Sakura stood in the courtyard wondering where Naruto and Sasuke were. She thought they should have been back by now. "Oh, where are they?" Sakura said impatiantly. She hadn't heard Kakashi walk up behind her.
"Don't worry Sakura, I'm sure they're fine." Kakashi stood behind Sakura with his hands in his pockets. Sakura looked over her shoulder at him.
"I know, but they should have been back by now." Sakura turned around and faced Kakashi. He looked down at her, but Sakura couldn't see the expression on his face for most of it was covered by a mask. Only one of his eyes was viewable. Kakashi put his hand on her shoulder and smiled. You could always tell when Kakashi was smiling because he closed his eyes. Or his eye. Then without warning Kakashi pulled down the mask that was covering the lower half of his face, and lightly pressed his lips over Sakura's. Sakura looked at him surprised, but didn't push away. Kakashi finally stood up straight and Sakura gasped. He was extremely good looking under his mask. Sakura wondered why he covered it up in the first place.
"Sakura I... I love you," was all Kakashi could say. Sakura smiled at him.
"I love you too Kakashi-sensei." She replied quietly. Kakashi smiled at her again. Just then it started to rain. Sakura quickly put her arms over her head as if the sheild herself from the rain.
"Come on, my house is close by. We can wait there for Naruto and Sasuke." Kakashi said, pulling his mask back up over the bridge of his nose. Sakura nodded and they began to sprint that way. They soon reached Kakashi's house and went inside. Sakura looked around Kakashi's house as she walked in. It looked like just a normal house to her. Luckily she and Kakashi didn't get too wet on the run over.
"Kakashi-sensei..." Sakura was cut off there by Kakashi.
"No need to call me sensei when no one is around." He smiled. Sakura smiled back and nodded.
"I have a question. When did you fall in love with me?" Sakura hoped the question didn't sound too dorky. Because it sounded that way to her. But obviously Kakashi didn't think so, for he answered.
"When you told me about yourself the first day actually. I found myself getting a little jealous when all you could talk about was Sasuke. I then realized that I loved you. It sounds strange I know, but true. Would you mind answering the same question?"
"After I fought Ino in the exams." Sakura replied. She was starting to feel a little dizy and nauscious. Kakashi seemed to notice.
"Sakura, are you alright?" He asked concerned.
"Yeah. I'm just a little sleepy." Sakura yawned. Kakashi nodded understandingly.
"Come and take a nap ok?" Kakashi put his hand on Sakura's shoulder and guided her to his room. "Sleep as long as you want. Naruto and Sasuke can wait if they get back before you wake up." Sakura nodded and lay down on the bed. She was asleep in seconds. Kakashi went back out to the kitchen and made some hot tea. He knew that Sakura wasn't just sleepy, but he would play along for now. But he still couldn't help but wonder what was really wrong.
Two hours later Sakura woke up. She sat up and stretched. She stood up off the bed and wandered out to the kitchen where Kakashi sat at the table waiting for her. There was two steaming mugs of tea on the table. Sakura sat across from Kakashi where the tea was waiting.
"Did you have a nice nap?" Kakashi asked taking a sip of his tea. Sakura nodded.
"Yeah. Your bed is very comfortable." Sakura reached for her own tea. She took a small sip and discovered that it wasn't too hot to drink. She took a few more small sips and set the mug down. "Naruto and Sasuke should be back by now. They'll wonder where we are."
"Yeah, you're right. Let's go see if they're waiting for us." Kakashi and Sakura stood up and walked out the door together. They were back in the courtyard from before withing a few minutes. Sasuke was leaning up against the fence staring out to the left of them, while Naruto stood with his hands in his pockets.
"Where were you guys!" Naruto shouted.
"It started to rain so we took cover." Kakashi replied smoothly. Sometimes Naruto got on his nerves, but he was careful never to let it show. Naruto couldn't argue with that so he fell silent. Sakura was feeling really dizzy now from the walk and she started to fall. Kakashi quickly caught her before she could hit the ground and looked at her with concern. "Sakura, are you alright? Sakura?" Sakura passed out just as Kakashi said her name the second time. Kakashi quickly stood up with Sakura cradled in his arms. "Come on you two, my house is the closest. We'll take her there. Naruto, go run for a doctor." Kakashi ordered. Naruto gave a nod and ran off. Kakashi and Sasuke headed off in the opposit direction to Kakashi's house. Kakashi couldn't help but wonder what was wrong with Sakura. He knew he should have left her at his house when he went to go get Naruto and Sasuke.
OoC: So that's the first chapter of the story. Hope you liked it! Don't forget to review okay? Until the next chapter.
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