Naruto sat on his bed looking idly out of the window. He could save his sensei... But he needed to do it without getting caught. Sakura and Guy seemed up for it. But should he? Would Kakashi want this?
"Kakashi if you can hear me... Which you probably can't... I'm being stupid. But if you can, should I go and kill the monster? I know you'd probably say no. But... I failed in protecting my friends again... I want to bring you back Kakashi sensei. I couldn't save Pervy Sage... But you know that if I had an opportunity like this when he died I would've taken it. I can save you. If you can hear me... Just give me a sign. Like you did before... If that was you..." Naruto sighed and tucked himself into a ball. He'd decided but would he make it in time?
Naruto started to repack his bag that he had taken on the mission. When he opened it he gasped. "Kakashi sensei's headband!? He'd lost it though... It must've been me that had accidentally packed it away..." Naruto looked at it carefully. Is this another sign?
He stuck it back in the backpack and finished packing. Once he was done he swung it over his shoulder and walked slowly to the door.
Before Naruto could open it though, Shikamaru burst through.
"Woah! Shikamaru!" Naruto stepped back. With his new found confidence, he'd bring his sensei back. No one would get in his way.
"Naruto don't do it!" He shouted.
"Do what?" Naruto asked, shocked.
"I... Heard about Kakashi sensei." Shikamaru looked down.
Naruto said nothing.
"I won't let you go." Shikamaru frowned.
"Why not!?"
"Lady Hokage's orders." Shikamaru looked away.
"As if that's gonna stop me." Naruto pushed past Shikamaru but was suddenly stopped.
"Naruto... Kakashi sensei was a great guy and an amazing shinobi but he's gone! Accept it! I've accepted that Azuma's gone..." Shikamaru said harshly. Naruto growled angrily and opened his back pack. He took out Kakashi's headband and dropped the back pack to the floor. He turned back to Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru!" He shouted, grabbing his collar viciously. "He's not dead! Not yet! I WILL save Kakashi sensei! ALONE IF I HAVE TO! I will do it! I vowed I'd protect my friends and I'll save him! I will!" Naruto took off his own headband and dropped it on top of his backpack. Shikamaru was taken aback by Naruto's outburst.
"I'll save my sensei... Wouldn't you have wanted this chance Shikamaru? Wouldn't you have taken it? I've lost enough people in my life... I can't bear to lose another one... Not like this." Naruto took Kakashi's headband and tied it in the place where his normal headband usually is. "One of the lessons Kakashi Sensei taught us- in fact in our first lesson- he taught us something more valuable than any jutsu. He told us, yes, if you don't follow the Shinobi rules then your considered to be scum, but people who abandon their friends... Are worse than scum." Naruto turned his back to Shikamaru. "I'm following his lessons. I'm saving my sensei." And with that he shot off.
Shikamaru made no attempt to follow him, he just stood watching in surprise.

"Shikamaru?" Sakura's voice appeared behind him.
"Oh Sakura." He turned around to face a miserable expression.
"I know that your right." She said to his surprise.
"What?" Shikamaru's eyes widened.
"This... Sharingan monster... You know who it could be... Don't you?" She looked down.
"... Sasuke." Shikamaru said.
"Naruto, wouldn't kill Sasuke. And even if it wasn't Sasuke he might not be strong enough to fight on his own. Also... Kakashi could die at any second. There's..." A tear ran down her cheek. "No point."

