Kakashi and me hadnt spoken since that night. He refused to come home and let me explain. I figured hed come back eventually, i was content with waiting. Until i woke up this morning. There was a stifling air about today. A knot in my gut, something i only got when it was time to go into battle. I ended up pacing the living room, wringing my hands and trying to calm down.

I had this feeling like something was wrong. My instincts were telling me to gear up. I turned and walked to the bedroom to get my gear.

Fuck, i feel like i need to pop a Xanax. This is making me start to feel sick to my stomach.

I slipped on my BTU pants and boots, then my white undershirt and BTU zipper jacket. I strapped on my kevlar vest and knee guards then sat on the balcony, waiting. Something was coming but i couldnt figure out what. The longer i sat there the more i thought i heard explosions. I figured it was just my mind playing tricks until i saw it, in the distance, an explosion. I leap to my feet from the plastic chair, leaning on the railing trying to get a good look.

Thats when i felt my world crumble. A giant orange and black centipede was headed this way.

"No..."

I knew what that meant, but i couldnt wrap my head around it. If Pein was here then...Kakashi...

I turn and run for the front door, screaming for everyone to leave the building. I didnt stop until i saw Kurenia at the bottom of the steps, i race over just in time to shield her from the wall shattering around us. I could hear Shikamaru running over, I scoop her up and run into the stair well corner to cover her from any damages while Shadow boy deals with the insect.

"Thanks for protecting her."

"No problem."

I glance between the two with a worried expression. I know theyll be fine but i care about these people, more than i had while just watching the show.

"Wheres Kakashi?"

"I dont know."

I nod to the both before running down the chaotic street. I hear them yelling for me but ignore it. I needed to find him.

People screaming, explosions shaking the earth, seeing the dead laying amongst the rumble. I felt sick for a moment before i pushed it away, i had to find Kakashi. I had to be there. I needed him to know-

A child stumbled and lost her grip on her fathers hand. I reacted on instinct when i saw that buildung wall tipping forward towards that little girl. I dived over top of her, rolling away from the falling brick with her in my grasp. My back slammed into some garbage cans, i let her go as she screamed for her dad, he didnt even thank me. Just snatched her up and ran. I couldnt blame him. Not when the world seemed to be falling apart around them. I lept to my feet and charged down the road.

The streets began to get eerily quiet, most of the civilians had been evacuated. I turned a corner, glancing around because i felt watched, when the building to my left started to give way. I dove forward, out of its crumbling path. I rolled to a stop against something. Looking up from on my back i saw him.

Pein.

His orange hair and those empty ringed purple eyes. The metal pieces in his face threw me off for a moment, distracting me from feeling as scared as i should have. I scrambled to my feet, i slide them apart and pulled my arms in. I didnt think id stand a chance, not agaisnt the 1st Pein. The one that ruled the Akatsuki.

"Tell me where the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails is...or else, Ill kill you."

I couldnt help remembering how much of a good person Naruto is. How he busts his ass for this shit village when they hated him so much. Whiskers has been through enough, he deserves to live in peace. I grit my teeth and turned my eyes to look at his.

"Shove it up your ass, boy."

He was unfazed by my answer. I knew what was coming next, i prepared my self mentally for it.

The chakra rod in his arm slide out straight for my stomach, i side stepped it with a palm strike to his wrist.

"Youre very quick."

I didnt have time to say anything snarky in return, he was suddenly behind me. The agony of something dull being shoved through your chest...i wish it on no one. He went to yank it free but i knew id bleed out if he did. Right now the rod was closing off any blood vessels or tears, if he pulled it free it would not only open up the wound but probably do more damage as well.

I spun towards his chest, snapping the rod at my back, it was unpleasant to say the least. I shoved him away before staggering slightly to the left. My body wasnt responding the way i wanted it to. It felt sluggish and my knees felt weak. I couldnt hold myself up any longer.

"You will know pain."

"I already have, you cocksucker."

He paused, studying me for a moment. I sunk to one knee, panting breathlessly as i glared at him.

"Ive known more pain than anything else in my life."

His face was devoid of any emotion, i didnt know if i was gonna die, but i wouldnt go down without trying to fight.

"That wound is lethal."

"Who gives a shit."

I pulled out a kunai, spinning it on my finger before catching it in my palm. I struggled to my feet, hand on the rod poking through my vest. Stupid damn thing wasnt worth shit anyway.

