A/N: This story is revived! Sorry for posting it one day later than I said (if you read You Never Stay too). I hope you enjoy everything that happens in this juicy and action-packed chapter. ;)

Chapter 36

Sakura rolled and stirred awake with a big yawn. Forcing herself to crack an eye open, she read the green LED numbers on the clock on her nightstand. It read a quarter past four in the morning. She sighed in relief, they had been sleeping for a little over eight hours now. She closed her eyes and rolled back over and willed herself to go back to sleep. Another hour or two couldn't hurt.

Sleep never came. She felt alert and ready to go. She opened her eyes again and watched Kakashi's chest slowly rise and fall. She was thankful to watch him get some much-needed rest. She knew he probably slept a fraction of the amount of time she did in that time, granted that she was in what would probably be considered a mild coma for a chunk of that time.

She reached up and touched the gauze taped to the left side of her forehead resting at her hairline. It stung slightly at the pressure of her touch. She prayed that it wouldn't leave a noticeable scar once healed. She didn't care about scars anywhere else on her body, but at least spare her face she thought selfishly. Sakura amused herself with the thought of her and Kakashi being the odd couple that has jarring facial scars and then scolded herself for having the thought because their scars were not something done on purpose, but something done from trauma.

She continued to watch him for a few more minutes as his even breaths soothed her. She moved and tried to snuggle up to him and he quickly stirred awake. She cursed herself for bothering him.

"Is everything alright?" his concerned yet groggy voice broke the silence.

"Sorry, I was just trying to snuggle up to you," Sakura admitted shyly as she continued to snuggle into him and received a strong arm quickly wrapping around her.

"Ahh." he said with a big yawn, "Why aren't you sleeping?"

The pinkette laid her arm across his chest as she settled in relishing in the heat he emitted.

"I woke up and couldn't fall back asleep," she told him.

"What time is it?"

"Nearly four thirty."

He shifted and looked down at her.

"Do you want to get up and get going?" he asked, his voice clear.

Sakura toyed with the idea moments earlier. It was a peak time to get going since it was before most people got up and left for work, but she had no urge to get up and leave yet.

"I mean we could, but I was hoping we could get a couple more hours of sleep before leaving," she said as she turned and propped her chin up on his chest and met his gaze in the dark.

A small smile came across his face as they looked at each other.

"But you just said you can't sleep." he teased while pointing out her flawed logic.

The pinkette nodded the best she could in that position. She felt Kakashi shift and move away from her as he turned to lean over her and kiss her.

"I can think of a few things to help us wake up more and start this day off on a positive note?" he spoke with a questioning tone as he pulled back from their kiss.

Sakura felt the little fire spark inside her at the idea as the heat spread throughout her body.

"Could help us release some pent-up stress too." she pointed out to him.

A low hum mixed with a quiet laugh escaped him as he moved to sit up and pulled her up with him.

"You're absolutely right."

She found herself swinging a leg over him and straddling his lap and they began to pepper each other with soft kisses as warm hands trailed over the other's bodies. This probably wasn't the best idea to be doing this right now, but she wasn't going to deny that the distraction was very much welcomed. They deserved to feel some pleasure since they've only been feeling fear and anxiety over the past three days, going on four.

Sakura let large hands roam over her body and make their way under her shirt. She enjoyed the tingling sensations that shot up her spine from the trailing hands and the wet kisses he trailed across her neck.

"Make me feel good," she whispered, as his hands slowly pulled up her shirt and tossed it behind her off into the room.

"With pleasure." his voice so low that she sucked in a shaky breath.

Kakashi trailed his kisses across her collar bone and she loved the attention he was giving her. He lifted his head back up and gave her a deep kiss as his tongue invaded her mouth. The heat behind it was noticed and welcomed. She felt him nudge her backward and she let herself relax as they fell back against the mattress.

"How do you want me to make you feel good?" he asked when he finally broke away from the heated kiss, tearing his shirt off and throwing it into the room, "Quickie? A little rough? Slow?"

