YES next chapter this one I want some action in so if you don't like it…..mega bit me! Believe it
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As Sakura climbed back into the window she looked to the bed to see if Zuko was still asleep. Sure enough the clovers rose and fell with his breathing.
As she crawled into bed. Her limbs cried in protest. As her legs snapped when she stretched. He shoulder popped when she turned onto her side.
Her hand reached up to Zuko's hair. She twisted it in her fingers. She couldn't believe how soft it was. Even for a boy whose parents have great hair, his was really soft. She felt him shift under her touch and took her hand away.
Zuko turned over to see his Sakura looking at him. His eyes shut as he smiled at her.
"Are you awake already?" Sakura asked him.
" Yea…. well you were playing with my hair. It woke me up." His eyes were still close but not because of a smile but because of his sleepiness.
Sakura heard the sound of a hot water pipe groaning to life some where in the apartment.
Ino's up too. Sakura thought.
After about 30 minutes she got out bed pulling Zuko with her.
"No……. 5 more minutes pleasssssssse!" Zuko was grabbing at the sheets on the bed.
"No come on you need a bath. Then we should go around the city. I need to say hi to a few people." Sakura said picking Zuko up by his side. She walked out to the hallway and heard Ino in the kitchen.
When she walked in she was Ino had a breakfast already made and there where three plates out.
Looks like bath time is going to have to wait. Sakura thought as she put Zuko into the chair next to her.
"Good morning! How did you guys sleep?" Ino asked over her coffee.
"Good." Sakura said putting two pieces of bacon on Zuko's plate and on her own.
Ino looked to Zuko but he already had a mouth full of food and She was worried that if her tried to talk it might pop right back out.
"So do you guys have any planes for to day?" Ino asked.
Sakura looked up. "Oh um yea we're going to say hi to a few people. I thought maybe I would take him to the training grounds for a little training." Sakura bit into her toast with a crunch.
"Sakura are you really going to go training? I mean you just I just got out of the hospital yesterday. Shouldn't you take it easy?" Ino asked.
They talked until Zuko got restless sitting at the table. So sakura and him went out in to the village. They were walking toward the training grounds when sakura was tapped on the shoulder.
"So Sakura you look well." Gennma said standing behind Sakura. Zuko moved behind her a little. Gennma noticed and smiled.
"Hey what's your name?" he said squatting down to be level with Zuko.
Zuko looked up at Sakura and when she nodded he spoke.
"Zuko." He said in a voice lower then a whisper.
Gennma smiled. "Well hello Zuko." Gennma stud up and faced Sakura. "You know Naruto told me you were back but I didn't think you would be out of the hospital yet. I was just on my way over to see you." He rubbed the back of his neck.
Sakura started to laugh. "Gennma you've changed. I remember when you would chase a woman down the street. But now look at you, you're a gentle men." She smiled at him
"Yea I put all that stuff behind me." Gennma was about to say something when a large man stepped out of a nearby store.
"Gennma! You son of a bitch! That's the last time you break my daughter's heart." The man was walking toward Gennma who laughed and looked at Sakura.
"Well maybe not all of it." He laughed and then took off down the street.
What an idiot. He didn't change at all.
Sakura looked down at Zuko. He was looking down the street smiling. She turned to see if he was looking at Gennma but when she turned she saw who he was smiling at.
God dam it he noticed he's from the stories. Why did I put a bug man in the stories?
Shino walked down the street with Hinata and Kiba. Zuko ran over to them before Sakura could stop him.
"I know who you are!" Zuko said pointing a finger at Shino. He looked down at the small boy.
"Excuse me?" Shino raised an eyebrow at him. But before Zuko could say anything he was being snatched up into Sakura's arms.
She looked up at them rubbing the back of her neck.
"Sorry about that guys he got away form me. He's too fast for his own good." She looked down at the boy that was fighting in her arms.
