Dear readers. I AM SORRY. Truly. I was just busy with life and I my mind was so preoccupied with other things that I just had no desire to write accompanied with a minor writers block. So here we are a month later and I hope I still have few fans left out there that will read it :(

So sorry for taking so long. Hopefully the next one will be up within 2 weeks :)

Enjoy!

Jumping silently into their secluded garden, Kakashi slid the doors open and walked in. There was already breakfast waiting for them on the small table in the middle of the room. Kakashi smirked under his mask. We must have been longer than I thought. Time flies by when you're having fun.

Sakura walked in and ate a small piece of omelet from one plate.

"Mmm. Everything here is so delicious. I'm taking a shower. Leave some for me." She winked at him and left for the shower.

Taking off his gloves he sat down to eat his miso soup when he noticed nicely piled books near the entrance to their room. He got up and took them to the small table to browse through them while eating.

Pulling down his mask he ate the mouth-watering miso soup. Maybe only his mother's soup was this good. He actually had to stop reading to fully enjoy the taste of the soup. It really brought back memories. It was actually possible that it was the same recipe that his mother had. She did grow up here after all.

"Kakashi? Would you help me please?" Sakura's voice pulled him out of his thoughts.

"Hm?" He asked and tugged his mask back into place. He walked to the doors to the bathroom and opened them.

"Just hold this for a second." Sakura pushed a smaller mirror into his hands. She was just in her underwear and her back was facing the big mirror on the wall. She was looking over some bruises on her back. She looked back at Kakashi and moved his hand higher so she could get a better view of her back in the reflection of the small mirror.

"I can heal it quicker when I see what I'm doing." With that she moved her hand to her back and he could see her green chakra seeping out of her hand and moving down her back to the bruises.

He watched silently as they vanished from her white skin and looked her in the eyes when she finished. Feeling of guilt came crushing down on him as he saw those bruises. He knew she didn't complain and that she enjoyed it but still he shouldn't have been so rough. He mentally slapped himself and made a mental note to not hurt her again.

He still didn't fully overcome the feeling of guilt from sleeping with his young ex-student. He is the older one here, he should be more responsible and be able to stop this 'relationship'. Even though Sakura initiated this, he should have fought more, protested more, he should have made the adult decision not to sleep with an ex-student. Event though she is an extremely beautiful, sexy and curvy ex-student. It never brought anything good and there is no way this can continue when they get back to Konoha. He didn't mind people talking bad behind his back. He was used to it, but he didn't want to put Sakura through this 'public' humiliation. They need to talk about this in the evening that they cannot continue in this. At least outside this week. I'm still a man and a pervy one at that. Can I really say no to her tonight? Let's just enjoy these few days and see where it goes.

"I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you."

She looked at him trying to figure out why exactly was he apologizing for. "You didn't hurt me Kakashi."

She pulled him closer to her and gave him a quick peck on his masked lips. He was like a child sometimes. Quickly exiting the bathroom as not to start something that might leave her with a walk of an old cowboy she rushed to the bedroom to put some clothes on. Even the small touch of his masked lips sent shivers down her spine. She couldn't wait for the evening to come so she could enjoy more of that heat he was able to stir in her body. She still thought it was from the lack of any touch during the long eight months of abstinence. She could feel heat rushing to her cheeks so she had to mentally calm herself down a bit or she will have to get another cold shower.

As she calmed a bit down she dressed in her old black shorts and her red shirt finished with her old skirt. Even after years she felt comfortable in her old ninja attire even though she used it more as a casual wear at home than on missions.

As she got out of the bedroom she saw Kakashi sitting by the small table, his back turned to her. She saw his hand move up and pulled his mask back to place, putting down the empty bowl of miso soup.

Damn it! Late again. I'm sooo going to see his face today. Her smile turned to a mischievous grin as she formed a plan in her head. He is going to be sorry that he cheated in the morning.

