AN: Thank you for all the encouragement and comments to continue with this fic :)

Chapter 6

"What the hell was that?" Ino demanded.

Tenten glared at her. Her sensei had tried his best and his face was already red as a tomato. It wasn't his fault Sakura had put her name on the book.

Gai stood there blustering with his embarrassment. After fleeing the scene earlier, for some reason he had run out of the village and thrown himself into the river, with his jumpsuit still on. What mad behavior! For a moment they were worried he would drown himself with sorry. But the green beast soon bounced back, only to be met with the three stares of some kunoichi matchmakers.

Although she had been exasperated at first, Tenten soon sympathised with her sensei. She hated seeing him glum.

"Why the hell did you not tell us your book was labeled, Sakura?"

"I'm sorry! I- I forgot!"

"Oh right, of course. I suppose that makes it all better then?"

"Well no, of course not but-"

"Well then, you had better fix this then!"

"Me? What am I supposed to do?"

"Go and tell him it was your idea to-"

"Girls, please," Ino interrupted them. They all turned to look at her, Gai was still wet and shook his bowl cut to rid himself of the excess water, spraying them in the process.

"Anyway," Ino continued after giving Gai a look. "There is something you can do, billboard brow. Something that will continue with our mission, and not," she glanced at Tenten here, "admit defeat."

Tenten rolled her eyes and huffed. Hinata leaned forward, keen to hear the new plan. Gai continued to feel embarrassed but listened none the less. Sakura looked afraid.

"What we need," Ino said, smiling. "Is a spy."

Kakashi lay in the park under the shade of a tall pagoda tree in full bloom of deep green. Due to the excessive heat he had removed his jonin vest and used it to pillow his head and silver locks. After previously confiscating a Sakura's manga that Gai had in his possession, he had changed his mind about returning to his flat (and all the chores he was decidedly ignoring) and instead headed for this secluded spot to browse his new reading material.

Kakashi had always favoured the romance novels by Jiraiya and some other selective romance novels. The one thing these all held in common though was that they were all starring heterosexual couples. Kakashi had never read anything remotely about homosexual couples and well, he was curious.

He was also intrigued as to why his self-proclaimed rival of all people was reading this. And why he had chosen to borrow such topics from Sakura, his lovely innocent (well obviously not quite so innocent) student. Kakashi sighed. Maybe it was a good thing that Tsunade had taken over her training. He didn't think he could handle obvious... maturing.

But Gai, that was a different matter entirely. Why would Gai be reading this? Was he... gay? And if so, was he openly so? Well, he had been reading this in public, so Kakashi concluded that he must be.

Not that this bothered Kakashi. No, in fact it made him think of Gai in an entirely new light. Kakashi had often wondered why he had never seen the man on dates or talking to any girls. As far as he knew he had never had any girlfriends. But what about boyfriends?

Kakashi would have to keep a closer eye on him. The thought of Gai with anyone, male or female, was strange to him. Gai was Gai after all. He had always been so absorbed in his training and his goals to become a taijutsu master and beat Kakashi, that he had never even considered the possibility that Gai had a love life.

Kakashi had been flipping through the pages but now started to read the manga properly. It was what he had expected. The couple meet and the seme pursues the uke. He takes him on dates, buys him romantic gifts, blah blah blah. It was all so cliche and unoriginal. At least Jiraiya's stories involved shinobi and bizarre situations (with an ample amount of sex of course). This was just... bland.

Now, if he were to be pursued by someone, he hoped that the man would have the sense to buy him something different, out of the ordinary. Not the chocolates and flowers shown here. And he would want to go somewhere exciting, not the movies or a boring old restaurant. He did those things with his friends pretty much all the time.

And he would want to be asked out by someone quirky as well as strong. Someone who could make him smile. Someone who would treat him well and wrap him in his arms-

Woah, Kakashi thought. When did I become such an uke?

He almost sweat dropped. Instead he focused back on the manga once again. He skipped a few pages. And then he found the good stuff. The first kiss. Mmm if he squinted one of them definitely could pass for a girl. Interesting.

A few pages on and clearly neither would pass for a female anymore... and yet he was still reading.

Another page and things were starting to feel hot under the collar. The taller man was giving the other a blow job... he wondered if it would feel any different having a man do that to him rather than a woman. Surely they must be skilled, knowing first hand what feels good and... oh no. Kakashi soon found that his curiosity had also reached his pants.

He looked around shiftily. No one was nearby. He probably should have focused his chakara to be sure but he was just getting to the good part and he was in the moment.

Slowly he slid his hand into his pants. His erection grew harder and more demanding. Kakashi bit his lip under the mask and turned a page. Surely there was no harm...

As he read about the two handsome men having intercourse, he touched himself, imagining someone else touching him like that. His strokes become quicker, firmer. As he took in the drawings before him, he wondered just what it would be like for someone to penetrate him, to fill him. And somehow, these thoughts were only turning him on even more...

Sakura had found her sensei under a tree, reading- wait was that her manga?! Tch, he didn't even ask to borrow it.

Sakura had hidden herself in a tree. Ino had given her very strict instructions to spy on her sensei to analyse his habits. Then she was to 'casually' bump into him and interrogate him- of course he wasn't supposed to realise what she was doing- for information about his love life.

She feared that it might be too awkward, but then again, she was curious. Kakashi never revealed very much about himself so she was hoping to find out more about her sensei, not just for Gai's sake, but for her and Team 7. The man was a mystery. And it was her who would unravel it!

She couldn't wait until she was reunited with Sasuke and Naruto one day, and she could reveal to them the secrets she, the least promising of the three, had discovered. Sakura could just picture their surprised and awe-struck faces.

Feeling smug she decided to get a better look at her sensei.

He was breathing heavily. She hoped he wasn't feeling ill. Sakura crawled forwards on a branch, above Kakashi. It was quite odd that she was so close and he hadn't sensed her. He must be completely engrossed in his reading, she thought. I wonder if I can use this habit to my advantage one day?

As she leaned over above him, she saw-

No!

Eww!

No no no no no no!

"EWWW THAT'S TOTALLY GROSS! YOUR'RE IN PUBLIC YOU PERV-"

It was then she lost her footing and fell from the tree and fell on top of her shocked sensei.

Both of their screams pierced the air.