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As the sun was rising, a tall hunched over figure approached to gates to the small village of Konoha. The figure was carrying a large scroll in their arms. As he lifted his hand to open the gate, it opened for him. A young woman opened it, and moved to let the man through. The two figures walked to the building where the hokage normally resided, the casino built just last week.

"Ah thanks." A calm, collected voice said. The woman walked away, presumably to go back home and catch up on sleep before her day job began. The man walked in, blending in with the crowd of ninjas. The small building was small and crowded, filled with the foul stench of alcohol and cigarette smoke.The man approached a large table in the back, surrounded by old, lecherous men was the Hokage.

"Tsunade-sama, I've finished the mission." Kakashi said, throwing the large scroll onto the table. The younger Jounin looked exhausted, his clothes still in tact, but shreds here and there, and bandages covered up his fingers. A smile appeared on the Hokage's face.

"Great. Now you can go control those damn kids of yours." She responded calmly, taking the scroll off of the table and resuming her game. Under his forehead protector Kakashi raised an eyebrow.

"Care to explain?" He asked.

"For the last two weeks, small skirmishes have been breaking out, between Sasuke and Naruto. Every time they get within ten feet within each other, they try to kill each other." Tsunade complained. Other people walking by nodded in agreement.

"Well, what about Sakura? She usually breaks these up." Kakashi responded.

"Sakura has been shut up in her house for two weeks. Her mom has been complaining to me about it. It's your job to go train and mentor your subordinates." Tsunade reminded him.

"Oh. I guess I should talk to them first thing in the morning." Kakashi said with a sigh. Nothing was ever finished for him. 'Damn teenagers'

"It already is." Tsunade retorted, looking at her watch. Kakashi looked at a nearby clock, which read 6:30.

"...Well...I'll get breakfast and talk to Sakura first." Kakashi said, yawning. He walked out of the casino, leaving the loud racket behind in exchange for the comforting silence. He walked the long path to Sakura's, approaching her door. He knocked twice, and waited for Sakura to come to the door.

"Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked groggily when she opened the door.

"Ohayou Sakura." Kakashi responded brightly. Sakura slammed the door on her teacher. Kakashi sighed, then knocked on the door again.

"Eh, what do you want?"

"Just to catch up! Don't you miss your sensei?" Kakashi asked sweetly.

"No." She responded.

"Well...get ready. I'll take you out...um want ramen?"

"Eh. I'm not Naruto! I want to go shopping! The department store (1) opens in about an hour."

"You've got to be kidding me." Kakashi groaned.

"Nope. The only way you'll get me out of this house is to take me shopping sensei." Sakura said.

"Fine, one outfit." Kakashi said with loathing.

"Two."

"FINE. LET'S GO." Kakashi said. He went inside and grabbed a bowl, some rice, and chopsticks.

"Ka--Kakashi-sensei! What are you doing?" Sakura asked with disbelief.

"Eating." He responded simply. After scooping some rice in his bowl, he went over to the table and sat down. He looked over at Sakura. "Well?"

"Well what?"

"You should get ready." Kakashi said, clearly indicating that he didn't want Sakura in the room.

"...Fine." She groaned. She was about to see what was under that damn mask too! Quickly, she went upstairs and changed into regular day clothes. As she was brushing teeth, she heard Kakashi turn on the sink to wash the dishes. 'Well...at least he's polite' Sakura thought to herself. When she finished brushing her hair, went downstairs to find Kakashi taking a nap on her couch.

"Kakashi-sensei." Sakura said, slightly shaking her teacher. "I'm ready to go shopping!"

"Mmfh. Fine." Kakashi said, sounding bored. He got up and followed her out the door. Occasionally, a cool wind would sweep by, but the time it took to the department store was spent in complete silence. When they approached the large building with colorful signs in the window, Sakura's eyes lit up.

"Arigatou Kakashi-sensei!!!" Sakura said excitedly, hugging her teacher.

"...Er...yah. Dou itashimashite. (2)" Kakashi said without much enthusiasm. He awkwardly patted her head and they walked inside.

"Oh! Kawaii!" Sakura screeched as she looked through the racks of clothing. She pulled out a light pink tank top with spaghetti straps and a green miniskirt."Kakashi-sensei what do you think?"

