Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Story: Is this really love?

Chapter:

Summery: Ever has it been that love knows not it's own depth until the hour of separation.

A/n: This whole story has been dedicated to Nitchu Mikata. Mostly because Nini is the only one who reviewed at all.

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"NARUTO YOU SLUT!" Sakura fell to her knees in tears as the two broke apart and stared at her in shock.

Sakura sobbed, her body shaking as tears crashed down on her knees. Kakashi, who'd been standing not to far away, picked her up and rocked her gently. Sakura just sobbed like a child. Kakashi sent Sasuke a look that made him close his eyes in pain. Naruto sent a pleading look to Kakashi who shook his head and carried Sakura off to her room.

Yuiko stood there. Staring at Naruto with eyes that pleaded forgiveness and held great sorrow. Sasuke coughed and walked away from Naruto like a solider. He appeared indifferent. It was times like these that Naruto hated to leave him alone, but knew it was th only way for things to fit together.

Yuiko ran to Naruto and held her as she finally let the tears fall. Tears for Sakura, tears for Sasuke, tears for her idiocy and tears for the hell of crying. For once in her life, tears were Naruto's best friend.

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Sasuke was leaning against the wall in one of hallways. His head rested against the wall and his eyes closed as he listened to the house. People talking and things moving. The pipes running with water and the vents groaning as-

"Sasuke." the noise vanished and he looked up at his teacher. The gray haired man looked exhausted, "May I assume you told Naruto?" Sasuke nodded and sighed.

"Sensei. I didn't mean to make Sakura cry, I didn't want all this fucking drama! I just wanted Naruto. I've never felt like that before and now… I screwed it all up." Kakashi smirked and sat on his feet, his ass resting on his heels.

"Sasuke. If you had screwed up, they would be dead. The only screw ups are the ones were people end up dieing. Sakura is sleeping and has stopped crying, Naruto and Yuiko are playing some board game, and I'm sitting here trying not make this sound like a lecture. You didn't kill anyone and your teammates are alive. You didn't screw up, you just made this whole thing into a drama. A long grueling drama that is never going to end." Sasuke sighed and shook his head.

"Go tell Sakura you love her already. I have a Naruto to check on." Kakashi glared at the boy as Sasuke stood up and walked away from his teacher. Sasuke smiled, knowing his teacher was considering taking the advise.

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Naruto was sitting in front of a vanity mirror brushing out her long hair. Yuiko was no were to be found, so Sasuke assumed that the room was Naruto's. Sasuke walked in quietly and listened to Naruto talk to the panther that Yuiko's husband-to-be kept as a pet. It was also her wedding present.

"-he's really strong and handsome, but I'm not sure if this is just the girl me talking or Naruto. It's so weird. I think like I did when I was a boy, but being a girl… I'm not sure if it's just the female lust that's getting to my thoughts. Uhrrrrrrrrr! Tsume! What do I do!" the panther stood up and walked over to Sasuke.

Naruto followed the feline, his lips clearly mouthing 'Please no. No, no, no.' over and over till her eyes met Sasuke's as he bent down to pet the black animal. The cat's purr sound like a deep growl except that it was soft and loving, almost. Naruto blushed, "D-did… Did you-"

"Yes. I heard you. I heard every word." Naruto looked down at her lap. Sasuke stood up and walked toward the vanity and his dear teammate. Sasuke gently tipped Naruto's chin up and smiled lovingly at her, "Naru. I'm sorry that I made this so confusing. The truth is, I love the boy that use to fight with me and who dragged me from Orochimaru's clutches by my ankle. I don't know why Tsunade did this, but all I know is that I would do anything to have my Naruto back. Even if it mean that he'll hate me once you're a guy again."

Naruto looked down at her lap, "I can't let you do that. I don't want you to do that. I want to love you even when I'm in my male form… I don't think I could live with myself if you got that hurt because of me." Sasuke smiled.

