Title: No Boundaries
By: Charlize Miller
Genre: Romance/Humour
Rating: T
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto

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: Okay, I'm serious about this now...I NEED MORE REVIEWS...not that I'm not happy with what I got but still...anyway, this is CHAPTER TWELVE...it gets better after this I SWEAR! You know why? BECAUSE, I spent all night writing up to Chapter SIXTEEN by hand. Pretty sweet hey! My mind wouldn't stop working! Anyway if you want me to post the chapters I want more REVIEWS! I'm not posting any new reviewers today but I will next chapter so HURRY.

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 TWELVE - Dance with Me

Last night got Kakashi thinking what was on her mind lately. He couldn't just ignore it. Eventually, Kakashi set it aside and decided to take her on just for old times sake. Sakura denied sparring against him but he kept taunting and it just pissed her off.

"Fine, you'll be sorry you asked," Sakura said bravely.

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Sakura and Kakashi had been sparring for hours and it seems that Sakura was winning. Sakura had pinned Kakashi down about ten times but not enough to keep him there. This fight lacked weapons for a good clean TaiJutsu brawl.

Sakura sat on top of Kakashi, "well, that's like eleven times now, isn't it?"

He stared at her with affection and it seemed to have gotten her to loosen up.

"Minus one," he quickly said as the tables have turned. Kakashi had grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back and gently lay her on her stomach on the ground.

"Ouch," she groaned. Hmph...I would have won. If only I wasn't distracted. No fair.

Kakashi sat under a shading tree and chugged on a bottle full of water. Sakura sat next to him feeling very tired. It only took about five minutes before she collapsed on Kakashi's shoulder for a nap.

Maybe, I shouldn't have worked her up like that. Kakashi took drank the last bit of water and admired the season's nature.

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From a very far distance, Ino and Sasuke had been spying on them.

"I'm getting tired of spying on people. Maybe we should give them their privacy," Sasuke complained.

"Shush! Aww, look at them. Aren't they cute?" Ino said while looking through her binoculars. Sasuke crossed his arms and drifted to sleep under a shading tree as well. "Okay, fine," she said as she sat next to him.

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The sun had started to set and Sakura had been asleep for almost three hours already. Kakashi looked at the sleeping beauty and traced his finger around her hairline. He quickly withdrew his hand as she shifted in her sleep. I guess, I have to carry her home.

He gently lifted her in his arms and made sure her head rested on his chest.

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When they got home, Kakashi placed her on his bed. Slowly he tried to remove his arm but Sakura hung onto it like a teddybear.

Great...

He tugged his arm a bit but Sakura just held on to it tighter. She's got a grip.

He sighed. I guess, I sleep here tonight.

He looked around for the best way to sleep but there isn't any. So, to his misfortune, he had to sit next to the bed and rested his head on the edge of it. Which didn't look very comfortable.

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The next day, Sakura opened her eyes to see Kakashi sleeping on the ground, arm still in her embrace. She blushes at what she had put him through but she appreciated it.

She stood up and made another attempt to lift him. To her surprise, the work out from yesterday had helped her successfully put him on his bed. At this point, Sakura had felt superior in a childish manner. She placed a light blanket on him and kissed him on the forehead.

"Thanks, Kakashi," she whispered. She tiptoed out of the bedroom and noticed that she wouldn't have to fuss with closing the door because it's on the floor. She giggled and took one last look at the sleeping man.

Sleeping?

Sakura had a sudden mischievieous idea.

Why don't we take a peek at that mask of his, hmm?

She walked slowly towards the masked ninja. She carefully placed a hand above the mask.

Kakashi grabbed her hand still asleep.

She gasped.

He let go of her hand and turned over to sleep on his stomach.

Sakura snapped her fingers. Damn reflexes. She had given up and walked out the doorway.

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"Heeeeeeeeeey, Naruto!" Sakura called out. She had left the apartment for a while to find her messy-haired, blonde boy training in the open field.

"Well, if it isn't Sakura. You remembered my name!" He discontinued his practices.

