Kakashi fans...try not to cry...I hate doing this to my favorite character, but for the sake of the story!
"GET YOUR SORRY ASSES UP NOW!" a voice barked. Kakashi, Naruto and Sakura were all dragged by their hair to a small white room. "STAND UP!" Half asleep, they did as they were told.
Kakashi was extremely ill and his legs could not hold him up. Naruto and Sakura, disheveled and sore, gasped but kept their heads straight forward.
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO STAND?!" The shinobi who had pulled them into the room raised his fist with the intention of beating Kakashi senseless but was stopped.
"No, Kizu," a voice which was instantly recognized as Mikobu's demanded. "Let's have some fun. See if he can stand by himself."
Kakashi took this order as a gift. Slowly he lifted his heavy head. His eyes were bloodshot and his face a deathly pale green; his legs were numb and his arms were weak. Kakashi winced at his wound and he grabbed his side to feel new blood mingling with the dried blood. Slowly he stood up, but not straight.
"Kizu," Mikobu said calmly.
"I know exactly what you are thinking." Kizu pulled from his side what appeared to be a whip, and unleashing it, Kakashi stared at the tightly wound leather unraveling and hitting the floor. Sakura and Naruto closed their eyes fearing the worst.
"OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK AT HIM!" Mikobu laughed.
They did not.
"DO AS HE SAYS!" The whip snapped and Sakura and Naruto opened their eyes.
"Just do it…" Kakashi grumbled.
"I would listen to your elders," Kizu smirked.
"Kakashi," Sakura whispered.
"It's alright," Kakashi braced himself as the whip made contact with his back and neck and he found himself on the ground once again.
Howling laughter was heard from Mikobu and Kizu. "Look at that pathetic example of a shinobi; so helpless, yet so smart for giving in. Take him away Kizu!"
"Gladly," Kizu kneeled to face Kakashi and tied a rope around his neck. "Come on doggy…" he mocked tugging at the loose rope in his hand.
"You are too funny Kizu!" Mikobu turned Sakura and Naruto around to watch Kakashi being pulled around like a dog on a leash.
"Kakashi Hatake, a joke," another yank on the rope produced a choking noise from Kakashi. "He even yelps like a dog!" Kizu lifted the leash in the air making Kakashi stand painfully with his hands scratching at the collar around his neck. "Hey Mikobu, what do you say we see what the mutt looks like?"
"Hm," Mikobu thought. "No not yet."
"I've never been much of a dog person. In fact you know what I used to do to puppies?" Kizu asked Mikobu.
"What did you Kizu, I know these two brats are interested."
"Kill them…" Kizu whipped out a kunai and held it to Kakashi's neck
Sakura cried out 'no' and Naruto leapt forward struggling against Mikobu's tight grip.
"Let me go you evil son of a bitch! Kakashi fight back, don't let them do this to you!" Naruto swung around and punched Mikobu on the face.
"Naruto," Sakura put her hands to her mouth. Mikobu's head slowly made its way upright again.
"Kizu," Mikobu smiled in delight. "Let him go. I think we've accomplished enough for today."
"I agree," Kizu cut the rope around Kakashi's neck with the kunai and he fell to the floor coughing. Sakura ran towards Kakashi easily slipping out of Mikobu's grip. Naruto glared at Mikobu was intensity.
"I wouldn't try that again boy," Mikobu snarled. "Girl, stop where you are going!" Sakura froze; Mikobu appeared behind her making her jump. "You're coming with me."
"Sakura!" Kakashi called out but it was too late. Sakura, Kizu and Mikobu had vanished leaving Naruto and Kakashi in the white room alone. Shame blinded Kakashi and he fell on his side quaking. Naruto walked to the human figure.
"I'm going to find a way out of here," Naruto tried the door they had come through, but it was sealed and would not budge. Naruto tried to break down the wall, but it too was under a sealing jutsu. Kakashi's blood contrasted with the white floor. He wasn't moving which frightened Naruto.
"Kakashi, stay alive!" Naruto couldn't run fast enough to his former sensei. Shaking him, Kakashi did not respond. "No…" waving his hand in front of his eyes, Kakashi's pupils dilated which meant he was still alive. "Come on, move!" Kakashi couldn't; the poison racing through his blood stream paralyzed him.
Lifting Kakashi in his arms, Naruto checked his pulse; weak. "Oh God," Naruto held back tears as Kakashi made weird gargling noises and started shaking violently. "Shit!"
The seizure lasted for at least three minutes and when it had stopped Naruto laid Kakashi on his side, remembering his basic first aid training. A whimper came from Kakashi's body; the bleeding stopped but not Kakashi's embarrassment when it struck him that Naruto had just witnessed him having a fit.
"It's okay Kakashi," Naruto took of his jacket and rested Kakashi's head on top of it.
"Nar-uto…I'm sorry you had to see that…" Kakashi apologized. A nagging question was consuming Naruto's mind...Sakura...what would happen to her?
"Sakura will come back right?"
No answer.
"Kakashi, will she?"
"I don't know Naruto. In this type of situation—"
Naruto slammed his fists on the ground. "Dammit!"
