"I didn't think you guys would find us that soon, since it wasn't a priority to you." Souta announced.
Kakashi wiped his hands on his vest to remove some dirt before turning back to the teen, "what wasn't a priority?"
Souta waved his hand at the newly covered grave behind the man, "Inuyasha."
"Well, when the Hokage's two family members go missing—one that's a pregnant civilian, and the other that can't use his chakra twice or he passes out—that is a priority."
Souta narrowed his eyes, "we were doing fine without you."
"Kagome looks on the brink of death! I don't call that doing fine."
Souta stalked forward, looking very much like his sister in mannerisms that Kakashi almost had to do a double take.
"Just because we were raised differently without this stuff doesn't mean we're useless, if you knew anything about us, Kagome in particular, you'd know that we don't die easily. Your way isn't always best, get over yourself." He hissed.
A murderously cold grey eye was his response, unnerving him slightly as Kakashi bent down slightly.
"And you two also lied in the hospital about a few things, that woman is carrying my child…"
"And you haven't been acting like the doting boyfriend since we showed up." Souta said, picking at the dirt under his nails.
Kakashi narrowed his eye and crossed his arms, "what does that mean?"
"You've been the most distant piece of shit, you don't get to care now because she's pregnant."
Kakashi sighed and resisted the urge to roll his eyes, "I have a lot of enemies here, if word got out that I have someone I care about—"
"Boo fucking hoo you damn coward. You going to love them from the shadows then? What a man, the best thing to happen to her at this point is to lose that kid and have a clean cut from you." Souta growled, his face heating up as the words left his mouth.
Kakashi inhaled sharply, his brow furrowing as he took in the young man in front of him. Would he really wish that on his sister, knowing her fragile mentality the first time?
"Kakashi-sensei! Sakura needs help, she can't get the bleeding to stop." Naruto shouted breaking through the tree line and skidding to a halt two feet from his old teacher.
Kagome inhaled sharply as Sakura dabbed at the edge of the knife wound again, her eyes closing tightly to the spinning world around her.
"I know it hurts, I'm sorry." Sakura mumbled trying to brush the hair that escaped her ponytail from her eyes.
"I'm sorry I left the hospital." Kagome sighed.
Naruto crouched next to her and grabbed her hand, "don't be sorry. You did what you thought you had to, plus I don't know too many people that would leave the hospital like that."
Kagome grunted and turned her head, watching Sakura pull a bloody bandage from her leg and apply a new one.
"Naruto, can you hold this? Put enough pressure where you're not hurting her more." Sakura explained.
The blonde released her hand and moved into the spot Sakura vacated, holding tight to the bandage as the medical ninja beckoned Kakashi and Souta away.
"I don't know how she's alive… but nothing I do is working. Her body absorbs my chakra but doesn't heal, same thing that happened in the hospital. We have to get her back to the village."
"Can we move her?" Souta whispered.
Sakura glanced over her shoulder, green eyes watching Kagome and Naruto talking to keep her mind off the worst scenario.
"Not without a lot of pain medication, which she can't have because it'll lower her heart rate too far."
"So, what do we do?" Kakashi asked.
Sakura bit her lip and closed her eyes, "send someone back to the village to grab Lady Tsunade, it's a long shot but she might be able to do something."
"Naruto, you and Souta go back to the village and get the Hokage. Hurry." Kakashi ordered.
Sakura hurriedly switched with Naruto, both teens disappearing into the forest.
