Teachers and their Pets

Chapter 28

When Sakura awoke, she discovered she was next to her lover; one of her legs wedged in-between his thighs as he breathed gently, his eyes shut. The girl wriggled slightly, making sure, however, that she did not lose his warmth, and then gazed at him, her eyes shining with adoration. This was their last day together, she felt a pang. It hurt so much to know she wasn't going to be able to lie with him for…for God knew how long. She leant forward and placed a gentle kiss on his lips. It was small, but the pressure was apparently enough to wake Kakashi up. He stirred, bringing up a hand to rub his good eye, and then he opened it- a smile immediately forming on his face as he saw Sakura. The smile dropped a little, however, when he noticed the expression on the girl's face.

"Don't be glum," he leant forward and stroked some of her hair behind her ear. He knew why she was sad, he was sad for the same reasons, but another part of him- the part of him that had developed after losing far too many people close to him, the part of him that was made of steel- told him that there was no use in being upset. He would come home alive- there was no way he wouldn't. He would miss Sakura, he would miss holding someone he loved, but at least he now had someone he loved. Someone amazing, beautiful, and strong. He had Sakura Haruno and he was still struggling to wrap his mind around all that. "I'm not gone yet."

Sakura reached up and caught his hand, entwining her fingers with us. "Yeah," she muttered. "But you'll be gone soon."

Kakashi moved forwards and brought an arm around her, pulling her flush to his body. "Not for long, and I'll come back. Safe and sound, spick and span."

Sakura pushed him away slightly. "Don't tease me," she grumbled. "It's your fault that I'm in love with you, which means it's your fault that I'm going to be worrying about your safety for the next few months while you're gone."

Kakashi smiled and then entwined his fingers with hers, fully locking her into place before he nuzzled his nose against the nape of her neck, breathing in the sweet scent of her hair. "My fault you're in love with me eh?" One of his hands began crawling down, bypassing her chest, and creeping down her stomach before his fingers reached the waistband of her panties.

Sakura stiffened against his body as, slowly, the older ninja slipped them gently inside, beginning to toy deliberately with her clitoris.

"Y…yes, you're fault." She managed, though her breath came out slightly ragged, causing Kakashi's smile to widen.

He moved quickly, retrieving his hand and flipping the girl easily with his other arm, so that she was lying on her back, gazing up at him as he moved over her, placing his hands either side of her head so he could look down at her, fondness and lust mixed into his onyx eye as he examined her face. She looked beautiful as usual, a pinkish flush to her cheeks, and her green eyes wide as she looked back up at him, hair messy upon the pillow underneath her.

He loved her. He loved her so much, and he was going to miss her while he was away. He knew he'd be coming back, and he wouldn't be gone for more than a month, but that didn't stop the pang that he felt in his chest.

Sakura raised one delicate hand and stroked the scar that adorned his lip, her own lips parted slightly.

The man's heart swelled and suddenly, feeling a rush of emotion, he ducked his head down, sucking on the pulse point on her neck. Sakura's back arched immediately as she responded to the quick movement, her whole body rocking. Her arms came up to grab hold of his broad back for purchase while Kakashi began pulling down her knickers. He wasted no time inserting himself inside her and both lovers groaned at the feeling of being so intertwined.

Kakashi raised his head and kissed her on the lips, moaning into her mouth before pulling away, tugging her bottom lip slightly as he did so, making the Kunoichi gasp.

Fuck. How had he lived without her? How had he lived with the hole in his heart? How could he have never known that Sakura Haruno was right there, beautiful, intelligent and kind? And she was his.

Kakashi let out a growl at the thought and pressed his forehead against hers while he bucked his hips, sending Sakura into spirals of pleasure. He brought one hand up to her face, leaving the other to hold up one of her smooth thighs slightly.

"You're mine." He murmured.

Sakura locked eyes with him. "And you're mine." She replied.

Kakashi clenched his eye shut for a second before thrusting harder, groaning as he placed his face in the crook of her neck. Sakura's mewls sent shivers of euphoria through the man's spine, sending him into heaven. The feel of her soft silky skin underneath him- so fragile and yet so hard at the same time- was all he needed.

Sakura let out another moan as her whole body rocked due to the force of her lover's ministrations. She clung onto him, loving the feeling of his toned stomach rubbing against hers- their bodies' slowly becoming slick with sweat.

"Ah, I…I need you." She moaned, her breath hot in his ear as she pulled herself up slightly.

