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This is meant to be a one-shot, but if you want more, well, just say so and I will continue with it. That's a promise too! And I never break a promise, so if you want a continuation and a lemon, you will most definitely get it! ENJOY!

A young girl the age of 19 with bright emerald eyes and long pink hair braided over her shoulder stared out her window towards the forest surrounding Konoha with sad eyes. It looked like it was going to rain today, so Kakashi had stopped by her apartment earlier to tell her that they would not be training. How did Kakashi expect her to get any stronger than she already was if he was canceling class just because of a little rain?

'Baka Kakashi! Humph, he treats me like I'm still some twelve year old,' Sakura frowned as she turned away from her window to lay down on the floor on her back. 'Let's see, last time Kakashi told me to do 150 sit ups, so I guess I'll do 200 today.' Sakura did her sit ups as she thought about her ex-sensei. 'Kakashi probably just doesn't want to get his hair wet.'

Sakura let out a small sigh as she finished her sit ups and stood up to look back out the window. The sky was dark grey and it really did look like it was going to rain, but Sakura was tired of being cooped up in her apartment room with nothing to do but exercise, so she decided to go out to her favorite clearing in the forest.

Sakura sat on a tree branch so that its branches and leaves could shield her from the rain; looks like Kakashi had been right about it raining. Really, her situation these past years had been a little tough for her considering who it was that she loved. She knew that he and she should not be together considering their age difference, and because he had been her sensei at one point in time.

She leaned against the trunk of the tree and brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them lightly as she rested her head on the top of her knees. 'Really, I know what I am doing and I know what I want. I want Kakashi, and I want to be a greater ninja than I already am.' A very familiar voice called out to Sakura and her head snapped up instantly to look below her.

"Sakura, it's raining. What are you doing out her by yourself? You can get sick, you know." Kakashi had his hands in his pant pockets as he jumped up the tree and landed on the same branch Sakura was sitting on.

"K-Kakashi, I…didn't know you were out here."

"I didn't know you were out here either, Sakura or I would've kept you company sooner." Kakashi scooted over closer to Sakura so that the leaves and branches would shield him from the rain that continued to fall.

Sakura smiled as he came closer, her heart was racing and she had to fight her self to keep cool. "Well, I got bored at home so I came out to clear my head. What about you?"

"Hmm, same reason.'

He was lying to her, Sakura knew that he was because he was not staring at her in the eye. She grinned, "You're lying to me, Kakashi."

Kakashi smiled a little sheepishly, "Uh, yeah. Well, I got a mission when I went to HQ after I stopped by at your apartment."

Sakura raised an eyebrow, "Oh, and?"

"Well, I'll be gone for a month."

Sakura nodded her head calmly; on the inside, however, she was quickly starting to worry for her Jounin's safety. 'What am I suppose to do without you for a month?'

"Wow, that's a long mission. Just promise me that you'll take care of yourself and don't push yourself too much, okay?"

Kakashi nodded his head and his visible eye curved into a smile, "Sure thing, Sakura. It's a promise." Kakashi stood up on the branch and looked down at her, "I got to go. I'll see you when I get back, alright?"

Sakura stood up and nodded her head, "Yeah, see ya when you get back." She gave him a broad smile and stepped a little closer so that they were only a foot apart. She wanted to kiss him goodbye, she really did, but she didn't know how he would react to it. Without getting a chance to do anything else, he poofed out of sight and she sighed as she made her way back home in the rain.

Kakashi was packing some equipment into his yellow back pack as he thought about Sakura…his Sakura. He cared about her more than anyone knew he did, well, with the exception of Iruka. He knew how he felt about Sakura. Kakashi felt bad about leaving for a whole month and leaving Sakura on her own, but their relationship was one that should not be taken to the next level.

Iruka argued with him everyday about it, but Kakashi was resolved not to let it get past a friendly relationship, and it was slowly killing him on the inside. Every time he went on a mission, he only had to think about her to help him end the mission early, he only needed to think about her to help him get out of tight situations that involved life or death. Only she could bring him back from the battlefields, only her.

