Friend or Foe

Chapter 10

Sakura sat on her bed, crying. It had been almost 16 hours since her mom had been kidnapped by Orochimaru. She missed her mom.

knock knock

"Come in," she said, wiping the tears from her face. It was Kakashi.

"Sakura, Iruka told me what happened. I'm going to help you find Seiya and then fight to get your mom back. You know I care for you and that I wouldn't do anything stupid just for Seiya."

"But Seiya is practically your daughter. Of course I would expect you to do anything to save her."

"But I care for you as if you were my daughter too. I care for you, Seiya, Sasuke, and Naruto all the same. I would do anything to keep the four of you safe. And I feel that your mom being taken is my fault."

"No Kakashi. It isn't your fault. It's no one's fault. No one is to blame except Orochimaru." Sakura walked up to Kakashi. "I believe that if we all work together, including Seiya, we can get my mom back and not let Seiya fall into Orochimaru's hands again."

Kakashi smiled and walked toward the door. "Thankyou Sakura. I feel at peace now." He stopped and turned around. "We start figuring out what to do bright and early tomorrow." Sakura smiled. Kakashi walked out the door and left Sakura to herself.

"Wow, this is all my fault isn't it?" Sakura jumped and quickly turned around to find Seiya standing right behind her.

"Seiya!" Sakura gave Seiya a hug. "Oh my gosh. Am I glad to see you!"

"You're only saying that so you can use me as a bargaining chip."

"That's not true. If you heard what I said, we're going to try to get my mom back and keep you from Orochimaru."

"I'm actually thinking of just going to Orochimaru so you can get your mom back."

"Don't do that. If you did that, I would have lost my friend. I know I would have my mom back, but I need a friend too."

Sieya looked into Sakura's eyes. "I guess you're right. But how are we going to do this?"

"I don't know. That's what we're going to figure out tomorrow morning. But for now, you and I need to get some rest."

"Then, I better get home."

"No, stay here for the night. You can stay in my room and I'll take my mom's room."

"Are you sure that's ok?"

"Of course. Goodnight Seiya!" Sakura walked down the hallway to her mom's room.

"Goodnight Sakura!" Seiya smiled and walked up the stairs to Sakura's room.

The next day, Sakura and Seiya walked to the Hospital where Kakashi went back after talking with Sakura the night before. They went into Kakashi's room where Sasuke, Naruto, and Iruka Sensei were waiting. When everyone saw Seiya, they jumped. Kakashi rose from his hospital bed and stepped onto the floor. He slowly and limpingly walked to Seiya and hugged her. Tears ran down Seiya and Kakashi's eyes. As Kakashi let go, he wiped the tears from Seiya's eyes.

"Seiya..." Kakashi couldn't find the words to express the feelings he felt in his heart. He only started at Seiya's baby blue eyes that were filled with tears.

"Oh..Kakashi," Sieya looked down. "This is all my fault. You getting injured and now Sakura's mom being captured. I just feel like a mess."

"No, Seiya," said Sasuke, "This isn't your fault. If anyone's it's Orochimaru's fault becuase he's the one trying to break up our team."

"Yea, and," butted Naruto, "even if it was your fault..." Sakura jumped infront of Naruto and punched him as hard as she could. Stooping down low to where Naruto was on the ground, Sakura whispered.

"Don't start anything like that. If you say that she'll think it really was her fault and we all know it wasn't."

Naruto tried to get a word in, but Sakura stepped on his face leaving him on the ground.

"Don't listen to Naruto. He's just a little...how can I say this nicely...more dorky than usual." Seiya laughed.

Seiya turned to Kakashi again who had quietly gotten into his bed.

"Uhh...Kakashi? We only have like two days left and it's a three day journey to Orochimaru's place. How are we going to do that?"

Kakashi pondered that thought and quickly came up with a solution. "We will run on the tops of the trees. Or we can run on the ground. Whichever way you like."

Sieya clenched her fist. "So, we go out tomorrow morning."