"It's ok sakura. He was fine." Kiba smiled at her. She looked to Shino. But she couldn't tell if he was looking at her or not.
"Sorry Shino." She said.
" He said he knew who I was? How is that?" Shino sounded as boring as he ever did. His voice did show the slightest emotions.
"Oh well I used to tell him stories when I was gone and well I put real people from here into the story. So he resized you from me telling him the stories." She put Zuko down and looked to Hinata.
"Hey Hinata." She went over and hugged her. "You've changed so much." Hinata blushed a little from her complement.
"So Sakura where are you headed?" asked Kiba.
She looked down at Zuko. "I was on my way to train with Zuko and get in a little in myself."
Kiba smiled. "We're going to train too!" They started to walk together. Zuko looking up at Shino.
"Where do the bugs go?" Zuko asked finally. Shino looked down at him.
"Zuko!" Sakura hissed.
"It's ok Sakura. The bugs live in my body I help them and they help me." Shino looked back up.
"Eww" said and sakura quickly picked him up and covered his mouth.
"Well that's enough with the questions." Sakura said.
"Well umm actually I have one." Hinata said in a small voice.
"Oh go a head. I just meant for Zuko." Sakura uncovered the boy's mouth.
"Well Um I was wondering uh who's his father?" Hinata tapped her fingers together.
"Sasuke Uchiha" Sakura said still walking but she stopped when she saw that they had stopped to.
"Sss..Sasuke?" Kiba's eye when the size of soft balls.
"Yes…is that a problem?" Sakura had one eyebrow raised.
"He looks like him." Hinata said.
Shino looked down at Zuko. "Then if he is a Uchiha dose he have the sharingan?"
Sakura smiled at him then started to walk toward the training ground again.
"You'll see." She said pulling Zuko behind her.
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Sakura stud a few feet in front of Zuko. She had her hands at her side. Zuko had his in front of him in fists. He was waiting for her to say begin.
Kiba Hinata and Shino stud a few feet away off to the side. Watching them.
"Alright begin." Sakura said closing her eyes.
Zuko dashed into the near by bushes. He crouched down behind one a watched as sakura's lips curved into a smile. She opened one of her eyes. Looking around. Her eyes drifted around the trees then stopped on the bushes. She took out a knife from her side bag. And threw it into the bushes.
Zuko jumped out and ran out from behind the bush. He jumped up in to the trees. Sakura's eyes darted around the near by tree's.
Where is he? Sakura thought. But before she could find him a shadow formed on the ground in front of her. She looked up to see Zuko coming down at her. His leg was out stretched. And it was coming down fast and hard.
Sakura barely had time to jump back. But as she did the ground broke underneath her.
What? But how? Sakura looked up at Zuko. How did he build his chakura like that and how did he do it so quickly?
Zuko pulled his leg out of the ground. He looked down at the hole that his chakura made in the ground.
"How…How strong is this kid?" Kiba asked Shino. But Shino didn't answer he was too busy watching Sakura and Zuko fight.
Zuko smiled and looked up at Sakura. She was still squatting on the ground. She got back up. Then reaching in to her pocket she pulled out two small pelts. She raised her hand and threw then down in front of her. Smoke rose from the pelts and quickly coved the air.
Zuko jumped back out of the smoke. He waited for the smoke to clear. Stepping back to the spot where he was before he looked around.
Sakura looked down at him from the tree. She didn't think she would have to resort to using her smoke pelts. He thoughts where interrupted by Zuko's yelling.
"SHARINGAN!" Zuko yelled.
Kiba looked at Shino as he talked. "Just as I thought he dose Infact have the sharingan." Shino looked back to them fighting.
Zuko scanned the trees. Until he saw what he was looking for. A small twig hung from the branch when some one had snapped it. With out a moments notice he jumped in to the tree. Sending punches and kicks flying everywhere.
But of course Sakura blocked all of them. She jumped down from the tree. Pulling Zuko down by his ankle.
