Ok! Next chapter! I haven't written a story in so long I am too excited not to write more so you'll all just have to put up with me 

( I got the translation for the Icha Icha books from Wikopedia, they have a lot of great info on Naruto in case anyone wants to check it out.)

(Fixed up one or two things in this chapter as well :-) )

Chapter 2: Good Morning, Good Morning!

Sakura grumbled to herself as she made her way up to Kakashi's door.

"GREAT way to start the day Sakura, he'll be really impressed with your ninja skills now, and why not when you plan things out so carefully and…" Sakura growled quietly until the last few bits were unintelligible even to herself.

Inner Sakura slumped exasperated in her head, adding to the berating.

As she reached for the knob and began to turn, the door suddenly flung open and she impressed herself by not jumping back 10 feet with her hair standing on end. Instead she merely made a small "ahh!" sound as the dark clothed Jounin smiled at her with his one exposed eye.

"Morning Sakura. Any particular reason for coming by my window 5 hours after I return from an A class mission?" Kakashi inquired amused by the wide-eyed pink Kunochi standing just outside the doorframe.

At that Sakura's mind went blank, after the mess that she had made of her plan, confronted with this question all she could seem to get out was " Uhhh."

It was at this time that she could clearly see the infamous copy-nin and what she saw didn't startle her as much as she thought it should. Kakashi's exposed eye had a deep purple black bruise around it and the gloved hand that rested on the door looked a bit swollen. He was also clearly favoring his left leg and slouching a bit more than was usual even for him. She had healed him many times over recent years after returning from missions and she was instantly irritated with him for not taking care of himself or at least calling her over to heal him.

Forgetting his question Sakura blurted out scolding "Kakashi! You've been hurt, and you haven't gone to the medics again!"

Kakashi removed his hand from the door to embarrassingly scratch the back of his silver haired head.

"That was going to be my excuse for being late this morning," he replied sheepishly, eye crinkling.

"That's no excuse! You could have internal injuries, you should have taken care of this as soon as you got back!" Sakura charged as she strode through the doorway grabbing her former sensei's hand and leading him over to the couch.

"Now lay down there and let me examine you," Sakura commanded, all business and already preparing her chakra to perform the mystical palm technique. Starting at his head and slowly moving down his body Sakura held her hand above Kakashi's body and began to diagnose and heal his injuries.

"Cuts to the scalp, black eye, bruised ribcage, sprained wrist, minor cuts and scrapes, no internal injuries, just a bit dehydrated, and a hairline fracture on your shin," Sakura said monotone as she concentrated all her chakra into a healing blue light mending his abused body.

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Kakashi began to feel instantly better as all his hurts from his previous mission begin to melt away with Sakura's influence. He really hated going to the hospital and secretly hoped that Sakura would come over to heal him, just not at 6:00 in the morning. He had planned to give her a call when he woke up and get her to come over somehow. She had healed him many times in the past as he continued to go on missions and she stayed studying with Tsunde. He felt comfortable with her, and from his own observances and from talking with Tsunde, he knew that with more practice she was going to be perhaps one of the best medic-nin's that Konoha had ever had. She was already highly skilled. Watching Sakura as she concentrated on her task Kakashi wondered on how much she had changed since they had first met that day when he showed up late in the classroom, Naruto placing an eraser to fall on his head as he opened the door. At that first meeting he had said that from his first impression, he hated all of them, and in the beginning she was practically useless on their missions. But as time went on she had become a real asset to their team and a trusted friend. She had exceeded his expectations of her and as he saw her finishing up, and feeling greatly refreshed, he decided that he would just let the window incident go without a fuss.

Sakura finished her work on the Jounin and leaned back giving him an appraising look. He looked much better then he had moments ago and he was probably hungry after having his cells regenerate like that. Thinking of hunger, her original reason for coming over to his house struck her and she instantly blushed wondering why he hadn't brought up her unusually placed call to his house again.

