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Chapter 8: A New Threat

"Tsunade I swear to God if you do not tell me where Sakura is..." Sasuke threatened with sharingan already spinning in his eyes.

"Sasuke calm down!" Tsunade said slamming her fists on the desk.

"You know where she is, I can see it in your eyes." Sasuke said glaring at the hokage.

"Yes...I do," Lady Tsunade said looking down at her hands.

Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke all visibly tensed. Kakashi and Naruto were unusually quiet as the Uchiha and Hokage went at it. They were all thinking the same thing; Akatsuki.

"I know what you're all thinking. You're right. They have her. I was so stupid to send her out there. I didn't think they would want her anyways." Tsuande said while still looking at her hands.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, Naruto started getting extremely angry and Kakashi just stayed casual.

"I have a plan on getting her back though," Tsunade continued. "It will be extremely difficult and you need to promise me that you won't get recklace,"

"I have ANBU on their way back from Rain country. I sent them to investigate and gather as much information as they can about Akasuki and Sakura. When they return and tell me their information I will send you three plus Sai out to investigate further and if given the chance take Sakura back." Tsunade finished.

"Hai!" The three ninja said in unison. Naruto and Sasuke vanished in a puff of smoke but, Kakashi stayed behind.

"Is there a problem Kakashi?" Tsunade said looking at the copy-nin.

"Well...I noticed you said 'take' instead of 'rescue'. Do you mean to think that Sakura let them capture her?" Kakashi asked in a serious tone.

"We all know how hard Sasuke has been on her since he has returned. I can see it in her eyes. Lack of sleeping, begging for more training, harder missions. He still thinks of her as weak. I didn't know what to do. I have taught her all I know. She's surpassed me and that Uchiha brat still thinks she is weak. He pushed her away from us Kakashi." Tsunade said as a stray tear fell from her face.

Kakashi said nothing. He just walked out in search of the two young men. It was time to have a talk with them about their precious cherry blossom and how strong she really is.

FLASHBACK

"Kakashi! Are you alright?! I didn't mean for it to be that strong!" Sakura yelled running up to her sensei.

They were just training alone to work more on better chakra control when Sakura put a little too much chakra behind her new jutsu and hit Kakashi.

"Oh my god sensei you're bleeding!" Sakura said as she knelt to quickly heal the large gash across his stomach.

After about a half hour Kakashi woke up to find Sakura sitting next to him in the grass. The pain from the cut was gone but his stomach was still sore.

"How did you manage to put so much chakra into that?" Kakashi said trying to sit up.

"No don't sit up yet," Sakura said putting her hands on his shoulders and gently pushing him back down. "I don't know. You told me to get pissed off so that I would be able to gather more chakra and well...I did."

"You really have surpassed Tsunade Sakura. I am so proud of you." Kakashi said. Even though Sakura could not see his face thanks to his mask she could tell in his eyes that he was smiling at her.

Two days later...

Kakashi stepped out of the shower and wrapped the towel around his waist. He was about to brush his teeth when he noticed something odd about his stomach. When he wiped the mirror of the fogginess that covered it his jaw dropped.

He had a scar that was about an inch and a half wide and about a foot and a half long that stretched all the way across his stomach. Kakashi could not believe it.

End of flashback

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