Chapter 22

"Sakura are you alright?" Kakashi's eyes roved frantically over Sakura's shivering form now that they were behind the closed doors of their room and had each dropped their henge. Kakashi was honestly shocked that she'd managed to hold it up, even more so that she hadn't blown their cover and attacked the man.

A huge part of him wished that she had.

He had coached her, over and over, not to show any signs of her power, regardless of the situation, regardless of how much of herself was at stake and now that it came down to it, she had managed perfectly, she had done what she had worked so hard for and he was so proud of her. It was one thing to hold strength and power and another thing entirely to be able to control it. She had come to him, after that bell test and asked him to help her to supress the power that she had demonstrated for him, and true enough that was the last time that he saw that technique. It seemed that when Sakura was truly determined, she succeeded and he admired that in her as well as her infallible ability to bounce back. Best of all, she made him feel as if it was ok for him to love her. Like it wasn't something to be afraid of.

He placed her gently onto the bed, keeping his arms around her as he felt her small fingers clinging against his thin black shirt. "I'm fine," She murmured, her calm, steady voice conflicting with the way that she clung to him.

She shivered slightly, and Kakashi lifted her chin up slightly, immediately concerned, his dark eyes searching her to make sure that everything was ok. Her eyelids slowly lowered until they cast a dark shadow over her emerald orbs, her facial features softened and relaxed as she lifted one small hand up to rest on his cheek, stroking the skin lovingly and he felt himself involuntarily lean into her.

"Kakashi…" She whispered his name breathily, and Kakashi found himself leaning down as she tipped her face up to him, pressing his lips against her parted ones in response to her silent request. For the longest amount of time they stayed almost completely still, his arms wrapped tightly around her fragile form, her hands resting on his chest and face, the only movements being that of tiny slides and presses of their lips moulding together and their chests rising and falling as they breathed.

Kakashi groaned as he felt her tongue tentatively slip out of her mouth to trace his lower and then upper lip, and pressed himself tighter against her, one hand going down to trace her thigh, only to feel her stiffen against him. Of course.

Because that bastard had been doing this only moments before.

Sakura frowned at him questioningly as Kakashi took her hand and pulled her into a sitting position, and then off the bed and into the bathroom. He checked the temperature and left the taps to run, fillinf the large tub as he watched, Sakura cradled in his arms. When it had filled, he turned the taps off and turned to Sakura, gently helping her to undress; they had not need to be shy after that art class, and in case recent events had changed that Kakashi made sure that his gaze didn't linger on anything below the shoulders. He lifted her into the tub, stroked her hair out of her face and pulled back.

"That better?"

Sakura blushed and nodded. It was perfect, exactly what she needed in all honesty. He seemed to understand her need to be clean, to wipe that man's touched off of her skin. Kakashi understood and that more than anything reaffirmed to her how much she really wanted him, how much she trusted him with her body.

Kakashi turned to leave, ignoring how much he wanted to be with her, bathing her inside her. That could wait, and her would wait, as long as she wanted, even if she never did. He wouldn't blame her if being here scarred her for life. What she wanted came first and if that included a lifetime of no sex, then Kakashi could get used to his hand.

Before he had turned away fully however, he felt a tug on his shirt sleeve and looked down to see a pale bubble covered hand, pink messy hair and the most beautiful smile that he had ever seen. It wasn't a grin or a laugh of an expression of mocking, instead it was a small smile of accepting invitation, and her free hand patted the bubbles beside her. The hand holding his shirt tugged up as far as she could, not high enough to take it off, and Kakashi obliged, unbuttoning his shirt and letting it fall to the ground, reassured when Sakura began eagerly exploring his chest with first her eyes and then her hands, moving lower to tug at her trousers, and then his boxers, before he had even finished tugging the black garment off of his feet. Seconds later he stood before her naked, his eyes roving her face, waiting for a confirmation. When Sakura pulled him to her, that was enough.