She admired the sight hovering over her and she watched his muscles flex and crease from his motions. The mild dehydration made his toned body look a lot more chiseled than it actually was. She knew that once they were hydrated enough, his proper physic would return, and hers too.

"Surprise me."

She could see the fire in his eyes spark at the request, even in the darkness of the room.

"All of the above," he spoke in a low voice and she prepared herself for a good time.

Kakashi stood off the edge of the bed and she watched him pull down his pants and boxer to reveal he was more than ready for her. She couldn't enjoy the sight too long before he reached out and grabbed her hips and pulled her towards him. Sakura couldn't stop the squeak that came from her at the bold motion. She had never done this before, he had always been gentle.

Before she realized her pants and panties were pulled off her. He forced her hands to remain by her side and to not cover herself in the natural defense of decency. This wasn't like what he usually did, but she wasn't liking this feeling creeping up her. A large hand grabbed her wrists as he yanked them above her head and the fear consumed her fully. Her mind flashed back to the hospital out of reflex.

"Kakashi…" she quietly cried out to him as she tried to find her voice but found it lost once his name came out of her mouth.

He either didn't listen or didn't hear her as she watched him use his free hand and push her legs apart. Her breathing picked up and the panic attack was on the verge of starting.

"Stop." she called out louder, "Please stop!"

He released her hands immediately and stepped back two paces with his hands up in front of him. She fought back tears as she focused on his face through shaky breaths and found him staring at her in disbelief.

"I'm so sorry." he whispered as he stepped timidly up to her, "I went too far. I- I… Oh, god, Sakura…"

The pinkette sat up and beckoned him closer as she continued focusing on her breathing and felt her nerves slowly fading. Kakashi would never hurt her, she reasoned. With this thought alone she felt the world straighten back out. He took small and measured steps towards her. She reached out and took his left hand in hers and brought it up to her face.

"It's okay." she whispered as he cupped her face, "You stopped. That's all that matters."

She could see the battle happening in his eyes and face. She felt a pang of regret that she encouraged it only for it to backfire. She wasn't ready as she thought. He was only acting on her orders. This probably wouldn't be the last time it happened. It was a process she thought. A process they would work on together.

"I guess I'm not as ready for rough yet as I thought." she continued quietly.

She decided to be bold and used her free hand and reached out and wrapped her fingers around his now half-hard member and gave a couple of gentle and encouraging strokes. She didn't want this to end on a bad note, they needed to start the day off on a positive one. Sakura watched him bite his bottom lip as the obvious pleasure passed through him.

"I never should have even brought it up, to begin with, yah know." he berated himself as he leaned over and kissed her forehead, "This is entirely my fault. It tried to push something on you that I knew you weren't ready for."

She let go of him and locked eyes with him while a little pink tongue stuck out and licked her hand to provide some lubrication before she reached down and took him again into her touch.

"This is an equal blame situation." she whispered as she leaned up and kissed the corner of his mouth noticing the shaky breath leaving him from her ministrations, "Now come on, let's enjoy ourselves before it's too late."

The strife in his eyes was evident, but with a few more strokes she seemed to have convinced him to give in.

"Promise me to always be verbal?" he asked as he scooted them back into the center of the bed, "Even the slightest sense of discomfort, please say something."

Sakura nodded as he leaned down and kissed her cheek, then her jaw, down to her neck and collarbone again.

"I promise." she sighed as she let herself finally relax fully in his hold.

Kakashi never meant any harm. She knew he would always be safe with him. This was a valuable lesson between them.

All was forgotten as they started to lose themselves in pleasure.

Kakashi felt awful. He heard her cry out his name, but he ignored it. He misinterpreted it. He thought she was crying out in pleasure, but it was the exact opposite.

'I can't forgive myself for this. I almost ended up like him. I can't slip up like that ever again.'

He wanted to make her feel good. Forget the mishap that just occurred. They were on limited time now, so he had to make every second worth it.

"I love you," he whispered as he let his hand trail down her side and towards where she wanted to be touched.

