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Chapter 3

Kakashi sat on the edge of his roof basting in the sun. Truthfully his body wanted to find a cooler place but his mind was too preoccupied to do so. 'Sakura...' had he actually thought of her as more then a friend? "No, the woman on the street was just mistaken." If someone had been listening they most certainly would have thought he was nuts talking to himself.

Squeezing his visible eye shut to push unwanted thoughts away he pinched his thumb and pointer finger on the bridge of his nose.

The sun was finally setting on this desolate day, the horizon looked as though it was frying as the sun slowly made it's way down. Kakashi watched the red orange blue and ...'pink' "Damn it can't even watch the friggin sun set anymore"

A sigh escaped his lips as he rose from where he sat. Standing their a moment still watching the sun he noticed a presence from behind him. "Genma?" He felt him walk closer toward the edge were Kakashi stood. "Not thinking of jumping are we?" Smirk evident on the older Jounin's face. "Depends...why are you here?" Genma chuckled a bit before putting his hands in his pockets and adjusting the senbon in his mouth with his tounge.

"Tsunade..she wants to see you in her office." Kakashi's visible eye still fixed on the dissipating sun, closed. "Now?" "She said right away so, yeah now." Kakashi turned his head to finally glance toward Genma. Slouching lazily he shrugged his shoulders at his fellow nin. "I suppose."

'What the hell does she want know' he thought. Tsunade had been running Kakashi rampant the last few weeks and truthfully he had hoped that today could be a REAL day off. 'just as well since I can't get my mind to relax anyway' he thought.

Entering Tsunade's office he stood silently waiting for her to acknowledge he was there. He watched as she tried desperately to unbury herself from the mounds of paper work sitting on and around her desk. Tsunade reached the top of the scattered paper work blowing her hair out of her face with frustration.

Collecting her composure after making eye contact with the lazy looking ninja before her, she sat back down. "Ah, Kakashi, that was quick." Tsunade pushed the offencive stacks away from her direct view. "I know I told you could have the entire day off but somethings come up."

Kakashi stood silent trying not to roll his eyes. "As you know we've been at peace with Iwa village for awhile now...but..as of late we've had more then a few reports that clam some of the Rock nin's have started a type of revolt." Tsunade waved her hand across the stacks of papers the show EXACTLY what she meant "Seems they don't agree with the treaty with Konoha, and plan to wage war."

Kakashi cleared his already dry throat "Is the new Tsuchikage apart of this 'revolt'?" "I'm not sure." Tsunade folded her fingers together in front of her to think a moment. "If he is you can bet more then half of the village will follow him into battle." she stated plainly. "I'm sending you and a team of six to verify these reports. More then likely they will be headed down the border of waterfall country and grass country."

Kakashi swallowed hard. He knew this would become another war. He wasn't exactly looking forward to it either. He took a deep breath "When do we leave?" "First thing in the morning, here are you papers...your dismissed." Taking the forms from her he was gone before she could blink.

"Damn it!" Jumping form roof top to roof top Kakashi took a look at his forms. "At least I don't have to worry about people who are unreliable." Tsunade gave him some of the best for this recognise missison. "Asuma..." he could always count on him.

"YO!" a deep but worried voice came from behind knocking Kakashi from his thoughts of the up coming mission. Turning his head he saw Naruto quickly catching up to him. Kakashi stopped.

"Naruto." "Yosh! What the hell is going on asshole." Naruto was strangely calm for a beginning sentence like that. He hadn't spoke to Kakashi like that since team 7 first began. " Naruto, I don't have time for this right now, what ever it is it will have to wait." Turning to leave he was jerked back by the shoulders. Two very large hands pressed down on Kakashi as if to say 'screw your no time'

Kakashi arched his brow before turning his head slightly toward Naruto.

"This had better be important." Kakashi was running low on patience.

"Sure I call being a total prick to your friend important."

"Naruto, what the hell are you talking about?"

Naruto let his hands loose from Kakashi then made a hand gesture to sit, Kakashi obliged.

"Look I don't know what happened today with Sakura but she was really upset, and if that's the way you treat her then maybe you should just stay the hell away from her." His voice was still so calm it was almost creepy.

Kakashi let out a deep sigh. "I almost forgot.."

Standing up quickly he patted the young man on the shoulders. "You really are a good friend Naruto...Sakura is lucky to have someone like you she can talk to."

Kakashi smiled his best smile and jumped from the roof landing on the street below.

Looking up at the confused look on Naruto's face he said " Thank you" then ran off in the direction of Sakura's appartment.

Naruto stood looking down at the dust that Kakashi left behind. "Maaan I know I'm gonna get an ulcer from all of this crap!"