"If I never knew you"

By Morobutt

Chapter 6

'No I can't keep hiding

no I can't keep hiding

no I can't keep running away
So I'm gonna be stronger

and I'm gonna be better made

and I'm gonna give everything,
Just to bring me back again.'

My Declaration by Eliza Bennett

Tsunade let out a sigh as she wiped her forehead with the back of her right hand. Her brown eyes soften as she started to see the color came back in Sakura's face.

"That was a close one you…" she said softly

Had Naruto found her an hour or so later; she might not have made it. The kunai that the man ran her threw with had nicked the Aorta in her lower back as well as cut threw her small intestines; She would of most likely bleed out in the woods.

Walking away from the bed that Sakura laid on she stopped by a small table in the room and wrote out her report of how she patched Sakura up and what had happen. If it was, one thing that Tsunade did not like it was paper work. She shifted threw a few papers skimming past a few parts here and there. There was a knock at the door as Tsunade laid the papers back on the table and was getting ready to leave.

"Come in" she called out as she walked to the door.

The door was slowly pushed open and the sight that met Tsunade shocked her a bit. Kakashi stood there leaning on the door a bit showing a slight discomfort in a soft pant.

"Kakashi… what are you doing here? You should be in bed," she said softly

"How is she doing...?"

Tsunade stepped back and tilted her head to the side looking at Sakura sleep

"She'll make it, it was a close call but what kind of medical ninja would I be if I couldn't heal what was wrong with her," she said as she looked at him from the corner of her eye.

Kakashi let out a sigh of relief, his grayish eye closed as he lifted himself off the door and stepped past Tsunade entering the room. He came to a stop next to the bed that Sakura was laying on; she looked so peace full just laying there. He hung his head as he lowered himself to the floor next to her bed.

"You shouldn't have left… Why did you do it?" he asked softly

His words not really looking for an answer, he reached out his left hand and rested it on her right hand. It wasn't till Tsunade stated to walk up behind him did he realize that he wasn't alone with her, but he would be really dumb to believe that Tsunade would leave him alone with her when there were questions that needs to be answer by him and from her. Lightly lifting Sakura's hand, he laid a soft kill on the back of it.

"I am such a foul, I made myself cold and uninterested in you and where does that get us? Please forgive me," he whispered

"So, it wasn't just her feeling of something more between the two of you?" The soft voice of Tsunade came from behind him.

Kakashi's right grayish eye drifted to the side trying to find Tsunade, she had placed her hands up in the air and hung her head before she spoke again

"I take it she didn't read the scroll I have giving to you to give to her?"

"We lost that somewhere along day two out there after we were attacked" he said

Kakashi turned his head to look at her with a raised brow; He was slightly interested in what was written within that scroll. However, Tsunade just smiled at him.

"It doesn't matter now, what's done is done I guess… by the way Kakashi… while you were out cold we took a guess at what was wrong with you but I was wondering if my guess is right…the Forbidden Jutsu… was it by any chance the Gedo Mark seal?" she asked as she looked down at him

"Yeah that was the name of it… Though Only Kabuto knows the Reverse Jutsu," he said softly letting go of Sakura's hand before he let out a sigh as he stood up.

"That's not completely true… You see that was one of Orochimaru's Jutsus, and Sarutobi had known of it and of its Reverse Jutsu… only he wrote them down on a scroll and hid it somewhere within the village… I would not give up any hope just yet… I have a hunch as to where Sarutobi hid it… I just have been too preoccupied to go look for it" she said looking down at Sakura

Kakashi nodded his head before walking past Tsunade; who grabbed his arm as he walked passed her

"Kakashi… I will only warn you once... You harm her in any way and I will not hastate to hunt you don't and kill you myself" she said in a cold voice before letting his arm go.

Sakura was her student as well but deep down inside she was like the Daughter that she never had.

"Understood" he said softly as he slipped back out in to the hall

Kakashi slowly made his way back to the front of the first floor where he walked past the front desk and threw the door out in to the open streets of the village. He need time to clear his head and he would not get that if he stayed in the hospital. He aimlessly wander around the village at first until he found himself coming to a stop, taking a deep breath he looked up in to the sky. The stars where out now lightly lighting up the field he stood in, he had wandered over to the stone memorial that had thousands of names craved within it.

"I am so confused," he said softly as he shifted his gaze back down to the stone memorial.