"I love you too." Sakura moaned out as he let a finger slip between her lips and gave a couple of soft strokes.

He worked a couple more noises out of her as he used two fingers to tease her entrance and rubbed her around and circled her clit a couple of times. She jerked gently in response to the ministrations as shaky breaths escaped both of them.

"Forever and always," he said quietly as he shifted and settled between her legs.

He grabbed himself and rubbed his tip a few times to coat himself, stopping himself from just plunging into her.

"Ahhh." she sighed loudly before replying, "Forever and always."

Kakashi smiled gently into a passionate kiss as he placed himself at her entrance finally and slowly pushed in. Both of them shuddered at the feeling.

She was warm. Wet. Sucking him in and begging for him to make love to her.

"I'll never leave you." he groaned as he pulled back and thrust gently into her again, "Ever."

He watched as Sakura's mouth formed a perfect "O" from the tenderness he was showing her. It was clear she was feeling nothing but bliss. He repeated the slow strokes a few more times before she squirmed beneath him.

"You're driving me crazy." she whined as she rolled her hips upwards to try and make more friction, "Pure torture."

He huffed in amusement as he smirked into another slow kiss.

"I live to drive you crazy."

With that, he slowly picked up his pace as they both grew more eager.

Kakashi felt sweat start to prick at his forehead. He forgot that Sakura turned up the heat last night. They both wanted to feel nothing but warmth after two straight days in that frigid and damp cave and a nearly eight-hour hike through nearly two feet of snow. He opened his eyes and noticed a similar sheen of sweat covering her body.

He couldn't stop the guttural groan as he propped himself up more and watched her perky breasts bounce from his thrusts for a few seconds.

"Play with your breasts." he requested as he focused on holding back his climax from hearing her below him.

Her hands shot up and he enjoyed the sight of her nipples running between her fingers. Her breath was matching his thrusts and it was slowly driving him over the edge. He wanted nothing but to bury himself deep inside her and cum.

"Please tell me you're close." he moaned out as he shifted and gripped her hip while using his other hand to hold himself up.

He only got a loud moan in reply due to his actions. He watched her pinch her nipples and gasped as he felt her clamp around him momentarily.

"Fuck!" he moaned loudly before bucking into her a few times, "Sakura…"

"I'm close." she panted, "Don't stop."

He obliged as he held his pace and felt the thread beginning to snap within him. He moved his hand from her hip and reached down between them and used his thumb to draw tight circles around her clit.

That was her undoing.

"Oh god, Kakashi!" Sakura cried out.

The gray-haired man gasped as he continued pumping into her as his climax hit and he emptied himself into her before reality hit.

'Fuck!' he thought to himself frantically, but he couldn't stop himself, 'I came inside her! Oh God…!'

He didn't give himself proper time to enjoy his post-climax euphoria as he pulled out of her and propped himself up and sat back on his heels.

"I'm sorry. I should've pulled out." he quickly spoke as she opened her eyes and gave him a look.

He couldn't read her expression as the information processed through her head. She propped herself up on her elbows and glanced down between her legs idly.

"I haven't taken my birth control since we ran from the cabin." she revealed as she glanced up at him, "Wasn't high on my list at the time when gathering supplies."

Dread washed over him. His brain was screaming at him for making such a rookie mistake. He had been so careful all these years.

"I'm so sorry," he repeated himself, he didn't know what else to say at this point.

Sakura sat up more and she gave him a half smile.

"It's okay." she spoke confidently, "We can get through this. There's just a very slim chance I could end up pregnant is all."

'Pregnant.'

The thought raced through his head. Sakura ending up pregnant scared the shit out of him. Not that he didn't want to have that type of life with her, but he wanted to do so many other things with her before they settled down. He wanted to propose and get married before having kids. He wanted that traditional timeline with her.

Sakura must have sensed the fear in him.

"I'm not mad." she reassured him, "We got carried away. We had a bit too much fun."