When her feet touched the ground she slung him around her and sent him flying toward a near by tree. Just as he hit it there was an unsatisfying poof . A log fell to the ground in place of Zuko's body.
"Wow amazing he um really good." Kiba tilted his head toward her.
"Yea! Man he's almost just as good as Sasuke was." Hinata nodded.
She smiled. She didn't relies how good he had gotten. His timing was perfect. And he had gotten so strong and fast.
She looked around.
Where has he gone? Sakura thought as peered around her.
Just then a hand shot up from the ground grabbing her leg and pulling her down into the earth. Zuko pulled himself out and then made a hand sine.
"Dragon breath Jutsu!" As he said the last word a purple gas spilled from his lips. Sakura took a deep breath before it got to her. It soon stopped falling out his mouth. Zuko waited for the gas to clear but what he saw caught him off guard.
"When did she get out?" Kiba asked as he looked at the empty hole in the ground. Shino shook his head.
"I don't know I didn't see her."
Before Zuko could get his mind strait he was grabbed from behind. A knife put to his throat. His shoulders fell in defeat.
"Good job Zuko. Your timing with that Jutsu was perfect. You really have improved." Sakura said as they walked back over to the others.
"Man Sakura you really taught him good. He's as good as Sasuke was." Kiba said.
"He's even better." Shino said flatly.
Sakura shook her head. "Yea I know I had to train him hard. Because of his father being who he is. I couldn't let him be defenseless." She looked down at Zuko who was lying down on the grass.
"I'll see you guys latter." She went to turn around but stopped. "You guys are coming to Ino's tonight right?" She asked.
Shino and Hinata nodded yes.
"You bet I wouldn't miss it!" Kiba said
Sakura smiled at him then turned to Zuko. She leaned over him.
"You ready? I need to find some one." She pulled him up in to her arms. "You know I carry you an offal lot. Why don't you walk?" She looked at him.
"But mom soon I'll be to big for you to carry and then you'll miss it. So you should do it all you can now so you don't miss it as much." He smiled.
"Honey some how I doubt I'll miss having 85 extra pounds on my hip." She didn't but him down though. They walked in to town with out talking. Sakura was to busy thinking about Sasuke that she did see where she was going. So by mistake she bumped in two to tall green things.
She opened her mouth to say sorry but the words wouldn't come out when she saw who she had bumped in to.
Gai and Lee turned around to see who had knocked into them. Lee was shocked to see Sakura looking up at him.
"Sakura-chan?" Lee asked in disbelief. " Shouldn't you be resting. I mean didn't you just get out of the hospital?" Sakura couldn't speak she couldn't believe this man was Lee. He was the splitting image of Gai.
"Uh…oh um yea but I uh feel fine." She spat out. She let Zuko slip from her hip. He remembered Lee from the day before and turned to sakura pulling on her shirt.
"Come on mommy lets go see Kakashi." Zuko had a little wine in his voice. Lee looked down at him. He could tell Zuko didn't like him vary much. So he decided to help the kid out.
"Sorry Sakura but me and Gai have to go. 200 laps around the village!" Lee walked away with a smile giving Zuko a wave.
"Zuko why did you act like that it wasn't vary nice to treat new people like that." Sakura held his hand as they walked back to Ino's house.
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Sakura slipped in to his apartment. She didn't think she had to knock it was Kakashi after all. She walked in and closed the door behind her.
Kakashi looked up at her from the couch he put his book down on the floor.
"Kakashi. Ok well good I'm glad you're here. I need to talk to you." Sakura walked a cross the room and sat down in a chain across from him.
He raised an eyebrow. "This couldn't wait till the party?" he asked sitting up.
She looked at him then shook her head no. "Kakashi this is about Zuko. I need to ask you a favor. And I'm asking you because you're the only one I trust to do this." She looked up at him.
"Go on?" He said.
