A/N: Did I leave such a good cliffie? Haha! Fine, here's chapter 3! Note: This fic contains the pair KakashixIruka, in other words, Yaoi. Sorry for Anti-Yaoi fans, I'm doing this for my friend.

Fallen

What was this feeling he suddenly had? It was weird, something he had never felt before. His dark eyes looked down onto the eyes he never thought he'd fall for. It looked back at him lovingly and so did he as he neared it, closer and closer, until-

Scratch!

What will he do without his mask on? Kakashi sighed when he saw the cat running away from him. He imagined that it was probably snickering at him for being so naïve to fall for those adorable eyes. He cursed it and walked back inside the house. He was done taking out the trash and he just spotted the cat, it was cute but now, after it scratched him, he thought otherwise.

Luckily, he was Death himself, so his wound healed as it came. But still, when he entered the house, he felt something bad was about to happen. Sasuke came down the stairs, rather, he was standing there, looking at the distance, until his eyes closed as if in deep thinking. Kakashi walked over to him and felt a dark aura. Eyes widening, he turned to Sasuke only to see him run back upstairs. A Secular has entered the house, it was in the teen's room, and it was after Sakura.

Chapter 3: Blood Lust

Crash!

"Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei!"

Sakura tried to break free from the grasp the Secular had around her body. She woke up all of a sudden when she heard the window break and a Secular's claw reach out and grabbed her. Now, she was yelling at it and calling her classmate and teacher who soon came inside the room as she was pulled out by the rogue, just when her hand was about to touch Sasuke's outstretched one as well.

"Shit! I was so close!" he cursed in his mind. Everything seemed like slow motion when he entered his room with a loud bang and dived straight at Sakura to try and grab her hand. He almost did so if the damn Secular didn't pull her away. "Fucking demon!" he cursed again and looked outside the window to see the rogue flapping its tattered wings and going straight to where he supposed was school and he could hear Sakura screaming. He stepped back and closed his eyes, his wings appeared and he jumped out of the window, flying after the rogue demon. Kakashi watched them before sending a telepathic message to his counterpart, Life.

"Iruka, a Secular has Sakura and Sasuke's tailing them. Its going to the school so if you're still there, please prevent it from opening the gates of Hellarios."

He got an "okay" from Iruka and he too, made his wings appear. Same as Sasuke's except he had a raven's feathers. His father, who was Death as well, had a crow's wings but he had a raven's. It didn't differ much so he didn't bother asking about it and just flew after his two students. Now that the Chosen has been revealed, things can no longer go smoothly.

"Let go of me!" she yelled, pounding on the claws that wrapped around her. She thought of biting it but after remembering that they had tough and dirty scales, and had purple blood, she cringed in disgust.

"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!"

Sakura saw fireballs shoot at the rogue and stay stuck on its body. Squinting, she saw that they were kunai hidden in the flames and the Secular's grip on her loosened as she fell and got caught by Sasuke who stopped following the rogue and immediately flew down. When both reached the ground, he engulfed the two of them in his wings as an explosion erupted.

Bits of rocks and other objects came flying towards them but his wings protected and prevented them from getting hurt. Once it had stopped, he slowly got up and turned to where the Secular was, only to see the smoke clear and show nothing but air. "Shit." And when he turned to his right, a huge tail threw him backwards, making him slam against a tree. He grunted and coughed out blood then glared at the Secular which returned the gaze and then shifted to Sakura who got up and backed away from the creature banned from Hell.

"Crap," Sasuke muttered and got up, ignoring the searing pain that shot through his back. "If I don't do something soon, the gates of Hell will open and chaos will ensue…" he still needed to wait for the others, but this is just a single rogue, he can handle this. "Damn, if only I didn't transfer that many chakra into her, I should be able to end this fight soon." He thought hard, what did make him so worried when she was in pain? He shook it off and did a few hand seals. "Sorry Death," he thought and held onto his left wrist. "But this is for the sake of the world and the Chosen." And he ran towards the Secular, aiming for its head. "Raikiri!"

