Deep Blush
By: Kakashi's Boo
Hatake Kakashi sat once again on a hospital bed waiting to be checked and then released. His last mission took a lot out of him, but he felt fine at the moment.
Yeah he still had a couple of bruises, a concussion, and a cracked rib or two, but that was nothing a few days rest at home with his favorite book Make out Tactics
couldn't fix.
Haruno Sakura was the nurse on duty when the silver ninja was admitted. Sakura was always happy to see her friends made it back alive from their missions, but
it depressed her to see them all beat up and on the verge of death at times. When she heard her old sensei was in the building once more, Sakura made sure she
was his nurse.
Kakashi sat patiently on the hospital bed waiting for the nurse to come on and release him. His warm bed and Make out Tactics was calling his name. He just hoped
for a nice nurse this time. The last time he came, he had to deal with a loud mouth, overbearing, and abusive nurse that fussed and punched him in the arm
because he let himself get messed up like he had. Although that nurse did have some qualities that caught his eye. Like the way she smiled and told him how
relieved she was to see him home safe. The sparkle in her emerald eyes made him smile as he watched her work on him. Kakashi had had a deep wound on his
neck and remembered smelling the nurse's sweet cherry perfume as she stood close to his face. The ninja sat recalling the feeling of the young nurse's chakra
racing through his body. He thought about how hot his neck was getting from the heat of the woman's small palms hovering over it. He remembered how every
once and a while some her pink strands would caress his masked face. He remembered her biting her bottom lip in concentration. Those soft pink li…
Kakashi slapped himself trying to stop the madness that was forming in his brain. He could feel his heart beating faster and felt completely embarrassed for
thinking of his former student in such ways. Just as he was calming down a bit, the room door swung open.
The little pink haired nurse walked in casually and put down the clipboard she had in her hand next to the masked ninja on the bed. "So I see you landed yourself
in the hospital again Kakashi sensei." Started the nurse. "You really need to be more careful." She continued. "You're all bruised up, two broken ribs, and on top of
that you have a slight concussion. What are you trying to do kill yourself?" Kakashi smiled with his one visible eye. "No. I just had got a little banged up that's all."
Kakashi new this excuse wouldn't appease the young woman in front of him and he waited for impact. The punch came to his right arm this time since his left was
bruised already.
Kakashi rubbed his arm remembering a time when Sakura only gave this special treatment to Naruto. His arm hurt from the punch, but his heart warmed because
he knew Sakura only hurt the ones she really cared for.
Sakura laughed inwardly just happy to see her former teacher alive and in good spirits. She only recently started to punch him when she was mad at him. The first
time it happened was purely by accident. Kakashi had recklessly fought and almost had his right arm severed. Sakura knew it would take all night to heal him, and
that frustrated the crap out of her. She had the night all planned out before old silver arrived. It was to be the first relaxation night she had in months. The bubble
bath, romance novel, and assorted chocolates were all waiting for her beside the scented candle rimmed tub at home. Then Kakashi got wheeled into the hospital
looking all pitiful, and Sakura knew her plans for the evening were shot. The silver ninja should be happy he only got a punch. It took all of Sakura's strength to
not rip his arm off herself for ruining her wonderful evening. But as she worked on him that night Sakura couldn't help but smile. The smile most likely came from
being able to strip her hot former teacher from the waist up. Rippling muscles on an unconscious sexy guy will do that to a girl.
Sakura had had a crush on her former teacher for some time before that night. She had actually formed the crush when she was still his student. Everyone always
thought that Sakura was head over heals for Sasuke. This was true for a while, but Sasuke left and as the old saying goes, "Out of sight out of mind." Even after
Sakura got to meet up again with Sasuke at Orochimaru's hide out years later, her feelings for him did not return. Even though she did find him quite alluring in his
new more revealing outfit. She noticed a little pec action going on there, but his I don't care about anything but killing my brother attitude was a real turn off. Plus
Sakura was maturing. She no longer wanted the tortured soul type. She found herself becoming more attracted to the mature, strong, and silent type. Kakashi had
always been there for Sakura and Naruto. He didn't let his emotions drive him to a murderous revenge binge. Sakura finally realized that Sasuke is a boy and
Kakashi is a man. And Sakura wanted a man.
