So, this is the chapter where "everything" starts happening. Lovers of KakaSaku, this on is for you!


Chapter 4 – Complications are complicated

Border of Snow Country

19:47 pm

It was raining; again. For the third time today, I was cursing under my breath not very nice things, as my hair got soaked; again. Why the hell did I have to have such a long hair?

"I bet you're regretting your long hair already, Forehead." Ino said, playfully

"Look who's talking!" I said, a great comeback if you ask me

"But I have to look good for Sasuke-kun, what's your excuse?" she asked me, as I faced her perplexed. What a crappy excuse!

"First of all, Ino-pig, what you just said isn't even an excuse. And second of all, I have long hair because I like long hair." 'And it's a good way to hide your emotions', I completed in thought

"Then you're completely not interested in Sasuke-kun?" she asked me, a serious look on her face

"Me interested in that asshole? You got to be kidding me!" I said, perfectly hiding my susprise

"Sakura, don't call him that!" she demanded

"But if that's what he is, what should I call him?" I asked her

"I don't know, maybe Gorgeous, or Charming, or Greatest Shinobi Alive, all of those will do." She said with loving eyes. I noticed Shikamaru's look of disappointment and shoot him a glance that said 'I will change her mind, do not worry.' In return he gave me a look that clearly said 'Thank you' I smiled at him and returned to paying attention to Ino. She was rambling about the past 2 and a half years and some other things like that. I pulled out my book, figuring that it was a better occupation of my time to read it than to try paying attention to Ino.

Oh, right, I forgot, we are now travelling towards Land of Lightning, to some little village called Sunshine Village, where there were reports on two Akatsuki members were going to be passing by, in approximately 8 days. If the name described the weather, just like it did here in Rainy Village, I would finally be able to restore my tan. It had really been fainting since I spent almost a week underground and another two weeks in the hospital and then when we got to the sunny Konoha we were immediately sent to a really rainy village, I haven't been able to catch much sun.

To get to Land of Lightning, we would need 3 days if we ran at top speed and without breaks. If we were to rest every 5 hours of running at a fast rate we would need 6 days. We settled that we would run at almost top speed taking breaks every 5 hours. At that rate, we would get to Sunshine Village in 4 and a half days, meaning we would get there 3 and a half days before the Akatsuki members would.

I fell behind while reading my book, with Kakashi running by my side.

"So, what's up?" he asked, trying to create a small-talk

"Nothing much, you?" I asked back, my eyes glued to my book, pretending to read it

"I'm pretty much doing the same thing you are, right?" he asked, moving his eyes from his book to analyze my reaction

"I guess." I said, uninterested, so we kept running and pretending to read our books

"SAKURA-CHAN, WHAT ARE YOU READING?" Naruto shouted/asked me with is loud and annoying voice

"A book, what does it look like to you, dumbass?" I mocked him in a disregarding tone

"Come on, Sakura-chan you don't have to be so mean!" he said with puppy eyes. I hated when people puppy eyed me. I wouldn't be able to tell them to piss off when they were looking at me like that.

"It's a little bit too late for that." I whispered under my breath, only for Kakashi to hear. I didn't realize when my 'anger' of him had vanished. Maybe this morning? Well, anyway, I couldn't care less, I guess. But if I couldn't care less, why am I thinking about it. Am I going crazy? 'Cause I seriously hope not. If my stressed state was absolutely awful, I can't imagine how terrible my crazy state would be. So, for the sake of Kakash-er-my friends, I really couldn't go crazy.

"Okay people, why don't we stop and set camp for the night?" Kurenai asked/ordered us

"Okay." Was pretty much the answer everyone gave her

"We're almost at the border of Snow Country, right?" Irashi asked, to no one in particular

"Oh, you're not thinking the same thing I am thinking, are you?" I asked him, expectantly. When he gave me our secret smile, I smirked an evil smirk.