He felt his hand plunge through the head of the creature and grasp on the brain within its skull. Angrily, he crushed it and earned an ear-splitting scream from the rogue until it dissolved, disappearing within seconds. He bent down, panting. It was much worse than Zabuza's whole day basketball training. He flinched when he felt his back ache from the impact he had with the tree. Somehow, he thinks he broke a few bones, nothing major but still painful.

"Sorry…"

Sasuke turned his head to her and raised a brow, wondering why she was apologizing. It wasn't her fault that she was the Chosen, it wasn't her choice anyway, it was her destiny, and he was sure she didn't want it. "What for, it's not your fault." He muttered, placing a hand over his own mark and avoiding her gaze. She stared at his back and walked over to him, closed her eyes and placed her hand over his back. He nearly jumped from the contact but soon relaxed when he no longer felt his body aching.

"You know, I could've healed myself..." he said and sighed. "Why did you apologize?"

"I meant for causing you pain," she murmured. "I don't know why but I have a tendency to have others get hurt because of me and I hate myself for it." He sighed and placed a hand on top of her pink locks as she blinked continuously while looking up at him. "Don't be," he said and retrieved his hand back to his side before turning to Kakashi who finally reached them.

"Got held back by another rogue, a Crusade by the way…"

"Hn."

She slammed her locker door, quite angry at the fact that someone else had gotten the attention of her crush. Her blue eyes glared at the couple who just entered the school, talking about a few things and not seeming to mind the eyes that watched them. She knew that he was a half-breed but so was she, yet how come some normal girl got his attention instead of her? Furious, she left for her classroom, deciding that she will never give up until the day he dumps the girl and goes to her.

Of course, he didn't fail to notice this but like he does to the rest of the jealous girls, he ignored it. He never did like any of his fans, and he knew that the one beside him was one of them yet she wasn't the type to scream at his ear and go flaunting and hugging him daringly, which is why he was thankful that she became the Chosen. "So, you're telling me that I can't go off on my own and that from now on, I have to either stay with you and Kakashi-sensei or you have to stay with me in my house?"

He nodded. "That's what melanin-less hair said." Sakura punched him playfully on the arm and he smirked while she giggled. "What, it's true? He lacks melanin." She stuck her tongue out at him. "And you think he's the only one who doesn't have normal colored hair?" Sasuke blinked and ruffled her hair, disheveling her usual half-pony style. "Gah! Sasuke!" he smirked at her and she just sighed and tried desperately to fix her hair. His hand stopped her though and she blushed from the contact. "I think it would be better if you just let it down." And right when he said that, he pulled the ribbon off and watched her waist length hair flow down. "Suits you." And he left her there, staring at him with pure shock and a red face. "I'm leaving you." He warned and she snapped from her thoughts and ran after him.

"I don't really get you Sasuke," she said as they reached the classroom. "Sometimes, you can be a real ice block and then at times you're not so cold." He only ignored what she said but inside his mind, he was wondering that too. "Could it have something to do with that Demon that tried to take over my soul?" he had to blame that guy, even though his mom sealed him away, Sasuke still had a feeling that the Demon was within him.

"Yo, Sasuke, Sakura!" Naruto waved when the duo entered the room. Some turned to Sakura, obviously surprised to see her with her hair down and not in her usual styles. Some were shocked seeing her with the anti-social Sasuke. She shifted uncomfortably under their gazes and continued following her seatmate to Naruto who grinned at them. "You two alright? I heard that rogues attacked."

"Yeah, how did your research go?"

"Lazy bum and I had a difficult time but we figured that she's the reason of their sudden appearances, and why they just keep attacking or popping out of nowhere." The blonde Demon sighed and whispered to his friend. "Crusades and Seculars are teaming up with Hellarium." Sasuke's eyes dilated in anger upon hearing that. Hellarium was the name given to the rulers of Seculars in hell and he had a vague feeling that that Head Demon was the one who craved for an Angelus' powers. "Is it confirmed?" he asked. Naruto shook his head. "Neji's onto it though and his Hunter girlfriend is helping him out in college so no worries."

