Sorry for the wait you guys :/ But here is chapter two. Enjoy! And don't forget; Reviews make the heart grow fonder...or something :P
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Sakura moped all the way to the practice fields; sulking. She was tired, sore, and irritable all on top of being utterly embarrassed of her own subconscious. Just thinking about the images and scenes that played over and over in her head the previous night, had Sakura blushing. 'Since when did you become such a pervert?' She asked herself.
Sakura was oblivious to her surroundings, as she was so immersed in her own thoughts, that she did not see the person in front of her. She walked right in to Kakashi, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Yo." Kakashi smiled.
"Whaaaaa!" Sakura jumped back, flushed with embarrassment. "K-Kakashi-sensei!"
"Everything all right Sakura?" Kakashi looked at her quizzically with his visible eye.
"Of course!" Sakura smiled wide. "You just startled me is all."
"Deep in thought huh?" Kakashi smiled back.
"Yep." Sakura walked past Kakashi, heading toward the training grounds, and Kakashi turned to follow.
"So what were you so deep in thought about, that you forgot to look where you were going? Must have been pretty important." Kakashi put his hand on her shoulder always did, only now, it made her stomach flutter. "Anything I can help you with?"
Sakura blushed deeply. Normally Sakura would share anything with her sensei, but seeing how he was the thing troubling her, that was out of the question.
"No. Its nothing." She replied quickly.
"Sakura, are you not feeling well?" Kakashi placed a hand on Sakura's forehead.
"What? No. I feel fine!"Sakura's voice was a little higher than she would have liked. She was being too obvious at this point. "I mean, I'm fine, I...just have a lot on my mind. It's not something you should worry about." With that she smiled again and raced ahead, determined to get away from her sensei and regain her composure.
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Practice went as usual that day, with Naruto going on about being number one, and Sasuke acting cold and superior to everyone. They both annoyed her, Sakura noted. She had always thought Sasuke was so cool, but in truth, he was just a troubled youth with a bad attitude.
Sakura had tried all day to avoid Kakashi, and she even went as far as to choose Naruto as her sparing partner. Yet, despite all of her attempts to ignore him, she just could not get him off of her mind.
Naruto landed most of his blows; Sakura did not have her guard up. She was so distracted with Kakashi and Sasuke sparring right beside them. She watched as her sensei easily dodged, blocked, or all together avoided Sasuke's attacks. He really was a powerful ninja, of course she already knew this, but all the same...he was wonderful to watch.
"Damn it Sakura!" Naruto yelled. "Are you going to train or stare dreamily at Sasuke, all day?" He was obviously pissed.
"I wasn-" Sakura stopped mid sentence. She had almost said she was not watching Sasuke; that would have been a mistake. "Uh..eh...yeah sorry. I was watching Sasuke-right...sorry." She was a terrible liar.
"Tsk!" Naruto turned around. "I might as well train alone!" He walked away and Sakura just stood there with her mouth hanging open; she could not believe just how oblivious Naruto was.
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When Sakura made it home that evening, she quickly showered and changed in to a comfy pair of cotton shorts and a lose fitting shirt. She was driving herself crazy; why could she not stop thinking about her sensei? Sakura just lay in her bed looking up at the ceiling for a good while. She looked over at her window and saw the sun going down. She was hungry and it was getting late.
Sakura jumped out of bed, decided what she was wearing was OK enough to go out in public, and headed out the door. She was in the mood for ramen and her stomach felt like it was going to eat itself. Hunger was not the only reason for choosing to eat out. She was in need of a distraction.
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As if the gods were out to punish her; Sakura was halfway through a meal when a familiar hand grasped her shoulder.
"Yo." Kakashi leaned over and smiled taking a seat next to Sakura.
"Hey." Sakura said un-enthused.
"You seem to be just as deep in thought as you were earlier." Kakashi had a serious tone.
"I am fine, it-" Sakura was interrupted.
"It's nothing." Kakashi was staring at her now. Sakura began to feel very self conscious; she focused on her ramen to avoid eye contact. "My offer still stands, I am here if you need me."
'What can it hurt?' Sakura thought. 'I can share my feelings without him having to know who they are about.' She rolled the thought over in her head a couple of times before deciding what to say.
"Would you like some Ramen, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura smiled as she offered.
"No thank you, I have already eaten. I just happened to be passing by when I saw a familiar head of pink hair." Kakashi gave a small chuckle, and Sakura involuntarily blushed.
"What I wanted to talk about," Sakura looked back down. "I like someone...but I am afraid to tell them." She turned an even darker shade of pink. Sakura cursed herself; Why was she always blushing now?!
"Well I am going to assume that this 'someone' is not Sasuke, considering you have already announced your feelings for him on several occasions." Kakashi sighed, and Sakura knew why. He was a Jonin, but here he was having girl talk with his female student. Sakura truly respected him for this.
"Well, no, it's not him." Sakura chuckled. "I won't tell you who it is either."
"Fair enough." Kakashi ordered a drink. "Go on."
"Well you see, I never knew I could have- um -feelings, like this. I can't stop thinking about him and when I am around him, I become very nervous." Sakura was surprised at her own boldness. "I am afraid to tell this person my true feelings though." She crossed her arms on the table and laid her head down.
"Are you afraid of rejection?" Kakashi asked politely, and ordered another drink. "You will never know the outcome of a situation until you set the wheels in motion."
"I suppose anyone is afraid of rejection, but that is not my biggest fear." Sakura debated on whether she should continue. 'Oh, What the hell.' She thought to herself. "I fear losing him as a friend. That means more to me than anything. If it were just someone else, I might not care if they rejected me and walked out of my life, but if this person left-" Sakura bit back a sob.
