Wow, I'm blown away by the positive comments, thank you ;D.

So just to clear something up, Kakashi killed Orochimaru and Kabuto nearly a year after the Sand/ Sound invasion and Sasuke's defection.

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Haruno Sakura

Beta'd by Black Sparrow

Kakashi had to consciously stop himself from staring at this version of his only female student. What had happened to Haruno Sakura in this life that he found her a year after the Sound/Suna invasion desperately fighting off some no name Chunin missing nin from Iwa? Around this time she should have been in the middle of her studies for her first medical license. Kakashi knew that because he hadn't been able to stay away from the only other person of Team 7 left in Konoha. He had been literally stalking her whenever he had time between missions. Of course he was aware that that was kind of creepy and he wasn't very proud of what he did but well… ninja.

The teenager in front of him had long hair bound in a low ponytail and a scar that reached from her left temple to the beginning of her throat. Sakura was also wearing the standard Konoha wear and a Chunin vest instead of a red outfit with the Haruno clan symbol somewhere.

Her taijutsu wasn't the fastest but she was slippery enough to keep herself from getting injured too badly, though Kakashi could tell that she was fast becoming tired. Where the hell was her backup? And why the hell was Tsunade's apprentice so close to the boarders?

In the next moment Kakashi lost his trail of thought and he reacted unconsciously. The next hit of the Iwa nin on her left side would have been fatal for the pink haired kunoichi if Kakashi hadn't appeared suddenly in front of her and killed all three missing nin with one controlled lighting attack.

Behind him Kakashi felt Sakura drop against a tree to put more distance between them while she prepared herself once more for an attack. The scent of her fear became even stronger, apparently she had recognized him somehow and was now thinking the worst. Deliberately Kakashi slowly turned around before he looked at the grim faced Sakura. Her whole body was tensed like a snake coiled to attack while she shifted her body so that her injured side wasn't in his direct field of vision; she was clearly ready to try to counter an attack from him. Though there was a certain resignation in her eyes that told him that she knew that she had no chance against him.

"Mah what is a little baby Chunin like you doing so far away from Konoha?" he asked cheerfully and as non-threatening as possible while he disposed of the missing nin with a quick fire jutsu.

Sakura kept stubbornly quiet, her breath was coming in short pants and the smell of blood was becoming stronger, apparently she didn't know how to heal herself.

"Mah. You know social etiquette demands that you answer my question," Kakashi couldn't help but tease the pink haired girl.

Sakura bit her lip before looking even more apprehensive. "Haruno Sakura, Chunin Corps kunoichi," she finally said, it wasn't an answer to his question but that didn't quite matter to Kakashi at the moment.

What the actual fuck?

CHUNIN CORPS kunoichi? Where the hell was the A-ranked medic nin that had been on her way to surpass her teacher in his universe and had no problem in taking on S-rank threats like Akasuna Sasori?

"Hatake Kakashi, S-rank missing nin. Nice to meet you," he answered cheerfully while he tried to come to terms that this world's Sakura apparently wasn't Tsunade's apprentice.

Sakura just grunted while she kept her eyes fully trained on him.

"So… where is your team?" Kakashi asked idly into the tense silence.

Sakura kept stubbornly silent.

"Mah how rude and here I thought you were a cute little baby Chunin. Outpost run then?" Kakashi tagged nonchalantly onto the end of his sentence.

At that Sakura tensed again, Bingo. So she was on a message run. Still she should have at least another three shinobi with her. Chunin corps shinobi weren't sent out alone this far from Konoha, especially not after an invasion.

Kakashi waited for a moment patiently if Sakura changed her mind but the kunoichi stayed stubbornly silent.

"Well okay then," Kakashi finally said with a slightly annoyed sigh and stepped forward.

Instantly the teenager tensed again and lifted the kunai in her hand slightly higher.

"Come on, if I wanted to harm you I would have already done it."

The amusement was back in his voice though now he also felt somewhat concerned, Sakura's wound was still bleeding, one of the kunai had to have hit something at least semi important. Sakura still looked suspiciously at Kakashi but didn't move any further. With an obvious sigh Kakashi finally took the last few steps into grabbing distance. Sakura was now so tense that he was seriously concerned about her pulling a muscle.

With the copy nin being so close his patience finally reached its limit. Normally he would have happily continued to tease Sakura a bit but at the moment she was injured and losing quite a lot of blood. With a movement that was too fast for her he removed the kunai from her hand before he clapped down on the injured leg that she had kicked in his direction on instinct. Carefully Kakashi shifted his grip on that leg and examined the wound on the upper tight. His sense of smell was picking up an anti-coagulant… just great.

With some firm pushes and tugs he lowered her on the ground and removed his first aid kit from the storage seal on his left wrist. All that was done while he easily fended off the somewhat frantic freeing attempts of Sakura. It would have probably been funny on any other day but Kakashi wasn't feeling it right now. His female student… or well a version of his student was injured and in need of help and didn't trust him enough to accept his assistance and he couldn't feel any other chakra signatures in a fifteen mile radius. They were truly alone for the moment.

Kakashi continued to study Sakura while he firmly wrapped a bandage above her wound to prevent any further blood loss. She was now getting pale and that concerned him quite a bit.

"The weapon you were hit with was laced with something. I'm betting on an anti-coagulant laced with something else. How are you feeling? Dizzy, hot, cold?"

"Why do you care?" Sakura asked tiredly while she watched Kakashi out of half closed eyes.

It was clear the repercussions of the fight were catching up with her.

"Mah, I have a bit of a weakness for brash little brats like you. Taking on a team of missing nin alone? I can't let you bleed out here before you turn into a half decent ninja, can I?

"Apparently not," Sakura answered tiredly back.

With a gentle grip he put his hand on her forehead and tested her temperature.

"You are running a fever… that's not good."

The pink haired teenager could only hum half heartedly now.

"Well time to go," Kakashi finally decided and easily lifted the near unconscious kunoichi into his arms.

Sakura didn't have the strength to protest anymore… not good.