Hey everyone. Don't kill me but I had to take a break from writting "Of Kings and Queens" (I have total writer's block, I could use some ideas though) so while trying to write another awesome chapter that seemed to allude me. An idea for another story hit me. I'm thinking this will allow me to get those creative juices following, you know. Anyways, enjoy! Please Review! (No flames though, I rather not want to get burned) :3

I own only a Laptop and my wild imagination.

How did I get into this mess?

Sakura stared forlornly at her bags and sigh deeply. It was all because of that damn man. How the hell did he find her? She made sure to travel the farthest away so she wouldn't accidently bump into him. Her mind drifted to that horrid encounter with that man.

She was in heaven; at least, that is what she deducted. There was a giant field of dango waiting for her to eat. ThumpThumpThumpThumpThump. She paused momentarily. What the hell was that? She listened for more but it stopped. She shrugged her shoulders and continued her merry way towards the giant dango field. And as just as she was about to taste the delicious goodness, that beating came back tenfold. THUMP THUMP THUMP ground started crumbling around and she looked on heart breakingly as the dango fell into the unknown abiss. She opened he mouth.

"Noo!" Sakura shot up from her bed and frantically searched the room, to see it was still entact. Thump Thump Thump Thump. She frowned and narrowed her tired eyes.

Why the hell is that banging not going away?

Then she remembered she had a door, in which it seemed was being poorly subjected to a beating. Sakura scowled and glared at her door. Some asshole had the nerve to knock on her door like the freaking apocalypse was outside. Her scowled deepened when the person seemed not be stopping anytime soon. She grit her teeth and climbed out of bed. She was going to beat the hell out of the guy.

Sakura stomped over to the door, nose flaring, fumes rising from her (Figuratively of course) and nearly ripped the henges of the door.

"Listen you asshole, I just got off from work and I appreciate it if yo- "Her words died in her throat as she stared at the man in front of her. She had made it nearly impossible to find her and there he was, at her doorstep, in his masked-faced glory giving that damn eye crinkle.

"Yo."

Sakura froze immediately and stood there, mouth agape in pure horror. He found her, he actually found her.

How the hell did he find me? She screeched in her mind.

Sakura Haruno, who had lost her parents when she was twelve in a terrible freak accident, was a very capable being. She denied being subjected to live with a guardian; she didn't want to be a burden she said. She found a long lost relative she said. She'll contact him once she settled in she said. She said, she said, she said. How stupid was he to believe her. Once he found out there was no long lost relative, in fact no relative at all, it was already too late. She left, taking only some clothes and a picture of her parents. Kyo would murder him if he was alive for believing such a lie. Kakashi sighed deeply and stared out of his window. He was going to bring her back, he owed it to her parents.

"Kakashi-sama?" A woman asked hesitantly.

He turned his head in acknowledgement.

"There's been some news."

And that was that.

Run! Run like there's no tomorrow. Her Inner replied frantically. She herself was running throughout her mind like crazy. No there's got to be a better solution than that. She stared at him with widened emerald eyes. He didn't really change at all. He still had that same air-defying silver hair and that dirty little book that he car- that's it. The book. She smiled evilly at the idea.

Then, the idea struck her. Literally.

She didn't really know how it happened; it went to fast to remember. All she did recall was that Kakashi hit her on the head.

With his perverted little book that been Kami knows where.

Bastard.

She felt the pain first before anything else, which didn't really help the situation when she really needed all her brain cells. She guessed that she deserved it. She did run away after all, but it was for everyone's good. Kakashi prefers to be alone and she preferred not to be with Kakashi. It was a win-win situation for both sides of the party, but did he really need to hit her that hard.

It hurt like hell.

"What the hell, Kakashi?" Sakura yelled while nursing her head in a feeble attempt of soothing down the bump.

"Since when did I lose my respective title, Sakura-chan," He gave her his famous eye crinkle and replied coolly.

