By: Charlize Miller
Genre: Romance/Humour
Rating: T
Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me.
Summary: After five years, Haruno Sakura finally returns to Kohona from two long missions. After spending some time back, she falls into dilemmas that affected her heart and her memories. What will she do? KakaSaku.
Author's Notes: YES! Three reviews! Thanks cruisegirl, anon and Shika's Soul! MOTIVATION! Okay, here's Chapter TWO!
Reading AID:
--- means a time shift.
italics means somebody is thinking.
bold means nothing really, emphasis? I dunno.
underline means well, I hardly use it but if you see it use your imagination.
"" means somebody is talking.
'' means somebody is doing an action or a sound.
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Chapter TWO - Shock, Drop and Roll
"SAKURA!" Naruto called.
'WHAM!' Sakura popped from the corner and whacked a pillow over the loud ninja's head.
"Heeeeeeeeey, what was that for?" the blonde-haired said holding his head.
"Have you ever heard of knocking? I could be naked! HOW did you get in?" Sakura asked bewildered.
"The clerk let me in. He said that you might forget where you are or something," Naruto shrugged.
That OLD man! Sakura's face was marked with irritation. "Grrrr."
Naruto looked at her strangely, "umm, SAKURA? Let's go for a walk. You need to cool off some steam."
"I WILL NOT BE HANDLED LIKE I'M HANDICAPPED!" Sakura yelled.
Naruto inched away, "Okay...but whatever, you do. Don't hit me. I'm leaving very slowly, see?"
Sakura calmed down. I guess he was just trying to help. Looks like I need help. Like anger management help. WHAT? What kind of person knows she needs anger management?
As soon as Sakura heard the door close. She changed into a pair of jeans and a black tee. She stepped into the living room seeing Sasuke and Naruto sitting on the couch...arguing.
"I told you she'd get angry!" Sasuke stood up.
"Wouldn't she appreciate it that we were thinking about her and visited her in the morning?" Naruto placed a finger poking at the black-haired man's chest.
"She needs her space!" Sasuke pushed him on the floor.
"OH! You did not just do that!" Naruto yelled at him.
"Well, I just did. What are you going to do about it?" Sasuke stood arms crossed.
Sakura felt a headache coming on. She decided to leave rather than yelling at the two like a mother trying to seperate two fighting children.
"Huh? Where'd she go?" Naruto asked while in the middle of grabbing Sasuke's hair.
"See, it's all your fault! You're such an idiot!" he said while pushing Naruto's face away from him.
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Sakura sighed. Stupid boys! I can never get peace and quiet with them tagging along. As she walked past the hot dog stand she saw a little girl crying.
"What's the matter? Sakura asked in a soft voice while crouching to meet her face.
The little girl sniffed, "I can't find my big brother."
"Aww, you're lost? I can help you find him," Sakura gave her a warm smile.
The girl slowly nodded as she took Sakura's hand. The little girl was about four years old with midnight blue hair.
"So, what does your brother look like?" Sakura asked.
"He's tall, he has a headband like yours and tall spikey hair and..." the girl went on.
There's about a lot of people that have headbands like this. Most boys are taller than me and spikey hair happens to be the latest hair cut. I guess, luck will have to help me find this man.
The little girl picked up a daisy at a base of a huge oak tree. "Here! For you," she said.
"Wow, it's beautiful! Thank you very much." She replied with a smile. The little girl placed the flower in her hair.
"HATSUMI!" a man yelled.
They both turned around. "BIG BROTHER!" Hatsumi ran to him with a huge smile on her face. "Look brother, this lady helped me find you!"
Sakura waved. The man was about 6'1" with tall spikey teal hair. These two don't even look alike.
"Sorry, I hope she's no trouble," the man said.
"I was chasing a butterfly, big brother! Then I lost it. Now, look! It's on her hair!" she said pointing to Sakura's long shiney pink hair.
"Here, let me," the man said. He cupped the butterfly in his hand and opened it in front of Sakura.