He loved her with all his heart, he has loved her for the longest time, but he kept it from her and everyone else around him. He slung the pack over on his shoulders and left the warmness of his apartment to the cold night air and rain that was still spilling from the sky from earlier that day. 'Sakura, I'll come back, just like I promised. Don't worry, and I am sorry that I can't just tell you how I feel.'

Ino sat on her small couch in her living room in front of a small fire as she looked out her window to stare at the heavy rain that had started to fall sometime in the late afternoon. The weather was cold and she was not expecting any one to come to her house. The door bell rang lightly and she turned her head to look at her wooden door. 'Someone's here?'

Ino walked to the door of her apartment when she heard her door bell ring a second time, 'Who the hell would be crazy enough to come to my house in this weather?' She opened her door and gasped when she saw a dripping wet Sakura shaking like a leaf in the rain with no umbrella.

"What the hell, Sakura? What are you doing without an umbrella?" When Ino heard no reply from Sakura and she just continued to tremble in the rain, arms hugging herself tightly, she smiled and motioned Sakura inside. "Idiot, you're going to catch a damn cold."

Ino closed the door once Sakura was inside and then ran up to her room to grab a warm blanket and a change of clothes for Sakura. She walked back down the stairs with black pants and a small black tank top for Sakura to change into. A still shaking, and wet, Sakura took them with a smile and a 'thank you' as she walked to the bathroom to change.

Sakura walked out of the bathroom in the change of clothes Ino had given her and her long pink hair was now dry and out of its usual braid. Her hair was free to fall around her in small pink waves to her thighs. "Ino, could you braid my hair?"

Ino nodded her head and motioned for Sakura to sit next to her and the warm fire. Ino draped the blanket that she had brought from upstairs around Sakura's shoulders as she combed her hair and started braiding it. "Let me guess, he went on another long mission?"

Sakura nodded as she sat next to the fire. "Yeah, said that he was going to be gone for a whole month this time. You know that the longer the mission the more dangerous it is, right? What if…what if something happens to him, Ino? What would I do then?"

Ino smiled with sympathy for her close friend, "Don't worry, Sakura. He'll be fine, you'll see. There is no way that Kakashi would die on a mission, not when he has you here waiting for him to return. You know, Kakashi might not show it, but trust me, I know that he loves you just as you love him." Ino hugged her friend tightly when she heard Sakura let out a small sigh, "He'll be back like he never even left in the first place."

Sakura leaned into her friend's hug and nodded her head as she fought back the tears that threatened to spill out, 'You better come back. I need to tell you how I feel.'

A certain jounin walked along side Iruka with his usual lazy expression on his face. "So, how did the mission go, Kakashi?"

Kakashi looked at Iruka with his one visible eye, "The same as all the others, Iruka. I hope nothing has changed while I have been away?" He knew that Iruka would tell him all the rumors that flew around konoha while he was gone, but he did not care for the rumors at all…he just wanted to know about his Sakura.

Iruka shook his head, "Nah, nothing important happened while you were gone. I did hear and see that Lee asked our favorite strawberry out on a date though." Iruka looked over at Kakashi from the corner of his brown eyes to see if there was any reaction from him.

Kakashi inwardly twitched when the words left Iruka's mouth for a very known reason. 'Lee's been hitting on Sakura? Did she except his request to go on a date?' Kakashi felt this strange feeling crawl through his body when he heard that Lee had asked Sakura out. He quickly pushed that feeling away though, "Really? And what did Sakura say?"

Iruka knew where Kakashi was getting at, Kakashi might look like he did not care at all about the young man asking Sakura out…but he knew that on the inside he was hoping that she turned him down or that nothing happened between the two. Iruka decided to give Kakashi a bit of relief and answer his question, "Well, actually…Sakura turned him down politely. Said that she was not interested in him like that and that they were better as friends."

