Just Friends
A/N: please review. And suggest a beta reader to reduce grammar mistakes.
Sakura dodges two shuriken coming from her right side. This attack has given his position, knowing him pretty well he will move in right side to get her back. She quickly moves in north-east direction to find him. His speed may give him advantage but her 'monstrous' strength can finish game in just one shot. Quickly finding his back, sakura launches her punch to finish a long stretched spar. Punch connects his torso and 'puff'. 'Darn it, a substitution.' Quickly adjusting her mode to defensive to withstand his onslaught as she has willingly walked into a trap. In avoiding two kunai, she moved toward kakashi, who welcome her with a strong punch in her abdomen area. A puff sound was heard telling her that was a shadow clone attacked with kunai. Finding her in losing focus, kakashi directly launch his attack with fists and kicks. As she falls on her back, kakashi moves to her, sit on her back, binding her both hands in a lock he claims win. "You lose sakura." Accepting her defeat, she tells him to move. Sitting for few minutes under a tree, they start collecting kunai and knives. "I don't know why I came with you to spar, today was my day off in god knows, after how days, and I instead of getting pampered, I am getting pounded." "You know it is for your own good, it keep you from rusting sakura." Giving him a dirty look sakura just moves away. "Okay, how about tonight a treat from my side." Eying him suspiciously sakura asks "you will pay?" kakashi chuckles and replies "of course sakura, why are you asking"
"Just to be sure that you will not ditch me with the bill like last time or before that one. Okay then met you at club at 7" 7 is really early to leave for club but knowing kakashi he wont arrive till 8.30 so it will be fair time. "Don't worry I will pick you from your apartment." "Okay, met you at 7 and don't be late." Kakashi laughs and leave to go his old, rusty apartment and sakura towards her.
Over the time kakashi and sakura have grown fairly close. Some even says they are in secret relationship & others say they are in love just not admitted to each other. Everybody has assumed this because they are inseparable when he is in konoha and she is out hospital. He has also beaten many followers or pursuers of pink haired kunoichi. This relationship may be a taboo but its acceptance in public has grown, even before its start.
Sakura is getting ready for going out with kakashi. It may not be a date but for her it was more time to spend with him. If it meant to get pounded in ground over and over, she was happy. 3 months have passed since she realized her feelings for silver haired man though she never admitted to him or anyone else. Fear of losing him, his friendship was last thing she wanted. Dressed in black dress reaching just above her knees, she was waiting for him. Well it was early since its just half past seven. Suddenly the door bell rings and she quickly opens the door. There stands the white haired man with his normal civilian clothes. "You are looking beautiful in that dress, sakura." Kakashi says as he watches sakura from top to bottom. Sakura's skin color changes to pink & she replies "you are looking good too" kakashi nods & signals that they should be get going.
Reaching to club, they search for a corner booth where they can sit in a corner & drink peacefully. After sitting in a booth kakashi goes to buy them drink. Sitting there sakura watches brown haired shinobi approaches. "Hey sakura" genma says coming towards sakura. On reaching her table sakura just smiles and says "hi, genma. What are you doing here alone?" genma sits across her & replies "Well just came to company you, a girl as beautiful as you should not be sitting alone." genma passes his lecherous smile to sakura & hold her hands in between his, to which sakura sweetly replies "I am not alone, genma. I am here with someone." "Oh! My cherry blossom has grown up. Who is the lucky man?" to which sakura just smile & look just to the left of him. & it dawned on genma that who is with her "don't tell me you are here with your 'bodyguard' & he is just standing behind me" sakura just smiled and tap on genma's shoulder told him that his assumption was indeed true & it not his lucky day. Quickly leaving her hands, he stands up leaving space for silver haired man to settle in the booth. "well kakashi, how are you doing?" kakashi places drinks on table & forming some seals replies "I am just doing fine, genma" and places his hand on genma's head. "Hey what are you doing?" genma asks as kakashi smiles in his amusement style. "Well I told you last time that if you do keep this cheap flirting going with sakura, I will turn into a blue colored genma." "Hey I was not doing cheap firlt…" suddenly he stopped talking sensing some itch in hands. He looks to down to see his hands and his smile turns in horror which turns into anger towards the person responsible for it "you didn't meant literally, did you?" kakashi just gives him a cocky smile. "You son of a … it better not affect my face." Genma says angrily. "Don't take tension genma it will affect your whole body including your… rest you are smart" genma's face start turning blue & sakura could not stop her from laughing. "When will this wear off, asshole" "hmmm… just in three weeks." Listening to the time he is going to remain blue genma was devastated "just leave before others notices genma; it will not be good for your reputation." Nodding genma just disappear maybe to find shizune to cure this blue. "That was rude, kakashi" sakura replies, still laughing in bits over poor genma. "But that was fun, now excuse me, I want another drink."
