Lycanthrope

Chapter 7

It was his mistake, but not his fault.

"You're leaving?" Sakura asked her parents. "Yeah." Her mom said. "Are you going to be okay all alone for a month?" She asked her daughter worrily. "Oh yeah, I'll be fine." I can use this time to help Kakashi-sensei. She thought to herself. "But why are you leaving in the first place?" She asked, hopeing that her parents weren't going on some B, A or, God forbid, S ranked mission or something. "Well, your mother and I thought we needed sometime to- 're-connect'." Her father told her. "And a month is how long you'll be gone?" She asked her parents. "At the least and most. We'll be back in a month , give or take a day." Her mom said. And then they left, after saying their good-byes.

About an hour after her parents left, Sakura herself left to go to Kakashi. When she finally got there she was going to knock on the door when she realized that once again it was unlocked. "Kakashi-sensei? You there? I'm coming in!" She yelled then opened the door. As soon as she steped through the thresh-hold of the door, Kakashi was already infront of her, on his knees, hugging her. "S-Sakura. I-I'm sorry. He just wouldn't stop barking and-" He was totally broken down. "What are you talking about?" She asked him. "It- I-!" He was in to much of shock to speak. "Show me what happened." Kakashi stood up and walked outside. And Sakura followed. Followed him to the Inuzuka residants, where all but Akamaru were on vacation.

"S-see." He said. Sakura gasped. In front of her lay the corpse of Akamaru, Kiba's dog. "Like I said! H-he just wouldn't stop barking and I- I..." He stuttered. He had the desire to kill. Sakura could see now the blood all down her sensei's front. "Come on, let's go back." Sakura said. "Back? B- back where?" He asked her. "Back to your place, of course!" She said happily as if nothing at all had happened.

"You don't mind if I stay here for a little while do you?" Sakura asked Kakashi when they got there. "Yes I do mind! What if I do to you what I did to Akamaru?" He said to her, even though he would have loved for her to stay. "You won't. Trust me." She said to him. "...And how do you know that?" He asked her. "Because." she said. And held up a very small section of Wolf's bane. "How in the world did you..." He trailed off. "Ino's familly's flower shop. Her mom gave it to me. That was all she had though." Sakura said and grabbed Kakashi's arm. "Come here." She said and pulled him to sit next to her on the bed, and pulled out a book. "Heres what we're gonna do. You have to give yourself a cut. And in that cut, we'll insert the liquid Wolf's bane." She explained. "To stop your bleeding, we'll wrap a tourniquet around the cut. In this book we'll record how fast it takes for your cuts to heal. After each one heals, we'll make a new one. The slower they heal, the longer you have till turning time. Which as It appears is a month from the day you were bit. On the next full moon. But we only get one chance, and thats on the first cut. Otherwise, you'll turn much faster. Sound like a plan?" She asked him. Kakashi slowly nodded, amazed at how she could come up with such a genious plan. And they say Neji's the smartest student.

"We need to find a direct path to your bloodstream. Do you know where you could do that?" Sakura asked Kakashi, while handing him a small scaple. "Hmmm. I don't think I- That's it!" He said. "What's it?" Sakura said confused. Kakashi flipped his hand over. "Look." He said. He ran is fingers along the thin vains in his wrist. "I don't think I can get any more direct." He said looking at her. "Are you sur about that? That could kill you." She said sounding worried. "Don't worry. I'll be fine." He said. Sakura and him took the Wolf's bane and ground it up with some water to give it it's liquid state. Then Sakura used a cotten swab to souk up the liquid. After, Kakashi used that needle thing docters use to suck the liquid out of the cotten swab. "Here, hold this." Kakashi said to Sakura, giving her the needle. He then took the scaple and positioned it over the main vain in his wrist. At first he hesitated, then he thought of the pain Kiba will go through when he realizes Akamarus' dead. This pain will be nothing compared to that of losing a loved one. Kakashi was about to close his eyes before he pressed the cold blade down, then he opened them in time to see the blade cut through his skin, and see the blood flowing out. Sakura had to admit that in a weird way, his blood against his skin was beutifull. The deep red against the snowy, pale white. Kakashi quickly took the needle and shoved it into his vain and pressed the top down, releasing the liquid into his body. He bit down in pain. Sakura grabbed the tourniquet and wrapped it tightly around his wrist.

The liquid mixed with the incredibal pain caused Kakashi to pass out instantly. Sakura hoisted him over her shoulder and dragged him over to the bed and layed him down. He was lighter than she thought. Sakura, who was very tired, layed down next to him and fell asleep.

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---------C.A: "Right now Sakura loves Sasuke, but she'll fall for Kakashi-chan eventually. I mean, how could you not?"

----Kakashi: "You've written alot of new chapters."

--------C.A: "Well, even when my power was back on, we didn't have the internet because the phone line was down and we have dial up. So, I had alot of free time on my hands. Are you, uh, feeling better?"

----Kakashi: "Hm? Yeah. Much better."

--------C.A: "That's good. Please reveiw!"