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Chapter 10

Kakashi's POV

Naruto and I make our way back to camp where the Hokage's ANBU guard stops me and informed me that my presence is required this afternoon because the Kage's will announce their decision about my plan.

I wave to naruto before heading over to the medic tent to see Sakura.

As I arrive I feel that her chakra is fluctuating and is flaring up. I walk into the tent to see her hugging Sai and murmuring how much "she loved it". After this morning's encounter I was pretty sure that Sai would have enough sense to avoid her for a couple of days, but here he was. She turns around when she senses my chakra and then runs up to me and hands me the framed drawing that Sai had just given her. I look down at it and immediately recognize her ring and her hand, what startle me was that the hand that was interlaced with hers was mine. Every single scar on my knuckles, wrists and palms were displayed in the drawing.

Sai really is a master at capturing every detail.

"I read that it is customary to give gifts to the engaged couple" he said with a steady relaxed voice.

I nod and say, "Sai, thank you for this. It really is a work of art. Tell me one thing, how did you draw this if we never posed for you?"

"Sakura had shown me her ring and I had her place her hands in a certain way for me to capture the essence of the drawing. All I had to do was fill in the drawing with your hand and I did that from memory."

Sakura looked closely at the picture and then looked up at Sai, "But Sai, every scar on Kakashi's hand is in the exact spot on the drawing. You truly have a gift and an eye for detail."

He nods and then bows to us and excuses himself from the tent.

I turn to Sakura and ask, "So when did he start calling you by your real name instead of those awful nicknames."

She beamed at me and said, "Yesterday, when he helped me out with the inks for the seals. I guess that he was surprised that I would go to such lengths to help out my family. Maybe that is why he overreacted this morning. He even told me if he cared about me! Can you believe it? I think we are definitely progressing with his emotional issues."

We walk hand in hand from the medical tent and head over to Sakura's tent to drop off the drawing before heading over to the war room headquarters.

Sakura's POV

We walk into the war room headquarters and are asked to take a seat, while everyone else arrives.

When everyone has settled down, the five Kages stand up and the room falls silent.

All of the Kages look directly at Kakashi and then Tsunade-shishou steps forward and says, "Hatake Kakashi, as a shinobi of Konohagakure, I, Senju Tsunade, along with the expressed consent of the Kages present, give you permission to use this technique with the sole purpose of disabling the enemy. You are under no circumstances to use this technique against the allied countries under the penalty of death. Do you understand these terms."

Kakashi bows deeply to all five Kages and then says, "I understand and accept."

We are then led to the room next to the war room, it looked like the intelligence unit. Nara Shikamaru was at the nearby table looking over some maps. He looked up when we entered and greeted us both by bowing slightly and saying, "Kakashi-senpai, Sakura-san, as head of the Nara clan I would personally like to congratulate you on your engagement."

Boy, word travels fast!

I stood next to him and bump him on his arm with my fist, "Oh come on Shika you don't have to be so formal, but thank you very much. Now, tell me what's up with these maps?"

Kakashi and I listened to Shikamaru's extensive tactical plan. I could tell that Kakashi wanted to pull out Icha Icha by minute 13 of his long and very detailed speech, but I held his hand in mine and only heard him sigh in acknowledgement.

When Shikamaru finished, Kakashi countered about half of Shikamaru's plans and gave him an equally detailed speech about what could go wrong in said situations.

With both geniuses at work, I was starting to want to read Icha Icha myself. At least I could understand the premise of the situation there.

Oh Kami, what am I thinking?

Inner Sakura chuckles at my thoughts, "I told you! Cha! You're just as perverted as he is."

I stand up from my chair and stroll up to the table where the maps are on. I start strumming my fingers across the table to get the attention of the most brilliant minds in all of Konoha. They both look at me and I pull out a kunai and stab it in a certain spot on the map and embed it on the table. I look at them and say, "If you don't mind, this spot will give us a better view of the enemy shinobi that are coming at us, while keeping our forces slightly protected by the terrain to the right. This will effectively remove any chance of an outflanking maneuver by the enemy nin and give us enough cover to set up a base here on the left. Our sensory ninja can be situated here, here and here (I say pointing on several spots on the map). This spot will also give me an advantage when I summon Katsuyu, so Hinata-chan can give me the precise location of our injured while overlooking the field."

Kakashi and Shikamaru contemplate my plan for a few seconds and when they see very few flaws in my plan they agree on my course of action.

"Wow, Sakura when did you become a tactician" Shikamaru asked.

