The teacher's student. And the student's teacher.
Kakashi hatake made a statement one day that everyone he ever loved was dead and gone. But now that he thinks about it, not everyone he loves is gone. Actually, one of the people he cares about the most is standing right in front of him. But he doesn't admit it. Not to himself, not to anyone. She is a student, he is her teacher. Nothing more, nothing less. Even though they've known each other for about 7 years now. I guess you could call them close comrades. But that would never be enough.
"Kakashi-sensie?" the pink haired 17 year old asked.
"hm?" kakashi said, not in the least startled.
"Really, I'm beginning to think you like that book more than anything else." She sighed sitting down next to him.
Wrong. He thought.
"It would seem that way." He muttered under his mask peering over at her every once in a while. But she just sat there looking ahead of them.
He finally turned his full attention on her.
"Is there something you wanted?" he asked curiously.
"hm?..oh! I was going to tell you we have a mission today. Lady tsunade wants us to see her in about an hour." She smiled.
"That sounds kind of important. How come you just drifted off like that?'
She blushed. "oh..well.. I actually haven't seen you in a while and I thought you would want some company." She blushed deeper avoiding eye contact.
"hm." He said hiding his smile under his mask and turning his attention back to his book.
They sat like that for a while.
"So who is on this mission?" kakashi asked without looking away from his beloved book.
"Lady tsunade asked me to get you. I didn't hear about anyone else." She answered blushing some more.
"Well that shouldn't be too bad. You don't mind being alone with your ex-teacher now do you?" kakashi pressed peering over at her.
"Just as long as you focus on the mission and not that damned book, kakashi –sensei." She answered. He would think she was being rude but her kind face told another story.
"Good. But would you please drop the sensei? It's starting to make me feel old."
"Well, kakashi you are old." She laughed.
He smirked." Not really."
She laughed even harder.
He smiled at her laughter. About time she laughed alittle.
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Fifth hokage's room.
Lady tsunade, kakashi hatake, and sakura haruno.
"well now, your mission today is a B-rank. Easy enough for just the two of you." The fifth barked. When no one answered, she continued.
"Our client is Karina Kutchikie. She is the owner of a brothel over in the red light district." She ignored sakura's expression. "she has asked that we help her in stopping a gang of rouges who tend to "taint" her workers." She also ignored sakura's "tsk". "So the mission I give you two as that you will go as a married couple whose marriage is on the brink. Sakura, you will pose as a new recruit in the brothel in order to "get away" form your husband. There, you will lure in some gang members and teach em a lesson like I know you will. Kakashi, you will be a touchy-feely over absorbed husband. You will come to the brothel many times to " visit" sakura. While you're there you can both share information on the gang. There are 6 members not including the leader, Haru. I will give you a bingo book on the men and their leader. Oh, and also, you must act as Kakashi and Sakura Inoue, and take on their personalities the entire trip. For example when you stop at hotels and eat in restaurants and so forth."
Kakashi and sakura took a while to take in the entire mission. But before they could the fifth shoved the bingo book into kakashi's hands and sent them out.
They stood there in front of the hokage's mansion. For a while.
"well." Kakashi sighed. "I guess we will meet at the gate in 15 minutes."
"uh…okay." Sakura said walking away.
"so long, honey." He called. But when sakura turned around he already left.
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