It was too quiet. Deathly quiet even. Kakashi had reluctantly left Sharne in a safe spot outside Fire Country. Yamato had placed a jutsu on her so if any enemies tried to attack her she would be instantly shielded by wood and earth.
All the time she fretted and wondered if they would all be okay. She knew she couldn't leave to help else the jutsu would break and she would just get insta-assassinated, anyways.
Twenty torturous minutes passed, it felt like hours.
Then she heard a loud wail of someone in pain coming from the castle.
She knew that voice.
'KAKASHI!'
.~.
Kakashi stood facing the King Inferno clutching the left side of his chest. The kunai that struck had missed his heart by inches. Lucky? Yeah, but damn, all this blood..
When she had disobediently gone against Kakashi's orders and limped into the castle's grounds, she was glad she had. She saw him struggling to stand, surrounded by a pool of blood that he had lost from his chest. She stared in horror and disbelief, and screamed.
"Kakashi!"
Kakashi continued to stare straight at the King, his eyes holding a look of terror. No…Sharne…why?
"Ah, isn't this precious? Your girlfriend came to save you, Copy Ninja?" the King watched in amusement as Sharne attempted to limp to Kakashi.
"Foolish girl." the King focused his attention on Sharne, and starting performing the hand movements for a Fireball jutsu.
"Kuso..." Kakashi, summoning up his strength, jumped in front of Sharne, blocking the King's aim. He growled. Bastard...
"Don't move!" he shouted to Sharne, channelling his chakra to his left hand which began sparking and crackling in electric blue.
"I don't want you to die!" the tears flowed freely down her cheeks, and she gripped the back of his Jonin vest tightly, pressing her cheek into it.
"I won't let you get hurt..." He gathered the last of his chakra into the palm of his hand and pushed her aside out of target range. His attack was ready, with the glass-breakingly loud screech of a thousand birds, he leapt forward at his opponent...
.~.
*Flashback*
"I won't let you die… I'll protect you with my life!" he channelled his last remaining chakra through his arms, down to his hand, charging at the enemy with a blinding blue light and the sound of a thousand birds…
.~.
"KATON! GOUKA KYUU NO JUTSU!"
"CHIDORI!"
...
The two powerful ninja collided with their devastating techniques, colouring the sky in reds and blues…
