AN: Sorry guys, it's been a while since I updated. I was out at a lake, tubing & Sea-Dooing haha! But now, I assure you, the chapters are going to be long -like this one- from now on. I decided to join some chapters, to make them more interesting to read. Anyways, enjoy!


"Bye Hinata! See you on Monday!" Sakura shouted, as she left the hospital. Ah, it's finally the weekend!

She strolled down the street, and thought about what Sasuke had said to her earlier. She NEEDED to vent to someone, but who?

"Ino," she thought out loud. "No, she would just tell everyone...Hinata? No, she wouldn't get any of it...Shizune? No, she'd just tell Tsunade."

Then, she thought of a certain silver haired copy ninja, and her face lit up.


Once Kakashi got home and tidied up his apartment, he flopped down on his couch and grabbed his favourite book and started reading. Before he even read a sentence, someone popped into his head: Sasuke.

"That little prick..." he whispered to himself. He shut the book, set it on the coffee table in front of him and starting walking down the street to find the youngest Uchiha brother.

The Jounin spotted Sasuke in the market place, and he ran up to him.

Sasuke turned around when he felt a tapping on his shoulder.

"Oh, hey sensei." He said, coldly looking at his teacher.

"Don't you give me that bull shit. How dare you talk to someone like that!" Kakashi fumed. He was absolutely livid for what Sasuke had said to Sakura; no one deserved to be treated that way. Especially her.

"What are you talking abo-"

"You damn well know what I'm talking about, Sasuke." Kakashi glared into Sasuke's black eyes.

"Actually, I don't."

"You fucking little shit."

Kakashi punched Sasuke in the face, sending him flying. Before he could get up, the copy nin sped over to him, and focused chakra to his foot and stomped on Sasuke's left leg – snapping the bone in two.

Sasuke moaned as the pain overwhelmed his leg.

"Kakashi-sensei, what's your prob-" the Jounin punched Sasuke in the mouth this time, breaking his jaw.

Sasuke grabbed his jaw in pure agony, and bumped his nose – causing even more pain, he figured out Kakashi had broken his nose as well.

He pointed at his teacher, lifting up his right arm as he caressed his jaw with the other.

"You...why?"

The copy ninja grabbed his right arm, and looked him straight in the eye.

"You know why, you little asshole. If you ever – and I mean ever – talk to Sakura that way again you little bitch, I'll fucking break your neck."

With that, the silver haired man pushed Sasuke's arm the opposite way, snapping it at the elbow. He saw the look of pure horror at what he had done on Sasuke's face.

Kakashi simply smiled to himself and walked away. He got exactly what he deserved.


A few days later, Shizune came into Tsunade's office with more reports from the hospital, and ninja's that had finished their missions. She looked over a Tsunade, and saw that she had a look of worry mixed with anger on her face. Oh no, Shizune thought, this can't be good.

"Shizune...?" Tsunade slowly spoke, staring at her desk. Shizune ever so slightly turned around, being so delicate – as if one move would upset the universe.

"Uhm...yes m'lady?"

"Don't you think it's weird that Lee and Sasuke were both sent to the hospital when they weren't even on missions? I mean, I understand Lee because he provoked a fight...but why? And Sasuke didn't even do anything."

Shizune wondered as well. She thought about the possibilities, and looked up at the ceiling as she thought.

"You know m'lady, I can't say myself that I know who did it or why."

"Well, I'm going to go try and get some answers."


It had been a few days since Sakura had thought about who she could turn to when she had problems; who she could talk to. She wasn't totally sure about talking to Kakashi, but she thought, Why not?

She made her way over to Kakashi's apartment, humming cheery tunes to herself the whole way. The kunoichi was a little nervous, but she decided to just push that out of her mind.

While she was walking, she wondered what she would talk to Kakashi about. Maybe just...regular things? Sakura didn't want to spill her guts out, but she didn't want to make it seem like she came over for no reason either. She decided she would talk with him about the incident with Lee – since she never really got the chance to clear that up anyways.

Sakura got to the apartment, and reached her hand up to knock on the door. She froze, and thought about if she was doing the right thing. Absent-mindedly she knocked on the door, and her heart sank into her stomach. Why am I so nervous? She thought to herself.


Kakashi was at home, sitting on his black leather couch reading his favourite book: Icha Icha Paradise. Then, he started thinking about whether or not what he did to Sasuke was the right thing.

"No," he thought out loud, "it was defiantly the right thing to do. No good, backstabbing, little prick..."

He heard a knock on his door, and, startled he dropped his book. Who in the world could that be?

The copy nin hoisted himself off his couch, and lazily –like always- drug himself to answer the door.


Sakura was just contemplating leaving, when the door opened. She looked up, and relief washed over her. She wasn't sure why, but whenever she was around Kakashi lately...she just felt at ease.

