Help me believe its not the real me

Author's Notes

Blizzy is still busy at proofing my other chapters, school, and web page designing. He’s done up to chapter 3 so far… So again this chapter will not be proofed and I am very sorry but if I don’t post it when it’s done I’ll forget to do it and you’ll all be left hanging.

Also next week their will not be a chapter out dew to me not going to have time to get it done.

That is all!
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“Hoping for a sign”

Chapter 10

“I'd give my heart,
I'd give my soul.
I'd turn it back,
it's my fault.
Your destiny is forlorn”

Within temptation – Jillian

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A full moon slowly slipped out from behind the clouds, a few stars could be seen here and there as the clouds parted even more. Two shadowy figures could be seen at the gates of the leaf village as the crickets started to chip out there song for the night.

“Be careful Sakura… If any thing happens to you I’ll be dead for sure” Naruto said

he lifted his arm and rubbed the back of his head. Sakura gave a feeble smile as she waved her hand in good-bye to him

“I always am... I’ll be back soon” she said

Sakura turned and jumped in to a tree near by the gate and diapered from Naruto’s eye sight. He let out a sigh and just stood there, he let her go... More then likely to her own death. He let out a sigh

“What the HELL was I thinking?” he said out load

He clenched his hand in to a fist and hit the gate door before turning and walking back in to the village. The village looked to be a dead ghost town at that hour of the night, we slow was making his way back to his home when he heard the hurried foot steps of some behind him. He let out a sigh

‘that was faster then I thought it would be’ he thought to him self

He slowly turned around to see who it was. His heart almost stopped as he watched Tsunade come to a halt with in feet of him

“Where is she Naruto… did you let her get away?” she asked

Naruto shifted his weight a bit as he rubbed the back of his and gave a feeble smile

“Sort of…”

“Well you can forget about sleep! Go after her and bring her back… we found out what Kabuto used on Kakashi…” Tsunade said as she folded her arms across her large chest.

“You did... Shit…” he said

He looked back towards the area of the gate to the village

“Don’t worry I’ll send back up in a few hours... You two will need it” she said

she waved her hand for him to leave, he gave a slight nod before running off after Sakura
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Sakura jumped from tree branch to tree branch as she hurried on her way. All she could hear was the sound of wind whooshing past her ears. She had made it half way back to the sound in less time that she had thought.

‘Food pills are a wonderful thing... it’s a good thing I packed them this time’ she thought

Sakura jumped to a tree branch and stopped, she let out a soft sigh as she sat down for a moment. She wanted to come up with a plane before for what she would do if she where to come upon any Sound Ninjas. Just as she was about to jump down from a tree a young looking man was walking down past where she was going to jump. She smirked as she threw six kunai with wires on them at the guy.

The guy didn’t know what hit him, one minute he was walking and the next he was bound to a tree by wire. Sakura jumped down and ran to the man holding a kunai to his throat

“Right, here is how this works” she said in a cold tone

Sakura shifted her kunai blade on the guys neck as he tried to struggle a bit

“I ask you a question, you tell me an answer; one question one answer… I don’t get the answer I like we’ve got a problem… and if we got a problem you’ve got a problem… is that clear?” she asked

the guy just shook his head praying this would end soon.

“Alright here is your question… I hope you’re ready for this… What did Kabuto do to Kakashi?” she asked

Sakura narrowed her eyes a bit as the guy thought it over, he looked as if he wasn’t going to say a word but as soon as he opened his mouth to say something they could hear some one coming close to them. She looked around with her green eyes, at first she didn’t see any thing but soon a figurer slowly shifted in the shadows and stepped out in the light of the growing dawn.

“This looks like your lucky day, I don’t have the time to torture you…” she said in a cold voice

“Dose this mean your letting me go?” the guy asked

The guy turned his head trying to look at her. Sakura let out a laugh before she spoke again to him

“No... I am just going to have to kill you” she said

she raised her eye brows for a moment before she let her kunai slip and dig in the guy’s throat. Sakura then turned to the man that had just shown up.

“May may… what a feisty little kunoichi we have here...” the man said

He had watched her kill his comrade in cold blood. The man laughed and had a smirk on his face as he started to take a few steps closer to Sakura

“Be for I kill you girl… Tell me what it is you risked your life for to come here by your self” he asked

the man put his right arm over his left shoulder and placed his hand on something before puling on it. A short black sword came in to view with a light clank as it left its scabbard. Sakura took a few steps back holding tightly to her kunai that was now dripping with blood.

“I...I ... Came to get some questions answered is all” she said softly

“There is nothing that can be done for the Copy-Ninja… only Kabuto knows how to heal him” the man said with a laugh

Sakura took a deep breath as she took another step back from the guy

“I am sure that once I find out what he has done the Leaf will find a way to fix it”

“It’s a Forbidden Jutsu… you have to know the Reverse Jutsu to get him back to normal and there isn’t a soul alive besides Kabuto that knows it!”

