A/n: Naruto and its associated characters are not mine because if it is then I would definitely make it a kakasaku love story.

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'It's been almost a month since that fateful day. Another chance at true love, but in the end rejection is my price. What the heck is so wrong with me? I should be used to it. Rejection is my best friend. It's what sasuke's answers to my everyday nagging of asking him on a date' Sakura thought bitterly.

She tossed again in her bed for what seemed like a 100th time now. She still isn't over the fact that she love her ex-sensei copy nin, and he rejected her just like sasuke did, though not as ruthless as him. Sakura and kakashi have been really close for the past few years. Kakashi became her crutch when she needed him the most. He's a best friend, a partner, a leader that she could always count on. There are many reasons why she knows that rejection will be his 1st answer. 1st, he's her ex sensei, 2nd he 14 years her senior, 3rd she's…..she doesn't know…maybe she's flat chested?

Sakura frowned at that thought. She might not be like a bombshell like Ino but she definitely has curves, after all being a kunoichi has its perks.

She looked at her black colored ceiling with glow in the dark stars on it. It looks so beautiful as if she's somewhere outside looking at the bright stars. She remembers the day she moved in on her apartment. She decided to move out of her parent's house because Everytime they call her out for a mission her parents always gets disturb, and she doesn't want them to worry about her that much anymore. She was 18 back then, her parents object on her decision, but they later on agrees as long as she promise them that she's going to visit them every week when she doesn't have a mission.

Kakashi helped her out to move her stuff .it took them the whole day just to move her stuff out because of their constant arguing about nonsense. They always mess around each other they're like twins that you cant never separate. She remembers the time where kakashi followed her wherever she goes just to piss her off. She looked at her alarm clock on the night stand. It's now 1 am. She desperately tried to force sleep to posses her. Finally, after a few minutes she drifted off into a sleep…still thinking of kakashi.

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Kakashi, Genma, Izumo, Kotetsu, & Gai meet up at the konoha gates after they prepared for their big mission. This is a good timing for kakashi to get away from the village. He'd been trying to avoid her for the past few weeks. Though he can't help but sometimes spy on her without her noticing. Few days after she said those 3 words to him, she changed, something changed about her but he can't really point it out. Though he was sent in heaven the moment she said those 3 loving words, some unknown force had pulled him back to earth. He's afraid that she's just redirecting her old feeling toward the young uchiha to him, and that he won't be able to protect her & provide her wants and needs.

He loves her, that's for sure; he's just not sure about her. They became closer than ever few years ago, something that should be expected after they formed the team kakashi. After sasuke left with orochimaru and naruto left with the legendary frog sannin, he went back to serve in ANBU, where sakura was left with no choice but to find someone to teach her. She found solace in the hands of the busty blond hokage. Tsunade had shaped her into a fine kunoichi. She was 12 back then.

2 years after that her womanly attributes became more and more prominent. She grew not just physically but also emotionally. She's no longer that 12 year old love struck genin who is needs protection and preety much a burden to the team. She also became one of the top medics that the village konoha has ever produced. Her growth is something that whoever is her teacher should be proud of, which is him. It was a sad thing though, that he had nothing to do with her progress as a shinobi. His priorities were pretty much focused on the two boys of their team. She trains with them, do missions with them and hang out after that, that's pretty much it. Not even a single jutsu she had learned form him. Now that she's 20, she a fully grown woman He doesn't trust his body not to reach out to her, to touch her, to hold her so close and never let go. At first he thought it was just lust but he realized it was beyond that when one day…..

Flash back

It was spring, flowers of different kinds and colors are blooming like there's no tomorrow. There was color everywhere and the weather is oh so fine. There are Birds everywhere. Kakashi and sakura watch as Naruto tries to tackle Sai and beat him up after the remark that Sai gave on how small Naruto's shaft is. Naruto's eyes darkened as Sai continues to visualize it to Sakura.

It just started on a random attempt to try to start a conversation. The 3 young shinobi, sitting next to each other, Sai on the left, and then Sakura and next to her is Naruto. They talked about ramen, arts, medical stuff, and spring resorts. After that Sai just started to describe Naruto's naked state when they once went to a hot spring on one of their mission. Sakura blush a pretty shade of red that it's almost as red as a tomato. Then that's when Naruto decided its time for a payback. Sakura heave a sigh as she looked at the two running around.

It kinda bothers her that Sai can actually describe it to her perfectly. Why sai is so nosey about Naruto's thingy? Is he gay?

That is one of the many questions that she really wants answers. She walked to where her former sensei is seated reading off his smutty orange book. She said casually as she sat closely next to him

"don't they ever get tired of it?"

He stifled a laugh "obviously not, they've been like that since you guys are 14"

they sat next to each other peacefully, not really wanting to break the silence around them. Sakura just watches as the guys on the field is wrestling each other, Sai drew something on Naruto's face and then they start running again while her sensei was just continually reading his book.

Unbeknownst to her he was looking at her, admiring how beautiful she is. Her pink locks that sways along with the breeze, her long eye lashes, her soft ivory skin, her forest green eyes that held many emotions, her soft kissable lips, her petite yet curvy figure. Oh she's gorgeous. He wants to feel her hair, her skin, and her lips on his. He unconsciously lifted a hand to reach out and then stops when she suddenly said

"what's the meaning of life?"

he looked at her with questioning gaze .He said slowly trying to see what's underneath the underneath behind that question

"a gift that should be cherished by everyone, because once it was gone you can never bring it back or more like have another one, it's a serving of reality."