Sakura scrambled up from her knees as Kakashi began to sit up, and took a chair next to the sofa. Looking anywhere but at the copy-nin, Sakura blurted out that they should get something to eat and to emphasize this her stomach made a loud embarrassing growl.

Kakashi was hungry, he hadn't eaten the day before, wanting to get back to Konoha as soon as possible after his hellish mission to Sunagakure, the hidden sand village, and he could hear that she was hungry after her exertions on him.

"Thanks Sakura, I feel much better" Kakashi said crinkling his eye at her, " Why don't I take you out for something to eat to say thanks for rescuing me from the medics."

"Great!" Sakura replied happy that he hadn't seemed to notice her gastric voice.

"Let me take a shower and change really quick, I've got dried blood on these," Kakashi told her indicating some dark reddish brown stains on his green vest.

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"Well that answers one question from earlier, at some point men do shower and change their clothes," Sakura thought.

"Ok, I'll just sit here and read a book," Sakura said mischievously picking up Kakashi's copy of Icha Icha, or Make Out Paradise that had been lying on the table.

"No no!" Kakashi said, deftly snatching the book from his former students hands and placing it in his belt pouch. "Nothing you'd be interested in in that one!"

"How would you know? I want to know what's in these books that the Great Kakashi-sensei the Copy-nin finds so fascinating, and after all, I'm almost 18 you know" Sakura replied smiling evilly.

"And when your 18… Well you still shouldn't read these, they're really only good for tactical reasons that you're not ready to, um," the 31 year old Jounin sputtered not knowing how to finish. "I've got to shower! Wouldn't want to be late for meeting the team if we're still going to get breakfast!"

Kakashi rushed out, backing towards his bathroom door and hurriedly shut it behind him.

Sakura chuckled to herself as she leaned back in her chair and listened to the sound of the water running from the bathroom. She was hungry and a little tired after healing Kakashi and getting up so early.

She propped her feet up on his coffee table and began to doze, the sound of the shower from the next room lulling her to sleep.

Kakashi undressed quickly and hopped into the shower, quickly lathering himself with soap and washing away the only remaining signs that he had been injured just moments before.

"Almost 18," Kakashi thought as the hot water poured down on him, "I can't believe how fast time has gone by. 18, Sakura you were just kid it seems like just moments ago, I can't get over how much you've matured."

Kakashi continued to wonder over where the time had gone and how much little Sakura had grown from the fragile Sasuke-crazy genin she had been to the full fledged well-rounded medic-nin she was now.

Stepping out of the shower and covering himself with a towel he realized that in his haste he had forgotten to bring fresh clothes into the bathroom with him. Forming the proper seals for the transporting Jitsu, Kakashi flashed himself into his bedroom and got dressed. It felt so good to be clean again after so long in the field and putting on fresh clothes was a luxury he hadn't had for the past week or so.

Kakashi pulled up his mask, tied his Konoha leaf forehead protector so that it covered his Sharingen eye, and walked out into the living room using his towel to dry his messy silver hair.

He saw Sakura dozing in his chair and was tempted to startle her like she had done him after peeking in at him through the window that morning but he figured that her falling to the ground and her healing him evened things out so instead he gently placed a hand on her shoulder to rouse her and in her sleep she leaned her soft cheek against his hand contentedly and softly murmured his name. Startled by this reaction he jerked his hand back and Sakura came fully awake.

"What was that?" he thought startled.

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"What was that!" thought Sakura as she came to. She had been so comfortable and she seemed to remember feeling a strong gentle hand rest itself on her shoulder making her feel safe and at home, in her daze she whispered out the name of the ninja that…

That what? He was her teammate and her former sensei but…

Halting that line of questioning she blurted out "Breakfast?!"

"Yeah, let's go eat…" said her former sensei. Deciding that at least for now he wouldn't go down the line of thought he had been about to.

Ok! Chapter 2 done! I hope you enjoy and please R&R I actually proofread this time!