*smirk* as I was reading the lovely, gorgeous reviews you guys were giving, I just couldn't help but feel smugly satisfied at the very strong urge for you guys to teleport yourselves to where I am and just beat me to a bloody, unrecognisable pulp.

But lemme warn you, wherever I am, rest assured Uchiha Itachi is not far off, and if you as much as lay a finger on me, ya'll will be Tsukiyomi-d into the next dimension. Beat that! CHA!

(I love Itachi, and I mourn his death all the time I see his brat of a brother.) Anyway, this chapter is dedicated to craizypet, who is the main reason ya'll are getting that warning.

Your review, by the way craizypet made me laugh until I fell of my chair, literally, hence the dedication. Love ya girlie. This one's yours. :-D :-D :-D

For the one I love 26.

I immediately jumped off Katsuyu-sama and landed right next to her miniature, who had the extremely battered shinobi on her. The guy was beaten to only an inch within his life, yet he's one of the best in his village and country. It was amazing how he made a three day trip in this condition.

I looked up to the heavens and gulped. If this was war...I didn't even wanna think about it anymore. Immediately, I got healing chakra into my hands and begun diagnosis. A punctured lung, broken ribs, numerous cuts and bruises on his torso, slight concussion and haemorrhage, extreme chakra exhaustion and...oh shit, OH SHIT, OH SHIT!

Without even thinking, I hauled his almost lifeless body onto my shoulder and took off towards the hospital at a speed that the Uchihas would have been proud had they been alive to see it.

The second I burst through the doors, almost tearing them off their hinges, I bellowed instructions, "Emergency room number one, NOW! I need four high skilled nurses and two medics. Bring forth about six basins of tepid water, prepare an IV and a drip. NOW! CAN YOU MOVE IT, FOR FUCK'S SAKE!"

I got to the emergency and gently laid him over the table. "Hang in there, Kankourou. I'll get you out of this mess." I mumbled to myself.

Kankourou had been poisoned, by the missing-nin of his village, Akasuna no Sasori.

An Akatsuki.

The medics and nurses arrived. I shoved one of them out of the way, who staggered almost out through the door.

"Sorry," I said curtly, not in the mood of being at all courteous. This was a life and death situation I was dealing with and it was no time for pleasantries.

I got out a kunai and ripped off what was left of his tattered clothing. I got a clean cloth and wiped off the dirt and grime on his chest. He had so many open wounds.

"Heal him. Now. External wounds only."I snapped to the nearest medic. He was terrified, but summoned chakra to his hands all the same and quickly and efficiently healed him.

I looked up at him and managed a terse smile. "Thanks."

He simply nodded fearfully.

I summoned a small amount of chakra in my hands and moved it to one of the water basins. I made a small bubble, and got it onto Kankourou's chest. Slowly, I pushed the bubble into his chest, and adding more chakra into it, slowly retracted the poison in his internal organs. My other hand was on the opposite side of where my first hand was, and when all the chakra from my hand was exhausted, I pulled the bubble, together with the poison out of his body. I got an empty basin and deposited the poisonous contents into it.

My hair, which I'd left to grow out until it was almost mid-back was beginning to give problems since it was constantly falling in my eyes.

"Fuck," I growled lowly, not at all amused. I grabbed it, before making a messy bun on the crown of my head, pulling out two senbons and stuck them viciously through the bun to hold it in place.

I like holding my hair up with senbons. I never used headbands or ribbons. I always, always used senbons. I don't know why. I just did.

"Next," I barked.

The basin with the poison was removed and another with water was immediately put in its place.

"The poison is made of metal and slight herbal contents." I was saying tersely, as I pushed another water-chakra bubble through Kankourou's chest. "It's the kinda poison that gets into the system and disintegrates the musculature of the individual, cell by cell." I extracted the poison from his intestines and liver. "The lethal work, muscle wastage, if you will, is the work of the metal components. The herbal stuff is just there to stabilise the metals, so they don't get fucked up, thus enabling the poison to last much longer, increasing its effectiveness." I pulled out the poison and dropped it into the basin. Again, it was replaced.

I could hear the shocked gasps from the room. "Who-who is powerful enough to come up with something so intricate?" one of the medics asked.

My eyes narrowed in rage as I withdrew more poison from Kankourou's body.

"An Akatsuki." I said lowly. The terror was palpable. "Or, to be more specific-"

"Akasuna no Sasori." The lazy, baritone drawl finished for me.

Everyone snapped their heads towards the window, but I already knew who it was that was crouching on the window.

Kakashi-sensei.

He looked and sounded as aloof and detached as usual, displaying no emotion to the normal eye, but I could feel the rage in his voice, the extremely sharp edged knife of his rage hidden beneath a thin sheet of aloofness. I could feel his dangerous ki, very well hidden in the slight races of chakra he chose to give out.

I never knew killing intent could be very well concealed. I was prided world over for my excellent chakra control, but even I had to dig in pretty deep to find out if he really was as cool as he made out, and couldn't find it. When I felt his ki, I realised he chose to leak it out in his chakra.

I also realised that he leaked it out not to prove to me that he was pissed (he was my lover. I knew him well), but he did it on a whim. He leaked it out just because he could.

Yet again, I found myself saying that he really did deserve his title of Kage-level.

He was a truly dangerously, powerful shinobi, and a formidable assassin.

I also felt sorry for the poor Akatsuki bastard that was gonna end up fighting him. He was never a nice guy whenever dealing with enemies or threats, and was mercilessly ruthless whenever he was hell bent on destroying them.

"Go to the lab and make up an antidote. Use the information I've given you. Go, goddamit." I ordered, and the medics were scrambling to get the hell out of there.

I wished Shizune-san was here. She was the poisons expert, and I knew she'd kept the information on this particular poison pretty well when I gave it to her. After all, this wasn't the first time I was dealing with Sasori's poison.

My body shook with rage as I remembered that first encounter.

"Calm down, my darling. They'll be time to vent later. Just work on saving Kankourou for now." I heard him whisper in my ear, wiping the sweat off my brow and hugging me from behind, wrapping his arms around my waist and giving me the assurance I desperately needed then.

Did I mention how much I loved this man? Damn, I loved this man.

Everyone else in the room was promptly stunned into shock at the blatant display of affection between us, but we didn't care, at least I didn't.

Suddenly, the door burst open very unceremoniously, and Shishou came into the room literally howling.

"OH MY GOD, SAKURA! HOW THE HELL DID-what is going on around here?" her voice suddenly went back to normal, as she looked me extracting poison, Kakashi-sensei embracing me and the shocked looks of the nurses and medics in the room.

I winced. "Shishou, would you mind? As you can clearly see, this is a very delicate operation here and your noise isn't going to help at all." I said, through gritted teeth.

There were a few hidden sniggers behind her and I came to realise, much to my irritation, that she wasn't alone.

Well, fuck. There goes my concentration.

I looked up, beyond Shishou and saw Shizune-san. "Shizune-san, thank God. Please go into the lab and prepare for me an antidote for Sasori's poison. And tell those bloody medics to hurry up with the IV and drip."

Shishou smirked slightly. "Up into my office when you're done." She said, before threatening all the shinobi that followed her with a very painful pummelling if they didn't scram back to their posts as she closed the door.

I rolled my eyes at their antics. I felt Kakashi-sensei let go of me, and just as suddenly as he appeared, he disappeared in his signature pouf of smoke.

I couldn't help but smile.

Yo, this was my attempt at angst. They really aren't my strongest point, but since I'm just random like that, I decided to give it a shot. Do tell me what you think of it, ne?

And are there any betas out there? Hello...looking for a beta here...