MORNING AFTER
Sakura awoke to the smell of scrambled eggs. Her mouth was parched she looked around and didn't recognize where she was or how she had got there. Oh no I didn't! Vaguely remembering the alley way. She looked down and her clothes will still on maybe it wasn't as bad as she thought.
"Good Morning, are you hungry?" Kakashi stood in front of her in is training gear his mask steadfast on his face. His eye smiled the sharigan closed. Sakura groaned, it was all coming back to her now, she had made a fool of herself and Kakashi knew about it. She nodded making her way out to the kitchen. He worked on serving the eggs on to a plate. "I don't normally…" Kakashi cut her off, "You don't have to explain yourself to me, Sakura-chan." She bit her lower lip. He passed her a black tea.
"Kakashi sensei, what happened to you?" Sakura asked, her face not judging, he always found her green eyes hard to ignore; even at a young age those crystal green eyes knew she could get just about anything she wanted if she just asked."I have been busy with solo missions." She noticed his eyes avoiding her, considering what she had been doing when he found her she didn't blame him. He was probably ashamed of her. "Sakura-chan, I know I haven't been there for you and Naruto since...it happened but, we are comrades. I should have been there for you." That was probably the biggest statement he had ever said to her. "Do you think about…him?" He looked at her for the first time in a long time. Did he think about Sasuke? As much as he thought about Obito, Rin or Minato; he didn't know what to say so he hesitantly touched her hand in silent understanding.
Sakura trudged back to her apartment. She was glad she wasn't needed at the hospital today. She planned on having a nice warm shower. She mulled over the morning. She hadn't really looked at Hatake Kakashi, her former not so present, porn reading perverted sensei for a long time. It surprised her how young he actually was; granted he still had 14 years on her but he certainly didn't look old. In fact, he looked incredibly well, sexy for his age. And, admittedly she had wasted a good portion of her missions just looking at his arse. It seemed moronic that she had a better sense of its dimensions then his face! She would just die if he knew that. She let out a lazy giggle maybe she was the perverted one. Maybe she was just still a little drunk that's why she let her mind amble in that direction.
She had just wrapped herself in her big pink fluffy dressing gown when a thump interrupted her at the door. She opened it and frowned, even with the ANBU mask it was unmistakenly Sai. "Hi Ugly," she rolled her eyes if she wasn't sure at all he just confirmed it, "Sai, and why would you disturb my perfect morning with your presence." She could imagine his fake-genuine smile playing under his mask, "The Hokage wishes to see you within the hour." Sakura sighed, so much for resting, "Thank you, Sai." She hoped it wasn't just one of the Hokage's personal 'D' missions meaning 'Desperate' locate-the sake-Shizune-has-hidden.
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A DELICATE MISSION
Sakura walked in the Hokage's office like she did most days of the week. Shisou sat behind her desk her head in her hands, Sakura could have sworn that Tsuande hadn't even noticed her entrance. And, if her face didn't show her age her weariness certainly did. "Sakura, always punctual, pity you couldn't have rubbed off on Kakashi." Sakura shrugged knowingly, " Well, maybe he did… his average for making us wait was four hours when we started as genin towards the end he was only late an hour," she smirked, "You wanted to see me Shisou…" Tsuande nodded just as a pop made Sakura jump on her left and there stood none other than Hatake Kakashi as if summoned at his earlier mention. His orange Icha Icha book in his face, how he could read those things was beyond Sakura especially in public. She would rather die than admit she herself had in fact read the books out of curiosity over her sensei's fascination with them but she would be damned if anyone was going to find that out.
"KAKASHI!" Tsuande barked as he snapped his book shut. "If you put that material in my face again I will ram it so far down your throat you will be shitting paper for a month!" Sakura smirked knowing full well that her ill tempered Shisou could indeed do just that if she was so inclined. Tsuande looked particularly troubled, she knew that these two shinobi were the only two in the villiage she could trust with this mission. Naruto was busy with his studies to become Hokage that she couldn't spare him for this delicate mission, besides she doubted he could've handled it with the sensitivity it required. Kakashi noted Tsuande's tension. She looked as if she was fighting some sort of internal battle over this mission she intended to give them. She placed a scroll in front of her, Sakura went to pick it up, "Before you read this scroll I need you to understand that this is a very important mission. It's a personal mission for the Leaf Village." She added, "As you both know the Leaf Village maybe at peace with its surrounding nations the knowledge you two and I alone will hold could effect that balance and throw everything the Kage's have tried to keep together since the Fourth Shinobi War into chaos."
"Uchiha Itachi proved himself to be a true hero of Konoha, though this would never be public knowledge we owe him a great deal. He sacrificed his reputation, his clan for the sake of this village and for peace," Sakura had no idea where this was headed and was confused as to why she was pointing out something that they all knew but could not speak out loud. "It has come to my knowledge that Itachi also ensured in his forethought the survival of his clan roots." Sakura gulped and Kakashi stilled, "Itachi fathered a child." Sakura gasped putting her hand over her mouth while Kakashi froze masking his shock little better.
"Your mission is simple, retrieve the last Uchiha and bring the child home."
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