I'm sorry :( this one is a bit shorter and there is not so much going on but I promise I'll make it up to you in the next chapter ;)

Turning around another corner Sakura came to a small vegetable garden just to the side of the main building. It seems as the ryokan has its own supply of vegetables and fruits. On the field a small girl with dark green hair was tending to the plants using a small watering can. Nearby was an older woman with a hat on her light green hair, probably the girl's mother. When they noticed her they bowed slightly and continued to work on the small field.

Sakura nodded her head in a greeting and walked past them to another part of the ryokan. Behind the whole compex was a huge garden. Or better said a park with small gardens in it. She came to see a flower garden with a walkway in the middle snaking around different trees and plants and small ponds.

Sakura stood in awe at the beautifully designed garden.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" Asked the little girl that came to stand next to Sakura. She turned to the girl with a smile.

"Yes it's almost mesmerizing. We don't have something like this where I come from. Just parks and training grounds."

"Mezme-what?" Asked the girl puzzled about the word Sakura used.

"It means that you can't take your eyes of it as if it was charmed." Explained Sakura and smiled at the little girl's evident fascination with the description.

"Midori?" A man's voice called out to the little girl from behind the bushes. He came down the path of the garden and the small girl ran to him. His dark brown hair was tied in a ponytail and his green eyes were the same as the girls.

"Otosan. The pretty lady said that your garden is mezmet-, ah… charming. "

"Oh did she?" He lifted her up in his arms and directed his attention to Sakura.

"I hope she wasn't bothering you."

"Oh no, not at all. I was just saying that the garden is mesmerizing. Truly beautiful."

"Thank you, miss. I'm happy you like it. It's my pride. Just after my beautiful wife and daughter."

"No need to call me miss. I'm Sakura."

"Nice to meet you Sakura-san. I'm Shokubutsu and this is Midori."

"And my okasan is Nana." Chimed in the little girl.

"Yes she is. Now go and help her. I still have some work to do." He gave her a big kiss on her cheek and sent her on her way to her mother. While passing Sakura she gave her a small bow and a smile.

"I must excuse myself as I have some work to finish. It was nice to meet you, Sakura-san. Please enjoy your walk." He brushed a stray strand of hair out of his face with a hand that was covered in a makeshift bandage. Sakura could see it was covered in blood. She immediately switched to her medic mode and approached him.

"Are you hurt Shokubutsu-san?"

"Ah, that's nothing. I was on my way to get it cleaned and bandaged properly."

"Will you let me look at it? I'm a medic."

"Well I don't want to trouble a guest."

"It's no problem at all." She smiled and took his hand, removing the ragged and bloodstained bandage. The cut wasn't too deep but it might get infected should it not be treated. She pushed her chakra into the wound and started healing it.

"How did you manage to cut yourself like this?" Sakura asked while closing the wound with her chakra.

He let out a nervous laugh. "Just being the clumsy me. Grabbed the garden shears as they were falling."

"Aha." Sakura wasn't sure why he would lie about how he got the cut. She finished her healing and let go of his hand.

"Thank you Sakura-san. Have a nice rest of the day." He bowed and left quickly.

Sakura was a bit confused by his behavior. She looked at her hand that she used for healing him. She felt a small trace of foreign chakra on it. It happened sometime that the chakra of the healed person seeped out into the person that was healing him, but that was very rare and it happened mostly with shinobi that had big chakra reserves.

She did check his chakra system when she started healing him but there was nothing strange about it. It was weak as it should be in a civilian.

"Strange." She mumbled and put it aside to tell Kakashi when she meets him. If he ever talks to me again.

She chose one of the paths and looked around to find a nice place to sit down. While she walked she mused about the morning events. After she slapped him he didn't talk to her, just asked her to go to the breakfast but not a word more. He didn't even look at me. Well I was too embarrassed to even look him in the eye. But still he could say something. Anything. He left right after the breakfast to search the grounds and hasn't come back yet.

