Disclaimer: Baby, I don't need to own Naruto to write fanfiction.

Penname: LiveLoveLaugh

FanFiction Story: Such Sweet Sorrow

Summary: Sequel of Backstabbing Love In the Wheel of Fortune, Sakura tries her luck on men.

AN: Thank you for reviewing! Yikes, I got my school scores back and it doesn't look so well, so I have to cut off the frequent updates in half on any of my stories, sadly, to do all my homework and rise up my grades. So I would only be able to write every two weeks or more. Enjoy this chapter for now!

Open Opinions: 7:36 am

"Oi Sakura, I heard you've been assigned your first Jounin team. Congratulations," Kakashi grinned from behind his mask, closing his visible eye into his unique content smile. His old student grinned ear to ear, smiling bashfully and quite smitten with herself. Sakura brushed a small strand of her glossy hair away from her flushing face, twining it behind the teal cloth of her shiny metal hitae-ate. The two Jounin comrades walked side by side on the streets after a nice lunch at Ichiraku Ramen Shop in Kakashi's treat (a first), and Naruto had ran off Heaven knows where leaving student and teacher to converse. The day was still early so the streets were almost empty.

"Y-Yeah, I guess," Sakura murmured, smiling modestly.

"Who's in your team?" the Copy Ninja asked thoughtfully.

"Uh—Aburame Shino and my old classmate Danno Tobio—"

The silver-haired man cocked a slender brow at the unfamiliar name, "Who's that?"

"Who knows? I don't think I ever talked to him, besides it's been a long time since the Academy…" Sakura chuckled softly to herself.

Kakashi seemed to have dismissed her words, "Hm, who's your captain?"

"Actually, I have no idea. Shino only told me about this yesterday night—"

"Oh right, how was the engagement party?" Kakashi brought up, interrupting the young woman's sentence, "I didn't get to give my congrats to the couple, unfortunately…" Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Well, you were invited but you didn't show up…"

The older shinobi flipped out his orange Icha Icha book fetish, his eye on the pages, "Hm, I didn't think Ino would enjoy my prescense."

The pink-haired woman scoffed, glaring at the Jiraiya wonder book, "Only because she dislikes your choice in literature!"

"Really? That's it?" Kakashi grinned, flipping a page of that mystery context, "I thought she might have hated me for something more—"

"Like what!" Sakura blurted out, giggling, "I mean come on!" she playfully punched his unmoving arm quite hard, "You're the Hatake Kakashi!"

The man rubbed his arm unconsciously, staring at the young woman, "Right, first establishing my full name then hitting me, your point Sakura?"

"YOU'RE HATAKE KAKASHI!" Sakura shouted initiatively, laughing like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "Famous throughout the entire Fire Countries! Strong! Brave! Heartthrob!" She waved her arms in the air like she was advertising Kakashi, who stood around dumbfounded, "HATAKE KAKASHI! MAN OF STEEL!" she flexed her arms into anime-style muscles, making off on her special hand gestures and widely arranged feet, "The suave and the cool Konoha's Copy Ninja with the tendency to be late for every training, with his irritating whimsically-askew forehead protector, and constantly wearing that annoying mask over his damn face!" Sakura poke him on his clothed cheek, smirking, "Who wouldn't like you!"

"Ino," Kakashi said affirmatively, turning back to his book.

"She does not hate you!" Sakura scowled defensively.

It took a long moment for her companion to reply back, he glanced at her at his left, "It makes me wonder. All the things you just said, is that why you like me?" That question had startled Sakura, causing her to trip in her green strapped sandals. Her face turned instantly pale and she began to laugh nervously, Sakura tried to swallow back her words before any uncomfortable ideas get into anyone's heads. But her efforts were proved worthless in front of her calm composed teacher.