Kakashi sighed as he sunk in, feeling the warm water sooth over all of his aching muscles, followed by Sakura's inquisitive hands as she traced over his body with a white washcloth lathered up with a fragrant bath gel. Not Kakashi's usual kind of product, but this one was one that Sakura used regularly, and he found that he definitely didn't mind being covered in the scent, and could easily handle it if it turned out that he still smelt of the stuff in the morning. He would prefer to smell of herin the morning.

Her small hands let go of the cloth but her bubbled hands remained, resting on his chest and stroking her way across the firm muscles, scraping over his nipples and tweaking them slightly before she moved slowly, slowly lower. Kakashi felt his breath hitch at her torturously slow pace and picked up the discarded washcloth, lathering it up again. HE smiled down at ehr and brought the cloth to her wet body, perfectly happy to allow her to continue exploring him to her heart's content.

It made him feel pretty content too.

He gently lifted her hair out of the way, tilting his head to the side so that he could see her calm expression as she continued tracing small patterns down his stomach, hitting under the water now. He dunked the cloth into the hot water, squeezing out some of the water before lifting it up against the nape of her neck, smiling as he felt her gasp at the feel of the cloth heating her body, trails of the water that he didn't strain out running down over her back until it hit the bubbles that lightly surrounded her in the water. Kakashi kept his right hand in her hair, massaging her head gently as he held her rosette locks out of the way, moving the cloth in circles down over her shoulder blades and lower, moving at a snail's pace similar to her own as he skirted around to play across her ribcage and back up to her breast, caressing around her nipple but not on it, creating a friction that drove her mad whilst denying her what she wanted more. Two could play at that game.

Sakura finally let her eager fingers reach below his waist, drawing circles on his hips bones before moving down, continuously lower until just when Kakashi thought that she would reach him she skirted of the side, grinning up as she heard Kakashi draw in a deep hiss of breath in anticpation for something that wasn't yet going to happen. He growled down at her, moving his head to nip at her ear. She shivered, and fought the quiet moan that needed to escape.

"Hmmm..." She sighed out, trying to make it sound like she was pondering something rather than reacting to him, an effort that wasn't lost on Kakashi, who smiled again.

"Hmm what?"

She smiled up at him shakily, trying to force her body not to melet into a pile of mush as she felt him finally grip one of her nipples through the cloth, rolling it through his fingers and making her feel a completely pleasurable texture that made her weak with pleasure. She wasn't even really sure why she didn't want to give in, but somehow it was more fun to play him at it, to enjoy the challenge rather than just allowing him to please her, and know how much he was pleasing her. Not that he didn't know already, she was sure of that.

"Just deciding what I want to do next."

Kakashi nodded. "Yes, that is a very difficult decision." And with that her reached down for her legs, tipping her back so that she had to lurch her arms out behind her to stop her head from hit against the side of the tub or under the water. She had barely got herself comfortably settled against the side before Kakashi dipped his head down to her swollen lips, growling as he tasted her musky arousal slip onto his tongue, coating his tongue and lips as her hips jerked involuntarily at rough texture of his tongue licking and teasing her clit. A loud gasp escaped her as he pulled himself slightly further down, keeping both of his eyes closely trained on her response as he slowly, sensually slid his tongue inside her slick entrance, pressing the pliant muscle up and against her walls, flicking against her sensitive wetness and dragging out to smirk at the gasp that escaped her sweet lips.

"Kakashi..." She moaned and then tensed as a particularly potent wave of pleasure shot through her at the feel of Kakashi shuddering against her. As her muscles relaxed, Kakashi could feel her growing even wetter still, the proof of her arousal sliding out smoothly to coat her sex and his waiting tongue.

Well, there was absolutely no doubting how physically ready she was for this.

After only a few more minutes, Sakura found that as nice as it felt to have his warm, soft mouth on her, she needed to be able to look him in the face and wrap her arms around him tightly rather than using her fingers to trace over his face. Releasing the silver locks that she'd entwined with her fingers, Sakura pressed her hands gently against his jaw, tugging with minimal pressure until he stopped and rose against her slowly, fluidly, powerfully, and Sakura found herself feeling small and fragile beneath him. It wasn't an unpleasant feeling, in fact it was a comforting one. Kakashi was a protector, not a predator.

