Author's Edits::

1)This story has nothing to do with that other SasuSaku story now, XD I just scratched that, no complicating of the KakaSaku is what I have decided. P

2) I re-vamped this chappie as of June 14/07. Just a little- nothing drastic

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"Bastard" Sakura muttered to herself after 30 minutes of quiet traveling. "That's what he is, a no good liar sending me mixed messages." She grumbled. Right after Kakashi's abrupt intrusion, Sakura had left immediately for her mission. At the beginning, she was flushed from what had just happened but when she started thinking about it, that entire scene was just a flurry of mixed messages. Sakura picked up a rock on her trail and threw it. It hit a tree and sent birds flying out.

"Jerk." She muttered.

She sighed and looked up. "It's just a fling. Just like every other guy I've ever been involved with." Sasuke's face flashed through Sakura's mind. He was the first person she had ever made love to, but it was two years ago during a very tough time in Sakura's life. Sasuke was trying to help her through it and they found an attraction between them. They made love only one night and never again. The final war with Orochimaru had begun merely weeks after that night together. Sakura didn't want anymore attachments to anyone. Sasuke found another girl named Himiko. Sakura was just glad to be herself but with a better and more mature understanding of life.

"Sasuke…" Sakura said quietly to herself as she continued walking on her trail. She heard a twig break and she snapped out of her reminiscing. "Why are you thinking about this?" she smacked herself in the head.

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By the evening of the second day, Sakura finally exited the woods she was traveling in to come upon a clearing- her destination. There were tents set up everywhere, shinobi watching every entrance. As Sakura entered the site she was greeted by Neji who had seen her coming from afar.

"I didn't think you would be coming back to this dump so fast." He stated as they walked to Genma's tent. "Well, you know how it is with messages and how the Hokage forgets to send things during deliveries. I'm always the backup." She grinned. They neared Genma's tent as Sakura saw Genma standing outside of it, talking to someone. Suddenly Sakura realized who Genma was talking to. It was Kakashi. Sakura's heart skipped a beat. "The hell is he doing here?" she panicked inside.

"Yo!" Kakashi waved as the two approached. Sakura looked at Kakashi with disbelief. "Hey Sakura, you sure took your time getting here." Kakashi joked. Sakura blinked, "uh, yeah, you sure didn't wait." She said pretending she knew he was supposed to be there. She then looked at Genma. "erm, yeah, I've got the thing." She said. "Right, I was just sending Kakashi to the base cabin. Shikamaru should be there so just give it to him. I've gotta head to a meeting." Genma said as he turned to leave.

"Err… ok." Sakura said, her stomach dropping when she watched both Genma and Neji leave. Kakashi turned to her, "shall we go?" he said as he started walking to the cabin. "Um, mind if I ask, but what –are- you doing here?" Sakura asked, dumbfounded, still standing where she was. Kakashi stopped walking and turned to face her.

"Well, you know how Tsunade is with deliveries, and how she forgets to send things sometimes. I was her backup for this particular scroll she forgot to send with you." He stated with a sly tease. Sakura didn't know what to think. She definitely did not want him here; the point of this whole trip was to be away from him.

"Are you mocking me?" she said as she began to walk. "Maybe," he said. He watched her walk towards his direction. She walked passed him. "Ack!" Sakura yelped as she felt Kakashi turn her around to find herself facing Kakashi in his arms. Sakura's heart began to throb faster than it ever had. She put her hands on his chest and tried to push away but he kept his arms around her waist.

He lowered his head to her ear and whispered, "You want to know the real reason I'm here?" Sakura felt her heart skip a beat. Kakashi grinned to himself. She could hear her heart beating faster and her spine shiver at the sound of his voice. His breath on her neck made her feel like melting in his arms.

She felt his hand slide to the left of her waist and then suddenly, he pinched her as he let go of her. "Ow!" Sakura yelped as she stumbled, grabbing her side. "Argh, what the hell!" Sakura yelled. "Not fair Kakashi-sen-" she cut herself off again. He laughed as he continued to walk ahead, "that's the first time you've said my name in days… well, sort of said my name." he joked. Sakura furrowed her eyebrows at him. He looked at her and felt impending doom coming from the troubled kunoichi.

"The real reason I'm here is because there was an attack on a nearby base from some rebels." He explained casually. "So what does that have to do with you?" Sakura muttered angrily while nursing her aching skin as she walked up beside him. "Tsunade sent me to watch over you while you were on your way here to make sure you didn't get ambushed for your scroll or anything." He finally admitted.

"Oh no…" Sakura thought. The snapping twig she had heard on her trail made sense to her now. That was Kakashi watching her and hearing her frustration over him… and he must have heard her say Sasuke's name.

"Erm …" Sakura started but Kakashi pointed and said, "We're here." And he waved at Shikamaru who was standing outside of the cabin. "Oh, ok" Sakura said quietly as she followed Kakashi over to Shikamaru. Kakashi left Sakura with Shikamaru and disappeared.

