Chapter 5: Bloodline Blunder
"Good morning, Sakura." Kakashi whispered. Sakura's eyes fluttered open and she smiled.
"Good morning Kakashi." Sakura yawned. She stretched her arms over her head.
"You seem tense." Kakashi whispered. Sakura blushed furiously as she felt Kakashi's hands on her shoulders giving her a deep massage. She let out soft groans as Kakashi's strong hands applied the perfect amount of pressure on her tight muscles. Sakura flushed when Kakashi's hands moved farther down her back and on her hips. His thumbs made small circles right above her hip bones. Sakura bit back a groan and shut her eyes.
"Kakashi…" She breathed.
"Sakura…" He replied, turning her to face him. Sakura inched closer to his face.
"Sakura…" he said again. Their lips brushing up against each other.
"Take me Kakashi…"
Once their lips met, she felt a cold, wet sensation cover her. She gasped, and sat up in bed.
"Good morning Sakura-chan." Kakashi greeted in the doorway with an empty bucket.
"Kakashi Nee-san!" Sakura screamed, "What was that for?"
Kakashi looked surprised at her anger. "You were making strange noises and wouldn't wake up when I pat your shoulder," Sakura blushed and looked away, "so I resorted to the old bucket of water."
"Why did you need to wake me up for?" She asked still very irritated.
Kakashi's eye crinkled as he smiled underneath his mask. "Tsunade-sama requested our presence over an hour ago. I only realized we were late ten minutes ago."
"What?!" Sakura yelled as she jumped out of bed. She rushed to her drawers and pulled out some shorts, a red mid-cut tank top and a pair of undergarments. She ran out the door, bumping into Kakashi and into the bathroom. 3 minutes later she came out all dressed only to face a blushing Kakashi. "Why are you blushing?" She asked.
Sheepishly, Kakashi raised his hand. Sakura's face turned crimson as she saw her bra hanging from his pinkie. "You dropped this, or at least left it on my hand." Sakura ran forward and snatched the bra from him. She ran back into the bathroom and then came out finally ready to go.
"I'm ready." She exclaimed in between breaths.
"Then I'll see you there!"
"Huh?" Pop! Kakashi poofed out of the house. "Gah!! Kakashi i'm gonna kill you!"
Pop! "Yo." Kakashi greeted the fuming Hokage.
"Kakashi!!! You're 2 hours late! How can you call your-" She paused, "Where's Sakura?"
Kakashi held his hand to the side of his mouth. "A little underwear issue." Tsunade was puzzled but shook it off.
"We have information on Missing Nins in the area," She began, "Here he is." She handed Kakashi Konoha's bingo book, which contained all of the S-Class Criminals that are wanted in Konoha. He opened to the marked off pages. His eye widened at the first profile.
"Why do you think he's back?" He inquired.
"You'll find the reason when you check the other name." Kakashi turned the page and almost dropped the book.
"So he's dueling it out with his brother?"
"Precisely," Tsunade said, "I am assigning you on this mission. Your goal is to track down the two nins, and report back. Do not try to capture them alone. Once we are aware of their location, we can apprehend them."
Kakashi kept his impassive look. "And what of Sakura?"
"Her parents left a will. She has quite an inheritance. And on the issue of you leaving her, there isn't much I can do about that, unless you wish for her to accompany you."
Kakashi's eye widened. "Tsunade-sama, that won't be-"
"Kakashi nee-san! Why did you leave me behind!" Sakura screamed as she barged through the office door.
"Sakura, thank you for showing up." Tsunade said very irritated.
Sakura took a seat quietly. Her face flustered. "Now, I have your parents will Sakura. They have left you a decent inheritance."
Sakura looked down at the ground as she listened. "Your parents have left you the house and all of their fortune and possessions, amounting to 700,000 yen. They always kept a portion of their pay aside in their account just for you in case they passed away unexpectedly." Sakura held back the tears and continued to look down. "Also I have given Kakashi a mission away from home, but have given him the choice whether to take you or not." Sakura looked to her sensei with pleading eyes.
"Kakashi Nee-san, may I-"
"No, Sakura," Kakashi replied firmly, "It's too dangerous. I don't know what will happen if you got hurt out there."
"I'm not a little girl anymore," She began, "I've been taught by both you and Tsunade-shishou. I have enough experience to help me get by just fine."
"The answer is no, Sakura." Sakura's face filled with anger and she stormed out of the office.
It's not fair! She screamed as she pulverized a tree. I'm a Jounin for Kami's sake! I've been on A-rank missions before. So why can't I go on my first S-rank mission? Nee-san will be there to help me out if I need him! "KIYAA!" the oak tree uprooted and flew back taking out a second tree. Sakura panted heavily looking down at her bloody knuckles. She felt a hand on her shoulder and spun around, kunai ready,
"Easy Sakura-chan, i'm a friend." Kakashi said in his lazy voice.
"Hmph!" Sakura huffed, turning around to continue training. Kakashi sighed and dig his hands into his pockets.