Kakashi raised his eyebrow, "Really?" He was very relieved about Sakura turning the young man down. Of course, he did not show that he was, even though he knew that Iruka knew that he was more than pleased with that answer. After all, Iruka was his best friend and knew how he felt about Sakura.

"Yeah, heard it from Ino. She is working at that little flower shop near Sakura's place. Also says that Sakura has a little something for someone…but Ino wouldn't tell me who it was that Sakura had feelings for."

Kakashi looked away from Iruka and stared out into space for a bit. 'Hmmm, I wonder who it is that Sakura likes?' Kakashi looked over at Iruka again and smiled at him, "I might stop by to see her later today."

Iruka raised his right eyebrow in interest, "Really? Just to say hi or to catch up?"

"Hmm? To catch up I guess. It has been a whole month sense I have seen or talked to her after all."

Iruka smiled again, "Well, this is where we part. I have to go to HQ to do some paper work. Oh…and Kakashi, don't forget that Sakura is no longer your student. If you don't want her to find someone else, then I suggest you just tell her how you feel." With that said, Iruka disappeared in a small poof of smoke.

Kakashi blinked in slight confusion before he shrugged Iruka's statement off and continued walking through the forest in complete silence until he exited the forest and reached the busy street. His visible eye caught sight of Sakura talking with Ino by the small flower shop and a smirk appeared on his face. He decided to walk up to her and surprise her.

"Yeah, he's suppose to be here already. Iruka-sensei went to meet him and…" Sakura trailed off on her sentence as she suddenly felt an oh so familiar aura surround her. His aura. She spun around and spotted a smiling and waving Kakashi. A big smile made its way to her lips as she waved happily over at Kakashi.

Kakashi frowned a little under his mask as Sakura turned and waved at him, 'How did she know I was here? She ruined my surprise…'

Ino thought that Sakura had gone crazy when she just turned around and started waving her hand in the air excitedly, but when she looked up her self and saw Kakashi walking over from across the street, she smiled. How Sakura was able to sense his presence from all the way over there she would never know, but the act alone proved to her that she was right about Sakura and Kakashi.

"Hey, speak of the devil, he's here. Go and say hi to him!" Ino gave Sakura a small push along with wicked grin as she walked back inside the flower shop.

Sakura rolled her eyes at Ino and shrugged it off as she ran over to Kakashi. "Kakashi!" Sakura jumped up and wrapped her arms around Kakashi's neck tightly.

Kakashi was shocked to say the least, his eyes widened as he saw her jump up at him and embrace him in a tight hug. Slowly, Kakashi wrapped his arms around her small waist and returned the hug. He smiled through his mask and closed his eye, "Happy to see me Sakura?"

Sakura gave him a squeeze before she let him go and beamed up at him with pure delight and happiness meant only for her former sensei. "Of course I missed you, Kakashi! I was starting to worry about you!"

Kakashi was shocked, 'She was…worried…about me?' He smiled down at her, "There is no need to worry about me, Sakura. I'm perfectly fine, see?"

Sakura looked her ex-sensei up and down for any signs of injury he might have but found none that she could see, so she smiled at him again. "I can see that now, but I couldn't before because you were not here." Sakura gave him a cut little pout, "I had every right to be worried about you. You usually don't take that long for just one mission…and you do tend to push yourself more than you should."

Kakashi could not help but smile down at her, it seemed that when he was with Sakura all he could do was smile around her. Almost as if her presence alone made him feel better than he actually felt…her presence lit everything up. Even when you felt bad or you were injured, one smile from her and it made you feel so much better.

She truly had a big heart, he did not want to worry her every time he went on a mission but he guessed that it could not be helped due to the facts that he was a ninja…and so was she. "Well. If you want me to…I can tell you about it over some dinner. What do you say, Sakura?"

Sakura blinked, "Eh? Dinner? But Kakashi…it's only the afternoon."

