Hah! I did all of this on my newly purchased Kakashi cover booklet! Holy crow you should have seen the many people trying to get at my book I just went "NUUU! Stay away! You'll ruin it if you touch it!" I was so paranoid I didn't even leave it for a second! I brought it up to my teacher's desks, in my mini-sack when running in gym, HELL it was hectic keeping it away from my friends! Ahem! Anyway!
I made this chapter a little bit longer than the others because I won't be able to update again until like the weekend or something. I made Sakura a little weird in this one but I still don't hate her! And now for the reviews!
Kokuryuuha: Yeah, it's taking me a while to think of a way to make her feel better. Um, as I explained in the last chapter, when you just simply turn too open the door (That is if it's opened then you look anyway) you'll instantly face the stalls once opened, and the door was opened so whether she knocked or not she'd see.
Yuki-Chan2: Point one, Hah! Angst is your enjoyment? How nice, ha! Point two, in this fanfiction she isn't homophobic, she's just crushed.
Chapter 9 One after another-
Sasuke stared at the glowing needle at the other end of the hallway. Someone he didn't know and could care less about was in there. He turned towards a smaller room, making him sink into his chair. Sakura was in there. There was no red needle, so she was just fine. He wrapped his two hands together to form one fist, placing his elbows on his knees. Sakura was a friend right? Someone however, he had ignored most of the time, receiving bombardments of compliments. This would constantly annoy him at how she was no different that the other girls. Now that this happened, the least that he could do was appreciate it.
"Sasuke-kun?" Kakashi walked up to the Chuunin. The teenager looked up. "Are you alright?" The boy nodded slightly. Kakashi smiled underneath the mask, and sat on the armrest and wrung and arm around Sasuke. "That's good to hear." The Jounin sighed. The fifteen-year-old pulled away from the touch. "Hmm?"
"This…" Sasuke muttered, still in his one fist position. "Isn't this what put Sakura into that state?" He didn't bother looking at Kakashi. Sakura didn't have SARS relax. She had hyperventilated through the excitement or heartbreak whatever you want to call it. He scoffed; flicking his head to one side, disposing of the bangs that got in his way. "Kusot… Kakashi, I feel like such a bastard." Kakashi stared.
"OI! Kakashi-sensei! Sasuke! I heard what happened to Sakura –chan! Is she alright?" Naruto ran toward the two. Noisy as usual. Kakashi could only sigh.
"Ah, Naruto, keep it down! Hospitals are for the ill not the sugar-high!" The Jounin groaned. Sasuke sighed.
"Oi, dobe, you're late!" Sasuke snapped, not looking at Kakashi or that of Naruto. He wasn't in the mood to sneer at anyone, not even at Naruto. Speak of the devil, Naruto in a fit of rage ran in the direction of Sasuke, falling on his face in the process. "Usuratonkachi…" Kakashi sighed and shook his head.
Pathetic.
"Anousa, anousa te ba yo!" Naruto yelled, still not lowering his voice. "Why aren't we seeing Sakura-chan!" His answer was a strike to the head by Kakashi. "OUCH!"
"I said keep it down, baka!" Kakashi scolded, Naruto rubbed the back of his head, slightly agitated. "Anyway, Sakura-san? I wasn't here when they reported her condition. Sasuke-kun was the one here the whole time. Sasuke-kun, please do the honors of explaining." The raven-haired teenager twitched.
"Honors?" Sasuke laughed bitterly. "I don't consider it like that…" He brought his head down, separating the fist, wrapping his newly formed hands over his head. "Sakura-chin… doesn't want to see me that's all…" The Chuunin shuddered, feeling sorry for himself and that of Sakura.
