I do not own Naruto in any way shape or form. I own nothing except for the plot and the character Amber and all her family members. By the way my pen name: SakuraInTheWind has nothing to do with any anime or manga, I chose it simply to mean "cherry blossoms in the wind". Now I know I have only a few chapters on my other fic…which is why I blame basically school in general as well as work. But FEAR NOT! I AM still working on it.

Sesshomaru walks into the room.

Sesshy: WENCH! Why have you slipped into another fandom?!

Me- uhhhh…..

Sesshy: there IS no excuse is there?

Naruto walks up.

Naruto- BECAUSE! I am SO totally BETTER! BUH-LEAVE-IT!!

Sesshy- you insolent fool!

Naruto sticks his tongue out like the juvenal he is.

Sesshomaru growls dangerously.

Sounds of battle and random shouts can be heard.

Me- uh guys? Guys! GUYS!!!

Sasuke- why must they be so annoying

Me- 8glares at Sasuke8 and you got here how? 8twitches8 anyway…here's the story! (remember I only own the plot and Amber)

Last Time:

"So, honestly, how much of a nose bleed do you think he'll get?" Amber giggled.

"Oh I think it'll be a good one." Sakura snickered.

"Way different from my first impression, huh?"

"Totally!"

"Will it be good payback for all the times he leaves you guys waiting?"

"I'll bring my camera!" Sakura laughed.

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This Time:

In front of Kakashi's house

Sakura armed with camera.

11:57pm

The girls knocked on the jounin's door. He answered the door reading a new edition of Icha Icha paradise. He didn't say anything or even look at them.

"So we're all done with the clothes. Where do I bunk?" Rae stated.

When Kakashi looked up his one visible eye widened. He was in awe. This girl looked like…WOAH! She was starting to turn him on. Maybe her staying with him was a bad idea.

Suddenly a flash went off and there were giggles when he was rubbing his eye.

"OH MY GOD, Rae! That was SOO AWESOME! Thanks!" sakura yelled as she ran off with her camera in hand before Kakashi realized what happened.

"What was that about?" he questioned.

Rae shrugged, "Revenge, I suppose."

"What's with the getup?" he questioned again.

"It's my style." she said. "I made it."

"You made that? I never pictured you in that type of clothing."

"Of course not. To you I'm a child, but guess what…When you're forced to be grown up, you lose you're child-like innocence real fast." She walked over to the couch and set herself down and dropped the tote she made from extra material next to her.

"So…" he said.

"'So…'" she mocked. "Well with your reaction I can bet that Naruto and Sasuke will both be surprised too. Right?"

"Oh they'll definitely be surprised." And Naruto will probably have a nosebleed. Kakashi though to himself.

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Kakashi's house

The kitchen

5:11 am

Kakashi woke up that morning to the scent of food cooking. Which made him get dressed quickly and walk out of his bedroom to the kitchen right away. What he saw was really weird…Well it was weird to him at least. (a/n: hello…modern day America!)

Amber a.k.a. Rae was making breakfast in her underwear and was dancing around and singing at the same time. All Kakashi could do was stand there and stare. He was listening to her too. And BOY what a weird song. He really hoped she wasn't meaning it like he thought. She just happened to be singing "All For You" by Janet Jackson.

Kakashi was having a hard time keeping dirty thoughts out of his mind when she was serving out some sort of circle things with strawberries on plates. She wasn't doing it normally though. Oh no, she was shakin' her perfect little body all the while singing.

"All my girls at the party, look at that body shakin' that thing like you never did see. Got a nice package alright. guess I'm gonna have to ride it tonight. " she had her eyes closed and as soon as her hands were free she had them in her hair holding it up while she pushed out her chest and butt. Now she decided to skip a verse and go to the chorus. "It's all for you, if you really want it. It's all for you, if you say you need it. It's all for you, if you gotta have it. It's all for you if you make a move, It's all for you."

She stopped and looked at Kakashi like a deer caught in the headlights. She looked horrified. Then suddenly her whole face bled to red. " I'm SO sorry! I didn't know you were there. Um…I made breakfast."

"I see that." He said with his eyebrow raised. "What exactly is it?"

"Oh. That's pancakes with strawberries and butter. I didn't know if you had maple syrup in this world. And I would have gone back to my world to bring some but one I'm not allowed to leave, two I don't know how to go back, and three if I went back there's no guarantee I'd be able to come back."

"Oh. That wouldn't be good. Especially if you plan on making breakfast for me every day." Kakashi responded with a smile.

