Bring her back

Chapter 3

Team 7 went close to each other and stood in a circle with their backs to the centre.

8 shinobi surrounded them out of nowhere.
'They sent 2 teams, that means they're familiar with our abilities.' Kakashi thought as he looked at the attackers.

"I assume, you know why we're here." Said a blue-haired man in a calm voice, who seemed to be the leader. "We don't want to hurt you. Give us the message and we'll leave in peace." He added

"I'm afraid, we can't do that." Answered Kakashi calmly looking into the eye of the man, waiting for their next move.

"I'm sorry to hear that" he sighed.

The air between them was full of tension. No one moved. They were all waiting for the opponent to make the first move.

'They're twice as much as we're and we aren't familiar with their abilities. We have to fight 2 people individually. If they're average level ninjas there shouldn't be a problem.' Kakashi thought

"Sakura, how are you? Can you fight?" He whispered.

"Of course, I'm fine!" She answered.

"Then, you know what you have to do guys. Just like we practised back in the old days." Kakashi told them.

They nodded. Then flew at the enemy at the same time.

The blue-haired leader got back and wasn't fighting, he was paying attention to the battle from further.

Sasuke used his mangekyo sharingan on one of the ninjas and put him in a genjutsu, then tried to use it on the other one next to him, but it ran away so he chased after him.

Naruto was fighting 2 earth element users. They kept a big distance from him while trying to capture him with their ninjutsu, but he evaded all their attacks and stroke back.

Kakashi had one opponent, but he was a highly skilled taijutsu user. He had similar hitting power to Sakura and was pretty fast. Kakashi had to be very careful not to let the ninja hit him, as it could cause serious injuries.

Sakura threw punch after punch at the 2 shinobi she was fighting. She couldn't rest for a second, as her 2 enemies were still standing and coming at her, because they were evading her punches. She was breathing heavily and was tired, but pushed herself to keep going. Sakura managed to hit one of them. The ninja had fallen unconsciously to the ground. But the other one was still standing.

Sasuke captured his other opponent near the battlefield, finished him and was running back to help his teammates.

Naruto finished one ninja as well. So there were only 3 enemies standing plus the leader.

Sasuke got back and was running toward Sakura to help her.

The blue-haired ninja could see, that his team soon will be finished if things continue like that.

"Plan B!" He shouted. "The kunoichi." He added.

Suddenly the enemies that Naruto and Kakashi were fighting turned into fog.

Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke looked in Sakura's direction immediately. But it was too late. The remaining 4 shinobi captured her because she was too weak to fight back.

"If you want to get her back alive, deliver us the message by tonight." The leader said.

All the 3 of her teammates were running toward her to rescue her, but the blue-haired ninja made hand signs and turned into fog with Sakura and his team members just before they got there.

"Damn it!" Shouted Naruto angrily.

"I'm going after them, you two deliver the message to Haruto!" Commanded Kakashi. "You should get there by the evening and get back by tomorrow afternoon. Let's meet in the cave we were staying in the night. If you aren't there or I'm not there with Sakura by the time the sun goes down tomorrow, we'll know that something happened to the others." Added Kakashi.

"Got it." Agreed Naruto. "Be careful, Kakashi-sensei"
Naruto said as they left.

Kakashi summoned Pakkun.
"Sakura's been kidnapped. Find her, please." Kakashi told him.

Pakkun was smelling around for a few minutes.
"Found her" he told Kakashi. "I'll show you the road."

They hurriedly jumped from one tree branch to another in the forest.

"She's not far, we should reach her in less than half an hour." Told Pakkun the concerned Kakashi. It was clearly visible, that he was worried and mad at the same time.

20 minutes have passed, which seemed like a lifetime for Kakashi when Pakkun stopped.

"She's here, but I can't smell anyone besides her. She's alone." Pakkun said surprisedly as he stopped on a branch.

Kakashi arrived next to him and looked down at the ground searching for her. A pink lock of hair was showing behind a tree.

"There she is!" said her sensei as he jumped down to her.

"Sakura..." he whispered terrified. She was sitting with her back to the tree, was breathing heavily, her body and her face were covered in blood and scars.

"Kakashi-sensei" she called his name in relief with a slight smile.

Kakashi squatted down to her, put his hand on her face, and caressed her cheeks gently, while he was scanning through her body looking for any bigger injuries, that needs to be taken care of immediately.

"I'm just worn out." she said in a dying voice as she placed her hand on Kakashi's thigh.

"Most of the blood is not mine, and these are only little scars, which I'll heal as soon as I get my chakra back" she explained.

Kakashi sat down on the ground next to her and Pakkun followed him.

"What happened? How did you get here?" Pakkun asked her.

She just now realized that Pakkun was there. She gave her a smile.

"They teleported to a hideout, where they took me into a room and left me there alone. I used a chakra recovery jutsu to gain enough strength back. Then I fought them and I escaped" She explained.

"Just as I expected from you." Said Pakkun admiringly.

Sakura laughed, and then she tried to get up. Kakashi touched her shoulder as a sign to stop.

"I'll carry you. Just rest for now. You did a really great job." He smiled with his eyes.

He got her off the ground in bridal style.
"Thank you for your help Pakkun, you can leave now" Kakashi told the dog.
Pakkun nodded then disappeared.

Kakashi jumped up to a three-branch and started going in the cave's direction.

"Naruto and Sasuke deliver the message. They will get back around tomorrow afternoon." Kakashi explained to Sakura. "We"ll wait for them at the cave we stayed in the night."

"Okay." Answered Sakura

A few minutes have passed when Kakashi noticed, that Sakura's breathing slowed down and was regular. He looked down at her and found her sleeping. He smiled and continued the road.