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Authors Note: Hayy, ya'll! Thanks to all my buddies that keep reading. This is a continuation of Chapter 13 cause…well, it just is. :D Enjoy another chapter of Blood and Blossoms!

Okay, this is ridiculous.

Is it?

Huh? Who are you?

I'm you.

That…makes no sense.

Don't be dumb, of course it does.

Alright then, yes, it is ridiculous.

What is?

GOD DAMN, I have to piss, so bad.

Well, that's all you had to say, common get your lazy copy nin ass out of bed.

… I was going too until…you…oh shut up.

Lovely. He was starting to have mental conversations with himself. Was that healthy? Probably not.

Kakashi Hatake lay motionless in the hospital bed staring up at the ceiling carefully. His eyebrows were lightly furrowed in deep thought. Or more like conversation with himself.

Is this what it had come to? Talking to himself just to keep his mind off…

Keep his mind of that?

Why don't you just say it?

He blinked and frowned gently.

Why couldn't he just say the word and her name together? Rape…Sakura…

The man cringed gently and gave a deepening frown.

Just thinking her name followed by that word. That dirty, dirty word.

Sakura was named perfectly. Cherry Blossom. She was a cherry blossom. She really was.

The way she smelt. Okay, he had to admit that during training her hair would smack against his face and even though the slight burn of hair came to his cheek he smiled at the brilliant and fresh smell of her hair. It sure was refreshing.

He tried to think of that. The copy ninja closed his eyes and tried to remember a time before this all happened.

The fresh sent of her hair would come to him as she would spin and try and kick him in the face.

He'd grab her foot before it made contact with his face and hold it for a second. He could easily have twisted it and have her falling to the ground. But he'd always had a soft spot for the girl.

He'd gently push her foot away and she would finish her spin and land to the ground with a 'humf'. He'd give her a friendly eye arch smile and smile weakly.

She could tell that Naruto and Sasuke were watching and they were laughing at her.

Because he was taking it easy on her. She frowned and folded her arms giving a frustrated pout,

"Kakashi-sensei, don't go easy on me just 'cause I'm a girl! Give it to me rough, I can take it!"

Silence.

Sasuke snickered and Naruto gave a snort and there'd he'd be giving a tiny sweatdrop as he tried to ignore the stirring in the pit of his stomach. Sakura turned on her heels to yell at the boys and ask them why they were laughing. But her cheeks turned hot and slightly blushed. She snarled and snapped at them,

"Shuddup you two! Ugh, boys!"

She turned back on her heels with a small 'umf!' and looked up to her slightly flustered sensei. Him too?! She gave a weak and embarrassed smile and there he'd been just standing slightly flustered.

"Ah-uh-sure, Sakura."

Kakashi gave a small groan as he wished he could have remembered anything but that.

He felt a tightening pressure on his bladder and he instantly jerked up with a hiss. He threw the covers off himself and jumped up.

His side made him cringe slightly but the pain wasn't as bad. And he had always healed, anyways, it was his job as a shinobi to get over pain quickly.

He was about to walk out the door of his own private room before he caught a look in the mirror.

He looked disheveled, but what was new. His eyes looked dull and he had plenty of bruises on his arms and legs. Speaking of legs…his were bare.

Oh yeah. He was wearing the hospital dress. Which had no tie in the back.

So there was Kakashi Hatake, the great Copy Ninja, standing beside the full body mirror staring at his bare butt.

The man sighed dully before muttering.

"...This isn't going to work out."

He could only imagine the number of hungry nurses greedily eyeing his ass as he rushed to the bathroom.

Tsunade waited patiently outside the girls showers a slight crease in her forehead again.

Besides the whole ordeal with Sakura, she had plenty of work to do. Being Hokage and a leading Medical Ninja in Kohona she had plenty of work that even she couldn't remember sometimes.

But then again, that's what Shizune was for, eh?

"Tsunade-sama?"

The blond haired woman blinked from her random thought and glanced down. Sakura was wearing the hospital gown that she was given—plus her black spandex because the back of the dress was bare.

"Ah, Sakura, I have some things to talk to you about…"

The girl gulped and Tsuande gave a small sympathetic smile and shook her head,

"No, no, it's nothing of that, Sakura…"

The girl gave a small smile as relief was shown on her face.

Daichi gave an unsatisfied grunt as he sneaked through the bare hallways of the hospital.

There were few nurses that passed by and the large boss man noticed that he was still wearing his headband. The man peeled it off casually and set it in his back pocket.

Finding the boy was going to be more difficult than he thought.

He could have sworn he'd felt the—

Ah, no, he needed to keep his eyes on the prize.

The demon boy who had the nine-tailed fox in him. The fox had so much chakra inside and around itself, he knew that when he'd feel the immense pressure of chakra he'd know if he was close.

Ah, he could literally see himself taking that curse seal off that boy. He wasn't exactly sure how he'd get it off, but there had to be a way.