Kakashi's reply was to capture her lips with his, running his tongue along hers and groaning at the sweet sensation of her. One of his hands moved down to thumb one of her nipples and Sakura whimpered slightly.

He slowed slightly, his movements slowing slightly so that he could feel every little part of her. Sakura's eyes clenched shut and she moaned at the delicious sensation. Kakashi pressed his lips to her skin, eyes closed.

"I love you Sakura." He murmured.

"I love you." She returned, her nails slowly digging into his back as he began increasing speed and force once again, sending sensations of ecstasy up and down her body- every little part of her felt pleasured, anything Kakashi touched or brushed past became a red hot zone of delightfully shocking sensations of pleasure.

"Mine."

"Yours."

Kakashi's growl was almost feral at this reply and then he grabbed her leg, moving it aside forcefully and plunging inside her with even more vigour than before. Sakura's moan was long and loud and her nails dug into his pale skin, almost drawing blood as he moved in so deep.

"Ahh! Kakashi!" She yelped, her whole body being racked up and down due to the force of his thrusts. "Please! Yes!"

Kakashi dipped his head down again and they kissed passionately, saliva dribbling down Sakura's chin as she tried to moan and return the hot intense kiss at the same time. As they were kissing, the girl's eyes rolled backwards and she began shaking, groaning as she began cumming, her body shaking. Kakashi quickly withdrew from her followed suit, his cum decorating the coverings of the bed as he moaned her name. Then they both collapsed, Kakashi still on top of her, their bodies glossy with sweat.

Sakura shook for a few moments more before letting out a satisfied sigh and opening her eyes. Her gaze was met by Kakashi's and they looked at each other for a long few moments before she wrapped her leg around his thigh and reached out a hand to stroke his face.

"Mine." She murmured.

"Mine." Kakashi replied, shuffling and pressing his forehead against hers.

She was his. He was hers. He could still barely believe his luck. They were each other's. Anything else would just be wrong.

"-and then Hinata fainted! It was really weird. She is kinda weird Hinata; I don't know why she's always fainting all over the place. I like her, but she must have a headache from the amount of times she hit the floor…though this time Kiba caught her, which was good, it was almost like he was expecting it-"

Sakura remained silent, stirring a chopstick around in her noodles as she tried to give the impression that she was listening to her blond haired team mate. Kakashi had had to go for one last mission breathing from Lady Tsunade and so Sakura had decided to spend some time with Naruto at the ramen shop. However, the pinkette couldn't tear her mind away from the thought of her boyfriend leaving, and so was making dire company, something Naruto had evidently picked up on as he leant forward and tried to peer into her face, his brow furrowed.

"Is something wrong Sakura?"

Sakura felt a pang of guilt as she realised Naruto had recognised she wasn't listening to him. She jolted upwards and gave him a smile.

"I'm sorry Naruto," she cocked her head and the smile slipped off of her face. Her emerald eyes returned to her ramen bowl, and she stabbed at the noodles half-heartedly a little more. "Keep talking, I'm listening."

There was a few beats of silence and then Naruto pushed his stool back slightly, so as to look at her properly.

"Is it about Kakashi S-Is it about Kakashi?" Naruto had taken to either not saying Kakashi's name at all in the most recent days, or, at the very least, avoiding adding Sensei to the end of his old teacher's name- it was a bit of childish insolence, but it appeared to make it easier for Naruto. Sakura did not begrudge him that privilege. Honestly the girl had been avoiding, as best she could, bringing up the sensitive topic, and Naruto had happily been going along with that pathway, until now…this was the first time the boy had brought up Kakashi of his own volition since the whole incident of him discovering their relationship had occurred.

Sakura looked up at him, her eyes wide, and Naruto looked back at her steadily.

"The Pervy Sage told me that Kakashi was going away…" he dropped his gaze, looking at his feet. "I guess you're not feeling too great about that, huh?"

Sakura could hardly function to form words in her mouth, so overcome with emotion was she. Before she knew what she was doing, the Haruno had flung herself forward, wrapping her friend into a tight hug.

"Oh Naruto." She buried her head into his neck.

Underneath her, Naruto was going steadily red, but he didn't push her off of him, and eventually the pinkette retrieved herself from him, sitting up and sniffing slightly, as if she were near tears. She tucked a piece of candy hair behind her ear and then shuffled on her stool, eyes upon her hands which she had entwined upon her lap.