"Hm," Kakashi looked away, not staring at anything in particular, when he spoke. "You know, Sakura, how I feel about companionship and friendship. I am assuming these are relatively new feelings?" He looked back at Sakura, looking for a response; she gave none. "The best advice I can give, is to wait. Just give it a little time, perhaps drop a few hints, get a little closer, and watch for any reactions. Then perhaps one day your decision will be resolute, and you will have no doubt in your heart what you wish to do." Kakashi smiled.
Kakashi always had the perfect solution for everything, it seemed. Sakura knew what he was saying was true and for the best, but she felt so impatient. She just wanted to yank that mask down and kiss him where he sat. She wanted plenty more than that, but those things were not quite as feasible.
Kakashi ordered one more drink; he had already ordered several, Sakura noted, and got up to leave. "Well, I am going to head night," Kakashi put his hand on her shoulder. "Sakura."
"Good night, Kakashi...sensei." Sakura smiled faintly. 'Get closer.' She thought. 'but how?' she racked her brain for an idea. "Training!" Sakura shouted loudly, causing everyone to stare. "Sorry." she apologized to no one in particular, she paid for her meal, and set off in the same direction as her sensei.
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When Sakura finally found herself on Kakashi's door step, she just stood there. Her arm did not move when her mind told her to knock. Instead, she just continued to stand there, staring at his door, when suddenly it opened.
Kakashi stood there, still fully clothed, minus the flack jacket, and staring at sakura with one sleepy eye.
"Did you know Sakura, that doors do not open on their own?" His eye crinkled. "One must knock to gain entrance." Kakashi laughed.
"S-sorry, sensei I was just thinking." Sakura frowned up at him.
"You seem to be doing a lot of 'just thinking' here lately, and I feel like we keep re-peating ourselves." Kakashi was serious again.
"I actually came to ask you a question." Sakura regained her confidence.
There was a roll of thunder and a sharp flash of lightening after Sakura spoke. The sky was already so dark, with night finally blanketing the village, that Sakura had not even noticed the storm clouds roll in. She would have to walk home in a thunderstorm, She realized bitterly.
"Well come in, I wont make you stand in the rain." Kakashi side stepped to allow Sakura inside. Both of them moved to the living room, taking seats at opposite ends of his couch. "You said you had something to ask me?" Kakashi looked uninterested, his only visible eye heavy with exhaustion; or so it seemed, but Sakura could smell the Sake on his breath from earlier.
"Yes," Sakura looked down at her hands. "About the training last night-"
"Ahhh. I guess I was a little harsh, and I am sorry for ruining your shirt." Kakashi grinned sheepishly.
"No, its fine." Sakura looked back up, making eye contact now. "I was actually wondering if maybe...we could do it again some time?" She waited for his reaction.
"You want extra curricular training?" Kakashi looked skeptical.
"Yes." Sakura nodded. "And I don't want you to go easy either." Sakura really was being bold now.
"Hm." Was all Kakashi said. For a moment the two just sat there, eyes locked, in silence. "You truly mean this?"
"Yes, I do." Sakura could not figure out why Kakashi was acting so unsure about this. It was just training...or did he know? Was he on to her? He was a top ranked ninja, of course he could see through deception. He was trained to see through a persons words. Had it not been he, who suggested getting "closer", and here she had come running to do just that. 'Stupid!' Sakura cursed herself, she was embarrassed, but she would not let him see this. The longer she played oblivious the closer he was bound to let her get.
Sakura had just enough time to blink before she found herself in the very same position that had started this all. Pinned to the ground, Kakashi between her legs, pushing down, forcefully, atop her. This time was different though; where there were once several layers of protective clothing, was now only a thin layer of cotton. Sakura's stomach lurched and her body flushed crimson.
Focusing her chakra in her wrists, Sakura was able to free her hands and pushed Kakashi off, quickly, she lunged in his direction, reaching for a kunai. 'Oh no.' Sakura thought. She was in her street clothes, and had left home without a single weapon.
Seeing her falter, Kakashi took that moment to attack. He push her with great force, slamming her in to a wall. Kakashi went after her again, he was much too fast for sakura to see his blocked his blows and tried to land a few herself; succeeding in none at all. Sakura's plan was to continue to push him away, to free herself from the wall, there was no alternative escape. Sakura's heart pounded loudly in her chest and her breathing was fast and erratic. Her body could not keep up with Kakashi's; she was draining her own energy by over using her chakra, but she refused to give up, even when her chest began to feel tight and her heart felt like it was going to explode.
The sparring had moved to the middle of the room, when kakashi once again pinned her to the floor. Sakura was gasping for air, and her head was pounding. She did not resist Kakashi, in fact she was in desperate need of this break.
"Breath slow, Sakura." Kakashi spoke in a serious tone. He laid his head gently on Sakura's chest, listening to her heart beat violently through her rib cage. "you should know better than anyone, not to over do it."
"I-I'm not...finished." Sakura smiled. She took this moment to use what little bit of energy still remained inside of her to flip them, reversing their positions. Sakura also took that moment to snag a kunai; Sakura sat there straddling Kakashi and holding the weapon like a trophy, with a look of triumph.
"I let you win." Kakashi chuckled and wiggled slightly beneath Sakura; trying to get up without throwing her off, but she squeezed him tightly with her thighs, trapping him beneath her. In truth he was not really trapped, he could have easily moved, but he chose to stay.
Sakura moved her hand to his mask and slipped a finger beneath, but Kakashi was faster, he once again reversed them and grabbed her hand. "NO, Sakura..." But Sakura was in no mood to listen, she grabbed a hand full of silver hair, pulling him down to her level, quickly yanked his mask down...
And she kissed him.
