Title: A Song for my Valentine

Rated: M (for mature sexual suggestion in next chapter)

Type: two chapter story/song fic

Pairings: KakaSaku, with brief mentions of NaruHina, NejiTen, ShikaIno & GenmaAnko

Summary: For Valentine's Day, Sakura performs a song on stage for her man at the local Jounin Pub and Kakashi has something special planned for her as well.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto….I just borrow the characters for my own twisted pleasure. I also do not own the rights to "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion and "Lady in Red" by Chris De Burgh.

Author's Note:

This is dedicated to everyone who loves the Kakashi/Sakura pairing.

" speech "

' Inner Sakura '

Thoughts

song lyrics

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A Song for my Valentine

"Kami, I'm so nervous!"

"Don't worry Sakura, you'll be fine!", encouraged Ino. "Besides, Ibiki said you passed the lessons with flying colours. If he has faith in your singing abilities, so should you."

"Yeah, who knew Ibiki-san had such a lovely singing voice", remarked TenTen as she was straightening the seam of the hose running down the back of Sakura's leg. Standing up straight, TenTen fluffed Sakura's hair and stepped back to regard her.

"Perfect!" she stated.

"Y-you look beautiful Sakura-chan!", Hinata stammered.

Blushing nearly the same shade as her hair, Sakura looked at her friends. "Thanks guys. If it weren't for you three, this plan would never have gotten off of the ground."

"That's what friends are for Forehead!"

Sakura smiled and gave all the girls a hug.

"Alright! Let's get this show on the road people!", Ino piped up, while clapping her hands together. "TenTen, go to the audio booth and make sure the music is set and ready to go."

"Right!", TenTen chirped and bounded off towards the stairs exiting the stage.

"Hinata, go check to see if the boys arrived with Kakashi yet." said Ino while pointing to the front of the stage.

"O-okay." Hinata moved up to the curtain and peeked through a small part and searched the bar. "They're h-here!"

Sakura gulped and turned deathly pale. "I don't know if I can do this Ino-pig?"

"Don't you chicken out on me now Sakura! The man of your dreams is sitting out there, completely clueless to what's going on. It was your idea to surprise him, to show him just how deeply you care for him. Just remember, your friends are here supporting you every step of the way. We want you to succeed just as much as you do yourself."

"Wow Ino, who knew you could sound so wise." Sakura giggled. 'Whoa!', Inner Sakura said, totally dumbstruck.

"Hey, don't knock it Forehead! Underneath all this blonde hair is a brain." Ino remarked while tapping a finger against her skull. "Oh! Before I forget…", Ino walked over to a bench that was behind them and picked up something wrapped in paper. "…here, I got this at the shop before I came here. I figured you could put it into your hair."

Sakura unwrapped the paper to reveal a small branch of cherry blossoms. Overcome with emotion, she grabbed Ino and gave her a massive hug. Stepping back, Sakura smiled at Ino with tears lightly running down her cheeks.

"Don't cry Sakura. Everything is going to be okay." Looking at her friend's face, her grin turned to a frown. "Please stop crying! Your make-up is starting to run. Wait right here while I get my make-up case."

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"Tell me again why I'm being dragged out to a bar on Valentine's Day by you two?!" Stopping his forward momentum, Kakashi glared at Sasuke and Naruto.

"Eh heh, well you see Sensei…" Naruto said, scratching the back of his head, "…we thought it would be a good idea to treat you to a drink. Kinda as a thank you for being our sensei and all, ya know, to show we care…", blushing, Naruto sputtered on. "..b-besides, the girls and Sakura said they would join us later."

Sighing, Kakashi slumped his shoulders and continued on toward the bar.

I was hoping to get Sakura alone tonight. I wanted to make tonight special for her.

Kakashi reached a hand into his pants pocket and lightly clutched the velvety object.

Oh well, Naruto did say that Sakura was going to join them later. I might as well enjoy myself until she gets there. I still have plenty of time to get her alone.

Sasuke held aside the curtain of the bar and let Kakashi walk through first, followed by Naruto and then himself. Upon stepping through the doorway, Kakashi stood there letting his eye adjust to the dimmer light and turned in the direction of a shout aimed at him.

"Hey Kakashi! Over here!", Genma called and waved his arm gesturing the group to come over. Weaving their way over to the tables, Kakashi saw Asuma, Kurenai, Iruka, Anko and Gai spread out between two large tables.

"Yo", Kakashi waved.

"How's it goin' pal?", Genma jovially clapping in on the shoulder. Kakashi nodded is head and shrugged his shoulder. Sitting down he glanced around the table. As everybody settled down into their seats, Kurenai leaned over at pecked Kakashi on the cheek. "Happy Valentine's Day Kakashi."

Asuma smirked at Kakashi's shocked expression and wrapped his arm around Kurenai's shoulder when she shifted back to her previous position.

"So Hatake, where is your precious Cherry Blossom?" boomed Gai from the end of the table, glancing at the others, "And where are the other missing youthful ladies on this joyous day of love and happiness??"

Kakashi narrowed his eye at Gai's over exuberance. Naruto piped up and said, "Sakura-chan said that she and the other girls will come once they were done setting things up."

"Setting what up?", Iruka asked, but Naruto shook his head and shrugged his as an answer to the question.

Carrying two large bottles of Sake each, Shikamaru and Neji joined their fellow shinobi at the tables.

"Hey guys, glad you could make it!" Genma greeted from another corner of a table, with Anko draped all over him.

"Where are the other members of your teams?" asked a curious Iruka.

Shikamaru sat down on the other side of Asuma while Neji sat down beside Naruto. Neji nodded his head at Shikamaru, while Shika muttered, "How troublesome."

The Hyuuga turned to Iruka and answered. "Lee, Choji, Kiba, Shino and Sai have been assigned as a five-man team for a patrol at the border."

"Oh, okay", replied Iruka.

Everyone settled down to their drinks and to their separate conversations.

TenTen and Hinata walked down the stairs next to the stage and joined everybody at the tables.

"H-hi Naruto-kun…"

Naruto turned around and stared wide-eyed at Hinata, with his mouth hanging open like a gaping fish. Sasuke kicked Naruto under the table jolting him out of his slack-jawed wonderment. "You look positively radiant Hinata-chan!" Hinata blushed and leaned in to give Naruto a kiss.

TenTen walked up behind Neji and wrapped her arms around his chest while planting a kiss on his cheek. "Hey handsome." Neji turned in her grasp and hauled her onto his lap. "Hey beautiful."

Kakashi turned to Hinata and asked, "Where's Sakura and Ino?"

"Oh, t-they'll be here any minute", she replied while taking the empty seat between him and Naruto.

Suddenly the lights in the bar dimmed down low and a spotlight appeared directed toward the stage.

Everybody quieted down and watched as a blond haired young woman walked onto the stage and up to the microphone.

Grinning mischievously and chuckling at the catcalls and wolf whistles Ino started her introduction.

"Thank you everybody for coming out to help us celebrate Valentine's Day. Tonight we have a special performance by one of our very own kunoichi. So everybody, please sit back, relax and enjoy the show!"

Ino bowed to the audiences clapping and walked down the stairs off the stage. The spotlight softened its glow and instrumental music started to play from the speakers. Ino joined Shikamaru at his seat and nestled into his embrace.

Everybody stared at the stage as the curtains started to rise slowly revealing someone standing behind them.

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Until next chapter!