"Sakura..." His deep voice rumbled and Sakura couldn't help but feel like she was beautiful, powerful, sexy. Because he looked at her as if she was. His eyes searched hers for the nth time that evening, but more probing this time. She could still feel the thud of her heartbeat smashing through her body and the steady thrum of her downstairs areas. She shifted, the arousal painfully obvious as she felt Kakashi's erection against her thigh. She subconsciously found herself rubbing her body against his and reached down to stroke him, almost pushing the question out of his mind entirely. Kakashi knew that if they stayed in the bathroom, he wouldn't recover; the steam and heat clouding around them and the way that the water dripped off of Sakura's perect body... it was enough to make him lose control. Scooping up her slim form effortlessly, Kakashi decided it was time they moved to somewhere with a little more space. Like their bed.

Tossing her onto the covers, Kakashi tossed himself down with her, pressing his lips to hers hungrily as he tugged out the duvet from beneath them to throw it up, letting it settle on their damp, cooling forms. Neither of them felt the cool air of the room though. It was nothing more than a slight tease.

He pressed another kiss to her soft lips before withdrawing pulling back to look at her. He still couldn't find quite the right words to ask her, and so he stayed silent. She watched, waiting patiently for only a couple of seconds before she reached forward for him. Her need had no room for doubt and so she didn't feel awkward when he pulled back to allow her to take the reigns, only slightly impatient. A deep, important but hidden part of her was grateful for this and knew that it was a very good and considerate thing but the mass, and currently mush, part of her was begging for all of his attention, all over her. Now.

Luckily, she wanted a bit of control almost as much as he wanted to give it to her. She might fantasise or lust after the idea of being completely swept over and dominated, but she knew that when it came down to it she wasn't ready. She was skittish, and knew deep down that she was afraid of being so out of control and submissive with her partner. She also knew that she could really let her man do all the work. If she was with a man, it wasn't just a passing thing and she couldn't bear for him to do all of the giving. It felt wrong.

Her inner grumbled. 'Yeah, like Torao.' Even as that thought quietly made a subtle appearance in the back of her mind, she had to agree. Yeah, Torao really had been a taker.

Sakura smiled up at Kakashi and pushed the palms of her hands against his shoulders for leverage, using it to flip them over so that she straddled him, kissing him passionately. She kissed her way down his neck from his ear, taking the lobe into her mouth and nibbling on it so that he groaned. The sound of it made her nipples tighten, and the throbbing further known. Her lips moved south, a mass off kisses and nibbles and licks that ended when her chin nudged against his cock, and started up again when she licked his tip, all fluffy hair and wide green eyes. Kakashi's eyes shut involuntarily, and it took all of his effort to keep them open, training Obito's eye on her as she pleasured him. She went slowly as she took him into her mouth, breaking awy every now and again to lick and suck the sides, or nibble at his balls and soon enough found that she could relax her throat enough to fit in the majority of his length, leaning her head forward in such a way that she created a straighter path between her mouth and her throat, one hand at his base stopping him from thrusting up too far. The other cupped his balls.

Kakashi could feel his control slipping rapidly in the fuzzy, perfectly surreal moment, waves of sensation slipping over him and blissfully erasing thoughts of anything but this. Again and again she pulled his skin up over his head, her sweet tongue flicking in his slit. So good...

Well, good things should be had in small doses, Kakashi decided as he captured her wrists to pull her up to him. Considering where she was placed, as well as her strength, it was a very good thing that she didn't put up a fight. He kept a hold of her wrists as he kissed her, and she squirmed against him a little, frustrated that she couldn't touch him. He could tell, and smirked against her, not tightening his grip at all. She could get her hands free if she really wanted to. She didn't.

Sakura felt absurdly light as they tussled a little like this, teasing for the sake of teasing, neither of them really wanting the control. At that moment, they could give or take on who was in charge.

Sakura ground her body down against him, teasing his tip with her slick entrance. He sighed against her mouth, his eyes opening yet again to look into hers before he gently lifted his hips to slide into her, her slick flesh parting easily for his hard cock without help from his hand. She pushed down simultaneously, moving slightly harder than he was and soon enough they were sighing as his hips hit the bed again and the rested for a moment, relishing the feel of having their highly aroused bodies joined together. Sakura let out a deep, satisfied sigh of breath that she hadn't known she'd been holding and began to move.

