Wooo new chapter! Actually, since I don't know where this story is going yet there's really no reason to cheer. Hmmmm. Something should happen soon.

The first part of this chapter is the flashback explaining what Sakura was referring to when she talks about previous training sessions.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, its world, or any of its characters.

Testing of the Sharingan & Playful Game, Chapter 2

"Kakashi-sensei, it's my turn next." Sasuke said from his position where he had watched Sakura's and Kakashi's match. Sakura held her side as she struggled to her feet. Kakashi was rubbing his right arm trying to relieve the sting from Sakura's last punch.

"I think we've trained enough for today." Kakashi picked up his pouch of weapons and other various tools that a ninja carried and started walking back towards Konoha.

A kunai flew out and Kakashi barely moved as it whisked past his cheek. Sakura gave Sasuke a startled look. Naruto also raised his eyebrow in surprise but continued to lounge in the grass, a piece of straw dangling form the side of his mouth.

"No. We should spar. It's been a week since I got back and I need to stretch." It was so ridiculous Sakura was tempted to say something.

"Alright." Kakashi said as he turned to face his student albeit reluctantly.

Sasuke seemed to appear out of thin air in front of Kakashi and it was obvious that the fight would be a brutal one from the beginning. Sakura went to stand next to the bored looking Naruto while she wrung her hands and watched the swift attacks without blinking.

Sasuke was throwing his whole body into each swing of his arms and legs. Kakashi seemed immune to the furious onslaught and moved his body minimally to avoid the strikes. A shift of feet or the quick rise of a forearm to block a punch seemed to be his preferred method.

This went on for a few minutes before Sasuke seemed to realize he wasn't going to make any direct or powerful shots to Kakashi's body. He leapt back and Kakashi remained standing some yards away where Sasuke had left him waiting intently.

Sasuke took out a hand full of kunai and threw them all at Kakashi. They flew in a wave from the arc Sasuke's hand had made. Sakura gasped and Naruto straightened up a little. Kakashi knocked them away but Sasuke appeared behind him with a kunai in each fist and an alarming flashing and ringing battle of kunai unrolled.

I should say something, this looks too dangerous for training.

Sakura glanced down at Naruto, he had a slight frown on his face but he looked more interested in the fight than anything else.

Sasuke started to perform some complicated jutsu she didn't know. Kakashi immediately started to leap backwards. Fire shot from between Sasuke's lips and two wolves formed from the fire to leap towards Kakashi.

Stop!

But still she held her tongue as Kakashi barley evaded the burning torrent to perform his own jutsu. This time an impressive amount of water seemed to build from nowhere. It came crashing down upon Sasuke and the wolves with fire still dripping from their mouths.

"Naruto…" She turned to look down at him but an explosion from the receding wave sent a light mist over her face and she had to turn back.

Sasuke burst through the wave soaking wet and stood a few feet in front of Kakashi his eyes red and alight with the spinning sharingan.

No! What are you doing!

She seemed incapable of speech as she watched Kakashi's body go rigid. Sasuke continued to stare his eyes unblinking upon Kakashi. Then something strange happened. Kakashi disappeared and all three students whirled in every direction trying to find him.

A loud cry brought her attention back to Sasuke. He was kneeling in the grass with one of Kakashi's hands between his shoulder blades to hold him down. The other hand was fixed on his forearm, twisting his elbow into a painful position as he squeezed.

Sasuke turned his head as far around as he could. His sharingan started to swirl a second time as he stared at Kakashi.

Sakura watched as Kakashi's hand clenched around Sasuke's arm. A horrible scream filled the air as Sasuke closed his eyes and tried to twist away from his teacher.

Sakura wasn't sure how she got there put she pressed her body against Kakashi as she tried to break his grip on Sasuke's arm.

"KAKASHI STOP!" He didn't respond his eye was fixed on Sasuke as he continued to squeeze harder and harder.

"Don't make me hurt you!" Sakura cried out in fear. She pulled a kunai at the same moment and pressed it to her sensei's side. His abrupt release made both her and Sasuke fall to the ground. She scrambled to her knees and pressed her chakra filled palms to Sasuke's rapidly swelling arm.

"Naruto!" Naruto was standing across the field with his mouth open in shock. As Sakura screamed a second time it seemed to snap him out of it. He was there scooping Sasuke up in his arms and racing toward Konoha hospital with Sakura trying to push chakra through his injured limb the whole way.

Kakashi remained standing in the field watching his students fly swiftly across the high grass and into the dense underbrush of the forest.

He stood completely still for a few moments. His gaze shifted down to his side and his hand came up to lightly grasp the kunai stuck into the fabric of his green vest. He drew it out slowly, it came out clean. The kunai hadn't even made it all the way through the tough fabric.

Sakura stretched and rolled around in bed for about five minutes before gathering the courage to leave the warm comfy cocoon she'd made for herself in a pile of blankets.

Stupid rainy days always make me just want to sleep more.

