If anyone looked at my list of favorite stories, they'd notice that there are quite a few stories with this pairing… I absolutely love KakaIru, and I don't know why I haven't done a separate story for them yet… The title for the story only points out the chapter titles- and those only have to do with small things within the chapters. Obviously, I intend on having seven chapters- one for each of the sins- and I'll let you know if that changes.

Chapter One- Envy

I watched silently from a spot in a random tree as my former students (now team mates) bickered and clashed heads over every little thing. I chuckled at the look on the face of the small child that we were supposed to be escorting safely home from a small village in the Land of Waves. The kid just sat there and stared, open-mouthed, as Sakura swung a fist at Naruto's head, missing him by a hair as he dodged out of the way, and nearly shattered a large tree with her brute strength. Uninterested in how close she had been to hitting him, I turned back to my Icha-Icha novel.

"Oh, Ken-chan!" Shiori moaned in a low voice as her lover's fingers played over her; she was his instrument…

"Geez Sakura," Naruto whined, "I don't even know what I did!" I looked back to the two of them and wondered if Sakura was secretly a lesbian, just using her obsession with Sasuke as a cover-up. She was certainly more of a man than Naruto ever was. Even though she did look right at home straddling the blonde, regardless of whether or not she had a hand squeezing his airways shut. Poor kid was actually turning blue…

"Sakura." All it took was her name spoken with a warning tone behind it to focus the girl's attention on the angsty, raven-haired teen sitting silently by the camp fire.

"Oh, but I was only trying to-" I watched in amusement as the usual, somewhat pained, expression came to Sasuke's face when he interrupted to speak her name again.

"Sakura." As usual, she barely noticed. For being so hung up on his every word, she was so very good at ignoring him when she was talking.

"…and the look he gave you-" It was a wonder I didn't get tired of this. Sasuke obviously was. The look on his face was nothing if not bored, and slightly weary. He cut her off again.

"Sakura!" Again as usual, with the use of his raised voice, Sasuke drew her attention to him.

"Yea, what," she asked, looking slightly irritated that he had interrupted her. I thought, for a split second that she was going to attack him next.

"He's still choking." Sasuke's voice was strained and slightly concerned as Sakura's eyes grew round and she looked down at Naruto, whom she had still been choking the entire time, not aware of her own strength as he struggled against her. She immediately let go, and he gasped for air. The horrified look on Sakura's face was enough to make Sasuke laugh; my chuckle joining in with him.

"Ohmigawd Naruto I'm so sorry I really didn't mean to hold you down that long!" Still breathing heavily, Naruto glared at her, and then turned in my direction. I quickly averted my attention to Icha-Icha, feigning nonchalance.

"Kakashi-sensei!! Did you see that?! She nearly killed me!!" I was as thankful as ever for the mask that hid the amused grin sliding across my face. I slowly turned to look at Naruto, keeping my only visible eye as expressionless as possible.

"Naruto, she always nearly kills you. I will only be concerned once you reach the actual brink of death." His jaw dropped and he glared at me, too. I let my laughter ring in my mind alone, and turned back to feigning interest in the Icha-Icha novel I had already read seven times. Jiraiya really needed to hurry up with the next one in the series.

"Which, by the way, isn't going to happen. You're practically indestructible," Sakura stated simply, speaking as if this was a known fact. I peeked over to see that they were back to paying me no mind, so I let my head turn fully to watch their still repetitive antics. That kid was being even quieter than Sasuke…

"But Sakuraaa; that still doesn't mean you can abuse me!" Naruto was still whining. No surprise.

"Naruto. That's enough. No amount of whining will make her stop." That was the highest number of sentences Sasuke had strung together the entire two days we had been traveling. Naruto was the only one that he spoke to using more than three words, on a regular basis. I don't know why they wouldn't just get over themselves and fuck already. Everyone in Konoha had known it was inevitable since the jinchuriki had been rumored to have fiercely battled his raven-haired friend, defeated him, and then nursed him back to health before carrying him home to the Leaf Village. Of course, only Naruto and Sasuke really knew what had gone on during that three-month time period in which Naruto had gone off on his lonesome to search for Sasuke. Yep, that's all proof right there that they were inexorably going to end up together. For a brief moment, I wished I had something like that. And then Sakura spoke up again.

"Kakashi-sensei, you should really come down and eat something. Socialize a little bit." Within a matter of seconds I was down sitting on a log next to Sakura, watching Naruto and Sasuke, who were sitting next to each other, through the fire.

"Does she pester you two this much about eating?" Sasuke grunted in response. I took that as a yes. And Sakura answered for Naruto.

"I don't have to pester Naruto; he eats everything all the time anyway." Oh, right. How could I forget? Disregarding that, I jumped to the socializing comment.

