Chapter 15:

Poof! Sakura's eyes widened, as she watched Kakashi poof. Right after being hit by a Kunai, which she didn't see the direction that it came from. She let out a breath she had been holding, she almost died and was burried as she thought that he had been killed. Sakura hid herself well, stopping silently on one of the big trees. The oponent wouldn't be able to find her as the rain should be a good enough cover considering she wasn't to close. Sakura's eyes ran around the forrest, she couldn't see Kakashi, or the enemy. She had no idea what was going on, but it was probably a rogue ninja trying to get the scroll that Kakashi was delivering, well she was too but he didn't know that.

But then she gaped, her eyes didn't need to keep searching. Nor even move, no time for blinking. There was a ninja, one that had a mask on. And silver hair. Kakashi...Sakura felt her heart pounding, it was ready to explode. Yes she should be happy to see Kakashi, but Kakashi tied to a tree wasn't her best fantisy. Sakura gripped the tree. ' The clone was a diversion! Oh god they must be strong...They caught Kakashi. Kakashi! Kakashi Hatake the great copy ninja!!! I-I have to help. But they know i'm here..Do they know i'm hiding?' Sakura stuck her hands together. " Elemental fusion jutsu." Sakura melted into the tree that she was standing on, camoflaging.

Luckily that she did that, as the enemy as it looked was now standing in the spot she was just standing in. " What! She was just here, she must be from Konoha as well." Sakura was using her genjutsu, different to the one that she had been taught. As this one allowed her to actually become part of something. It was good for hiding.

Sakura made a hand signal again. Concentraiting all of her chakra into her fist. Jumping out of the tree, and coming at a fast speed. Her hand made contact with the enemys face. Her in-human strength of a punch, sent him flying. He went through three trees, breaking as he passed through each one. Finally hitting the forth which was strong enough to stop the force of him coming. He landed on the ground with a thump. Sakura ran towards him, flipped off the tree and continued running. When she got to what she thought was the body of the ninja, she found a stump. ' Damn it! He got away.' Sakura put her hands together forming a hand signal. Fusing with nature again she hid underground, still able to see what was going on above.

' Who is that girl, she looks farmiliar.' Kakashi squinted, he could only see a little bit as he was pretty far away.

Sakura created a clone, before she used her justu. The clone was behind Kakashi on the other side of the tree. It examined the situation, she made sure that she wasn't followed, or spotted. Looking at Kakashi she saw that he was binded to the tree by a chakra rope. Sakura called her clone back, and it poofed. Kakashi looked around after hearing the poofing noise, he could sense a presence but not sure who or what it was.

The real Sakura came in front of Kakashi emerging from the ground. Kakashi's eyes followed the head that popped out of the earth, then the body. " Sakura!" Kakashi's exposed eye widened.

Sakura smirked ' Hey...How did he know it was me. Inner Sakura- Ummm aren't you forgetting that you have bright pink hair, that no-one else has in Konoha. Sakura- Oh right..' " Don't worry Kakashi sen...argg. I'm here to save you." " No Sakura you have to get out of here! You will get hurt." Sakura glared at him. But there was no time for this, and she couldn't just leave him there. The man she loved...

Sakura worked fast. Kakashi watched, he couldn't argue with her but he had no idea what she was doing. He hadn't seen much of her for a while only seeing her the other night after the dance and everything. But he didn't want to see her, he didn't want her to save him..Well try too. Kakashi watched intently, it wouldn't be soon before the enemy would find them. Sakura let a dark blue chakra surround her hand. Looking at all the binds around Kakashi she concentrated. " Haaaaaa" With one swift move she cut the chakra binds around him. Kakashi had no time to be astonished or confused at what just happened. " Sakura behind you!" The enemy was running at Sakura, with Kunai. Sakura didn't turn around she just stared at Kakashi.

Suddenly the enemy ninja running at them was stopped, looking down there was a hand coming out of the ground that had taken hold of his leg, and then another which got the other leg. Kakashi was confused. Sakura turned around finally, and saw that her clone that she had created underground had taken ahold of of the enemy. The real Sakura ran at the ninja, who was the real one this time. And he wasn't going anywhere. Before the enemy could use any jutsu, her clone crushed his ankles with it's hands. The ninja fell to the ground. " ARRRRRRRRRRRRG!" The clone dissapeared. And the ninja was now on the ground screaming. He soon passed out, there was no blood but she was sure that the pain would be enough to make him pass out.