Tsunade's upper half of her body lay sprawled out on the table that was in Sakura's room in a deep sleep; snores could be heard now and then from the room. She had decided to stay with Sakura until she came through and was able to do a full check up on here.

"What is that sound"

Sakura let out a groan as started to come threw her unconsciousness, she slowly picked up her left hand and rubbed her head a bit. The soft sound of talking and snoring where too much for her head to take now.

"Where am I?"

Sakura opened her eyes a bit but was forced to close them quickly due to the blinding white light that shined down from above her. She slowly brought herself to lean on her left arm before letting out a wince from the pain on her left side. That's when her memories started to come back to her; the last thing she remembered was laying in the woods bleeding out as a guy lifted her there to die.

"How the hell did I get out of that alive?" she asked herself softly

The sound of papers scattering on the floor next to Sakura got her attention. Tsunade had woken up at the sound of Sakura's pain and pushed the papers that had to do with Sakura and their mission on to the floor as she had pushed herself up off the table and walking over to Sakura.

"Lie still now… how do you feel?" she asked

Tsunade took Sakura's left wrist in her hand and checked her pulse.

"I feel like shit… how else would one feel after being stabbed?" Sakura replied as she closed her eyes.

Tsunade gave a faint smile as she let go of her hand and moved closer to Sakura to check her pulp response to light. Sakura let out a sigh at this but willing went through with it.

"Everything seems to be fine… but I'll be keeping you here for another day or two before I send you home; your on leave from missions for a while just so you know…" she said to Sakura as she watched Sakura trying to set up.

"And I hope this is a lesion to you young lady that when I say something is too dangerous for you to do a mission alone you well do as I say and not run off like you did!" Tsunade said in a cold tone to her to her student.

"Hmm" was all Sakura said

Sakura let herself fall back on her pillow with a wince of pain. Now more than ever she wished she were like Naruto, with the fast recovery time. She let out a sigh and looked over at Tsunade who was now picking up the papers that had fallen on the floor and was putting them in a few folders.

"Tsunade… How is Kakashi doing?" she asked in a soft voice

Tsunade placed the folders with papers in them back on the table and started to right on a sheet of paper.

"He's up and about now… More than likely left the hospital by now... However, he did stop by a few hours ago, do not worry about him now… He has something things going on that he has to sort through but I am sure he'll be back some time tomorrow to visit you," she said before finishing what she was writing.

"Oh…" was all Sakura could reply.

Sakura felt sleepy again at first she fought it but soon drifted back in to sleep as her mind still wanted to wonder what was going on with Kakashi.

Sakura ended up staying in the hospital for two more days, there had been no sign of Kakashi at all. It looked as if he had left town but Tsunade knew better; he had his feelings for Sakura to work out, that alone was a big thing to ask Kakashi to do… he was never one to show feelings for anything or even let others close enough to him to get a glimpse of them. She would give him a few more days before she sent Anbu after him.

It was a nice sunny day; there where hardly any clouds in sight and the birds were out and singing, in all it was a nice day for it starting to turn in to fall. It was way too nice to stay in the house. Sakura could be seen slowly walking down an old path that lead to the training grounds, now she was not looking to train… no she was looking any sign of Kakashi. Sakura came to a stop near a large rock that was adjacent to three wooden poles. She smiled lightly at the thoughts of how her team's first mission went and how they had grown over time.

Unknown to her she was being watched; Kakashi had been trailing her since left her house. He had hid himself in a tree on the other side of the field. His back against the three and his one leg propped up on a branch will the other one hung over the side of it. It was way too easy for him to keep himself hidden from her; he was after all an elite ninja.

Kakashi let out a sigh as he watched her start to move on her way again looking a bit depressed about something. He wanted to talk to her but every time he thought was a good time to do it he started to feel funny, no women had made him feel this way before. Sakura slowly started to leave his line of sight, now was a good of time as ever to talk, there was no one out in the field besides them. He closed his right eye as he lifted himself off the tree branch before he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Sakura had just gotten to the fence that surrounded the training filed when a puff of smoke showed up in front of her and scared her half out of her wits.

"Yo" Kakashi said as the smoke started to clear a bit.

Sakura took a deep breath as she clutched her chest. Her green eyes flicked over to Kakashi with a glare.