She sat down on the opposite side and she could see his eye narrowing in apprehension from her smile. That kind of smile never meant anything good. Her stomach grumbled as the mouth-watering smell reached her nose. Without further ado she started munching on different dishes not sure which one she liked more.

Half through the meal she saw Kakashi reading the guest books that he left here in a hurry yesterday.

"Yoth don nee so ree em'." Sakura said through pieces of food in her mouth. She chewed and swallowed the rest and explained once again after seeing his expression. He had a raised eyebrow saying 'was I supposed to understand that?'.

"You don't need to read them. I already went through them when you left them here. All the guests stopped coming in suddenly four months ago. After a certain date there are no new entries. Just us. Isn't that strange?"

Sakura stuffed her mouth with more food and quickly swallowed so she could say more.

"The establishment was full almost constantly up until that certain time. I find it strange that the word about the ghost would spread so fast and to every regular or occasional guest."

Kakashi quickly flipped through the books to check the names of the last guest if there is someone that might seem suspicious.

"Youve maging sta ace."

"Sakura. You really shouldn't talk with your mouth full." Kakashi told her without looking up from the books.

"The food is so good I can't help it and I said 'You're making that face.'"

"What face?"

"That one. Your scheming-thinking-detective face. What are you thinking?"

"I'm not sure what but something is amiss here and I don't think it's entirely because of a ghost."

"My feeling exactly. It's strange that not even the people interested in ghosts wouldn't come and stay at a haunted place. And if you look at the books, this place was packed with guests. You could hardly find an empty room. It's almost as if someone didn't want people coming here, doesn't it?"

Sakura mused and her voice became silent as if someone could overhear.

"Hm. Well I already talked to the people working here. They don't know anything helpful and their stories add up. Except that they are too perfect."

"So they are lying?" Sakura managed to swallow the food before talking this time.

"I'm really not sure. They seem to be telling the truth but not exactly." Kakashi ran his hand through his already messy hair in a gesture of frustration. "I'm good at reading people, but with these people it's as if they were telling the truth and a lie at the same time. Which is not really possible."

He listed through the books more, hoping to find something that could help him sort out this situation.

"Just keep an eye, or ear out while interacting with the locals. They might slip some information unintentionally."

Sakura slammed her palms into the table. "Now I remembered..."

"Sakuraaaaaaaa-chaaaan." Came a high pitched voice from outside of their room that effectively cut Sakura's exclamation short. Her eyes widened and she visibly paled. There was only one occasion that Ino calls me 'chan'.

"Kakashi, please don't let her take me!" Sakura jumped to Kakashi and held him by his shirt under his neck.

Ino was already knocking on the door and without awaiting a reply she entered. Sakura's wide eyes moved from Kakashi to see Ino enter the room with a smile plastered all over her face.

Kakashi could see Sakura trembling a little and a sweat could be seen on her face. Just what is going on?

Ino came closer and picked up Sakura's boots and shoved them to Sakura. She didn't wait for her to put them on and started to drag her out of the room.

"Where are you going?" Kakashi asked really curious as to what would be so terrifying that Ino could do to send Sakura into such a state.

Sakura just whimpered and Ino turned around with a wide smile.

"Shopping!"

"Ah. Shopping." As the understanding of the word sunk in he shuddered a bit. He hated shopping as much as an M rated story without smut. Really what was the point of that? Why do they even rate it M if there is no mature content?

He could almost pity Sakura that she was dragged to go shopping. The emphasis on the word 'almost' was crucial at this point. He smiled and his eye crinkled in his signature expression.

"Enjoy it sweetie, and buy something nice for the evening." Kakashi gave her a wink wich earned him a glare of death from Sakura. He was fighting not to laugh out loud while she was in hearing distance but he was going to pay for this betrayallater either way. This was too much fun to just let it slide.

"Don't worry. I'll help her find something nice." Ino winked and waved a good-bye to Kakashi.

Sakura opened her mouth not believing that he didn't help her when she was being tortured.

"Kakashiiiiiiiiiiiiiii..." a wail escaped Sakura as she disappeared behind the doors.

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