The Runaway Rabbit

"You know your the biggest idiot ever right" I said my voice weary and falling apart

I was sitting next to the barely conscious Kakashi.

"Yeah I know, but" he said between breaths, "it was a good fight was it not? Plus I get a trophy now."

I gave the lightest tap ever to his arm. I was scared if i hit him harder he might break into a million piece in front of me.

"That's not a good thing you idiot! You almost died!" I yelled as I held back tears

"Geez why do I have to have such a jerk as a friend?" I thought to my self

He sat there laughing for a small while and even though I wanted so badly to stay mad at him I couldn't resist a small smile. When he stopped laughing I could tell he was in pain. He tried to play it off by trying to sit up, but there was no way I was letting that happen. I put a hand on his chest and slowly lowered him back down fighting his feeble arguments.

"Your not going anywhere until I at least get this wound wrapped." I said my stern face showing

"Bu...but! I'm fine and last time I checked I was the older on here!"

I glared him down to the point that I thought my eyes were on fire with the rage I was trying to put into them. I guess it didn't work because he tried to get back up, and this time I wasn't as nice pushing him back down. He let out a small wince which he tried to hide after I gave a victorious smile.

" Age doesn't matter in missions, your injured making me a higher ranking than you at this point." I said as I searched my bag for some wrapping gauze

He didn't say anything else at that point. He knew I was right and he knew that I was worried. Kakashi may be stubborn, but he also had a kinder side. He never like making others worry and I wonder if that's one of the reasons I cared enough to go see him all those nights ago. Grandfather had warned me on the night of my first mission that making friends was a dangerous game for ninjas. That it could either lead to a lifetime of happiness or it come to a life full of sadness and mourning. I was glad I had Kakashi as a friend and I wasn't going to let him die. He was one of the few ninja in this business accepted me and treated me as one of his own. I sat him up and pulled up his shirt the best I could and began wrapping. The bleeding had pretty much stopped at this point, but the cut was deep meaning we weren't out of the clear just yet.

"Are you ready to stand up?" I asked as I tied the last bit of bandage off.

"Ready as I'll ever be." he said slightly excited, but he was still a tad bit weary.

I helped him to his feet and let him use me as a crutch. I was a bit smaller than him so it was a bit hard to walk at first, but we slowly began to figure it out. Once we were ready to move I turned us around.

"What are you doing! The 2 dimwits here were headed the other direction!" Kakashi said as he tried to fight me.

I had the upper hand though, seeing as I was fully recovered from my battle.

"I'm taking you back to the village then heading off to the lair by myself. Your in no condition to fight especially with that poison in your veins!" I screamed

Kakashi stared at me in shock.

"H-how did you..." he began

"I saw it when I was cleaning your wound. Why didn't you tell me before, were partners were suppose to lean on each other when we need help!"

There was a small pause of silence.

"What do you think I'm doing right now?" he said trying to lighten the mood

Too bad for him I was in no joking mood and began walking in the direction of the village again.

"Hey! wait...I said HEY!" he said dragging his heels into the ground, "look I'm sorry that I didn't tell you I just didn't want you to worry. There is one thing that I wanna say though and there is no room for arguing here. I am going with you whither you like it or not, like you said were a team meaning we stick together!"

I stood there and debated the options in my head.

"Why did I have to be stuck with the idiot that's so confusing. Geez the annoying partner was my role!"

"Fine, I will help you along with me, on one condition. We ARE partners from now one meaning you don't get to hide any important information from me and I don't get to hide any important information from you, got it!?"

I turned my head and looked at him. He was smiling, but serious.

"Got it"