Sakura suppressed a shriek as her sensei leered down at her, a strange look in his eyes. She squirmed violently, fighting to get loose. He tightened his grip on her waist to the point of making Sakura cry. Tears of pain slid down her cheeks, and she twitched uncontrollably as he brought his mouth down upon hers. That same possessive feeling was audible in his aura, the same she had felt at the ice cream parlor. She unwillingly fell limp, her efforts useless against him. Suddenly, she had an idea.
She let his tongue slide into her mouth, and returned the kiss passionately. Finally, the man seemed to trust her enough to loosen his grip slightly. Sakura fought mentally, trying not to enjoy the kiss and ditch the plan. She reluctantly decided to end this.
The girl bit down hard on the man's bottom lip, causing his to gasp in pain and pull away. Droplets of his blood filled her mouth, and she slipped easily away from him as he lifted his hands to his profusely bleeding mouth. Sakura decided not to take him on alone, and get some support. She stopped furiously on the branch.
"Naruto! Sasuke! Wake up!" Her efforts were unrewarding, and already her sensei was walking towards her, that strange and frightening look in his eyes. She decided to do the only womanly thing she could.
"Naruto, Sasuke! Help!" she shrieked, putting on a panicked and feminine tone in her voice. The two boys below her leapt up, and blushed when they realized that she was. Their eyes widened when they noticed the teacher lurching towards Sakura, and all attacked at once. Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke were knocked to the ground, brushing by Sakura as they attacked each other. But that slight brush made Sakura loose her balance, and she toppled from the tree. She landed on her back fifteen feet below.
"Sakura!" Naruto and Sasuke yelled in unison, leaping off their stunned sensei and running to her side. They each grabbed and arm and pulled her back to her feet. She coughed, and then straightened herself out.
"Well then, what were you all gathered outside my window?" she asked. Naruto and Sasuke blushed and looked at the ground.
"What were you and Kakashi doing?" retorted Sasuke testily. Sakura blushed now, and looked at her feet.
"Yeah, what was going on?" asked Naruto, backing Sasuke up. Sakura's hope of not having to answer diminished quickly, and she sighed.
"Well, I couldn't sleep. I sensed chakra, and followed it here. I was going to see what was under Kakashi's mask, and he grabbed me." The two boys nodded, and Sasuke held up a hand.
"We can figure out the rest." He gulped visibly, and sighed. "We were here because we wanted to protect you." Sakura nodded and smiled. Suddenly, Kakashi groaned and sat up, rubbing his head.
"What happened?" he asked groggily. Sakura noticed that the strange look in his eyes was gone, and she felt her heart melt in compassion.
'Damnable hormones!' she thought. The fact that Team 7 was trying to protect her had softened her heart, and seeing one of her protectors hurt absolutely made the sympathy pour. She rushed over to her sensei.
"Oh, you poor thing!" she said. "Where'd you hit your head? I'll take care of it!" The jounin looked at her quizzically, but pointed to a spot near his temple. She 'tsk tsk-ed' and pulled something out from her ninja pack. It was a bottle of aspirin. She made her teacher swallow two and lie back down. She turned back to Sasuke and Naruto, who were at loss for words.
"Okay then, now that he is safe..." her voice trailed off uncertainly.
"I can tell that you are wide awake," said Sasuke. "Maybe we could do something," he suggested. "The night is still young." Sakura blinked in surprise.
"Yeah, Sasuke, but who's gonna go with her?" asked Naruto huffily. "She obviously can't go with Kakashi, he'll try to rape her!" The boy dashed over to the pink-haired girl stood behind her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. Sakura honestly didn't care where she went or who with. She decided to let the boys decide.
"Face it, dunce, you'd probably take her to raid the noodle bar," said Sasuke with a smirk.
"Yeah, and you'd probably just sit on a roof and talk about your horrible past!" retorted Naruto, sticking his tongue out. Sakura let the two boys bicker about it, until they were pulling her by the wrists.
"You know," Sakura said suddenly, causing both boys to stop pulling for a moment and stare at her. "Maybe I'll just go somewhere by myself." The two let her wrists go.
"Okay, Sakura-chan," said Naruto. Sasuke shrugged. Kakashi only lied there. Sakura smiled politely and walked off in the direction of the village, leaving all three males there to weep.
Kakashi stood up.
"I suppose I'll be going," he said casually. Sasuke put a hand out in front of him.
"How do we know that you won't go after Sakura?" he asked suspiciously.
"Well, I suppose to ease everyone, we will all leave in separate directions," said the teacher. "Now, go!" The three boys disappeared into the night, each one thinking about almost the same thing.