Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters within the series.

Pairing, one of my favorites, KakaSaku.

Summary: Sakura seeks out Kakashi to train her to be in the ANBU which causes great trouble amongst their friends and romance begins to bloom between the two stubborn ninja. Eventual KakaSaku.

This was going to be a long day. Kakashi knew it. As he gazed lazily down at the young woman before him he just knew somehow what was going to happen today would come back to bit him in the ass. Hard. It wasn't the most comforting thought in the world. With an arched silver brow Kakashi implored his former student, one Haruno Sakura, to get it out. He had genin to tortu-train he meant train. Definately train.

"You know..."

A heaved sigh, "Yes?"

"Forget it. If you want to get all bitchy I'll just go ask Genma."

"Sakura…" Came the growled response.

The pink haired kunoichi who had turned her back to the 'famous', an adjective that was undeserved in her humble opinion, copy-nin turned back around, eyebrow hiked she inquired, "Yes?"

A dark eye rolled at her stubborn attitude. "I'm sorry…but you did just interrupt my training session. With something that didn't seem all that important." But then who was he to judge his most surprising student. She enjoyed throwing curve balls at him. It was her way to keep him on his toes.

A decidedly not lady-like sounding snort escaped her. The man was telling the genin to run while he sat and read his pervy little orange book. Why Tsunade hadn't banned Jiraiya from writing the damn things she didn't know but then that was the Hokage's way. Mostly because she was too lazy to fill out the paperwork necessary. Sakura crossed her arms across her chest. Which she always felt was lacking. But then…she did have to stand next to Tsunade on a constant basis.

Kakashi himself would deny any knowledge of the development of Haruno Sakura's boobs. But hell, he was male. And she was well…not lacking in development. In fact if he recalled correctly she had overtaken Ino a few years ago. Putting her second behind Hyuuga Hinata, not that he knew or anything like that. Nope. Kakashi had just heard it somewhere…maybe from Genma. Yeah he'd blame Genma. Maybe even Jiraiya.

With a quick eye crinkle and raised hands in a non-threatening manner, "Sorry…kami I'm sorry!"

Emerald eyes narrowed, "Better be…" She wasn't going to put up with his whining. "Anyways will you please help me Kakashi?"

"…with…"

"I was getting to that so shut up."

Kakashi glowered at Sakura and stated pointedly, "I liked it better when you were shy. What happened to that girl?"

"She realized that in order to survive on a team with a bunch of chauvinistic bastards she had to toughen up. And actually take her training into her own hands." Now maybe accusing him of not teaching her was a bit below the belt. But he did focus heavily on Naruto and Sasuke no matter what he said. It was just a matter of fact. Nothing else.

The silver-haired jounin felt that one…ouch. His expression dropped a bit at that but said nothing. He knew that there was some truth to her words. But she knew everything that he could possibly teach her. He cleaned it up a bit sure. Worked out a few kinks but that was about all he could teach her. She had chakra control that rivaled his own from the get go. Now…a woman at twenty years old. She had perfect chakra control. She was a jounin and the third best medic-nin in the country…if not the world. She out fought Kabuto as her mentor…new mentor…Tsunade fought her old teammate Orochimaru. Naruto was busy fighting Sasuke. While all this was happening Shizune was filling him with chakra to keep him alive. Needless to say it was an embarrassing moment.

It was Sakura's glowing moment. Kabuto thought it fit to knock out Kakashi first. This was something that angered Sakura. Probably more than it should have. After all she wasn't particularly close with him…or she had thought she wasn't but as she saw Kabuto's medical jutsu break down Kakashi's muscle tissue. Something inside her snapped. A body she spent many night healing crumpled under that bastard's attacks. With a fire she never knew she really had...and that was surprising since she took out an Akatsuki member. But that only worked because she had someone guiding her. That time it was all her. And she remembered him trying to do the same thing to her she did to Kakashi. It hadn't worked. The satisfying crunch his skull made as she put her fist through it was something she'd never forget.

Sakura noticed Kakashi's mood change, "You know it wasn't your fault. They needed the basics. They had all the talent in the world. Diamonds just needing to be cut…I was cut glass."

That wasn't exactly fair to her but while she thought it was true…Kakashi disagreed, "No you were a diamond too." With another eye crinkle Kakashi spoke in a playful tone, "Of course I'll help you…especially since you threatened to ask Genma, over me, you may as well have said Gai if you really wanted to get under my skin."

Sakura smirked a bit at that, "Well Gai couldn't help me with what I want to learn…"

Brows furrowed. "And that is?"

"Well…I want you to help me make ANBU." Kakashi spluttered at the confident way she stated that. ANBU was no place for a little girl. Sure she wasn't a little girl anymore…but she was his little girl that was wanting to strut head long into a career that was, well, dangerous. Sure being a jounin and all that was dangerous…but still. Kakashi wanted to grab her shoulders and shake her out of this.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me…"

"Please tell me you're joking."

"I'm not."

