A loud roar snaps him out of his deep sleep.

Kakashi leaps to his feet in a disoriented state, trying to understand what is going on in front of him. She has Naruto pinned under her, claws holding him down, pressing deep into his skin. He has already been cut wide open across his shoulder. Deep gashes spilling with blood over the floor.

"GET HER OFF ME!" Naruto shouts as he uses his other hand to fend off her open fanged mouth.

That shakes him right out of his daze and he immediately shoves her off his hokage. She tumbles to the floor hissing and baring her teeth. Warning them both that they had crossed a line with her. But she doesn't stop there; she lunges at Naruto as he gathers himself to stand, which brings him back down to the ground. She latches on with her sharp claws and bites into his neck drawing more blood.

Kakashi screams at her to stop. But she ignores him and twists her head still hanging onto Naruto, throwing him across the room and through the door wall into the kitchen.

"Fuck!" Kakashi shouts and tears after him, racing his panther before she can go in for another attack.

But she is too fast, with her stone activated she is able to get to him in seconds and doesn't hesitate to send a blast of stone energy into his stomach as he comes to his feet. Naruto doubles over writhing in pain, hitting another wall and cracking it up the middle.

"You need to get out of here! As fast as possible!" Kakashi shouts.

Naruto dodges another attack which lands the panther on his kitchen island. Pots and pans fly off the metal hanger and every dish below her paws hit the floor. He backs away charging himself up with chakra, getting ready to unleash his Rasengen. If he does this he will surely destroy everything in the room. Kakashi has to stop him. If Naruto hurts her he will hurt Hana too...

Before anyone can make another move he leaps towards the feline tackling her to the floor behind the island. They hit the vinyl plank hard and slam against the cupboard doors. Kakashi grunts as he quickly scrambles to his feet, shaking it off. But he is suddenly taken down by the panther, with one swipe of her thick paw. He lands on his ass just as she takes another swipe at his chest. It was obvious she is seeing red right now as it is not like her to go after him.

Then something horrific happens...a claw hooks onto the chain of the clan necklace he had fixed up for Hana when she returns, and that chain shatters into pieces. The pendant detaches itself and in mid air Kakashi watches it float away from him, soaring directly into the feline's mouth where she bites down on it hard, crushing it to pieces.

He sits there in absolute despair unable to move. All he can do is watch as she crushes it into bits of metal and swallows it whole....It was the last piece he had of his father. The last piece of himself he had given to Hana. There is nothing else left. This beast has taken it all from him. She had destroyed everything he has ever cherished.

The panther hisses at him baring her teeth, preparing for another attack. All at once his emotions take over, he can no longer hold it in. He screams at the feline, charging chakra. It buzzes in his hands, like a thousand birds singing all at once it shakes the room breaking glasses and light bulbs all around them.

It was enough energy to stop the panther in her tracks. She groans at him and cautiously watches him rise to his feet ready to unleash a powerful lightning release.

Tears stream down his face. He grits his teeth stepping forward showing his dominance. Showing her who is the one to fear in the room. She backs up skiddishly, swiping claw ridden paws at him in warning.

"GIVE HER BACK!" He demands.

She hisses at him in response.

In her language he speaks, as maybe she will understand his demand.
"GIVE....HER...BACK...DAMNIT!!"

He prepares his jutsu with the intent on demolishing her if she doesn't comply. His mind is so far gone with rage, his heart is torn in two, he isn't able to think straight. That is... until Naruto steps in front of the Panther.

"Kakashi! What about Hana?!" He shouts. "Don't forget about her!"

And those words implant a memory of Hana into his mind. Her roof top one moonlit night. His heart pounding though his chest as he delivers the daisies he had spent hours trying to find.
"Don't forget about me...."  She said.

And he replied. "Like I could...."

He stumbles backwards staring at his hands. The same hands stained with the blood of ones he had loved. How could he?....has he truly lost his mind?...

As the chakra fades it leaves the three in a dark silence. The only light in the room is coming from the half shattered TV in his bedroom. Naruto glances at the light taking in the damage done. Then brings his attention back to Kakashi who is staring at the shake in his own hands.

"Kakashi." He begins, then clutches his shoulder from the pain.

The feline behind Naruto slinks away into his bedroom to hide. It is obvious to Naruto she knows she has done something wrong.

"Kakashi...I..."

"Go home, Naruto...just...go home..." Kakashi says, letting his hands drop to his sides. He is truly defeated. A man so broken his entire being has left him.

"Are.. you ok?" Naruto catches his eyes, but sees nothing inside them. Only a vacancy, a blank stare despite the downpour of tears, soaking his cheeks and mask.

"Go home...heal yourself..." He repeats, and walks into his bedroom, shutting the door behind him.