Her face made a face. Trying to comprehend what he just said and then she asked "does that apply to love as well?" he closed his book shut giving her his undivided attention. Her questions are quite interesting. What makes her ask these questions?

"why'd you ask?"

Sakura turned her body to face her sensei. Why did she ask? She'd seen people display emotions and go through different difficulties in life. Life is reality and everybody knows it. But is that the real definition to it? She looked up in the sky and said

"Everytime I think about what life is, about my existence and purpose there's this feeling that I really couldn't place. That feeling, whatever it is, it makes me sad, and a little bit hollow, like something is missing. I'm serving and helping people, that makes me feel content but I don't feel complete."

He looked at her with a loving gaze; she's been working so hard after team 7 disbanded. She has a heart of gold and civilians like her a lot even though with her short temper every now and then.

"Sakura, I'm not sure if I'm the right person to ask these kinds of question" he said with sincerity in it.

How could he answer such a question when he himself has the same question? She was about to say something when he decided to continue

"but on my opinion, it applies to love as well, in our line of work there's always going to be uncertainty on how long we'll be able to live, that's why we have a saying 'seize the day' written on the bulletin board on our head quarters."

He doesn't like being sentimental or something but he knows that he has to give her something; she was asking him a question that seemed to be important and it might answer her personal questions. She smiled sweetly at her sensei and hugs him tightly. He flushed a little at the sudden body contact with a pretty young woman like her.

Naruto called out her name in the distance and then she stood up. She placed a kiss on his exposed skin in his face and thanked him. She took a few steps forward to where the 2 boys playing around and then stopped she whispered loud enough for him to hear

"arigatou gozaimasu kakashi-sempai, I'll train hard to be a strong kunoichi so I could find the answers to my questions, so when I die one day I can at least say I have a …"

he wasn't able to hear the last few words that she was about to say because she was tackled in the ground by naruto Whining about wanting to eating a bowl of ramen at ichiraku. She smiled at her handsome blond friend and replied a 'hai'. Sai said in his bored tone

"if you want to go now dickless you better get off of her now so we can go already" Naruto stand up and offer Sakura a hand to get up, he then told Sai to shut his ass up. Sakura looked at her sensei and said in her sweet soft voice "let's go sensei".

Few months after that day in the fields, Kakashi saw Sakura at the red bridge where team 7 used to meet up for training or missions. She seemed to be in deep thought. He snuck up behind her and poked his index finger on her back, she got startled, she stiffened a little bit and then threw a punch in his face and a side kick on his ribs which is he easily evaded. Sakura realizing who the suspecting person who poked her is, she relaxes her muscle and pouted.

"Kaka-sensei, don't scared me like that". He chuckled a little bit and then said in his teacher mode voice

"Sakura, don't let your guard down, what if I'm a suspecting missing nin or criminal, that index finger that I poked you with could have been a kunai."

He was right and she knows it, neither said anything after that. He knows that something is bothering her and he was about to ask her when she said

"have you ever been in love?"

so she has a new set of questions. He doesn't know what to say, that question caught him off guard and the kunochi in front of him saw it. She smiled warmly,

"kaka- sempai, I'm in love…"

the shock on his face after her 1st question became more prominent as his eyes widen like a saucer. He felt panic inside him, a basket full of question inside his wants an answer. With whom she is in love with? Since when did it start? There are a lot of nosey questions inside his head and he can't shake of a pang of sadness in his heart. She turned around and starts walking in the direction towards the town and said

"let's go eat somewhere…" she's a little far already to hear his answer

He ponders her last statement; she's in love… he then whispered into the wind his answer

'Me too Sakura, me too…I'm in love…

With you'

He then followed her to the town. She looked at him "sensei, don't let your guard down like that, I could have been a missing nin or a criminal who wants to kill the famous copy nin, that question could have been use as a distraction for you so I could throw a kunai down your throat", he just shrug at her.

She was 18 back then it wasn't until after 2 year later that he would find out whom she had fallen in love with…

Him…

End of Flash back

"I'm so stupid to let you go just when you're within my hands grasp already" murmured Kakashi.

Genma heard this and said "say what?" he had been noticing his old pal's odd behavior. It was almost a month when he noticed that the copy nin was a little off, he talked less, well, not like he's a talkative person in the 1st place, and he's been spacing out most of the time. Genma wondered what had been bothering Kakashi. He just hoped that it won't be in the way during their mission.

"huh?" Kakashi replied shortly.

'it must be about pinky' thought Genma

It was obvious to everybody that both the kunoichi and the copy nin held emotions than runs deeper than the 2 jounin would ever admit. The senbon chewing jounin heaved a sigh… 'it's gonna be a long misson'

Little did he know that it will be cut short and their pespective on a certain pinked hair kunoichi will definitely change after 1 week.

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This chapter is longer than the 1st one. I hope I could go straight to the good parts already. Anyways, if you would kindly spare sometime to review I would be glad. Thanx