"Good morning," she cheerfully greeted.

"Good morning to you too," she said back.

"Listen, I don't have my keys to my apartment. I need to get some clothes," Sakura started, "could I ask you a favour and come with me?"

"Gee, Sakura. Your apartment has that crazy old bastard waiting at the front desk. He'd give you the keys anyway. He thinks you have short-term memory loss," he grinned.

"Haha," she let out a fake laugh, "very funny. No, seriously, come with me?"

"Alright, what are friends for?" He laughed, "BUT, I wasn't kidding about that short-term memory loss thing. He actually thinks you forget every minute."

Sakura lightly tapped the back of his head. Naruto expected more but she was in a happy mood this morning. I wonder what's up with her.

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Sakura was told that the party was semi formal. Why did they have to go semi formal on me? It's just a damn party to help me remember.

Naruto sat on her bed in her bedroom as Sakura scanned her closet for clothes. She tossed some clothes above Naruto's head. He was grossed out with the undergarments that happened to touch his skin. Eww...

Sakura looked at his expression, "so immature." She pushed aside some clothes that hung in her closet to find a simple white dress. "Aww, this is pretty. I wonder when I wore this."

Naruto sat frozen and quiet on the bed afraid she might bury him with lingerie but instead Sakura reached for her duffle bag at the other side of her bed and tossed it at him.

"Could you put them in that bag?" She asked nicely with a few blinks.

Naruto sighed, "fine, but you owe me another bowl of ramen. A jumbo bowl!"

Sakura laughed.

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Kakashi woke up and streched. He rubbed his eye and looked around. Wait...Sakura was just here. He checked under the bed. Wasn't I supposed to be on the floor?

He leapt out of bed and scurried to the kitchen. There hung a note on the refridgerator. It read:

Kakashi,

I found you sleeping on the floor this morning, I was so embarrassed. I went out for a walk. I'll be back soon.

Sakura.

P.S. you look really cute when you're asleep.

At the bottom of the paper, she drew a horse. What's the horse for? It looked very silly looking. But he chuckled and took down the note.

He sighed knowing she was okay. Suddenly the phone rang. Kakashi hurriedly picked it up.

He cleared his throat and spoke, "hello?"

"Ahh, Kakashi. You're awake. It's two o'clock!"

"Save it. I'm always late, who cares." He paused, "uhh, who is this?"

"Ino." She replied plainly.

"Ohhhhh, what do YOU want?" He asked rudely.

"Come on, now. Be nice. Today's the party. You have to be there despite what you said to me," she demanded practically slurring the words together.

"Okay,"

"Okay. Okay? What? It took you long enough to say that! Why didn't you just tell me before?" She screamed.

"Calm down, Sakura asked me."

"Oh," she said frustrated. Sakura ONLY had to ask. "Well, I'm coming over. You need something to wear."

"Can't I just come with my uniform?"

"NO!" With that she hung up.

Kakashi put down the receiver, "crazy woman."

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"Saaaaaakura...I'm done," Naruto sang.

"One more, that's IT!" She said angrily.

"Okay!" He said cheerfully.

Stupid restaurant! No JUMBO BOWL? Sakura hammered her fist on the table as she watched Naruto happily wolfed down another bowl of ramen.

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"Look at you. You look fabulous," Ino clapped.

Kakashi sweatdropped. She had everything planned, didn't she? He looked down on his clothes, "you know, you didn't have to spend your money on this."

He wore a pair of designer jeans, a white t-shirt under a pin-striped blazer. He also wore his dog tag necklace and mask. Of course you couldn't part him from it anyway.

"Nuh-uh, number one, I'm a girl! I love to shop! So don't tell me not to spend my money on stuff because I will. Number two, I couldn't resist. I saw you guys yesterday fighting. Aww, it was great! I took pictures..."

"You what?" he choked on his saliva.

"Relax. Where was I...oh yeah. Number three, lose the mask."

"What? NO! And that wasn't a reason why you bought this!"