And after he figured that out--! He'd surely get his hands on the immense power.

Now…

All he had to do was find it.

And truthfully, Daichi was having a bit of trouble sensing where that immense power had come from.

Surely, it had to be the hospital. Anyways, wouldn't that foolish kid wan to visit his little kunoichi friend which he'd just recently had his time with.

Heh.

The man took a moment and slipped into the closest bathroom. He grabbed the headband from his pocket and held it carefully.

Ah, like he needed it, right?

The man sneered as he glanced behind himself in the mirror.

Somebody was in here.

Obviously taking a piss, which seemed harmless, but non the less, it was still somebody.

Daichi tossed the headband ontop of the overflowing trashcan and briskly walked out.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow as he was positive that somebody had just come in. But as soon as they had come they left quickly.

He stood looking at the wall infront of him which connected to the toilet he was urinating in. Anyways, he wasn't about to use the urinal… There was always the chance that some crazy fan-nurse would come in…

Or perhaps he wanted his privacy, but, it was all the same.

He gave a slight hiss in his breath as he finished off gradually giving off a smile under his mask. Yes, he had found his mask. As well as the rest of his clothes. He wasn't about to stab his dignity by wearing a hospital gown in public.

Flushing and walking out of the stall he stretched giving a weak smile. He eye'd himself in the mirror, a lone onyx eye tracing his hidden face.

Washing his hands thoroughly, he grabbed a few paper towels.

He sighed bitterly then.

Hm. What was he going to do? Like, when he got out of here.

The man leaned against the sink and looked at himself lazily.

He had to go out to the world someday. It was probably already like four or something.

He'd have to go out and face the world.

Face his fellow shinobi.

His team.

Sakura.

Oh god. Sakura.

"Sakura, I've tried to reach your parents for the past few hours."

Sakura blinked, staring up at the woman. They casually walked down the hallway. Sakura could feel her insides squirm gently.

"Oh…"

"Oh?"

Tsunade gave the pink haired kunoichi an odd look. The girl glanced up at the woman.

"Both my parents went out of town. My grandfather has been ill for the past year and they left to go see him before...well, before he passes."

Sakura gave a sad look to the ground. Tsunade blinked and nodded,

"That would explain it… So, you've been living on your own?"

"Yes, though, only for a month. And I've slept at Ino's a couple times."

Silence rolled by. Sakura wasn't dumb though, she could tell that Tsuande didn't like the idea of her staying alone. Especially now… after…all this. And frankly, Sakura didn't like much of the idea either.

Heck, if she was scared of washing herself without screaming bloody murder, then how could she live by herself?

Tsunade nodded gently and thought hard as the two walked down the almost empty hallway.

Tsunade mused over her rapid thoughts, barely noticing the other man in the hallway.

Daichi walked calmly out of the bathroom, his eyes glanceing from side to side.

He had to get this boy, and quick.

Oh, where to look, where too—

Oh.

The mans eyes flashed down the hallway his dark eyes traceing the outline of figures not to far from him.

An older woman, who had a very curvy and appetizing shape…

And a younger girl.

Her hair was a delicate and rosy pink, her skin a fair color, as her eyes were a smooth jade color that you could get hopelessly lost in.

The man couldn't resist but to smirk rather bluntly, his eyes staring in daggers.

Kakashi sighed gently closing his eyes as he curled his fingers the paper becoming into a ball. He padded it gently and opened his eye the other covered in his headband.

He threw the ball into the trash his eye connecting with the overflowing trash as the ball completely missed. He'd been so distracted by…that shiny…

Headband?

Kakashi blinked and carefully eyed the piece of clothing that closely resembled his own headband. Except the sign was different.

It was odd.

The sliver haired man walked closer and slowly touched the headband with a finger, focusing the sign toward him. He inspected it and blinked.

A man growled them out gruffly, standing not to far away from Kakashi. He was a large built man, no a ounce of fat on him, though packed with muscle. His hair was a dusty black, flaring off to the side being held up by a headband of some unrecognizable sign.

That…that sign.

It clicked, and Kakashi's eye widened.

Sakura was staring down at the floor carefully as Tsunade said nothing more.

They walked off in silence and Sakura could only give a inward sigh.

This would happen to her.

The girl glanced up feeling a presence in the hallway as she noticed that Tsunade had too.

The girl's jade, sea foam eyes looked up to see a man not too far from them.

His eyes were piercing and they were staring right at. The girl stared a little confused. Why was this weirdo staring so…oddly.

Her eyes traced his large build, from head to toe. The way that he stood, his hands clasped in fists. The way his head was tilted to them slightly… The way his dusty black hair moved off to the side carefully.

And those eyes.

Her own stared carefully.

And then she stopped moving altogether.

Her legs refused to move, her brain clicking at the sight of this…beast.

There was no denying it.

This man… he…he was…

No…no…no…no….

The girl's throat closed and her fingers…they started to tremble following the blank movement of her brain.

