Chapter 5: My Prayer, confession, and a letter.

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A/N: Last chapter!! XD Enjoy it. Review puleezz.. Thanks! XD And I would also like to thank the people who reviewed. Hahah. And to Hisashi Mitsui and Sohma Kyo for being my lovely and yummy inspirations. XDXD

Anko lightened the incense sticks and concentrated. She prayed. She decided to confess her love for Kakashi that night.

"...steer me as I confess my love for him tonight, oh lord." Those words ended her prayer. She patiently waited till midnight.

At the moment, kakashi haven't thought of waiting till midnight. He went straight outside when 11'oclock ticked. He was an hour early but that's okay with him.

"Anko... How can I admit to you that I think I'm in love with you? This'll be our last night together..." Kakashi thought to himself while hugging himself tighter because of the freezing coldness the wind brings.

Anko couldn't wait. She had this feeling that she'll never see Kakashi again for a long time. She had to go out at once. When she set her foot outside, she was surprised to see Kakashi.

"Too early?" Asked anko.

"That's ok." Kakashi smiled and faced her. "Don't prepare tea for tonight. I don't feel like drinking."

"I see. I don't feel like drinking, too." Anko sat beside Kakashi.

"I... I want to—"Kakashi's words were cut off by Anko's.

"I want to tell you something hatake!"

Kakashi chuckled. "That was just what I was supposed to say! Haha!" He knew that what Anko wanted to tell him was serious but he didn't want to look serious about it.

"Be serious this time, please. Hatake Kakashi... I... Well, I..."

"You what?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow at her.

"I'm inlove with you. I loved you since the first time we met!" Deep inside Anko was stiffening her feelings just in case of rejection. She was also trembling.

Kakashi stood up and looked at the stars. "Anko, I understand you. Thanks a lot for loving me. But we ninjas, should never show emotion. And one thing that I wasn't able to tell you about myself was... the idea of 'love' and 'relationships w/ the opposing sex' doesn't interest me, really."

"I won't cry. I'm prepared." Anko told herself.

Kakashi took off the coat he's wearing and wrapped it around the wordless Anko who was seating on the floor.

"It's only 12:20 but I'm too sleepy. I gotta be early for tomorrow. Why don't you go inside? You might get sick. Too cold out here." Kakashi suggested and together with those words, he walked off.

"I'll stay here... You're gonna leave this morning, aren't you?" Anko said in a whispery voice.

Luckily Kakashi heard it still. "Yeah."

Anko stayed out there thinking for an hour but her body gave up and she went to bed at long last.

The clock ticked 5 o'clock. Naruto was loudly snoring. Kakashi tried to wake his students up but they wouldn't wake up so he had to whack them one by one on the head.

"Hey sensei, that hurts!!" the three exclaimed.

"Get up. We need to go." Kakashi ordered.

While the three were quickly packing, Kakashi placed a letter on the dining table beside two teacups. Sakura saw the letter and the tea cups. "What's that for, sensei?"

Kakashi scratched his head, "Ah, nothing you silly kid."

At 5:30 they were quietly out of Anko's cabin. They were off into another adventure to make themselves stronger in order to defeat the bad guys.

Anko woke up at around 8. She was thirsty so she went to the kitchen to get some water. But she saw a letter beside two tea cups instead.

It read...

Anko

Hey ho. I still can't sleep. It's 3am in the morning. I'm sorry. Sorry for having you feel bad about our conversation last night. Oh Anko, you may think it's so cowardly of me to not tell you this thing personally. But... Hey I think I'm inlove with you too. I look forward in seeing and talking to you each night. I'll surely miss those times we shared our tranquil moments together. What I told you about myself is all true except for the last: that I'm not interested in love and commitment. You may think that I rejected you, but hell, no. I just think that this isn't the right time. I still got my students to strain y'know. Oh, I mean TRAIN. The time will come and we can be together at last. No limitations of the nights we can share together, of the tea we can make and drink together, and no limitations of saying those three sweet words to each other. Sorry if I didn't get the chance to say this to you. Someday, when I come back from my journey, I WILL! Promise me you'll wait for me. Anko, AISHITERU. Oh, and before I forget, the thing I said that ninjas shouldn't show their emotion... well, I consider emotions in a letter an exception. Hehe. I know you're smiling. Take care of yourself while I'm gone. You could invite gai for tea if you like to. Haha. XD hugs

Hatake XD

Anko felt better after reading the letter. She wanted to dance and sing but she made some tea instead. She went out and drank tea while singing a nice, happy song. That's when snow fell in all of a sudden. That made Anko ore happier that no one could ever wipe away the big grin on her face.

She'll wait for her Hatake Kakashi, no matter what. Even if means taking Gai as his proxy! XD

--Haha! Just kidding! Even if it means no hatake kakashi to share her tranquil moments to; No Hatake Kakashi to drink tea with her to fight the coldness; no freaky-eyed guy to freak her out; no naruto, sasuke, and sakura as Hatake's students; and even if it means forever.

FOREVER AND NO MATTER WHAT. That's how strong Anko's love for Kakashi is and of course, that's how Kakashi feels too. V

END.