"Alright, alright. You don't have to, if you don't want to but to tell the truth, you'd look better without it."

"Forget it." He ended. He went to his bedroom to change.

She shrugged. It was his signature style after all.

BUZZ!

Ino gasped, "who's that?"

"Shhhhh..." he said as he returned to the living room.

"Hey, it's me! Sakura! I forgot. I don't have any keys."

"You didn't give her keys..." Ino shook her head.

He mouthed the words 'shut up' at her. He buzzed Sakura up.

Ino ran to the balcony. Time to escape. She jumped out the balcony.

Kakashi ran to the balcony, "wait, there's any escape stairs..." but it was too late. She had already jumped out. He looked down the balcony.

"Hiya, what are you looking at?" she stepped outside the sliding door.

"There...was...a...bird and it fell down," he lied.

"Aww, lets go help it, Kakashi," she said as she ran out the door.

Aww, man. He hurried after her.

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"Where is it?" Sakura asked looking around the front of the building.

"It's uhh..." he studdered.

Ino, who hid in the bushes, summoned a bird. A tiny, cute looking bird flew into the bush. This will do. Ino whispered to the bird.

"There it is," he pointed to a limping baby bird by the bushed where Ino hid.

"Aww, poor birdie," she scooped it up and pat it's feathery head.

Kakashi sighed with relief.

Ino sneaked away from the bush and went around the corner and back.

"HEY!" Ino said to them, "time for some female bonding." She linked her arm around Sakura's and dragged her away.

"Wait, here Kakashi. Take good care of it," she smiled at him.

As they passed Kakashi, Ino whispered in his ear, "that was a stupid cover up."

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Ino had booked a contemporary ballroom for the party and of course everyone was there. Kakashi had worn what he was supposed to and decided to get away from the crowd to the balcony.

He was only able to talk to Sakura for two minutes until a bunch of people butted in. He stood for a couple of minutes outside until Iruka joined him.

"Hey, Sakura looks mighty fine tonight, eh?" Kakashi looked at the obviously drunk man.

Iruka kept poking his elbow at Kakashi's ribs, "yeah, yeah, yeah...leave me alone," he reluctantly answered. But she was beautiful tonight. Her dress was breathtaking. Her face was even more astonishing. Her physique, spine-tingling. He turned away to see that she looked at him.

"Hey, she's waving at you. Hey, hey, Kakashi," Iruka bothered.

Kakashi pushed the irritating voice away.

"Whatever man, I'll go buy you a drink..." Iruka calmed down a bit.

As moments passed, the waitress kept bringing him martinis ordered by Iruka.

He took a couple of sips and declared that he hated martini. Stupid Iruka...

"Kakashi?" A familiar voice asked behind him. He turned around. It was Sakura. "Dance with me?" She simply asked with a smile.

"I can't dance," he replied dejectedly.

"Yes, you can," she encouraged.

"No, I can't."

"Yes, you can."

"No, I can't."

"Yes, you can."

"No, I can't."

"Please?" She looked at his drink, "with an olive on top?"

I don't LIKE martinis! The heck... Sakura had grabbed his hand and dragged him to the dance floor.

She positioned his hand on her waist and the other in her hand, "ready?" They swayed to the music and Sakura was surprised that he was actually a very good dancer, "I thought you said you couldn't dance."

"You thought," he said.

They danced all night. Rock Lee begged to cut in with his green tux but she ignored the thick eyebrowed boy and kept her eyes at Kakashi's.

Ino was overwhelmed with success and snapped pictures of the couple. She was stopped soon after by Sasuke.

"Wanna dance?" He offered his hand.

She smiled at him, "I thought you'd never ask."

"You thought," he smiled back at her.

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Author's Notes: Yeah, I know lots of balconies and random randomness. I have no clue whether Ino is like that and I don't know if Iruka is a drunkard. So, whatever. Laugh if you think it's funny. I thought it was. By the way, I suck at fighting scenes so, no flames. RRREEEVVVIIIEEEWWW!

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