Hey, Here's the next chapter, might be the last for awhile.


Kakashi woke up around five-thirty, Sakura was still asleep, though sometime during the night she'd put her face into his fur, and was holding him tighter. Kakashi sweatdropped, and kept still, trying to figure out how to move with out waking her up too much, he wanted to do something first. We//, Judging from yesterday morning, She won't mind someone nudging her a little. Kakashi rolled to his stomach, and more sweatdrops appeared as Sakura clung tighter to him, making a slight noise that sounded like 'stay'. Okay . . . I'd have woken up by now. Kakashi slipped off the bed, almost landing on his hurt side. the landing jarred his leg though, and he held back a yip of pain. Ow. At least when I'm human I can take painkillers.

Kakashi pushed open her closet door, looking through the various red dresses. Okay I saw it when she pulled her clothes out yesterday morning, where was it . . . I can't believe I'm actually doing this! Kakashi found a black pair of capris and a red T-shirt. Getting onto his hind legs to grip the hangers was difficult, but he managed it, barely. He put them on the bed, grabbing her Kunai and it's holster he put it on top along with her head band. I won't be able to explain this when I'm human will I? But at least I can try to influence the way she dresses . . . I don't think the dress is a good thing to wear . . . I'm acting like her mother, oh well. Kakashi sighed. Today will be interesting. Wait a second, Naruto, I've got to get her moving so she can meet up with him early! Kakashi gripped the top blanket with his teeth and pulled it off. Like yesterday, she just gripped the remainder, and Kakashi just nuzzled her ear.

"Nn. Stop it." She hit his nose, He backed off, sat down, and barked. "Nn? Fang? What?" She looked at the clock. "It's Five-fourty, in the morning! Leave me alone." He shoved the team photo in her face, holding it so only Naruto showed completely. "Naruto gets up at this time?"

Yes, come on get up! Kakashi gave a weak growl (it was actually a whine but he wouldn't admit it.) Sakura stared at him a moment before getting up. Kakashi put the picture down, and sat by the clothes he had gotten out. Sakura unconciously picked them up, and went to take a shower. It wasn't till she was out, that she notcied what the dog had picked out.

"Huh?" She couldn't remember ever having the outfit. Did the dog pick out my clothes? She put them on, only because she didn't want to walk into her room with just a towel. The dog was obviously more intellegient than a stray. Maybe it was a dog like the ones Kakashi-sensei had, or it was one of Kakashi-sensei's. She'd talk to Naruto about him. Dressed, she got Fang and grabbed breakfast, leaving a note for her mother. Then she followed Fang to the training field.


"Kage Bushin!" Sakura arrived in time to see the start of Naruto's training, Kneeling next to Kakashi, she watched him. Up until the real Naruto was flung by a clone and landed on them.

"Kya!" Sakura squeaked in surprise, Naruto shot up off her. "Naruto?"

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto was surprised. "What ar-"

And me, don't forget! Kakashi barked.

"Hi Fang, but what are you two doing here?" He looked at them, ignoring the battle royale behind him.

" . . . I wanted to know what you did, before we got here . . . I was talking to Ino and some other girls. They all knew their teammates inside and out, but I . . . " Sakura decided that Naruto being serious was unsettling. "I'm sorry for spying on you."

"It's okay." Naruto gave a small smile. "But you could've told me you were here."

" . . . Naruto, did, did Fang tear up your jumpsuit so you wouldn't wear it?"

"No, he just growled when I tried to get it from him, wait, huh?" He looked at her weird. "How'd you know?"

"Because he picked out my outfit today. I don't think he's a normal stray." Naruto realized she wasn't wearing her normal outfit.

" . . . Yeah, I kinda figured that out, his eyes are more intelligent than most dogs." He glanced away, checking on his clones.

Are they figuring it out? Kakashi looked hopefully at his two students. Maybe Naruto's smarter than I thought, well, I know he is, but . . .

"Well, I was thinking that he's like The Inuzuka's dogs, or like Kakashi-sensei's."

Close, come on, your almost there . . .

"Kakashi-sensei's?" Kakashi looked at Naruto, sweatdropping.

"Yeah, on the bridge in Wave, He summoned a pack of dogs to attack Zabuza- Oh, you and Sasuke were in that Ice mirror thing, you didn't see it."

"I'd have been pestering you and Kakashi-sensei if I had seen it." Naruto smiled.

Hey, back to the dog version of me!

"When's Kakashi-sensei getting back anyway?"

"About two weeks from now, Whoa!" The smoke made her cough as all the clones dispelled. "What's that for?"

"Teme's here."

"Why don't you like him? He went through a lot." Sakura wasn't prepared for what followed.

"So did I, but avenger boy has half of Kohona behind him, I have barely have any one! Including this stupid team!" He snapped at her, not meaning to lose his self control, her green eyes widened as she looked at him. "He's no different from Inari, except Inari cried, but both have that damn 'I have it rough, my life is such a tragedy' vibe that I hate." The two weren't going to figure it out now, Kakashi was annoyed.

Kuso!! Sasuke, you have the worst timing of all four of us, they were going to figure it out! Kakashi barked at Sasuke as he arrived, frustrated.

Sasuke did a double take as he arrived. Naruto still wasn't wearing the orange jumpsuit, and now Sakura was wearing capris and a red shirt. To top it off, Sakura looked like she was trying to apologise to the dobe, and Naruto had a slight scowl on his face.

" . . . " Sasuke was confused, for the first time since the massacre, he was confused as to why people acted a certain way, and the fact Sakura was focused on Naruto instead of him really confused him. "Who are you two, and what the hell happened to the dobe and annoying fangirl?" He did not mean for it to come out that way, but it did.

"Go to hell." Naruto got up and left. 'Fang' chased after him.

" . . . I didn't mean it like that . . ." Sakura whispered. Sasuke looked at her.

"Oy, Sakura, explain." She blinked at him like she just realised he was there. "What's going on with the dobe?"

"I-I don't know, I just asked why he hated you . . . and he went off on me . . ." She snapped out of it. "I've got to go find him." She turned to chase after Naruto, before hesitating. "Oy, Sasuke-kun, what are the odds that If I get Naruto, you'll join us for lunch?"

"Hn, -"

"I thought you'd say no . . . you always do." Sakura raced off, leaving a very confused Sasuke, and this time, his confusion evident on his face.


Well, what do you think? I brought everything to a head for the genin a little quicker than I thought I would, This was going to happen in a few more chapters, but it worked better this way, I think, To a friend of mine that calls me everytime after reading my chapters because he is too lazy to join, and to those who are wondering: Yes, Kakashi's eventually going to spend some one on one time with Sasuke, but it'll be a while. College Applications have to be turned into the counselor's office during october, (bleugh, paperwork.), and my computer will be working on essays.

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