"Kakashi I want…I need you to say..that if anything happens to me..that um you'll take care of Zuko for me." She waited for him to speak.
"Sakura what are you talking about? Did something happen?" Kakashi asked.
"It was nothing really. But last night I was walking back to Ino's and the hole way there I could feel someone watching me. But that's not the point. I need to know that you will do this. I need to know that he will be safe." She was at the brink of tears. When Kakashi got up and pulled her to him.
He stud there holding her in his arms for a minute then her lifted her head with his hand.
"Sakura I will always look after him. But it isn't going to be an issue because I will never let anything happen to you. The both of you." He pulled her back in to a hug. The let go.
"Sakura I think you should go back to Ino's. And forget about how worried you are. You and Zuko are both protected here.
Sakura nodded then walked out and back to Ino's.
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Sakura couldn't believe that Zuko had run off like that. As soon as Lee came up and started to talk to Sakura he ran strait out the door.
I know I saw him go down this street. Sakura thought as she turned in to a small ally beside the bookstore. It was dark and sakura had to squint her eyes but she could defiantly see a figure.
That has to be him.
Sakura picked up her pace to get to the end of the ally. But when she reached it her face became distorted in fear.
Sasuke held Zuko in his arms. His hand covering his mouth. Blood was running down his hand. She guessed Zuko had bitten it when Sasuke snatched him.
"Hello Sakura. It's been a wile but I told you I would see you soon." He stepped closer to her. "So tell me did you raise are son strong?" He looked down at Zuko in his arms.
"Put him down! Don't make me kill you. Because I swear to god Sasuke I will kill you if you touch one hair on his head." Sakura pulled a knife from her bag. But before she could lung at him Zuko kicked his leg up and landed a hard kick on Sasuke's shoulder.
Zuko…don't Sakura was worried of what Sasuke would do. But to her surprise he started to laugh. Then looked down at Zuko.
"Your better then I would have expected. You'll be even better when I remove all these distractions from you life." Sasuke had taken his hand away from Zuko's mouth.
"No! You're not taking me away. You can't!" Zuko yelled. But Sasuke only smiled.
"Good then you will start to hate me. And then you will build your true power." Sasuke activated his sharingan and then looked at Sakura. Who instantly felt a wave of exhaustion wash over her.
"Sas…uke…please don't. Don't do this you can't take him…away." But sakura couldn't keep her eyes open. They felt like each eyelid waid a ton.
She hit the ground with a thud. Sasuke walked over to her. Nudging her with his foot.
"GET OFF OF HER!" Zuko screamed. He went to hit Sasuke but Sasuke grabbed his hands.
"Stop that screaming it's disgraceful. I'm going to teach you to become the most powerful ninja ever seen. And I expect you to act like it."
"MOMMY!!" Zuko was still yelling.
Sasuke shook his head. "You're so attached to her. I'm sorry for what I must do. But your think me in the long run." Sasuke did some Jutsu so when he sat Zuko down he could not move. Pulling the sword from his back he held it over Sakura.
Sasuke looked over at the little boy. Tears had started to form in his eyes. One fell down his cheek and on to the dirt covered ground.
"Please don't! I'm sorry I won't yell anymore. Please don't hurt her." Zuko had tears fall off his face.
"Your to weak with her. But if she's gone you wont have anything to live for. You will be a fighting machine. Your sole will die and with it your emotions." Sasuke said looking at the him.
He turned back to Sakura. Her face was pale and her hair had fallen into her face when she fell. Sasuke had to admit she was beautiful. He closed his eyes. The opened them. He raised the sword.
The seen happened in slow-mo for Zuko. He watched as the sword came down. He watched as it sunk into Sakura chest right into her heart. He watched as the blood poured from her chest. He watches as it formed a river like stream running toward him. Surrounding his shoes. He watched as Sasuke his father plucked the sword out of her chest like it was nothing. He watched as his fist crushed into a fist.