Sakura turned back to Kakashi ' Oh god what do I say, ahh do I tell him. After what just happened I mean...' Sakura could feel the rain pooring down really hard now. Her clothes were soaked. When she saw the expression on Kakashi's face she was scared. " Sakura what are you doing here!"

" Thats a nice welcoming for someone who just saved your life."

" I realize that Sakura, but I could have handeled it. Now answer my question what are you doing here." His voice was hard and firm. His eyes held hate, now Sakura was really scared.

" I'm on a mission." She stared into his eye, she was scared and didn;t know exactly how to read them.

" What mission?"

" This one, i'm your partner."

" What Sakura. You must have got it wrong, this is a jonin mission."

" And?"

" You're meant to be Jonin Sakura. Chunin don't do these types of missions."

" Well I don't see any chunin around here, just two Jonin."

Kakashi stood back. " What do you mean? You're jonin?"

" Yes well I was made Jonin today, Tsunade watched me fight Sasuke, who's ass i kicked. And wow it is pretty late I just noticed that." She started trailing off, she thought Kakashi would be happy with her. " I asked her if I could come on this mission with you, and she said you needed help. And then I had to take the test. But I had to come after you."

Kakashi just kept looking at her, his hair was completely flat now. Almost covering his only visible eye. " Sakura you shouldn't be here, just go back."

" Ha it's not that easy Kakashi. We're partners now, Tsunade's orders. I am to go on missions with you now. And why does it seem like you don't even want me here. You know I can't take much more of that hatred in your eye!"

Kakashi stepped foward. " HATRED! Sakura! You think thats hatred." Kakashi shoved her.

" Wait until you see all of it at once! I don't care what you say Sakura. When this mission is over, I don't want to see you ever again" He whispered the last bit in a harsh tone though. His face closer to hers. Sakura's eyes watered she fell backwards, splurting in the mud. Still looking up to him gaping.

" What...What do you mean?? Kakashi this- this isn't like you!" Kakashi laughed. " What do you care. Why don't you run back to Sasuke like you always wanted to." Sakura's eyebrows fumbeld.

" what Kakashi-sensei no!" " Oh so we're back to Sensei now." sakura had no idea what was going on, he kissed her. And he said he felt something for her or he acted like it anyway. And now he hated her? She was so confused, and so hurt by the harsh words he was saying.

Sakura couldn't say anything else to him, or get him to understand. As he had left. He was headed towards the sand village.

Sakura sobbed, the tears all falling out more like pooring out. She sat in the mud with the rain pooring down on her. " Wh-what happened?..."

Once she was done crying she made her way to the sand village, finding the inn she walked through the doors. " Sakura-chan!" Temari greeted her with a hug. " Hey you're all wet. I mean Kakashi was really wet but I mean you're drenched and covered in mud."

" haha yeah.." " Sakura? Whats wrong, you look like you've been crying."

" Oh..Temari don't worry i'm fine, I don't really want to talk about it."

" Alright."

Sakura was shown to her room, she hadn't seen Temari in a long, long time she was in the chunin exams the second time she took them. And they had faught Sakura won though. But they had become good friends, and Sakura would have loved to catch up but she didn't feel like it.

When Sakura stood outside her door, she looked at the room across from hers. It was Kakashi's..Well thats what Temari had told her anyway. She sighed. ' I-I can't believe he said those things, he shoved me...My old sensei. He-He hates me.' Kakashi's door opened in between Sakura's thoughts. He was dry now, and wearing trackpants and a t shirt. Including his mask and his konoha head band. Sakura was still shaken up when she looked at him standing in the door way, she burst into tears. Before he could see her cry any more she opened her door and slammed it.

Kakashi felt the emptyness of the hall now, the loud sound of the door slamming. Then a sliding noise, and a lot of sobbing made him feel guilty. ' I shouldn't have said those things to her, she's my old student, and partner now. And even though I-I know she doesn't feel anything for me, I should forgive her. And hopefully she will forgive me for the things that I said.'

Kakashi sighed and closed his own door. ' Sakura why do you love Sasuke for? That look on your face of happyness. It just hurts so much, I don't know why but.' Kakashi cut out his own thoughts, sobbing himself. He quickly placed his hand to his mouth. He could feel the cool tears running from his eye. ' Why am I crying! I shouldn't cry. God what is this feeling! Why am I crying, why am I so hurt. I-I love her, I know I do but why should I, she's hurt me so badly and she doesn't even know. I've loved her for so long. Oh god Sakura...' He made more muffeled sobs, and calmed himself as quickly as possible. He shouldn't be showing emotion, and he would stop crying right now.

Sakura fell asleep hugging her pillow and crying.