Kakashi looked around in embarrassment, a red blush creeping up his face. "Shh! Not so loud!" Kakashi said. Sakura pouted.

"Fine." Sakura walked away to look for more clothes. Kakashi reluctantly followed, only reminding himself that it would be over soon and that it was he who offered to take her out of the house. As he walked up stairs, he heard someone shout his name.

"Oi, Kakashi-san!" Anko said loudly, causing several older ladies to look in their direction.

"What?" Kakashi said, even more embarrassed.

"Never thought I'd see you here." Anko said, giggling.

"Well...I took a student." Kakashi said, turning his heard to where Sakura was manically looking through the racks. Anko smiled.

"That's nice, I didn't knew you'd do that for your students." Anko said.

"Well...there was a problem with our squad, so I have to fix it..."

"...Oh. Well I'll see you later Kakashi-san!" Anko said blushing a bit.

"All right! Goodbye!" Kakashi said, he sighed, and walked over to Sakura, who was smiling at her sensei. He gave her a strange look, what was with her today?

"Was that Anko?" Sakura asked.

"Uh....yes?" Kakashi said, confused by the tone of voice Sakura asked the question. Sakura giggled, and went back to shopping. Kakashi rolled his eyes, deciding not to ask, and went on following her. Finally, much to Kakashi's protest, they went to the register with about four shirts, three skirts, and some shorts. They walked out of the store, Kakashi's wallet much later, and the load he was very heavy. Sakura smiled broadly and started humming.

"Thanks Kakashi-sensei, I really appreciate it!" Sakura said happily. Kakashi smiled in return.

"Eh it's no problem! Now let's go to the park, my arms are getting tired." Kakashi said.

"Okay." Sakura said merrily. They walked to the park, and sat down on the bench watching the people who participated in rajio taisou(3) leave to go to work.

"So...I heard from Tsunade-sama that Sasuke and Naruto have been getting into fights in the village lately. Do you know why this would happen?" Kakashi questioned. The smile on Sakura's face vanished.

"Yes..." She said quietly, turning her head the other way so she didn't have to face her teacher.

"Could you tell me what happened? I need to sort this out with everyone who's involved." Kakashi said responsibly.

"You wouldn't understand!" Sakura said, raising her voice a little. Kakashi chuckled.

"Try me Sakura. I was a teenager not to long ago." Kakashi said. Sakura hesitated.

"Well...I think they're fighting because of me..." Sakura said, her voice filled with guilt.

"Eh, and why is that?"

"Well. Erm...this is really embarrassing Kakashi-sensei!!!" Sakura said, her face turning red.

"Sakura, I was the only grown man in that department store, I think I deserve to know what happened." Kakashi said. Sakura paused. 'He has a point.' She thought.

"Well...Sasuke....said....he....hadfeelingsforme!" She said quietly.

"I didn't hear the last part." Kakashi said smiling.

"He has feelings for me." She said a little louder. She sighed, feeling as if she had gotten a two ton boulder off of her back. "And Naruto heard that and got upset, because he thinks Sasuke deserves me because...he hurt me." She continued, feeling more confident telling her mentor.

"I see." Kakashi said simply, finally having a complete understanding of the situation.

"I guess you did understand..." Sakura said, feeling a little guilty that she rose her voice to her teacher.

"It's fine Sakura." Kakashi said, as if he'd read her mind. "Everything will be fine. Here, you take your clothes home, and I'll come by later after I talk to Sasuke and Naruto. It didn't seem like you got much training while I was gone!" Kakashi said with a chuckle. Sakura smiled, feeling better.

"Well I should let you go then!" Sakura said, taking her stuff and walking away. Kakashi sighed and put his hand up to his head. Something was always going on with his team, why couldn't he have chosen a more laid back team, like Kurenai's, or Asuma's? He got up, and went to Naruto's. As he was about to knock on the door, he spotted a note on the door.

"Went to Hot springs
Be back around 7
-Naruto"

Kakashi looked at his watch which read ten o clock a.m. Rather then wait around for Naruto, Kakashi went to Sasuke's apartment. He knocked on the door and waited for Sasuke to come to the door. The door opened and a worn out Sasuke appeared.

"Kakashi-sensei. You're back." Sasuke said, smiling.

