A/N: It took a while, but here is the new chapter. A big thank you to fanofthisfiction and meatballs in the impala for reviewing. Please enjoy :)

It was raining heavily outside so Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke decided to take a break from training and eat something in a nearby restaurant. Even thought Naruto complained about not going to Ramen Ichiraku the rest of the team manged to talk him into going here.

When they entered the restaurant Sasuke and Naruto were still discussing who made the better training progress while Sakura looked around for a free sitting area. Suddenly she caught sight of Kakashi in a corner in the back, but her eyes widened when she saw the person sitting comfortable next to him. Wasn't that Anko Mitarashi, one of their examiner for the Chunin Exam? What were they doing here together?

Sakura took the time to look closer at the kunoichi and noticed how different she seemed now. It wasn't her appearance, but the way she behaved. The normally bright grin or sometimes scary smirk was gone and a small honest smile was in its place. The snake mistress seemed almost like a normal woman enjoying a date rather than the strong and feared kunoichi she was on the battlefield. Maybe this was really a date and they should let them be...

"Hello sensei Kakashi." Naruto's voice interrupted her thoughts.

So much for leaving them alone. The change in Anko's posture was almost immediately, Sakura realized. The soft look on her face vanished to her usual grin and her back tensed. The whole situation was clearly not comfortable for her.

Slowly Sakura followed Naruto and Sasuke to the table. Without asking if they were disturbing something or if it was alright Naruto sat down opposite of the two jonin.

"We were training sensei and I learned something new and-" Only now he seemed to notice that Kakashi wasn't sitting alone. "The scary snake lady." He screamed and pointed at Anko. "What are you doing here?"

"Eating. Got a problem with that?" Anko smirked.

Sakura, who was along with Sasuke, now sitting next to Naruto took a closer look at the kunoichi. Despite her usual antics Sakura didn't miss the sad look in Anko's eyes when Naruto had called her by this name.

"Baka that's not a way to greet someone." She said and slapped him. Her team mate was about to complain when Anko spoke up.

"I was about to leave anyway." Then she turned to Kakashi. "I will let you spend some quality time with your team."

"Stay." Was the only thing the copy shinobi answered to that.

"I really should get going."

Sakura was surprised that Anko didn't just stand up and left. She didn't seemed like the person to argue, more like the one who act before thinking.

Naruto took that moment to accidentally drop his chopsticks and Sakura being the closest to the fallen object looked out for it. The moment she bent down to pick it up she saw something that almost let her drop it again. The reason Anko didn't just stand up was in front of her eyes. Kakashi had intertwined their fingers under the table and was holding her back. So she had been right, Anko would be gone by now if it weren't for Kakashi and they were really on a date.

Coming back up Sakura decided to make the situation easier for the snake mistress.

"It would be nice if you stay and eat with us sensei Anko."

A look of surprise and honest relief crossed Anko's face at that and she stayed where she was next to Kakashi without protest.

The rest of the meal was spend with polite conversation between Anko, Kakashi and Sakura, while Naruto and Sakura held a competition who ate the fastest. During their talking Anko seemed to relax more, but Sakura still saw how tense she was.

"First to finish. Let's get back to training. Bye sensei." Naruto's leave signaled the end of the meal.

Sasuke was quickly to follow his team mate, not wanting to be second on the training grounds. Sakura bowed politely before following them.

After the first steps out of the restaurant she remembered that she had forgotten her umbrella there, so she went back inside. Suddenly Anko and Kakashi came out of the restaurant and Sakura quickly hid behind a corner. They weren't talking very loud, but she could still listen to their conversation.

"Why did you force me to stay? Your team hates me."

"They don't hate you." Kakashi replied calmly.

"Of course they do. Kids are scared of me and you know that. I am not the 'scary snake lady' or the feared examiner for nothing."

"That's not true. As for my team, I just want you to know each other more, after all the four of you are really important to me."

At that Sakura heard Anko sighed and she could see a sad look enter the kunoichi's eyes.

"Nice attempt, but people don't grow to like me and that's final."

"That's not the way I see it and I am sure my team thinks the same way."

That was the last Sakura could hear before the couple was out of earshot.

Thoughtfully she took her umbrella and followed the way Naruto and Sasuke had run. So this had been a date and for the look of it they had been together for a while. Somehow she saw Anko in a different light now. Sure she was a strong kunoichi, but deep down the snake mistress was a woman who wanted to be loved, just like herself.

A/N: The next one up is Naruto and I really hope I can manage to write his personality in character. Please review and tell me what you think :)