Sighing she got up and went about her usual morning activities in the unnatural dark of a rainy morning. The drifting smells of coffee brewing in her kitchen helped a little as she went about her small apartment picking up discarded clothes and books.

I don't even remember wearing this shirt this week…AH! How long has that pair of underwear been sitting there? I suppose both Naruto and Sasuke saw them. Jerks…

She hastily piled all her clothes into her arms and brought them into her room. Plopping the whole mess at the front of her closet she considered it a job well done

After two cups of hastily swallowed coffee she took a quick shower and decided that stopping in at Jounin headquarters would be the first thing she'd do.

Puddle filled streets looked otherwise deserted as she lightly jumped over rooftops and cut through alleyways. The cloudy morning was keeping civilians and ninja alike from getting up and going about their daily routines.

A swift cold breeze left Sakura shivering and zipping up her green Jounin vest all the way to the neck. Other jounins and chuunins walking out of headquarters were performing the same action and muttering.

"Oi, Haruno! If I get a cold can I come see you today!" Sakura just rolled her eyes and gave the cheeky younger chuunin a small wave before heading inside. She tried to recall the boys' name as she headed for a large table with a few nins sitting and chatting behind it.

"Anything simple today?" She asked the male nin who looked half asleep.

"Not much Haruno-san, we had a bunch of chuunins and young groups come in earlier. They pretty much cleared us of missions." He took a glance through his clipboard while Sakura leaned her hip against the desk and took a better look around. The place was pretty deserted as well.

"Nope, nothing that would need your skills as a medic either. Sorry." He put the clipboard back down before pulling his headband down over his eyes.

Oh well, I didn't want to go on some low ranked mission anyways. Suppose I should do some paper work while I'm here.

Sakura made her way down a hall before stopping into an empty room. File drawers lined the walls with different signs above them indicating what kind of information should be stored in each. She went over to a pile of files on the lone desk in the room. Her name was written on them in bold and large characters.

Sakura, Here's a stack of reports I want you to go through and make medical notes for me. Remember to write the ninja's full name and position for me as well. Thanks a bunch – Tsunade

Like she couldn't just read through them real quick for the medical information! God she's so lazy!

Sakura carefully moved other folders still in the process of being looked through by various other ninja before taking out some new sheets and sitting down.

Ah my back!

Sakura stretched herself out while she re-filed her done stack and left her notes in a neat pile for Tsunade to pick up if she stopped in. Sakura didn't feel like hand delivering them since she thought her fingers might fall off from all the writing.

As she headed into the main room she spotted two familiar shapes heading for the door.

"Sasuke! Naruto!" They both turned and waited for her. "What are you up to?"

"I'm leaving on a mission." Sasuke held up a small scroll briefly before shoving it into a pocket on his vest.

"I'm going to go find that Old lady before I head off with Ero-sennin." Naruto said.

"You're both leaving? Now?" Sakura had gotten used to having them around again and was disappointed they'd be leaving.

"I'll only be gone a few days. It's an Anbu mission but it's not that complicated."

"Yeah and I'll be back soon too. Ero-sennin just heard about a new bathhouse right before you head into Mist and I wanna go check it out." Sakura huffed at Naruto but figured that by bathhouse Jiraiya had meant pleasure house.

They headed out into the cold air of early after noon. Sakura gave her arms a little shake as she felt a little rejuvenated by the brisk breeze.

"Fine. But bring me back a souvenir from the bathhouse Naruto." She said cheekily while digging her elbow into his side.

"Sakura-chan you're so mean!" But he had a truly evil grin plastered all over his face.

"You don't have to get me a souvenir baka." Sasuke said as he headed off to his house to get ready.

"Like I would!" Naruto made a rude gesture to Sasuke's receding back. Sasuke held up his hand with the same gesture and gave it a little wave. "I'll see you soon Sakura-chan!" With that Naruto gave her a fierce hug before bounding off in search of the Hokage.

Sakura walked down the main street in konoha trying to decide what she would do with the rest of her day when she spotted Kakashi walking along with some other Jounins. An evil grin crossed her face and she quickly ducked into an alley. The group passed by with Kakashi and Genma lagging at the back.

Sakura eased back out and rushed him from the behind. Her hands slapped over his one exposed eye and hitai-ate.

"Guess who Copy Nin!" She said trying to make her voice a little lower while she leaned into his back.

"I just saw you walk into an alleyway Sakura." He said simply. But he had stopped walking and didn't try to remove her hands.

Damnit! How can he see when he always has that stupid book in front of his face?

Sakura removed her hands and walked around in front of him. He still had his little orange book held up as he surveyed his student. Genma had stopped walking to watch the encounter.

"Hi Genma!" She said brightly feeling the urge to swipe the senbon dangling from his lips like she usually did.

"Hey." He gave her a heart melting smile and a wink. Sakura blinked and tried to ignore him while turning back to Kakashi.

"Ick! What happened to your hitai-ate Sensei?" She reached her hand up as if to brush something away. Kakashi leaned his head forward and she snatched it off before leaping backwards onto a near by roof top. She twirled it around on her finger before putting it around her neck.

