Chapter 7 - You take all of me
Tsunade stood up and walked to the door.
"I have to go and talk with the others before we leave. You can stay here if you want."
"I will wait here for you." Sakura answered without taking her eyes from the window.
It took about fifteen minutes before Tsunade returned.
"Are you ready to go?"
After walking some kilometers trough the wood, Tsunade stopped Sakura.
"So Sakura, do you know why we are here?"
Sakura looked out over the sparkling lake. She had not a clue and shocked her head.
"Well, on the bottom of this lake, it is said to grow some Magimas." Tsunade saw Sakuras confused face and continued.
"Magima is a kind of seaweed. It has an amazingly healing power. It can take out some of the most poisonous things. And the patient often recover in an miraculous amount of time. It comes to a really good use when a team doesn't have a medical nin."
"Ah, I see. So now, we are supposed to go down to the bottom of the lake and gather some?"
"Well, yeah. But we are not going to swim. The real reason I brought you here was to teach you a new technique."
"Oh really? What kind of technique is it?"
They all turned around when they heard some one knocking on the door. A young man entered the archives room and looked at them.
"The chief told me to tell you that you have an hours lunch break from now."
"Finally, it has felt like we have spent an eternity down here." Genma said while putting down the file that he had been reading.
"Wasn't you the one that said that this was pretty interesting this morning?" Anko said while they all started to walk towards the door.
"Shut up." Genma pretended to be mad at him, but Anko and Kakashi just laughed.
They walked up to the entrance and considering the alternatives they had. The buildings cafeteria was crowded, so they decided to look after some nearby restaurant. The nearest one just happened to be Ichiraku ramen bar. So it was not a chocker that they met Naruto there. Along with Kiba, Ino and Neji.
After a short hello-how-are-you talk, they all finally sat down by the counter and ordered.
"Have you also been sitting in a room looking trough a bunch of old files the whole morning?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, it seems like it never have an end." Genma started.
"If we have to continue like this, we won't be done before next Christmas." Kiba continued.
"Well, a bit of fun is it. We found some old files from when you tree were chunins! Man how many problems you guys caused."
"Naruto, you know that we wasn't chunins under the same time?" Kakashi said without looking at him.
"Yeah, but if you had done that, you would probably have done worse things." Kiba said.
After that, the waitress served them all their meals and they all talked to the person next to them.
"Hey Kakashi, have you talked to Sakura today? She came back this morning." Naruto said, sitting on the right of Kakashi.
"No I haven't, Have you?" He didn't look up from his meal, even if this subject really caught his interest.
"I just saw her when she walked with her team up the stairs to the office. Oh speaking of that, have she talked to you about a reunion of team Kakashi? Of course, we would have to change name if it actually came trough."
"No, she hasn't talked to me about it. When did you two come up with this if I may ask?"
"Oh, we just had a cup of tea, and she asked me. She said: 'wouldn't it be fun with a reunion of team Kakashi.' Or some thing like that. And I said that it would be great! Don't you agree?"
Kakashi looked at the blond man in front of him. When did Sakura ask Naruto that? It had been before her mission, before she had run of. There is a small chance that she still feels that way. He didn't have a clue anymore how she felt or how she wanted to live her life.
"Kakashi?" Naruto pulled him out of his out thoughts.
"It sounds good, but we all have to sit down and talk about it some day. But I don't know if it will be a reunion if we changed the name…"
"Then how about tonight? I'm free!"
"But I'm not. And I am pretty sure that Sakura would like some rest after her mission. You don't know it jet but chunins can really take you out."
"Okay, some other day then. But isn't this just awesome? It would be like back in the old days!"
"Mm…" Except that the reason we formed a team the last time was to find Sasuke. Kakashi thought. And it seemed that Naruto was thinking at the same thing. When he opened his mouth, his voice was totally changed.
"I know that he asked me to never contact him again. That he couldn't handle seeing me, or anyone again after what he had done. It didn't help that we said that we forgave him. He knew that you could never erase the fact that he left us all. Just because of revenge. But still, I am thinking back these days wondering. What if… What if I just had forced him to come back to Konoha, would he ever adjust and be able to live his life here?"
Kakashi looked at him, it had been over one and a half year since the last day they had seen Sasuke. He had some how found some of the parts of his old self but he was changed. He had change to much, so much that he never could go back to the one he once was and the life he had lived. That was in the passed now, and he had made it clear for them that it would stay there.