"You know I always beat you and always will, right?" I asked him, still smirking

"I don't lose anything trying, do I?" he simply said

"Actually, you pretty much lose your pride, but it is your call." I answered him

"Then shall we?" he asked, politely

"Of course." I said while taking off my cloak and starting to run

Kakashi's POV

'What the hell was that?' was the first thing I thought when I saw her and Irashi taking off into the woods

"Hey, hey, Kakashi-sensei, what should we do?" Naruto asked me

"We go looking for them, of course." I answered as casually as I could, but I really wanted to know what she was doing alone with that guy

"There is no need to go after them, they do this every time they pass this spot, whether they are here for a mission or for pleasure." Kari explained

"What do you mean by pleasure?" Sasuke asked him, suspicion showing on his eyes

"By pleasure I mean holidays, or camping trips, or training trips, things like that. Not anything of what you're thinking." He said, coldly " Me, the boys and you, Sakura's old team, are pretty much alike. We all want to protect her, the only difference between us is that we have always been aware of Sakura's abilities." He said

"What do you mean by abilities?" it was Naruto's turn to ask

"You know, if she wanted, she could kill every single one of you with only a snap of fingers." He said, already knowing what their reaction would be. As he said that, everyone in the clearing started to laugh, except for me, Sasuke, Naruto and the rest of her new team

"Sakura, the forever weakling, killing us with a snap of fingers? I'd like to see that!" Tenten said, being followed by everybody's "yeah" and "couldn't agree with you more". But then everybody turned quiet as they saw Sakura coming out of the bushes, with anger, sadness and disillusion showing on her eyes, yet with an emotion-free face

"Be careful Tenten, you don't want to get in my bad side." She warned with a wicked voice

"Then your bad side must be really weak, because I'm 100% sure that you would never hurt me. You don't have the guts." Tenten said.

Big mistake

Sakura closed her eyes, widening her smile. When she opened her eyes, Tenten's clothes were on fire.

"You're lucky that I actually give a crap about what Tsunade thinks of me, otherwise you'd be dead already." She said, turning around and walking into the forest. I gave Tenten a reproachful look and followed Sakura into the woods. Just after a while we all heard a really large BANG!, followed by a BUM! and a BEN! I picked up my pace and ran towards the sound. When I finally reached my destination I was facing a former part of the woods, now an open clearing, with Sakura standing in the middle of it, undaunted and serene.

"Sakura, are you alright?" I asked her

"Why would you care about me? I'm just the forever weakli-" she was about to report Tenten's speech, but I cut her off with my masked lips. At first her eyes were wide, but as they slowly closed, she started kissing back. After long, breathless 7 minutes we broke the kiss. Then I realized what I had done.

"Sakura, I-" it was her time to cut me off and it was my time to be surprised, tough I kissed her back rather willingly, wrapping my arms around her, one hand on her waist and the other one on the back of her head, pushing her to me and deepening the kiss. She didn't fight back when I pulled her closer to me, brushing my hand trough her hair, felling how soft it was. I really was high in the clouds. Then she broke the kiss, still staying in my hold, her arms against my chest and her eyes staring right into my face. She somehow managed to pull down my mask after we has our first kiss.

"Sorry, I was running out of air." She said, smiling a true and beautiful smile

"It's alright." I assured her. "You do realize that our relationship isn't going to be easy. There will be complications. It will eventually get complicated." I told her, trying to see if she is as serious about this as I am

"Seriously? I thought that complications were easy and that facilitations were complicated!" she joked. "Of course I know that. But I also know that I want to be with you. And I'll do whatever it takes do so." She said, making me feel like the happiest man in the world. With that thought in mind, I kissed her like I have never kissed someone before: with love.

Sakura's POV

OMG! I can't believe I'm actually kissing him. I've never been this happy before. I knew that things weren't going to be easy, mostly because of our age difference…Wait a minute, I have no idea how old Kakashi is!

"Kakashi?" I asked him, breaking our kiss.

"Hm?" he said with his eye still closed.

"How old are you?" I asked him, curiosity overflowing in my voice

"Why do you want to know?" he asked me, his face close to mine, breathing in my sent (a thing that I was also doing, he smelled just like rainforests)

"I was just wondering." I said, his eye was now open, staring deep into mine

"I'm 26" he said, awaiting my reaction

My eyes widened. Kakashi, 26 years-old? I really must be getting crazy

"My hair is silver only because my father passed it to me. I had have this hair color since childhood" he told me

"Oh, I see." I simply said. "By the way, you're really handsome." As I said that Kakashi chuckled. It felt so good to feel his chest vibrate under my bare arms. I've really never felt like this before. It felt wonderfully

"Well, we should really get back to the camping site." He said. He chuckled a little bit more as he watched the frown forming in my face, "Don't worry, I bet that Gai already told Tenten what she needed to hear. She won't bother you again, so you can stop frowning" he said

"It's not that." I said

"Then what is it?" he asked me, curiosity overflowing in his words

"I want to stay here with you." I said, embarrassed. He started chuckling again and pulled me into a kiss and I warmly welcomed his lips on mine, while wrapping my arms around his neck, deepening the kiss.


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