Naruto ran through the village to look for Guy.
"Bushier brow sensei!?" He called until he spotted him talking to Lee. Lee saw Naruto and waved. Naruto attempted a smile and Lee's grin faltered again.
"Naruto. You have been gone for ages now. You had me worried!" He slapped him heartily on the shoulder. He looked down. "I am... S-"
"Lee." Naruto looked at him. "It's okay he's not dead yet."
Lee's eyes widened and he looked to his sensei, who wasn't acting himself.
"Well I guess you know now." Guy sighed and proceeded to explain. "Lee, a couple of days ago we arrived to find Kakashi dead... But we were told if we killed the one they called the 'Sharingan monster' then Kakashi would live..."
"That's what I came to ask you about!" Naruto grinned hopefully. Guy's expression demolished his grin.
"There's no way we can save him. I'm sorry it was the Lady Hokage's orders... He was so young..." Guy trailed off, going on about youth again.
"Y-... Your not coming!?" Naruto looked devastated. "But... Kakashi sensei's your friend! You know fine well that Kakashi would have gone with Lee to save you!" He broke into shouts. Lee looked at his sensei.
"I will go with you Naruto!" Lee smiled. Naruto grinned.
"You will? Thanks Lee!" They high-fived but Guy grabbed one of Lee's shoulders.
"Lee!" He exclaimed. Lee looked down. Naruto scowled at Guy.
"How could you do this to Kakashi!? Do you not know his teachings!?" Naruto could feel tears prick his eyes. "A shinobi that disobeys the rules are considered scum. But people who abandon their friends... Are worse than scum!" He clenched his fists. Guy's eyes widened at the words he'd heard so many times.
"You want to be known as scum? Fine by me! But I'm going!" Naruto sprinted off.
"Naruto!" Lee shouted making a move to go after him but was stopped by Guy. "Leave him."
Suddenly he felt a tap on his head, when he looked up a single leaf fell onto his face. He grabbed it and looked at it. There were numbers on it. '60-61'.
"What's that Guy sensei?" Lee asked.
"I don't know..." Though something sparked his memory a little... It looked like...
The number of wins that Guy had and the number of wins Kakashi had. Kakashi had died the winner.
He looked up hoping to see Kakashi sitting in a tree reading his book. But no... Just a bird. He looked back down at the leaf.
"Kakashi?" He said to himself.
"Huh?" Lee looked his sensei up and down.
"Nothing... Lets get back to your training." He grinned but Lee could tell it was fake.
"Kakashi sensei was your friend. It's okay, I don't need training today. Go home Guy sensei." He smiled and walked away. Guy watched his student go. Oh, how Lee had grown!
His heart hurt at the thought of Kakashi not being there, to see his own students grow up or to be there to win against Guy in his battles once again. He closed his eyes shut and tried to stop the tears from spilling out. Too late...
He clenched the leaf in his hand. "Kakashi. You were always ahead of me, always more powerful than me. You were my goal... As Sasuke is Naruto's...
I used to train so that I could beat you... But I never could and still can't... Your a great shinobi... One of the best." He sniffed and wipe his eyes. "If this was you..." He gestured the leaf to the night sky. "Are you telling me not to go because your in peace? If so then... I must do the opposite of what my rival tells me... I still need to win against you, after all!"

Yes they like to talk to themselves, I do as well... ahem... Anyway IMSOSORRYFORTHISSHORTANDPOINTLESSCHAPTERNOTTOMENTI ONITSDEPRESSING but more awesome chapters will come soon, like when Naruto is all : "I'll save you Kaka sensei! That's how they say his name in the original, it hurts.

Also crap, I just realised how much this relates to The Will Of Fire but I swear I'm not copying! Like seriously, I'm not ;_; I mean we all know Shikimaru's like that! And Naruto always with the cheesy, drawn out speeches. *facepalm*. Here's a preview of the next chapter;

Naruto sprinted to find Sakura. She would definitely come, right?
"Sakura!?" He shouted. The sky was getting darker by the minute. The sun had already set. "Saakkkuuurraaa!" He suddenly ran into someone with ginormous...
"Granny Tsunade!?" He looked up and saw her scowling fiercely at him. He cowered, she was worse than Sakura!
"And what do you think your doing!?" She rumbled. Naruto smiled innocently.
"Well you see... I was just lookin' for Sakura... Cause you know we were going on this date and ya know..." He trailed off as he realised she wasn't buying it. To his surprise she put a hand on his shoulder and said;
"I know that your upset and want revenge. This is exactly what happened when Jiriya died but-"
The mention of Jiriya made Naruto bubble with anger.
"No! No it's not!" He looked down and said quietly at first. "I couldn't save Pervy Sage... but when he died he helped us win the battle... He died like a ninja should. But... I can still save Kakashi sensei. He didn't even die honourably. He acted strange and collapsed, from a timed jutsu probably put on him by one of the old Akatsuki! I CAN save him!"
Naruto took a step back. "Alone if I have to!" He took off and she planned to follow him when she felt a tap on the back of her head.
She turned to look around angrily but all that happened was that a leaf fell into her hand. She looked round herself incase there was someone there hiding from her but she sensed no presence.
She looked down at the leaf to see a pattern. It was the seal the Fourth Hokage had put on Naruto to keep the Nine Tails in check. She then saw one sign of the Sharingan beside it.
She studied it for a moment before she understood what it meant.
"... Kakashi...?" She looked up in front of her. "... How did you..." She frowned. "What are you planning?" She backed off and put the leaf in her pocket.

Meh, I'll try and update faster. If you guys want me to that is because I can probably do it this week. Please review and shiz! Ok byeeeeee...