Thank you some much everyone for all of your support. You guy's really are amazing. I have another project that I'm starting soon, I hope to see you all there!
It's been an emotional ride for Kakashi and Sakura so without further ado, the finial chapter to The One Night Henge.
Enjoy!
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The first thing Sakura noticed when she woke up was the horrible pain in the side of her head. Immediately after, she realized that she was laying on something hard and cold. As she opened her eyes, she noticed that she was in some kind of concrete building with her hands tied together, and that she wasn't alone.
About five feet from her was a door—she could hear two men talking on the other side of it. Sakura shivered, it was cold and she had no source of heat. She tried to use her chakra to warm her blood and increase body temperature in such a situation as this.
"No!" she whispered to herself. Her chakra was being blocked by something. That's when she noticed the sharp pain in her side. She shifted again, feeling a soreness in her side. She assumed it was from some sort of injection.
Great. How was she supposed to escape these men without any chakra? Who were these men and why had they abducted her? She was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of footsteps drawing closer to her. She looked up and came face to face with the guy that had led her to her ambush under the pretenses that Kakashi was badly injured.
Sakura went into a small panic all over again, Kakashi! He had been injured. Was he okay? Where was he? She scowled at him. "Who are you and where is Kakashi?" she demanded.
The man laughed at her, "My name is Yohiro Motoki and Kakashi should be on his way to save you soon," he answered.
"If that were true, then you would be a fool to find it funny," she snapped back at him.
"I look forward to it," he said simply. The tone in his voice and the look on his face gave Sakura a horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach. Never in her life had she seen someone take a threat from Kakashi Hatake so lightly.
"How would he even know that I'm gone?" she asked. She wanted to get as much information out of her abductors as she could.
"Because I have someone waiting to tell him about your abduction. They are on their way to give him his invitation as we speak. They are to bring him here to me."
"Why do you want Kakashi?"
"Because he massacred my clan in cold blood. I've spent years waiting to repay him." The man's smug expression changed into one of utter disgust and hate.
These men wanted to hurt Kakashi, probably even kill him. Sakura had to do something, anything to keep them from luring Kakashi to his death. She laughed in the man's face. "Too bad for you that won't work. Kakashi won't come here for me," she told him. She knew it was a lie; Kakashi would always give his life for someone else, no matter who it was.
Then the man's smug look returned, "I don't think that's true. I'm certain that he would give just about anything for you!"
"What makes you so sure?" she asked.
"Because he is in love with you!" the man explained. "We have been watching him for weeks. We have been watching both of you. We know all about the little game the two of you have been playing." He paused and simply stared at Sakura for a long moment, maybe trying to gage her reaction.
"He'll come for you!" he reassured her before she felt the sting of a needle in her side. Her mind instantly went cloudy and her limbs grew incredibly heavy.
Kakashi had just left the bar and was now making his way home alone. He wished Sakura was with him; he ached for her. He sighed. Maybe he should try going to her house? But he had told her that if she didn't show up then he would respect her decision. Home it is, then.
"Kakashi Hatake," a man called from the shadows.
Kakashi instantly took a defensive position. How did he not notice someone so close by? The man emerged from the shadows and made his way closer to Kakashi. Kakashi braced himself for a fight; he didn't like the feeling that he was getting from this man.
"I have no intentions of fighting you. I am merely here as a messenger."
"Alright," Kakashi said, but he didn't break his defensive pose. "What's the message that you have for me?"
"An invitation," the man said before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a white cloth. He opened it and showed Kakashi the item within. It was Sakura's necklace. He dangled it in plain view, making sure that there was no mistaking the item.
Why did they have that? How did they get it? Was Sakura hurt? Kakashi lunged forward and pressed a kunai to the man's throat. "Where is she?" Kakashi demanded.
"With our leader. He sent the necklace as proof that we have her, along with an invitation to you to save her," the man explained.
"Why would he think that I care about an old teammate so much that I would fall into such an obvious trap?" Kakashi asked, although he was pretty sure that he already knew the answer.
"Because we have been watching you both for weeks. We know how you feel about her and we know how much you value her. That's why we took her. I'm here to bring you to her."
Kakashi tightened his grip on the man but nodded in agreement. He released the man from his hold, and they began making their way to the village gates, Kakashi mentally promising to kill anyone if they had harmed Sakura.
Following his escort's gestures to the left, Kakashi entered the part of the hideout where Yohiro was waiting for him.
He wasn't waiting alone. There, on the ground before him, was Sakura. She didn't look well; she was bleeding from her head, and she seemed to be only half conscious, like she had been heavily drugged.
Kakashi's eyes met with her captor, Yohiro Motoki. He had Sakura on her knees facing Kakashi, holding her in place with a hand full of pink hair. This situation was bad; he needed to convince Yohiro to let Sakura go.