Kakashi thought for a moment before he replied, "Well, we can spar until it's time for dinner, then we can buy our dinner and we can eat at my house while we talk about the last month."

Sakura smiled and nodded her head in agreement after she thought about it for a very brief moment. "'Kay, that actually sounds really good right now."

Kakashi put an arm around her shoulders and turned them both around so that they faced the forest, "How about we walk to our favorite clearing?"

As She felt Kakashi move forward and start walking she smiled and followed his lead. Walking to the clearing where he trained her all the time as a small child instead of just poofing there would give them a chance to talk. To her slight amazement, Kakashi started the conversation.

"So, Iruka told me that you and Lee have been getting closer? How do you feel about Lee, think that he might be the one for you?" he asked casually, almost like he did not care what her answer was.

Sakura did not look up at him, but answered hid question about her and Lee, "Well, Lee is a very good friend and I know that he likes more than a friend and all…but I don't feel the same about him at all. The only way that I can ever like Lee is in a friendly way and nothing else. I told him the same thing about a week ago when he asked me out. He said that he understood and if I ever needed help with anything he would be there to help me no matter what."

Kakashi looked at her with a small smile, "Sounds the type of loyalty that any other woman would have wanted, but not you, huh? You always were a strange one, Sakura."

Sakura turned her head to the side and huffed, "Ha, look who's talking! You're the strangest one of all and you know it, Kakashi!" Saying Kakashi's name with out saying sensei after it was still a little strange to Sakura, but she was getting use to it little by little.

Kakashi smiled widely at that, "I suppose you are right, Sakura. So, Iruka told me that you like someone? Anyone I know?"

Sakura looked at him with a small blush and nodded her head, "Yeah, I do like someone…I've liked him for quite a while now. Oh, and you do know him…you know him very well."

He raised an eyebrow, "Really now? So who is it?"

Sakura shook her head, "You should know who…everyone else seems to know who it is." Sakura smiled at Kakashi, she knew that he would never think it to be himself whom she liked, but it still gave her a small twinge of hope that he might think it was him. Alas, it seemed that Kakashi was the best observing ninja in all of Konoha…until it came to things concerning himself.

"I guess I'll find out eventually. I don't want to go according to any of the rumors that go around Konoha, so I'll just wait 'til you tell me who it is."

Sakura smiled, "Well it seems that you're going to be waiting for me to tell you for a long time, Kakashi." Her smile widened as they reached her favorite clearing and she turned around to face Kakashi as she slipped into a fighting stance. "Ready?"

Kakashi inwardly at Sakura's enthusiasm, nodded his head, and also slipped into a fighting stance of his own. If it were a few years ago, Kakashi would not have bothered stepping into his own fighting stance because he could have beaten Sakura with his Icha Icha Paradise book in hand, but this was now; not the past and he needed to take Sakura seriously or he would end up with more than a few bruises.

He had to admit, he was curious to see just how much she had improved her skills while he was away…if she even did the homework that he left her. He was not technically her sensei anymore now that she was studying under Tsunade , but…even though he did not have to, he wanted to teach her and train her everyday that he was able to. Sakura had become a huge part of his life over the past years and he cared for her more than he let on.

Two or three hours later

Sakura let out a tired 'ah' as she leaned against a tree before allowing herself to slide down the tree to sit on the green grass below her. "Ugh, I haven't trained like that…sense…sense you left on that…mission of…yours," Sakura's words were soft as she tried to even out her breathing.

Kakashi walked casually over to Sakura with a smile on his face, his visible eye also curving into a smile. "You really have gotten stronger."

It was a very simple compliment, nothing fancy and nothing anyone else would take to heart, but…to Sakura, it meant so much more. "You really think so, Kakashi? I've worked hard sense you left on your mission, and I did all the exercise that you told me to do too." She smiled up at him as he continued to walk over to him in his usual slouched form. She was almost out of breath, but not Kakashi; he could still fight for another good two hours before he would want to take a break.

