Mission Recall
DanniMarie
Side note: From this point on you are going to be seeing a more raw version of Kakashi, he is going to begin to change from the lazy shinobi and become something much more fearsome. Don't worry this is still a Kakashi/Sakura story, it's just going to head down a darker path, but don't worry, he still loves to laugh, and he will do anything to see a smile on Sakura's face.
Last time…
"Yeah, I also heard that there was a Leaf ninja that was there at the time of the attack, poor girl, she got it bad. They didn't think she would make it. Be a shame if anything happened to her, heard that she was really pretty with that pink hair and all."
Dropping the rice ball, the shadow took off, heading to the village that he said that he wouldn't return to till he had killed his brother. However the burning that was taking over his chest was enough to get him moving.
Part 009
Warmth, even though snow was falling around them, she felt warm.
'Kakashi'
Her mind had still been running a hundred miles an hour. So much had happened in such a short of time, they where on the run, running away from the only village that she knew, her home.
They had been jumping from tree to tree at a speed that she didn't know that Kakashi possessed. She knew that there was much to this man that she had yet to learn, however she knew that he would tell her when he was ready.
One must face things on their own before they could talk to others about their hardships, at lest when it came to Kakashi.
She didn't know how long they had been traveling, but she knew they had to be far enough away to slow down, and maybe take a break. "Kakashi, I think we lost them, you can slow down." She whispered.
She had a hard time looking at the man that was carrying her, his eye held so much pain; she knew that he was arguing with himself.
Looking down to the women he help in his arms, and seeing the look on her face, the unasked questions, he knew that it would be best to stop and rest for a few minutes. They had a long trip ahead of them and he would be the one doing all the work. They needed to move fast, and seeing as how Sakura wasn't able to keep up with him on her own, he would have to carry her, not that he minded.
Jumping down from one of the trees, he landed lightly and took care in righting her, so she could stand. He took a few steps back, to allow her space. She stood there for a moment, getting her footing back. She was still weak from having left the hospital early, and then from being carried.
Looking around she could tell that they where close to the border, she just didn't know where. She hadn't seen what way they where headed, and she was sure that Kakashi had changed direction a few times to throw the ANBU teams off.
"So where are we?" She asked, still trying to figure it out herself.
"We're close to the Hidden Village of Rain. We'll rest for the night, and then we'll make our way from there." He said trying his hardest to sound like he had a plan.
"So what you're saying is that we are just going to have to wing it." She said, looking back to him. She didn't sound frustrated like he thought she would have, no sign of disappointment in her voice. "I can handle that." She said with a smile.
Taken back by her smile, did she truly know what they had gotten themselves into? "Sakura, it's not going to be that easy."
Taking a deep breath she looked into his eye. "Kakashi, I know what lays ahead of us, a life on the run, and I'm ok with that. I know that it's going to be tuff, and dangerous, but I know that we can handle it together."
"Sakura…" His voice was weak; he didn't know what to say. She was ready to do this, and she wasn't backing down.
"Don't look at me like that, I mean we are partners after all. I can't very well let you do this alone." Before she knew what was happening, he closed the distance between them and took her in his arms and hugged her. She could feel the raw strength in his arms, and for the first time of knowing him, she saw him as a man, one who was hurting more then she was on the inside. He needed her, as much as she needed him.
Stepping back, he looked to her and then couldn't help but smile, even under his mask. All the things that she had been put though; she still put him first, a true friend.
Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes then began to release it slowly. She mentally pushed all her stress, all her worries, and her fears out of her mind. This was a new beginning for her, and she would do everything she could to gain her strength back. 'To become a stronger person, not for my village, but for myself, and for Kakashi…'
She saw a flash of yellow and she opened her eyes. "Naruto." She said his name softly. She looked back to Kakashi to see the same hurt. "We left him." She said, tears glistened in her eyes.
Taking out a kunai knife, he cut his thump and summoned Pukkun. The dog looked around and saw that they where in the forest, not the village.
"Kakashi, everything ok?" He asked as he saw Sakura.
"Pukkun, I need you to go back to the village, find Naruto and tell him, that…"
"Tell him that we well always love him, and we would love to see him when ever we can, but we have chosen to leave to village. It was for the best. He'll understand." Sakura said cutting Kakashi off, while she whipped her tears away, she had to be strong.
The little dog looked between the to shinobi and couldn't help but just stair. "You two left the village?"
"Yes." They both said together.
Getting up, he looked back to Kakashi and then took off, knowing that he wasn't supposed to get caught.
"Well here's to a new beginning." She said looking over to him.
"A new beginning indeed." He said thinking more on the thought. Looking over to Sakura he saw that she had began to walk off, looking around. Looking at his hands, he lifted them to his face.
Sakura was looking to see if she could find any berry bush's even though it was winter. She was hopping to find something to eat, her stomach was empty and she knew that she needed all the strength she could get.
