Language and mild nudity mentioned in this chapter. This is the last chapter Ladies and Gentlemen, here we go, onto chapter 10.
"How much further do we have to go?" Genma asked Tadao.
"It's not much further now. You can see his place from here." Tadao answered.
The group felt as if they had been walking for quite some time. They had finally gotten to Tomayoko's land when Sakura gasped out and fell to her knees.
"Sakura? Sakura what's wrong?" Genma questioned.
Tadao took that moment and threw a smoke bomb. Once the smoke had cleared, they noticed that he was gone.
"Damn it! He got away." Genma cursed and tried to think of what he should do.
Hinata ran over to Sakura to see what was wrong.
"Sakura, what happened?" Hinata asked in her soft voice.
"We have to hurry. Kakashi…" She held her hand over her heart and squeezed her shirt tightly.
Genma nodded and the four of them quickly ran the rest of the way towards Tomayoko's house. Instead of waiting to knock, Genma quickly kicked down the door and they made their way inside. Several people gasped and made to get out of the way.
"Servants." Genma said to the others.
"Where is Kakashi? Where is the man that was brought here against his will? He's really sick." Sakura questioned them.
The majority just looked at her, scared.
"Where is he?" She asked again.
"M-master is with him right now." A girl answered.
"Where?" Sakura asked once more.
"H-he doesn't wish to be disturbed. Ahhh!" The girl answered and screamed when Sakura ran forward and was now holding her in the air.
"I will ask you one more time. Where… is… he?" Sakura practically spat in the little girl's face.
"Master Tomayoko's room is just down the hall and to the left. The large wooden double doors, you can't miss it." Another servant had answered.
Sakura released the little girl and the four of them ran towards where they were instructed.
"Kakashi!" Was heard behind the doors once they had reached them.
"Oh no." Hinata said.
"Nooo!" Sakura cried out and pushed the door open.
She took note of a naked Tomayoko and saw red, but she quickly turned her attention to Genma's words when he instructed her to see about Kakashi. She turned her attention towards the other occupant of the bed and moved to him as quickly as she could.
"Kakashi? Hey can you hear me? I'm here. I'm right here." Sakura said and gently placed her hand upon his brow.
She gasped at how still he was and the blueness of his lips. She quickly set to work getting an understanding of what was happening to him and realized he wasn't breathing. She started CPR and called Hinata over to her to help. In the mean time, Genma had grabbed Tomayoko and a sheet and had moved him out of the room.
"What are you doing? Who are you people? Kakashi!" Tomayoko yelled.
"You will sit here and pray that he doesn't die." Genma said so calmly it was scary.
Shino merely stood guard over Tomayoko as he wasn't sure what he should be doing at the moment. Sakura continued to breath into her husband's lungs while Hinata did compressions.
"Kakashi don't you dare do this to me. Don't you dare! Please. I'm sorry." Sakura said as she pulled away to look at him and run her hands through his hair.
She checked his pulse and realized there wasn't one and gave a great sob.
"No… no no no no no no! Kakashi!" She cried out and fell upon her husband.
She wasn't going to give up, no. She pulled herself together and started breathing in his mouth again. Hinata looked at Kakashi's face and felt a tear slide down her left cheek as she realized he was probably gone. They had been at this for at least twenty minutes.
"S-Sakura-chan?" She said quietly. "I…I think he's gone."
"No… he's just playing. Waiting for me to come and save him. He just wants to keep me on my toes. Make me feel like I need him. Well you see, you big jerk, I do need you. So you can stop pretending. Ok? Please Kakashi. Pleeease." She cried more when she knew she wasn't getting anything.
The room fell silent all except her cries as they felt that Kakashi was really gone. Sakura pooled her chakra into her right hand and placed it over Kakashi's heart and then took her left hand and placed it upon her own heart. Closing her eyes, she focused the chakra to start Kakashi's heart to the rhythm of her own. She did this three times before she truly found no results.
"You jerk! You promised!" She said as she started punching Kakashi.