Kakashi nearly lost it then and there, "Damn it Sakura! Don't you know that that means? It means you're nearly three times as likely to get killed. And even if you do get killed if it happens in action your body doesn't come back. It gets destroyed!" Now if Sakura didn't know any better she'd think that he sounded more than a little bit worried.

"That's why I'm asking you for your help…but since you're against the idea I guess I'll have to ask Genma." She didn't know why Kakashi was so against her training with Genma. He was an excellent ninja and one of Shizune's teammates. All around nice guy. She knew he had a player attitude but seriously if he were that hot she'd guess Kakashi would be too.

This option didn't not go over well with the masked jounin, with an animalistic growl. That would indeed make even the Inuzuka clan master whimper. "Like hell you will. I'll train you. But you will not like it."

"Bring it on old man." With that Sakura disappeared in a flash of Sakura pedals and smoke.

Kakashi blinked lazily. Asking no one in particular Kakashi wondered aloud, "Did she just call me old?"

A mirthful voice answered in a rather enthused…too enthused voice, "Yep ya geezer!" Kakashi rounded on the little brat quite quickly and punted him across the training field. As soon as the other genin turned their sight on him Kakashi coughed, "Part of your training…never let your guard down." Luckily the little idiots bought it. 'Wonder how long they'll keep buying my bull…'

With a sigh and a groan Kakashi sat and pulled out his book, 'If no one can call Tsunade old no one can call me old…'

A couple hours later…

Genma laughed heartily as the pink-haired kunoichi told him the events. With a grin Genma pounded down his sake and said, "I told you it'd work. His students to get to be taught by anyone but the best. Even when he pretends not to care he actually complained about having to put Naruto with Ebisu during your guys' chuunin exam all those years ago."

Sakura snorted, "Then the little bastard went and found a Sannin." Well it wasn't like she didn't eventually do the same.

Which was a fact that Genma was going to point out, "Yes well you snagged the teachings of our beloved Hokage. Who has only taken up one other person in her rather lengthy life…" Genma looked around the bar making sure that Tsunade-sama was most definitely not there…kami only knew what she'd do to him if she had heard his statement…put him on babysitting duty for life? Or just throw him out her window. That wouldn't be fun.

Sakura snorted, "Well someone had to. I think I reminded her of how she used to be…though she was apparently meaner than me…according to Jiraiya at least. But that may be because I don't hit him."

Genma laughed and twirled the senbon perched on his lips. "Well Jiraiya would probably be turned on by the pain. Why do you think he instigates Tsunade so much still? Despite the fact she causes massive amounts of movement in this area." With the mention of Tsunade's most famous physical trait he pretended to hold his own set of mega-boobs.

With peals of laughter Sakura raised her brow at Genma and toasted him, "May Tsunade-sama never catch you doing that!"

"Catch him doing what?"

"Nothing!" the reply came quickly. A little too quickly.

"Really?"

Genma had paled significantly. Shizune who had walked in with the Hokage smirked at Genma's look. Sakura just kept laughing. He was so screwed. The senbon dropped from sensual lips. The cogs in Genma's mind began to turn quickly. Well at least she couldn't shove the needle down his throat.

"Yo!"

'Yes salvation!' Kakashi created the perfect opportunity to get Tsunade's attention away from him. "Heya Kakashi…how you doin'? Plannin' a great training schedule for our lovely little cherry blossom?" Sakura choked on her sake as Tsunade's narrowed eyes turned on to Kakashi.

"What!?" Shizune sensing the situation.

"Tsunade-sama please calm down…"

"I will not be calm!"

Sakura sensing an impending problem sent a look to Genma, "Your turn to pay." And with that she grabbed Kakashi by the wrist and ran before Tsunade had a chance to attack the poor copy-nin.

"What is going on?!"

"Shut up and run Kakashi!"

'Kami when did this girl get so demanding!?'

When Sakura finally came to a stop she smiled brightly up at Kakashi…still holding his wrist. The slouching man finally asked, "So um…you going to tell me what that was all about." His visible eye was locked on where her little hand was holding his wrist still.

A blush spread across her pale cheeks and she let go. "Oh it was nothing. Tsunade just didn't know that you were going to start training me is all…"

"Oh is that all huh? Does she have any idea that your trying to become ANBU?" Kakashi asked with a slight edge to his voice.

"No and your going to keep it that way, right?"

With another sigh and a clear pout, despite being masked, "Why do you do this to me? She'll beat my ass if she found out that I'm keeping this from her…you do know that right?" The pink covered head nodded slowly but beamed up at him a smile that always made his heart melt. Hanging his head in resignation the masked ninja answered with a heavy, "Fine."

With a grin Sakura kissed the much taller ninja on the cheek and took off merrily down the street practically plowing over an unsuspecting Inuzuka Kiba. As the confused and disgruntled dog master approached the confused copy-nin. "What's up with her?"

Kakashi shrugged, "I wish I knew…"

Collectively the two ninja muttered, "Women…"

First actual story with an actual pairing for Naruto. Be brutal!