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Philosophy in a Teacup
They couldn't believe it! Live together! What the hell!
"L-l-l-l-l-l-l-live t-together!" Sakura stuttered. A deep blush rose from under her workout clothes to the roots of her pink hair.
Kakashi blinked. This is the important mission! This is shit! Even IF she is cute, this is TOTAL bullshit!
The ANBU's demeanor returned to that of blasé. "What exactly does that mean, sir?"
"Sakura needs extra training. You are the best that Konoha has to offer." Hokage said calmly as he puffed on his pipe. "You must train her to ANBU level. She is close, but she still has a few things to learn.
"By living with you, that means less people will know about it. Her friend Ino is very nosy. We don't want the fact that there are ninjas in Konoha. That might leak into the wrong hands."
Kakashi nodded. It made sense. That didn't mean that he had to like it. He liked his privacy. And with her around, that could lead to trouble.
"Ninjas?" Sakura said, still in shock. "Is that why my parents had me trained at this dojo since I was little?" It didn't make sense. If you were to be a ninja, shouldn't you know that you were being trained to be one? Sure, the special techniques and using chakra to attack should have been a dead giveaway, but damn!
Hokage nodded. "You are among the few people of your generation to be chosen from birth. We base this decision on your relation to the ninjas that founded and protected Konoha. They wanted their family to uphold that tradition to protect the people."
Kakashi took this chance to look at Sakura. She looked like she still had a million questions she wanted answered. She looked betrayed, hurt. And so confused. Suddenly, he wanted to walk over there and hold her. To make it all better for her. But he stopped himself. Now wasn't the time, nor, most likely, would it never be the time to do that.
"Now, Sakura, you should get changed and ready to leave. You have a lot to do from now on. And this conversation is to stay in this room." Hokage dismissed her.
In her shock, she barely heard it. She just nodded and walked out. Ino was waiting for her, and followed her to the locker rooms, asking question after question about what happened. Only to be ignored by Sakura.
"Kakashi," Hokage said, turning to face him, "For the rest of the mission."
His ears perked up at this. There's more?
"After training Sakura intensely for a month, I want you two to go out and look for the rebels. She knows one of them, and she should be able to know, or at least sense where they are."
The gray-haired ninja's eyes widened. She knows one of them!
"Yes, sir." he said.
"Also, the living together and training is to go on for a year. That should give her plenty of time to get to your level." Hokage looked at the man before him, a serious glint in his eyes. "This is serious, Kakashi. Don't mess this up."
The ANBU nodded, his mood grim. His face expressionless. He bowed and walked out of the training hall and to the locker rooms where he changed out of his gear and into a lose-fitting pair of jeans and black muscle shirt. His mask still in place, sunglasses covering his eyes.
He walked out to see a waiting Sakura. Her mood was also grim.
"Sorry it took so long…" Kakashi said flatly. "Now, lets get to your place and pack up your things, then go to my place."
"What? Why your apartment? Why not mine?" Sakura asked, coming out of her stupor finally.
Before he could answer, a blonde came out of the women's locker room. "Sakura-chan! Who's the hottie?" Ino said, winking at Kakashi.
Kakashi raised an eyebrow so it popped out from behind his sunglasses. Sakura made an "oh" with her lips and nodded slightly.
"Uhm, Ino-chan, this is Hatake Kakashi." She said, a blush coming to her cheeks.
Ino smirked. "And you told me that there was no one else…" she leered. She then turned to Kakashi, "Nice to meet you. Please be nice to Sakura."
Before Kakashi could say anything, Sakura said, "Ino-chan, we have to go. We have a lot to do. Maybe we can hang out some time?"
"Sure," Ino smirked, then glanced one last time at Kakashi and gave him a "Yea, a lot to do, alright…" look.
Sakura took this chance to leave, and taking Kakashi's arm, dragged him out to the parking lot to her powder-pink mini-coop. "Sorry about that…"
Kakashi chuckled. "Well, it's not everyday that one gets assaulted a blessing by a stranger's best friend… I'll follow you to your apartment. We'll pack what you need, and make due with the rest."
Sakura nodded, then stepped in to her car and waited 'till Kakashi got into his car, then the two went out to an apartment complex near Konoha University.
Her place was bright and calming at the same time. It was filled with pastel blues and greens. With slashes of pink in all the right places. It was definitely a woman's place.
So, with the help of Kakashi, she got her clothes, toiletries, food, and everything else she needed packed and in the cars. And before they knew it, they were driving to Kakashi's place ten minutes away.
When they arrived, Sakura parked next to Kakashi and the two got all of her boxes, bags, and other miscellaneous items out of the cars and in a couple of carts to the elevators and up to Kakashi's place.
Once everything was put in a guest bedroom, and the food was put in the fridge and in the pantry, they took a break.
Kakashi made tea and to two sat in the living room. Kakashi took a large black leather chair, and Sakura took a matching sofa.
"So, when do we start training?" Sakura said after a few minutes of awkward silence.
"Tomarrow." he said, lifting his mask back up before he looked at her. He was sitting facing away from her and toward an off T.V.
"Uhm, just to let you know, I have school to attend to. I am trying to be a doctor. I can't miss any of it." She said, trying to get more out of him.
"Fine, then we will practice during the evenings and on weekends." he said.
Sakura blinked. Is this guy crazy!
"Ne, could I see what's under the mask?" she asked, changing to subject.
"No."
Well, this is going to be interesting… She thought, sipping her tea.
This is going to be one looong year… He thought.
Author's note:
Sorry it took a while to update, I have been busy, And its gonna be a while still for the next one. I am having a hard time with what I want to do with it. Please send me some ideas if you have any.
Unknown-Warrior1223: Sorry I made Ino a wuss in this chapter. She gets better. I just didn't want the chapter to be a billion pages. Besides, Ino is only a minor character in the story…