"Sakura what are doing?" Kakashi almost frowned while he stared up that young kunoichi trying to taunt him. The entire group of nins he had been walking with now turned to watch.

Anko and Genma started to laugh. "I've never seen anyway take away Kakashi's hitai-ate before. That was pretty cute Sakura-chan." Genma said with a smile playing around his senbon.

Sakura couldn't help but smile a little at his compliment but wondered if Kakashi found it amusing. She didn't usually interact with him much when he was around his friends.

"Lets play a game Kakashi-sensei!"

Kakashi stowed away Icha Icha paradise before jumping to land only a few feet from her. His scarred eyelid still closed.

"Don't give it back to him Sakura! Make him work for it!" Anko shouted up at her. This drew even more attention and made Sakura blush. Asuma was there as well; he and Genma had their heads pretty close together in a conversion. They shook hands before Genma shouted up to her.

"I bet Asuma that it would take Kakashi more than 5 minutes to get his hitai-ate back! Asuma bet less than! If I win I'll take you out for a drink!" Genma called. Kakashi didn't even look at any of them. He kept his gaze on Sakura's face, which made her want to squirm.

"Thanks Genma. You'll win but you don't have to take me out for a drink." This brought raucous laughter from both Anko and Asuma. She thought she saw Kakashi's cheek twitch.

"I don't think we should play a game right now Sakura." Kakashi said simply. She thought she understood why he was hesitant and hoped it wasn't because she'd embarrassed him.

"Naruto and Sasuke aren't around. We can play safe today I think." She said quietly so that no one else could hear.

Kakashi tilted his head to the side as if in consideration. Then he gave a little nod.

"Then fight me for it Copy Nin!" His hand was already shooting towards her throat. Sakura practically threw herself into wall trying to stay out of reach. "Too slow Sensei!" She cried and dashed off across the rooftops with Genma and Anko shouting some sort of encouragement.

Kakashi kept to her heels the entire way through the village.

Urg! Why is he so fast? I'll try and head through the forest.

Exhilaration leapt through her stomach as she lead Kakashi into the game. She'd almost forgotten how much fun it was to tease him. Or how she was able to act around him when no one else was around.

Sakura reached the edge of the forest and plowed her way through with Kakashi swatting branches out of his way directly behind her. She made a zigzag pattern through upper and lower branches. He seemed to be falling behind and she lost site of him as she reached the clearing they usually used for practice.

Her toe had barely touched the ground when she was knocked off her feet from the side. The shock knocked her breath out as Kakashi lay underneath her gripping her waist. His hand came up and his fingers grazed her throat as he made a grab for his stolen possession.

It sent a thrill through her abdomen and she was distinctly aware of his breath against her shoulders.

Sakura's elbow came down sharp into his side and she struggled free. Kakashi stood up as well but didn't pause before making another try. A battle mostly containing of Sakura sweeping his hands to the side ensued.

Since he didn't pull out any weapons Sakura did the same and only used her body to keep him away. Their arms scrapped together and she laughed as they both made sweeping motions with their legs, trying to trip one another.

She got a good punch to his shoulder before she tried to race across the field. She realized that was a stupid mistake as he just tackled her again. This time making sure he ended up on top as their roll stopped.

His hand gripped the hitai-ate and Sakura gripped his wrist. Her breath came in ragged pants as she tried to regain it while fighting him. He straddled her stomach almost calmly while playing tug of war with her.

Sakura's shirt had ridden up her stomach and it wasn't helping that Kakashi struggled with her. Finally he shifted his weight brought his knee up then down gently into her exposed stomach.

He freed his headband from around her neck and took a seat back down on her stomach. She coughed and tried to curl up into a ball of semi pain but Kakashi's weight kept her on her back.

Jerk…

"Get off of me!" She shoved him in the chest as she sat up. He stood and readjusted his hitai-ate into its normal position. "So who won?" She asked as she pulled her shirt down and massaged her aching stomach.

"We'll say me so Genma doesn't force you into a date." He said simply taking a relaxed seat on the ground.

She watched him for a moment before moving beside him and leaning against his chest. She calmed her breathing and took in his scent as she relaxed into his warm body. The air was still incredibly cool so her exertion hadn't over heated her.

"Want to spar?" She said after a few moments.

"Where did you say Naruto and Sasuke were?"

"They left. It'll probably be a few days." Tilting his eye up to the cloudy sky he took a moment to think. Sakura watched him and smiled as his eye came back to focus on her.

"Alright." She used his shoulder to stand up and then helped him to his feet. "It starts now." As soon as he was on her feet he pushed her should and swept her feet from underneath her. She landed on her back yet again.

"You're such a cheater Sensei." His only response was to smile and disappear before she could kick him in the shins.

Holy crap, was that exciting! Okay fine so maybe it wasn't. I didn't like the last part of this chapter. I thought the flashback in the beginning was good but I already figured out what I want to do for other chapters so this was hard to get through.

And to my lone (and first ever) reviewer from the last chapter. THANK YOU blackbloodedkunoichi!

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