"Uh? Doshite Sasuke?" That definitely bugged him "Doshite ba yo Sasuke? I hate do admit it but Sakura-chan adores you! Is she afraid you'd be shamed of her fainting? Why did she collapse anyway? Probably a moron tried to scare-"
"SHUT UP!" Sasuke snapped, glaring hard at the blond Chuunin. He knew it was his own fault, not needing accidental scolding by Naruto. He wasn't planning on including Kakashi n the blaming game. Pulling him down with him was a cruel act. "My…" He gritted his teeth. "Ku…sot…" He stood up and patted his way to the small room to where the troubled girl lay. He placed a hand on the door and froze; his heart was growing ever so weak. He could fight the toughest of ninja, even if it was a Jounin or a demon. He could do it all without hesitation. Of all things, he was afraid of apologizing. How many possibilities were there to Sakura's response? Annoying as she was, she was a good friend and that of a high spirited stubborn girl who really knew her stuff. He took a deep breath and swung the door open. He looked around the blank like room, with only a few towels, a sing, drawer and an area circulated by some kind of white shield. There, there was where she lay. Sasuke knew it, he couldn't see her, but she was there. Just waiting for him to break the rules and enter.
"Are you genjutsu? The real Sasuke would never enter." Sakura choked. She was still upset. Well that was just too obvious. "Sasuke-kun, it's you right?" No response, "It's too obvious."
Well, it was time to face the music anyway before it got any worse. "Sakura."
"Don't pass Sasuke-kun." She cracked right before he was about to take a step. He heard a few sniffles at the other end. He began to hear her whisper, "Shinobi must kill their emotions in any situation, Shinobi must kill their emotions in any situation, Shinobi…"
"Sakura… you…" Sasuke was silent for a moment or two and sighed. "I want to apolo-"
"STOP IT!" She snapped, her voice becoming thick with sorrow. "You… can't apologize for something in your heart Sasuke-kun." Sakura whispered. She heard Sasuke take a step, "I told you to stay there! Don't come just yet, Sasuke-kun! I don't want you to see me like this…" The raven Chuunin obeyed and sat by a nearby stool.
"Please, Sakura… don't be upset." Sasuke's fists shook in his lap. "I…you want to know a little secret?" Now his voice shook. Was this some kind of compensation. Sakura continued hiccuping her sobs away, failing miserably. "I… used it… but… I don't know what it means… What's your definition… of love?" He laughed at his own question… "I feel so stupid asking it…" There was an awkward silence on Sasuke's part, slightly disappointed. "If you don't want to answer… I'll…"
"Irrelevant…" She managed to gasp. Sasuke's heart nearly stopped. What did she just say? "Love… makes us blind and we follow what we call our heart into hell." For a moment she fell over in self-derisive laughter. "Ah… thank you Sasuke-kun… for showing me the way to light. Otherwise I'd still be coming after you, but thanks to your temporary lover… I'm free…" Sasuke shifted uncomfortably in his chair. 'Yeah, I said temporary! He's going to get tired of you and toss you away…" The shield was slashed apart by Sasuke's bare hands.
"TAKE IT BACK!" Sasuke snapped, staring into the red eyes of the blossom woman. He stared and could make out the heavy heart that was behind the cruel words. "Sakura… you're…" He laughed ever so slightly. "Just like me?"
"What the heck are you talking about?" She whispered between nose blowing. Sasuke smiled, sitting on the mattress of Sakura's bed.
"You… put up a bitter front? So you make me think you're not crying. You're lucky you had this white shield thing…" Sakura frowned at the raven-haired Chuunin. He reached a hand to her face to wipe away a tear. She quickly pulled away, "Sakura, you're a good friend and a smart girl, I don't want to lose you." The girl huffed and hugged her legs close to her breasts. He blushed as he caught sight of under he skirt. He stared to stammer. "I hop we… c-can keep the… tie butt ACK! Between us… Even underwe—under these circumstances!" He held his nose to stop the bleeding.
"Sasuke…" The pinked haired Chuunin grumbled, "Get lost." Her voice began to vibrate.