Their thrusts were smooth and deep, each thrust for the sake of movement rather than aiming straight for orgasm, sex for the sake of love rather than release. It felt rather nice, Kakashi mused as he stroked a large hand over Sakura's soft breast. Very nice. He could stay like this for a while. He'd never really had this with another partner, they had mostly been borderline kink civilians with a thing for ninja who happily expected and received sharp jerky thrusts and minimal foreplay. A lot to drink and a slight dose of fear had done his job for him. This... this was intimate, somehow more so than blindfolds and spanking. This was done to show their feelings for one another.

... And there was no way that he would ever be able to spank a woman again after leaving this place. After what they'd seen, the thought sickened him, even if Sakura was willing to participate in that.

He tweeked her nipple, watching the way her pink hair bounced around her with her head tipped back, her arched back pushing her chest forward as she rode him. Leaning his arms back to rest his weight on his forearms, Kakashi leaned forward, taking one hard rosy nipple into his mouth to suck and flick with his tongue

"Ah!" Sakura gasped. "Kakashi!"

He hummed in response, the sound vibrating around the sensitive bud and sending a jolt of pleasure through her. She shuddered, a movement echoed around his dick and Kakashi reached down to stroke her with a smirk. He pinched and rolled her clit between his fingertips as he thrust up, his movements still smooth and fluid, only harder and faster now, still rhythmic. He could feel her thighs tensing on either side of him and moved his free hand down from her hip to clutch at her ass, kneading the flesh roughly before pushing one calloused finger against her puckered entrance.

It was enough to send her over the edge.

With a choked cry of his name, Sakura's body moved on autopilot, the movements of her body turning almost wild as she rode out her orgasm. She opened her eyes and smiled at him, still running on her high and laced her fingers with his, purposefully tightening herself around his as she kept moving, pulling him along to the orgasm that he felt rapidly building, too quick to be stopped by him.

"I love you," She whispered, and that was all that he heard before all noise was blanked out by the thudding of his heartbeat, her green eyes still what he saw as his eyes squeezed shut.

The feel of her soft hands stroking his face crept in as he came back to himself, and he opened his eyes to see her smiling gently at him, snuggling her body down to fit to his side. He grinned at her.

"Do you still think I need a new sofa?"

Sakura giggled and wrinkled her nose. "Oh, hell yes."

Kakashi's arms came around her to pull her close, nuzzling into Sakura's hair and she smiled. Kakashi was a snuggler.

A/N – I'm so sorry that this is up over two weeks later than planned! Honestly, this was meant to be up on Valentine's day (my excuse for mostly smut) but I had to completely wipe my laptop and so I am re-writing this. My laptop, unfortunately, seems to be entirely dead, refusing to re-install windows, leaving me with a tablet PC to work on at the moment. This shouldn't much affect regular updates, it's just a warning in advance that they might be slow. Also, I am being constantly hindered by 'inconveniences' on FF. Sigh. Let's hope that everything is back how it should be soon! Cheers.

Thank you to Ninja Star Light, Little-bad-Angel, WhyteGriffen and MySoulIsYoursTakeIt for reviewing!

Ninja Star Light – Thanks for the review and I'm loving that emoticon 0.0

Little-bad-Angel – Yup, I had to throw in the Kakashi-hero cliché. Nothing works as well as our main character getting saved by the fitty :P :( Sorry it took longer than planned to update!

WhyteGriffen - Thank you so much for your reviews, and the offer of constructive criticism is always useful! Haha yeah, seemed a good place to leave it :P You'll find out what she did later... Sh! It's important!

MySoulIsYoursTakeIt- Yeah, same. I totally would have punched that guy in the face. My personal space is MINE :L And Yay! At least I would have a friend whilst running from the swimming police ^.^ *Hugs* (Although if we had a teacher like Kakashi to be the swimming police, it would be a lot easier to find me ;P)

R&R Please Guys!