"Yeah. Hey could I come in? We need to talk." Kakashi said.

"Sure." Sasuke said, opening up the door so Kakashi could come in. Kakashi slipped off his sandals and walked in, Sasuke closed the door and walked over to the sofa sitting opposite of the chair Kakashi sat down in.

"So what do you want to talk about?" Sasuke asked.

"Your teammates." Kakashi said.

"Oh. Them." Sasuke said, his voice sounding a little colder.

"I just took Sakura shopping and we had an interesting conversation at the park." Kakashi said. Sasuke looked a bit more interested.

"Why were you with her?" Sasuke asked with a hint of jealousy in his voice.

"Just to catch up I guess. She told me why you and Naruto have been getting into a few fights." Kakashi said calmly.

"It's all Naruto's fault! All he did was interfere." Sasuke said coldly.

"Is it? Sakura told me Naruto was trying to protect her from getting hurt again. You can't blame him for caring for her." Kakashi said, with emphasis on the last statement Sasuke looked as if he was thinking intently. He looked to the ground, not wanting to look his teacher in the eye.

"...I guess the right thing would be to apologize to...both of them." Sasuke said.

"Good." Kakashi said getting up. "I think you get the point."

Kakashi showed himself out of Sasuke's apartment and headed for the Hot Springs District, knowing it'd be the hardest to talk to Naruto, given the current situation. The sun was up high when he was at the entrance, he looked at his watch, which read noon. He walked in, feeling the dramatic temperature change. He walked past many rooms and areas with customers to the usual spot where Jiraiya takes his surrogate son to study. He heard Jiraiya laugh as he heard Naruto yell out in frustration. He walked around the fence and walked to a shallow hot spring.

"Hello Naruto." Kakashi said, pulling a struggling arm out of the water, bringing up the energetic teen.

"Kakashi-sensei!!!" Naruto said in excitement when he saw his teacher. He pulled his teacher into a bear hug.

"You're back! How was the mission!?" He asked.

"It was good!" Kakashi said. He looked over to Jiraiya, who was looking at the hot spring below where young women were playing.

"Jiraiya-sama!" Kakashi greeted. Jiraiya turned around and grinned when he saw Kakashi.

"Oi, came to get your student back?" Jiraiya asked.

"Nah. I'm just going to borrow him for today!" Kakashi said.

"Okay! I'll see you at dawn tomorrow Naruto!" Jiraiya said, before turning his attention back onto the women. Kakashi and Naruto walked to the familiar noodle stand not to far from the hot spring district. Naruto grinned as they came in. They both took a table for two and ordered from the owner's daughter. As she walked away, Kakashi cleared his throat.

"Naruto, I need to talk you..."

A/N: Ah! sorry ducks from flying tomatoes I'm not the best when it comes to on timeliness and whatnot! Hard to get inspired...I have no more Japanese is sad Anywho! Sorry this is mostly dialogue. I promise it'll be better next chappy!!!!

1. Instead of malls, In Japan people usually go to Department stores.

2. Dou Itashimashite --- Don't touch my mustache!!! JUST KIDDING! it means your welcome! Hehe. That how I remember to pronounce it though!

3. Rajio Taisou! Have you ever heard of Tai Chi? Well it's like that. In the morning, communities in Japan will hold Rajio Taisou (Radio Exercise). Doing a specific series of stretches to wake you up! It's usually done earlier then in my fic tho, like at 8 or something, so that businessmen can do it before they go to work! Supposedly the more in sync the series of stretches is, the more it shows that the community or group is in harmony.

So yah! Thankies...go to: Lady Light, Cookie6, oOoshortayoOo, kai013, emir, Crisskitty, SilentGlaive, um...born to kill assholes like you..., iluvsasuke, millie-chan, khostar, kitsune-lilith, neverendingdreamer, and last but not least, azn-death-dragon!!!!

Wow!!! So I had alot of reviews this chapter!!! Thank you to you all! You're all so nice :D I really wish I could write a personal thank you to everyone, but tommorow I'm leaving on a two week trip! So...sorry!!! I have to finish packing! I reallyyyyy hope you guys all liked this chapter! And please keep up the reviews!!!! Thank you in advance hands out orange jumpers Hehe!! Cosplay!!!! .

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