"Yes, I…I know it's stupid, but I'm worried for him. On the one hand I know he's an accomplished Jonin who's handled hundreds of missions worse than this and come away without a scratch, but on the other hand I….I never loved him before,"

Naruto was silent, and Sakura decided it was best to not confront him with direct eye contact. She kept her head bent, her heart squeezing painfully.

"And the sensation of missing him is going to be unbearable, and I know I'll get used to it eventually but…" She took a deep shaky breath in and then shook her head, her hair falling forwards into her eyes. "He's leaving this evening…got to get to an encampment by a certain time so as to make sure he comes across the targets." The Haruno looked up finally and saw that Naruto's expression was unreadable, he was looking at his bowl of ramen, his mouth straight and his eyes slightly squinted, as if he was in deep thought.

Sakura closed her eyes and breathed out through her nose. She reached out a hand and placed it on her friend's shoulder, managing to place a smile on her face. "Want another bowl?" She enquired.

Meanwhile

Ahh, she was comfy. A dopey smile made its way onto Ino's face and she snuggled in closer to Asuma, who had his arm slung out, his hand on her shoulder. Ino was glad that her body was slowly getting used to being ravaged. She and Asuma had been asleep after some rough -but great- sex, and the only pain she was feeling was in her hips and her arms. Ok…so maybe her body wasn't completely used to the delicious abuse it was undergoing, but it was definitely a pain she could get used to. Asuma had invited her round last night and after telling her he'd sorted everything out with Kurenai, Ino had ended up sleeping round. All they'd done throughout the night was sleep and then wake up to have sex. It was now around 12pm in the afternoon at the Yamanaka's reckoning, and she was feeling no inclination to rouse herself out of bed. Why would she when she could bury her nose into the crook of her lover's neck and breathe in his scent. Goosebumps popped up along her arms and she moved even closer to her former Sensei, getting in as near as she could. Unfortunately, her long blonde hair managed to swish into Asuma's face, and he awoke with a start, going to rub under his nose, until he realised what was the cause of the tickling sensation. The man went cross eyed looking at her hair and then took a strand within his thumb and forefinger, quirking an eyebrow at Ino, who was looking up at him innocently from her position over his heart.

"I'm considering asking you to cut your hair." He joked, releasing the strand and moving down to kiss the girl on her forehead.

Ino closed her eyes as his lips met her skin, and then opened them as he moved away, a grin on her pretty face. "But then what would you hold onto?" She asked cheekily and Asuma smirked, leaning down to kiss her again.

"Good morning princess."

"Good morning to you too, though I think it's actually more like good afternoon now."

Asuma's smile widened and then he fell back down onto his pillow, pulling a face. "Eh. I don't have anywhere to go today."

Ino reached out and pinched his side slightly. "And nowhere you'd rather be right?"

In response, Asuma's expression became thoughtful, as if he was considering the question. Ino sat up and punched him lightly on the chest. "Oi," She said warningly, before smiling and leaning down to kiss him gently on the lips. Once they drew apart, she stayed leaning over him, her nose touching his. "We will have to get up eventually though Sensei," she quirked an eyebrow. "Kakashi Sensei's leaving today, and I promised Sakura I'd be with her when she waved him off."

Asuma reached up a hand to stroke his lover's cheek. "How's Sakura feeling about him leaving?"

Ino shrugged minimally, burrowing her face into his large hand as she brought up one of her own dainty digits to stroke the bone under one of his eyes. "She's a big girl," she muttered. "But I think she might just be putting on a brave front. Sakura's terrified of being abandoned by people she loves, ever since Sasuke…" Ino's eyes slid to the side and then she shrugged, painting a grin onto her face. "But I'm sure she knows that Kakashi Sensei will be back before she knows it. You old men are tough to kill."

Asuma chuckled. "Yeah, we're stubborn like that."

"Talking of stubborn…" Ino sat back slightly and crossed her arms over her bare chest, head cocked. "Since I've decided I'm never letting you go, when did you want to tell everyone that we're together now?"

Asuma's brow furrowed slightly and he stroked her arm, looking confused. "Everyone already knows." He said.

"Not everyone everyone," Ino tutted, a pout forming on her lips. "I mean everyone, as in the villagers."

"Why do they need to know?" Asuma questioned.

"Well they don't need to know," Ino replied. "But they're going to find out eventually. I just want to know when we're going to stop treating this like a dirty secret."

