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Sakura stepped out of Kakashi's house and felt the cool morning wind hit her face. She looked up to see the sun. "Six… just in time" she thought to herself. At least she didn't sleep in, she had to meet Tsunade for a quick mission briefing at seven.
There had been troubles at the border and Sakura was constantly being sent back and forth between the Sound country and Konoha. Orochimaru had been rightfully defeated 9 months ago by an alliance between the fire, wind and some people inside the sound country. The war had been bloody and Sakura had been Tsunade's main help when passing messages between the border and Konoha.
Sakura went home to take a bath. She undressed and walked into the bathroom when she stopped in front of the mirror. A mark had caught her eye. She leaned in closer to the mirror to see many marks on her neck. She felt her stomach do a back flip. She wasn't sure if she was embarrassed about this or absolutely annoyed by the dark marks on her neck. "Ugghhhh……. What will Tsunade say if she sees this!" She muttered to herself smacking herself in the head. She took a deep breath and sighed. Kakashi's smell still lingered around her a bit. The smell made her stomach tingle at the thought of him. She shook it off and trudged into the bathtub and took a very long bath. "He can sure leave a hell of a hickey." she giggled to herself.
By 7am she was at Tsunade's office. Sakura's thoughts dazed in and out as she 'listened' to the female Hokage's orders. "What must Kakashi be thinking?" she wondered to herself. He was probably up by now. "I really don't want to see him. It would be too awkward"
"SAKURA." Tsunade snapped. Sakura jolted back to reality. "Yes Ma'am!" She asked attentively. "What on earth are you day dreaming about? I'm telling you the importance of this scroll reaching Gendo at the border and you're just going "mhm" as if you don't even care." Tsunade lectured. "Gomen…" Sakura said sheepishly. "And don't EVER call me ma'am again; I feel like an old hag when you say it like that." Tsunade muttered. Sakura smiled and apologized.
Sakura continuously fidgeted with the turtle-neck shirt she was wearing, making sure that the collar wouldn't fall down, in fear of Tsunade seeing the love marks Kakashi left on her. "Sakura, this mission should only take about 4 days, so be back before the 4th dawn from today." Sakura felt a pang of relief go through her. She turned around to walk out the door when she heard Tsunade open her drawer and say "Sakura, wait." Sakura turned around to catch a small bottle being tossed to her. Sakura looked at it and then looked at Tsunade. "err…" Tsunade grinned and said "to cover the marks." Sakura turned red and ran out the door.
Sakura left and sighed happily. She won't be seeing Kakashi for 4 days and this would give time for her thoughts to settle in. Sakura went to her home to grab her backpack. She always had one ready because she never knew when she would have to set out on a mission. She loved being sent to the border. She enjoyed that feeling of not having to be attached to anything. Some people might find the thought of having no real commitments other than a job, lonely, but Sakura loved it. She hated dedication to someone more than anything.
Sakura had been a happy-go-lucky girl but during a war 3 years ago with Orochimaru, her father had died fighting and her mother died 4 months later in sadness. Sakura was crushed but Tsunade helped her and made Sakura realize that right now the only thing she could do was stop more people from dying and Sakura slowly started to come out of her depression. She realized this is the life of a shinobi.
Sakura went back to her tiny apartment to pack food for the journey when she suddenly realized something - her Konoha headband was missing. "Oh no" Sakura thought. "I left my headband at Kakashi's house". Sakura felt her stomach drop. This was not good. Sakura did not know what to do. She needed her headband but she didn't want to go back to Kakashi's house. She did not want to see him right now, when it felt really weird that their 7 year relationship of sensei and student had suddenly transformed into something else within a fortnight.
After much thought Sakura decided she would go to Kakashi's house. She knew he was out right now with Naruto and Sasuke. She clearly remembered them making plans for training because the three of them hadn't trained together since before the final war. Sakura, still standing in her kitchen, took a deep breath. "This will be just like a mission. Infiltrate Kakashi's house and retrieve the headband without being detected by enemy Kakashi." Sakura smacked her head with her hand. "Oh my God, Sakura what is wrong with you? This is Kakashi you're talking about, lightning Kakashi, it's not so easy to just go into his house like that" she muttered to herself.
"Yeah, infiltrating Sakura's house is A LOT easier". Said a male voice from behind her. Sakura jumped. She turned around to see Kakashi sitting on her couch…with the headband in his hands. Sakura turned a deep red and looked away. "you-you should have knocked, ya know." She stuttered, trying to sound normal. "Well, I was here before you got home." He stated. Sakura scowled, "how dare you enter my house without my permission!" Kakashi grinned under his mask, "it was either you 'infiltrate' my house or I 'infiltrate' yours." He said plainly as he stood up. "I preferred infiltrating your house because if you broke into mine, you would have been caught and turned as red as you are now." Sakura stood up straight and pouted. "I am –not- red." Kakashi laughed and walked over to her until he was a foot away. Sakura felt her heart skip a beat as she took a small step back. His scent was intoxicating. She felt like pouncing on him again and redoing last night's events again. Sakura looked away for she still couldn't meet his eyes. He held out the headband in front of her and she glanced at the headband then snatched it out of his hands. She had to step away otherwise she didn't know what she would do. Kakashi looked at her averted eyes. Sakura looked up at him and he looked at her lips and then her eyes.
Sakura knew what he was planning to do. Sakura bit her own lip and stepped back to walk over to the counter to continue taking out foods she planned on taking. Before Kakashi could say anything, Sakura cleared her throat and asked, "Why aren't you out training with Sasuke and Naruto?" Kakashi sighed and walked over to Sakura's back pack. "When have I ever been on time to a scheduled training?" Sakura smiled. Kakashi picked up Sakura's backpack. "Tsunade asked you to drop off the scroll to Genma?" he asked. "Yeah" she said quietly. "Four days?" he asked as he brought the bag to the counter. "Yeah." "Have a good trip." He said flatly as he headed to the door. Sakura bit her lip again as she watched him unlock the door.
Suddenly, he disappeared. Sakura sensed him behind her and then she felt his heavy breath at her neck. Her insides tingled and she gasped deeply. He wrapped his arms around her tightly and whispered, "I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way." He kissed her on the cheek and then he disappeared again. Sakura stood there in awe as she put her fingers to her cheek.
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I am SO sorry for not updating. My own life has been hell so I've been trying to deal with that. My exams should be over in 2 weeks so I'll be able to update A LOT faster when summer starts. W00T FOR CHAPPIE! -hearts-
- Kuroame