"Yup! So, I know how you are with you're mask. Which, I have to say, is worse than a girl with her make up; with the 'OH NO!!! DON'T LOOK AT ME! I DON'T HAVE MY MAKE UP ON!'" She was waving her hands around and going along with it 'til she was done. Then she looked annoyed. "If they cared about themselves they'd see that they only need their natural and inner beauty and then maybe they wouldn't have to be like that."

She sighed and shook her head in disappointment, then smiled. "Well anyway. I'm gonna go bathe. So you don't have to worry about me seeing your face. Maybe after, you could help me with some new dressings for my wound…I don't know if you have anything for it…usually my brother helps me, but obviously he's not here." she smiled and left him to his breakfast.

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5:43 am

Rae was all clean and had her clothes on for the day and walked up to Kakashi who had been reading icha ich paradise again. She just stood there looking at him waiting for him to look up.

Kakashi knew she was there he just had to finish the paragraph he was on. When he looked up she was in that teasing outfit she had on last night. He still couldn't believe she made it. It was amazing. She seemed so little and innocent and if she could come up with an outfit like that he wanted to see her fight. He knew that she couldn't yet because of the wound, but he was excited to see what other surprises she had in her.

"What?" he asked her with a bored tone.

She just looked at her bandage while she removed it. She then looked up at him to see his one visible eye widened once more since she's been living with him. "I know it's kind of a weird wound to you. I mean a while ago in my world people couldn't mend a wound like this and the person would die…"

"You're world sounds more advanced than this one." he responded looking at her with compassion. "I've noticed you have a lot of scars. Do you get into fights a lot?"

She flinched and her eyes filled with sadness. Kakashi watched and analyzed her reactions. "I guess you could say that…"she was fishing for excuses, and he could tell.

He let the subject drop and she eventually relaxed again. "I think we can wrap that wound of yours." he said and smiled.

She looked at him and smiled back. "Yeah?"

"Yeah." he repeated. Then he went to a closet and pulled out some first aid stuff and cleaned and dressed the wound.

She watched him as he did. She noted that he was extra careful and gentle. "you told them 6:30 am right?" she asked him.

"Yep." he responded wrapping her whole stomach for extra safety.

"You showing up at 8?" she inquired.

"Seven" he corrected.

"Why so early?" she cocked an eyebrow. "It's unlike you."

"so you don't open your wound…" he stated, "You know so much about us…what can I know about you?" he added as an after thought.

"The eyes are the window to the soul. You look into my eyes a lot. You know about me." she responded.

"You seem so sad and exposed to the world yet somehow still innocent. How is that possible." he asked.

"All in good time, sensei. All in good time." she said in a tone that made her sound wise beyond her years.

Kakashi was done wrapping her wound so she got up to meet the others at the training grounds. She and sakura were supposed meet earlier anyway.

Kakashi just watched her run and was about to yell for her to slow down but he figured she could handle herself. He tried to relax to read ich icha paradise.

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Team seven's training grounds

6:05 am

Amber found that she was alone when she got there. She was getting fidgety so she decided to start singing. "damn you Kakashi, bringing up the past." She was just walking around the clearing slowly as she began to sing. "I always needed time on my own. I never thought I'd need you there when I cry. And the days feel like years when I'm alone. And the bed where you lie. Is made up on your side."

"When you walk away I count the steps that you take. Do you see how much I need you right now?" she started to almost jump and her face showed frustration and depression and her arms animated her tone even more as she continued. "When you're gone the pieces of my heart are missing you. When you're gone the face I came to know is missing too. When you're gone the words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok… I miss you."

She started to walk through the woods, too caught up in her song to notice people watching her. She was in her own little world, and tears started to flow. The people watching believed she was actually in love. She was just longing to have someone so she could feel like this. She shook her head a little before she spun as she continued, "I've never felt this way before. Everything that I do reminds me of you. And the clothes you left, that lie on the floor and they smell just like you. I love the things that you do."

She had to cover her face and sob for a moment before she could continue, "When you walk away I count the steps that you take. Do you see how much I need you right now?" she took a deep breath and stomped her foot and thrashed around. "When you're gone the pieces of my heart are missing you and When you're gone the face I came to know is missing too. And When you're gone the words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok... I miss you."

Her imagination working its magic again made a flutter of light appear and evolve into the silhouette of a man. Everyone could see it. He walked up to her and ran his hand over her back as she looked into the trees with striking emotion. "We were made for each other. Out here forever, I know we were. Yeah, yeah! And all I ever wanted was for you to know, everything I do I give my heart and soul. I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me. Yeah!"