"It's SO pretty!" Hatsumi told Sakura, "Maybe that's why it landed on you!"
Sakura blushed. "My name is Haruno Sakura," she said holding out her hand to the man.
"My name is Urashima Hatsuharu," he said. Then he pointed to the little girl holding onto his leg, "and this is my sister, Hatsumi." He took her hand and shook it, "We'd better be off. I'll see you around Sakura."
Wow, he has warm hands. Sakura shook her head as the man turned around to leave. She rubbed her hands. There's no time for men! They're all the same! I'm not going to let Hatsu-mumbo in my way. I'm a strong sophisticated woman! She started walking back. His name is Hatsuharu...
Sakura didn't know where she was walking. But she was heading straight for the oak tree that she had passed by earlier. Without a doubt, she walked right into it. Rubbing her head, she made way around it. Stupid god damn tree! I will cut you down. I will make sure of it. Inner Sakura thought as she kicked the tree.
"Hey! Sakura!" Somebody called out from behind her.
"Hmm?" She said to herself while turning to the source of the voice.
About twenty-five metres up on a branch of an oak tree behind her, sat a silver-haired man. He looked at her as she turned swiftly to meet his face. The sun radiated her skin and her facial features detailed as his eyes focused on her. Kakashi had never seen her looked so beautiful before. In the past, he wouldn't have thought she was anything but his student. But now, she's a full grown woman. Despite the fact she had a huge red mark on her face from walking right into the tree, she still somewhat looked gorgeous.
"Kakashi-sensei!" She yelled as she walked back to the tree. She noticed he wasn't reading 'Come, Come Paradise' book. "Where's your stupid perverted book?"
"It's not stupid," he retorted crossing his arms.
"So, it's perverted then," she replied with a smile knowing she won.
Kakashi couldn't help but smile as well. "Five years. That's really long, Sakura."
She laughed, "I know! I thought I'd never make it." Seeing the silver-haired ninja smiled back she decided to change the subject. "Don't you find other places to hang out?" she asked curiously.
"Well, I like the shade. The view is wonderful. It's quiet and it's the closest I can be to a bird." Kakashi replied.
"A bird? Well, I haven't heard that one before," She said. Impressed with his answer, she felt like climbing up to see for herself. But the Great Copy Ninja beat her to it.
"Well then, come up! I can't shout anymore," he grinned through his mask.
He was right, nobody can stand shouting at a distance. Especially if you're not Naruto. Sakura hung on to the nearest branch and swung on top of it. She moved swiftly jumping from branch to branch. When she reached the branch next to her ex-teacher, she lost her balance.
Kakashi immediately caught her hand before she fell any further. A static shock travelled from her hand to his and through his arm causing him to almost drop her. She stared at him with fear. This reminded him when he used to look out for her when trouble neared. The boys could manage on their own while he still doubted Sakura. He wouldn't let anything happen to her. Not even now.
"Geez, you must be tired. It takes little effort to climb this tree if you're really a jounin," Kakashi teased. With one hand, he swung her up on his branch.
Naturally, Sakura would yell back at him for saying that but she ignored it. Whenever she was with Naruto and Sasuke, she couldn't help but act like a child again. When it came to Kakashi, she thought it wouldn't be right not to be mature in front of him. After all, he's thirty-five, he has to be in full adult mode by now.
She took a deep breath before turning from Kakashi's exposed eye. The view was marvellous. It was truly beautiful. She could see the valley and mountains beyond the village boundaries. From the other end of the branch, Kakashi watched her eyes wander in appreciation. Her scent was aromatic that it could hypnotise like the legend of Siren and her melodic voice. He quickly dismissed his thoughts.
"Is your head alright?" Kakashi asked concerningly.
Sakura rubbed her head, "you SAW!" she asked embarrassed.
"Well, this is the tree isn't it?" The silver-haired ninja laughed.
She looked around, "oh, I guess it is."
