very curious thing that Gaara never got, but he knew that they were necessary. He knelt down beside her with his hand held out, but instead she just cried as she tried to cover herself up.

"Sakura, did Naruto do this," asked Gaara in a calm voice that was meant to be gentle, but because Gaara was as gentle as a man with sharp blades for fingers, his voice came out emotionless.

"It's my entire fault," cried Sakura, tears flowing down her cheek for the lost friend. "If I wasn't such an obsessive compulsive bitch, he wouldn't have left! I made him feel guilty that he didn't bring back Sasuke and I've used that to manipulate him to do everything I wanted. Like a whore, I told him that he could have me if he brought back Sasuke."

"Sakura calm down," said Gaara, trying to improve his voice. The Third time was a charm. "Sakura stop talking like that and try to get better so you can bring him back."

"Why do you care about someone as horrible as me," asked Sakura, looking at him trying to find the reason why he is still there. "I'm just a bitch who got what was coming to her."

"If I got what was coming to me then I would be a pile of ash," replied Gaara. "I killed people with a smile on my face, enjoying the sound of their screams. As far as being a bad person I just left you in the dust, now can you move?"

"No, Naruto…he severed the nerves in my legs," replied Sakura still feeling like the world's biggest whore. "Why did I have to do all of those things for someone who raped me in the end? But it wasn't Sasuke and he apologized and I hated that Naruto might think that Sasuke was the one who did that, but it wasn't him."

"Oh he knew," said Gaara. "That's why he chased after Sasuke, to save him from Orochimaru. They were still friends and he couldn't let one of his friends be controlled by that evil bastard. It's because of Naruto that Sasuke is free to think for himself, though I'm still wondering if that's a good thing."

"He did all that and I was mad at him because Sasuke came back bruised," said Sakura in a very low tone that was almost a whisper. "What kind of person am I? Why are you still here anyway? I'd only make your life miserable."

"After my childhood, you'll find not much can make me miserable," replied Gaara taking a step forward as the sand swirled around them. "To answer your second question because I can't answer your first, I'm still here because as far as I'm concerned you're still a friend."

"Thank you," said Sakura looking into his cold eyes that had a sense of hurt in them with her own teary eyes and they were both teleported to the infirmary, to Sakura's bed.

Kakashi looked up at the stars, but he wasn't really concerned about them since they weren't his real problem. Fate was his problem and fate had nothing to do with the stars, they were tied on the same wheel as he for even stars die. Sakura, one of his students had been raped by another student, Sasuke, and the third student beat Sasuke up. Naruto, the son of the Yondaime, Kakashi's teacher. That boy was unpredictable, but he was still remarkable in how he was able to bring out the best in people, even heartless ninja or the psycho's. He was so like his father, a thing only worsened by him getting older. Sometimes Kakashi would call him Arashi accidently. The woman in the room, Anko, asked him what was troubling him, but he just responded with the usual vague answer that told her nothing. It was rare for Kakashi to actually answer questions that would give insight into his thought process. Sure they had sex and had a fun time, but Kakashi couldn't get close. The one's he got close to always died and he was left feeling lonely, but he bottled it all up. He was a ninja after all and ninja couldn't show emotion or anything like that.

"Damn it Kakashi, can't you tell me anything that bothers you," asked Anko slamming her fist into the table in anger. "We're together finally and you won't let me help you. How do you think that makes me feel Kakashi? After all the times you helped me out, I can't return the favor. That's not fair Kakashi, I want to get in, to know that I'm more than just the girl of the week."

In truth she was more than just the girl of the week, but Kakashi felt getting closer to her would curse her like it had all the others. He was on the road he didn't want to be on, the road where he would have to decide between shedding his protective shell or lose the woman who he felt something for. He knew he didn't want to leave her or for her to leave him, but the possibility of going through another loss like Rin was hard. Now was the time to make a decision because she was heading for the door and would be out of his life forever.

"Anko, please wait," he begged.

"Will you let me in now or did you stop me for nothing," asked Anko turning around to see Kakashi take his mask off. He had never taken it off in front of her; he just blind folded her when they kissed.

There was no woman in Konoha that had entertained the possibility of him being ugly, but Anko had never expected him to be that handsome. He looked like a god or demigod from some ancient mythology. She walked away from the door and towards him. She got on her tip toes to kiss him, since he was taller than her, and he returned the kiss with just as much passion. Putting one foot behind his leg, she leaned forward to send them both tumbling on the floor with her on top. She pinned him down so he couldn't move and forced him to answer her question before they got into sex.

"Now what's been eating you," asked Anko who was straddling him with her waist.

"My students," replied Kakashi, who looked depressed. "I couldn't stop Sasuke, I couldn't help Sakura, and now I've put such a great burden on Naruto. I haven't been the greatest teacher or leader."

"Kakashi, no one asks that things come out perfect," said Anko sighing at how much Kakashi could degrade himself. "Look, you got the job done, and that's all that matters. You had problem children and you turned them into shinobi able to take on the chunin exams."

"Those damn exams were the start of all my problems," said Kakashi. "I look back at it and wonder what would have happened had I not put them in the chunin exams."

"It all started during the second part, my part," retorted Anko. "If I had a more watchful eye then maybe it wouldn't have happened."

'Anko, don't blame yourself, please," said Kakashi.

"But it was my old sensei who did all of that and I left this village with him," replied Anko staring out into the cold night. Kakashi saw the look in her eye and was glad that she had taken her panties off before.

"We need something to get us off this conversation," laughed Kakashi. He brought his face under her skirt to taste her, enjoying the moans he received from his lover.

"Can someone go get Kakashi and Anko," asked Tsunade with her head in her hands. Nothing was right anymore, from the moment Sakura was brought in to now. She looked at the chunin who were there, which were all of Naruto's friends except for Sakura, Sasuke, and Rock Lee, no one had seen Rock Lee for some time. "I suppose you all want to know why you're here."

"Why….why is Naruto not here," asked Hinata, the only one not noticing the lack of the loud blond.

"He must be in the infirmary next to Sakura and Sasuke," commented Shikamaru, whose girlfriend, Temari, was right beside him.

"No," said a voice from behind the shadows. It was Gaara. "The reason you are all here is because of Naruto."

"What's the matter with Naruto-kun," asked Hinata worried for the man she loved.

"He's left Konoha," replied Gaara. "After a few rough hours in Konoha he left to go somewhere we don't know."

"Aren't you going to send in a team or something," asked Ino while clinging to her boyfriends arms.

"We are the team," said Shino in his to the point manner.

"Correct, we must get him back before the Akatsuki do," declared Tsunade. "You are all dismissed."

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