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Destiny's Calling

Chapter 3

After looking at the scene Kakashi performed a couple of hand signs, summoning Pakkun. The small pug appeared in a puff of smoke.

"What's up Kakashi?" The dog greeted in his gruff voice as he sat down.

Kakashi knelt down. "We need you to follow the scent of the people that were in the clearing."

The brown dog sniffed down. "No problem, they aren't too far away." Pakkun leapt into the tree's followed by the ninja's.

While they ran Kakashi thought. They needed a plan if they were to get Sayuri back. There were two people against them. If they split up than they would have more of a chance to get Sayuri. Team Gai would have to take on the person that didn't have Sayuri. If Sayuri was conscious then things would be easier but until he saw her Kakashi couldn't put a real plan together. And then there was the issue of the other person with Sayuri. He would be unable to fight if he was holding her and would have to put her down. Then someone could go in and get her. Naruto would be the most obvious choice with his shadow clones. It looked like they had the advantage of numbers but they had the one thing that they all wanted. This would be a hard fight.

"We're almost upon them." Pakkun grumbled. "The two men are powerful, you need to be careful around then."

Before they became close enough for their targets to hear them Kakashi stopped everyone. He told them his plan which got improved by Gai. Kakashi welcomed the advice. Gai may have thought that they were rivals but throughout their meetings he had always admired the ninja for his skill and lightning fast speed, though he was a little to vain for his liking.

Kakashi and Gai went on ahead while Naruto, Sakura, Tenten, Rock Lee and Neji hid in the trees.

Pakkun lead the men. As they came closer they realized who they were up against, Kisame and Itachi. Both were powerful and skilled ninja. In Itachi's arms was Sayuri, bruised and bleeding.

Kakashi's eye narrowed. They had hurt his cousin. They would pay.

Surrounding the men, Kakashi and Gai drew their weapons.

"Now what's a couple an Akatsuki members like yourselves doing in these parts of the forest?" Gai said mockingly to the men as he flashed a not so happy smile.

The men tensed but their expressions didn't change.

"You've come for the girl." Itachi smiled. "It's too bad that you won't get her."

"That's what you think." Kakashi yelled before pulling down the forehead protector that covered his Sharingan.

Gai and Kakashi moved in closer, Gai going for Kisame while Kakashi stepped towards Itachi.

With his Sharingan he was able to see that Itachi didn't want to put down Sayuri for the chances of losing her.

Itachi looked at Kisame. "Make sure you finish them off before catching up to me." With that Itachi ran off. Kakashi wasn't worried. Pakkun would pick up his scent if he got too far away.

Each ninja waited for the other to make the first move. Gai made a hand signal and his team jumped over from their hiding spot to back him up.

"I'll take it from here Kakashi. You go on ahead." He stated with his trade mark smile. Kakashi mentally rounded his eye, he was always so showy.

Kakashi jumped into the trees, followed by his new team. Pakkun was running ahead like usual. The group didn't have to run long before they caught up to Itachi. The ninja slowed down with a growl. His face held a surprised yet challenging expression that made Kakashi think that the man wasn't going to let Sayuri go without being killed.

Naruto, who was getting worked up, saw the state that Sayuri was in and started yelling. "Why you bastard. You're going to pay for what you've done. I'll make sure of it. Now put her down." His eyes started to change from his heightened emotions and fangs grew from his mouth.

Uh oh, that was going to be a problem he thought.

Itachi smirked at the boy, amused at his threats. "It's a pity that I can't kill you. I'll just have to do with breaking you."

"Why you!"Naruto screamed ready to pounce. Kakashi waited for the right moment for when Itachi was distracted to create a clone jutsu, using his real body to hide in the ground underneath Itachi.

His clone watched as Naruto rammed into Itachi. Itachi, with his Sharingan, was able to see the move and dodge the attack.

While this was happening his clone ran forward, throwing kunai. Before the knifes hit Itachi he moved away again. Taking his opportunity, Kakashi pulled his arm up from the earth, grabbing Itachi's leg. Itachi stumbled from the surprise attack and smirked down as Kakashi. Using Kakashi's grip on him, Itachi swung his leg out, successfully throwing Kakashi off him.

