Chapter 11
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Canine Wisdom
Sakura's grief was quickly replaced with fury. She strapped the weights to her calves and ran to the training field to try and vent some of her frustration.
She had been doing rigorous squats, and running exercises to enhance her capability to move, acting like she was in battle and trying to dodge quickly and move to another position on the field. After a half hour of running she had somehow managed to train her punches, and when she was finished, there was not a single portion of the field that was still intact. Her punches and kicks had formed into a barrage of anger-induced attacks, attempting to find a level of peace that she could achieve.
To her dismay, Sakura's only relief to her rage was her grief, once more. She had returned home, showered and ate a small portion of food before she snuggled down and cried herself to sleep.
Kakashi sat around the campfire that the ANBU had made and stared up into the sky. I'm sorry Sakura-chan. The other ANBU had decided on a small camp to go over the plan and regain their strength before getting to the base the next morning. They were about ten miles from their destination and voted that Kakashi would watch guard.
Technically, Kakashi had offered to watch guard, since he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep, knowing that his precious blossom was suffering because of him. I never should've fallen for her. She's in so much agony because of me. He envisioned Sakura laying on her couch and crying her eyes out. His imagination had formed the upset Sakura into the two of them the night before, the lust, the emotions. He shook his head and focused his attention to the perimeter.
Within another ten minutes his mind had wandered again, and when he finally realized it, he came to the conclusion it would be best to summon his dogs to help him with guard duty.
Paccun looked at his companion with sympathy. He didn't know what was going on with Kakashi, but he had figured it had something to do with a woman, since he could see Kakashi's eye zone out about every 10 minutes, "So who is she?"
The silver-haired jounin snapped out of this nostalgic stupor and looked at the small pug, "You remember Sakura, right?" The small dog's face seemed almost like that of a human when he heard the blossom's name being mentioned.
"…But she was your pupil, Kakashi…"
"I know that, but… everything seemed to fit so well with her." He could remember every kiss they shared and placed his hand on his neck where her scar was, "The godaime said that I could die on any mission, and that I shouldn't put her through the pain of worrying over me dying."
"Kakasi, I can't say that the hokage is wrong, but I can say this. You need to ask yourself which you would find yourself wanting more: sitting out here on cold nights like this, or feeling her embrace when you get home."
Kakashi smiled for the first time since he left Sakura's apartment, "You know Paccun, for a dog, you sure know a lot about love."
The dog stood up in a bold and confident pose, "Well for a ANBU level nin and an old geezer like you, you sure don't know anything about love."
Kakashi chuckled a little and retorted to the dog's response, "Old geezer? You're far older than me."
"This is true, you are just a mere pup compared to me, but in human years, you are a bit seasoned compared to your sweet Sakura."
"I know…" Kakashi interlace his fingers similar to how Tsunade would when she thinks about a serious topic. He thought deeply about the relationship, or at least the relationship that was there the night before.
"Kakashi, age is nothing, do you remember all of the women that Jiraiya has had? Sure he was a perv, but he never had any problems with anyone else judging him about age."
"Well Tsunade did, but that was just cause she liked him."
"Just think about it, would you really let someone you care for get away because someone else doesn't want you to be with her?" They both sat silently for a moment until Paccun decided to speak up again, "I'm going to go check the perimeter, just call if you need me."
Kakashi nodded, still contemplating what he should do with his position in this predicament. Tsunade is the Hokage. If you go against her, you might as well kiss everything goodbye, but… His mind flashed an image of Sakura's face when she smiled. He raised one of his hands and messed his hair up, trying to find some sort of a hint as to what to do.
Kakashi stared upwards towards the sky of stars. I'm never going to get any sleep.
I am not DEAD! Though at time I do wish it with all of the insane school projects I've had…thank you all you being so patient and your awesome comments! I hope I could attain some level of the awe inspiring talent that my fav authors provide, and I hope that I can find more time to get my chapters done faster. Enjoy friends!
