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"Talking"
'Thinking'
'Memory'
Note: I can't remember if I ever put Jiraiya in this story or it's prequel, I don't think I did... but if I did I apologize because he is suppose to be dead. Which he is, I'm trying to follow the manga as close as possible with the issues coming out every week. So if you read you know what happened to him.
'I don't care what Tsunade-sama said I'm hungry! And hunger out ways bed rest, especially since Sasuke has not returned from where ever the hell he and Naruto went. And he so lied to me earlier, I can't believe he would think I wouldn't notice... I'm pregnant not stupid!' Sakura's inner rant continued until she reached the kitchen and began to make dinner. Reaching for certain things to make the meal she currently craving for was really hard with her enlarged stomach in the way, "I can't wait till you're out of me you hear? Only a few more weeks so don't be getting to comfortable, your nine months of the easy life are over little boy!"
A loud crash form the sitting room drew her attention away from what she was doing, "Sa-Sasuke-kun... is that you?" The growl of an animal was her only response, 'An animal got into the house! But how could it get over the wall that surrounds the village?' She tried to remain calm and acted like nothing was wrong, all while she grabbed a knife on the counter; it wasn't as light as a kunai, but it would do. She couldn't just turn and confront the creature or she would risk the baby being hurt, which wasn't an opposition.
'Alright girl, just keep yourself calm, it's just a little animal that is looking for food... there's nothing to be afraid of.' The growling became louder as the beast moved from the sitting area to the kitchen. Sakura calmed her nerves and prepared an attack. But as she turned her head to face the intruder... it wasn't what she was expacting. "Pakkun! What are you doing here? You nearly gave me a heart attack!" (You thought it was Kakashi didn't you!)
The 'use-to-be-puppy' sized dog had grown a small amount since she had seen him. "So it's true, Kakashi said you and Sasuke got married, I wasn't expecting you to be carrying his pup so soon." (Note: Pakkun is talking in dog terms when he means 'Pup' not an actual puppy.)
"Yeah, we kind of weren't expecting it so soon either, but what are you doing here... has Kakashi-sensei returned?"
"He sent me to protect you."
"Protect me... from what?"
"He summoned me to protect you from himself, Orochimaru has gotten to him."
"What?"
"He didn't have time to explain, he merely stated that I find you and keep you safe... then he transformed," the dog's ears drooped, trying to hold back the whimper in his throat for his master.
"Transformed into what?"
"I don't know, but he attacked Yamato and the black ops stationed outside of his room."
'Just like that rain shinobi in the future, Orochimaru has turned him into one of those monsters!'
"Sakura!"
The pink haired woman looked to the hall as she heard her husband's panicked voice, "I'm in here Sasuke!"
He didn't waste a minute and went towards the kitchen, not very happy to see the dog of the man they were searching for, "What are you doing here?"
Before the dog answered Sakura came to his aid, "Don't you dare yell at Pakkun! He was sent here to protect me, and why didn't you tell me Kakashi-sensei was back? That's why Naruto was here earlier correct?"
"Sakura I don't have time to explain right now."
"No need, Pakkun already did... Kakashi's like Jyro and the others right?"
"Yes, he's killing people and we have to stop him. I'm taking you to the hokage, you'll be safer there."
"Sasuke-kun... you can't stop him unless," Sakura broke out into tears at her teacher's unchangeable fate.
Sasuke pulled her into his chest and tried to calm her, "I can't let him hurt people, I don't have a choice."
Like he said, Sasuke took her to the hokage mansion... Pakkun closely behind, keeping a watchful eye for his master. "Sasuke I told you to... Sakura?"
"Hello lady Tsuande," Sakura smiled to her sensei as the man and dog filed in behind her.
"I apologize, I didn't have a choice, this is the safest place for her with Kakashi out there."
"Alright, but go and help Naruto with the search, what is Kakashi's dog doing here?"
"Kakashi-sensei sent him to protect me, I guess before... it happened," Sakura gently patted the dog's head. She took a seat in one of the comfortable couches that had been brought into the room, Pakkun sat at her feet; keeping to his duty as his master's orders.
After Sasuke left, Sakura looked to her sensei for the answers he refused to give. "You must understand Sakura, you are in a very delicate situation at this moment. With your fall back in April it jostled the baby and moved him down to a dangerous position for how young he was. Any stressful event could trigger premature labor and that's one thing we don't want." (Note: I'm no doc. I made this stuff up, don't know if it could actually cause premature labor; but go with me here.)
"You don't think just finding out about all this right now isn't stressful?"
"Well you seem fine right now, we could do a check up later if you like?"
Sakura could tell the older woman was trying to keep her mind away from what was happening outside, but Sakura knew she was worried about everyone. She looked to her stomach and gently sent a pulse of chakra through her body to see if everything was alright and the baby was safe. "No, the baby is fine... should I get Shizune to get you something sensei?"
"No, just-." A loud explosion and flare of chakra caught both women off guard, "What the hell is going on out there!? Shizune!"
The black haired woman came into the room with a folder and chart in her hand, "Yes my lady?"
"What is going on out there? Have they found him?"
"From the reports, yes ma'am. He's in the northern district, luckily there are no civilian homes in the area, just forest."
"That's a relief some what isn't Tsunade-sama?"
"If they can contain him and not allow him in the most populated areas of the village. Maybe if they can settle him down we can find a treatment to save him"
"No..."
"Sakura?"
"There is no cure, not even in the future; once they are at this stage they are killed or the disease itself kills them."
"If he can not be stopped, then we will find a cure and help the victims of Orochimaru's experiments."
'So in the end, Kakashi-sensei becomes what that bastard wanted all along... a guinea pig.'
"What happened!? Where is he!? Squad A find him now!"