"MOMMY!! YOU BASTURD!! YOU KILLED HER! YOU KILLED HER!" Zuko was yelling at the top of his lungs.
Sasuke walked over to him. He sent his hand across Zuko's face.
"Your….disappointing." He said as he pulled his sword out once more. "And I have no use for a son like you."
Zuko could see his mother's blood shimmer as Sasuke pushed the sword in to his chest. The pain hit him automatically. It was worse then anything he had every felt. He looked up at Sasuke. A tear rolled off his chin and fell in to the pool of blood. Zuko looked down as his blood mixed with Sakura's. Her's was redder then his was. And when the two mixed the color turned a dark red.
Sasuke jumped out of the ally with out a word to Zuko. At first Zuko couldn't move. But then he started to craw to Sakura's side. His body left a trail of blood as he pulled him self to her.
"Mommy?" He knew that she was gone but he still said her name like he hoped her to answer. When she didn't he dropped his head. Then the coldness set over him. Using the last bit of his strength her lifted her arm and snuggled into her. He let her arm fall over him. As if to protect him. Even though when she was dead. She said she would always protect him. No matter what.
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And that's how Kakashi Naruto Kiba Hinata Ino Kurenai Asuma Iruka Lee and Shino found them. They had been looking for them all night. They had decided not to split up so if one person found then they would all be there. The sun had just started to rise. There was still morning dew covering the grass. When Ino screamed and ran in to an ally.
The others fallowed her not knowing what she had seen. But when they got there they relised.
Kakashi dropped to his knees as did Naruto. Asuma held Iruka up. Kurenai went to help Ino. Lee held Hinata in a hug keeping her from falling. Shino held Kiba up holding his by his shoulders.
Kakashi's body shook from the silent cries that came from his mouth. He grabbed at his chest. A pain ripped threw it. Like a volcano deep down in his body getting ready to erupt. It hurt so bad he had to lean forward on his knees. Finally It erupted Kakashi could feel his heart ripping right down the middle. He could feel each little tare.
Each rip was a memory of Sakura. Each tear that fell from his eyes where words that they had spoken to each other. His mind flashed from memory to memory of her. From the first time he saw her in the school. To the last time they had spoke in his apartment. He tried to remember what they had talked about. But he couldn't.
Then it hit him like a sled hammer. It played in his head like a movie.
Sakura I will always look after him. But it isn't going to be an issue because I will never let anything happen to you. The both of you.
He wanted to die. He had never thought that what he had said earlier that day would turn out to be a complete lie. He didn't think he could feel worse but that memory did it. He had been tourcherd and it hadn't felt this bad.
Kakashi could feel his sole being ripped out of him. His emotions were being pulled right along with it.
Love….
Happiness….
Hope….
Caring…..
All of them where gone. They fell from his chest. Like snow. Then like snow they hit the ground and melted away. Gone, Lost forever.
Until Kakashi was left with only the bad things.
Pain…..
Sadness…..
Hate…..
Soon Kakashi knew these things would take him over. But for right now he was still letting the good emotions fall out. He could feel just the hint of happiness of hope as they fell.
He looked up at Sakura's body as he reached into his pocket. Pulling out a peace of paper that had been folded in to squares. Kakashi looked at the top.
TO: Sakura
From: Your favorite sensei
Kakashi had written it for Sakura. He was going to give it to her to night. It explained how he felt about her. How much he loved her. How much He loves Zuko. That he wanted both of them in his life. For the rest of his life.
But it didn't matter now. Both of them were dead.
Sakura…
Zuko…
And as Kakashi tossed the letter in the pool of blood beside him a third thing died to. After years of waiting it finally died as he watched the ink on the note mix with the blood and become blurred.
His heart.
Waaaa ok that by far was the saddest chapter I have ever written. Waaaaa! Please don't kill me! But I had to end the story some how. People weren't review and I felt this story was starting to drag along. So again I'm sorry.
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