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"talking"

'thinking'

Warning for language!

The moment they entered the halls of the school, Sasuke was on alert for the gray haired older man. He followed Sakura to her locker, and unintentionally memorized her locker combination, thinking it would be useful eventually.

There was still no sign of the other man as they approached the class; however, being this close and in the class, it was only a matter of time before they incountered each other. Sasuke was thrown from his thoughts as Sakura bumped into him again; only this time it was for protection.

"Sakura-san, you have finally graced our humble classroom with your beautiful presence! My youthfulness has been rejuvenated by just looking at you!"

"Um... thank you Lee-san, I think."

"Ah, she is even generous enough to speak with a lowly urchin like me."

"Hey sebastian knock it off would you? Let Sakura in the room idiot!"

"Please allow me to sit next to one as beautiful as you Sakura-san!"

"Lee!"

"Um?" Sakura tried to back away from the screaming, black bowl cut, bushy eye browed teen that was in front of her. But doing so pushed her farther into Sasuke; which he didn't like. He placed his hands on her shoulders to prevent her from moving again. Completely forgetting he was behind her, caused Sakura to jump when he touched her. "Uchiha-san!"

"Oh, pardon my ignorance Sakura-san, but who may I ask is this gentleman?"

"What? Oh... um."

"He's her boyfriend, and he's very protective of her."

"Ino!"

"Oh, I see then I shall retire to my usually seat again..." Lee's high spirited nature was doused like water to a camp fire, as he walked back into the room.

Once he was gone, Sakura immediately jumped on Ino for her statement, "Ino why did you say that!? Now everyone will start a rumor and Sai will never talk to me again," she was on the verge of tears. Sasuke wasn't sure if she was upset about the other guy not talking to her, or the fact that Ino said that he was her boyfriend; what was wrong with him... not that he cared of course.

"Oh would you relax Sakura, if it comes to that I'll just start another one; Sasuke can be your... history tutor."

"Ino!"

"What? God knows you need one, with that grade you have now, you'll be lucky to graduate."

"I knowww! Thank you for blurting that out too."

'She's failing her history class?' Sasuke found that slightly funny, seeing as how history was his best subject; in fact... all his classes were easy for him.

Finally they moved into the room, like twenty minutes after they were suppose to; and as Sasuke figured, and much to the relief of the girls, Kakashi was no where in sight. "You see Sachi, nothing! He's probably still in the teacher's lounge."

"Are you alright Sakura?"

"Yeah Ui, but why is everyone staring at me?"

Ino turned around and started laughing, "You're joking right? Sakura, you have a super hot guy practically in your skirt, they're going to stare... and possibly jump him."

"Ino!"

"Alright, settle down and take your seats students." Sasuke flinched, hearing the voice... of the man he swore he would kill if he ever saw again. One of the boys in the back blurted out that sensei was late again. "I know I'm a little late, but I was..." Kakashi froze in mid sentence as he spotted the dark figure standing in the back of the room. 'It can't be... Sasuke?'

Sakura could see her sensei's expression quickly change from shock to anger as he saw Sasuke. "Oh, Kakashi-sensei I forgot to tell you!" She shot up out of her seat, and raced up to his desk. "I forgot to tell you last week, but my father-."

"Wanted you safe so he hired a bodyguard that would be with you at all times. Yes I already know about that Sakura, I was given a message last week; I was just a little surprised he would be here so soon is all." Kakashi looked down at his student with a smile, not wanting to frighten her or give away the fact that he knew the younger man; knew him a lot better then even his boss Orochimaru did.

"Oh, okay! Well his name is-."

"Uchiha Sasuke, yes I know that too, it's in the letter. Now please return to your seat so we may began." Kakashi watched as the innocent flower child walked back to her seat, the sole less black eyes of the demon in the back of the room never missed a move she made.

As class continued on through the morning, Sasuke became gradually bored with Kakashi's lecture because he had already heard it before; so he began to scan the room and gain better knowledge of what he was dealing with. The room itself was boring, done up just like most high school classrooms were; pale peach paint on the walls, and the ugly green tiled floors. The many windows on the left side of the room let in enough light when needed, but weren't good for much else; being on the third floor and the position he was standing in at the back of the room, didn't give him much to look at other than the blue sky and a few roof tops from other buildings.

So that left Sasuke the choice of either analyzing the students in class... or just staring off into space; he felt the first choice would be a better use of his time. As usual, and probably by habit now, Sasuke located his pink haired target first; he tells himself the only reason this happens is because of her unnatural hair color, and nothing else. But it wasn't really hard to find her, one again because of her hair color, two because she was sitting in the back left corner of the room, and three because he was standing a mere five steps behind her leaning against the wall.

