Disclaimer: I do not own naruto or any of its characters

Srry the first chapter was short….im gonna make them longer I swear, oh and I messed up on the title its suppost to say assinators birth not assasinations birth…oh well plz comment….

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The fight had gone exactly as I had expect it to tenten had emereged victorious without barely a scratch and I myself was black and blue and bleeding all over from minor cuts, I stood and forced a smile as tenten spoke"I have to go check on lee for gia sensei ". I nodded trying to ignore the pain my body was in as it screamed to be tended to now my new found 'pride' would not allow it I had sworn to become stronger and by god I was gonna do it! With a new found determination I threw a few kunai at a couple of targets, I began practicing with the kunai in various ways when I heard a vioce from a nearby tree "sakura what are you doing here".

A little irritated I turned toward kakashi all formality gone because of my anger "im training do you truly find that so hard to believe" he closed his stupid book a rare thing and jumped down from the branch he had perched himself on "now now sakura what has become of your cherry disposition" I bit my lip at his attempt of teasing. I didn't find it funny now it angered me and the fact of that shocked me but I pushed it to the back of my mind "did you come her just to annoy me sensei " his vioce softened "no I came to check on you". I felt a ping of sadness as I regretted my harsh words toward him. Now my vioce was soft and you could tell in my eye's I was searching for forgivness as I spoke "kakashi….im sorry I lashed out at you" he shook his head raising his hand toward me palm up "no need sakura I understand…now what is with this extra practice".

Kakashi as well as everyone else had known for a while that sakura had begun practicing more but this time it was different she seemed to intent to desperate to let the kunai find there mark something about it he didn't like, maybe it was just the look of sadness and despair that he caught everytime she slowed to grab a kunai thinking herself to be alone. Kakashi didn't like spying on his former student but still she would always need watching over as far as he was concerned and he was in no mood to deal with her fake smile today so merely observed and had no intentions of confronting her until she failed to leave with tenten.

I sighed as kakashi stood there reading his book once again oblivous to the glares I was sending him, when at last I lost my patience my words came out quitely "kakashi….". He raised his eye from the book and spoke "yes sakura"

"why did you become strong" he paused as if considering the answer carefully

"to protect our village…though the reason is different for everyone….why"

He questioned her allready knowing why, he knew about what tsunade had planned for sakura and he knew that tsunade's plans usually ended up happening. He shook his head to dismiss the thought when sakura gave him a funny look not a hateful look by far merely a bored look, "sakura boredoom does not go well on you shall we gets some ramen and talk this over".

"kakashi im not naruto you can't simply hand me ramen to make me happy" he picked up on her light tone quickly and merely smilled though she could not see it.

Not once since Naruto had left had we ate at the old ramen hangout no we had taken up a new hangout though the ramen suffered in comparison, the place had six seats and a old wooken serving table a red tarp with a oversized picture of a bowl of steaming hot ramen sewed into it. Kakashi smilled at the old woman who ran it before ordering two bowls of ramen for lunch, we ate our ramen quietly. Once the ramen was finsihed kakashi spoke "lady tsunade spoke to me of her plans for you"

"truly and these are"

"an apprenticship …"

He said it as though it was no big thing as if it happened everyday, dazed at his additude toward it I sat there quite forbiding my mind from wondering farther then the table in front of me. The clock struck one and suddenly I remembered that I had promised neji I would train with him, I was no challenge but he still wouldn't take no for an answer he keep insisting that to become stronger I had to practice with those who are stronger. I didn't argue much seeing as how when we trained he never questioned me about how I was doing as the others did. I bowed thanking kakashi for the meal and the advice, he merely scratched the back of his head in a questioning maner as I ran off toward the training grounds.

I reached the training grounds in 10 minutes to be meeted by neji, he stood there and nodded agnologing my presence before stopping a strange expression though as usual I couldn't read it…it being neji and all. I approached until I was only a few feet away and stopped raising a questioning eyebrow at him, he smirked 'neji showed emotion wow!'. I tried to hid the shocked expression from my face but could tell I was failing miserably and blushed, he smirked again which only deepened my bright red blush before motioning for me to take a seat by him on a large boulder.

I sat with my ankles touching while he pulled one leg up and rested his hand on it, the space between us was about a foot and I could feel the blush rising again but forced it down. Neji spoke his vioce a bit warmer then the usual monotone

"sakura"

"yes neji"

"did something happen"

"w…what"

He tillted his head toward me slighting before continuing his vioce yet again a bit kinder.

"you seem troubled"

"oh….yes lady tsunade approached me"

His eyes remained the same but his mouth stood open a tad, I giggled then he raised an eyebrow a questioning tone filling his vioce

"what"

"I'v never seen your show any emotion"

He looked away his face if possible turning a bit red itself.

"yes I seem to do that around you…now no changing the subject"

I stuck my bottom l lip out as if in a pouting face,nearly to faint as a small chuckle escaped neji's lips. He looked as shocked as me as his face turned red, I spoke my vioce soft and nervous

"did you just laugh?"

He shifted his gaze from me to the side then back again his face emotionless once again his vioce the usual monotone

"now what did the hokage approach you about"

"a…a apprenticship"

He looked the same but something gave me the feeling he was resisting a smile then stopped his face serious as I frowned the problem taking up my mind once again.

"sakura does something trouble you about it"

"n…no""sakura do not attempt to fool me" I sighed giving up my sadness filling into my vioce as the wind blew past shifting my hair slightly infront of my face, I moved it and began.

"lady tsunade asked me why I wish to be strong and yet I don't know…I know I should I truly do but I don't…" I could hear my vioce trail off and was going to begin rambling on again when neji raised his hand stopping me. "sakura the reason you wish to be strong is obvious"

"it is?"

"you my dear wish to be strong so as to fulfill your missions"

I smilled at neji's easy solution and blushed slightly at his words, he smirked seeing my growing smile then stood . "shall we train after all tonight you become the hokage's apprentice"

I smilled warmly standing and beginning the friendly sparing match with the once cold ninja, somehow I no longer saw neji as scary or intimidating suddenly he was kind and caring though quite and everytime I caught myself thinking of him I blushed.

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Srry if its small but its kind of a filler chapter they WILL get bigger believe me and im trying to improve my spelling (yah right lol)…I hope you all reply

Disclaimer: I do not own naruto or any of its characters