"Don't worry, it'll heal. Look, it's going away," he said holding out a metal canteen in front of her.
Sakura smiled as she looked that it was going away. She handed the canteen back to Kakashi.
"So, who was that little girl with you?" Kakashi hopefully thought that she wasn't her daughter and that man with teal hair being her husband. Then he'd really feel crushed. He'd rather see her pissed off than to be with that guy.
"She's a cute little girl, isn't she? I found her crying. Her brother came and took her," she said in a dreamy tone.
She must like that guy. He thought as he caught the tone in her voice. Kakashi sighed.
"What's wrong?" She asked staring at him.
"It's nothing," he said plainly.
Sakura looked back at the horizon, "...sometimes, I think about ever having a family." Oh my god. Did I just say that? Well, I guess I couldn't help it. Kakashi is a pretty good listener. I could probably talk to him about everything.
She really wants that? He looked at Sakura and studied her face. She looks almost mature enough to start one I guess. Change the subject, please!
She noticed Kakashi hadn't said anything to what she said. "It's beautiful...how the colours mix in the sky when the sun sets."
"Mmm, hmm," Kakashi then realized that if she could see the sunset that it is getting late. He wished the moment hadn't passed by so quickly. Thank god, she changed the subject.
"It's getting late. I'd better be off," Sakura said.
"Are you alright walking home alone?" The Great Copy Ninja asked concerningly.
Geez, I can walk myself home. Are you kidding me? The last thing I need is somebody thinking I can't take care of myself! Inner Sakura babbled.
Kakashi looked at her oddly as if war was delared in her head, "I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, THANKS," Sakura finally said gritting her teeth.
"Suit yourself," Kakashi said simply. He started to crouch on the limb as if he was going to jump off. Come on, come on, come on, stop me.
"WAIT!" She said standing on the limb. What is he trying to do? TOY with me? She stomped her foot.
"WHOA! We're going to fall off. Don't do that!" Kakashi yelled gripping on to the limb with his whole body as if he didn't know how he got up there.
Sakura giggled, "okay, take me home, Kakashi-sensei!"
"Nah, you can walk yourself home," Kakashi said changing his mind as he regained his balance. He sat leaning against the trunk of the tree with one leg dangling off.
HUH? What's going on? She eyed him with disgust as he was preparing to fall asleep. Grr. Well, two can play at that game. Sakura hurriedly fabricated a plan in her head. She sat down at the opposite end of the branch and closed her eyes.
Huh, she's going to sleep? Kakashi thought as he took a peak at her. Soon, Sakura started to sway to the left then to the right as if she was about to faint.
"Sakura? Are you alright? Hey, snap out of it. Sakura? You're gonna fall! Hey, HEY!" Kakashi panicked, "SHIT!"
Sakura fell backwards, eyes closed. I can get out of this mess. I wonder if he's going to do something about it. Inner Sakura laughed.
Kakashi grabbed her by the waist and they both fell off the tree. The silver haired ninja held her tightly before they rolled on the daisies at the foot of the tree. Unfortunately, Kakashi ended up receiving most of the impact.
"Ughhhhh..." he groaned, "hmm, whaaa? WAIT! Sakura?" The silver haired jounin looked around thinking he had let her go. Then he looked at the pink-haired woman on top of him.
"I...I'm sorry. Are you hurt? Oh my god, I hope you're not hurt. I was kidding around. I could have walked down the trunk if you hadn't caught me. I must be crushing you. Are you hur..."
"I'm fine. Are you hurt?" Kakashi interrupted.
Sakura shook her head slowly, "Are you?"
"I think, I said, I was fine," Kakashi laughed while watching her mentally punish herself, "I guess, now, I should walk you home."
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Author's Notes: Good or bad? The shock, drop and roll thing was when he was shocked by her hand and her wanting a family. When the fell off the tree and when the rolled on the solid ground to prevent a stronger impact. It's all physics. OR something or other. REVIEW!