Her posture was straight, as a well brought girl's should be, and she was continuously taking notes from the board. Seeing that she wasn't in any danger, he next sought out the three other girls he was introduced to, not remembering what their names were because that wasn't important to him. The blonde slut was sitting directly in front of Sakura, applying more make-up to the cake that was on her face, she was also not paying attention to what their sensei was talking about; she was going to make some old rich guy pretty happy one day.

With the sea of browns and blacks that made up the rest of the the student body in the classroom, it was much harder for Sasuke to locate the other two girls. He spotted the boy that was trying to shower Sakura was affection earlier in the middle of the room. He was staring at Sakura with little hearts in his eyes, and blowing her kisses every now and then; he was like a love sick puppy that needed to be put down. Something about the kid didn't sit right with Sasuke, when he was flirting with Sakura, some unknown emotion was racking his body; he had the urge to strangle the boy for merely talking to her... maybe he was becoming ill?

His thoughts drifted off for another hour or so, and when he snapped back, the lunch bell had just rung and students were quickly filing out of the room. Sakura stood and packed her books, then raced after her friends. Sasuke was about to follow, but it was at this time that Kakashi finally decided to acknowledge him... perfect timing.

"Uchiha, I would like to have a word with you."

'Damn-it!' "Hn."

"Same as always, aren't you Sasuke?"

"Whatever you wish to say, do it quickly, I am working and she's not suppose to be out of my sight." Sasuke moved over to the window, where he could see many of the students out in the court yard; he spotted Sakura and the other girls heading for the street. 'If they leave the ground I'll never be able to find them.'

"That's the whole reason I want to talk to you. What are you doing protecting her? Last time I saw you."

"Can we not discuss this?"

"You were working under Orochimaru," Kakashi finished his thought even if Sasuke didn't want to hear it.

"It's not your business what I do."

"You're correct, it's not my business anymore, but now that whatever this is... involves one of my students; I am involved!" Kakashi's normal layed back attitude completely disappeared.

Hearing his anger put a smile on Sasuke's face," You think I would hurt her?"

"I know from the past, what you are capable of. Pretending to care for an innocent girl such as Sakura... is even low for you. She has nothing to do with her father's business deals."

"You know about that?"

"I know a lot more than you think, a lot more about your boss than you could imagine. He's using your skills to get what he wants, he will kill you when you become of no use to him."

"I will have completed my mission."

"Are you even listening to yourself!? You're not even putting up a fight!"

"You're just upset because I took your teachings and have modified them slightly."

"I didn't care what you did with them, but using them to kill people is unforgivable. I know you were behind the murder of Madara; and I know you have something to do with all the murders as of late. You've started the chain to the down fall of the councel; and you're last target is Sakura."

In a flash, Sasuke moved away from the window, drew his gun, and aimed it right in between the older man's brow. "And what will you do if I say yes?"

"I will stop you. Sakura is innocent of anything her father, or the councel has done to you."

"This isn't about me anymore, this isn't about her. I'm ending the councel so no one else will suffer."

"So you're going to kill an innocent-."

"Stop calling her that! None of them were innocent, they all have something that taints them; it might not be the blood their fathers spilled... but it's something, and I always find it."

"You might want to double check this time Sasuke, Sakura is different than the others; get everything straight before you hurt her."

"You're not going to try and stop me now?"

The older man shook his head, "I haven't picked up a gun in five years, you should know that. I just ask that you listen to me for once and gather more information; I know you'll change your mind."

Sasuke pressed the gun into his head gently, "You sure about that?"

Kakashi has been threatened with guns before, this didn't scare him"Yes I am, but if you don't get all the facts before you decide... I will protect the girl from you; there was a reason I retired from the academy after you left. I was hired by Jiraiya to watch out for his daughter upon her arrival into high school."

Faintly in the back ground Sasuke could hear the bell for class starting again. Knowing the students would filing in soon, and deciding that they didn't need to see they're teacher with a gun to his head; so he put his gun back on his belt and moved back to his spot against the wall.

Sakura and the others were the last ones to come in, and a bright smile appeared on her face at seeing him. She immediately ran down the row and stopped in front of him, it was then he noticed a small white bag in her hands. "I noticed you didn't follow us to lunch Uchiha-san."

"Hn."

"Well I got you this just in case you didn't eat; I hope you like it," she placed the bag on the counter next to him then took her seat.

A short time later Sasuke became curious and peaked into the bag. He was shocked to see onigiri and small slices of tomato in a cooling container. 'How could she known I like tomatoes?'

Note: Okay so there's bad blood between Kakashi and Sasuke, dealing with Sasuke's past (which will be known later). And who was surprised to see Lee in the story, and the fact that he's crushing on Sakura... and is Sasuke jealous?

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