CHAPTER 2 Side Tracked

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Itachi's POV

3 weeks later;

Dream: walking in the darkness you hear a voice, you cant tell where its coming from, it echoes from all around, walking slowly you notice the figure of a women standing in front of you she wears a white cloak her hair is fire red and down to the middle of her back, it's flowing in the wind, her back is to you…. Reaching out to her you place your hand on her shoulder and slowly she turns her face to you. Looking over her shoulder she smiles at you and keeps singing…

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

Opening his eyes Itachi looks at the ceiling…

KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Itachi are you in there?" A voice calls form behind the wood door

Dragging himself off the bed he makes his way to the door, opening it slowly

"What!" he says sharply

Standing there is a slightly shocked Deidara, "um, dinner is ready…"

Slamming the door in Deidara's face, Itachi walks back to his bed, sitting down he places his hands over his face and elbows on his knees.

Why can't I get her out of my head…I'm going insane

KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Go away, I'm not hungry!" Itachi yells not taking his hands from his face

The door begins to open slowly; Kisame pokes his head in…

"What's eating you?" he questions Itachi, walking into the room and closing the door behind him.

"…." Itachi just stares at his clasped hands

"You've been way more agitated lately, what gives?" he asks again

"Nothing, I can't sleep, I'm going to train." Itachi stands and grabs his cloak off the desk chair and leaves the room with Kisame still in it.

Kisame leaves the room hurrying up to Itachi in the hall, "You cant sleep?, that's all, you have been like this for 3 weeks now, people are afraid your going to snap soon." Kisame grabs Itachi's shoulder and spins him around.

Itachi glares at Kisame taking a Kunai to his throat. "Don't ever touch me!" he says threw this teeth to Kisame

"Whoa! Calm down,...see this is what I'm talking about." Kisame states

Itachi lowers the kunai and turns to leave, stopping in the hallway he looks over his shoulder..."I can't get her out of my head, her signing haunts my dreams." He says in a whisper.

"Who?" Kisame questions

"…."

"Kasai? That girl from the woods? Kisame asks

"Yes." Itachi answers turning his face back to the front, and walks away.

"Odd." Kisame whispers

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Damn I'm late…

You yell at your self, running threw the streets dodging people left and right

"sorry,…..sorry……oh excuse me, sorry." You say to people as you run towards the medical core.

Running up to the door you catch your breath then go inside. Walking to the front desk, the nurse smiles at you.

"You must be Kasai?" she asks you with a smile

"Yes I am." You smile back at her

"Right then, here are your charges for today," She says handing you a large stack of folders "You are also the medic on call so any emergencies that come in, you will be alerted to."

"I'm glad Lighting country could spare one of its top medical ninjas to help us out for awhile." She says with a smile

"It's no problem, I'm glad I could help." You smile at her, and start to look threw your folders. Nothing major pops up, just normal training injuries and mission casualties.

You sigh, It will probably be a slow day…

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Handing over the last of your paperwork to the nurse at the desk, and thinking your day was done, in comes a silver haired man carrying a blonde boy.

"Little help here!" he yells out.

Running over to them, you gesture for him to put the boy on the gurney, laying the boy down you can now see his face, and his numerous injuries.

"What happened?" you asked looking over the boy

"He got a little carried away during training." The silver haired man states rubbing the back of his head.

"I see, and you are?" you question him as you call over another medic to move the boy to a room.

"I'm his sensei, my name is Kakashi Hatake." He smiles and waves his hand at you.

You smile back, walking into the room where the boy was brought. Gathering your chakra to your hand-

"And you are?" he interrupts you.

"Oh I am sorry, my name is Kasai Hoshi." You smile at him, then close your eyes and start concentrating again. Chakra begins to whip around your form, and gathers into your hands, you begin singing as you open your eyes. Starting at the boys head you make your way down his body, he has a few internal injuries but nothing massive. Kakashi stares at you...

Her voice it's….there's no word to describe it. And she's so young, how can she be so experienced at her age?

Finishing your song you stop at the boy's feet, he slowly begins to open his eyes, and sits up. You grab his folder and begin to write in it.

"What happen?...Kakashi sensei?...where am I?" Naruto asks

"You're at the medical core, this nice young lady just healed you." He answers his question

You look up and smile at the boy. "Naruto, you need to be a little more careful next time, ok." Closing his file, you walk over to him.

"Hehe, I guess I over did it a bit, huh?" he laughs rubbing the back of his head.

"Just a little." You laugh. Placing your hands on his cheeks you say "Promise me you'll be more careful, you only get one body."

"uh huh, I will," he nods his head.

"Good." You say and lean up and kiss his forehead protector. "Be safe on your journey, young shinobi." You say to him. He turns a light shade of pink as you smile and walk out.

"She's really pretty." He says out loud. Kakashi just stares at the door from where you left the room.

Walking back to the desk you see two young teens sitting in the waiting room, you ask the nurse if they are ok.