Sakura could tell he was freaking out. She felt bad. First, she called him out for taking things too far, and then this. She knew he wasn't worried about getting tied down with her. He was worried about becoming a father too soon. She felt the same way about becoming a mother before she was ready to.

"Let's get up." she suggested as she quickly glanced at the clock as it read quarter after five, "I want to get out of here by six. We'll be stealing a car. That news broadcast last night that plastered our photo across the nation has made it impossible for us. It's too easy to get seen by anyone now."

The bodyguard could tell he was still giving himself shit for what happened but nodded at the information. This simply wasn't something they could worry about right now. They had much more pressing matters to attend to.

With that they temporarily ended their conversation and she instructed him to go take a quick shower and then she would and they'd leave. Sakura was glad to see all the clothes had dried out overnight. She picked out the items they'd wear today and quickly gathered and folded and packed all the clothes into the bigger of the two bags and then the few pieces that didn't fit into the next one.

'I'll pack all our toiletries once I shower.'

Sakura took a napkin and used it as a makeshift plate and warmed up two pieces of pizza for them to eat. She had already eaten a couple of bites of hers when Kakashi emerged from the bathroom.

"Get dressed and eat your food real quick," she spoke in a warm but stern voice. They were to be out of the room within thirty minutes.

She could tell he had lingering thoughts from earlier. It would be something they could discuss later, but not now.

Sakura hopped into the shower and poured a generous amount of shampoo into her hands and lathered her hair up. The cheap shampoo she used yesterday didn't fully clean all of her hair. She had to make sure there was enough for Kakashi. She felt refreshed as she rinsed it all out.

She grabbed the body wash and rag from where Kakashi had left them from his use a few minutes prior. She could see he used a generous amount of that too and did a good scrub on his body. She copied the action and poured much more than she needed and relished the scents of coconut filling the steamy air.

She quickly got out and wrapped her hair and body into a towel and walked out into the room. Kakashi was dressed and chewed what she assumed was the rest of his pizza. She grabbed her piece and chowed down on her and quickly got dressed. The man took it upon himself to gather their toiletries. She quickly got her teeth brushed along with him as she put on some cheap-smelling deodorant.

The bodyguard grabbed the brush and started brushing out the long pink locks and twisted it into a tight bun.

The two of them moved the table away from the door and made their final rounds of the room.

"Ready?" Kakashi asked as he stood at the door.

"Just need to get our guns," she mentioned as she turned away.

She heard Kakashi open the door and the sound of a gun cocking caused her to whip around.

Her heart sank when we saw a man holding a gun just mere inches from Kakashi's face.

"Found yah!" the man shouted as he took a step into the room.

Kakashi felt his heart drop when he opened the door and immediately saw a gun in his face.

"Found yah!" the man shouted as he took a step into the room forcing Kakashi to take a half step back.

'How the fuck did they find us that quick?! Oh god, we should have left earlier. If I didn't pressure her to have sex, we could have missed them!'

"How'd you find us?" Sakura bit out.

Kakashi studied the man and his purple-ish hair that was slicked back with an alarming amount of gel. His teeth were yellow as he spoke and she smelled like a mixture of stale cigarettes and general body odor. It took everything in him to not wrinkle his nose up at the smell.

"Oh, we've been searching since you two escaped. Boss won't let us come back until we got him," he revealed, nodding his head towards him.

"Yamato?" Sakura asked.

"I call him boss."

'Sakura was right… Tenzo is the one trying to kill me. What information she got out of that hitman at the cabin seemed to have been true.'

"Let's just say, the innkeeper was very cooperative in our investigation," he added, "Not that he'll live much longer."

He saw another man step into the doorway and he was forced to take another step back as the men entered. Kakashi eyed the man and saw the gun in his hand as well. He glanced at Sakura and their eyes briefly met before he looked back at both men. They were sizing them up and seeing if they could take them down and make a run for it and attempt to escape.

"I suggest you two be cooperative as well." the other man said, "We need Kakashi alive, but the boss orders that the bitch must die."