Kakashi now stood in front of Sakura and found himself staring into her brilliant emerald eyes that he loved so much. Those eyes that always made him think things over twice before he said or did anything. They shone so brightly and they were always there to stare at him with mirth. He suddenly realized that he had drifted to his own train of thoughts when he saw Sakura waving her hand in front of his face slowly.

"Eh? Kakashi, hell-lo?"

He smiled sheepishly at her as he stared at her, "Sorry Sakura. I wasn't her for a minute."

Sakura raised an eyebrow at Kakashi and made a weird, yet adorable, little face at him, "Yeah, I noticed that. Now, if you are really back from your own little 'world'…weren't you going to buy me dinner? I'm hungry."

Kakashi nodded and rubbed the back of his head slowly, "Hmm, and her I thought that you had forgotten about our little dinner date. Alright then, let's go."

Sakura nodded her head once with a smile and turned to start walking back the way they had came, but she was slightly confused when her feet did not move from there position. Instead she stayed still and continued to stare up at the silver haired jounin before her. She blinked as realization dawned on her on how close she really was to Kakashi's face. A blush quickly crawled its way to her cheeks as her eyes slowly traveled down Kakashi's face to rest on his cloth covered lips.

Kakashi blinked when he realized that neither he nor Sakura were going anywhere near the direction of the ramen house and when he looked at her, he saw that she was…blushing? 'Now why would Sakura be blushing?' Kakashi followed the gaze of her eyes and his own eyes landed…on his…lips? Sakura was staring at his…lips?

Hmmm, how very interesting, yet…also a little awkward. It seemed that he was not the only one that thought it was strange that Sakura was staring at him because Sakura herself had a small look of…worry?

He did not know quite what to do in this situation that they had found themselves in. His insides were telling him to go ahead and show her how he felt, to take her head in his hands and press their lips together, but his mind was telling him that the two of them should not even be thinking about things like that about each other because it was wrong.

Kakashi protested, 'Why is it wrong?'

'Because she was your former student, that's why!'

'Yes, but you just said it yourself. She was my former student, which means that she is no longer my student and that there should be no limit between our relationship.'

'She's too innocent, you idiot! Besides the fact that she use to be your former student, there is the age difference to consider. She is just 19 years old and you are 26!'

Kakashi nodded, 'Okay, see, there is a good reason. I guess I'll go with that even though I really want to kiss her.'

"Uh, Sakura? The ramen house is that way," he said as he pointed a finger past her and in the direction of the ramen house.

Sakura snapped out of her trance as soon as she heard him speak to her. Finally realizing where they were and where they wanted to go, she spoke up, her voice still a little shaky. "Oh yeah! He he….eh, he…the ramen house. Right…let's go!" Sakura turned on her toes and jumped gracefully on top of a tree branch, "Hey, Kakashi! I'll race you to the nearest market!" Without ever waiting for Kakashi's answer, Sakura took off in the direction of the nearest market.

Kakashi blinked slowly as an amused smile was evident even through his mask. 'So…she wants to play, does she?' Oh, he would play with her, but he also wanted to know who it was that she liked so much. Without realizing it, he had already caught up with her. He matched his pace with her own so that they would land on the same branch at the same time. She had gotten a lot faster than he remembered her to be. He was actually trying to keep up with her.

Sakura grinned inwardly, 'Cha! Kakashi is taking me more seriously now. He has to if he doesn't want to lose!'

They were both so trapped in their own little thoughts that neither of them noticed that the branch they were jumping on to next would not be able to support both of their combined weight. Both of their feet landed on the weak branch at the same time, and just as they were about to jump off to the next branch…the branch broke underneath their feet.

Sakura's eyes widened slightly and a small 'eh?' left her mouth as she felt that the branch beneath her feet was no longer there and felt herself falling down. Being the jounin ninja she was, she should have easily rebounded to land on another branch, but also being the vixen she was, she wanted to see what Kakashi would do. She allowed herself to keep falling down and she blinked when a warm, firm hand gripped her wrist and she instantly stopped falling.