Asuma sat up slightly and grabbed his lover, bringing her towards him. "It's not a secret," he whispered, his breath tickling her ear as one of his hands moved down her thigh. "But it is dirty."

Ino giggled and turned her face so that she could look into his eyes. "Which is how I like it." She murmured before pushing him backwards and leaning down to place a kiss on his chest.

Asuma watched her, a smile forming on his face, as the girl slowly began kissing her way down towards his manhood, her eyes on his the whole way, the smirk upon her lips inherently sexual.

Though her smile was sending shivers of pleasure up and down her spine, Asuma couldn't help but close his eyes and suck in a breath when the girl's lips finally reached his dick. He groaned slightly, bringing down a hand to stroke her hair back as she began moving down him, her mouth hot and wet. One of the girl's dainty hands came to stroke the base of his cock, while she continued slicking his shaft with her saliva, making her former Sensei buck slightly.

As soon as he moved his hips, Ino's pace increased. She gagged slightly but then moved down further, taking him in completely before relinquishing him, and then taking him in again. Asuma let out breathy groans, holding some of the girl's hair for purchase.

Ino took him out of her mouth and then began licking him up and down, her cheeks turning pink as she watched her lover react to the pleasurable sensations. Just as he was about to moan her name, the Yamanaka took him wholly in her mouth again, sending the man into a round of moaned expletives. He orgasmed, his cum shooting into the girl's mouth. Ino drank it in, moaning slightly around his dick, her hands still moving up and down the shaft as if she were pumping it for the cum.

Eventually Asuma had to grab her and pull her forwards for a kiss, because the sensations of her touching him became too much. Still turned on, her quickly settled her on top of him and then began moving slowly, revelling in the pleasured mewls the girl began making.

"Ahh," she fell forwards slightly and pressed her lips against his neck. "Ahh, fuck!" Her eyes clenched shut and Asuma grabbed onto her butt, increasing his thrusting slightly, making the girl shudder. Her nails dug into his skin and made the man moan slightly, before he reached up and brought her in for a kiss.

They drew apart and he sat up slightly, pulling her closer towards him, so that his lips were by her ear once more. "Cum baby girl," he whispered. "Cum for me."

"Ahh!" Ino's moans increased in fervour and soon she began thrusting back furiously, groaning as she grew closer and closer to cumming.

Asuma bit down lightly on her neck and the blonde came, screaming in pleasure before she quickly captured his lips with hers, still moving slightly on top of his cock, revelling in the pleasure his thick manhood gave her.

She drew away from him, still keeping him inside her, and then clenched her pussy walls around his cock slightly, grinning as she watched the man's jaw tense from the sensations of pleasure.

"I want you to cum in me," she whispered before moving again, making the man groan loudly. "But… you can't," she rolled off of him and then smirked at his facial expression. "I need to get some more pills." She explained.

Asuma closed his eyes. "You're a tease princess."

Ino moved forwards and kissed his jaw. "You love it."

Asuma opened his eyes and grinned at her, bringing one of his fingers down to her entrance, pressing himself into her slightly. "Maybe," he returned, he brought his other hand up to push back his hair and then side eyed his lover. "When was the last time you took your birth control pills?" He questioned.

"I'm not pregnant," Ino replied, moving to be closer to him. "If that's what you're worried about."

Asuma's eyes widened. "That's not…Uh…" he scratched at his head. "It's just, aha," he chuckled and shook his head. "I was about to say that you could have just told me to wear a condom, but that would have ruined your fun, right?"

Ino giggled and then pressed a kiss against his lips. "Right." She returned.

Asuma shifted slightly, moving so that he could look at his girlfriend, his chocolate orbs gazing into her blue ones. They looked at each other for a short while, smiles slowly forming on both of their faces and then Asuma cocked his head.

"Wanna go for some late morning/early afternoon dango?"

Ino grinned. "You're going to make me fat Sensei."

Asuma sat up slightly and Ino lustily traversed the plains of his body with her eyes, drinking in his tanned complexion.

"Not with the amount of work outs we do." The man said and then the pair of them began laughing, Ino moving forwards to bury her head against his lower back.

"Where do you want to go?"

Asuma and Ino stood outside of the man's house, the look on Ino's face contemplative as she considered this question. Behind her, Asuma closed and locked his door before turning to watch her.

"That depends," the girl said eventually, twirling round to smile at him. "Are you paying?"