He gently took her left and kissed the back of it, "Naruto probably wouldn't care, and I've been broken before. This won't kill me. I promise." Naruto bit her lip, but nodded slowly. It was a week till the wedding, then they'd be heading home and it would all be over and done with.

Naruto looked up, "After the wedding… Yuiko wants me to be there incase she chickens out. She wants me to drag her to isle no matter what." Sasuke smiled and kissed her gently. All he really wanted was to have his Naruto back. The one that had the gall to drag him home by the ankle, and then hug him and yell how happy he was to be back, it had been stupid. Naruto smiled and kissed back.

Yuiko giggled and closed the door to her friends room.

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Sakura shot up panting and looked around the room she was in. It was dark, but there was just enough light to see by. She noticed that her teacher was sitting on the window seat readying. Slipping from the bed, her heavy kimono was gone and her white bra and underwear were all that were left to cover her.

Sakura ignored this and walked over to her sensei, the see through white sheet came with her. Kakashi looked up from his book, both of his eyes uncovered. Sakura smiled, "I guess I made an idiot of myself." Kakashi dropped his book (a/n: I seriously don't think he likes those things. I think he reads them for the hell of it.) and pulled Sakura to straddled him as the sheet slipped from he body and she caught herself on his shoulders. Sakura blushed, but to Kakashi, it made her all the cuter.

"I'm going to be honest, Sakura. I've known you since you were twelve. I have watched you go through it all, and… I don't want you any less for any of the stupid things I've seen you do. The only part of you, the only thing I hate, is your goddamn obsession with Sasuke. You weren't weak because I didn't teach you. You were weak, because you didn't take anything I ever said to heart. You didn't care about getting better until Sasuke was gone. That was only I don't regret about him leaving.

"You have been acting like a jealous child toward Naruto from the moment you met him. Naruto never did anything. You were a little bitch to him, he never did anything, but try to befriend you. The reason Sasuke and Naruto as so close, is because that is how they grew up. They were never protected or pampered. Naruto and Sasuke knew what death was before you could even speak your name. Those boys are already two of the great Neo-sanin. Your still a whimpering child. You don't care that they've killed. You don't see the sin, you just see their pain. Shinobi marry Shinobi so that they have someone to understand that after a kill, they just want to stare into nothing and wipe it from memory. You have wipe killing from your mind entirely." Sakura had looked away.

"Sensei… I'll be honest. I hate Sasuke and Naruto. They didn't need to work to be brave and to know, by instinct, how to kill. Their clans were ninja. My clan runs bakeries and sweet shops. But… I made myself a promise that I would find a truth as to why I was able to use chakra, as to why I could so easily kill a cat or mouse with out flinching. I was scared and I didn't want to be like that. I didn't want… I couldn't ever be-"

":Like Sasuke. Like Naruto… Like me." Sakura blushed and nodded. Kakashi smirked and pulled his mask away from his lips and kissed her skin gently. Sakura gasped as his warm lips brushed the skin on the rise of her breast. She shuttered and moved closer. Wanting his lips on hers. He smiled, "Your going to get tainted, don't play with the devil." Sakura kissed his injured eye.

"If you the devil, and this is hell, then I want nothing more then to stay here forever." Kakashi flinched slightly, "I know you love me, Kakashi. I heard you and Sasuke talking. Please don't think that I'm weak. I try to avoid killing, but… you don't even know what most of my missions-"

"Sex, rape and killing the target. I know. I read the mission reports and tried to threaten Tsunade into giving them to someone else. I didn't want another man touching you. I was to late by then, but I didn't want anyone else to touch what I couldn't have."

"You have it now." Kakashi froze. Sakura stood up and pulled him to a stand the over to bed. She sat down and pulled him close to her. She laid back and he came with her. Sakura smiled as Kakashi lifted her slightly and moved them so her head rest on a pillow. He kissed her deeply and slowly slipped his thumb into her underwear.

The nigh was silent as they slowly came together.

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a/n: I hope you liked it. (bow)