"You're awfully humble, sensei."

"So would I take that as a compliment or insult, Sakura?"

"Compliment! You're a genius and one of the best ninjas around and yet you act like it's nothing."

"Well what if I did?"

"You should sensei! Isn't there a saying 'Be who you are'?"

"This is who I am."

"Humble, a genius and a really strong ninja. Yeah, like it couldn't be any better. You have good qualities, sensei!"

"No. Did you forget?"

"Forget what?"

He replies by waving a familiar orange book in the air, entitled 'Icha-Icha Make Out Paradise.' Sakura blushes.

"Well…Other than that…. You still have good qualities! And you're nice and care for your teammates! I mean, it's probably because you don't have a girlfriend."

He snorts, "you don't seem like you're getting a boyfriend anytime soon."

"Wh-what? We-well that's because I'm busy and stuff and Shishou always wants me to do missions… well it's not like you don't either but… you're older and stuff so…Wait! Kakashi sennnnseeeiii!"

Sakura punches him, "Don't get off topic!"

Kakashi rubs the sore part of his arm, "Mah…Sakura…That could hurt you know."

"Oh, sorry. Let me look at tha—wait KAKASHI! STOP IT!"

"Stop what?"

"Getting off topic!"

"And that would be?"

"That you have good qualities."

"Ah."

"So?"

"No."

"Yes you do."

"No I don't."

"Yes."

"…."

"Ha! You agree with me!"

He sighs and opens his mouth again, "Sakura…Think about it like this. If I boasted that I copied a thousand jutsus every now and then what do you think people would say?"

"Duh, you're confident."

He shakes his head and sighs; he seems to do be doing that more and more often.

"No. You're either humble or stuck-up. There is no in-between. You state good qualities and achievements about yourself, you're stuck up. You don't and other people come and do, you're humble."

"No that's not true! I'm normal, in-between everything."

"Impatient."

"What?"

"Outspoken."

"Kakashi-sensei!"

"Impatient, outspoken and strong, Sakura. Aren't all those extremities?"

"Oh shut up."

"No one's normal. We're all different because all the characteristics our language has given us have opposites."

"So you're just tricking me."

"No, it is a natural thing your brain does when meeting people."

"What is?"

"Categorizing them."

"And what do I fall under, sensei?"

"Impatient, outspoken and strong, haven't I told you this alrea—Hey! Ow!"

"Thanks for the compliment, sensei."

"Well of course, what else would I say to my favorite student?"

"That I was pretty and nice and caring."

"I never said you weren't, Sakura."

"What?"

"You are, that's why you should be going right about now, shouldn't you?"

"Why is that?"

"Well Naruto would be pretty angry if you're any later than it is, and your excuse was that you were hanging out with an old geezer like me."

"Old geezer? Hey you're not that old—wait, what time is it?"

"Almost eight."

"What! Kakashi! I promised Naruto we were eating ramen at seven!"

"Well you should start going then."

"I'll get you for this, Kakashi!"

And there she runs off, Kakashi chucking to himself.

Children.

Meanwhile, Sakura rushed over to Ichiraku, fuming. Realizing something, she swore.

"Damn you Kakashi-sensei, you went off topic, again!"