Tsunade on the other hand kept walking unnoticing. Only until she realized the girl wasn't at her side anymore the woman was thinking hard.

The blond haired woman had politely kept her eyes off the man who was staring off in they're direction.

He didn't look like a shinobi—although; he was rather large. Anyways, she didn't spot a headband.

The woman glanced back and finally noticed a frozen Sakura.

The girl had a look of pure terror on her face. Her green eyes were swimming in fear and Tundade blinked.

"Sa…Sakura?"

The woman glanced at the male. He was smirking. She disgaured him for a moment and stepped closer to the girl.

"Sakura…Sakura?"

The girl was unresponsive. She was trembling more noticeably now her lips quivering. The girl's eyes were pinned on the spot ahead of her. The man. She couldn't speak. Her eyes were starting to water. This made Tsunade hesitate and place a hand on the girls shoulder.

Sakura flinched, but let her hands come and reach for Tsunade.

"… H-he….He…He…"

She stuttered slowly her eyes tearing up.

Tsunade looked back at the man carefully her eyes confused, but still sharp.

Who's…'he'…

The woman took a moment… then her breathing shallowed.

He…?

Oh, well, well, look who it is!

Daichi wasn't sure if he should be amazed or scared as he saw the girl starting to freeze up.

Him…Scared? Of what? This blond woman?

She was just some random woman, nothing to be afraid of. But what was he going to do now?

The girl had obviously recognized him. From the night before where he'd gladly had his way with her. Oh what fun it'd been…

The man shifted his weight, as it to take a step forward.

"CHIDORI!"

The roar of an man cracked the silence.

A flash of sliver came from the open bathroom however, that was soon lost in the bright light of blue and white.

The electric jutsu flashed in the hands of the only Copy-Ninja.

"Please...don't... I'll give you anything. Anything...just let her go."

"Kakashi, I would take your life anyday... but for now... I'll take my chances with your little pupil."

The way she screamed. The way his little Cherry Blossom screamed. How her vocals stretched in pain as he stretched her.

He could not take it. He had to take it then. But not now.

Kakashi Hatake held a hand down as he skillfully connected his chirping jutsu into the man's thick side.

The man didn't have much of any time to react.

He was down for the count right as the electric shock split into his side.

The only sound that filtered into their ears was the crackling and chirping of the jutsu Chidori. The jutsu of a thousand birds.

Tsunade and Sakura stared in utter shock. The air had a unwavering stench of revenge.

Kakashi stood slightly hunched over as he stared daggers at the twitching and dieing man on the floor.

This...this is for what you did...

Both eyes were visible and they looked deadly, Sakura couldn't help but to whimper in fear.

Kakashi-sensei never looked…so…scary.

The girl had a death clutch on her sempai as her knees started to tremble.

Kakashi let the Chidori continue for a few more moments. He breathed out hastily, his breath hard under his mask. He felt his elbows tremble gently and he glanced over at the wimpering girl that seemed connected to Tsunade.

Their eyes caught and Kakashi softened feeling his legs go weak.

No, literally...

The man let his eyes go wide.

Oh shit. Not good.

The man stumbled back with a gasp, his back connecting to the wall as his hands grasped at his bleeding side.

Damnit.

He slid carefully down to the ground with a gentle thud his eyes squinting closed.

Ow, ow, ow, ow.

And a few moments later he could hear a small cry of a girl in the hallway.

Sakura.

He couldn't open his eyes without feeling pain flood them.

There was a rush of running footsteps with a fast erratic breath. He felt tiny hands gently touch his arm.

"Ka—Kakashi-sensei!"

The girl cried aloud in the silent hallway.

The man couldn't help himself but to open his eyes gently. Pain shot up his side as if yelling at him for making such a stupid move. He opened his eyes, and onyx and a red one staring down at a girl beside him.

Her pink hair was messily wet, her hair naturally straight. She smelled…so good.

And her eyes, the green bottomless pits stared frightened into his.

And yet, he could tell she was parted at ways. She looked slightly afraid of him…while being afraid for him. He sighed mentally and closed his eyes.

Sakura stared at her bleeding sensei with fright. Her mixed emotions let tears to spring from her jade soft eyes her fingertips gently touching the man's arm.

Tsunade looked a bit frazzled and she calmly walked over, trying not to freak out.

No, she needed to be calm…

"Sakura… he's fine… give…give him some space."

Tsunade gently touched the girls arm as she avoided glancing behind her at the dead body of the large man.

Sakura blinked slowly, tears freely running down her face.

Kakashi-sensei…

She slowly stood, stepping back, her hands holding against her chest in tiny fists as she watched her strong sensei regain his breath…

Authors Note: Ahhhh! You think you had a heart attack reading that—just imagine me writing it! XD Yayyyy, I luv fluff. Hope you guys, like it!! Thanks tomigurl for the idea! Now we can get onto the good stuff!