"Does Ten-Ten even know about the whole event?" he asked, glancing at Sakura who continued to smile nervously at the deadly glares she got from girls. Naruto nodded his head to say yes. "Hyuuga told her himself." The remaining Uchiha gave a nod and turned to Sakura as a vein popped on the side of his head when the girls who "love" him were still glaring at her. Without thinking, he placed an arm around Sakura and pulled her closer while returning the evil gazes to the girls. "Back off." He warned and took Sakura with him to their seats.

"Look, when we're here in school, don't wander off on your own; even if you're the Chosen, there are still pure-breeds or half-breeds here that can easily take you down, especially in your current state. And I'm warning you, stay away from her." He said, eyeing their female blonde classmate who was wiping her kunai clean; two X's can be seen on the backside of her palms. "She's a pure Hunter, her brother was cursed and is a pure-breed Demon while her other brother who has… kabuki paint on his face is also a pure-breed Hunter."

"The Sand siblings..?" she asked, gulping when the blonde girl sensed Sakura's eyes on her and turned to look at the pink-haired teen and gave a smirk. Sakura shuddered and rested her head on her desk. "Why do people hate me..?" Sasuke snorted and turned his head away, muttering an "I don't" but Sakura had heard it. However, since his eyes were shifted to the view outside, she only gave a smile and a slight tint of pink across her cheeks. "Thanks…" she said softly, not knowing that her heartthrob seatmate heard it and had given a smile, a sincere one at that.

"Alright, solve this problem in your notebook and I'll call for someone to answer later." Asuma, their math teacher, said. Sasuke sighed and quickly finished his then turned to look outside the window once again.

His eyes narrowed when he saw a flash of white wings and long hair and it was flying towards him. "Is that..?" he nearly fell of the chair when his guess was correct. Heading towards their schools was none other than his friend, Hyuuga Neji and in his arms was his girlfriend, the Hunter or Huntress, Ten-Ten. "Uchiha!" Neji yelled and Sasuke got up, startling Asuma who was teaching a student who didn't get the lesson.

"Uchiha, may I ask what is wrong?"

Sasuke didn't answer and just opened the window, startling everyone inside the room. Naruto and Shikamaru knew immediately what he was up to so they both got up as well and looked outside the window. Sasuke squint his eyes and saw a bigger creature chasing his friend so he cursed and turned to Sakura who looked up at him with a questioning look. He took hold of one of her wrists and dragged her outside the room, running. "Uchiha, Haruno!" Asuma called but Shikamaru and Naruto shushed him and rushed outside the window. Everyone watched and saw what caused them to act so strange. There was a Crusade tailing Neji and Ten-Ten.

"S-Sasuke, what's wrong?" She asked, trying to get out of his grip but he only tightened it and she flinched. "Y-you're hurting me." She choked and he stopped, let go of her and scooped her in his arms. "Guess I have to carry you then." He said and before she could say anything, he ran towards the school's rooftop and jumped. At first, she thought he was insane but when her eyes caught sight of his wings, she gave a sigh of relief.

"Look, a Crusade is coming and you can't stay inside the classroom or else it'll put others in danger." He said and flew towards a forestry place. "Hopefully we'll be safe here. I can't exactly have another fight until my chakra has been completely restored, otherwise…" he trailed off, recalling what had happened the last time he fought when his energy ki hasn't been back to normal.

"What will happen?"

"You don't want to know…" he said and put her down, leaned on a tree and closed his eyes. "It takes a long time for me to regenerate when I transfer half of my energy to someone else." She only nodded and sat down, drawing her knees towards her chest and hugging it as she began to think some things while her crush was just standing beside her. "Hey, Sasuke?"

"Hn,"

"I'm not sure if you remember, but back in first year," she blushed a bit as he looked down at her. "Thanks for… saving me from those bullies." She gave a smile and turned to him, their eyes gazing at each other. "And I just want you to know that… I really appreciate it, I wasn't someone you know too well, yet you still stood up for me…" in his mind, he was telling himself to look away, something about her gaze just made him feel lost and he hated the feeling that was surging inside him, a feeling which he cannot explain or understand.

