They stood opposite each other; the training field they had picked was surrounded by trees. He had taken her to the furthest field to avoid interruptions. He watched as she suddenly disappeared from sight. He knew she would rather attack with stealth and speed; she liked the element of surprise. It would normally be a welcome break from Naruto's approach when he was called to help in odd ANBU mission. However, she wasn't hiding her chakra signature as well as he knew she could. On most missions, she could mask her chakra so well that even he would often forget she was on the mission with him. He decided to ignore her drop in skill and put it down to not practicing for a few months.

In actual fact, it was her nerves causing her drop-in skill. She could be calm and collected on a mission even if it could be the death of her but now, she was only having a simple spar with an old teammate. The only difference was he was the Hokage and she didn't want him to know her secret. It would not only ruin Sasuke's reputation but also her own.

She made a clone of herself and made it run to the other side of the clearing to get his attention. The clone purposely stepped on a twig to gain Kakashi's attention. He looked over to where the sound came from. He went to step towards it, once his back was facing her, she jumped out and ran at him at full speed. Just as she reached him, he turned and threw a kunai at her. She jumped back into the trees. She quickly checked herself for injuries just in case. She noticed the kunai had torn through her sleeve. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the rip in her right sleeve showed the mark on her wrist. She quickly ripped a part of her skirt and wrapped the piece around her wrist to hide it.

She managed to mask her chakra completely, this time, she was sure Kakashi knew she wasn't being herself. She moved from her spot to make sure he didn't know where she was. She waited for his back to be turned to her again before jumping out and almost landing a direct hit on him. He had turned around at just the right time. He blocked her punch and she jumped back. Stealth wasn't getting her anywhere. Kakashi's senses were too finely tuned for her to get an attack on him that way. He also knew her fighting style, so maybe it was time for a change. She didn't want to become predictable.

Kakashi was slightly shocked by her change of tactics. It was rare she would do this. He made the first move, aiming a punch for her head. She dodged and jumped back as he followed through with a kick which was aimed for her stomach. As he made his moves, he noticed she had made a temporary bandage from her skirt on her wrist. He was sure he hadn't caught her with the kunai.

They continued to fight until he managed to land a punch on her stomach, causing her to collapse.

Kakashi frowned as she fell to the ground and coughed up a bit of blood. He hadn't hit her hard enough to cause that amount of damage. He kneeled down next to her and she flinched away from him. "Katsumi, what's wrong?" He asked concerned, she had never flinched around him before, not even in the face of the emery. She shook her head.

"Nothing, I'm fine." She answered quickly, too quickly. Kakashi frowned.

"Let me take a look." He said as he reached to pull her top up so he could see her stomach. She flinched again and slapped his hand away.

"I'm fine, Kakashi-sama." She told him, making sure her voice sounded strong.

"As your Hokage, I demand you let me look at the damage," Kakashi ordered, he was sure he hadn't hit her that hard. He never used his full-strength during sparring. She sighed; she couldn't stop him now.

She slowly lifted up her top to reveal the day-old black bruise. Kakashi's visible eye widened. "Did I do this?" He asked slightly shocked, she shook her head. "Then how did you get this? And why didn't you tell me about it?" He questioned her, she should have told him, and he wouldn't have suggested sparring if he knew about it.

"Sparring with Sasuke-kun. I didn't move fast enough." She used the excuse she had made up earlier.

Kakashi sighed and shook his head slightly, then he remembered about her wrist.

"Will you let me look at your wrist?" He asked and watched her as she bit her lip nervously. It was her telltale sign that something wasn't right. Whoever left that note, he wanted to thank them.

"It's only a scratch." She told him and he raised an eyebrow at her.

"If it was just a scratch you wouldn't have bandaged it. I know you Katsumi." He told her, getting annoyed with her. "I'll ask you one more time, nicely." He added in a warning tone. "Will you let me look at your wrist?" He asked her and she slowly gave him her wrist. She knew if she didn't do it by choice then he would do it himself and he wouldn't be gentle about it.

He gently removed the bandage but he couldn't see a wound but what he did see, concerned him. She had a dark ugly mark around her wrist. "Show me the other one." He ordered. She held back her tears as she slowly gave him her other wrist. "How did you get these?" He asked trying to hold back his anger. He knew these types of marks were caused by fighting against restraints. She looked down, she didn't want to tell him, she was desperately trying to think of an excuse. "Don't lie to me Katsumi, just tell me." He ordered; he knew she was trying to make up a reason. He was getting fed up of her lies. She sighed; she had no choice now.

"Sasuke-kun did it." She whispered as she let her tears fall free.

Kakashi felt his anger well up but wasn't going to let her know how angry he was. Instead, he pulled her top back down and hugged her tightly to his chest. She needed him more than he needed to find Sasuke and kill him.

"I'm taking you to the hospital." He told her as he picked her, holding her bridal style.

"No, no, I'll be ok, Kakashi-sama. I don't need to go." She quickly protested and struggled in his arms to get free. Kakashi held onto her tighter, he didn't want to hurt her any more than she was but she had to be seen by a professional. He wanted to know what else Sasuke had done, he wanted to know if this was the first time, and it would certainly be the last time. He knew he would have to carry her there; she was more stubborn than he was about going to the hospital.

"You're going to the hospital; I don't care if you don't want to Katsumi. We need to see how bad those injuries are." He reasoned with her; he didn't want to use his power as Hokage to make her. She stopped struggling and allowed him to carry her to the hospital with her face hidden in his chest, ashamed of herself.