In the room the panther lay sprawled out on his bed as usual. Taking over Hana's spot as if nothing had happened. As if she hadn't just destroyed the last bit of his heart in two bites. This just angers him again. He wants nothing more to do with this fucking beast. So, he comes around to her backside and grips the loose skin by her neck and mid back. Before she can register the motion he throws her to the floor cursing her in Hana's language. Telling this fucking animal exactly what he thinks of her.

"You are nothing to me! I hate every part of you. You will never replace Hana in this house, in this land, in this entire world! I will never love you. YOU ARE NOTHING." His last word he says overly pronounced, with a deep glare she dare not challenge.

And as if she understood everything he had said she sulks out of the room with her head hung low.

By now Kakashi is really feeling weight of it all. As his adrenaline abandons him, he comes down from that raging high into a deep state of depression and despair. He has nothing left.

He slumps down onto his bed, laying his head back onto his pillow. He tears his wet mask off and throws it to the floor then stares up at the ceiling thinking all the things he shouldn't.

This is his karma....

He deserves this....

For what he's done in his past...he deserves the suffering...

It is all his fault...if he was a better man, then...

Then maybe others wouldn't have to suffer because of him...

If he disappeared....

If he left then maybe she would come back....maybe that damn Panther would have nothing here and bring her back...

He decides right then and there, that he will pack his things and leave in the morning, before the Panther wakes. Before anyone notices. He will disappear and possibly never return.

This is for the best...for everyone....

He sets an alarm on his phone to wake himself up before dawn. Then spends the rest of the evening spiraling down into his depression until his eyes get heavy and he falls into a nightmarish sleep.
...........

But what Kakashi doesn't know is that the Panther understands Hana's language. As they share the same mind quite frequently and if she had the vocals she could speak it. She now knows Kakashi will never belong to her. He will never be her mate for life, that the girl he dreams of is Hana and always will be.
It hurts thinking about what she needs to do next. There is nothing here for the feline, and she must find another. But she will not leave him like this. The last thing she wants is to cause him this much pain. She is sorry for destroying his home, and the things he loves. She is sorry for taking Hana away from him.

It was all done because she loves him too....but she must give him up. There is no sense in trying to force him to submit to her. He will never do it and she knows this now.....

Once she senses he is in a deep sleep, the feline slinks back into Kakashi's room as quietly as possible. Skirting by broken glass and objects thrown about. She carefully crawls up onto the bed, making sure not to wake him, and lays down beside him. She watches the way his chest rises and falls in the flickering light, the way he looks. Strange to her, yet beautiful all at the same time. Then she says her goodbyes in her mind and activates the stone sitting in her chest.

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You sit up straight feeling a strange sensation in the air. Like a shift of energy in the midnight sky. Listening carefully, you search the area around you.

The only sounds heard are the splashing of water on the edges of the spring pool. The usual nocturnal animals calling out in the distance and the crackling fire, still lit beside you. You curl up in Naruto's coat getting a good whiff of his scent to remind you that yes you still have a home outside of this place....

Then a familiar roar cries out over the valley. It shakes the earth in exactly the same way when Naruto was attacked. This can only come from your cohort as you could recognize that roar anywhere. You stop everything you're doing and hone in on that sound, praying to the gods it comes again. If your cohort is here, you're going after her.

You will force her to step down and send you back to the land of fire. Whatever it takes.

Another roar pierces the air. You stand, searching the valley listening intently. It echoes across the planes making it difficult to pinpoint.

A spark of azure light begins to flicker to your left. You know exactly how to get there. With your strength reborn you gather chakra pooling it into your feet for tree jumping. You leap onto the first tree down the cliff side, scaling the next easily. All the while thinking of how you will confront your cohort.

Are you equipped enough?..not at all...

Is your jutsu ready to be used?...not even close....

But what choice do you have? You need to try, if there is a chance back to your world, then you'll take it. No matter what it will cost.

You take off into the night jumping from tree to tree just as Kakashi had taught you. Although this time your Kekkei Genkai has a turn and sends you soaring thousands of feet at a time. It was difficult to pinpoint the next tree but you managed to clumsily find the next and the next. Until finally, you arrive at the bright blue light, at the same pool of water and thick palm trees.

Just as your feet hit the ground the light suddenly dies out and all you can see is darkness, aside from the moon flickering off the surface of the water. You scan the area for your cohort and call her out.

"Where are you?!"

Cautiously you begin to draw chakra, as she stalks the outskirts of the forest edge line. A small snap of a twig to your left and you hone in on her presence immediately.

"Found you!" You shout, pulling more chakra, it begins to pulse in your hands like electricity.