Sakura slowed heard as the man started to take a few more steps towards her to close the gap that she was trying to make.

“We end this mindless dribble now!” the man said

He shifted his sword off to the side of his body and lunged for Sakura, she didn’t have time to block the quick movement. She tried to jump off to the side but it was to no avail,
She let out a gasp as cold steal cut in to her side. Quickly turning she threw her kunai at the guys back but it just bounced off his shirt with a clank.

“Dame it… Armor” she said softy to her self

The man turned around and ready for another attack. Sakura quickly summoned chakra as she formed the hand seals tiger, ox, and dog. With a puff of smoke two more Sakura’s appear and all three went for a head on attack.

“That won’t work on me you stupid Vixen” the man yelled out

Just as the Sakura’s jumped up in the air the man brought his sword to the front of his body ready to slash in to them. Sakura was already two steps a head of the man and was forming the hand seals tiger, boar, ox, and snake before she was with in striking rang. As the man made a swipe at them with his sword the real Sakura turned in to a log and the clones disappear in a puff of smoke.

“Where did you go Bitch?” he yelled looking around

With in seconds Sakura reappeared be hind him as she gathers her chakra once more and hit him square in his back with inhuman strength sending him flying a good hundred feet. The man hit the ground and bounced a bit before landing with a thud. Sakura took a deep breath as she narrowed green eyes at the man. He laid there trying to catch his breath.

Taking her right hand and wiping her forehead she started to walk over to him. As she came closer she took another kunai out. Once she was right next to him she knelt down on his back as she wrapped her arm around his neck holding her kunai tight on his throat.

“Tell me the name of Jutsu and I might just let you” she whispered in to his ear

The man laughed a bit as he tried to throw her off of him but to no avail. He stayed motionless for a moment before he started to talk to her.

“I told you before that there is no way you will be able to reverse it”

The man shifted a bit and took a kunai out that was hiding some where in his side; unknown to Sakura.

“Just give me the name of the Jutsu name you filthy pig” Sakura said

She began to put more wait on her keen that was on his back, the man didn’t show any signs of discomfort.

“If you’re really want to know… it’s called the Gedo Mark seal” the man said

As his last word was spoken he pushed up off the ground and spun around. He took his kunai and ran her threw in the stomach. Sakura let out a gasp as she was taken off guard, she didn’t even know what hit her. All she felt was a hot prick of pain and a growing wetness around it. Sakura feel to the ground on her back with a thud; she was hit. She took her right hand and placed it on the left side of her navel. She winced at the pain it caused, her hand felt warm and wet. Alarmed she pulled it back up to her line of sight; the palm of her hand was covered in blood.

“Oh god...” she said under her breath.

The man shifted a bit before steadying him self on his feet and walking over to Sakura

“The name of the Jutsu is really no good to you now that your about to die you foolish Bitch… and for what some old Ninja?” the said with a laugh

Added insulate to injury the man spat on her and kicked on her side casing her cry out in pain. And with that he left her die there on the forest floor.

“Kakashi… Please…Fo...Forgive...M…Me” she said softly

Her eye sight was starting to get bleary and dark it wouldn’t be long before she blacked out.

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Naruto rushed threw the trees still picking up speed. If any thing happened to her he would not only be devastated but be very pissed off with him self for allowing her to go when he knew better.

“Sakura you better be ok” Naruto said

He was getting closer by the second and then it hit him, the smell of blood. Naruto stopped in his tracks as his stomach heaved at the scent.

“No… no…” he said softly

He quickly jumped from the tree to the ground and landed with in feet of the lifeless body of his friend. Rushing to her side he knelt down ad looked at her, she pale from losing blood and there was a wound on her stomach. Naruto took his right hand and placed it on her chest over her heart, there was still a heart beat but it was very faint.

“Sakura…” He said softly

A tear ran down his cheek as he bent over to pick her up and hoisted her up on his back as if he was giving a young kid a piggy back ride. Naruto looked around with his bright blue eyes before quickly jumping up in to tree and jumping as fast as he could threw the trees.

With in minutes two Anbu members showed up and began running along said Naruto

“Is she…”

Naruto knew what he was asking; he wanted to know if she was dead. He gave his head a slight shake no before he spoke

“She’s still with us but I don’t know for how long” his voice was shaken

“Understood, quickly follow us. We’ll take you right to the village” the other Anbu members said as he changed detraction.

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The short cut had cut down on time by at lest one third and it felt as if they got back to the village in no time flat. They jumped down out of the trees near the open gate; Tsunade was standing there waiting with four medical ninjas. Naruto hurried over to them and hand Sakura over to the four medical ninjas before turning to Tsunade.