"Oh, Sakura? What are you doing here?" Kakashi said.

"Uhm, Hi sensei...I was just...uhm...can I come in?" She pleaded, looking up at him with her beautiful green eyes. Kakashi was astounded by her beauty, and caught himself before he started day dreaming. He smiled at her, and stepped back, gesturing for her to come inside.

"Of course."

Sakura nodded to her sensei as thanks, and walked in, removing her shoes. She looked around his apartment, and thought it looked more like a large house than it did an apartment. Looking to her right she saw a cozy little living room, with hard-wood flooring and a long, black leather couch along with a love seat and a lazy boy. On the coffee table she saw Icha Icha Paradise and chuckled silently to herself.

Looking straight ahead, she saw a roomy kitchen with beige tiled floors, and beautiful black granite counters to match the dark wooden cupboards, and stainless steel appliances.

To her left, she found a small staircase, probably leading up to a master bedroom and a bathroom.

She felt a hand on her shoulder, and looked to her left to see her teacher looking at her questionably.

"So Sakura, what brings you to my apartment? And, more importantly, how did you find it?" he laughed, leading her to the living room. They sat down on the long, three person couch and Sakura giggled.

"Well, your address is in the hospital records and all...and I just...I wanted to talk." She stared at her feet, yet again.

Kakashi was awestruck when she said that she wanted to talk with him. He turned his head to the left to see her, staring at her feet again.

Reaching out, he put his finger under her chin; just like he had in the hospital. Lifting her chin up, he said "You know, staring at your feet is an awful habit."

They both stared at each other for a minute before laughing out loud. Taking a breath in, Kakashi got prepared to ask Sakura what she wanted to talk about.

"So...Sakura." she turned to look at him, eyes widened expectantly. "What exactly did you want to talk about?"

The kunoichi started to shift her gaze to the floor, but stopped herself before she did. Sakura looked Kakashi in the eye, and struggled with her words as they came out.

"Well...you see, after you told me you would always be there to talk in the hospital...I started thinking about people I could actually talk to about stuff that matters."

Kakashi nodded his head, and made an 'mm hmm' noise, motioning her to continue.

"And I thought about it, and I have a lot of stuff I have to get off my chest."

Again, he nodded.

"And...I think you're the only person who I can talk to." Sakura could feel her cheeks turning red, and she was getting even more embarrassed by the second.

"Well, you know what I think?" Kakashi asked her. She looked up at him, and he could see the tears welling up in her eyes.

"I think it's wonderful that you decided to take that advice." He smiled, his eyes squinting so Sakura could tell that he was smiling.

She burst into tears, and practically tackled him, and hugged him so tight he could hardly breathe. He held his arms out, not sure whether to wrap them around her, or just keep them out. Kakashi looked down at her, and decided it would be best to hug her.

Sakura felt Kakashi's arms wrap around her, and she felt nothing but an eerily calm enveloping her. She loved that feeling.

In between tears, and gulps of air as she tried to catch her breath, she was trying to tell Kakashi about what Sasuke had done to her.

"Sakura, you can stop." He said, gently stroking her hair. She was still hugging him, with her face buried in his chest.

"W-why?" she choked out.

"Because, I already knew. I saw what he did to you outside the night club. I heard what he said to you in the hospital; I wasn't really asleep."

"Then...was it you who?"

"Put him in the hospital? Yes."

They sat in silence for a minute, both not sure what to make of the other's confessions. Sakura squeezed him harder, and whispered "Thank-you" to him.

Kakashi was a bit taken aback by her reaction – he had expected her to be furious that he would do such a thing to one of his students. Then again, he didn't expect her to come to his house and confide in him either.


Once he had calmed Sakura down by stroking her hair, and whispering "shhh" to her enough that she had stopped crying, he grabbed her by the shoulders and leaned her back – just enough so he could look her in the eye.

"Well, now that that's over, would you like some tea?"

Sakura stared at Kakashi, and grinned, wiping the dried tears from her eyes.

"Absolutely."

Kakashi smiled back at her, and stood up from the couch. She sat there for a minute or 2, and he came back into the living room with a tray of tea on it.

"That was...fast." she said, bewildered at how fast he came out with the tea.

"I would like to say I'm just that good at making tea," he said, turned to look at her, "but I had already made tea before you came over."

They both laughed as he poured tea in a cup for her and himself.

Kakashi wondered why, out of the blue, Sakura would come to him to confide in. Maybe she had gotten the hint? Either way, he was eternally grateful to whatever force of nature had guided her to him.


AN: That's it for chapter six! I really like this one, I hope you guys do too! Sorry about Kakashi swearing so much... xD Don't forget to review, it really boosts my writing...wants? My URGE to write, thats the word I was looking for. Thanks! If you have any suggestions, just send me and inbox!