"You have no reason to keep her any longer. Sakura has nothing to do with this. Just let her go and you can do whatever you want with me." Kakashi was hoping that his reasoning would work against the man.
Yohiro tugged on Sakura's hair, forcing her to stand up, her back flush against his front. He pulled a kunai up to her throat with his other hand.
"Yohiro, I swear I'll kill you for hurting her..." Kakashi warned. He didn't like the fact that these men had kept Sakura tied up and helpless. He certainly didn't like how Yohiro was touching her right now.
"I haven't touched her...yet!" Yohiro smirked at Kakashi.
Kakashi tensed. It was slight, but Yohiro had seen it. "I was waiting for you to get here for that. I wanted you to see me take what's most precious to you like I watched you do to me all those years ago," he said as he pulled Sakura's head back a little further.
Yohiro clearly enjoyed getting under Kakashi's skin, and he was not above using Sakura to do it. He continued to taunt Kakashi with Sakura, brushing his fingers along Sakura's face before licking her neck in a manner that made Kakashi feel sick. He could see Sakura attempting to pull away from him, fighting against the drugs.
"She's very beautiful, Kakashi. Maybe I'll keep her for a little while after I kill you."
Kakashi's blood was boiling; if he didn't do something then, Yohiro had every intention of doing the most unspeakable of things to Sakura right in front of him as a way of revenge. Kakashi couldn't let that happen. He threw a shuriken as a diversion, knowing Yohiro would move to dodge it. He did, dropping a limp Sakura to the ground in the process.
Taking the opportunity, Kakashi launched himself forward for an attack, kunai at the ready. When they collided, the sound of metal against metal rang out through the cave. Yohiro laughed in Kakashi's face as both men battled for the upper hand, pleased with himself for being able to get such a reaction from the stoic Kakashi.
The two men broke apart, only to come back together a moment later with a loud metallic clang of their kunai. Kakashi didn't like how well this man was holding up against his attacks. With Sakura in her current state, she wouldn't be able to fight back if he lost this fight.
This fight wasn't just about himself. Kakashi wasn't just fighting for his only life this time. He was fighting for Sakura's too, and losing her wasn't an option. Kakashi pulled out another kunai and made a quick move for Yohiro's head, but he dodged it and immediately countered with a swift kick to Kakashi's side.
The kick sent Kakashi flying across the room. This was bad; Kakashi knew that this was an even fight. He needed to end this quickly, the longer the fight went on, the greater his chance of losing to his opponent became. Kakashi rolled to his feet and steadied himself for another attack.
He knew that the best way to beat someone matching his own power level was to outsmart them. So he waited for Yohiro to make his move. He did, cocky and arrogant, thinking that he had Kakashi backed into a corner. Kakashi faked left but dodged left at the last second, making contact with his kunai in Yohiro's blind spot.
Yohiro dropped to the ground, bleeding heavily. For a moment Kakashi thought that he had won, but then another man entered the room and immediately went on the attack. Kakashi ducked, dodging a sword meant to take his head off. Spinning around he landed a swift kick to the swordsman's head, knocking him unconscious.
A third man came running through the doorway, the one who had found him in Konoha and led him here. His hands went through a series of hand signs before slamming them on the ground. In response, a large rock formation sprung up from the ground and hurled towards Kakashi.
Going through his own hand signs, Kakashi countered with his earth style jutsu. When the two jutsu collided, they created a massive earthquake. The entire building shook and large chunks of the concrete building were starting to crumble. Kakashi looked over to Sakura, who was trying to crawl away from the falling rocks.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, Kakashi saw Yohiro. He was stumbling towards Sakura, kunai in hand. Yohiro looked at Kakashi and smirked before lashing forward at incredible speed for an injured man. He was two steps away from colliding with Sakura when Kakashi's Lightning Blade pierced through his chest.
Blood poured from Yohiro's mouth as his body went limp around Kakashi's hand. He wheezed, grabbing at Kakashi's jacket.
Kakashi leaned in closer to him, "You should have left her out of this." Kakashi extracted his hand from the man's chest and let him fall to the ground. He looked over to the last man standing, who gave him a terrified look before taking off out the door.
Kakashi didn't bother chasing after him; there was no time for that. The building was coming down and he needed to get Sakura and himself out of there, now. He scooped Sakura up in his arms and sprinted for the exit.
They made it out just in time. Moments after they cleared it, the building collapsed.
Kakashi was about halfway back to Konoha when Sakura began convulsing in his arms. He stopped and laid her out on the grass. She looked even worse than before. He tried to find some reason for her worsening condition but couldn't see anything that was obvious.
He wasn't sure what to do; he didn't have any medical knowledge to assess her condition. The best thing that he could do for her was to get her back to Konoha to have Tsunade treat whatever they'd given to her. He picked her back up and cradled her in his arms tightly as he set off for Konoha as fast as his body would go.