"Oh yes, they are Naruto's teammates." She says to yu

You nod and smile, but cant help but stare at the younger boy with black hair.

He looks so familiar, where have I seen him before…

"Naruto are you ok?" the pink haired girl asks.

"Yeah I am alright." He says to her walking out into the lobby

"You loser, why do you always try to take me on?" The black haired boy asks him

"Shut up Sasuke!" Naruto yells clenching his fists

You walk over to Naruto and place your hand on his shoulder. "Now Naruto, I just healed you, don't go ruining all my good work." You smile

Naruto turns to you and smiles from ear to ear.

"Now you three run along, I have a mission tomorrow so no training, think of it as a day off." Kakashi says walking up next to you.

"Whose that Kakashi sensei?" the pink haired girl asks

"This is the lovely girl that healed Naruto." He answered

"You can call me Kasai." You smile at them

"Well you already met Naruto, this is Sakura and Sasuke." He points to the genin

"hey" Sasuke says folding his arms and leaning against the wall

"Hi!" Sakura waves at you.

"I'm out of here, you losers can stay." Sasuke says as he walks out of the building.

"Wait Sasuke! I'll come with you…"Sakura yells running after him

"Sakura wait!" Naruto yells tailing after the pink haired girl.

"Well that is an odd little triangle, isn't it?" You say laughing slightly

"You have no idea." Kakashi chuckles

Turning around to the nurse at the desk you wave and say that you'll see her tomorrow.

Kakashi decides to walk out of the building with you.

"How long will you be staying with us." He asks, taking out a book from his back pouch.

"Only a few days, I was in the area for a mission, when I was told to come here first." You tell him

"That's too bad we could really use someone with your medical skill level on a squad or teaching." He says to you turning the page of his book.

"Thanks you say to him." blushing slightly.

Kakashi walks you back to the inn you're staying at, with a wave of his hand and a smile he vanishes in a puff of smoke. You smile to yourself and walk to your room.

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Arriving bright and early at the medical core you greet the nurse at the desk.

"No one new." She says to you

"Well I guess that's a good thing." You say laughing slightly

"I'll go check-" your interrupted by someone coming into the building abruptly.

The doors fly open and in walks a man in green jumpsuit, with an unconscious Kakashi over his shoulder.

"What happen?!" you ask running up to him

"I don not know, night patrol found him outside the village gate." The man says to you

"Please put him down." You say holding the gurney. Pushing the gurney into an empty room, the nurse runs in with Kakashi's folder.

Note on file: DO NOT TAKE OFF MASK, UNLESS ABSOLUTLY NECESSARY!

hmmm that's odd.

Opening the folder, you notice he hasn't had a physical in 5 years.

Well I can take care of that while he's here

Placing your hand on his head, you see blood on his mask.

Where's that coming from?

Bending down to Kakashi ear you whisper to him.

"Sorry, but I have to take off your mask, your bleeding from somewhere."

Closing the shade on the doors window, you slowly pull down Kakashi mask, his lips have fresh blood on them, and his chin is stained with dry blood. Checking his face you see no sign of injury and pull his mask back up. With one hand on his head, you trail two glowing fingers down the center of his body. Coming to his chest you stop and move to the side.

Found you

Unzipping his vest, you see a wound on his left side.

Punctured your lung, I bet you've been coughing up blood all night

Holding your glowing hand over the wound, you close your eyes and heal him.

Knock, Knock!

"Yes." You say not opening your eyes

"Do you have any use for me, Kasai Sensei?" a small voice asks

"Niwa, yes, you can help me with this patient." You say to the medical ninja in training.

"He was outside all night; we need to bring his body temp back up, start with his hand.

"Y-yes Kasai sensei." She says with a blush

"What's the matter?" you ask, seeing her blush

"This is Kakashi, he's very handsome." She says not looking at you

"Have you seen him without his mask?" you ask

"No, but, just the way he holds himself. And he's such a strong shinobi." She says staring at him

"Well he's our patient right now; try not to think about your crush, besides he's way too old for you." You say with a laugh

"Kasai to the front" a voice calls over the loud speaker

"I'll be right back, try not to burn his skin off, ok." You say with a smile

Heading to the front desk, you turn and see Naruto in the waiting room.

"Naruto? You're back again?" you ask him

"Ya, I'm feeling a little-" Naruto starts to say, his eyes roll in the back of this head and he begins to fall. In a flash you catch him and place him on a gurney.

"Please put him in room two, I'll be in, in a moment." You say to the medic

Going back into room one, Niwa is already working on Kakashi's other hand.

"No third degree burns I see." You say with a laugh

"Very funny." She says to you

"Keep going, I'll be back in a few minutes." You say to her while leaving the room

The nurse hands you Naruto's files as you walk into exam room two. Placing your hand on Naruto's head…

Naruto when will you learn? You can't keep pushing your self this hard.

Realizing he only needs some rest you call for the nurse.

"He just needs a good rest. He has no wounds at all." You say handing her back the file.