Without knowing, he was slowly leaning down to her while she was wondering what he was up to. In his mind, he was asking himself to stop whatever his body was doing but stubbornly, he inched closer to her, closed his eyes and when he was just a mere centimeter away from her lips, he snapped his eyes open and tackled Sakura to the ground, just in time when a staff of a Crusade swung at where their heads were once earlier.

"Shit! That's why I hate these feelings, I get lost!"

They both got up with Sasuke pushing Sakura behind him as he glared at the Crusade who held onto its staff and looked back at him with the same gaze. "What happened to those idiots?" he asked, not believing that Neji and the others weren't able to stop the Crusade, that is, if this was the same Crusade that tried to get the Chosen. "I can't fight yet, otherwise…" his right hand touched his mark at his back left side of the neck and flinched a bit when it began to sting. "…I might lose my mind…"

Clenching his fists, he had no idea what to do, and he had no choice but to keep evading the attacks the rogue before him was giving. "Damn it! Every single damn day, there's always a rogue to ruin it!" he thought and blocked the Crusade's staff with his right arm. He held onto the staff with his left and flipped his body so that he could stand on the long stick and glare at the banned Angel. "I guess I have to do hand-to-hand combat to be on the safe and tough side." And he ran head on towards the Crusade and gave a hard kick on its head and did a back flip, landing on the ground in a half-kneeling position. He eyed the damage he caused and saw the creature wipe away silver blood that came from its mouth. He smirked when it tried to return the painful attack he gave. "Those four had better hurry…" he thought, feeling his mark starting to sting. "Shit." He cursed and got distracted from the pain he felt when the Crusade quickly rammed the teen on a tree and poked him with the end of his staff, hard.

He coughed out blood and tried to struggle free from the way it pinned him on the tree. It was big and he had a hard time to escape, especially since the pang the mark was giving him wasn't helping at all. Sakura had had enough of just standing there and watching him get beaten up. She bent down and picked up a rock and threw it at the Crusade's head and started insulting it. "Weakling, coward! You're only pinning him there because you know you don't stand a chance against him! You're such a scaredy-cat!"

"Oh, hell no, she did not just insult a rogue…" but it did help him since the staff left his gut and he staggered to get up. His ears heard a shriek from her and when he turned, he saw that the Crusade had grasped her small and frail body and was squeezing the life out of her. His onyx eyes looked at her as she continued to kick and punch and the rogue just making it harder for her to breathe. She didn't want to cry in pain but not everyone can ease everything so she cried out, triggering Sasuke to activate his sharingan and his mark spreading all over his body and black celestial wings sprout from his back. "Let go of her." He said in a dangerous tone, glaring menacingly at the Crusade that turned to face him, startled to see him in his full Fallen mode.

Sakura opened an eye to see him emit dark aura, his glare enough to send those who see it running home; it meant a look that could kill and she felt fear conquer her. "S-Sasuke..?" and when she blinked, he was no longer where he was previously standing on but heard his voice yell out a technique as flames engulfed the Crusade and its hold on her loosen. She fell to the ground and scrambled away at the burning rogue. She heard noises from the bushes and saw another Crusade and a Secular looking at her with intense interest. "Oh no, not again…" and without thinking, she got up and ran away from the two rogues.

She failed to notice an uprooted tree that she tripped over it and shook her head after the impact. Glancing over her shoulder, she saw the Secular's teeth ready to bite her but stopped when it was only a few feet away. Green eyes followed where the ex-Demon glared at and saw Sasuke, holding onto its tail with the same dangerous look. "Stay away." And what she assumed were nylon strings, Sasuke had tied the thin ropes around the creature's body and bound it so tightly, like a boa constrictor does to its prey. "Die." And with one pull of his string, it dug deep into the skin of the Secular and had chunks of its body scattered around the forest, some on trees and purple blood can be seen everywhere. He then turned to the Crusade and gave a very un-Sasuke like smirk.

"S-Sasuke..?"

"Relax Sakura," he said, his tone of voice sending her chills. What's bad about it is that it didn't make her blush or squeal; instead, it made her tremble. "I'm going to kill these bastards." And what surprised her was how he managed to do Raikiri on both hands and he charged towards the Crusade with a look that says he would enjoy killing everything that harms her or gets in his way.