Ino watches her best friend sakura sitting alone in booth. "Hey forehead, what are you doing here alone. You should be in some guy's arms." Giving her a disgusting look, sakura again watches where she was watching earlier. Following her line of vision, ino looks at copy ninja talking to a girl, who was laughing and blushing. Ino sits across her. "Oh my god! So you really have feelings for kakashi." Sakura suddenly come out of her thoughts by ino's loud voice. "Pig, could you be louder so that whole konoha will know" "whole konoha knows about that sakura but does that idiot knows." ino asks her. Sakura's eyes widen on ino's sentence but then answer in a very low voice "no he don't know." "Hah, so you just go tell him" ino says it as if it is most natural thing in the world. "It's not that simple ino; he does not feel the same."
"He does forehead maybe didn't release it yet."
"& how do you know that?" sakura asks with a hope in her eyes.
"I just know, see he is basically all the with you when he is in konoha, he is flirting with every bimbo but do not go in home with her or do not date anyone, & he beats the shit out of every guy coming near you" listening the last one sakura starts laughing remembering genma's face. Ino got the idea "who got his ass handed to him this time."
"Genma, he turned him in all blue, literally." Ino imaging genma's blue face starts laughing too. Both girls watches kakashi towards them stop laughing & ino tells sakura "I have a plan for you. Meet me at my apartment after your shift ends tomorrow, bye." Sakura nods as ino stand up & leave. As kakashi arrives he asks why they were laughing. "Was just thinking about poor genma again." Kakashi just nods and sits down "kakashi, I want to leave now. I have a morning shift tomorrow" kakashi nods and lead her outside the club. "So we will met tomorrow at lunch?" kakashi asks. Sakura denies saying she have to met ino so dinner maybe. Nodding to it kakashi leaves to his apartment & sakura towards her.
Next morning kakashi found himself in very pissed off hokage's office. "Lady Hokage, what can I do for you?" Kakashi said calmly. He knew something was wrong when an anbu materialized outside his apartment. "What did you do to genma?" tsunade shouts. "Me, I did nothing lady hokage. I was with sakura whole time. Knowing genma anything can happen to him, maybe he was hitting a wrong girl." "It can't be someone else work kakashi, the color is not fading even by chakra. What did you do to the poor guy?"
"You have too much faith in my abilities, lady hokage but I did not do this to him, and anyways somebody just saved innocent girls from genma for the time being. You should thank him." Tsunade glares him to find a little nervousness to catch him but found nothing. She sighs and says "well that somebody has landed you an escort mission to the grass country for a trader and his family, originally that mission was for genma but he is unable to go, you are only option I have now." Tsunade tosses him a b-rank scroll and says 'dismissed'. Kakashi nods & leave to pack.
Sakura wakes quite fresh, looking forward to meet him in evening at dinner. She got out of bed, full of energy enough to shake the world. After brushing & taking shower she goes into kitchen to find a note by the window, pinned by a kunai. Moving towards it she takes the kunai out & start reading it 'urgent mission. Got to go. Dinner is due' she sighs, suddenly all her energy vanishes and all she want to do is go to sleep. Suddenly she remembers about ino's proposal of an idea to make kakashi fall in love with her. She just makes her breakfast, eat it & leave the apartment.
"Hey, you are here. You are on time, must be pretty desperate." Ino says in thought of having little fun. "Ino, just tell me what is your stupid idea?" sakura asks showing ino that is not in a mood to be messed up with. "Hold your horses' forehead; just tell me where kakashi is now."
"He is gone on an urgent mission" sakura says in a voice like depression. "Perfect!" ino exclaims "then we have some preparations to do."
Kakashi returns from his mission after 20 days. Mission was as such not difficult but it was very difficult for him to stop himself murdering his client himself. After arriving in leaf, he was looking forward to meet sakura. But first, I have to go to the hokage.
"Ah! Kakashi you have arrived on perfect time" the busty blonde says as he enters her office. "You are looking fine which means which was successful." Kakashi nods but his mind was still on the perfect time words. "What do you mean by perfect time, lady hokage?" Kakashi asks out of curiosity. "Oh yes! You don't know, today I am having a party in honor of sakura." Just as her name enters in the conversation his interest grew ten folds. Maybe sakura is named the head medic or something. "Why in honor of sakura, lady tsunade. Next few words were pained like a kunai pierced through his heart. "You know sakura got engaged yesterday. She will be married in two months."
A/N: English is not my native language so there must have left loads of grammar mistakes. Please if anyone can help in eliminating those or can suggest a good beta reader, please PM me. Thanks. In Next update, I will try to minimize errors.