"Very well, I'll place him in the recovery ward." She says to you with a smile

"OK, let's get this man up." You say walking into the room that Kakashi is in.

"How's his extremities?" you ask Niwa

"Great, no frostbite at all, good circulation." She says to you with a smile

"Excellent." You say placing one hand over his head, and the other on his chest. Green begins to glow around you, it then moves to Kakashi, surrounding his body.

"Niwa, do you want to learn how to wake someone up that's unconscious?" you ask not opening your eyes.

"You mean, me ,…wake up Kakashi? She asks nervously

"Sure, no better time than the present." You say to her.

"Maybe next time, I don't want to hurt him." She says with a blush

"Ok." You say as your hands turn white and the glow around Kakashi changes.

He starts moaning in pain, as he opens his eyes. Looking up at you, you smile at him.

"Feeling better?" you ask with a smile

"How did I get here?" he asks you placing his hand on his head.

"Someone brought you in, said they found you unconscious outside the gate." You answer him.

"The last thing I remember, is being really tired." He says looking at you.

"You punctured a lung, and have very little chakra left. And since you're here, I noticed you haven't had a physical in five years." You say to him

His eyes widen, "You wouldn't." he says to you.

"Yup, and since you don't have enough strength to fight me, this will be really easy." You say with large smile on your face.

"So let's get these clothes off." You say tugging on his vest.

"I want another doctor." He says to you

"What! Why? My skills as a medical ninja go way beyond what is needed to perform a routine physical, nothing will happen to you." You say to him

"Exactly, see you are way to skilled to be doing this." He says with a smirk

"You're not getting out of this, and there are no other medic's here capable of doing it, so suck it up." You say pulling off his vest.

"Niwa, your dismissed." You say to the girl

She walks out closing the door behind her, and placing a "do not disturb, healing in progress" sign on the door.

"Don't fight me, I'll put you right back to sleep." You say in stern voice.

"fine." He says with sigh

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Placing the blankets up to Kakashi's shoulders, "There that wasn't so bad, was it?" you ask him with a sweet smile

"I guess not." He says closing his eyes.

"Get some rest, I'll have you moved shortly." You say walking out of the room.

"thank…you" Kakashi says as the door closes, and he falls asleep.

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Looking up from the desk you see a man walk in, he has long spiky white hair.

"Can I help you?" you ask

"Yes, I heard Kakashi Hatake was here." He says to you

"Yes he is, but he's resting and can not have visitors right now." You say closing the file your writing in.

"Hmm, can you give this to him; let him know Jiraiya stopped by." He says handing you a orange book.

"Sure can." You say looking at the book, and placing it in your pocket.

"COME ON PERVY SAGE!" you hear Naruto yell

"Stop flirting and let's go, I want to train!" he says standing next to Jiraiya and crossing his arms.

"Hello Naruto." You say smiling to him

"huh, oh Kasai." He says smiling up to you

"You know this young lady?" Jiraiya asks

"Yeah, she's healed me a few times." Naruto says rubbing the back of his head.

"Ah, so you're the one he talks about, the beautiful medic with the voice of-" Jiraiya is interrupted by Naruto stepping on his foot.

"Kasai, is Kakashi sensei ok." Naruto says with a blush

"He'll be up around soon." You say with a smile

"Come on Naruto, let's get going." Jiraiya says walking away from Naruto.

"Don't over do it, I don't want to see you here tonight!." You call out to Naruto.

"OK!" he calls out over his shoulder

Chuckling you walk down the hall. Grabbing the file from the wall you walk into Kakashi's room. He's sitting up in bed reading a book.

"Hello." He says you

"Someone named Jiraiya stopped by; he wanted me to give this to you." You say pulling out an orange book from your pocket. His eyes widen and a shaky hand reaches for the book.

You quickly bring your hand back. "This means that much to you?" you say flipping threw the pages.

"Ah I wouldn't-"he starts to say

"Never would have thought that YOU would read this stuff. You need a girlfriend." You say tossing the book at him.

A blush forms on his cheeks as you walk up and place your hand on his head.

"Are you feeling ok?" you ask sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Actually my throat hurts." He says not looking at you

Reaching for his mask, he backs away from you. "Come on, I have to look in your mouth….Besides I've already seen your face.

"How? He asks

"When you came in, you had blood all over your face, I had to make sure you weren't cut." You say reaching for his mask.

"I won't tell, I promise." You say looking into his eyes. "Besides they already think you're handsome, I don't know why you hide it." You say smiling and pulling down his mask.

Placing your hands on his jaw, "Open wide." You say bring your thumbs to his chin.

Removing your hands you place one across his throat. Closing your eyes, he stares at you.

She's so beautiful

Feeling warmth on his throat he closes his eyes.

"You have an infection, it should feel better now." You say to him as he opens his eyes and looks at you.

"Get some rest." You say, standing up and walking out of the room.

Saying goodbye to the front desk nurse, you leave the building and walk back to the inn.