"Maybe we should get back?" Anko stood up and looked at the others.
"Seems like a good idea."
"Woho, more files to look in to!" Naruto said with an ironic voice.
"Isn't it anything that we could do to be excused from doing this?" Kiba said while stretching his arms.
"Not really, this is our job." Neji answered.
"Yeah, but if they told people about this before they attended the academy. There wouldn't be so many ninjas in Konoha." Kiba said while looking down in the ground.
"Oh, just pretend that you are doing something else. We are probably going to go out on a mission to the land of water when we are done with this. I mean, I don't think that Tsunade want us to do all of these researching just to torture us."
"No I actually think that, she is just torture us for fun!" No one answered Kiba, this was a no end discussion.
They all walked back to their rooms to continue with the research.
Sakura lay down on the grass. It was already late in the afternoon, but if felt like she hadn't manage to do a single thing right. This technique is just killing me, she thought with her eyes closed.
"Maybe it's time for us to end it for today? I have to check up the others back at the office. Hopefully, they have already found some valuable information."
"What is the research for? A mission?" Sakura looked at the blond woman while standing up.
"Actually yes, and now when we are at the subject. Have you funded yourself a team yet?"
"Hm, maybe. I don't know for the moment."
"Okay, but if that is the case. I would like to send your team along with at least two other teams on the mission that the others are gathering information for."
"What is the mission about? It sounds pretty serious?" They talked while walking trough the woods. Sakura looked over at Tsunade, waiting for an answer.
"Well, maybe you all ready know that the Duke Niwa is seriously ill. And they aren't counting on him surviving much more longer. And when that happened, it is thought that the duchess, his daughter is going to replace him. But her lack of experience and her young age is an disadvantage. There is another family called Takaya that have been in a feud with the Niwas for several of generations. And now, the old Duke is afraid of his daughter's life. So he hired us to send some people that are going to help the Niwa family to stabilized after the Dukes death. So your task is to protect our own people, which are going to take care of the political stuff. And of course the Niwa family."
"Oh, I see. Well I herd when I was over there that the Duke was old and that the duchess was planning to replace him after his death. But I newer knew that it was going this fast." They walked under silence for a moment before they continued.
"Which teams have you plant to send? It sounds like this is one of those missions that are extremely long." And boring.
"Well I haven't thought of it yet, I just know that I would like you to go. I trust you and I know that if anyone actually got hurt, you would be able to save them." Sakura looked at her.
"Tsunade-sama…"
"Nah, don't get to big headed now. You have still a long way to go before you are as good as me." Tsunade laughed and Sakura just smiled at her. Thank you.
They walked trough the village, it was late. The sun wasn't far from going down for the day and the streets were crowded of people going home from their work. Sakura stopped outside the office.
"I think that I will get going now."
"Oh, cant you just come with me and help me with the reports from today?" Tsundade looked suspiciously imploringly out.
"Okay, but I have to go before 6.30pm."
"We should be ready by then, if we hurry." They walked up the stairs and when they entered the hallway, Tsunade turned around.
"I have to fill in some papers in reception, could you get the reports from the others down in the archives? Thanks!" Sakura felt a bit nervous when she saw Tsunade walking away. But what could I do? I can't say no, it would just be childish. She walked down the stairs and trough the corridors. She knocked on the firs door.
"Sakura! What are you doing here?"
"Hi Ino, I am just getting your reports."
"Okay, wait a sec." Ino disappeared for a moment, and returned with her hands filled with papers.
"Some light reading, enjoy. By the way, what have you been up to today? I haven't seen you?"
"I will tell you tomorrow, okay? I have to hurry with these now." She left the room and continued to the next one. She heard a loud voice screaming when she knocked on it.
"Yeah! We are going home!" When the door flew up, she found out that the voice had belonged to a blond haired ninja with a much familiar face.
"You can go home, after you have given me all of your reports." She smiled at Naruto that went back in to the room to get the reports. She felt the weight of them when he handed them over. I hope that the others don't have as much as these. She said goodbye before going to the last room.
This time, Genma opened up. After telling him her errant, he walked away just like the other two had and came back with twice as many as the other rooms had collected together.
