That itch in his nose isn't subsiding.
It's getting obnoxious by the second.
The last time he had an itch like that was when he fought one of those Monda tribe ninjas.
"If you can't hide your smell, then spoil it".
This is a quote that is followed by the Monda to the heart and a living hell for the Inuzuka clan.
They have some weird Kekkei Genkai that lets them release the world's most rotten gas.
Any rookie would just die from the noxious gas, any veteran would be half dead from vomiting their organs.
Good thing the 3rd Ninja War weeded them out.
"Like the Uchihas", he thinks to himself.
Speaking of itches, it still isn't going.
Maybe there isn't an itch to begin with?
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Kakashi makes his way to the infirmary.
Sakura is sleeping soundly. Which almost looks unnatural.
They have been to many outside missions around small settlements to take care of small affairs.
He had never seen Sakura sleep with her face half-buried in the pillow like that.
Best set her straight before she falls off the bed.
So, he approaches her.
It isn't Sakura, just some .....doll?
Ooo, it's one of those replacement dolls that you can just seal in a scroll and carry around.
Quite a life-like doll this is, whoever made it, made it with love.
He narrowly dodges the IV tube that was about to strangle his neck.
Sakura, unable to maintain her jutsu falls on the hard ground as Kakashi yanks the tube down.
Sakura groans in pain as she rolls to the door.
She attempts to open the door, but alas it's locked.
Sakura turns to see her sensei jumping at her with a wild smile in his eyes and a kunai in hand.
Sakura catches the kunai as it is being thrust into her gut.
It cuts deep into her hand, even though she was only able to stop it at an inch before her stomach.
Kakashi pushes in and Sakura along with him.
Sakura doesn't give up, she still holds the kunai at the sharp end with all her might.
"You are a strong girl!", Kakashi says with a voice unlike himself.
"But not strong enough!", he puts more strength into his arm.
Sakura says nothing.
She smiles.
She lets go and the kunai is planted deep inside her stomach.
The absence of the pressure and the absolute craziness of the girl in front of him bewildered the obvious imposter.
And that's all it took.
Sakura launched her spring-loaded wrist blade, which she had turned invisible with her jutsu.
It went straight for the imposter's neck.
It should've killed the enemy.
But it didn't.
Even though he wasn't Kakashi, he was someone on that level.
The enemy lets go of the kunai and takes a few steps back as Sakura falls to her knees.
The imposter Kakashi has no choice but to use one hand to apply pressure on the spot or else he might bleed to death. He maintains his chakra to not faint.
Thus his transformation jutsu comes undone.
"Kabuto!", Sakura recognizes the person.
"Oya...you know me?", Kabuto heals his neck.
He contemplates his next move, as he heals a life-threatening wound in an instant.
Sakura breathes as she gets back on her feet.
A punctured stomach, broken ribs, busted up a finger.
"I can still win", she thinks.
"But, might not live to see my sun and moon", she finishes the thought.
But winning is not her goal.
Sakura brandished her blade in one hand and the Kunai that was lodged in her stomach with the other.
A distinct picture of himself being stabbed by his own Kunai flashes in his mind as, the crazy and frightening girl in front of him, is almost invisible up to her knees. Can Kabuto kill her after this wounded pink mouse turns fully invisible? Can he escape without any permanent damage after doing so? Kabuto chooses to flee.
It's not worth risking his life for some nobody girl.
"We will see each other soon", he waves goodbye and jumps out the window.
Orochimaru will be pissed.
Sakura falls on the floor face first.
There is no freekin' way she could hold that jutsu with her condition. All she needed was to make her enemy think that she could.
"Just like Sasuke kuns death goddess prank", she thinks to herself.
Kakashi enters the scene by breaking the door. This Kakashi's eyes look like her Eddis eyes.
So, caring and sad. As if they will cry from just a little push.
Yeah, this one's the real Kakashi.
"Sensei....!", Sakura yelps like a puppy and is about to cry.
"What happened here?", he holds his dear student in his arm.
"Someone tried to....eeeekkk!", Sakura screams in pain.
Other medic ninjas and some jounin rush in.
Sakura falls unconscious for real this time.