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Kakashi leaned to a tree, barely able to stand up. His chest was full of bleeding cuts and two kunais were buried deep into his shoulder.
The fight was over and Kakashi's enemies were lying on the ground, dead and covered in blood.
Kakashi was lucky to be alive. Two ninjas on the ground were members of the Akatsuki, Kakashi had killed them, but it had been a difficult battle and Kakashi knew that it was the last fight he would ever fight.
His chakra was drained due to the use of Chidori and his sharingan.
Pakkun was on his way to get the Anbu-ninjas he knew were looking for Kakashi. Pakkun had ran to the forest while disobeying Kakashi's orders to just leave him there to die.
Kakashi crashed to the ground as his legs finally gave in and his side hit a root painfully.
So this was it, finally he would pass out never to wake up again.
Kakashi almost smiled as he could imagine Tsunade trying to wake him up. He could hear the Hokage's cursing and yelling when Kakashi's mind and body wouldn't obey.
" My apologies Hokage-sama, mission failed." Kakashi muttered.
" Hatake-sama!" Kakashi heard someone yelling his name.
'When it's important Pakkun is fast', Kakashi thought.
" Hatake-sama." One Anbu-ninja ran to Kakashi and checked his wounds.
" We're too late." The man behind the crow mask muttered to his comrade.
" Finally someone agrees with me." Kakashi laughed and the two Anbu looked at each other.
" Baka Hatake." Pakkun cursed and Kakashi wasn't sure if the little dog's eyes filled with tears or not due to his clouding vision.
" Sorry Pakkun, ask Naruto if he could feed you… And ask Hokage, if she could be so kind to not have my name carved in to the stone. I'm not worth it…" Kakashi's voice faded and the Copy-ninja Hatake Kakashi took one last breath and was gone.
" Stubborn to the end." Pakkun said quietly.
The two Anbus carried Kakashi's body back to Konoha and to the Hokage.
" Where is that baka Hatake? He's late again, this time total three days." Tsunade said for the eleventh time to the window which showed the late evening of Leaf village.
" Tsunade-sama…" Shizune's voice came through the door.
" Yes?"
" Hatake Kakashi…"
" Get that lazy bummer in here." Tsunade said and rose from her desk.
The door opened and Tsunade could see a crowd behind her office door. There were Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, all the jounins, some Anbus, Iruka and Jiraiya. Sakura was crying, so was Kurenai and Anko's eyes were wet too.
Two Anbus were carrying the body of Kakashi, which was covered in blood. No sign of life came from the Copy-ninja and Tsunade knew that what everyone thought as impossible had finally happened.
" Hokage-sama. I am here to inform you that Hatake Kakashi was killed in action. While his returning from the Hidden Grass he was attacked by Akatsuki. The two Akatsuki are dead. Hatake-sama died because of his injuries and because of huge chakra-loss. Hatake-sama's dog Pakkun found us but we were too late. Hatake-sama asked that his name would not be carved in to the Memorial stone."
" That's not an option. It's a tradition and he will not be the one to break it. He will have his name in the stone. Because he was one of the best ninjas in our village. Even surpassing some of the Hokages, at least the Sannins, if I'm not totally wrong." Jiraiya said and Tsunade looked at him nodding agreeing.
The next day the whole village mourned and paid their respects to the a ninja who had always protected them even as they had not always known it. Kakashi and his legendary skills were known widely, Kages from most of the villages were there too.
After the funeral three jounins and the Hokage were seen by the Memorial Stone.
Under the names of Uchiha Obito and Rin was the name of their last team member, Hatake Kakashi, Copy ninja of the Hidden Leaf village of Konoha.