Sakura then went in, using her power to back Itachi up. Each kick and punch was evaded but with his arms occupied he was at a disadvantage. Naruto then used his shadow clone jutsu to create hundreds of clones. Each clone attacked beside Sakura. With Itachi distracted, Kakashi came in, roughly grabbing his unconscious cousin.

Itachi might have been able to see what he was up to but with the sheer number of attacks on him, the man couldn't evade Kakashi.

With Sayuri in his arms the mission was now to defeat Itachi. He brushed the hair out of her eyes, asserting her injuries. He wasn't a medical ninja but he could tell that she was hurt badly. Sakura came over to him and he put Sayuri down. He glanced back to see if Naruto was alright before watching as Sakura tended to her. Seeing that Sayuri was being cared for he went back into the fight.

Making the familiar hand signs, Kakashi felt his chakra expand outside his body in a circle. With his hands he drew in his power and was greeted with the electric chirps that came with his chidori jutsu.

Running at full speed, he raised his hand with the flowing power of his chakra. The air filled with blue and silver sparks as his hand connected with Itachi's body. The former hidden leaf ninja gasped in pain and his face broke out in expression.

Kakashi frowned, wasn't he going to die or something. His question was answered as Itachi smirked through his pain. Looking down Kakashi saw the metal disc that was protecting Itachi from the full power of his jutsu. The metal disc was melting from the electricity and blood flowed out from the wound on Itachi's stomach. The wound wasn't as great as Kakashi would have liked though. Itachi was burnt from the disc but other than that the Akatsuki member was unharmed by the attack.

Before Kakashi had time to move, Itachi came at him with a well-placed kick in the abdomen. Kakashi went flying back but was caught by one of Naruto's shadow clones.

As he tried to catch his breath he watched in horror as Itachi went for Sakura and Sayuri. Sakura saw him coming though and stood up in front of Sayuri. Using her chakra Sakura punched out to meet Itachi's fist. Their hands connected in a thunder like noise and both were thrown backwards. Another clone caught Sakura while more went to attack Itachi.

More and more Naruto clones were created, each one jumping into the fray. Naruto, from the side, was sweating and breathing in fast from the amount of chakra he was using. Kakashi knew he couldn't keep it up for long before the nine tails took over.

Sakura went back over to Sayuri, her kunai out, ready to attack again. Kakashi knew she would protect Sayuri with her life.

Knowing that if they wanted to win than they had to act now, Kakashi ran up with speed close to Rock Lee's. With his Sharingan he stared straight into Itachi's eyes, forcing him to activate his own Sharingan. Kakashi knew that Itachi could only use his Sharingan for a limited amount of time before his body weakened and with the amount of time his Sharingan had been activated in the battle with team Kakashi and Sayuri that time was decreasing with every second. As he stared as his enemy he saw the realization hit Itachi's face.

This was a battle of the mind now. In these next minutes the battle would be decided. Kakashi didn't give up, his cousin and his team were relying on him. His eyes strained from the pressure but he held on.

In the next second Itachi seemed to sweat as if he knew that he had been defeated. His eyes turned from the devil red to the dark uchiha eye colour.

With a predatory growl he turned and disappeared.

Everything was quiet. No one took their guard down as if this were a trap. Kakashi signed knowing that Itachi was gone. His forehead protector was pushed up again, taking away his Sharingan.

He walked up to Sakura and Naruto. "Good job you guys. As our first mission together I can say that I'm proud to have you two as my team members."

Sakura blushed while Naruto looked on with a grin. Kakashi picked up Sayuri just as they heard footsteps approaching. Everyone tensed and Naruto and Sakura jumped in front of him, protecting Sayuri.

As they saw who it was they relaxed. Team Gai was here.

"Haha Kakashi, I almost thought that you would have been beaten but no, us leaf ninja are quite hard to defeat." Gai said with his twinkling smile.

"Ah the maiden has been rescued. A successful mission!" Lee yelled in joy going over to Kakashi to get a better look at the silver haired girl.

"Sakura, does Sayuri have any life threatening injuries?" Kakashi asked.