"Man you are killing me, how am I supposed to be able to carry these?" She looked down at the pile that she already was holding. Answering her question, a voice from the inside of the room said.
"I guess that I have to lend you a hand." Her hart stopped for a second before she saw him. He walked up to Genma who happily handed over the papers.
"Se ya later!" Anko Said before disappearing with Genma towards the stairs. Leaving Sakura and Kakashi standing in front of each other. He was the first one to open up his mouth.
"I can take yours to, I don't mind." He looked down at her, she just looked down at the papers in her hands.
"It´s okay, we should be going. Tsunade are waiting for these."
"Okay."
They started to walk beside each other, and their foot steeps ekoed in the empty corridor. What should I say now? Why do I feel this strange in his presence? She thought.
He just walked beside her with out saying a word. He wanted to give her some time, to find the words.
She then suddenly stopped.
"Sakura?" He stopped a few steps from her.
"I know, that I have been acting childish." She paused for a moment and he tried to interrupt her.
"Saku-."
"Don't say a single word." He closed his mouth and looked at her and she continued.
"I have been thinking of you the whole time. And I am not just talking about last week, I mean the whole year. I have been thinking, would it last? What would our friends think? Is it even possible for us to be together? I mean, I kept trying to imagine us together after a year, after a life time. But I didn't know what I wanted, or how I wanted it to be."
Kakashis head was filled with just one thought. It's happening now, she will say that she doesn't love me anymore. I can't live with that. But before he had the chance to say anything. She turned her head up towards him and looked him in the eye. There was tears in hers, just as in his. And she opened up her mouth once more.
"But, it finally came clear to me when I went away. I can't imagine a live with out you. It is you that I want to spend my life with, and no one else." She looked down again. "But if… I mean if my behavior… Oh god I have acted so immature. I get it if you have had enough of me. I, I…" She paused for a second. And looked him in the uncovered eye once more.
"I just love you." She couldn't say anything more, she couldn't even imagine a life with out him. Nor less saying it. Her tears wasn't far away from falling now. She turned her head down again. She couldn't say a single word more, it would be too much.
He laid the papers that he had been holding, down on the ground and walked up to her. He took her papers from her hands and laid them next to the others. He then grabbed her shoulders. She was still starring down at the floor.
"Sakura." He said with a soft voice. "Look at me".
She slowly turned her head up, and opened up her eyes that had been closed.
"I love you too. There is nothing else in the world that I want more than to spend my time with you. I don't care what other thinks, I just care about you and your feelings. There is nothing to be sorry for, we have both acted the way we have because we haven't been sure. If there is some one that should be sorry it would be me. I am the one that messed this whole thing up from the beginning."
"Kakashi…"
"No, now its your turn to don't say a word. I want us to be together, and if I did get it right. So do you. So why wont we just forget all of these, and just start over. Together."
She smiled at him, just smiled. She had never been this happy in her entire life. She loved him, and he loved her. Nothing else matters. Not to them anyway.
She raised up her hand and pulled down his mask and whispered.
"As long as we are together, I don't care about the rest." And she then kissed him. He wasn't slow on responding to the kiss, and they just stood there. Holding and kissing each other.
"My god Sakura! How long does it take to bring me some papers?" Tsuande stood with her back towards the door when they came in.
"Just as long as it just did Tsunade-sama." Tsunade turned around and stared at Sakuras face. What on earth have happened to her? She looks so, so… But before ending the thought, she saw how Kakashi entered the room after Sakura with his hands full of papers. And she knew how it was. She smiled.
"It is already late, we can deal with this tomorrow. Now go, I have other things to do." Said Tsunade before shoving them out from her office.
Kakashi looked down at his watch.
"Hey, I have a meeting over at the training areas now."
"Really? Now when I think of it, so do I." She smiled at him and he smiled back behind his mask.
"May I escort you over there?" And without waiting for an answer, he laid his arm around her shoulders and they started to walk.
They sat up against the tree and looked up at the stars.
"What do you want to do tonight?" He asked her while taking her hand in his.
"I don't know, does it really matter what we do?"
"I guess not, but it is our first night as a pair. I would like to do some thing special."
"And you continue to surprise me, I never thought of you as a traditional boyfriend material." She laughed a bit at this. This was a totally new experience for her.
"So what did you think of me then? An old perv? People change you know, I am not the same person as I was when I met you."
