Chapter 6

My bed is unusually soft… Thought the half conscious jounin. He flopped onto his side and looked at a pillow beside him that looked like it had been hugged one too many times. As his eyes moved down to the sheets, he realized he wasn't at his own house in his own bed.

He quickly tried to sit up, but the pressure he had put in his left arm made him fall right back down. "Damn!" He swore loudly, and then realized that might not have been the best idea, since he wasn't sure where he was. He gripped his arm to see it was swollen a bit. "What the-?"

His mind went through a flash back of the day before, the training with Sakura. He had passed out before he could do anything. But, what had happened after that?

A quick glance around the room and he figured, from the symbol above the window, that this was Haruno's house. Sakura, he thought, You have definitely grown stronger. He laid back down, his eyes looking at the ceiling.

His headband was gone, because Sakura had washed his face, but it didn't feel like his mask had been touched, which made him smile. His jacket was gone too. He sat back up in the bed and swung his legs off the side.

As he weakly stood, he grabbed his headband off the table beside the bed and covered his left eye with it again, then gave a big stretch before walking out of the bedroom.

Sakura was found in the kitchen, still wearing the jounin vest, but making breakfast. Kakashi looked at the couch, where an itchy looking blanket and pillow lay. He shook his head and started to walk towards Sakura.

"Morning," Kakashi said, a smile on his face, "What's that smell?" Kakashi soon crinkled his nose at a nasty smell lingering in the air.

Sakura glared at the pot she was stirring something in, "Breakfast." Her eyes soon widened, and she stopped stirring the eggs that were in the pot. Great… I nearly forgot he was here.

Kakashi laughed, "I see." His eyes glanced at what she had on, and couldn't help but laugh more, "Maybe you'll have your own someday. One that will fit." He grinned.

Sakura looked at Kakashi and glared at him, "What are you-" She looked at the vest she was wearing, the back to Kakashi, who nodded. "Crud…" She sighed, but couldn't help smiling. "I guess I should explain."

Sakura turned off the oven and poured the eggs into the trash before putting the pot in the sink, "They weren't good anyway. We'll go out for breakfast."

Kakashi and Sakura went to the couch, Sakura threw the pillow and blanket to the floor first, shoving them under the couch, hoping Kakashi hadn't noticed. Though, to her disappointment, he did, but kept quiet about it.

The silver haired jounin sat on the couch, acting like he hadn't noticed that Sakura had slept on the couch. He suddenly felt rather uncomfortable, wishing he had a shirt on, which Sakura must have taken off to properly clean the wound.

Sakura sat down beside him and looked to the ground, not wanting to look at his bare chest. The moment she had taken off his shirt to clean the wound, a blush had come across her face, and she didn't want her ex-sensei to see her blush over a bare man's chest, so she'd just rather not look…

There was a bit of awkward silence for a few moments before Kakashi finally spoke, "So, are you going to explain to me why you happen to be wearing my vest?"

Sakura blinked and looked up, "Sorry… I was… um… just thinking." She sighed, and concentrated on his face, trying not to let her eyes wander. Not that she liked him as more than a friend, more so because she had never honestly seen a man his age bare-chested.

"So, if you remember, while we were training, I threw a kunai and it hit you in the shoulder, though the kunai you had thrown back at me nearly stripped my shirt off." She glared at him, "Be lucky you didn't, I probably would have killed you myself if you did you old pervert."

Kakashi rolled his eyes, "Like I would want to see such a young and innocent girl's chest." He gave a small laugh, and waved his hand, gesturing her to continue. Though, Kakashi's comment had upset Sakura.

"Excuse me?" Sakura stood up, "But this young and innocent 'girl' just saved your life." She crossed her arms.

"And nearly took it…" Kakashi scoffed. He knew he was getting on Sakura's nerves, but couldn't seem to stop; she seemed cute when she was angry.

Sakura sighed, and slumped back on the couch, "I'm sorry…" He was right, it was her fault that he nearly died. The kunai that had stuck into his arm still had a lot of poison on it from her last mission, and she never cleaned it. When it had grazed her, it hadn't been enough to harm her. She shook her head, "It was my fault."

She stood up and went to her bedroom for a few minutes, then came out, holding Kakashi's vest. She wore her usual clothing, red shirt with her family emblem on the back, black shorts and her apron.

"I had to use your vest to cover myself up, because I used the rest of my shirt as a bandage." She held the vest out for Kakashi. He looked at his arm, and realized the bandage was red. "Here's your vest back."

"Sakura, I didn't mean-" Kakashi sighed and took his vest. He paused for a moment before turning to leave. "Look Sakura, thank you for all you did. You were amazing at training, and I think that you are definitely ready for ANBU. Your tactical skills are top notch."

Sakura smiled slightly, but still didn't look at him, "Thank you. It means a lot to me sensei."

Kakashi took a step forward, "I told you to stop calling me that. It makes me feel old…"

Sakura couldn't help but giggle, "But you are old sensei." This time, her eyes looked at him, and she couldn't help but blush. The fact that he had put on the vest, and left it unzipped didn't help, she could still see his chest.

Upon seeing the kunouchi blush, Kakashi raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"

She looked up quickly, and her hand instinctively raised to her check. "Ah, uh… Sorry…" She sighed… Guess he was right, I really am innocent. "It's nothing. In apology for what I did, let's get some breakfast?" She smiled.

Kakashi looked confused for a few seconds, "What's with the sudden change in heart. Though, I cannot deny free food when offered." He grinned.

Sakura sighed… What have I gotten myself into? She grabbed a few coins and then grabbed the arm of Kakashi and dragged him to the door, "Go put a shirt on first." She said, opened it, the shoved him outside. "Then come back." She stuck out her tongue then closed the door, leaving a very confused jounin right outside.

The jade-eyed kunouchi leaned against the door and felt her body slide to the ground. With a heavy sigh, she brought her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. "It's been so long since I've seen him, and we've both grown." She felt herself blushing again, "Could it be…" She dismissed the thought from her head, but it didn't leave willingly.

She stood up, her fists clenching, "There's no way I'd fall for a jerk like him." She crossed her arms and heard a knock on the door. "That was quick." She raised an eyebrow.

It was Kakashi, he had completely changed cloths. He was wearing black pants, and a sleeveless black turtleneck. The mask still in place. It looked like an ANBU outfit without any of the armor or vest. The red bandage, that used to be Sakura's shirt was still in place.

"I change quickly." The folds of Kakashi's mask indicated him smirking.

Sakura narrowed her eyes, "Come on, let's go get some food." She grabbed his arm and started to drag him behind her. I need to figure something out.

Author's Note: Sorry it took so incredibly long for me to update. School got in the way, and I found out I was failing economics, which I need to pass to graduate. So, I had to study really hard and finally passed, but that left next to no time for me to update. I graduated May 27th, but then with A-Kon this weekend, I was sewing my tail off to finish all the costumes. And since it's summer, I'll be writing more. But I'm not going to make any promises for faster updates, because whenever I do… it takes forever for the next update. Anyway, enjoy. I can't wait to write the next chapter. XD Sakura discovering feelings before Kakashi does should be interesting. She was amusing to write in this chapter. Enjoy the chapter!