After some small conversation with Shikamaru, Sakura gave him the scroll and left to head back to her tent. She was in no mood to see anyone. She laid there inside her tent and she realized she felt strange inside, like a mix between guilt, depression and anger at herself. Yet she was confused at the same time as to why she was feeling like this.

She got up and left her tent; she headed towards the nearby river. "Bloody hell Sakura…" she thought to herself. "It's not like you're dating Kakashi, to mention an old lover shouldn't matter. He's the one you should be mad at for stalking you and continuously playing with your head. He's the one with the serious history of having one-night stands." Sakura thought to herself angrily. "But so do I." She realized.

She and Kakashi had been companions for so long, even if she was his student, she felt like she should mean something more than the rest of those girls he had a good time with. Had she disrespected herself? Had he disrespected her? Thoughts just continued to go through Sakura's mind until she found herself ready to hit Kakashi the next time she saw him. She put her hand to her neck. The marks Kakashi left were almost gone. The pain from his pinch was still fresh on her hip though.

Sakura sat down against a log, gazing at the river. It was cold; she felt a chill and shivered. It was sunset and the moon slowly crept out from behind the trees. "You're going to freeze to death." She heard someone say from behind. "He just loves creeping up on people, doesn't he?" Sakura thought as she turned around to see Kakashi walking over to her and sitting down to her right on the ground, against the log.

"Yeah, well, I can control my chakra to keep me warm." She replied. Kakashi smirked, "I should know more than anyone about your chakra control." Kakashi laughed. "Well, you haven't really been my sensei since I became Jounin three years ago." She joked. "Well, you still referred to me as Sensei until three days ago." he said with a bit of tease.

Sakura bit her lip but couldn't help smiling. "I can't believe he's actually joking about this." She thought to herself. But she had to admit, he was trying to make her feel better, something he probably didn't do with his other lovers.

"Does it make you feel younger to say three days ago?" she joked as she stretched out her right leg and leaned her head on her bent left knee, looking to the side at Kakashi. "Does it make you feel older to say three years ago?" he replied as he gazed at the water. Sakura hung her head. "You've got a comeback for everything." she said with a tone of defeat. Kakashi laughed and slid his arm around her waist. Sakura straightened up as she felt his hand just slide along her skin, over the place he pinched her. He lowered his head to her ear. "Sorry about that, I didn't mean to pinch you so hard."

He was doing it again. His breath on her neck; the tingling feeling down her spine. His calloused thumb caressed her skin and made her stomach twist. She wanted him again. The image of pressing her lips into his again passed through her mind. She didn't care if it was right or wrong to want this from her former sensei. He moved to lean his head into her neck and he blew gently along her neckline. He knew what he did to her and he loved it.

She took a deep breath. She pulled away a little to look at him and he lifted his head to look at her. They were barely inches away. She remembered the morning when she had seen his face, how peaceful he looked, how attractive he really was under the mask. Sakura looked into the eye that wasn't covered. She remembered when they made love that she had been able to look into both his eyes, she remembered his Sharingan.

"Sharingan." Sakura thought. She moved her hand to his headband. "I want to see it again…" she said as she slid her hand under his headband and pulled it off. He kept his eye shut. She traced her thumb over his scar with her other hand. He moved his hand to her wrist and pulled it away. "No Sakura." He said quietly as he let go of her hand to pull his headband from her hand. "Wait." Sakura said and this time she grabbed his wrist. "I'll close my eyes." She said. "But you won't see it." He replied a bit confused. "I just want you to look at me again with both your eyes." She smiled and closed her eyes.

Kakashi opened his other eye and gazed at her. She sat there, almost innocently. Her perfect complexion; her long pink hair. He leaned in and gently pressed his lips against hers, through his mask. Sakura felt his lips through his mask and she felt like melting. The last three days she had been so confused with herself but all she really wanted was to be in his arms again.

She felt right. She moved her arms around his neck and pressed her lips harder into his. Kakashi pulled an inch away and whispered, "It's ok Sakura, you can open your eyes." Sakura opened her eyes and found herself gazing into both of his eyes. It sent shivers down her spine.

Suddenly his red eye sent a memory through her mind. She realized something. She pulled away and looked down. "Goodnight Kakashi…" she said as she got up and left. Kakashi just watched her as she walked away. She returned to the campsite, everyone was gathered around a campfire and they waved, but she just walked by and then found her tent. She crawled in and lay down. "Shit, shit, SHIT." She repeated over in her head. She began to realize why she found herself so attracted to Kakashi. "Sasuke." She said as she felt her eyes start to water. His Sharingan. She remembered the feeling of seeing Sasuke's eyes and what it used to do to her. Was that why Kakashi entranced her so much?

She rolled over and pulled her blankets over her. She was in for a sleepless night.

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w00t! Exams ended last week and I was able to write this chapter, so yes, expect more updates from me

Hearts to everyone especially to the ones that review.
eg. Jemiul and KawaiiYamato, lots of love to you two