"Yes sir!"
Sasuke arrived at the scene to basically see a giant hole in the ground and a few shinobi running around frantically, "What's going on?"
"Teme where the hell have you been!?" Naruto screamed throwing his arms up in the air.
"I needed to check on Sakura."
"Oh... is she alright?"
"Yeah, I brought her to the hokage to look after her."
"That was a good idea, Grandma Tsunade can look after her and my nephew."
'Your nephew?' Sasuke pushed that comment to the back of his mind for a more appropriate time and focused on what was going on around him. "What happened here?"
"Kakashi-sensei shot off a lighting jutsu that took out half the area, nearly killing several anbu in the process... then he took off back towards the center of the village. We've sent a team to go after him, but we have to join the search, we can't let him hurt anyone else."
"You're right," Sasuke looked to the reminding black ops in the area, "Go back and get the villagers out of his path, make sure he harms no one!"
The men and women in the different animal masks stared in challenge at the younger man's order. "You heard him, now move!" the booming voice of Ibiki Morino shot through the now mostly cleared out forest.
"I don't get it, we're chasing him... why would Kakashi-sensei go back the way he came? He's running around in circles."
'No, Kakashi doesn't do things in... circles as you put it Naruto, there's a reason behind everything he does. The part we need to figure out what his reasoning is.'
A man in a bird mask dropped down from a tree near by, frightening Naruto. "We have found him, he is on route towards the hokage's mansion. All available anbu and jonin, that aren't helping the villagers, are being sent to protect the hokage."
"Why would he go after Grandma Tsunade? Is he mad at her for being sent on that mission?"
'It's a possibility, but if he is going there... he'll come in contact with Sakura!'
"My lady!"
"What is it Shizune?"
"They were unable to contain him to the area, he's on his way here!"
"Damn-it!" the blond racked her brain for possible solutions to this problem, she looked to her young student in the corner of the room, "Get Sakura away from the mansion immediately... I'll handle him."
"But my lady!"
"Tsunade-sensei!"
"It was not a request! Round up some of the jonin and get her out of here."
"Of course my lady, come one Sakura-san," Shizune lead the mother to be out of the office.
'What are you planning in that head of yours?' Tsunade smirked, imagining that's just what that old pervert would say if he were here. "What do you think? I'm going to stop him with everything I have, I won't let him hurt anyone else; I vow this as hokage of the leaf village!"
"Who are you talking too princess Tsunade?" the old scratchy voice of Koharu filled the room.
'Argh! Why do they always show up at the worst times!?'
"Princess Tsunade!"
"What!?"
"What crazy idea have you come up with now?"
"I will stop Kakashi if it comes to that," she repeated her previous statement.
"That would be the solution you came up with, and as usual it is that wrong one. You will not be put in this danger, you are the hokage!"
"Then what would you have me do!?" 'I can't believe I just asked for their opinion!'
"Send the Uchiha after him."
"Sasuke and Naruto are already out there, and you better had not been referring to Sakura," Tsunade clenched her jaw and shot a glare at her advisors.
"The Uchiha knows his jutsu the best and he is clearly the only match against Kakashi now, pull back everyone else."
"That's a death sentence, Sasuke can not fight him alone nor will he!"
"It is the only way."
"I will not send him out there to die!"
"If he is loyal to our village, he will gladly die for it."
"If he's loyal? If he's loyal! He served his sentence, pasted both exams to become a jonin within months of each other! The Uchiha district have never looked better in 10 years, he has settled down and has made no attempts to betray us; and he has a child that will be born within the month... I am not risking his life!"
The door to her office slowly open, revealing the Uchiha himself on the other side. There was no point in trying to deny they were talking about him, but he chose to ignore it for a more important matter, "Where is Sakura?"
"Uchiha, this is a private meeting, you must leave now."
"Where is my wife!?" he repeated with more force, Sharingan seeping into the blacks of his eyes.
"She is safely away from the mansion Sasuke, under the watchful eyes of several jonin," Tsunade answered, not wishing to have to lock him up for attacking the advisors.
But Koharu just had to open her mouth again, "I don't see why she is hidden away when it should be you Tsunade, or us, we are what keep this village strong at times like this."
'Oh please, no one wants to hear you let alone see you... I know I sure don't,' Tsunade rolled her eyes at her comment. "We maybe the leaf's present, but Sakura and her child are our future; she is the most important person to protect right now!"
"Lady Tsunade!"
"What is it Shizune!?"
"Kakashi has changed his direction again, he's heading towards the memorial."
'What in the hell is going on in his mind?'
"Princess Tsunade! You will not go after him, is that clear!?"
"We need to find out what's going on!"
"But she's right," Sasuke finally spoke up again, drawing three very shocked expressions from the other people in the room. "I will be going after him."
"Sasuke, are you out of your mind!? You're not going alone."
"We don't have the time to get a team together, and I am the only one who can keep up with him at this point."
"Sasuke think this through, you don't know what new jutsu he can come up with now... think of Sakura, think of your child!"
"Silence Tsunade!" Koharu glared, then gave a skeptical glance towards the Uchiha, "Let him do his job, if he wishes to die for his village, then let him."
"I am not doing this for the village or my honor, I don't care if you don't trust me. But if I die... then I die so my wife and our child can live," he chose his words carefully just to wipe the smirk off the old woman's face before he left the room. It had begun to rain while he was up in the hokage's office, but that didn't stop him. He didn't need to see to follow the large chakra source heading away from the mansion.
Note: So Kakashi didn't attack Sakura, but be honest you thought he was going to... I'm not that mean to attack a pregnant woman! But what will happen now that Sasuke went off alone to deal with Kakashi? Will he make it back? Find out next chapter 'Kakashi's return part 3'!
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