"Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked.

"Mm?" Kakashi sat a few feet away from Sakura with his nose buried deep in his dear Icha Icha book.

The two were relaxing from the great deal of training they had just endured. Naruto and Sai were a bit of a ways off, Naruto was snoozing in the sun and Sai was carving pictures in the ground with a stick.

"Why do you read when people are trying to talk to you? Like now?" Sakura's voice rose to get her point across.

Kakashi lowered his book and cleared his throat.

"I'm sorry Sakura. What did you want to say?" Kakashi asked politely.

Sakura made a face and then asked, "Why do you read porn in public."

"It's not porn. It's romance. And I know we've discussed this before."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "It is porn, and yes we have, but you never give me a straight answer."

"A straight answer to what my dear?"

Sakura was starting to get angry.

"A straight answer to why you read porn in public."

"Is it really any of your business what I read and where I read it?" Kakashi asked.

"Well . . . no but-"

"Then I suggest you let it go."

"Kakashi . . ." Sakura warned.

"Sakura . . ." Kakashi said in the same tone of voice as the young kunoichi which made her even angrier.

"Kakashi I would really like an answer to my question" Sakura gritted her teeth."

"And what question would that be Sakura-chan?"

That snarky remark earned Kakashi a chakra effused punch in the gut.

"You just never learn, do you?" Sakura tsked.

Kakashi was hunched over in pain before saying, "I'm . . . sorry . . . sakura. . . ."

"Good." sakura said, a satisfied smile on her face.

Kakashi grunted.

"Now," Sakura continued. "Tell me why you read that trash."

Kakashi's head snapped up. "You take that back."

"Take what back?"

"Take back what you said about Icha Icha being trash!" Kakashi said, his volume rising.

"No!"

"TAKE IT BACK."

"Okay okay!" Sakura said, slinking away from the bristling copy-ninja. "I take it back!"

Kakashi relaxed. "Thank you. Icha Icha is anything but trash. It is a masterpiece."

"I change my mind," Sakura said. "I'm taking back my take back."

"Ohhh no you can't do that. Once you take something back, it's irreversible. You can't take back a take back." Kakashi said, shaking his finger at Sakura.

Sakura shrugged. "Sorry, but I just did."

"Well take it back."

"Take what back?"

"Take back taking back the take back that you took back!"

"What take back?" Sakura asked innocently.

Kakashi glared at Sakura with his one visible eye. "You know very well what you took back."

"Fine. I take back taking back the take back I took back."

"Good. But you have to put a seal on it."

"Huh?"

"I can't have you being smart with me again and taking back the take back of the take back that you took back about the original take back in the first place."

Sakura groaned. Kakashi raised his eyebrow menacingly.

Sakura huffed. "Fine."

She raised her right hand. "I hereby promise that I won't take back the take back of the take back that I took back of the original take back I took back first. Happy now?"

Kakashi shook his head. "No."

"No?" Sakura whined, her hand returning to her lap.

"Not really."

"Well what else do I have to do?"

Kakashi tapped his chin, thinking about it.

"You have to tell Sai you love Icha Icha and you want to reenact a scene with him."

Sakura's face turned bright red and she shook her head furiously.

"No way. Nuh-uh. Not gonna happen. Besides, I already promised I wasn't going to take it back again, so why do I have to do this?"

"Because I don't trust you."

Sakura scowled. "I'm not doing it. Besides, shouldn't I have YOU do something for ME?"

"Why on earth would you do that?" Kakashi asked.

"Well, if you do something for me, I'll be more willing to do something for you. It's equivalent exchange."

Kakashi's eye narrowed. "You mean blackmail?"

Sakura shrugged. "That's one way to look at it."

Kakashi sighed deeply. "Fine. What do you want?"

"Hmmm . . ." Sakura kept her eyes on her ex-sensei as she thought about it. "How are your cooking skills?"

"Horrendous."

Okay so he wouldn't be cooking for her.

"Cleaning?"

"You know how lazy I am."

". . . Doing my paperwork for a day?"

"Isn't punctuality a good quality for something like that?"

Sakura could feel the anger boiling inside her. This man was very crafty. And the problem was, she knew he was telling the truth in everything he was saying.

"Well what can you do?" Sakura exploded.

Kakashi thought about it for a while.

"I can lend you one of my Icha Icha books." Kakashi offered.

"Ew no!" I don't want to read your smut!" Sakura exclaimed.

Kakashi pouted. "It's romance."

"Humph." Sakura snapped her fingers as an idea came to her. "I've got it!"

Kakashi gulped.

"You have to give up Icha Icha for an entire week!"

Kakashi paled. "Now Sakura, are you sure there's no-"

"I'm positive. Now hand it over." Sakura smirked.

Kakashi's head dropped to her lap. He reluctantly handed his beloved Icha Icha Paradise over to the triumphantly grinning pink-haired girl. Sakura snatched the book out of his hands and stood up.

"Come on Kakashi-sensei, let's go."

"Go?" He asked weakly.

Sakura nodded. "To your apartment. So I can get the rest of your books. I have to confiscate the rest of them. I think they'll be safe in my hands for a week."

Kakashi groaned.

Sakura sighed and pulled him up to his feet. She dragged him by the wrist and on the way out she called to Sai, "Kakashi-sensei and I are leaving! tell Naruto to get up, will ya?"

Sai nodded to his teammate. "Yes yes goodbye!"

"That was kind of rude." Sakura muttered.

"Well Sai did seem to be rather immersed in his art. I just hope he actually remembers to wake up Naruto. . . ." Kakashi's voice trailed off.

Kakashi and Sakura reached Kakashi's apartment within ten minutes and Kakashi reluctantly (and very slowly) unlocked the door and let them in.

"Now where are the books?" Sakura asked.

Kakashi sighed. "Straight to it then. They're in my room."

He pointed to a door down the hall and Sakura followed his finger, dragging him by the wrist.

"Ow Sakura. You're hurting my wrist." Kakashi whined.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Kakashi-sensei, I've seen you get stabbed in the gut with a kunai. My holding your wrist does not hurt you."

Kakashi scowled. Sakura stopped them at the door and pushed it open. Kakashi's bedroom was exactly how she had pictured it. Not that she pictured it. . . .

There was one double bed in the center of the room with messy white sheets and a black comforter. There was one bedside table with a lamp and on the other side of the room there was a closet door. And right in front of the bed was a large bookshelf that was full of Icha Icha books.

"Aha!" Sakura exclaimed. She dropped Kakashi's hand and started pulling books out of their shelves.

Kakashi winced repeatedly as the books fell into her arms.

Sakura cleared her throat. "I think I'm gonna need a bag. I can't believe how many of these you actually have!"

Kakashi sighed and grabbed a bag from his closet. He held it open for Sakura and she dropped the books in, resulting in another wince from Kakashi.

"Oh man up!" Sakura scolded.

"How can I? You're taking my babies away from me!" Kakashi bit his lip under his mask.

Sakura lightly kicked Kakashi's shin.

Once all the books were in the bag, Sakura flung the bag over her shoulder and walked out of the room to the front door.

Kakashi followed, pining after his books.

"Oh would you shut up Kakashi-sensei? You'll have them back at the end of the week. Okay?" She finished with a sweet smile.

Kakashi just stared at her with a puppy-dog eye.

Sakura laughed. "Goodbye Kakashi-sensei."

Kakashi watched her leave in sorrow. He sulked on the way back to his bedroom where he plopped down on the bed and fell asleep.