She was getting bored in her room and thinking about this morning wasn't helping her mood either. So she decided to go for a walk around the area and maybe read a bit. Ino had other plans, pursuing or better said stalking of her new object and spending time with Kaori wasn't an option. She would rather eat a bowl of wasabi. As she walked she came across a bench under a stunning red maple tree. Everything in this place is so perfect and beautiful. I'm starting to think that I might be just dreaming. She smiled sheepishly and plopped on the bench enjoying the light breeze. This trip is proving to be quiet enjoyable, with few exceptions of course.

She opened the book she brought with her and started reading where she left off. She had to admit that it really had a good plot. She wanted to know what happened next with the main character. It wasn't just about sex as she thought in the beginning. Reading few pages she came across another picture. Her eyes almost popped out when she saw it. What… what? How? Oh… oh my. She was turning it sideways trying to figure out whose limbs are where. She was experienced but seeing a threesome depicted so vividly made her blush like mad. Blood rushed not only to her face but also to her groin with a spreading feeling of excitement. She imagined how it would feel to have two men in bed with her. She quickly looked around to make sure no one was looking and opened the page one more time and read the chapter till the end with one breath leaving her almost breathless.

This book was starting to wake her perverse self. Really how can one not be while reading this? Would it really be so bad to succumb to ones desires?

Opening the book she started to read again and after few sentences she had to stop because she caught herself imagining her and Kakashi in the situation described at page 135 and that was just… or was it? I'm a grown woman with needs and Kakashi is a single man with a certain reputation. Being together in one bed and not trying anything with him would be almost a crime. Why not use the unique opportunity? Kami knows there is no one else in Konoha that she would be interested in. It was just one big coincidence that she and Kiba managed to have their arrangement and she wasn't sure that another opportunity like that would arise.

Anyway Kakashi seemed persuadable enough this morning so it shouldn't be that hard to get him naked and willing to have sex with her. Just have to make sure no bugs or ghost show up. Besides they didn't know each other that well.

They shared few years of memories while he was their teacher and later their team leader but there was nothing too personal in that relationship. They barely spoke to each other outside the times that he came into her home with injuries he wanted her to heal so he didn't have to go to the hospital. They would say hello and bye when they meet by chance on the street. Pretending that they were strangers wasn't that hard. She knew very little of his past or his preferences. All she knew were the rumors going around the village about his supposed sexual exploits but that could be exaggerated. I must admit I never heard a single one of those rumors to say he wasn't good in bed. Sakura smiled and her stomach flipped a bit with excitement and anticipation.

Plan "Seducing Hatake Kakashi" was set in motion as Sakura almost ran back to her room and backpack to dig out the more persuasive underwear she brought with her.

Meanwhile Kakashi was running around the area and searching for any and all signs of foul play. After searching the whole place up and down, he couldn't find anything out of place. He even went that far to check on the nearby town for new faces that might have some interest in harassing the ryokan but the villagers didn't see anyone or anything suspicious.

Walking back to the hotel he took out his book and started reading. With a sigh he had to put it away as he wasn't able to concentrate on what he was reading. Instead the last days played in his mind and mostly today morning. Once again today he groaned aloud and ruffled his hair roughly. What were you thinking old man? She isn't the type of girl you play around with.

He decided that this was the last time he touched her like that. She is the type for romantic love and romance and not just a quick flirt. Keeping her virgin and youthful body intact, by him, was his new priority. Youthful? Oh for kami's sake.I need to stop talking to Gai, it's just not healthy for my sanity. Coming to this conclusion made his mood lighten up and his steps lighten. He will have to hold up just few days until he solves this ghost thing and they can go home to their lives. And he would get his book back hopefully.

Thank you for reading :) and don't forget to review if you have anything to say ;)

As for the names:

Shokubutsu - if the google translate doesn't lie it should mean plant

Nana - vegetables, greens

Midori - green

and from the last chapter Sabaku - desert, as in fields of sand :) and not what I thought to be a cake :D but thanks to this little tiny mistake I had with English and Japanese language I came to a great idea regarding him and Ino :D