"I may be a stranger here but i love this village, i love the people here. I wont make promises like im going to kill you. I know i cant. But i can say youre gonna die today. That is a fact."

I grin at him while swaying on my feet. My vision was blurring, head was pounding and my chest was starting to feel very cold. Before i had time to register anything a sandled foot caught the side of my face, sending me flying into a pile of rubble a few yards away.

I tried to stay awake, i needed to stay awake. But my eyes were too heavy. My body too numb. My lungs refused to let me breath properly. I drifted into the darkness to the sound of an electric pulsation close by.

"Ka..Kakashi."

What scared me the most was i could hear everything. I couldnt open my eyes or move but i could hear. And the pain. I figured i must have caused an avalanche of rubble to fall onto me when i collided into the pile. I must have been buried beneath it. I struggled with trying to force my body to move. I needed to get out. I needed to find help. I needed...i wanted to see Kakashi. Right now he was probably fighting for his village, battling for his comrades...and was going to die for Choji and the information he had on Pein.

Move damnit!! Get the fuck up!!

My fingers twitched, then my hand then my arms. I shoved my hand out of the debrie, then the other. I clawed at the rocks until i could see light behind my closed eyelids.

Thats it!! Keep moving!! Dont stop!!

I dug my head out then my chest, careful not to knock the rod impaling me. I used my arms to drag my legs out, my eyes widened when i saw them. They were broken and numb. Twisted the wrong way and broken in a few places. Bone judding out with blood spilling freely from the wounds.

Dont think about it! Find him!

I forced my gaze away from my legs, looking around until i spotted a gray head hanging down from a body pancaked in rubble.

"Kaka..shi."

I flipped over, screaming in agony when my legs smacked into rocks and metal. On my hands i dragged myself bit by bit until i was a yard or so from him. He wasnt moving, wasnt breathing.

"Kakashi.."

My arms were shaking voilently, screaming for me to stop. I forced myself over to him, laying on my side in front of him. My breathing was slowing, eyes getting blurry. I could feel the cold chill of death coming for me. It wasnt like before, this was a scary feeling. Felt like cold hands grapping me and pulling me towards the ground.

I laid my head on a slab of concrete, gasping for breath, a shakey hand reaching for Kakashi. When it finally grabbed a handful of his vest i felt my whole being tipped forward until my eyes blurred into darkness.

"Kaka..."

I was cold and it was so dark. Where was i? I dont understand. I slowly look around. I notice a small light was infront of me. It was so beautiful, a pull at my chest made my feet start moving towards it. And the closer i got the more people i saw. I saw so many of my old friends.

Daisuke and Carter. My mother and my sister. I felt tears in my eyes as a smile broke across my face. I can see them! I could hear them! They were calling for me!

"Lincoln!"

"Captain, come on!"

"Linny!"

"Weve been waiting for you!"

"Come here, my baby boy!"

"Lincoln!"

There was an urgent, desperate voice now. I knew it. I just could hear it clearly. I paused from my walking to listen. Something about it made my heart ache.

"Lincoln!"

"Please!"

I slowly turned back the way i came. The voice was getting louder now. It was screaming, shouting for me with such a heartbreaking tone.

"Lincoln!!"

I glanced behind me, meeting the eyes of everyone i had lost. I gave them a sad smile.

"Im sorry...but he needs me."

I started running, as fast as i could for that voice. It grew louder and louder.

"Lincoln!"

"Kaka..shi.."

I opened one eye, my other refused to open. What i saw made my lips turn up in a grin. There above me, tears welling up in his eye was Kakashi. He was an foot or so from my face, his hair hanging down shielding him from seeing anything but me.

"Hey...i told ya...i wasnt dying...anytime soon.."

I croaked out, keenly aware of Pinky trying to heal my legs. Breathing hurt but not as badly as it hurt when i thought id lost him. A cold hand, shaking, touched my cheek.

"You baka."

I grinned before my eyes began to close again. Sounds blurring out, he was panicking again but i wasnt dying. I just needed to rest my eyes.

"I love you, Dickhead."

I murmured out as sleep crashed down on me. I had never felt so peaceful before. My chest was light, no joke intended, and my heart was soaring.

If Kakashi was alive then Naruto had ended in. The village would be rebuilt and things would go back to normal. I firmly believed that, because i had watched the show.

I got everything i ever wanted and more. A love, a life and friends that i wasnt afraid of loosing around ever corner.

I was home.