"Look Shika, as a medic I need to know where I can set up medical tents and be the most effective, while still relatively protected, in battle. I cannot risk the lives of the medic nin in an all front assault, many more shinobi would die from no medical care if that were the case. So, I figured if we use that plan of strategy we cut the amount of enemy nin that can pass the front lines, while having natural barriers to protect the back."

Kakashi nodded in agreement and told Shikamaru, "Well, now that we settled strategy, we will gather the commanders and rally all the divisions and prepare to attack."

I try to stifle a yawn but Kakashi notices and then suddenly pulls me into his chest and starts his teleportation jutsu. I manage to say goodbye to Shikamaru before we are teleported away.

We arrive just outside my tent and Kakashi whispers in my ear, "Why didn't you tell me that we were boring you."

"You weren't boring me, I just felt that both of you geniuses were over thinking it, and neither of you bothered to ask my opinion. I am Head Medic of the Allied Shinobi Forces for a reason, you know."

"My apologies ma'am, I did not mean to offend you." Kakashi lowers his voice and leans over and whispers next to my ear, "I could try to make up for my actions…" and he begins to kiss my neck towards my jaw line. I knew that he had taken off his mask because I felt his breath on my collarbone and his teeth lightly nip at my earlobe.

A shudder runs down my spine with each of his kisses and I bend my neck to the side to give Kakashi better access as he wraps his arms around my waist.

We both enter my tent in a tangled mess of arms all over each other and fall into my bed.

One of Kakashi's hands is firmly entangled in my hair while his other hand is working its way down my arm to my waist. He holds me firmly in place with his grip on my hip and as I moan into his kiss, he responds with a growl deep in his chest. I wrap my hands around his waist, underneath his shirt as I try to hook one of my fingers on the edge of his pants. He grinds his hips into mine and whispers, "Sakura you are divine… ahh!" I respond by raking my fingernails over his back. As he opens his mouth I take advantage and take his bottom lip between my teeth, tugging at it slowly. He begins to deepen the kiss and runs his tongue over my lips asking permission to enter. I part my lips and he really begins to take control of the kiss. I see stars with each searing kiss that he gives me. He only pulls back to let me take a breath while he says in a sinfully seductive voice, "I love you Sakura." I look into his eyes and expect them to be full of lust but I only see pure devotion and love.

Kami, I could get lost in his beautiful mismatched eyes.

His dark grey eye is intense but deep and full of love, like he is bearing his soul to me. His Sharingan is hypnotic but I don't get a sense of danger from looking directly at it. It's quite the opposite really, I get a sense of protectiveness from his crimson orb.

As his hand starts travelling up from my hip to small of my back, we both hear a rustling movement within my tent. Both of us are suddenly alert and stand up in a defensive stance holding the kunai and shuriken that I had underneath my pillow.

We look around and I see a trail of sand traveling underneath the flaps of my tent carrying an envelope.

Kakashi takes a look at the sand and we both look at each other and say in unison, "Damn it Gaara!"

I slump back down on the bed and ask Kakashi what is written in the card.

He opens it up and reads it quickly.

"Looks like we have an appointment with the Kazekage in a couple of minutes so he can insert his sand into our wrists. He said he needs some time for his sand to get used to our chakra natures so he wants to do this as soon as possible."

"Ugh… I guess we have to go see Kazekage-sama now huh?"

"Yeah, he doesn't want us to have a reaction to his sand while in the battlefield so he prefers us to get accustomed to it within the next 24 hours."

Inner Sakura yells, "Well you can tell Mr. Sandman where he can stick his sand… How dare he interrupt us, we were finally getting to the good part! CHA!"

I sigh in defeat and shakily stand up (I was still recovering from the intense make out session with Kakashi). He holds out his hand to steady me and kisses my forehead. He says, "Don't worry love, I know exactly how you feel."

He squeezes my hand and we set off in the direction of Gaara's tent.

A/N: Ok, I will be honest, this is my first fanfic so I am in uncharted territory in writing a love scene. I hope I am at least headed in the right direction in that department. It is hard writing a lust filled scene between a character that is clearly trying to hold back and one that is eager to receive. Writing that, was like a war of its own, how much was Kakashi willing to give yet hold back at the same time because as much as he wants her now, he wants her first time to be special. Please, any suggestions on how to improve in that plot of the story, inbox me. Here is a hint on where the story is going to all of my faithful readers out there: this war is the catalyst of Sakura and Kakashi's real love story. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we are far from over. I think we are just about ⅓ of the way done. As much as I hate to write it, there will be tears up ahead.