"Don't do that, you could of given me a heart attack" she yelled at him

He gave a surge as he looked around a bit before looking back down at Sakura. Sakura let out a sigh before she relaxed a bit

"I am glad that you're doing alright Sakura" he said quietly

Kakashi closed his eyes as he started to walk away from her; he couldn't do it, he couldn't tell her how he felt. Sakura tilted her head before she reached out with hand to grab his arm.

"Kakashi…" she said just barely above a whispered

Kakashi stopped and took a deep breath, He knew she felt the same way about him as he did for her but why was he so hesitant in tell her. His heart started to race at her touch.

"I…I… Kakashi… please here me out" Sakura said trying to remain calm

She tugged on his arm in an in temp to get him to face her but he wouldn't move to look at her. Sakura let out a sigh and looked down at the ground and was caught off guard when Kakashi started to talk to her in a low tone.

"For days now I had forced feelings for you and thoughts of you from my head… not knowing why they where there in the first place and why they were so strong… I was confused more than ever in my life by them"

He paused for a moment when Sakura tighten her hold on his arm.

"I Think I have fallen for you and when I heard you where heart and might not live I felt as if my heart had been ripped out… no one has ever made me feel this way before…"

Sakura's heart was racing just as fast as Kakashi's now, her breath came in short shallow intakes as she fought the eager to lunge at him and hold on to him tightly. Days ago she thought he wanted nothing to do her but now he was putting himself on the line and letting Sakura see a side of him that she was quite sure that no one had ever seen before.

"Kakashi… I… I have feelings for you too" she said softly

"I know… I have known for a while now" he whispered back to her

"I... I don't know if we should.." Sakura said

She couldn't finish her train of thought befor Kakashi had spun around and took her in his arms. He held on to her tightly taking in her scent and listen to her every breath. Sakura didn't fight his touch; instead she too put her arms around him. He lowered his head next to her.

"Sakura… I think I love you" he whispered in her ear

Sakura nuzzled her face on his chest and clung to him

"And I you" her voice barely audible to Kakashi

Kakashi lifted his head a bit as he heard something coming close to them down the fence line. He had a choice to make, did he want others to know about his feels so soon after just telling Sakura herself or was he going to hide it for the time being of which he didn't want to make it alone. He looked down at her before he spoke

"Sakura… someone's coming" he said softly to her

She took a deep breath and loosens her grip on him, now of all the times someone had to be making their way to the training grounds. She let out a sigh; she didn't want this to end.

"What should we do?" she asked

"Well we could go our separate ways and met up later or we could go somewhere a bit more quite" he suggested to her.

Kakashi looked back behind him; whoever it was they were getting very close to them now and soon the tall bushes near the fences gate will not hide them anymore.

"How about we go for a late lunch?" she asked

Kakashi smiled to himself at the thought

"Sure"

Kakashi loosen his grip on her before he started to walk away

"You know the place... See you soon" he said softly as he left her standing there.

Kakashi slowly made his way out of the training grounds fenced in area just as the one that had made Sakura and him stop being slow close came to a stop in front of him. Kakashi let out a sigh as Naruto rubbed the back of his head with a feeble smile on his face.

"Hey Kakashi, Have you seen Shikamaru…? He said he wanted to train with me but I haven't been able to find him," he asked

Kakashi let out a sigh; of course it had to be Naruto that interrupted them. No mater, Kakashi may have been a bit hurt that he had to let his little cheery blossom go so soon but maybe it was for the better? Kakashi shook his head before he started walking again away from the area. He had other things on his mind now and he really did not want to put up with Naruto now. Kakashi lifted his arm and waved a good-bye as he disappeared in to the shadows.

Naruto stood there for a moment then looked back where Kakashi came from; he found Sakura walking out of the training grounds with a slight smile on her face. Naruto raised an eyebrow for a moment in thought. Sadly, Naruto's brain could not come up with any ideas as to what was going on. He looked at her as she walked pasted him with narrowed eyes.

"Sakura… have you seen Shikamaru…?"

She stopped for a moment and looked up to the sky in thought before she turned around to reply to him.

"No I haven't… I have to go... Something came up and I need to be somewhere shortly"

She said in a rush as she darted off away from Naruto who just stood there with a black look on his face. It was not until She was gone that he started to see what was going on. He had a slight smirk on his face as he looked back to where Sakura ran off to.