Asuma raised an eyebrow. "Do you have any money?"

In response, Ino patted herself down and then shrugged, her smile still wide. "Oops."

"Then I guess I'll be paying," the man moved down to place a kiss on her cheek. "As usual."

"You like treating me," Ino replied, before moving closer and entwining her hand with his. This action stalled the Sarutobi for a few seconds. Ino noticed and her facial expression dropped a little. "We have to do it eventually Asuma," she murmured. "May as well make it today."

Asuma chewed at his bottom lip for a few moments, his eyes trained on their intertwined fingers, and then he nodded, bringing his gaze up to meet Ino's. "You're right." He squeezed her hand a little bit.

At this response, Ino grinned and then began tugging at him, pulling the man along. Asuma quickly jammed his other hand into his pocket, rubbing his fingers against his keys- trying to calm his nerves that had immediately started jangling. The Sarutobi could take on an enemy army of ninjas, he could take on admitting he was in love with his student, but he was finding it very hard to take on the fact he was holding hands with his girlfriend in public in…in front of people. The man shook his head, trying to shake some sense into it. He was being stupid. Yes. People may very well stare, but why did it matter? It wasn't like they could do anything?

He and Ino turned onto one of the main pathways of Konoha and Asuma felt a gnawing sensation in his stomach- as if the butterflies he usually experienced when with Ino had taken on a carnivorous diet. The street they were now on was lined with many shops and restaurants, and it was busy with a multitude of different people, ranging from fellow Shinobi, to simple villagers. The man suddenly felt an insane urge to stop dead and just stand there, so he could get used to the atmosphere, but Ino was apparently not on the same wave length as him, as she began tugging at his hand, pulling him into the throngs of people.

As they walked, Asuma gradually became aware that people were, indeed, looking at them. Asuma was, afterall, the Third Hokage's son, and so people knew of him, even if they didn't know him properly. Ino, too, they most likely knew- the rookie nine were well known throughout the village- heralded as the strongest generation to date…as well as, most likely, the loudest.

Anyway…it didn't take a genius to notice how much older Asuma was than Ino.

The Sarutobi tried to paint a 'couldn't care less' expression on his face, but it failed. He glanced around -his hand feeling warm in Ino's- and noticed a gaggle of older ladies, their faces disapproving, eyebrows lowered, eyes trained upon the couple.

Oh shit.

He tried to send a smile their way, but it came out more like a grimace, and the women didn't seem to notice anyway, as they were now looking at Ino's legs, apparently unhappy with the length of her skirt, despite the fact she had shorts on underneath. Asuma bristled at this, and moved so he could block their view of his girlfriend. To hell with them then he grumbled inwardly.

At his movement, Ino turned to look at him. "Everything alright?" She asked. "You look more stressed than I've ever seen you, and I was with you when you lost Choji on our first mission."

Asuma tried to smile at her, but failed. "Uh," he pulled his hand out of his pocket, bringing it up to scratch the back of his neck. "Yeah, sorry, I'm just getting used to it…people are staring."

Ino rolled her eyes and then smiled. "Let them stare," she replied, before moving to be closer to him. "Asuma, their opinions don't matter, remember?"

Asuma was about to reply, but he was cut off when a boy around Ino's age suddenly moved into their pathway. He was a ninja if Asuma remembered correctly; still a Genin, but apparently rather well accomplished in his ninjutsu. The Sarutobi couldn't however, for the life of him, remember the teenager's name. Something beginning with 'A' he thought.

"Hey Ino. Long-time no see." There was a hint of annoyance in the boy's tone as he turned his head to look at the Yamanaka.

"Yeah," Ino flapped her hand in an offhand way, as if she couldn't really be bothered with the boy's intrusion. "Well, I had stuff going on Akio. As did you, I heard you and Ami have something going on now?"

At the mention of the other girl's name, Akio reddened slightly. He scuffed at the ground and then looked at Asuma's feet, before following the legs up to his body, and finally settling on his face.

"You're Asuma Sarutobi Sensei aren't you?" Akio straightened up slightly.

"That's right," Asuma smiled at him. "You're Akio? Nice to meet cha."

However, Akio didn't seem to be listening to the Sarutobi's pleasantries, as his eyes widened slightly.

"Asuma Sensei," he repeated, and then his eyes darted to Ino. "Your Sensei right?"