Sakura looked down at Sayuri. "No, her injuries are all minor. My only worry is in internal injuries. She could have a concussion from her head wound but we would have to go to the hospital to check. From what I can tell though it's unlikely."

Kakashi signed in relief. "Ok then we should be going. It's going to take at least a day to get back with some short breaks." Everyone signed in relief at that. They had all been fighting and running with no breaks for almost a day.

After a short break everyone was up and ready to get back to Konoha. Kakashi held Sayuri as they jumped from tree to tree as a slow pace. They weren't going to run full out like on the way but they still needed to get Sayuri to the hospital.

The trip back was filled with happy laughter and yelling from the teenagers while Gai and Kakashi smiled at their teammates antics.

Just as the sun was setting the group arrived back home with an anxious Hokage and a worried Shizune.

The group walked out from the trees, smiling at the people waiting for them. At the happy faces of the battered team Shizune broke into a smile while Tsunade's face changed from panicked to relief.

"You found her." The mother cried as she saw her sleeping daughter.

Tsunade ran up to Kakashi, checking on Sayuri. Her healing chakra appeared from her hands as she healed her daughter. Though her injuries were healed, Sayuri didn't wake up. Everyone waited but it appeared that Sayuri wasn't going to wake up any time soon.

"We should get her to the hospital." Tsunade said before taking the lead.

On their way to the hospital Tsunade questioned him. "What happened Kakashi, I want every detail." Kakashi grimaced; Tsunade wasn't the most pleasant person to be around when she was upset.

As they all walked everyone filled Tsunade in what had happened. Tsunade listened with different emotions running across her face. From worried to mad to upset.

Kakashi put Sayuri into an empty room before being ushered into a waiting room.

Checking into the hospital was really annoying Kakashi thought. He was perfectly fine but Tsunade insisted that they be checked out. Or that was his excuse. He really didn't want to go because the nurses scared him with their constant ogling. Their lust filled eyes gave Kakashi the creeps. Even with his face mask and a shirt covering his body they still believed that his hidden secrets would surpass any man. He probably could surpass most men, but really, these girls were betting on an unseen prise. It was quite stupid. Needless to say that he disliked brainless woman.

As soon as he could, Kakashi was out and running back to Sayuri's room. She hadn't woken up yet which worried Kakashi. Tsunade saw his worry and calmed him down telling him that her mind needed rest before she could wake up and as a medic ninja Tsunade wasn't to be questioned as she knew that this could take a long time, depending on the mind. All they could do was sit and wait for the Sayuri to wake up.

Sayuri's point of view

The noise of shuffling feet woke Sayuri up. Her body felt like she had just run a 20 kilometre race and her head felt fuzzy, as if she had gotten too much sleep. Her eyes blinked open before shutting almost immediately. She had to blink a couple of times before finally being able to see where she was.

The room was very white though with bright colours from the flowers in vases placed on the window ceilings and cupboards. The flowers were pretty, all different colours and types. Some had cards attached while others came with chocolates and candy.

As she stared at the room the door opened, bringing in her Oka-san and Kakashi. Both had identical worried expressions of their faces. When they saw that she was awake they rushed over, giving her hugs.

"You're awake. Oh I was so worried." Oka-san exclaimed but with a smile. Kakashi on the other hand stared at her face, looking for any signs of pain.

"I'm fine, a little sore but it's nothing to worry about." Sayuri said while yawning.

"You need to rest; your body is still recovering even though your injuries are gone." Oka-san stated in her profession voice.

"I'm fine, in fact I've had too much sleep, well I think I have. How long have I been out." She asked.

Kakashi put his hand behind his head. "Well you're been out for two days."

"Wow, really. It doesn't feel like it." Sayuri said, giving them a perplexed expression.

As she talked to her family Sayuri felt better. Giving them a playback of her last couple of days filled her with relief. They understood her and knew what to say to make her smile. They talked well into the day, almost forgetting to eat.

After I while though the two anxious ninja's left, seeing the tiredness in Sayuri's eyes. Throughout the whole time her yawns had increased and her posture had become slumped so much that she had to use pillows to keep herself up. Sayuri settled down on the soft bed, taking comfort in the shadows that could be seen from the gap in the door.