After getting rid of those pesky clothes (his vest, shirt, and under vest thingy that looked like chicken wire) Sakura began working on Kakashi's broken ribs. The
young nurse tried not to look too giddy once the clothes started to hit the floor, but that was an extremely hard task. "I don't understand why he covers himself up
so much." thought Sakura as her eyes roamed freely up and down the chiseled man's torso (since she was the nurse and could use the excuse that she had to
examine him the patient thoroughly or she wouldn't be doing her job). "Pecs, and nipples, and a six pack oh my." thought Sakura as she moved her hands toward
Kakashi's ribs. The silver haired man flinched ever so lightly and Sakura new she had found the fractured ribs. The young medical nin slowly let her chakra enter
the man's body. She knew fixing his bones would take a while, but she didn't mind. The view was well worth the effort.
Feeling vulnerable and naked, Kakashi pulled out the book he had stashed in his pants pocket and began to read it. He didn't want his former student to see him
blush. Every once and a while, the ninja would stop reading and peek ever so slightly over the top of his book and stare silently at the young woman before him.
Sakura was definitely not a kid anymore. Her features had matured and she even filled out in all the right pla… Kakashi inwardly slapped himself and quickly began
reading again, but thoughts still swirled in his head. Reading Icha Icha Paradise didn't help the situation either. He had just gotten to the place in the book where
the hero fell out from exhaustion after fighting the biggest battle of his life. The woman he had been pining after for the majority of his adult life was a medical nin
on the mission. She found him, took him back to her place, and nursed him back to health. Of course some ecchi things happened while he was at her place. The
silver ninja could feel the heat from Sakura's chakra going into his side. He began to daydream.
He never thought he would make it out of that fight alive, but the famous Copy Ninja of Konoha, Hatake Kakashi, saves the day once again. Hidan and Kakuzu of
Akatsuki were no match for his skillful use of the raikiri (his own invention by the way). The lightning charged hand of Hatake Kakashi served justice once again
and the world was at peace once more. But all was not right with our hero. The copy ninja. He could feel his body getting weak. All of his chakra must have been
depleted in the fight. He was all alone in the forest on enemy turf and about to black out. He just hoped his comrades would find him before the other members of
Akatsuki did.
"Kakashi! Kakashi!" screamed the pinked haired kunoichi seeing her comrade face down on the ground. She checked his vitals and was relieved to find a faint
pulse. "I must hurry and take him back to my place before the enemy sees us." The petite woman lifted the exhausted copy ninja with her ultra strength and let
him rest on her shoulder as she raced to her place to nurse him back to health.
The famous Kakashi of Konoha opened his heavy eyelids to see the beautiful young woman who have saved him kneeling before hands pressed to the closing
wound on his side. "She's healing me." the thankful ninja thought as the woman worked. He emerald eyes sparkled in the glow of her visible chakra. She jumped
when she saw the devilishly handsome Kakashi staring deep into her lovely eyes.
"Kakashi! Oh Kakashi you wonderful ninja you! You're finally awoke!" the pink haired ninja exclaimed as she finished healing his side. "I was so worried. I thought
I'd never see you alive again." The woman said beginning to cry. The copy ninja sat up and wiped the little woman's tears away. He always hated to see a woman
cry. "Don't cry. I'm fine thanks to you Sakura." said the ever suave and debonair Kakashi as he lifted the woman off of her knees and pulled her into a soft
passionate kiss.
Sakura finished healing as much of her former teacher's ribs as she could. The internal bruising would in time go away on its own along with his concussion. The
pink haired ninja noticed that Kakashi was looking kind of odd. He was looking off into space and had a glazed look in his eye. Sakura thought she even detected a
slight blush on the only visible part of his face. "Uhh Kakashi sensei, are you feeling okay?" Sakura's comment snapped the silver ninja out of his daydream and
back into the real world.
