"So, let me get this straight… You were sent out on a routine mission with new recruits. Just a normal information gathering mission; and you did what?"

Three Anbu members left the room after being dismissed, leaving only one behind as Tsunade spoke; an undercurrent of disbelieving anger threatening to break her control.

"I didn't do anything, Hokage-sama."

"YOUR team did what?"

"Set the target on fire."

"HOW DID YOU SET HIM ON FIRE?"

"I didn't do anything, Hokage-sama."

"YOUR-…" Tsunade took a deep breath and calmed herself."I can't believe I'm actually having this discussion, with you of all people. It has been a chore to give you your own team. I thought fresh recruits that you could mold in your own, twisted image would be just what you needed. They may be Anbu now, but they are still NEW Anbu. Really, Hatake? The mission was successful, despite ending with the target bursting into flames. How do you set someone you are supposed to be spying on, who isn't supposed to know you are there, on fire!"

"I didn't-"

"Whatever! You are now team-less again; I will assign the new recruits to Kitsune once he gets back from his mission."

"Naruto? He's a Captain now?"

"He has been a Captain for two years, keep up Hatake. Anyway, because of this you are-"

"Going to be a solo mission Anbu?" Tsunade smirked at Kakashi's sudden perkiness.

"No, you are still going to be on a team. Though, you are being demoted for a mission or two. Being a subordinate again might help break you out of this need you have to be on nothing but solo missions. It's unhealthy. What happened to that massive push for teamwork?" Kakashi just hummed a sigh as he put his hands in his pockets; slouching slightly, giving him more of a lazy porch hound appearance than the wolf that his mask portrayed.

"I still believe in teamwork, just with other teams." Tsunade gave him a long, hard knew he was just giving his normal Kakashi answers; where he would try to baffle her with glorious bull shit if they continued, and she wouldn't believe a word of it. She just didn't feel like wasting her breath right at that moment.

Just then the door busted open and an Anbu-clad Sakura scrambled in, trying desperately to straighten her mask.

"Sorry Shish-… Hokage-sama, I over slept and…" Sakura looked over at Kakashi through her feline mask. "Oh…I forgot that you were debriefing Ookami's team. I probably could have slept in another hour…"

She couldn't see the slightly disgruntled look that received from Kakashi from behind his wolf mask, but it was there.

"Ookami, meet your new Captain. Renga."

"Figures…" Sakura stood by the front gate of Konoha waiting on her one teammate. She didn't know why she was there on time that morning. She knew he was going to be late. It didn't matter that this was important to her. He was oblivious. She wasn't exactly bright eyed and bushy tailed, but she was at least on time, damn it.

Sakura mumbled a string of curses as she kicked a little pebble with her boot-clad foot.

Served it right, it was just sitting there begging to be kicked in her miniature spat of fury. Though she was now feeling rather guilty for kicking the little thing, even though it was just a 't there some religion that believed everything had a soul? Did she kick some unsuspecting little rock person? Did this make her a terrible, hateful person?

Oh Lord, she either needed some coffee or she needed to get on the road so the blood could start pumping to her brain before she started crying her eyes out over rocks.

She sighed and turned to look down the road. The sun hadn't risen quite yet, and the early morning mist still hung about the road like a whitened cloak. She had wanted to get off an hour ago, but she should have known she wasn't going to leave on time.

The pink-haired Captain felt a tingle on the back of her neck as she heard a familiar, 'Poof!'

"Took you long enough. Though I am surprised I didn't have to wait another hour."

"She of little faith. I just got caught up-"

"Save it, Ookami." Sakura spat as she pulled a scroll from her hip pouch. "I just figured you would actually acknowledge me a little. Maybe try to be on time to something as important as my first mission as an Anbu Captain. Though I guess I should know better by now."That came out a little more bitter than she wanted, but a guilt trip served him right. He had better be grateful he wasn't a pebble.

She mentally dropped the subject as she bit her thumb and formed a few hand signs over the scroll. Pakkun appeared and Sakura pulled a piece of dried meat and small communicator from her pouch. "I need you to scout three miles ahead whilst we travel, let me know if you see anything unusual." With that she smiled at him, put the head set on him, and gave him the meat.