Sakura rushed home, she still had some time before she had to meet up with Kakashi. There for she should look somewhat good, she opened the door to her house with a smile and stepped in to her house. She rushed up the stairs to her room and sat down on her bed. She had no idea what she would want to wear out; her bright green eyes shifted over to her dresser, which had a dower open near the top. She slowly got up and walked over to see what was in the dower. She raised a brow as she looked down and pulled out a black lace pare of panties and then looked behind her as if someone was watching her.

"Oh… I just have to wear these," she said with a giggle

She then opens a dower that was right under that one, it had a few shirts in it but nothing caught her eye so she went to the next dower. A short-sleeved shirt that had a light pink with a pattern of cherry bosoms falling on it caught her attention.

"Oh I have been looking for this shirt… Hmm if I can just find…"

Trailed off as she opened up yet another dower; she threw a few pieces of clothing behind her until her hand landed on a short light blue skirt. At first, she was going to throw it with the others that had landed on or near her bed but brought it back down near her face and laid it on top of the shirt she had picked out. The light blue skirt had a faded hemi that looked almost white.

"That looks great... Now to just get dressed"

She said as she turned around and walked to the bathroom to get dressed. Once she was done she looked in to the to check her hair

"Hmmm whatever"

She said as she ran out of the bathroom, down the stairs, and out the door.

After Kakashi had left Sakura and Naruto, he slowly made his way over to the Hokage compound. He still had a few other things on his mind and had some time to kill seeing as he was on leave of missions until further notice. Now that he had gotten use to the pain it wasn't that back as long as he didn't use much or any chakra; which was why he was walking to where he had planned to go. It took a bit longer then he would like to get to the Hokage compound and then walk up the few flights of stairs to Tsunade's office.

The door was open to the office; in side, Tsunade sat at her desk and had Shizune by her side as she chatted with Jiraiya. He slowly walked in and gave a little cough as he looked at Tsunade; who stopped talking for a moment and looked up at him then at Jiraiya.

"Kakashi…. I see your doing well… what is it that you need?"

She asked as she narrowed her eyes at him and leaning forward on the desk. Kakashi let out a slight sigh, he knew he would have to ask this eventually but thought it would be good to know where he stood with her on this whole 'Teacher Student Relationship" thing.

"Tsunade Sama, I have a few questions I need to ask you in light of resent advents with one of my former students"

He said as looked away from her and over at Jiraiya; who now looked a bit more interested in what Kakashi wanted to talk about then what he had came there to do. Tsunade let out a short sigh and she slouched back in to her chair with her eyes shut in thought. At first, she did not feel like talking about this now, she was in the middle of something with Jiraiya. However, Kakashi hardly ever asked to talk or even ask questions. Sitting up she looked at Shizune.

"If you would be so kind Shizune… could you shut my door and cancel the next few things I have scheduled?" she had asked

And without a word Shizune got up and left shutting the door. Kakashi relaxed a bit more now with it only being the two of them and a closed office. He shifted his weight a bit as Tsunade fixed her gaze on him.

"Now then Kakashi what is that you want to know?" she asked

"If I were to peruse this 'Relationship' how could it affect her and I?"

She thought as much that that was what he had came to talk about it

"You are both will train ninjas; you live mission to mission never knowing which mission will be your last. Life is too short and I as the Hokage see nothing wrong with this 'Relationship'" she paused for a moment and closed her eyes "However seeing as she is now my student and very dear to me as if she where my own daughter, I am a little concerned for the both of you" she sighed and went on "Some people will not understand your relationship and some will most likely frown on it and question the whole time you where with her from the very start of you being her teacher" Tsunade leaned forward in her chair a bit " I know I can't protect Sakura from this and I know if I where forbid this she would grow to hate me… She has already lost so much in her life… that I can't really stand between you two"

Kakashi nodded as he took in what Tsunade had to say and gave his head a slight bow when she was done.

"Thank you Tsunade Sama, I have some where I need to be shortly… and I don't want to be too late getting there"

He said with a smile as he turned to leave but he was not too far before Tsunade called after him.

"Oh and Kakashi remember, you hurt her and I'll hurt you… take it easy"

Kakashi just stopped and waved his hand as he opened the door and walked away leaving Tsunade and Jiraiya alone in the offices.

Author notes: This where the store well start to be updated at a slower paces. I have half of seven to still go over and then I have to finish it up. I should have chapter seven up no later than the end of next week.