Disclaimer: I'd be swimming in tons of cash if I owned Naruto…Heh!

Summary: What could have possibly vexed kakashi to leave him in this troubled state? Read and find out.

Out of My League by deathscythe05.

Chapter III- completely hopeless

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"Aaaah! Kakashi-sensei's late, AGAIN!" a loud obnoxious blonde complained to the rest of his teammates. It had been three hours since the trio showed up on the bridge and the blonde was clearly not happy.

He wasn't the only person among the three who was feeling that way. However, the raven-haired boy decided to keep his mouth shut.

"Hn." A small grunt was all that came out from the poker-faced boy.

"Ah! Naruto, he's always like that ever since the day we became genin." The third member of the team said a matter-of-factly. Her jade orbs rested on the blonde who was currently pacing back and forth on the bridge.

"Yeah, get used to it…dobe." The raven-haired boy finally spoke up, clearly annoyed of his companion's back and forth movement and complaints. I mean, who wouldn't? He'd already walked this way and that for a thousand times. He'd endured the blonde's actions for three hours.

"But, but…. My legs are KILLING ME!" Naruto protested. He then let out a loud wail.

"Then stop moving around, dobe."

"Sasuke… I swear if you call me that again I'll…"

"Dobe."

"THAT"S IT! UCHIHA, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" he threatened the prodigy who was clearly unmoved by his loud companion's threat. This only irritated the blonde even more.

"Try if you can, baka." was the Uchiha's reply. He then cast his dark orbs to sapphire ones as both of them already starting a staring contest. Both sides glaring daggers at each other.

Oy, here we go again. I wonder who'll win this time…Sakura rolled her eyes as she glanced at the two. She then averted her gaze from the two 'idiots' as she looked on the path ahead of them. Her eyes were scanning the area. Like her noisy companion, she too waited anxiously for a certain silver-headed man to show up.

Gaaaah Sakura! How do you possibly cope up with that man? Her Inner Sakura wailed.

Well, I've learned how to be patient that's all.

Gaaaah! Patience my BUTT! How can one be patient when…

Oh tish-tosh, the trick is to grasp the idea that he is well… Kakashi. Her rational mind explained to its counterpart.

Trick? Is that what you call it? He just loves to keep others waiting…he's so INSENSITIVE!

Maybe he'll change… her other voice countered.

Change? Are you seriously out of your MIND? He's been doing this for like what? Eight years Sakura! EIGHT YEARS! And you expect him to change?

I know, I know…

He's just one perfect example of a sick BUFFOON! And what does his lazy ass come up for an excuse, eh? He's lost himself in the path of LIFE! How LAME can that be? Path of life, my BUTT! I swear I'm gonna' kick his lazy ass…. Blah blah blah blah….!

The real Sakura probably fed up with her Inner self's ranting, accidentally screamed out loud the words, which were supposed to be thrown at her Inner Self.

"GAAAAAH! I'M SO FED UP WITH YOU… YOU BABBLING SON OF A BITCH! WHY CAN"T YOU SHUT YOUR HOWLING SCREAMER FOR ONCE… YOU BIG DOPE…" she immediately halted as she saw the look on Sasuke and Naruto's faces. Especially Naruto, poor him, he thought that it was him whom Sakura was referring to. After all, he was the noisy one compared to that of the raven-haired boy.

A guilty feeling struck Sakura as she saw the terrified look on her whiskered friend's features.

"G-gomen, S-Sakura-chan… I…" the poor Naruto mumbled under his breath, too terrified to speak. He inched further away from the raging kunoichi, afraid that she might hit him on the head.

"Eh… Naruto…I,… oh just quit it the both of you! You two act like children!" she blurted, as she was about to apologize to the blonde but decided against it.

"For crying out loud! We're already Jounins, but still you guys bicker like there is no end…GROW UP!" she continued as she felt a tinge of red forming on her cheeks. Her outburst a while ago was definitely causing it.

Naruto immediately puckered his lips shut. He wouldn't want to face the wrath of the pink-haired kunoichi on him, now would he? Sasuke just shrugged.

"Yo."

"You… it's all your freakin' FAULT!" she hissed angrily as she spun around to face the new arrival. Their teacher had just 'poofed' behind the obviously flustered female.

Now what did I do? The copy-nin wondered, completely oblivious to the fact that it was his tardiness that started it. He scratched his silver head and looked at Sakura quizzically.

"Hm?" he inquired her.

"Why were you late…AGAIN?" Sakura started.

"You see, I got lost on the…"

"---path of life? PATH OF LIFE? AAAAARGH!" Sakura completed it for him.

"Exactly." Kakashi replied bluntly.

"You know, you're completely HOPELESS!" The crimson on her cheeks increased tenfold, anger clearly shown.

"Now, now my little cherry blossom…" he tried to calm her. But that seemed to anger the kunoichi even more.

"I AM NOT YOUR CHERRY BLOSSOM!" She screamed at him. " And I'm not… LITTLE!" she added.

"Hai, hai…Gomen!" he apologized as he crinkled his visible eye.

Sakura calmed down a bit, trying to regain her composure. She looked at her sensei's crinkled eye and smiled. She then turned her gaze to one of Kakashi's hand and her once smiling face turned to that of shock.

"OH MY GOD! SENSEI, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FINGERS?"

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TBC

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(",) nyahahaha!

Okay…I've got nothin' much to say but… HOORAAY! (it rhymes in case you haven't noticed)

What will our pink-haired kunoichi do?

Well, stay tuned for another exiting edition of Out Of My League…

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