CHAPTER FOUR. KILL SASUKE.

Gah! Sorry I didn't get this out early. I mean, I was just on a two day long band trip and all. I was super tired when I got home and I was about to type it out, but I kind of… Fell asleep. Sorry!

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I slowly pulled away from Kakashi and looked down first, slightly embarrassed by what I had just done. I had just kissed the man! I had barely spent a day with him and… What if he didn't like me? I shut my eyes tight in a sad attempt to block the thought from my mind. I wasn't going to think about that.

I looked back up at him, expecting him to maybe wearing that stupid happy look on what I could see of his face, but instead I stared up into a pair of shocked eyes. My vision got blurry as tears welled up in my eyes.

"So glad you like my mask…" He muttered. The hurt, crushed feeling I just had quickly disappeared and was replaced by anger. How could he! He can't just do that… But really, what had he done to me? It was my entire fault…

No! No! It's not my fault! I finally feel something for someone and he can't even remotely return my feelings! That jerk. All these thoughts went through my head in a matter of seconds. I got up and slapped him, then ran off to my room. I will never speak to him again. This was all a mistake. I'll be leaving tomorrow…

"Kakashi-sensei…? Where's Aki-san?" Sakura asked as he arrived.

"Yeah! She was pretty cool!" Naruto added in.

"She won't be joining us today. Or ever again…" Kakashi answered as he let out a small sigh.

"What'd you do to her?" Sasuke asked.

"Did you chase her away?" Sakura questioned.

"It's none of your business!" Kakashi snapped. The three shut their mouths and followed him silently off to their next mission. Probably something lame, like babysitting.

"I can't believe him…" I muttered as I put my backpack on. I had been crying all night. I know it sounds stupid, but I liked him. I didn't even know him and I liked him.

I woke up early and waited until I was sure he was gone. Then, I went and had breakfast real quick. I proceeded to pack and now I'm ready.

I exited the house with a sigh and went down the street. Only then did I realize how late it was. I must have spent my whole day packing. Maybe that was because I didn't want to leave. So, there I was walking down the street… When someone yelled at me!

"Aki-san!" The familiar voice of Sakura yelled. I grimaced and told myself to keep walking, but all of a sudden, Naruto popped up in front of me. I kept walking. I couldn't let that twerp stop me.

"Hey! Don't run away from me!" Naruto yelled. I paused and laughed.

"Oh yeah. And what are you going to do about it?" I asked and raised an eyebrow as Sasuke joined the three.

"I'll fight you." He warned me. Well, I didn't want a fight. Especially not against this guy… He looked dangerous.

"Fine. What do you want?" I asked bluntly.

"What happened between you and Kakashi?" Sakura asked.

"I, uh… Why don't you ask him?" I answered her question with another question in an attempt to keep the attention off me.

"He's been grumpy since this morning." Naruto explained.

"And you're afraid to talk to him?" I asked.

"That and he's off filing a report on our mission. Plus, he just ignores us when we ask." Sakura replied.

"Listen, it's not really your business." I told them.

"He's our teacher and I think we have the right to know." Sakura said.

"Yeah, so tell us!" Naruto told me.

"Well, I don't really know what happened." I said, looking perplexed.

"What a lie." Sasuke rolled his eyes at me.

"Gah. I kissed him, okay?" I sighed and crossed my arms.

"DID YOU SEE HIS FACE!" Naruto and Sakura questioned.

"Nooo. I kind, uh… Kissed his mask." I blushed.

"Laaaame." Naruto whined.

"If you want to know so bad, why don't you try to take it off yourself!" I asked.

"What? You think we haven't tried that?" Sakura asked.

"I, uh… Well, if we're done here, I'll be leaving now." I nodded and left.

"You're leaving because you kissed him? You're more of a coward than I thought." Sasuke said in that horrible monotone voice of his.

"I'm not a coward." I said, stopping. My hand twitched. How badly I wanted to grab my kunai and kill the brat.

"Then why are you running?" He asked. I sighed. Why was I leaving? I didn't even know what he thought. For all I know, he could have been joking. Or maybe he wasn't finished. But I didn't want to hear the rest. Maybe I am a coward.

"I-I don't know…" I finally replied.

"Are you afraid of what he might think?" Sakura asked.

"Yes." I told them.

"You should talk to him!" Naruto said, helpful as ever.

"What do you have to lose?" Sasuke asked. He was right. I didn't have anything to lose…

"I will." And with that, I walked off.

Originally, the chapter would have ended here, but I felt like writing more and I felt like this was waaay too short.

