AN: Ok, just to clear some things up:

Sakura is 17 in this fan fiction, and Kakashi is 28.

Sakura has been away on some mission for a couple of months.

And if there is anything else that confuses you, please feel free to ask me.

Enjoy!

Sakura breathed in the fresh air of flowers, the market place – even ramen. She loved spring, it was always so happy. She thought she might stop by Ino's flower shop to go get some flowers for the desk at the hospital, to liven things up a bit.

It had been so boring the last couple of years, after she turned 15 things got so dull. The Akatsuki wasn't around anymore, with the exception of Itachi, so none of the villages really had anything to worry about. They just went back to their normal lives – which was as boring as hell.

Not to mention that Sasuke had come back to Konoha, even though Itachi isn't gone. Maybe he wants to train more at the leaf, since Orochimaru is gone? Who knows. But ever since he came back, he's been being a prick to everyone around him – especially Sakura.

She had no clue what on earth she could've done to be treated like that, but all he does is ridicule her and poke fun at her for miniscule things. Things like: stubbing her toe, dropping a safety pin, forgetting to close the door all the way, etc, etc. No one knows WHY he does it, he just does.

And, to make things even weirder Naruto has dropped his weird obsession with Sakura and opened his eyes; him and Hinata are both dating! Sakura was happy that he finally cut it out, and she was really happy for Hinata and him. But truth be told, she kinda missed having Naruto harass her everyday; it made her feel wanted. Now no one has shown any interest in her, and it's brought down her self esteem a considerable amount.

Ah! Finally! Sakura thought, I'm here! She walked into the flower shop, and the familiar bell on the door chimed. Ino whipped around her blonde head, and grinned at Sakura.

"Hey! Long time so see!" she practically shouted, "what brings you around here?"

"Oh, nothing really. Just wanted a couple of carnations to bring to the hospital, maybe it'll liven everybody up." Sakura told her.

"Oh yeah, I hear it's been pretty boring in there lately. Sucks to be you! Haha!" Ino teased. Yup, Sakura thought, same old Ino. Guess time doesn't change much.

"Well, aren't you just the sweetest little thing? Way to treat your best friend who you haven't seen for months!" the pink haired medic shouted.

"Haha, well excuse me! I was up really late last night..." the flower girl blushed. Sakura raised an eyebrow, as if to inquire what Ino was up to.

"I was, uh...out at a club." She stated.

"With...?" Sakura asked her.

"SHIKAMARU!" The blonde beauty screeched. Sakura let her jaw drop, she was awestruck. Ino had been crushing on Shikamaru for years; she never thought that he would feel the same way about Ino.

"Oh my gosh! Ino, I'm so happy for you!" Sakura beamed with excitement for her best friend.

"When is your guys' next date?" she asked her friend.

"Well, it's actually tonight. We were hoping to find a bunch of people to go with us...so far we have Naruto and Hinata, but that's it. Say, would you like to hop on the bandwagon?" she asked, her sky blue eyes beaming with hope and a smile plastered to her face.

"Well," Sakura began, "I would love to, but I'm afraid I don't have a date." Phew, she thought, got myself outta that one! When Sakura looked up and saw her friend looking so hurt, she felt like shit.

"But, I guess I could find someone..." she muttered. Oh hell, this is NOT going to be fun.

Just that minute, the store's bell chimed again and Sakura turned around to see a familiar face, with a black bowl cut and bushy eyebrows looking flustered. Of course, there was ONE boy who still had some interest in her. But him, of all people?

"Oh, uhm, hello there Ino I was wondering if you had any-" Lee stopped dead in his tracks with his mouth open.

"I..u-uh..." he stuttered, looking at the floor.

"Lee! Don't be an idiot, say hello for god's sakes. You haven't seen Sakura for what, 2 months? Geez, people these days..." Ino trailed off, muttering more of her rant to herself.

"U-uhm hello Sakura-san. H-how are you?" Lee said, finally taking his gaze off the floor to look at her bright green eyes.

"Hi Lee," Sakura chimed, with a pretty smile on her face, "I'm good. How are you?"

"Well, I suppose I'm alright. I've been training really hard with Guy-sensei," he said.