"Just because I'm only your team mate now, it doesn't mean I have to associate with you. It doesn't mean you are my equals." Sakura looked slightly offended. Naruto got that look in his eye when he thought he had something really funny to share.

"Man, Kakashi-sensei, you must not have any equals if who you associate with is anything to go by. You're completely anti-social. Wait, those silly books you read must be your equals though, because you certainly seem to like them." I scowled at him until Sakura spoke up. After she spoke, I turned my glare to her.

"Kakashi-sensei, don't you ever think about actually having a life? You're old now. Living with nothing but those books has got to get pretty lonely at some point." This was not a point I wanted to discuss with my former students. I sighed loudly.

"Maa… Sakura I am not about to discuss my personal life with you." She frowned slightly.

"I'm just saying; you're getting to that age where it might be just a tad bit difficult to find someone to spend the rest of your life with." As she said this, I happened to glance over to where Naruto and Sasuke sat, and noticed that they looked at each other, but as soon as eye contact was made, they both looked away quickly, blushing. Now, that was more interesting than Sakura lecturing me on what to do with my life. There was definitely some sexual tension going on between those two… "Kakashi-sensei, are you even listening to me?!" I looked back at Sakura, who had a slight tick in her expression.

"No. Stay out of my business." I knew she was just being concerned for my general happiness or some shit like that, but the first thought to come to mind was, I'll show you just how easy it is for me to find someone. And then I didn't give it a second thought as she huffed and turned back to the fire. A few moments of awkward silence and I noticed the sun had now completely set. "We should probably get some sleep… no matter how quiet he is, we can't forget that we've got a kid with us, and we need to get up early if we wanna make it to Konoha before sunset tomorrow."

"Yessir!" Naruto, for once, didn't argue.

I woke up in what seemed like the middle of the night to a soft moaning sound. "Hnn… Kami, Sasuke!" It was quiet, and coming from outside, but I still recognized the moaning voice as Naruto's. Though I already had a general idea as to what they were doing, I sat up and peeked out of the tent just to satisfy my curiosity. Naruto was pinned to a tree by Sasuke's body, and Sasuke was nibbling on the blonde's ear, while groping at him through his clothing. I felt a twitch in my groin at the sight of the two together, and proceeded to perch myself in the tree above them with ANBU stealth. I doubted either of them would be paying attention to my chakra location, so I didn't bother to cloak it.

"Shh, Naruto-kun, they'll hear…" Another twitch at the tone of Sasuke's voice; it was rough and full of desire, and Naruto moaned again as Sasuke wound his hand up the blonde's shirt, then claimed Naruto's already parted lips with a fierce kiss to silence him. Hips ground against hips, articles of clothing practically disappeared, and I felt a familiar tingling sensation in my nose, which warned me it was about to start bleeding. Swearing profusely in my mind, I pinched my nose and made my way (rather painfully) back into the tent. I quickly found a pair of earplugs and jammed them into my ears, rolling onto my side to attempt to sleep, knowing that all hope of getting up early now rested on Sakura, because the pair outside certainly weren't going to sleep anytime soon, and the dreams that I knew were guaranteed to come wouldn't allow me to get the proper amount of rest.

That is, if I even got to sleep. Sakura's concerns were now drilling holes into my skull. I couldn't remember the last time I had even taken a lover, let alone been in a proper relationship… and thinking about the two outside, I cringed when I realized that it wasn't irritation I felt for them for doing this in the middle of a mission… it was envy. They were lucky enough to have been practically thrown into each other's arms by fate. Another cringe when I remembered that I had been that lucky once… until the universe ripped him from my arms with just as much ease. I couldn't believe that after all of these years, it still hurt so much to think about Obito Uchiha. He was the reason why I was so attached to this particular group of ninja… thinking back, the three of them distinctly reminded me of Obito, Rin, and I. Though there were plenty of differences, anyone that had known both Team Minato and Team Kakashi, would be able to say that both had plenty of similarities. Obito and Naruto especially...

I shook myself out of this mental breakdown before I could let any of it get to me too easily. So what if I was already almost thirty… it's not like I was running out of time to find someone. Who said I wanted to find someone anyway? I'd been just fine on my own all these years… I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I had someone else to worry about anyway… and even if I wanted someone else to worry about, who would want to become romantically involved with me? You mean who other than the countless innocent single women who worship the very dirt you walk on? I rolled my eyes and pushed aside this voice in my mind. I knew I wouldn't want just any random woman… I didn't think I'd be able to handle involving myself with someone who couldn't properly protect themselves. Innocents just weren't my style… but most of the shinobi I knew just weren't acceptable. That, or taken. I fell asleep thinking about myself in a relationship with each of the available jonin in the village.

And each available jonin in the village, male or female, eventually turned into my lost chunin. My team would be questioning me in the morning… asking what I could be dreaming about that would upset me so much… because now, the nightmares were sure to return. And after I had almost forgotten them…