"W-Well there is so m-much to you!" Sakura smiled her best, the corner of her mouth twitched slightly, "It's not how famous you are that counts to me," she glazed lightly at him with a appreciative gaze, "…you're…just…so…cool…"

"Hm, cool," Kakashi said the word himself, trying it out for size, "Fits, I suppose." Sakura grinned childishly.

But her grin was easily diminished.

"I know about you and Sasuke…" he whispered nonchalantly, a hint of deep sadness dwelled in his one eye.

Sakura sighed, agitatedly, "Who doesn't…?" she whispered tersely.

"But I don't know all the details…" Kakashi murmured. He quietly darted his eye side to side before he pulled his old student into a secluded alley where no one would disturb them. Hidden behind a lamppost and mailbox, covered by a fallen red banner of a closed vegetable market, he leaned against the brick wall detailed in colorful graffiti and chalk tally marks that children had done before he started to talk.

"Sakura…listen to what I have to say, do as I say not as I do, understand?" he murmured, moving his eye for anyway flailing passersby before he continued. Sakura shrugged impatiently, shirting weight from one foot to another.

"You know you should have picked a better—more private place than the streets," Sakura muttered angrily, folding her arms together with annoyance, "I don't need the Five Countries to hear more about my personal life…"

"I know you're hurting," he said calmly, placing his gloved hand on her shoulder that had her want to shove off the friendly gesture, "But stop beating yourself over it…"

"I can't heal that fast, sensei…" Sakura scowled, furrowing her brows and turning her body fully in his direction with fiery emerald eyes, "…despite my skills. Our break up was supposed to be personal and kept to the two of us. But what Sasuke had done to me is none of your concern!"

Kakashi sighed, she still didn't know about Naruto. "That's not what I'm saying—"

"Why do you care so much for me all of a sudden—for this-this p-pitiful reason! Hell, I can date other guys and fall in l-lo—" She was having a hard time saying that forbidden L word. Sakura threw up her hands in frustration, glaring at him intensely, "I'll find other men! Even if it takes me more than lifetime!"

"I know, but—"

"I can find other better men! Good-great—wonderful men who are willing to be with me!" Sakura was almost on the verge of breaking down, but she gritted down her teeth, "I can do it! It's just that you and everyone else never gave me any credit!"

"Sakura—"

"Is that why you're making a big deal about this! You like me or something!"

The last question had snapped her out this devastating trance, crashing down reality on her head like a cannonball. Kakashi was far more surprised at this abruptness and was quite bewildered at this question. Dammit, she did not want him to contemplate on something false. Hell! He was her teacher and she had showed him disrespect! Disgraceful! Sakura bit her lip and looked at him with an apologetic stare, "I'm sorry," she whispered mournfully.

Kakashi shook his head, "You know what? I came here trying to be a friend and a comforting shoulder, Sakura—"

"Kakashi-sensei, come on—"

He ignored her extended attempts in apology, "It is such sweet sorrow that you still don't seem to able look underneath the underneath of my words…I came here to comfort you and talk to you about it, because you are my student and you, Haruno Sakura, are like a daughter I'll never have…"

"Kakashi—"

"I wanted you to be happy, to be content with whomever you want," Kakashi walked away with his back to her, "I was able to tell you that I'll be gone for a while, maybe a few months I'm not sure…I would be leaving at this same hour, I thought you wanted a last word with me…that's why I invited you and Naruto for ramen…that's why I needed to talk to you, but it seems…you can handle it your own…Sakura, just be careful out there…"

"Kakashi-sensei—"

"I'll see you around, Sakura…"

"Kakashi—"

"I'll be back."

"Kakashi—"

"All I ever wanted for you was to be happy…"

"Kakashi—"

"Don't boast of yourself when it's not needed…"

"Kaka—"

"I'll write back…"

"Ka—"

"Goodbye, Sakura…"

"K—"

"Just be happy, Sakura..."

"Kakashi-sensei--"

And he disappeared.

To Be Continued

You'll meet her team next chapter, I'll assure you. And Danno Tobio is not an OC.