"Since I left, Kakashi-sensei," she added mockingly, green eyes flaring with defiance. "If you think you can come here and take me back to Konoha easily, then you're wrong."

"I wouldn't expect it any other way. You are your father's daughter after all," He said smoothly. She cringed at the statement, but he ignored it and continued," That's why I took some…necessary precautions before I came for you."

One could say Sakura as a smart girl. She was ranked as the top student in her class and has never gotten anything lower than a ninety-five on anything. Yes, one would call her smart. Some people would call her clever. Sakura had a sharp tongue and could get herself out of almost any sticky situation such as this current predicament she is in now. Yes, some people would call Sakura Haruno a clever girl. And yet, this cleverly smart girl knew she was in deep waters when she glanced at his lone grey eye.

"Good-bye, freedom," she muttered sadly.

And that's how she came back to her home village, much to her displeasure.

She found out later that Kakashi had managed to take her out of her school, lose her job, and release her apartment. That damn man.

"That way, you couldn't go back," he explained merrily. Sakura grumbled 'stupid perverts and their books' under her breath and glared angrily at his back. Her mood seemed to darken even further when she found out that they would be traveling back on foot.

'Let me at him, let me at him. I'll kill him, I will', her Inner screamed.

'I couldn't agree more.'

Kakashi read his orange book, gigging like a little school girl at moments; seemingly oblivious of the murderous aura admitting from the pinkette behind him.

Oh, how she hated that man.

Three agonizing days later, the all too familiar gates of Konoha appeared before the two travelers. One acting so nonchanlant about the situation while the other twitching from agitation and panic. Sakura mused to herself if she ran right now, how long would it take for her to distance herself from him.

As if he could read her mind, Kakashi replied all too happily. "If you tried to escape, I make sure not only will I pursue you, but also Tsunade."

Sakura immediately stiffened and gulped. She all but remembers her god-mother and her monsterous strength and decided she rather liked living at the moment. She sighed deeply and continued to walk to her doom. It wasn't that she didn't like Konoha; no she loved her village with a passion, but rather all the memories that reside in Konoha are what scared her. She had too many ghosts from there and she rather like not confronting them because she knew that would lead her to her falling out and she worked too hard over the years to become strong to revert back to that weak girl she was.

Now her she was two bags and a giant headache from over-thinking later, at the Hokage Tower; waiting for Kakashi outside on a step. It seemed like forever before he returned. Sakura scowled at him and turned her head. If he noticed her black mood, he didn't comment, rather, ignored it and proceeded to tell her about the situation.

'Smart man, too bad he's such a pervert.' She smiled inwardly and decided to stare at his mask. 'I wonder how he looks without it on, hmmm…'

"Sakura, are you even listening," his voice broke her from her reverie.

"Huh?"

Kakashi sighed and shook his head. "I would appreciate it if you gave your poor teacher some respect and listen for once."

Sakura narrowed her eyes and replied icily. "Well, sorry for disappointing you, sensei." She crossed her arms, proving her point.

He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I know you are little upset-"Sakura glared," okay, maybe more than a little with this. But you have to understand. Your parents didn't want you be alone, Sakura. They want you to be able to have a regular teenage life, not to have to worry about bills and payments at such an early age."

Sakura eyes softened, arms falling to her side and stared at the ground solemnly. "I understand. I'm sorry."

Kakashi crinkled his eye and patted her head and thought how her parent would be so proud of her. "Well, now that's settled, I will repeat what you so happened to ignore."

Sakura raised her eyes to him and looked at him quiz idly. "What?''

"You'll be living with me of course, but that's not all. You see, I don't necessarily live alone anymore." Sakura leaned in and raised her eyebrows in question. Well that is news. It wouldn't have pegged her that Kakashi settled down and gave up his bachelor ways.

"What?"

"I not by myself. But I guess living with ten guys is better than with a woman," he added, scratching his head sheepishly.

"WHAT?"

'Kami, save me'

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