"So what you are saying is that you don't enjoy icha-icha any more?" She raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"That my dear, is something that will never change!" She laughed at this and he smiled.
"It's amazing." He looked at her.
"What?" He then asked.
"How you always make me laugh." He smiled, they both did. The whole night seemed to be just one big smile for them.
"What do you think of eating dinner, and afterwards I have a surprise for you."
"Sounds interesting. Com'on let's go!" She stood up and grabbed is arm.
"Why in such a hurry?"
"I want to know what the surprise is of course!"
They walked together trough the village. There wasn't so many people out on the streets, but they didn't meet any one they know. When they walked by a groceries store, Sakura stopped.
"Cant we by some stuff here and cook together at home?"
"Fine, you know how good my cooking skills are." He said it with a ironic voice and walked in trough the storage doors. She would be the one cooking for sure.
After spending a long time in side the store, they finally came out with their hands full of paper bags. They decided to go over to her place, and they started to walk.
She opened up the door and he closed it behind. The house was dark and after leaving the groceries in the kitchen. Sakura left Kakashi to light up the house. It is still hard to believe, that this is real. That he is standing in my kitchen right now, unpacking some groceries. She thought wile returning back to the kitchen. She stopped in the door frame and just stared at the back of his neck while he was looking in to the bags. If I hadn't been staring at him for myself right now, I would never in my life believe that it was true. She walked up to him and laid her hands around his hips. She softly pressed her body against his back and she could feel his warmth against her.
"Is this your idea of cooking?" He asked while turning around, with her hands still around his waist.
"If you dislike it, then you can take up the vegetables and start preparing them." He smiled at this and leaded forwards and kissed her.
"Even if I don't dislike it, I will deal with the vegetables and you will fix the rest." He some how manage to slip out of her hands and over to the bench where he had left the veggies.
She did as he had said and started to prepare the meal. She was cooking some pasta with a sauce. One of her specialty's. When every thing was done they sat down at the table and started to eat. She kept asking him about his surprise, and he kept telling her that it wasn't such a big deal. He looked at her, she was so beautiful when she looked at him with her sparkling eyes. She was a real woman made out of blood and flesh, yet she was the woman of his dreams. This just can't be real, he thought. This is too good to be true. Never in his life, could he imagine the night before that he would be sitting her with her. And he doubted that she had done it as well.
The cooking time was delayed several of times because they just stopped and looked at each other, still trying to believe that this was actually happening. And they always ended up laughing at each other. When the meal was finally was done, they sat down at the table and started to eat.
"It's too bad." He said.
"What is?" She looked op from her plate.
"It's not like your food isn't good, but my delicious salad are just dominating the whole meal. It is not fare to your cooking skills." She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her inner self laughed, he just never seems to stop playing around. Not even at occasionslike this.
"Then remind me to give my complements to the farmers that have grown them." They laughed for a moment before she opened up her mouth.
"Kakashi. Never change, okay?" He smiled at her and answered.
"Okay." But he didn't foully get what she meant, he didn't have to.
After finishing putting away the dish, Sakura turned around towards him and laid her hands behind her back.
"So, where or what is the surprise?"
"Well, why wont we get out and look for it? I'm sure that it is lying around somewhere near. Waiting for you to discover it!" He walked up to her and took her hand. And together, they walked out and the street where he stopped. He took his hand to his pocket and brought out his forehead protector.
"I need you to trust me in this." She looked at him, what was he up to?
"You know I trust you." She simply answered him.
"Good. I am going to bind this around your head, so that you won't be able to se anything."
"Okay?" She said while she turned around so that he would be able to tie a knot. And it became dark for her. She had hoped to be able to at least se a little gleams at the bottom, but no. There was nothing.
"So, let's go." He took his arm around her waist to guide her trough the empty streets of Konoha. She just kept thinking, where are you taking me?
A/N: So much smiling in this chapter. But I guess that it is what you do when you are in love (So if any one was annoyed by this, sorry but you haven't been in love like Kakashi and Sakura is).
Another thing, it became pretty sweet at some points but wtf. They have been on and off for so long so they needed it!
I wrote the next chapter ages ago, but that time in my main language so I have been dealing with some translations difficulties. But it will hopefully be readable.
Well I hope that you enjoy the story, until next time.