When he reached the gates, he didn't stop. Sakura was steadily getting worse in his arms. He burst through the door to Tsunade's office at the hospital and collapsed on the floor, still holding Sakura tightly against him. Tsunade immediately jumped up and came to Sakura's aid.
"Kakashi, what happened?" she asked him
"She was abducted last night by the Motoki clan, they gave her some kind of drug. I don't know what, but she's getting worse." Kakashi told her as tears began to prickle in his eyes.
Tsunade began a full body scan on Sakura, then determined that it was a very strong sedative that Sakura had been given too much of. She was overdosing, and if they didn't start treatment immediately, it would most definitely cause heart failure.
As Tsunade started treatment on Sakura, a nurse came in and tried to look over Kakashi. He shrugged her off, refusing any treatment until he knew that Sakura would be okay. Tsunade had taken Sakura into an operating room and Kakashi was forced to wait outside the room.
Several hours later, Tsunade had finished doing all that she could do. "Only time will tell now. I have extracted all of the substance that I could, but the amount that had already been absorbed into her organs was substantial."
"Will she live?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes, but I can't be sure when she will wake up. If she ever does," Tsunade explained.
"I see, " was all he could muster up to say.
Tsunade wasn't sure what had happened or what had been happening between Kakashi and Sakura, but she knew that broken look on a man's face. Kakashi loved Sakura deeply. She remembered realizing that she loved Jiraiya, though it had been too late to do anything about it. Now Kakashi may be facing that same regret.
"Kakashi."
He looked up at her, eyes glazed over.
"If she does come back to us, don't screw it up this time. I don't want you and Sakura to end up like me and Jiraiya. I'll leave you alone with her for now. I'll check in in a few hours." Then she left the room.
Tears formed in Kakashi's eyes. He hadn't fought for Sakura when she pushed him away. He had been a coward and he might never get the chance to fix that. What if she never wakes up? I would never again hear her laugh, I would never again see her smile. Tears ran down Kakashi's face. I'll never be able to hold her again, or make love to her again. I'll never see her blush for me when I tease her. I'll never hear her voice say my name ever so softly.
Kakashi reached out and wrapped his arms around Sakura, pulling her in close to him and let all the pain, sadness, and fatigue take him under. He fell asleep crying into Sakura's pink hair as he held her tightly to his chest.
When Sakura awoke, she felt something warm and heavy pressed tightly against her. So tightly she was having trouble breathing. She cracked her eyes open and looked around—she was home, in the hospital. She looked beside her to the warm heavy thing pinning her down.
"Kakashi," she whispered. He stirred next to her. She was trying to figure out how she had gotten home and why Kakashi was there next to her. Then the fuzzy memories of the night before all came flooding back. She looked down at him once again. His eyes were open this time, and he was looking at her.
"Sakura, are you alright?" he asked as he sat up.
"I'm fine Kakashi. You can leave now." She didn't want to face him right now; she couldn't.
"Sakura…" Kakashi started.
Sakura could feel the panic welling up inside of her. He was going to try to have that talk right here and now. She wasn't ready for it; she had to get him out of there.
"Kakashi, I can't right now. I just can't." she told him.
Kakashi wasn't going to give up on her easily, but he understood that she needed some time to take in everything that had happened. "You don't have to talk to me right now, but I'm not leaving."
If Sakura were being honest, she didn't really want him to leave. Even before the whole henge situation, Kakashi's presence had always been a comfort, and she always felt safe when with him. So she nodded, and they said nothing else.
Sakura was released from the hospital the next day. Kakashi had refused to leave her side the entire time, and he had insisted on walking her home. He had stayed true to his word so far in not saying anything, and she wanted him there, so she let him walk her home.
When they reached her house, he asked if she wanted him to stay. Her mouth said no, while her heart screamed yes. He gave a silent nod and left. That had been a week ago.
He came by every day to check on her, bringing her food and making sure she ate. He always asked how she was sleeping. He always asked if there was anything she needed him to do and offered to listen if she wanted to talk about her abduction but never tried to make her talk about their henge issue. She was grateful for that. He always offered to stay with her, and she always decided to regret it the second the door closed behind him.
Sakura walked in her front door carrying a bag of groceries. It was the first time she had been grocery shopping since her abduction. Kakashi had been bringing her two meals a day for the past week, so she hadn't been too pressed to go grocery shopping.
She laid her keys on the table beside her door and walked her bag of groceries to the kitchen. She set the bag on the kitchen counter and went to turn on the lights. She reached the light switch and turned it on. When she turned back around, she was faced with a maskless Kakashi standing in her kitchen.
What the hell is he doing? He had never just let himself in before, especially when she wasn't even home. He had already come by for the day, so why was he here now?