And a low growl rumbles out from the bushes. She is warning you, but you couldn't care less right now. In fact you welcome anything she has planned. You are very sure your new fire jutsu will have her in submission in no time. Even if you both take damage together she will fall first. You will make sure of it.

You hear quick footsteps coming towards you and a slight outline of the panther in the light. She opens her eyes, golden orbs glowing through the foliage. You take the opportunity to perform the fire jutsu quickly. Like clockwork your Kekkei Genkai kicks in right on time and your hands erupt in flames creating a wave of heat that ripples through the trees, turning their leaves brown instantly.

That heat wave reaches the incoming panther forcing her to stop in her tracks. She roars at you and your power, without hesitation you unleash it, before the energy becomes too much and you can't control it. A fireball the size of a house shoots across the landscape burning everything in its path. Your cohort barely dodges it, as it singes her shoulder and hip creating the same burns on your own body.

You cry out in pain and watch your skin melting into bubbling wounds.

"Fuck..." you curse and look to your cohort who is now rolling on the ground. Then your stone kicks in and begins the healing process, taking most of the pain away. At this close proximity you can feel the stones' power pushing through each of you.

Your cohort rises to her feet and sets her eyes back on you. Instinctively you get into position and gather more chakra, ready for an attack, expecting her to lunge at you with stone triggered speed. But that doesn't happen.

Instead, she sits down maintaining her golden stare and groans at you.

You lower your hands unsure of what the hell she's doing. Then streams of visions flood your mind. Visions of Kakashi and Naruto battling it out with your cohort. Broken walls and furniture, shattered glass everywhere, she forces them into your mind making you fall to your knees at what she has done.

The visions continue for quite some time, recapping the entire time you had spent absent in your own world. Right up to the moment you arrived here in the land of jungles. She had caused so much trouble for your ninja....she had broken his heart.

Suddenly a vision passes by, one that breaks your own heart. Kakashi is speaking angrily to your cohort in your language. Demanding she give you back to him, that your cohort will never replace you. And as quickly as that vision came it was gone leaving your both sitting quietly. She watches you expressionless, seemingly waiting for your response.

"Please, send me back. He needs me.." You finally say, but in your language. "Please, he doesn't deserve this.."

The Panther lowers her head sadly and rises to her own feet. She looks over at the pool of water sparkling away and wanders over to it. Then she simply sits down and looks off into the distance. You watch her curiously. It would seem she has finally realized her place and it is here in the land of jungles. Not causing chaos for Kakashi in the land of fire.

You wander over and slump down beside her. Shoulder to shoulder you sit looking at the pool of water. She glances at you and groans, if you had to guess what that meant, it would be that she is feeling ashamed. It was then you realized how much she cares for Kakashi. And it would make sense, as she has never felt a bond like what you have with him before. You hadn't even thought about how your feelings towards a man would affect your Panther. She must feel the exact same things as you do.

You sigh and reach out an arm to her. Carefully, you run your hand down her back, trying to comfort her. She leans her head down, dropping it onto your shoulder. It was at this moment you knew you were going home. That she is giving up her spot beside Kakashi....for good...

Another vision crosses your mind. One belonging to your cohort, guiding you through the jungle as a little girl. You, tugging on her tail to keep up and not lose sight of her. She had kept you close and safe in those times. It was enough nostalgia to bring tears to your eyes and a new appreciation for her. With her now realizing her place, working together may come more easily. You will no longer have to fight her, which means the only thing working against you is your Kekkei Genkai.

You sigh out loud. Things may be looking up for you...then you remember you are supposed to become a princess once you leave this place....damn...

She lifts her head and groans out loud. You wonder what she is thinking, if she can see your thoughts or is catching wind of it. She must know something about what is going on. You test the theory and send her a thought of Arufa and a cringing vision of you marrying him.

Immediately she growls and huffs at the thought....oh she knows exactly what is going on.

She then sends back an interesting vision of Tori, although it is the last vision she had of her before you two went your separate ways. It intrigues you as she has placed Arufa and Tori beside each other, which your interpretation becomes clear that Arufa and Tori have either joined forces or she is being held captive. The most likely situation is the latter, that in her manic state, she is being held against her will by the land of iron.

You pat the panthers back in understanding and she pants at you. Her golden eyes fixate in your direction drawing your attention away from the pool of water. Another vision appears, one of Kakashi lying in his bed sleeping soundly...

She groans and presses her head against your cheek in a way that makes you feel as if she is saying sorry and...it's time to go.

Then all at once your stone activates in your chest, glowing in that beautiful light you have missed so much. It engulfs you both, until your auras become one, brighter than the moon in the sky. A dizzy feeling comes next followed by blurred sight and then darkness.....