"But…"
"Go away… I want to be alone…" She gasped, clearing out that she was about to cry again. "I have some things to think about." She gritted her teeth. "Go… away… now… I don't… want… you to… see me like this!" Her voice began to come high pitched. Sasuke was trembling. How could he do this? He turned to try and hug Sakura. Would this make it ease the pain? He reached his arms out wide. Sakura's eyes were red, and her face was flushed, tears raining down. Sasuke was so close. In panic she stuck her feet out and slammed it against his chest, close to striking the spleen. "GET! GET OUT!" She screamed, the dark clothed boy was caught off guard and was kicked all the way to the door with spit slightly coming out of his mouth. Sakura gasped at her own reaction. "SASUKE! GOMEN! GOMEN!" She jumped to the heap on the ground. The boy got up slowly, Sakura shedding tears by the liter. "I didn't mean to! I couldn't… I…" The boy got out with no words except these two.
"Good hit…" He moaned; she used too much chakra in the strike.
Waiting for him outside the room was none other than the one and only Kakashi. Sasuke closed the door behind him and limped his way to Kakashi.
"Where's the idiot?" Was his first question? His first question… Ridiculous… no one but the two were around.
"He went to the washroom screaming something about milk… I doubt he'll be back for a WH-" before the Jounin could ask what happened to Sasuke, his mask was pulled off. Sasuke wrapped his arms around the older man's neck and pulled him into a kiss. Kakashi was surprised but leaned into it, putting his arms around the boy's waist. The pulled apart seconds after, gasping for air. "Uh… what was that for? Not that I didn't like it." Sasuke withdrew his hands and wrapped them around the other man's mid-stomach area.
"A place in your heart… that fills up… when there's no longer loneliness embedded in your heart." Sasuke breathed slowly, panting and biting his lower lip. "It's the time in your life, where sadness and emptiness has no meaning." Sasuke pressed into the Jounin's chest. "Why did I have to be the one to empty that spot in Sakura's heart? Why couldn't it have been stupid Naruto or something? Or no one for that matter!" Sasuke leaned into the Jounin's chest. "Why did I have to be the one to take her ray of hope? Why did she have to like me?" Sasuke grinned at himself… "Look at me, I feel like I'm boasti…" Kakashi couldn't possibly say anything to take this kind o pain away. He couldn't protect the one he loved from his own problem. Sasuke moaned, toppling over. Obviously; Kakashi caught the poor soul.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sasuke held the boy by his waist and neck. "What's happening?"
"Nothing…" Sasuke whispered, and slightly laughed, "She just hit me… that's all." he sighed out and lost consciousness. Sakura did really hit hard.
"Sasuke…" He picked the boy up, and carried him and leaned against the wall. He put Sasuke between his own legs as he sat down, and let the boy lean in. He laughed as he heard Sasuke begin so lightly snore, barely audible. He looked so adorable when he was asleep. "Hmm… Kawaii little Sasuke…" He kissed Sasuke's neck gently, wrapping his arms around the boy's shoulders after putting his mask back on; looked at the door that muffled the loud sobs of the girl on the other side. "Sasuke… I really did it this time…" Kakashi sighed. "I knew our secret would be discovered eventually, I just didn't expect it so soon, and by Sakura…" Kakashi closed his eyes and sighed. "Sakura-san, it's up to you I suppose. To choose you own path, whether it's eternal darkness, or finding your light." He felt a liquid gently slide down his wrist and spread in his glove. "Hmm?" He could see where it came from, Sasuke. He was mumbling as tears followed without sobs.
"I believe… Sakura…I'm…sorry…" The Chuunin continued mumbling.
"So… you remember what love is now Sasuke-Kun." Kakashi laughed quietly. "You know what love?" He wiped the tears in Sasuke's eyes and began to stroke Sasuke's locks of smooth hair. "Thanks for reminding me…" Kakashi smiled; now he too was getting tired.