Genma quickly ran into the room and caught her before she hit Kakashi again.
"You promised! You never break your promises! Why would you start now?" Sakura yelled out as she kicked and screamed.
Genma took her out of the room and gave her a shoulder to cry on.
Tomayoko looked lost and confused. Shino bowed his head in respect of Kakashi. Hinata looked at Sakura and another tear fell. She then looked at Kakashi and gasped as she saw his chest rise and fall.
"S-Sakura-chan? Sakura-chan!" Hinata called.
Sakura could hardly pull away from Genma, what else could be wrong. She pulled away and looked over at Hinata and frowned.
"Sakura-chan, Kakashi Senpai… he… he's… alive." Hinata said.
Sakura shook her head, but ran over to see for herself. She gasped as she saw the slow rise and fall of her husband's chest. She knelt down beside him and took his hand as she looked towards his eyes.
"Kakashi? Can you hear me?" She asked.
Kakashi's eyes moved a bit, but that was all she got.
"We've got to get him to a hospital. I can only do so much for him here, but he needs medical attention, now." She said and set to work doing what she could for him.
Tomayoko stood to his feet and started to move into the room, but Shino stood in his path.
"Kakashi? He's alright?" Tomayoko asked.
Sakura turned her attention from her husband and glared at the man.
"No thanks to you." She said.
Tomayoko merely looked at her and then to Kakashi. He was so happy his love was alright. He could only think of being with Kakashi a little longer before he was being pushed away from the room.
"Who are you people? What are you doing in me house?" He demanded.
"That man in there is a comrade to us. That woman with the pink hair, that's his wife. You better hope she doesn't get her hands on you." Genma said.
Tomayoko looked at Genma and then looked in front of where he was being lead. Genma was going to be leading him back to Konoha to stand for trial, but that'd be after they made sure that Kakashi was alright and ready for travel. For the time being, they wrapped Kakashi up in blankets and moved him to the nearest hospital once Sakura had managed to stabilize him.
Sakura hardly left Kakashi's side once he was in the hospital. She didn't want to take any chances. Shino was left to guard Tomayoko and make sure he didn't escape while Genma took time to track down the three guys that had stolen Kakashi in the first place. Luckily he didn't have to go far to find them. Once he caught them all, he made his way back to the hospital and told Sakura and the others. They'd be staying in a hotel while they waited for Kakashi to get better. He was truly improving and for that they were greatly happy.
"Just a few more days and we can take you home." Sakura said to Kakashi once he'd managed to stay awake longer than he had been.
"Hai." Kakashi said quietly.
"You know I love you right?" Sakura asked him.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know that." Kakashi responded with a small smile.
Sakura was worried about his mental state. He obviously had gone through some things. She just hoped that he knew that she'd be there for him when he was ready to talk about them. Yawning, she shook her head and turned her attention back to Kakashi.
"Sleep, I'm sorry I've keep you worrying about me." Kakashi said as he yawned himself.
"I will always worry about you. That's why I love you so. You get some sleep. I'll be here when you wake up." Sakura said.
Kakashi sighed and nodded. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Alright, let's head out." Genma said as they were leaving the hospital.
He'd made sure that they guys they had caught weren't in anyway able to escape. Sakura saw to it that Kakashi was in good hands as they made their way back home.
"Hey Kakashi…" Sakura began.
"Yeah?" Kakashi responded.
"Promise me something?" Sakura asked.
"I'll try." Kakashi said.
Sakura took a moment to really look at Kakashi. He was so thin from being sick and hardly eating. They had to really work to get him to eat and to keep it down.
"Love me always?" Sakura asked, looking him straight in the eyes.
"Even in death." Kakashi responded and kissed her forehead as they all headed home.
That's it Ladies and Gentlemen. I hope you enjoyed the story. I apologize once more for the long absence and how long it took me to finish this out. You know I don't like making excuses, but I do hope you enjoyed the story and will leave a review as well as forgive me. Thank you so much to all of those that stuck with me until the end! Until next time…