“I was to late… It’s...it’s my fault that she’s hurt...” he said

Naruto shifted his gaze down to the ground and fought to remain calm and in control of his feelings. Tsunade let out a sigh and placed her hand on his shoulder and pulled him closer to her.

“That might be, But it was also you who went and found her and brought her back” she said softly

Taking her other hand she took old of Naruto’s chin ever so gently and pulled his head back up so that there eyes met

“Friends often let some rules slide for others they care for when they shouldn’t, you are still young and the only way to learn most often then not is the heard way. She’s not out of the woods just yet but she’s back home and in one of the only spots where there are top medical ninjas” she said her voice filled with hope

She let go of Naruto and quickly turned to follow the medical ninjas as they got Sakura stable and ready for transport to the hospital from the gates on a stretcher. Naruto watched as they left, he wanted to follow them but thought better of it. Letting out a sigh he took the back of his right hand and rubbed a tear out of his eye. So far two of his team mates where in the hospital, things didn’t look that good at all.

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It wouldn’t be till later that evening that Naruto would find it with him to show his face at the hospital. As he walked in threw the front down he ran in to Asuma.

“Naruto… did you hear the news? Kakashi woke up a few hours ago… they have him on a milled pain killer. There working on finding away to release the Jutsu” he said

Asuma pulled out a cigarette and placed it on his lip

“Does he know about…?” Naruto cut him self off

He wasn’t sure if Asuma had found out about what happen with Sakura as of yet and didn’t feel like explain what had happen to her to him. Asuma patted his pockets for his liter before he replied to him

“No… no one has told him yet, Tsunade is still with her at the moment but she has been updated on his condition thou. You might want to go see him… who knows it might cheer him up a bit” Asuma said as he pulled his liter out of his pocket

Naruto gave his head a slight nod before leaving Asuma to smoke his cigarette in peace. Naruto slowly made his way to and up the stairs to Kakashi’s floor. He walked pasted the nurses station and to Kakashi’s door. They had him propped up with pillows so that he was in a sitting pose. Kakashi looked to be out cold; Naruto quietly slipped in and had a look around. It would seem that Asuma had brought Kakashi’s favorite book for it was placed on the bed side table.

Quietly he shifted over to the bed side table and picked the book up

“I don’t see what he sees in these stupid books” he thought as he slowly opened the cover

“Naruto… Put the book down, not only is it not nice to snoop in others things but you still to young to read that book on mine” Kakashi said lazily

Naruto’s heart stopped and he dropped the book as Kakashi’s voice came to his ears. He quickly turned around and found that his old teacher still had his eyes closed.

“Don’t do that… what do want... me to have a heart attack and end up in the hospital as well?” he asked

Naruto bent over and picked the book up; he looked at Kakashi to see if he had opened his eyes op before he would place the book back down on the table. Sadly he would have to wait to see what was with in the adult book that Kakashi held so dear to him that he would do any thing for it.

Kakashi let out a soft groan before bring his hand up to his left eye. With in a few moments the pain was gone. Taking a deep breath he turned his head to look at Naruto

“Where is Sakura? I was sure she would be here waiting for me to wake up...” Kakashi said softly

After every thing that had gone on with the two of them he was dame sure that she would be there waiting for him. Something deep down inside him tell him something wasn’t right. Naruto didn’t say any thing; he only looked away from him. Kakashi pulled his back off the pillows and rested his arms on his knees

“Where is she Naruto…? I know you know where she is… Out with it” Kakashi said

Kakashi’s voice started to get loud at the end of what he said. Naruto looked up and over at him after a short silence between the two of them

“She’s here… in the hospital as well” he said softly

“What… how… What happen to her?” Kakashi asked

Naruto didn’t know if he should tell him about what had happen. He didn’t really know him self. But he would rather till Kakashi then end up being beaten up by him.

“She left to go find out what Kabuto had done to you… after that its any ones guest… found her left for dead only a hundred feet with in the new Sound village” Naruto said his voice still a bit shaken

Kakashi threw him self back on the pillows behind him, his heart felt numb at the words.

“Why does it feel this way…? I can’t…really be…could I have fallen for my student?”

He thought to him self, he had never spoken to her about his feelings he had for her because he forced them from his mind with all his might. Even when she had shown signs of liking him in return, he still didn’t act on his feelings for her.

“You fool… you more then likely lost your chance to tell her”

He thought him self, Kakashi let out a sigh he was really hating him self for not doing something sooner. Kakashi shifted his weight in the bed before putting his feet and legs over the side of the bed.

“I’ve got to go see her… there is something I must tell her before it’s to late…” he said in a rush.