She embraced the silhouette and finished her song. "When you're gone the pieces of my heart are missing you. And When you're gone the face I came to know is missing too. And When you're gone the words I need to hear, will always get me through the day and make it ok…I miss you...…" she composed herself and the silhouette faded to nothing as she walked back to the training grounds.

Rock lee had tears in his eyes. Youthful love! It's the purest kind!

Sakura followed her new friend intending on asking about the love she had.

Kakashi couldn't stop himself from following her. He tried to relax, but he just couldn't. so he followed her. He had no clue he would learn all this. He was fuming to know that someone had made this strange girl feel like that. He followed her quickly and silently through the trees to find out more. She'd talk to Sakura, he knew that much.

Sakura looked at Amber. "Rae?" she called.

The girl startled. "Call me Amber when we're alone. We're friends, right? When we're alone you can use the more personal name."

"Okay…Amber?" sakura stated hesitantly.

"Yes?" the response was almost emotionless but not cold.

"I didn't mean to intrude but I didn't want to interrupt. Your voice is beautiful. Who were you singing about? And what that shadow that looked like a man?" Sakura sounded a little like Hinata would if she were the one in Sakura's place.

Amber giggled. "Well first off…I was singing because my feelings were the same tone as the song. I don't have anyone to love or to love me in return. That's why I was singing it. And secondly, that silhouette was made from my imagination. My inner magic made him. No chakra needed." she giggled again as she regarded her friend.

Sakura sat next to her and looked at her with some concern, "So…what? You feel alone because there isn't a guy to love you."

"No." she looked in Sakura's eyes. "I feel empty. My soul is dying. Because I'm alone. It has nothing to do with guys. Just people in general."

Sakura suddenly felt horrible. She saw into her friend's soul for a split second. What she saw made her heart go out to her. 'She doesn't have anyone. It's been that way for a while, not just now when she's far from "home". She's all sad because no one cares for her. When at least I have a family and friends. But I'm still acting like a baby because of Sasuke.'

Psh! YEAH! Seriously! But…It's kinda hard not to feel bad. HE'S SOOO HOTT!

Sakura sighed and looked away from her friend.

"So…when do I meet this "YOUTHFUL" Rock Lee?" Amber giggled out.

Sakura giggled too. "Soon, I suppose."

"And when will DESTINY through Neji our way?" She mocked.

Sakura giggled more. "I'm not sure."

"Oh, OH! When, oh when do I get to have the troublesome task of meeting the troublesome Shikimaru?" she spit out exasperatedly.

Sakura was giggling so hard. "Do some more!" she almost screeched.

Amber smiled and stood up. She ran behind a rock, where it was extremely obvious she was pretending to hold a pencil and some sort of paper. She giggled insanely and kept looking at Sakura then back down pretending to draw until sakura giggled loudly. She then proceeded to smile like a pervert.

"That's that PERVERTED Writer that all the girls tell me about. You know, the one that writes Kakashi sensei's books."

"Yup!" both girls started laughing like the someone was tickling them. "but between you and me…" amber stated when they stopped laughing. "his books aren't that bad."

"Really?" sakura asked now serious.

"Yeah. I read one in like ten minutes last night when he was sleeping. My books at home are worse. Heck! Some of what I write is worse!" she said. "compared to my stuff, all that is, is grade school stuff."

"Wow. What do you write? Could I see some of it later?" sakura asked.

Amber cocked an eye brow then crawled over to Sakura to whisper in her ear. Whatever was said make sakura blush profusely.

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6:34 am

Naruto was hearing rumors of some really sexy girl that was singing and dancing in the woods about a half hour before. He was almost to the clearing wondering about it and wishing he was there. Sasuke who had been hearing the same thing was not far in front him.

"Hey Sasuke!" Naruto called. "Did ya hear? Apparently there was a sexy girl that was dancing and singing in the woods!"

"So? It's just a rumor, moron." he stated.

"Sasuke! You're so-" he was caught off guard by the sight in front of him. The strange girl from yesterday was in front of him and she was SO HOTT! He fell over with the biggest nosebleed amber thought he might die from blood loss.

Sasuke was shocked as well. His eyes were wide and his mouth hung open. He fainted without falling over. It was like he was sleeping with his eyes and mouth open all the while standing up.

"That's a free cup of ramen, Sakura. Sasuke didn't have a nose bleed. Just like I said." Amber stated.

"Oh shut up, Naruto wannabe!" she played.

so tell me what you think! please! i do not own the song "when you're gone". that belongs to avril lavigne. or the song "all for you". that belongs to janet jackson. i'll try to update again tomorrow. but no promises. it's new year's eve. so happy new year if i don't update!