"Former." Both Asuma and Ino quickly corrected, and Ino squeezed her boyfriend's hand slightly, trying to encourage him not to bolt.

Akio raised an eyebrow and then glanced down, his eyes settling on their hands, which were still entwined.

"Ahhh." He said, and then he looked up at Ino, a slight smirk on his face.

"Got something to say Akio?" Ino said, her voice borderline bored.

Akio's smile widened slightly and then he shook his head before looking up at Asuma. "Wouldn't have pegged you for a pervert sir. I hear your father would probably be proud."

Asuma's fists clenched and he would have smacked the boy in the jaw, had Ino not beaten him to the punch. The blonde sent Akio careering into the ground, nearly demolishing the floor underneath him. With one foot still on his head, Ino leant down, her expression murderous.

"Akio, your opinion is so not wanted by either me or Asuma," she reached out and pulled on the boy's ear, making him squawk. "Ok?" She took her foot off of him and then stepped back, watching as he pulled himself up slightly, hand on his head. "You've been spending too much time with Ami," she stated, lip curling. "Get going."

Akio sniffed slightly, wiped at one of his eyes, and then got to his feet. He stayed still for a few moments before looking up at Asuma. "I'm sorry." He muttered, and then he scurried off, leaving Ino grinning in his wake, while surprised looking villagers gathered round to stare at the Yamanaka.

Ino turned to look at Asuma and then sighed at his expression. The Sarutobi was glancing around again, his face uncomfortable as he took in the many curious faces surrounding them.

"Oh for God's sake Asuma," the Yamanaka strode towards the man and then, with one fell swoop, bent the man backwards, her knee wedged between his thighs. "Let them look." She whispered, and then she pressed her lips against his.

Asuma kept his eyes open at first, watching as the eyes' of the crowd around them widened. Then he looked up at Ino whose own eyes were open. Her smile curved into the kiss as their eyes met, and that was when Asuma realised he really didn't care what anyone thought anymore. He returned the kiss with gusto, biting at her bottom lip slightly. Their eyes closed and the kiss continued, while the crowd around them began dispersing, some of them still shaking their heads slightly- not that either Sarutobi or Yamanaka cared.

Eventually they drew apart, breathing heavily. Asuma righted himself and then threw his arm around the girl's shoulders, moving in to nuzzle her neck.

"So…dango?"

They began giggling, and a few smiles made their ways onto the faces of the crowd around them.

Later on

Sakura watched glumly as Kakashi packed his necessities into the various pockets and pouches upon his person. It was now only two hours until the man was required to head off on his mission. Outside, the autumn sun was just beginning its long goodbye- slowly beginning to bathe the village in its liquid orange light. The girl had come over to spend the last remaining hours with her lover, but really it had just turned out to be her staring sadly at him, with big green eyes, while he made the arrangements he needed to.

Sakura looked back down at the book she'd brought over and then snapped it shut before getting to her feet, and moving over to wrap her arms around the man's waist. Kakashi stopped in his movements and stood still, his head quirked a little to look down at her. Sakura buried her face into his back, breathing in his scent.

"Don't go." She mumbled, voice muffled by the fabric of Kakashi's jacket.

Kakashi smiled good naturedly. "I have to go Sakura, you know that." He turned and Sakura drew back, her hands still on his waist.

"I know." She said, tone glum.

"The mission will be a month at the most Sakura," Kakashi's voice was gentle as he took her chin in his hands, cocking her head upwards so he could gaze into her eyes. "I'll be back before you know it."

Sakura's eyes slid to the side and her limps plumped up into a pout. "And you won't be late?"

Kakashi's smile stretched underneath his mask. "When am I ever late?"

Sakura's retort was to punch the man in the stomach gently. The Hatake took the punch, chuckling, and then drew her closer, pulling down his mask so he could rub his lips upon her cheek.

"I won't be late." He whispered.

Sakura drew back slightly, her eyes scanning his orbs, before she pressed her lips against his. Kakashi responded immediately, darting his tongue into her waiting mouth. Sakura brought her own tongue out to meet his and they flicked against each other, sending shivers down both Shinobi's spines.

Kakashi moved one of his hands to rest on Sakura's side, his hands cool and large against her silky smooth skin. Sakura cocked her head, allowing her lover deeper access as she began moving backwards, leading Kakashi, by the lips, to the sofa behind them.