"Damn, you're heavy!" Naruto said while he was carrying Shikamaru on his back, his demonic wings having a hard time to keep up with Neji's pace. "Oi, slow down will 'ya?" Neji told him to shut up and the Demon only muttered something under his breath. "Are you sure we're heading the right way?" Ten-Ten asked who was still in Neji's arms. "Yeah, and I bet that the Crusade we just killed was a high level one, I'm also guessing that the three rogues we saw earlier are of the same level and are headed towards where Sasuke and Sakura took off."

"In that case," Shikamaru said. "We better hurry, Sasuke is still in the process of regeneration and if he ends up fighting those three at the same time, there'll be blood lust." His two male friends had sweated at the mention of it. Last they heard, when their marks spread all over their body, it would be a very painful trip to the hospital if you try to stop the one going berserk. "Especially if this is Sasuke we're talking about…" Neji added in his thoughts, recalling the last time his Angelus friend had activated his mark.

Naruto's fox instincts kicked-in when he smelled the familiar scent of a Crusade and Secular's blood, plus an overwhelming surge of chakra being emitted from where they're heading. His blue eyes widened with fear when he realized it was his best friend's. "Neji…" he said, looking at the college student. "I know, we have to hurry." And the two flyers quickly flew towards the forest.

A growl erupted from the dying Crusade as Sasuke advanced towards it. When he performed his lighting edge, he didn't kill the rogue soon, instead, he had tortured it like a psychotic killer would to his victims. The ex-Angel had sensed his great amount of chakra and began to back away slowly, silver blood flowing freely from its wounds. The Angelus stopped and looked at the rogue calmly, too calm for its liking and later on, his hand which held the Raikiri had plunged straight through its forehead, silver blood covering his whole arms.

He felt another presence of a Secular that had just come out from the gates of Hell and was now desiring and lusting for a human's blood, preferably the Fallen's blood. Its mouth was watering and its sharp teeth ready to rip off meat or flesh. Sakura shivered from fright and slowly looked at Sasuke, seeing his bangs shadowing his eyes and the markings still all over his body. When he looked up, she grew more scared.

Her eyes widened when she saw him give a smirk, a look that told you he was craving for blood to be spilled. It scared her. It reminded her of his story of how he killed his family mercilessly. She didn't want him to be a sadistic killer; she didn't want him like this, all covered with markings, sharingan activated and a look that wanted blood. She feared this side of him. This wasn't the man she fell for, this wasn't Uchiha Sasuke.

"Teme, don't!"

Neji and the gang had finally arrived but was a little too late when Sasuke had made a mad dash towards the new arrival and the Secular was also running towards him. The blonde Demon watched in horror to see his best friend being a sadist once again. He turned to Neji who was rooted to the spot, afraid that if he made a move, he would die. Shikamaru was in no better position as he fell to his knees and stared wide-eyed. He thought that he will never see this side of the Uchiha again but he was wrong. Whoever triggered this mode of his would probably be none other than Sakura.

"N-Neji, you have to do something!" Ten-Ten cried, shaking her boyfriend. The Hyuuga only shook his head and turned to Sakura. "You have to stop him," the Chosen looked up at him with an "are-you-serious" look and he only nodded. "You're the only one who can, trust me, even Kakashi won't be able to stop his berserk mode."

"But… why me?"

"You're the Chosen, you have the power to do it, more over, he has a soft spot for you."

Sakura averted her eyes back to Sasuke, seeing him continue to torment the dying rogue. Staggering to get up, she walked over to him with difficulty, extending out her hand to touch him, but she was scared. "S-Sasuke…" she choked when he turned to her, an evil smirk on his lips as she brought her hand to her chest and tried hard not to shake. "Please… stop…"

"Why should I?" he asked, now fully facing her, his smirk turning into a frown. "You're in my way." And when he was about to attack, Naruto had dived right at him and held onto him, ignoring the punches the teen gave. "Shikamaru, Ten-Ten, get Sakura out of here, Neji, go call Kakashi, I'll- I'll hold him off!"

"Let go of me dead-last!"