"Will do." He replied after swallowing the treat whole. He looked over to a stunned Kakashi sheepishly. "You don't give us treats." With that he took off.

Sakura stood up again and slipped the scroll back into her pouch. She turned and started walking down the path; Kakashi quickly catching up to walk beside her, whilst giving her a hard look.

"What?" She said when he didn't stop looking at her after a few minutes.

"When did you make a pact with the dog-nin?"

"When I was seventeen, the night of my party for becoming a Jounin."

"Who gave you the ability to make the pact?"

"Can't tell you."

"… Well, you're going to make them fat."

"I will not! I have had a pact with them for three years and they are not fat!"

"I don't know, that's about the time I noticed they were getting slower…"

"I'll tell them you said that…"

"…So when did you become a Captain?" Kakashi said, directing the conversation away from a subject that was going to get him into trouble with his pack. Sakura sniffed the air in distaste.

"Why so interested?"

"Well, you were my favorite female student-"

"I was your ONLY female student Kakas-… Ookami." She snapped.

"What's with the hostility?"

"Why are you acting like you care?"

"What?"

"Nothing, whatever, next subject please."

"So, how did you get your code name?" Sakura's head drooped a little as she walked. Of course he would want to know why she was code named, 'Renga AKA Brick.'

"Show me your face and I'll tell you." She took his snort as a no."Well then stop grilling me for personal details. You acting like you're actually interested in my life is creeping me out."

"Are you calling me creepy?"

"Well if the shoe fits…" Kakashi mocked shock as if he took offense and pulled his Icha Icha from his hip pouch. "Case in point."

"We aren't on speaking terms, you called me creepy." He said into his book as she grabbed her chest and faked her best pout.

"You aren't going to nag me for the rest of the mission! What am I going to do?" She guffawed loudly as they continued walking.

"So… why did Tsunade assign me to be your Captain? Mess up or something?"

"No, she just knew you'd need a baby sitter-" Sakura pushed up her mask and shot him an impressive glare.

"You are such a liar! Tsunade has more faith in me than-"

"If the shoe fits, Sakura. Why else would she send an Anbu of my rank on such a low-"

"OH! Don't you say it!" Sakura didn't know what pissed her off more, the fact he was trying to annoy her with what he was saying, or the fact he looked aloof and emotionless as he said it. He was acting more like Sai than Kakashi. "Are you trying to push my buttons? 'Cause the only thing you're going to get out of it is a concussion."

"I don't hit little girls." He was trying to test her, she knew it, and she didn't care because she wouldn't mind showing him there was a reason why she was promoted to the same rank as him.

"Well that's good, 'cause the only one I see here is you." Kakashi's eyebrow actually twitched at that. That was pretty good, though he'd never admit it.

"I don't have time to change your diaper right now, I just so happen to have a mission to complete."

"Are you going senile in your old age or deaf, Grandpa? I am YOUR Captain." Another twitch was made by his eyebrow.

"You're still wet behind the ears, Pinky. Let me take the reins on this one and we'll actually complete it successfully."

Her gaze narrowed at the term 'Pinky'. He knew that would get her to snap if anything would.

"You wanna dance, old man? Put your walker off to the side and I'll gladly beat the fuck out of you!"

"'You wanna dance?' How many cheesy Kung Fu movies did you watch to get a line like that?"Kakashi smirked as he turned toward her. Not that far from the village at all. Just as planned. Coming back to the village with an unconscious Sakura meant that Tsunade would have to send him on this mission solo; all other Anbu operatives were in the field. Sakura would get a real team, and not him being punished for her first mission. Win win situation in his opinion.

Though the vein throbbing in Sakura's forehead was slightly intimidating.

I am enjoying writing this one so far. :D

As far as Avatar the Last Air Bender fanfiction, I loved to suggestions (THANK YOU AleinaReigning!) but I am an Aang and Katara fan (KATAANG! Sounds like a pan hitting some one in the head. O.o) So any epic Kataang stories anyone knows (OLDER PLEASE... not into 13 and 14 year olds doing... stuff. .) I would love suggestions.