"I thought about it and decided to tell you why I do not believe that you should go on this mission with me." Sakura remained silent and continued her taijutsu training. "The missing nins are Itachi and Sasuke."
Sakura faltered in her steps and spun around again with wide eyes. "Sasuke-kun? Here?"
"Not here. Well not yet that is. He's been seen in close to Konoha, so my job is to find out his exact location. We're guessing that Itachi is also in the area not as his ally but as an enemy. Maybe he decided to stop running for once and actually confront his younger brother."
Sakura looked down at her feet. "So you thought that if I went that I would let my emotions get in the way…" She said quietly.
Kakashi looked down at the young Kunoichi. "In a sense, yes. But mostly because I did not want you to get hurt."
Sakura glared at her guardian, angrily. "Kakashi sensei I'm perfectly able of watching my own ass! I don't need you to do it for me! I don't care that you're my guardian. I should be able to choose to go on a mission if I want! What gives you the right to tell me what to do? Your not even related to me!"
"Haruno Sakura, hold your tongue!" Kakashi snarled.
Suddenly, Kakashi's hia-ate went up on its own. Sakura watched in fear as his Sharingan started to spin at a high speed.
"My job is to protect you from all harm!"
The Sharingan started to change shape.
"Whether you like it or not I am your legal guardian!"
It's shape was now distinct. The Mangekyo Sharingan was unlocked.
"And there isn't a thing you-" Kakashi froze. There was a different look in his eyes. Whoever it was, Sakura knew it wasn't her former sensei.
"Mangekyo Sharingan!" Kakashi said, but with a deeper and foreign voice. "Tsukuyomi!"
Sakura froze and watched as the world around her changed into an illusionary world. She was standing in the training grounds alone. In front of her she saw her parents standing. All of a sudden, she saw the Sharingan eyes in the sky behind them. She cried out but no sound was made. The Sharingan sent a tidal wave of sand on her parents. Sakura cried out in fear and horror.
Reality warped back around her and she collapsed on the floor. Kakashi's sharingan stopped spinning and changed back. He suddenly snapped out of his trance and fell over from exhaustion.
"What the fuck just happened?" Kakashi said to himself, gasping for breath. He looked over at Sakura. She was shivering in her place on the ground. "Sakura!" He scrambled to his feet, ignoring the dizziness and knelt down beside the kunoichi. "Sakura, are you alright?"
"…" Sakura didn't say a word. Kakashi lited up her chin. She slapped his hand away and pushed herself away from him. "Don't touch me!" She screamed.
"Sakura.."
"Get away from me!" She became hysterical. "How could you do that to me?"
"Sakura, it was not me! It was my-"
"Shut up! I knew that I stepped over the line but I didn't believe that you would use your Sharingan on me!"
"Sakura, listen to me! It was my-"
"Fuck you!" She stood up and sprinted away.
"Sakura! SAKURA!" He screamed after her. "Dammit!" Kakashi didn't know where to turn. His bloodline limit was more a curse than it was an advantage. He couldn't use it or he'll waste chakra, and even if he got angry it unleashed itself. He swore again, and readjusted his hia-ate. "I have to find Sakura."
Sakura was on her bed, tears pouring from her eyes. He used his Sharingan on me! She said to himself. Maybe I shoudn't have crossed the line with him, but that didn't call for the Sharingan. Sakura looked out her window, up in the night sky. The moon seemed less bright tonight. And to think that I thought I was in love with him. She lay her head back on her pillow.
A few minutes passed and she heard the front door open. Kakashi was standing in her doorway with a soft gaze. "Go away. I don't want to see you anymore."
"Sakura let me explain." He began.
"You don't need to explain," She replied, "I know now the extent of your anger issues."
"Sakura it was not me who did that to you."
She sat up and shot a glare at him. "Oh, so I guess it was your evil twin then?" She snarled, "You have huge anger problems, sensei. Maybe that's why your two friends died. They killed themselves to get away from your rage."
Time stood still. Kakashi did not show his rage, and needed to use all the chakra in his body to keep his right hand from running a kunai through her back. Sakura knew from the silence that she crossed the line. "Kakashi sensei…i'm-"
"Save it." He interrupted and poofed away. Sakura looked down at her pillow and began to cry again. What have I done? Maybe he did have a legitimate reason.
Kakashi reappeared at the training grounds. The hate was swelling through his body. Thunder and lightning began to roar through the night sky. A bolt of lightning came down. In a flash, Kakashi charged a raikiri and cut right through the bolt. The collision of his chakra and the lightening bolt sent a giant flash throughout Konoha and a roar that shook the ground in a ten-mile radius. Kakashi's raikiri lived up to its title.
After a while, Kakashi calmed down. His memories of Obito and Rin played through his mind once more. He shook it away and pulled out the scroll that Tsunade had given him.
"I better get on this." He said in a low voice as he leapt towards he gates of Konoha.