The two Hunters grabbed Sakura and pulled her away from the two as Neji quickly sped off to wherever Death was, trying so hard to send a telepathic message to the silver-haired man. He prayed for him to come, if not, at least Iruka will do. "Hyuuga-san!" he looked up and saw Life and Death flying over to him with worried looks. Kakashi looked at him directly. "Where's Sasuke?" and Neji led them to the scene.

"Snap out of it Sasuke!" Naruto yelled and for once, thanked the Heavens when he saw Neji return with Kakashi and Iruka who both rushed to them. Iruka took Naruto and Kakashi held Sasuke down as the Fallen kept struggling. "Sasuke, stop it, don't do this!" Kakashi yelled but the teen kept trashing about. The adult narrowed his eyes and gave a deep sigh. "You leave me no choice," he said and told Iruka to hold him down as he made a few seals. "Fuuja Houin!" and before he knew it, Sasuke had started to grit his teeth and shut his eyes as he tried to suppress the urge to yell out in pain. His marks slowly returning back to where it came from as a seal appeared around it, temporarily stopping it from becoming active once again.

"Iruka, do it."

"A-Aa…" The Angel of Life did a couple of different hand seals and placed his palm over Sasuke's forehead who was slowly loosing consciousness. "What is he doing?" Naruto asked Neji who watched the two perform their task. "He's draining his chakra so that he can sleep and regenerate in peace. It takes two days and a half for a Hunter to regain his/her level of chakra loss, it takes us, an Angel and Demon, one and a half days to be back in tip top shape and it takes a Fallen one whole day to be in perfect condition without the mark acting up. If we don't recharge, we could end up going berserk and just kill almost anything or anyone we see."

"Is… that what happened… to him… when he was… nine?" the two half-breeds turned to Sakura who just came back, followed by Shikamaru and Ten-Ten who was panting. Neji narrowed his eyes at this. "You shouldn't be here." Her green eyes returned the same look and she asked sternly. "Is that how he killed his family?" No one answered until Kakashi turned to her and shook his head. "This was nothing compared to how he killed his family. Remember this Sakura, every half-breed has two things that makes them have a reputation to be feared. One is what happened to Sasuke right now, his mark acted up when he saw you in danger, the other…" he trailed off, not wanting to continue so Iruka did it for him. "The other is being possessed by Hellarium, the head of Seculars. He targets half-breeds for they are easy to possess, and his interest landed on Sasuke when he was born."

"But why him..?"

"Sharingan," Kakashi said. "He owns a unique skill that can foresee or predict the move of the opponent, can hypnotize a victim and most of all, can copy any kind of attack, except of course other special abilities." He sighed and carried his adopted son on his back.

"Isn't there a way to prevent that from happening again?" she asked, glancing at Sasuke's unconscious body. "Isn't there anything I can do to make sure this doesn't happen again?" Kakashi sighed at this and shook his head. "No, there is nothing you can do to stop an out of control half-breed. Be warned Sakura, don't stay too close to Sasuke, or any of your four guardians when they suddenly touch their mark. It's a sign that the full-mode of a half-breed is about to be activated."

"Naruto, Shikamaru, go back to Sugo-Shizen High." He instructed the two and turned to the two nineteen-year olds. "Neji, Ten-Ten, head back to your university." And the four left them. Kakashi turned to Sakura and put Sasuke down. "Sakura, take care of him for a while, I just need to talk to Iruka." She nodded and took Sasuke from Kakashi, though it was hard since he was heavy but she managed and made his head rest on her lap, looking down at his face looking tired and worn-out. "And I almost forgot, after their seal goes back, they grow weak from using almost all of their chakra." Kakashi said, patting her head and walking over to where Iruka waited.

"Think you can explain this to Tsunade?"

Iruka nodded and crossed his arms. "I think she'll understand the situation, but why are you asking me to explain it like you're planning something?" he asked, looking at him as he turned to avoid his gaze. "You're not telling me something Kakashi," he said, placing a hand on his shoulder which caused the silver-haired man to look back at him. "Kakashi, I've known you for five years, ever since I saved you from dying, you can't expect me to not know you over those-" he got cut off when Kakashi placed a finger on his lips. "Okay, I'll tell you, I plan on having those two skip school for tomorrow, Sasuke lost a lot of chakra and I'm worried that another incident like today might happen again."