"As always..." Ino said to herself, rolling her eyes. It took all Sakura had to not burst out laughing.

"It's good to hear that, Lee. I haven't been training much; I WAS on that mission for a few months and there wasn't a lot of time to stop and train," she said, flashing her teeth with a giggle.

Rock Lee's eyes lit up; there was nothing more fantastic in this world than seeing Sakura-san smile. He could feel the blood rushing to his head, and he prayed he wasn't blushing.

"Hey! I have an idea..." Ino said. Oh no, Sakura thought, Oh GOD no! If she does, I'll kill her...

"Lee! Me, Shikamaru, Naruto and Hinata are going out tonight. Sakura wants to come, but she doesn't have a date. Would you like to do the hon-"

"Leave it to me!" Lee yelled, "Don't worry Sakura-san! I will make sure that you have a most enjoyable experience of your life tonight! I'll buy all your drinks, food, and other things you may need! What time shall I pick you up?" he rambled.

Good grief, she thought, that kid needs to take a chill pill.

"Oh, you can pick her up at 7:30, sharp Lee." Ino grinned. Sakura whipped her head around to give Ino a death glare, but Lee's unnatural squeal was enough to make her spin around and cock one of her eyebrows up.

"Alright! See you later Sakura-san!" he shouted.

"Uh, yeah, bye Lee." Sakura replied. What's a matter with you? Bash her face in! She didn't even ask if it was alright with you! KILL HER! Inner Sakura screeched.

"INO!" Sakura yelled, "What is a matter with you! This is so embarrassing..." she felt like crawling under a rock and dying. Ino always picked the most popular night clubs for them to go to, and even though they were all only 17, she always managed to let security let them in. Just like she always managed to talk Sakura into doing stupid things.

"What?" the blonde tilted her head to the side, and gave her friend an innocent look, "I don't see what I did wrong?"

"Ugh, you erk me Ino." Sakura chuckled. Ino smiled at the pink haired medic, and gave her the bouquet of flowers.

"Right back at ya, soul sister."

Sakura grabbed the flowers, payed for them and walked to the door.

"See you at 7:30!" Ino chimed, violently waving her arm from the reception desk.

Sakura rolled her eyes in the back of her head as she made her way to the hospital, dreading the night to come.

Kakashi chuckled to himself as he sat on a rickety old hammock, reading Icha Icha Paradise. Man oh man, how he loved those books. He had read the whole series roughly 25 times, or more.

The silver haired Jounin looked up at the setting sun, and thought he should be on his way home. Just to double check what time it was, he looked at his watch. 7:30, sharp.

"Well, looks like I'll have to finish you," he said, pointing at the orange book, "When I get home." He sat up and stretched, and started his long walk back to his roomy apartment.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Sakura was trying to figure out whether or not she should leave her hair down, or put it up in a cute messy bun. She wasn't much of a party animal, but when she did go out she liked to look nice. She wondered what would look nicer with the outfit she was wearing; jean short shorts and a black tank top. She decided a messy bun would look best.

Ding dong! She heard the door bell ring. The kunoichi ran downstairs, and grabbed her purse on the way down. Opening the door, she saw Lee wearing his regular; his bright green jumpsuit. She sighed and rolled her eyes, -making sure he didn't see- and greeted him with a smile and walked outside.

"Hello, Sakura-san." Lee said, grinning ear to ear.

"Hey, Lee." She replied.

"Uhm, Sakura-san, you can leave your purse at home."

"Oh..." she said, puzzled.

"Well, I thought we had agreed that I would be paying for food and beverages for you tonight, had we not?" he asked her.

"Well Lee, I don't really want you to spend all your money on me..."

"Non-sense! Sakura-san, it's my pleasure!"

"Oh, alright. But just this once, alright?" she opened the door and set her purse down on a small table, and locked the door.

"Let's go!" she exclaimed, hoping she could make the best out of this night that she could.

Kakashi yawned as he walked through the streets of Konoha, he was so bored. He didn't want to go home, and he didn't want to sleep. Maybe, I'll go visit Obito, he thought. Yes, that's what he'll do.