Long later -
Sasuke woke with a start, a cold sweat going over his forehead. It was dark and hard to see anything. He knew he wasn't home, and he knew he definitely wasn't alone.
The heard voices every which way. Most of those sounds around him were sighs. At least he adapted. He was sleeping on a bench around other benches, filled with people. There we go, he was in the waiting room of the hospital.
"What the… how did I?" He said to himself, followed by people shushing him. "Sorry!" Shushing continued. The Chuunin stood up to look at the clock. Two AM. "TWO AM?"
"SHUT UP!"
"Leave me alone or I'll make some real nose, pal!" He snapped. There was a rather uncomfortable silence. 'Okay, I'm in the hospital, in the waiting room at two in the morning. Information gathering was easy, now I need a reason why?' He rubbed the back of his head in confusion. "I remember getting booted out by Sakura… literally." He placed a hand against his torso, flinching at the new bruise forming. "Damn! She hits hard!" He took a step forward, but was stopped by hands wrapping around his shoulders. "Kakashi!" Sasuke gasped out, and it resulted in him getting yelled out for the last time. "Sorry!"
"Koi, where're you going?" Kakashi whispered against the boy's ear, tightening the grip he had on him. Sasuke leaned into the Jounin and shook his head no.
"Nowhere I guess." The Chuunin drew his hands back, wrapping his hands around the much older man's neck. "A little worried I suppose." He sighed heavily. "I suppose about earlier." The Jounin pulled off his mask, and lightly nipped the younger boy's neck, making him blush and fidget. The boy quietly whined. "Ah! Kakashi, please!" There was a thick silence and Kakashi broke it. "Hmm… please what? Do this?" He whispered, and continued nipping and tickling the boy's neck. The boy let go and tried to pull away; no use. "Hmm? You don't want that?" He purred seductively, causing the boy's face to go a deep crimson.
"Aah! Not here!" Sasuke giggled as he slid under. "I told you already!" He put a hand over the point Kakashi had toyed with. He gasped. It was faint, but he could feel a prick of liquid, enough to be a droplet. The boy's face went red again. He quickly grabbed the Jounin's hand and dragged him out of the area of the sleeping folk to a place where they couldn't be seen or heard.
"Privacy Sasuke-kun? Now that's just naughty." Kakashi teased, wrapping his arms about the Chuunin's hips, his chest pressed against the boy's back. He nuzzled against the boy's smooth neck.
"There, satisfy yourself." Sasuke strained not to laugh.
"Mmm? I'm not a pervert you know, I could have satisfied myself and you while we were outside." The Jounin whispered. Sasuke shook his head no. "Ooh? Why not?"
"Hmm, no you couldn't. I'D be making too much noise." Sasuke blushed. Kakashi laughed with his mouth closed. "Hurry up and satisfy our hormones or whatever. I want to go sleep with Sakura." Kakashi felt like falling over. The man stuttered, appalled. "Whoa—NO! Not that way! I want to go into Sakura's room and stay with her for the night like on a chair, not on her!" The boy blushed and laughed dryly. Kakashi, satisfied with his excuse, he continued playing around. "Ah!" Sasuke jumped. "You bit me!" The Chuunin didn't have a scolding voice, but that of a playful tone.
"Something the matter with that?" Kakashi purred, pinning the boy to the wall. Sasuke began to stammer and blush insanely. "Relax little Koi. You said to an extent, and your virginity is absolutely priceless." He leaned closer to the younger frame, making him blush further. "Besides… if you ask me… so is mine." Before the Chuunin could say anything, his lips had been sealed along with the secret. Lock and throw away the key.
Chapter 9 End -
Alright that was a mouth full! For starters I just want to clear something up with you people: I call Kakashi a current virgin because with all the information I gathered about him (Which is a lot. I love Kakashi) I figured with his kind of personality and lifestyle he could never have the time to have a sex life, let alone any other formerly very serious heart ached ninja. I just wanted to clear that up! Reviews please!