"I see." He answered and turned to the two teens, seeing how Sakura continued to stroke Sasuke's raven bangs away from his face and wiping the sweat he had on his forehead away. A smile graced the Life Angel's lips. "I remember doing that to you when you were barely conscious." Kakashi blushed but tried to push it down. "Yeah, and I miss it." He said, looking at his counterpart. "Iruka, you will do it, right?"

He nodded and smiled. "Yes, I know how you feel about your son Kakashi, remember, I have Naruto as well to look after, go ahead, I'll take care of everything." The Death Angel smiled in gratitude "Thanks." And he leaned to him, pulled down his mask slightly and gave a quick peck on Iruka's cheek. "See 'ya!" and he placed back his mask and smirked when Life just blushed at his actions.

"Sakura, let's go." Kakashi called out, carrying Sasuke behind his back. "I hope you don't mind walking, I can't carry the two of you back home." She laughed and nodded, not minding at all and Iruka watched them walking away, a slight smile on his face. "A family… it would be nice…" he thought, imagining him and Kakashi with their two sons, Sasuke and Naruto and if ever, two daughter-in-laws; Sakura for Kakashi's son and another for his son.

Kakashi placed Sasuke on the bed and stepped outside the room after telling Sakura to take care of him for a while since he still needs to prepare dinner for them. As soon as he left, she sat by his bedside and watched her long-time crush continue to sleep and regenerate. Her eyes cast a sad look upon remembering him try to attack her for being in his way.

"You're in my way."

His words echoed in her ears and she shook away the tears that threatened to fall. Sakura stroked his hair and sighed, remembering what he almost did when she told him about their first year in Sugo-Shizen High. "He almost… kissed me…"

"Sa…ku…ra…"

She nearly jumped when he mentioned her name as a blush swept across her face. Sakura looked down to see him stir a bit and mention her name a few times. By instinct, she placed her hand over his, squeezing it to assure him that she was here, safe, just beside him and he relaxed a bit. Absentmindedly, she leaned in and gave him a light kiss on his forehead, bidding him sweet dreams, not knowing that by the door, Kakashi was there, smiling at the sweet gesture they both exchanged, even if the other didn't exactly know what he did.

"Sasuke will never believe me if I told him what he did." And he chuckled lightly before closing the door, making sure Sakura didn't hear it and he went back downstairs. He stopped short and touched the left side of his neck where a stinging pain suddenly occurred. His own mark was acting up even though he was a pure-breed. A voice he never thought he would hear again suddenly laughed at him in his head, mocking him.

"If you think I won't get what I want, then you're very wrong, Hatake Kakashi…" said the eerie voice as the pure-breed held onto the walls for support. "Ugh, O-Orochimaru…" he fell on his hands and knees, trying to fight his mark from spreading. "Kakashi, I am the leader of Hell, therefore, whatever you do, I can still control you, for you came from Hell itself." And soon enough, his mark began to spread all over his body and he slowly lost control, his eyes turning lifeless and dull like a toy as he turned around and faced the door to Sasuke's room. "Now, go and bring me those two."

"Yes, Master Orochimaru."

To be continued…

Next on Fallen: Chapter 4: Confusion

Iruka tried desperately to stop him from hurting the five half-breeds and Chosen. He couldn't bare to see his adopted son, his former students Neji and Ten-Ten, and the other three teens to be harmed anymore. He doesn't know what else he could do so he grabbed Kakashi's shoulders and made the man face him, brought down his mask and pulled himself up to kiss the Angel of Death, startling everyone who was there to witness them. What was supposed to be their secret relationship has just been exposed, just to be able to stop the mark that was continuously spreading on Death's body.

A/N: I did say from my profile before that this will contain one Yaoi pair and that's KakaIru, I hope you guys will still read and support this fic. I'm just doing this for my friend who is a Yaoi fan and she's been requesting for at least one pair. Trust me, I'm not too keen on Yaoi either.