Kakashi had been patient with Sakura through their entire ordeal. He understood that she needed breathing room after her abduction, and he understood that she needed time to think about their henge situation. But he knew she wanted him close by. She always looked sad when he left and was more relaxed while he was there.
"What are you doing here, Kakashi?" Sakura asked in a voice almost too small to hear.
"We need to talk about what happened between us, Sakura."
Oh no. She wasn't ready for that. He had been so good about not bringing it up that Sakura was hoping that he had let it go. She made a dash for the door. But Kakashi was up and on her heels in an instant, standing in front of the door effectively blocking her from running away.
"Kakashi, what are you doing?"
"We need to talk about this, Sakura," he said softly.
"No, we don't, Kakashi, there is nothing to talk about," she spat, as she backed away from him.
He was in front of her in two steps, so close that she could feel the heat coming off his body. "Yes, there is. You can't keep running from this Sakura, from us."
"There is no us, Kakashi. It was all a lie, none of it was real. Saki and Sukea fell in love, not us."
"It wasn't for me. Yes, I lied about my name. But everything else I ever told you was true. All those things that I shared with you, the details about my life, all of the demons I let you see, it was all true. I have never let anyone in like I have with you."
"No, it was all fake."
"Do you really believe that, or are you just telling yourself that because you're afraid?"
She didn't answer. He knew it—she wanted this, she was just too afraid to take the chance. He had to prove to her that she was safe with him.
Cupping her face with both hands, he gently caressed her cheeks with his thumbs as she looked at him. He leaned in close to her, almost nose to nose. "I promise you that I will never hurt you." She tried to look away, but he held her gaze.
It was now or never. "Sakura, I love you! More than anything. I've never wanted anyone or anything as much as I want a life with you."
She squeezed her eyes shut and shook her head in disbelief. She was going to be stubborn, but he was having an effect on her. He just needed to get through that last wall. "If you truly believe that, then look me in my face right now and tell me that you don't love me."
Her eyes locked with his once again, but she couldn't do it. Because she did love him.
Her big green eyes filled with tears as she looked up at him. "I can't," she choked out. Her hands were grasping at his shirt tightly. "Kakashi, I..." She started to sob. "I..."
Her body shook from the heavy crying as she buried her face in his chest. "Kakashi, I'm scared. I love you so much! What if this doesn't work out? What if you realize that you don't really love me?" she asked through choked sobs.
He wrapped his arms around her a little tighter. "That won't happen, my love," he told her soothingly.
Gently grabbing her chin with his thumb and index finger, he turned her head to face him before dipping his own head to press his lips to hers. The kiss was shy and tentative at first, but soon it grew more heated.
Sakura wrapped both arms around Kakashi's neck as their kiss deepened.
"Sakura," he said between kisses, "I want to," trailing kisses along her jawline,"to make love to you." he finished.
Sakura pulled back just enough to look him in the eyes. What she saw there erased any doubts that may have lingered in her mind. What she saw was that same raw emotion that she loved so much about Sukea.
She had never thought that a man like Kakashi was capable of such feelings, but here he was, baring it all just for her.
She smiled at him lovingly before pulling on his jacket and tugging it off. The rest of their clothes soon followed, leaving a trail to her bedroom. Once on the bed Kakashi, took a moment to look down at her beneath him and for the first time see her in pink and green. He swore it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.
He kissed her lovingly and soon they were making love with sweet whispers to each other. Sakura's heart fluttered as she looked up at Kakashi. She decided that no matter what happened after this, nothing was going to ruin this for them. She loved him and he loved her.
Kakashi placed a hand underneath Sakura, between her back and the bed. Giving him a better angle to thrust even deeper inside of her. He thought about how much he had wanted to be with her like this as himself for so long, to hear her call out his name and not Sukea.
"Sakura," he rasped in her ear. "Say my name." he told her.
It took a moment for Sakura to register what he was saying. His thrusts became long and deep, and she found it difficult to concentrate with the feeling of him inside of her.
"I need to hear you say my name, Sakura," he told her again. "Say it when you cum for me," he said as he continued his pace.
Sakura felt something clench in her chest at his words, a few more thrusts and she was coming undone beneath him and calling out his name over and over. At the sight and sound of Sakura, Kakashi couldn't hold himself back any longer and released himself along with her.
He collapsed on the bed beside her and wrapped his arms around her pulling her close to him. Before they could fall asleep, Sakura had one last thing on her mind. "Kakashi?"
"Hn."
"Does our situation scare you too?" she asked tentatively.
"It scares the shit out of me," he answered honestly.
"Then why was it so easy for you to decide that you wanted to pursue this?"
He opened his eyes and looked down at her. "Because when I thought about a life without you, it scared me more."
Sakura's heart burst with love. She tucked herself into his side and let out a content sigh. Because there was nowhere else that either of them would rather be.
FIN
