Of course, it's not like Naruto was some hero with unlimited stamina and he knew, soon it would get hard to run. The guards had stopped chasing him now, as far as he could see anyway.
Naruto ran for what seemed like hours until he could no longer take it and his legs gave way. With no control over his body anymore, Naruto collapsed to the ground in exhaustion. The relief of not having to stand was too great for Naruto and he let his eyes close.
! ! !
Lady Tsunade sat at her desk. She sighed, scanning over all of the events that had happened over just a few days. She was tired.
Naruto had left, Lee had left, Guy had left, Kakashi was as good as dead, Sasuke was gone, Sakura and Sai had left as well. There was a hole in her heart and she filled it with anger- and drink.
As she was doing her pointless paperwork a medical ninja burst through her door. He was panting and had an urgent expression. Lady Tsunade stood up immediately.
"What! What's wrong?" She exclaimed, secretly hoping the missing nins had come back safe and sound.
"It's Kakashi Hatake." He said. Just then, Shizune walked into the room with a mountain of paperwork. She walked straight through the tension, unaware of any urgency. When she dumped the papers on the desk, she looked from Tsunade's expression to the medical ninja at the door. A silence broke through the room. Shizune decided to break it.
"... What's going on?" She asked. The ninja looked at Shizune while saying,
"It's Kakashi Hatake, he's gone."
Lady Tsunade froze. "Gone?"
"Yes. He disappeared. There is no trace of him being there at all." The ninja nodded. Tsunade blinked in disbelief while Shizune gasped.
"How did this happen?" She demanded.
"We have no idea." The ninja responded with a defeated tone. The Hokage banged her fist on the desk.
"Let's go." She said, striding out past the ninja. "I'll find out where that brat went."
When they reached his room, it was true it looked like he was never there.
A female medical ninja walked in and informed them of everything she knew.
"There is no way he could've escaped. Unless of course he covered his tracks- but we doubt a ninja of his caliber would do this-"
"He tricked us." Tsunade growled. Shizune's eyes widened.
"M'lady this is Kakashi we're talking about. He would never betray the village or do anything like this." She assured her. Overcome with rage and confusion, Lady Tsuande clenched her fist.
"I don't want to believe it. To be honest I don't believe it but what else do I have to go on?" She sighed. "Unless Naruto has saved him- which is highly unlikely."
Shizune relaxed. "Well, Naruto can be unpredictable."
Lady Tsunade rubbed her forehead. "See what you've caused, Kakashi?" She mumbled, looking out of the window. She looked back to Shizune. "Get a full squad of shinobi out there, I want them tracking down the kids and bringing them back."
Shizune nodded and rushed out.
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Kakashi was getting weaker by the second. He was struggling to stand up now.
He was lying on the floor, that's all he could do. His bones felt like they were being ground into dust and he could no longer use them. His breathing was failing and his body was numb. This was the worse way to die.
Kakashi had never wanted to die alone. Not that he was all that bothered but... Dying like this, it was just the worst kind of death. He was a shinobi, in order for a shinobi to die honourably they must die in battle. Now, Kakashi was pathetic. He was but a grain of dust compared to famous Copy Ninja. He was nothing.
He almost wanted to cry but didn't have any tears to shed. So he lay there, gulping for air, helplessly dying. Or was he? He wasn't sure anymore. His mind was gone, all jumbled. He could clench his fists but that was it. He was slowly leaving whatever world he was in.
Suddenly a jolt of impossible pain shot through his head. He screamed, which just showed how had it was. As a strong ninja he was still conscious, if he had been any weaker he would've passed out from the pain. He cursed himself for being strong. He wanted to get out of this place but he couldn't seem to escape.
As he was recovering from the pain another jolt came. He screamed again, baring his teeth under his mask.
"My... Head..." He winced. He could feel his consciousness slipping away, but it was going so slowly. When will the next come? What's happening to me now? I don't understand...
Eventually the last shot came. It felt like an actual gunshot would. Kakashi's mouth flew open though no sound came out. His eyes shut slowly, though he fought to stay awake for some reason. He shut his mouth and his eyes closed. His breathing got worse, it felt like he was suffocating. Is this it? Is this...
How... I...
... Die...?
OMG KAKA-SENSEI! ;-; So hey guys, thank you SO much for tha reviews, you have no idea how much they brighten my day! :) Anyway I decided to annoy you guys (only cuz I love ya) and post this. I'm leaving on Thursday to go to Spain and I wont be able to post a chapter for 2 weeks (I THINK, I'm not sure, I might fit one in if I can...) So I'll give you a long chapter when I upload it on Wednesday, m'kay? ^-^ Cool beans, see ya later!