Sakura looked up and saw Kakashi standing on the side of the tree looking down at her while still holding on to her wrist. "Sakura, use your chakra to stand on the tree."

Sakura nodded her head, "Right," and concentrated her chakra for a moment before she realized that she was dangling in the air and that the tree's trunk was too far away for her feet to reach it on their own. "Kakashi, how am I suppose to put my feet flat against the tree trunk when my feet are so far away?" To tell the truth, it was not that big of an issue at all. Is she had really wanted to reach the tree by herself then she could have…but again, the vixen within her was wanting to have Kakashi save her and such.

Kakashi blinked, realizing that she had a point and thought for a moment. 'Hmmm, let's see. Do I have to spell it out for you? It's obviously you she likes.'

'And what makes you think that?'

'She is jounin, she could have rebounded on her own, yet she allowed herself to fall for you can catch her. Does that make it any more obvious?'

'Shut up and let me help her!' growled Kakashi. Really, having an inner battle with himself was starting to get really annoying . He lifted her to him and lightly swung her at the same time so that her feet could reach the tree's trunk.

Sakura instinctively placed her hands on his shoulders for support as her feet touched the tree trunk. Kakashi wrapped his arms around her waist to keep her from falling as Sakura focused her chakra. She smiled when she knew her feet would not slip off the tree and she no longer needed Kakashi to hold on to her.

Kakashi knew that Sakura did not need him to hold on to her waist anymore, but he did not want to remove his hands. Likewise, Sakura knew she did not have to hold on to Kakashi's shoulders anymore, and yet, her hands refused to let go of his shoulders. If Kakashi did not know that she liked him before, he sure as hell knew now. Temptation was rising within both of the shinobi, Kakashi could feel it rising within him.

Seeing that Sakura was lost in her own little thoughts, Kakashi regrettably let go of her waist…slowly, but they were still standing too close to each other and if Kakashi did not want anything to happen between the two of them…then he had to separate himself from her. Kakashi smiled at he as he spoke; trying to break the silence, "You should have anticipated that, Sakura."

Sakura frowned at him as she realized what he was doing, "How was I suppose to know the damn branch was going to break underneath us? I jump on the same exact branches everyday and none of them ever broke. You are just heavy!"

Kakashi blinked lazily as he hid a broad smile, he loved getting under hr skin and teasing her. 'I'm not heavy."

"You are too! If I was by myself then that branch would not have broke."

Kakashi pushed Sakura off of the tree and watched as did a little back flip and land on the grass below them in a low squat. He jumped off before she could fully stand up and…sat on her. "Aaaah! Kakashi! Get. Off!"

Kakashi looked down at Sakura's angry face and grinned at her, "I am not heavy."

"Grrr…yes you are!" Sakura yelled as she closed her eyes angrily. 'Why are you just laying there?' said inner Sakura. 'Come one, get up! You can take him! Just trick him to get the advantage!'

"No, I'm not."

"Ka-ka-shi!" Sakura struggled underneath him as she tried to flip her ex-sensei off of her, but to no avail.

"Hmm, say that I'm not heavy, and I'll let you up, Sakura," he said simply as he looked up at the sky.

"Aah, fine! You're not heavy. Now, get off of me!"

Kakashi stood up off of Sakura with a broad smirk on his face for having Sakura do what he asked of her, but it quickly vanished when he felt something smash into his side and started falling to the ground. He quickly turned to see what it was that had smashed into him, and saw Sakura. He smiled and grabbed her wrist to pull her down with him. The two of them rolled around in the grass playfully for a while until Kakashi pinned Sakura underneath him.

Sakura struggled to get up and, unknown to her, raised her hips a little to meet his as well as press against him ever so slightly. She stopped struggling under him when she heard a muffled noise come from Kakashi. She looked up and saw that he had closed his visible eye. "Eh? Kakashi?"

