Naruto POV

"Why the hell is Sakura-chan acting like this?", I shouted through the shockwave she had caused.

I covered my face with my arms and scouted through a small hole between them. I wanted to know what was happening. Only Granny Tsunade was on her feet and stood exactly there, where she had before. But the rest of us, such as Shikamaru, Ebisu, Yamato-daichou, Shizune, and the two Anbus, were pinned on the wall like I was. This was the first time Sakura scared the hell out of me. I would understand if she were sad and crying and all this, because I felt like this too, but instead she was freaking out. I didn't understand her reaction at all. Kakashi was our sensei, okay, but she shouldn't let it get to her that much. As I thought of an explanation, I saw that the ceiling was going to come down any moment.

"Sakura- chan!" I shouted.

Half of the ceiling broke off and fell down, however, before it could reach her, it vanished as soon as it came near Sakura's protection-chakra-wall. I sighed in relief.

"Sakura! Stop this right now!" Granny Tsunade said in a serious voice.

Slowly the after effect of the shockwave subsided and the smoke vanished like the stones from the ceiling. Though Sakura only stared at Kakashi, she answered to Tsunade's demanding request:

"I will not allow it," her eyes were wet. She looked at Kakashi like she had lost a close person. It was confusing. I could tell that she was up to something, however I couldn't tell what it was.

"Yamato-daichou…what is Sakura-chan up to?" I asked quietly.

As I looked at him, I only saw the same shocking expression he had back in the tower, too, as well as Shikamaru, Ebisu, and Shizune. They had frozen in their spot. After seeing this, I was more scared now. Then all of a sudden, a few Jonin and Anbus came. I didn't pay attention at who it was, but some voices were familiar.

"Tsunade-sama, what's going on here?" Genma asked next to Tsunade.

"What is Sakura doing, Hokage-sama?" Anko whispered.

"Did she cause this little earthquake?" Ibiki said nearly as quietly as Anko.

All of a sudden, two Anbus, who were flanking Tsunade, moved forward. They were about to attack Sakura, I was sure about this, if the Hokage didn't ordered them back.

"Stay away from her!" Her strict voice let me shiver for a moment.

For the next moment, everyone looked at Tsunade's serious facial expression and wondered what was going on. At least I wasn't the only one who didn't understand anything. But our gaze wandered to Sakura once again, as she whispered:

"Sorry, Kakashi…I shouldn't have said something so cruel to you…", she smiled weakly while tears were rolling down her cheeks. Was it because of that? Did she feel guilty of what she had told Kakashi-sensei?

"You already knew, that I couldn't live without you being around…you mustn't have taken this mission, idiot…but the other way round, I think, it will be better…", she got closer to Kakashi-sensei's face with her own and silently put her lips on his masked ones and one hand of hers rested on her cheek.

When everyone gasped, I thought it was because of what she was doing. But I was so distracted by the kiss that I didn't notice what she did with her hand. The real reason why everyone gasped was, that Sakura's chakra was transferred from her into Kakashi-sensei's dead body. This technique was too familiar to me.

"SAKURA!" Tsunade shouted once again. This time she was nearly an imploration.

Where did she learn to use this technique? The only person who could use it, was Chiyo from Sunagakure.

"What is she doing?" Anko asked.

"She is bringing Kakashi back to life", Gai said with an emotionless voice.

I got angry at Sakura. It might a good thing to bring somebody back to life, but I remembered the consequences of this technique too well. And that wasn't what Kakashi-sensei had wanted her to do, for sure.

"Sakura-chan! Stop this! You'll die if you continue! Aah!" I screamed as I attacked the chakra wall, but I was thrown back, before I could get near her. I was on the floor at once. At the first moment everything hurt -my arms, my legs, everything.

"Kakashi-sensei wouldn't want you to die in his place," I coughed out some blood.

"I know, but this is my decision and not his", she said calmly.

"Sakura…", each sound was mixed with the other and my sight got black.

I passed out.

Kakashi POV

It was like a long dream.

I felt so light as if I was floating. My body was free from each pain I ever felt. I didn't know, where I was and what I was doing here, but I did know that I wanted to stay here. The dark shadows got a real colored shape and now I was standing in front of the gates of my home village. Konoha.

"Finally at home", I sighed.

The gates slowly opened and as soon as I could see the first houses, there was Asuma waiting for me. And right behind him, there were my old teammates: Obito, Rin, and the Fourth. Everybody was smiling.

"You are late, Kakashi", Obito grinned.

"Look who's talking", I grinned back.

Just as I wanted to walk towards them, a sweet voice stopped me:

"Wait, Kakashi. Your time isn't up yet", she said.

I turned around and saw Sakura standing a small distance away from me. All of a sudden, I had the feeling that I had to go away from Konoha. I didn't want to, but I couldn't control it. At the same time, Sakura walked towards me and as we passed by each other, she whispered:

"Tell Naruto that I don't regret anything", she smiled.

"What is going on here, Sakura?" Slowly the dark overwhelmed everything again.

"See you, Sensei", and the gates were closed again.

I wanted to go back, but my body moved on its own. Now that I was in the dark again, my body started hurting all over again and it got heavier than it never had been before. There were terrible sounds coming from everywhere, as it seemed. It took some time to hear single words out.

"…heart…beating…still breathing…take…away", this was such a chaos.

"Sakura-chan!" I knew that voice. Naruto. But at the same time, it was completely different. Naruto's voice has never sounded like he was crying.

"Come on, Sakura-chan! Wake up!"

My eyes shot open, as I heard that. But the light was too bright…I had to close them again in order to get used to it. I tried to sit up, but I felt so heavy.

"Kakashi, can you hear me?" Gai.

"I hear you, Gai, so please don't shout like that", my throat ached a bit.

All of a sudden, there were people surrounding me as they heard me.

"How are you feeling, sempai?" Yamato asked.

"Not very good…I can't move anything"

"Come on, my eternal rival, I'll carry you to hospital", Gai suggested. With one movement of him, I was on his back.

"A normal bed is still more comfortable than this stone", Yamato smiled, I could hear that.

"Stone?" I was confused. Not that I wasn't confused before, but now I reached my limit.

"I'll explain later", he answered.

"Most importantly, you are alive"

"Why shouldn't I be al-", my voice broke in mid-sentence, when I remembered something "Where is Sakura?"

I got no answer to my last question.