He made his way through the maze of streets, until he finally found the memorial stone. He got down on his knees, and started looking for Obito's name, even though he had the spot memorized. Tracing his finger across his name, he felt tears well up in his eyes. It had been about 14 years, and he still hadn't gotten over his newly found friend's tragic death. "I'm...sorry Obito." He thought out loud. I'm defiantly going to be here for a while, the copy ninja thought to himself.

Sakura walked into the night club, and saw Ino standing very close to Shikamaru, and she had her usually flirty look on.

"Hey! Sakura! Lee!" the golden haired beauty screamed over the blasting music. She grabbed Shikamaru's hand, and shoved their way through the crowd to get to them.

"Hey guys," Shikamaru said, with a huge smile on his face. It almost looked like he was...blushing?

"Hey Shikamaru," Sakura said, returning the smile, "Ino."

"Uh, hey." Lee awkwardly said.

"Hey, where's-" Sakura started, but she could hear Naruto's laughter from across the building. She looked to her right, and Naruto and Hinata were sitting at a booth cuddling and obviously cracking jokes with one another.

"Oh, ha-ha, that's our table by the way, in case you wanted any drinks ordered." Ino told her friend.

"C'mon! Let's all go sit down, and have a round of sake! On me!" she gleefully said.

After an hour or two of dancing, and sake – LOTS of sake – Sakura decided to go home. Lee had already left about a half hour earlier, so she was all by herself and way able to enjoy the last half of the night. She walked out of the night club, and was on her way down the street when she heard hysterical laughter. It didn't sound normal though, it sounded...crazy.

"Well, I better be on my way, it's almost 9:30." Kakashi thought out loud. He got up from the memorial stone, and brushed off his pants. After stretching, he turned and made his way down the street he came from. Deciding to take a short cut, he turned right and found himself down the 'one night stand boulevard'. This is the street where all the crazies come out at night, and get hammered and freak everybody out. He shrugged his shoulders, shoved his hands in his pockets and continued his walk.

Just then, he heard some laughter. That's weird... he thought. Kakashi stopped walking, and look ahead. Sakura was in the middle of the street, and Sasuke was standing right behind her, laughing. That was weird. They never get along, he questioned himself. Maybe, Sasuke is changing for the better?

The Jounin didn't want to get in the way of their 'bonding' time, so he quickly hid behind a cigarette stand. Breathing in the air, he coughed a little. Tilting his masked face to the side, he eavesdropped on their conversation.

"Hahahahaha, hahaha!" Sasuke cackled.

"W-what do you want?" Sakura stuttered. She had absolutely no idea why he was here, or what he wanted, but she knew the outcome wasn't going to be a pleasant one.

The pale kunoichi turned to face Sasuke, to see him wiping the tears from his eyes. What kinda psycho is this guy? Her inner self thought.

"Oh, I just saw you in the club with Lee, that's all."

Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"So?"

"Don't you think that's a LITTLE desperate Sakura, even for you?"

"Desperate?"

"Oh, please. God, you're such a whiny little bitch."

Kakashi clenched his fists.

"W-what did I do?"

"Ever since Naruto has lost interest in you, you've been trying to be a little attention whore. But the truth is, no one likes you Sakura. You're worthless. You're an awful ninja, and not to mention the fact that you're about as pretty as a pile of shit. "

Sakura felt the tears streaming down her face. Why was he saying these things? What was his problem! She felt like collapsing in a ball, and just breaking down.

"Oh, now you're going to cry your way out of another situation, are you? Nope. I don't think so."

Before she had time to look up, she felt a sharp pressure in her stomach. He had kicked her.

"Well, you stupid little slut, see you tomorrow around town. Bye, bitch." And with that, Sasuke left her on the street, bawling her eyes out.

Kakashi stood in his hiding spot behind the wall. He knew he couldn't go help her, Sasuke was obviously still watching. If he tried to help her, he would just make fun of her for getting someone to stick up for her. Roughly, Kakashi banged the back of his head on the stand he was leaning against in anguish.

"Damn it..." he whispered to himself. He should have done something, anything...

He saw Sakura pick herself up, and start walking home. He decided he should do them same, and made sure she and Sasuke were gone before he went on his way home.