He knew now for certain that it was he whom Sakura liked. I mean, could Sakura make it any clearer? Kakashi kept his visible eye closed, but answered Sakura with a slightly strained voice, "Yes?"

Sakura noticed the slight strain in his voice and was worried for him. "Are you okay? I-I didn't hurt you, did I, Kakashi?"

At her concerned question, Kakashi opened his eye to stare down at her and shook his head. "No, no you didn't hurt me." Kakashi found it extremely difficult to move off of Sakura, but if he did not get up fast…then he would do something more.

Sakura could do nothing but look up at Kakashi. She had wanted to play a game with Kakashi, she now knew that he knew that he was the man she liked. There could be not doubt in his mind about it anymore, not after this. She had just wanted him to know that it was he that she liked oh so dearly and might even love, but the little game that she had started when she challenged him to a race had quickly taken its toll on her.

Being this close to him was never in her original game plan. She had wanted to keep as much distance between them as she could manage without getting him suspicious, but it had been more difficult than she had first thought it to be. She even had a bit of trouble focusing on sparring with him earlier. Now being underneath him, her inner self was screaming at her to be bold and kiss him, it took all her will power to stop herself from kissing him.

Honestly, Kakashi was getting awfully tired of arguing with himself. He had been arguing with himself for what seemed like five minutes. All he could do was stare into Sakura's emerald green eyes. They seemed to mesmerize him with their intensity. Oh how he wanted to lean his head down and kiss her passionately to show her that her he felt the same way about her. So there were seven years difference between them, he did not seem to care about that anymore.

Between her train of wandering thoughts of what she wanted and what was happening, Sakura somehow managed to find her voice to speak to Kakashi. "Her voice was small and slightly shy, "Kakashi? Do you…feel the same as me?"

He knew what she meant by that, she wanted to know if he also loved her the way she loved him. So, she knew that he now knew that she loved him. He stared down at her calmly, though in the inside a small fire was building quickly. Answering her question would change things between them forever, but she deserved an answer, so he answered her truthfully. After all, Kakashi was not one to lie about anything. "Yes."

Sakura's eyes widened at his answer, there had been not even the slightest hint of hesitation in his voice when he answered her. So Ino had been right about him loving her as well; Sakura smiled happily up at him. She saw him stand up slowly and then offer her his hand to help her up. She sat up and took his hand in her own, and his grip on hers tightened as he pulled her up off of the grass and onto her own two feet.

That moment where they stood so close to each other, when their hands were still intertwined, and when they just stared into each other's eyes with pure happiness that seemed to glow around them as the wind picked up softly around them and blew their hair lightly seemed to stretch for hours on end. Sakura wished that moment to last forever, for it was the moment when no words were needed to tell each other of what they felt. The look in their eyes was enough to let them now how much they meant to each other.

Kakashi smiled at Sakura through his mask and as he wrapped his strong arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. He pulled up his leaf head band up a little to uncover his sharingan eye and then pulled down the black cloth that hid the bottom half of his gorgeous face from her view. He heard her let out a small gasp, but then her gasp was forgotten as she placed her warm slender hand on his left cheek.

The rest was all instinct as he leaned his head down to hers and met her lips softly at first. He licked her bottom lip slowly and instantly dove his tongue into her mouth as she parted them for him. He pushed at her tongue with his own and he inwardly smiled when Sakura pushed his tongue back with her own; she had taken it as competition, as she usually does.

Kakashi broke the fevered kiss when his lungs burned with the necessity to breath. His mind reasoned with him, 'Really, the two of you should not be doing this out in the open. Why not take her to your apartment?'

"Sakura, we…we shouldn't be…doing this out…in the open," he said in between his breaths.

Sakura knew where he was going with it and nodded her head, "Let's go." Kakashi pulled his mask back in place and covered his sharingan with his head band. Sakura smiled and took his hand in her own as they walked out of the forest calmly and towards Kakashi's apartment.