I watched in the bushes as Kakashi exited a building where he had probably just dropped off his report. I blushed a little bit as I thought of how embarrassing it would be if he found out I was watching him like this. I'm not trying to be creepy or anything, but… I don't know what else to do.

After the kids had pestered me, I went back to the house to drop off my backpack. I didn't want him to think I was leaving, just in case this turned out good.

As I thought to myself, a hand reached in the bushes and pulled me out. It was none other than Kakashi. I quickly went a bright red and tried to escape his grasp, but it was near impossible.

"And what might you be doing?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'MONAMISSION!" I lied quickly. He rolled his one eyes and put me down.

"So, you've been hired to follow me around then?"

"Exactly." I nodded frantically.

"Somehow, I doubt you could ever follow someone without being noticed."

"HEY!"

"Oh, calm down." He laughed and then looked away, "I'm kind of glad we ran into each other."

"And why would that be?"

"I've been meaning to talk to you. I've been thinking about this all day…"

"Before you carry on, do you think we could… Go somewhere more private?" I asked, not wanting random people to listen in on our conversation. He nodded and walked me back to the house.

Kakashi walked inside the house and paused, looking at my backpack, which I had carelessly laid on the floor.

"Were you going to…?" He started to ask. I shook my head.

"I was thinking about it, but I couldn't leave without talking to you about this."

"Let's sit down, then." He said and motioned towards the couch. I sat down and immediately remembered the previous night. Hells, this was awkward.

"I'm sorry…" I told him.

"About what?"

"Last night. I shouldn't have done what I did."

"Why not?"

"Stop asking questions! You know perfectly well why I shouldn't have!" I snapped at him and felt a tear roll down my cheek. He sighed and looked away.

"I don't think I would have changed it, though."

"What are you talking about? It was completely inappropriate!"

"Don't kid yourself. It would have happened eventually." He looked back at me.

"Oh hell. What are we going to do?" I sighed, putting my head in my hands. He edged closer and rubbed my back. I looked back up at him.

"We could… Maybe…" He started to say, then shut his mouth.

"No. As much as I'd like it, we should stick to being friends." I replied, and then covered my mouth in shock. Had those words really come from my mouth? The whole night I had been telling myself that I really did like the guy and now I just want to be friends? Am I going insane? I must be. I looked at him and saw a pained expression in his eyes. He pulled his hand away from my back and moved away.

"If that's what you want…"

"I don't know what I want!" I said, frustrated. Couldn't he help! Didn't he care!

"I know I think that this could work. Don't you feel the same way?"

"Y-Yes. I do."

"Then what's stopping us?" He asked.

"And it wouldn't be weird for you?"

"No. Why would it be?"

"Haha. Nothing!" I looked at him innocently.

"Oh My Lord. What did you do!" He looked alarmed.

"Nothing, nothing! I swear!" I nodded and moved farther away from him. I should have kept my mouth shut. He'll kill me for sure. I kind of… Pushed one of his books in the toilet when I was packing up.

He jumped up and ran off into his room and spent the whole night doing a thorough search of his room while I sat innocently on his bed, denying every accusation.

"Kakashi! It's a friggin' book! Get over it!" I yelled as I followed him. He was sulking… But what else is new? Apparently, the evil man counts the five thousand copies of THE SAME BOOK he has and that's how he found out.

"It's not just a book! It's my favourite book!" He replied.

"It's porn!" I countered.

"…SO!"

"If you wanna be my boyfriend, I will not allow it in the house!"

"Says the woman who hides a copy under her pillow."

"We're not talking about me. This is about you." I grunted. And that's when I was tackled.

"YOU STAYED!" Naruto yelled.

"Good morning to you too." I said sarcastically.

"Alright, Naruto. Get off." Kakashi said and pulled that evil kid off me and then helped me up, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be? I'm jounin, remember?"

"I still think you're lying about that, but that's not the point."

"You're la—Aki?" Sakura said and smiled at me, "Nice to see you again.

"You're late…" Sasuke finished the sentence Sakura couldn't finish.

"It was Kakashi's fault. He couldn't stop ranting about his dumb book." I nodded matter-of-factly. Kakashi glared, ready to yell at me or something.

"Hey, sensei! What's our next mission?" Naruto interrupted.

"Oh… Knew I forgot something…" Kakashi laughed awkwardly and looked at me for help.

"Let's play… KILL SASUKE!" I yelled, knowing that would keep them busy for a while.

"Why me?" Sasuke muttered.

Awww! Ain't it cute? Kakashi's in love… Ish. They'll probably kill each other soon or something to that effect.

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