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Chapter 27: Katana


Thick blood seeped down the cold, silver blade. Kakashi coughed, a chunk of blood landing on the white floor. Sasuke smirked successfully, closing his eyes calmly he spoke, "You are finished.", He pushed the blade farther, deeper into Kakashi's torso. No illusions, no jutsus.

Shuddering, Kakashi merely smiled in utter pain, and breathed calmly, "You would think so, wouldn't you, Sasuke?"

"Quit acting noble Hatake, by the time I pull my blade out, you'll be dead.", Sasuke retorted, sneering and grasping his sword tighter, ready to pull it out of his ex-sensei's chest.

"Don't be so sure.", Kakashi smiled weakly, dipping his index finger into his own blood, and making a quick hand signal, he called, "Summoning Jutsu!!"

And as the words left his lips, puffs of whirly white smoke surrounded the two ninja. A few thumps could be heard from within the cloud, and when it had cleared, Sasuke was revealed, with several large, terrifyingly ugly hounds attached with sharp fangs all over his body. Blood squirting from the pressure on the little holes from the teeth wounds.

Kakashi had managed to pull him self free from Sasuke's blade, and was now a little distance off, a gaping hole in his chest, in which blood seeped uncontrollably.

His vision blurred, Kakashi's breath was in short rasps, as he clutched his torso's hole heavily.

Sasuke bared his teeth like the huge hounds holding him down, tearing his flesh with their fangs,

"You think this will help?!", Sasuke shouted, pulling at the dogs' grip, only making his flesh wounds worse, "You're only putting your death on hold!! Can't you see?! This illusion jutsu is already starting to fade Hatake. You're dieing!"

He was right. Kakashi couldn't deny it. They could both clearly see it, the creamy white walls of the illusion were fading, slowly but surely.

"You are right Sasuke. Soon my jutsu will be no more,", Kakashi breathed quietly, receiving a spiteful smirk from Sasuke, "but.."

Sasuke's smirk faded.

"That doesn't mean that I'm the one dieing."

Sasuke started gasping loudly, whether from rage, pain, or fright, Kakashi wasn't sure. All that he knew, was that Sasuke was loosing his mind now. In fact, it seemed he had already lost it, a long time ago. Sakura had been right. Sasuke really had been so jealous…he went insane with hatred.

"I will not die here.", Sasuke snarled, "I can, and will keep fighting."

"Well, that makes two of us.", Kakashi coughed gently, spilling another cup of blood onto the floor from his chest-wound. He would have to finish Sasuke off…or he would bleed to death within the next several minutes.

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"I'll call the Hokage!", Sakura panicked, dashing from the room over Shiro's corps, but skidded to a stop in the hallway.

"No! Kakashi will be fine! He has to be!", Sakura breathed deeply, trying to calm herself down. But it was at that moment, when to forms hazily began to appear and reappear in front of her eyes.

"Oh my God…"

Sakura brought her hand up to cover her mouth in terrified realization.

"The jutsu is fading! O-One of them is going to die soon!", Sakura quickly strained her eyes to examine the scene in front of her. She gasped and felt a lump in her throat, as she could just barley see Kakashi, soaked in blood and was haunched over something…Sasuke!

Sasuke was the one who was about to die! Kakashi must have used Chidori on him!

A quick smile appeared on Sakura's face, but immediately it dropped, when Sakura saw a faded Kakashi, sink to his knees and vomit what looked like...blood? Yes, it was blood.

"White illusion jutsu!", Sakura shrieked frantically, making the exact hand sign she had witnessed Kakashi make earlier.

And Sakura faded from the natural world, and into the illusion that Kakashi had created that day.

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"Ka-Kakashi!", Sakura cried, as she sped over to the two limp bodies laying on the red floor, "Kakashi p-please talk to me!"

Dropping by his side, Sakura looked down, horrified at the wounds both he and Kakashi had. How were they both still alive?

"W-Wait, just don't move. Let me try to heal you.", Sakura said quickly, mustering up chakura to her hands until they had shade of fine green eclipsing from them.

Setting her hands down gently on Kakashi's chest, she looked intently into his eyes, they were open, and looking back up at her. And although his mask was still on his face, Sakura could tell that he was smiling gently, "I told you…not to come."

"Don't speak!", Sakura ordered, her cheeks flushing light pink from the fear welling up in the pit of her stomach, as the hole in Kakashi's chest slowly began to heal. It was the slowness of the healing that worried Sakura. She might not have enough chakura heal him.

"I'll muster every damn drop of my on soul to heal him.", Sakura cried to herself, glaring down at the wound, mentally forcing herself to make the process speed up.

"Sakura, stop.", Kakashi said quietly, and he lifted his hand to Sakura's glowing green one.

"Of course I won't!", Sakura looked at Kakashi's dark orbs, puzzled beyond all belief. She gently tried to pull her hand back from Kakashi's surprisingly firm grip.

"Sakura,", Kakashi smiled from under the mask again, "You've done enough for me, thank you. Now, heal Sasuke."

Sakura withdrew her hand from Kakashi's hand now, as though it had just been burnt.

"What? Why!", Sakura asked, her voice quivering harshly, "If I did, then I might not have enough chakura left to finish healing you!"

Sakura wasn't heartless. She would've healed Sasuke with no questions that very moment, but it was true, she was almost drained of all of her chakura. And if she did use up the rest to heal Sasuke, what would happen then? Sasuke was not that type who would be grateful for her good deed, and spare her afterwards! He would surely brush the blood from his shoulders and kill her and Kakashi.

Neither would have the energy to fight. They'd be sitting ducks! What was Kakashi thinking?!

"Kakashi…", Sakura began sternly, but she was cut off suddenly, when a drop of blood landed on her left cheek.

"huh?..", Sakura looked up.

Sasuke stood above Sakura. He was swaying dangerously, very few spots on him were uncovered by blood, and on his face, was a smile.

Then he lifted his half broken arm, and raised his katana above Sakura's head.


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