She was about to ask Kakashi if he had anything on him, when she saw something fly past her face and land on the cold ground a few feet in front of her. She walked over to pick it up when she saw that it was Kakashi's mask.
Taking a deep breath she was afraid to turn around. Her heart was beating faster in her chest and she was sure it would have jumped right out if she wasn't holding it in, clutching the thin mask in her hands.
Inhaling the air that she had been withholding from her lungs, she turned around, looking down as she did so. All her life of knowing him, she had never seen his face. He had always worn the mask, never aloud anyone to see him. She never was told why, and she never asked. She had thought that it was because he had a scar from an old battle and that it had marred his face.
"A new life, means no more running from our past." She heard him say, taking a deep breath, she looked up and what she saw made her almost pass out.
He was beautiful. Not many men could be called beautiful, but the man that stood before couldn't be called anything else. He looked much younger then she thought her would have, clean cut, soft skin. Everything about him was perfect. Why he would want to hide his face was beyond her.
Walking to her, she couldn't take her eyes off him. Everything felt hot, her heart was beating faster, and everything was moving slow.
Snow fell from the sky above, as he moved closer to her. He knew that he had shocked her, but her silence was killing him.
"Why?" She asked pulling her eyes away from him and looking back to the cloth in her hand.
Knowing that she didn't understand why he had warn the mask to begin with, he knew that he owed her that much.
"My father," He said, as he started to talk, she looked back to him, watching him, watching everything about him.
"I was always told that I looked like him right down to the grin. We always did everything together, till he was asked to go on a mission to another village. He was gone for a long time, and it wasn't till latter that I learned that he had never really went out on a mission. He had been ordered to leave the village. They wouldn't tell me anything, not until I begged them to tell me the truth.
"Come to find out, my father, the man that I looked up to, was non other then the Great White Fang."
Sakura took everything in, not wanting to stop and ask any questions, she knew that this was the most he had opened up to anyone in a long time, he needed to just be able to talk, to get it out.
"He was the most wanted man. The only reason that they let him leave was if he promised to never come back, never come near the village again. I hated that man, he left me behind, he never cared about my mother or for me, we where just a cover."
"Kakashi…"
"That's when I began to ware the mask. My mother couldn't stand to look at me, every time she did, she saw him. Everyone who saw me, saw how much I took after him, saw him in me. I couldn't stand the thought of being anything like that man. Behind that mask, I could hide, and I could become something new. I worked so hard to prove myself to everyone that I wasn't anything like the man that fathered me."
"It's funny though, just like him, I left the village, and just like he had done, I'll become a rouge ninja."
"Kakashi, your nothing like that man, you have never lied to me, you have never done anything to hurt me, or those around you. You care for others; you fight for those who can't fight for themselves. I should know, I'm one of them right now."
Walking closer to him, she lifted her hand and reached it to his face, stopping shy of touching it. She looked into his eyes, asking if it was alright. Without an answer she placed her hand on his cheek. It was warm, tone and strong.
Closing his eyes he let her touch his face. The last time he had been touched like this way by his mother, before they found out about the lie they had been living in. All those years of not being in contact with another person crashed down on him.
Opening his eyes he looked into hers. He hadn't noticed how green they where, how they sparkled in the dim day light.
Without thinking, letting his heart lead for once in his adult life, he leaned in and took her lips with his. He felt her stiffen, as he rapped his arms around her small back, deepening the kiss.
Sakura's mind was at a loss. She had never in a million years expected to be kissed by her partner.
It was perfect.
As he kissed her, she opened her mouth, allowing his warm, soft, gentle tongue to slide in, slowly learning everything about her.
He didn't know what had taken over, but he couldn't argue with what he was feeling.
It was perfect.
Pulling back, he looked to see that her eyes where still closed, still lingering in the feeling of the kiss, the warmth of his mouth on hers, the feeling of being in his arms.
She slowly opened her eyes and what met her, was something she wasn't ready for.
Love
It was clear as day, she was seeing love in his eyes, eyes that where looking at her.
"Sakura…"
"Kakashi…"
Pulling away, they continued to stare at each other. They didn't want to lose the felling they both had, and they seemed to know that it was best to not talk about it; it was still too fresh, too new.
"We should get going; I don't want you to get caught out here in the cold again." He said looking around, getting his bearings straight.
All she could do was nod. After he knew what direction they where going to head, he walked up to her, slowly lifting her into his arms.
Looking up, she saw a whole new man, one that wasn't afraid to show express how he felt, a man that had to learn how to use those feelings all over again, with her help.
End Part 009
I hoped that you all enjoyed reading this part, I had a lot of fun working on it. I don't know when I'll be able to update again, there is a lot of things going on at work, I'm getting married, and moving all in one week, and it happens to all fall on this week!
After I get moved in, I don't know when I'll be able to get internet access, so it may be a while before I update, however, if I get 100 reviews, I'll find a way… if I get more then that…. I'll try and work on it even harder…. What can I say; I just love to read what you all think.
Till next time, DanniMarie