"Hmm? Yes. Yes I'm fine." he felt a bit silly. Sakura had caught him daydreaming. "Are you sure? Maybe I should check to see if your concussion is getting worse."
"No. I'm fine. I just uh…can I put my clothes back on now? It's kind of cold in here." "Oh yes. Of Course." said Sakura handing her former teacher his clothes. The
young nurse couldn't help but inwardly thinking about how weird it was to hear Kakashi's last statement. He'd ask her if he could put his clothes back on. Sakura
thought about what he would have said if she had said no and climbed on top him. She laughed audibly thinking about the surprised look on his face as she
straddled him. "What's so funny Sakura san?" asked the puzzled Kakashi. "Oh nothing. It's nothing. Just something silly that popped into my head just now.
Something I watched on TV last night." lied Sakura.
"Oh ok. So Sakura, will I live?" smiled the ninja as he pulled his shirt over his slanted hair. "Yeah you'll live, but be more careful next time." fussed Sakura. "Wait
here and I'll get you some medicine to take home." She continued as she walked out of the room. Kakashi sat obediently as Sakura left. His eye trailed after her.
He could see her leaning over the desk across the hall from his room. His eye widened as her bottom rounded. Once again Kakashi had to slap himself. "She was
your student man. Snap out of it!" thought the silver ninja.
Sakura stood back up after getting the medicine off of her desk and noticed her former teacher staring at her. She could see his reflection in the glass before her.
This made Sakura's heart race a little. "Is he staring at my butt?" Sakura thought looking at the man's reflection in the glass. It was then that Sakura decided to
test old silver just to see where his mind was.
Sakura walked nonchalantly back into Kakashi's room and she detected a slight uneasy feeling in the air. The young nurse handed her former teacher the bottle of
pills and then stared at his lone eye.
Kakashi looked down at his bottle of pills, but he could feel the intensity of Sakura's gaze. He looked up to meet those emerald eyes staring down into his one eye.
A few seconds went by and no one said a word. Kakashi couldn't take the staring contest anymore. "Uh Sakura why are you…" "I'm trying to figure out something."
The nurse interrupted. "Figure out what?" Kakashi asked intrigued by how close the young nurse had got to his face. "I'm trying to figure out your age." That
response caught the ninja by surprise. "Hmm?" he said with his head cocked to the side. "Your age. Its one of the many mysteries surrounding you." Sakura
replied turning her back to her former teacher. "Mysteries?" thought Kakashi following Sakura with his eye. "What's so mysterious about me?" he thought on.
Seeing the question in his face as she turned to face him again, Sakura answered it. "You know you're mysterious sensei. You're always so quiet. You never take
off your mask. And that makes it completely impossible for me to figure out how old you are." "Why do you need to know that?" asked the masked man. "Just
curious." the pink haired nurse said while reaching over Kakashi to grab the clipboard beside him instead of walking over to get it. Kakashi felt movement below
and placed his hands in his lap to cover his friend before he decided to make an appearance. A few more seconds of silence went by as Sakura pretended to go
over her patient's chart once more before he left.
"So?" Sakura started looking up at her former teacher. "So what?" asked Kakashi feeling a bit nervous about Sakura's next move. "How old are you duh!" Kakashi
laughed in relief while rubbing the back of his head. "Do you really want to know?" the ninja asked while getting up and moving towards the window. "Uh yeah!"
said Sakura spinning around to look at the retreating ninja. "Well let me leave you with a little math problem them. Take twenty, add another twenty, and then
take away six. See you around Sakura san." Kakashi disappeared into the frozen night leaving Sakura to think about the problem laid before her. The answer was
simple enough. "34. He's 34. Why couldn't he have just said that instead of making me do math?" thought Sakura. "Hmm he's only 34. That means he's fourteen
years older than me. I wonder how it would feel to date an older man." wondered Sakura. "I bet there are a lot of things he could teach me." she giggled.