They fell down upon it, Kakashi on top of her, their lips never breaking apart. Kakashi's hands became more adventurous, and he moved one hand up to caress one of her breasts, while his other hands moved to pull down the girl's shorts and panties. As Sakura let out a slightly breathless moan, the man probed her entrance with his fingers, relishing the fact that she was already so wet for him.

Parting his lips from hers, the Hatake instead pressed them against her collarbone, beginning to suck on the tender skin there. Meanwhile, he spread two of his fingers out inside her, stretching the girl out and making her gasp as her hands came up to tug at his top. Kakashi quickly drew back and threw his clothing off, and then moved back to be pressed against her.

Sakura grabbed his face up and held it, gazing into his eyes. "I love you." She pressed her lips against his before drawing back and scanning his face.

"I love you too Sakura." Kakashi returned, and he'd never said anything truer.

He withdrew his fingers, groaning as Sakura moaned in response to the movement, and then he slowly entered her, making her writhe underneath him. The feeling of her legs wrapped around him, of her thrusts responding to his, it was enough to send the Hatake mad.

Their lips crashed together again desperately, and they sucked each other until they were swollen and bruised, gasping and moaning into each other's mouths as each rock of the hips sent them into swathes of pure ecstasy.

As their tongues danced around each other, Kakashi's thrusts increased in force. He withdrew his lips from her and, crying out, buried his face into her neck, groaning as he began cumming inside her. Sakura responded immediately, moaning loudly and wrapping her legs even tighter around his waist, pulling him in as close as she could get him, gasping quietly at the pleasure.

They stayed like that for a short while, both of them aware that was the last time for a long while, and then Kakashi moved upwards, resting his forehead against hers.

They looked into each other's eyes for many moments, seeing a thousand unsaid things in each other's orbs, and then Kakashi kissed her, savouring her taste.

Later

It was late, and the sun was now almost completely behind the forests that surrounded Konoha Village. The gates were void of life, except for four people, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, and Asuma Sarutobi.

The mission was beginning in the evening, so as to give Kakashi a fair run in the darkness -therefore limiting chances of detection- before he had to face the light and the high probability of enemy spies.

Asuma and Ino had just arrived, hand in hand, and Sakura and Kakashi were a little ways ahead of them. Ino's grip on Asuma's hand was perhaps a little tighter than usual; the Akatsuki were gathering like a dark mass of storm clouds- foreboding and unstoppable in their conquest across the land, and Ino had a very bad feeling that they were going to turn out even more dangerous than first considered. The girl moved even closer to Asuma, feeling his warmth against her body so as to calm herself down; Kakashi would be fine, the Yamanaka knew that, she just hoped that was going to be the case in all missions against the Akatsuki. Ino shook her head slightly, everyone was going to be fine, and even if they weren't, worrying wasn't going to get her anywhere. At her movement, Asuma squeezed her hand a little more, reassuring the girl silently.

The Team 10 Shinobi had made the executive decision of not interrupting the other two lovers; afterall this was the last time they'd be together for quite a while, intruding on something like that…well…Ino had said that was simply barbaric. Asuma would have probably gone more for the word 'insensitive', but he knew his girlfriend's penchant for dramatics, and so had gone along with her. The pair held hands, watching quietly as Sakura and Kakashi spoke.

"Sakura, I…I just want to say one thing, if I may?"

Sakura smiled, her expression was almost tearful, but she was refusing to cry. She'd got good at blocking tears through the years- though the current moment was proving incredibly hard.

"If…if while I'm gone, he…" Kakashi paused and glanced up at the sky before shaking his head. "If Sasuke happens to come back, or you come across him while I'm gone-"

Sakura stiffened, her expression becoming guarded. She and Kakashi did not make a habit of talking about Sasuke. It was too messy, too complicated, and the Hatake seemed to have a lot of things twisted when it came to the Uchiha. Like, for example, Sakura's love for Sasuke overriding her love for Kakashi himself. How stupid could the man be? To not see that the Haruno's heart was completely and utterly devoted to him now? To Kakashi Hatake?

"-I just want you to know that you have every right to…uh." The man coughed and came to standstill, apparently unsure of how to finish his train of thought.

Taking advantage of his silence, Sakura stood on her tip toes and took his face in her hands. "I love you Kakashi, and I'm going to wait for you."

There was a short silence while Kakashi scanned her eyes and then the man drew back, a carefree smile on his face. "You know what? Even if it isn't forever, I'm just happy I'll have your love, even for a little while."