" Sakura! Wake up!! Something awful has happened!" Sakura shot up from her state of sleep. Seeing Temari and Kankuro standing next to her. " What? What is it??"

" It's Kakashi-Sensei, he was found on the outskirts of town. Badly injured, multiple stabs in the stomach. We're not sure what else. But we need you! And he needs you. Sakura! He looks so lifeless!" Sakura felt her stomach drop when she heard the sound injured, stabbed and then lifeless. She felt like vomiting. But nonetheless she got up and changed, hurrying to the hospital. This was no matter between emotions now, this was a mission he was her teammate. And she had to heal him as her duty as a medic.

Sakura looked at the body before her sprawled out on the opperating table, she stood with two other sand meds. There was blood everywhere, gashes in his stomach, some close to his heart. Sakura examined him. He had a fractured arm, 3 broken fingures, 4 fractured ribs and a gash across his throat. Kakashi was still conscious. Sakura looked him in the face, she could see the pain, everything he was feeling in his one eye. Her hand was on the operating table. Kakashi jolted. " Ahhhh!" He groaned in pain, he grabbed Sakura's hand. She shot her glance back to his face. " Don't worry kakashi you will be ok."

sakura used a special jutsu to knock him out, he didn't need to feel anymore pain.

And then she got to work. On saving her teammate, and the one she loved even if he didn't know it. And even if he said those awful things.

After 4 hours most of the serious wounds were healed, he had a scar across his throat. But the others were not to visible. He wouldn't be able to move for a week maybe but she did her best. Kakashi was still unconscious. " Sakura can we see you outside for a moment."

Sakura followed Temari and the other medical ninjas. " Look Sakura about Kakashi, we think we should move him back to Konoha hospital, he would be safer there and you can get back to finish your mission." Sakura just nodded. Temari turned to the other meds. " Please prepare things for Hatake and Haruno. And get a small travelling team for them."

Sakura put her hand on Temari. " Thank-you Temari, but that wont be nessesary I can transport Kakashi and myself back."

" Wh-what...you can transport that far?" sakura just shook her head " Don't worry there isn't time for that,but thanks for all that you have done."

Sakura gave the still surprised Temari a hug and then went back to Kakashi, gathering their things as she did.

Kakashi opened his eye to see white walls, he was no longer in the sand village. He was in the Konoha hospital, which was what he recognised by the view out the window. Kakashi put his hand to his head, which was hurting a lot right now. " argg what happened...I remember going out of my room for some air, and then getting ambushed..Then the opperating table, that excruciating pain. Then I-I grabbed Sakura's hand..Why did I do that? But then she squeezed it as if to say that it would be alright." kakashi had no idea about anything else, or how he got to Konoha hospital, how long had it been? He tried to move so he could sit up. But a jolt of pain was sent through his upper body. ' Ok I shouldn't try that again.'

After an hour or so a nurse walked in with pink hair and emerald green eyes. " Sakura? You work here now?" His voice was calm and collected. " Yeah since i'm not doing missions at the moment." She sounded blunt, and didn't look at him. She kept her eyes on the paper in front of her. " You've been out for 3 days, how do you feel?"

" Hmmm...Like crap." Kakashi had found his Icha Icha book and had no problem in taking it from the bedside table ignoring the pain and flipping through the pages.

He peered over at Sakura who had taken a few steps closer, and was writing something down.

" Sakura...I-I think I should apoligize for the other night, in the forrest."

Sakura looked up and let her eyes meet his onyx one. " I...didn't mean what I said, i'm sorry I had no right to say some of the things that I said. And I don't hate you, please forgive me."

Sakura smiled fakely, she was hurt. But it was sincere of him to apoligize. " It's alright..But why were you so mad? Kakashi why did you say those awful things?"

Kakashi sighed and looked down. " Sakura the other night...When I kissed you at the dance. Well I realized something and well I came to talk to you later on. I walked past your house, but you were talking to Sasuke. I stopped and just...listened to the conversation. He said he loved you...And your face looked so happy. I was so angry Sakura i'm sorry. I went to your house to tell you that...that I love you." Everything went quiet, until Kakashi took another breath. Not making eye contact. " You looked like you loved Sasuke, Sakura and I was so..just so angry and jealous."

" I do love Sasuke, Kakashi." Kakashi's heart just dropped then, he heard the words he had been dreading. It was like they were waiting his whole life to attack him now. She did love Sasuke...

End chapter 15- Hey sorry it took me so long to update this next chapter. Sorry if it's boring, I was watching tv as I wrote this one. I promise the next chapter will have more attention put into it. Thanks for reading/.