Kakashi didn't know what took over him, but he lunged at the man with the gun in his face and tackled him to the ground and a shot fired right next to his ear. He was disoriented from the ringing in his head as he sat up and swung down and landed a connecting blow to his nose and heard a scream as a result. He was on autopilot as he twisted and disarmed the gun.

"Kakashi!" Sakura screamed as the men began shouting.

"Don't move or I'll shoot!" the second man finally spoke up.

The CEO wasn't paying full attention and didn't see the knee that was coming his way. Before he realized what happened he was laying with his back on the floor. He heard sounds of metal and then warm metal wrapping around his wrists.

'Fuck.'

When he opened his eyes he saw Sakura had moved closer to her gun, but the threat of him being shot stopped her. His attempt was futile. They were doomed. This was his fault. He was only making things worse.

"Don't kill her." he begged as he struggled against the cuffs, "Take me, but don't kill her!"

He watched as the man he attacked stood and reach out to his cuffed hands and yank up and began to drag him out of the room. Kakashi barely found his footing before he started struggling against it.

"No!" he swung his cuffed hands in an attempt to fight back while he was pulled out through the door, "Sakura!"

He felt himself get tripped and he slammed down onto the snow-covered concrete with a thud.

"Feisty!" the man with too much gel in his hair said before calling out to his accomplice, "Kakuzu, make sure she's dead before you leave!"

"No!" he roared as he tried to sit up and launch himself towards the room.

He was stopped when he was kicked square in the gut as hard as the man could. He dropped back down to the snowy ground as he gasped for air as the pain coursed through his body.

"No!" he gasped in between deep breaths while he heard doors opening and felt himself get dragged into the back of a van, "Don't kill her! I did exactly what you wanted! Leave her be! You have me now!"

The greasy man began laughing hysterically and Kakashi felt himself grow angrier and more desperate. He couldn't let her get hurt. He wasn't going to let them take him so easily at this point. He forced himself back up and tried to roll towards the door, but a foot connected with his side. He felt what must have been a rib break and more pain shot up his side as a result.

"You thought I would make a promise like that?" he continued laughing as he stood there, "Boss will be so happy to see her end!"

"You fucker!" Kakashi yelled, "Don't you fucking touch her!"

The door slammed then as he heard the laughter fade away.

"Let's get out of here, Kabuto!" he shouted from the front where he realized another man had been seated in the driver's seat, "We have a long drive back to Konoha."

'No, no, no, no!'

Kakashi's flight or fight flipped to fight instantly as he struggled to get up and do something. Anything. He couldn't just let her die. But the pain in his side and the pain in his head were disorienting. They hadn't restrained his feet and he tried to get himself up but the pulsing in his head wouldn't let him move far.

"Calm down!" he heard the man talking to him from the front, "The more you struggle, the more tired you'll be!"

"No!" he yelled, "Fuck off, all of you! Sakura!"

"Hidan, hurry the hell up." he heard a voice up from the driver's seat.

"Yeah, yeah," Hidan mumbled as he slammed the passenger door shut.

Kakashi was panicking at this point. How was he going to get out of this? How is he going to get back to Sakura?

Every terrible emotion set in as he felt the van lurch forward and begin driving away. Taking him away from Sakura.

Suddenly four shots fired through the air and his heart sank. It felt like the world had fallen from beneath him.

"Thatta boy!" Hidan hollered as he cackled happily.

"No! Sakura!" he screamed as he felt hot tears run down the side of his face and his heart pounding in his chest, "No!"

A/N: Why must I break my own heart? :'( What happened to Sakura? What's going to happen to Kakashi?! Can he defend himself without her?

Thank you so so SO much for being so patient while there was such a large gap in these chapters, both this story and You Never Stay. I never once stopped thinking about these stories in my little -hiatus- and I've had them completed in my head for a LONG time. Now that life is settled and I'm finding time to write again, that passion is back in full force!

Please leave a review with what you think will happen or what assumptions you've predicted and so forth hehe.

Thank you as always to Taytay95 for being an amazing friend and beta for nearly 4 years now! :)