Sakura brought one of her hands up to stroke his cheek, her head cocked. "Why not forever."

Kakashi's expression was unreadable. "Because I don't know if forever's can happen."

Sakura smiled, and it was one of her truly genuine smiles, one of those beautiful smiles that pulled at Kakashi's heart and made him question reality. "They can only happen once." The Haruno whispered, and then she pressed her cheek against his, pulling him into a hug. "I love you so much Kakashi." And now she was crying, the tears falling thick and fast.

Kakashi brought his hands round to pull her closer to him, resting his chin on her head. "I'll be back before you know it," he leant down and wiped one of her tears away. "I love you too." They stayed still for a short while, and Kakashi would have been content just staying that way for hours, but eventually Sakura started wriggling, forcing the Hatake to release her.

"Sorry, was I crushing you?" He questioned.

Sakura shook her head, her eyes trained in the direction of the village. "No…I…Naruto's here!"

Unable to withhold his surprise, Kakashi followed his lover's eyeline, only to see that Naruto was, indeed, approaching. The boy looked unsure and slightly awkward, but he was approaching Kakashi and Sakura with determined footsteps.

Upon reaching them, both parties were silent. Kakashi and Sakura silent and expectant, Naruto seemingly formulating what he wanted to say.

Eventually the silence stretched on for so long that Kakashi decided to break it. "Hello Naruto," he cocked his head. "I didn't expect to see you here."

"It's only right that a student come to wave off their Sensei," Naruto replied, his voice gruff, and his eyes to the floor. "Right?"

Sakura and Kakashi shared a look, a great big beaming smile on the Haruno's face.

Naruto looked up, his expression slightly embarrassed. "Kakashi Sensei, I hope you can accept my apology for how I reacted."

Without missing a beat, Kakashi smiled and inclined his head. "Of course Naruto, no worries."

A look of relief flashed across the Uzumaki's face and then the boy placed his hand behind his head, scratching at the back of his neck. "Awesome!" He declared. "I hope you kick plenty of butt on you mission Sensei! And come back safely, else you'll upset Sakura and have me to deal with again!"

Sakura's smile stretched wider and Kakashi smiled too. "You have my word. Saying that though," the man looked up at the ever increasingly darkening sky. "I better get going. Don't want to keep those bad guys waiting."

Sakura's eyes flashed and she turned to look at him. Kakashi returned her gaze steadily. The two moved forward and hugged each other hard, Sakura breathing in his scent, while Kakashi buried his head in her hair, inhaling her essence. When they withdrew, Sakura's eyes were still closed. Kakashi leant down to place a chaste kiss against her lips and then he turned and began walking out of the village. He paused to wave to Asuma and Ino, who returned in kind, and then the Hatake departed, quickly body flickering out of the scene.

He was gone.

The tears came as soon as he left. Sakura turned to Naruto and buried her head into his chest, her tears quiet and quick. When she moved away from her best friend, she was no longer crying. She and Naruto moved to be next to Asuma and Ino, and all four of them stared into the sunset.

"He's lucky to have you Sakura," Asuma commented, grinning at the girl when she sent him a quiet smile. "And he'll be back before you know it; bothering the hell out of us all by turning up 40 minutes late, reading that book of his."

"That's Kakashi Sensei alright!" Naruto announced.

"Like you'd know if he was still like that," Ino shot back. "You've been gone for like six years."

"Three years!" Naruto retorted.

Asuma rolled his eyes and grabbed Ino towards him, cutting off whatever immature reply she was going to come up with. "Anyway!" The Sarutobi exclaimed. "Who's feeling up for some ramen? My treat!"

"Ooh! Yeah!" Naruto jumped about six foot in the air while Ino squealed with excitement.

Sakura smiled. "Why not? Though you may rethink that offer to buy once you see how much ramen Naruto can chug down in one go."

Asuma winced and Naruto began whining in the Haruno's ear, while Ino began cackling loudly. The Shinobi began making their way towards the village once more, the light dying behind them. Yes. Sakura was going to be ok. And the man she loved was going to be home soon. She knew that for a fact.

OK OK I AM SO SORRY THAT THIS TOOK SO LONG TO BE UPDATED BUT HERE IT IS! THE FINAL CHAPTER OF TEACHERS AND THEIR PETS!

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Again, I'm so sorry this took so long to be updated, but I had a lot of work on and I had to deal with that, but here it is anyway, and I hope you enjoyed it!