Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Icha Icha Sakura ❯ Chapter 4

Chapter 4

“Genma!” Sakura exclaimed, staring at the injured man making his way down the hospital hallway toward her. He had a slight limp and his arm was still resting in a sling. She could see the remains of bruises, partially healed and now faded to pale, ugly purple, green and yellow splotches that would disappear in the next day or two.

“What happened to you?” She reached for the binders of patient information on the counter of the nurses' station and flipped through the loose-leaf pages. Genma had been admitted last night around 18:30 with a broken arm, a hairline fracture of his hip, a mild concussion and various cuts and abrasions.

“Let's say I encountered a jealous boyfriend who took out some of his deep-seated frustrations and insecurities on me.”

Sakura couldn't help but smile at that. Genma had a habit of hitting on anything female, regardless of their marital status; often creating male enemies wherever he went.

“Did I tell you how pleased I was that you finally accepted?” he asked. “And then it turns out I couldn't show. Are you mad at me?” He hung his head trying (and succeeding) to look pitiful.

“I was, but you have a good excuse so I'll forgive you this time.” She leaned against the counter and looked at him. Even injured, he still had the whole `Genma' attitude: that whole I'm-so-sexy confident look that made her want to tear off his clothes just to get a better peek. And the senbon, still in his mouth, reminded her of his oral-fixation with every move it made.

His words brought her out of her daydream, “Can we reschedule?”

“Ah, yeah, I think we can do that, but you're going to have to wait a few days until you've recovered though.”

“Maybe I can convince a beautiful pink-haired medic-nin to give me a check up tomorrow and see how I'm doing?” The smirk on his face filled her mind with possibilities that made her body absolutely ache to be touched.

“Mmmm… sounds like fun,” she said playfully, a smile creeping across her face. She reached up, took the senbon from his mouth and pulled him down for a kiss. After a moment of surprise, he masterfully took control, his tongue caressing her lips slowly, begging for entrance to her mouth. Her lips parted slightly, and that was all the room he needed to slip between them, his tongue sweeping through her mouth, teasing her own and running quickly over her teeth.

Breaking away, she moved her lips up to whisper softly in his ear, “I'll see you tomorrow, then.”

“Ummm, yeah, 'til then.” He said quickly before rapidly hobbling away. His face had taken on a strange look, a bit of the color drained away.

As she watched him hurry away, the first thing that ran through her mind had been that the kiss hadn't felt quite right; something was off. She couldn't pin down what it was, it hadn't been sloppy or too wet, he hadn't held her too tightly and there were no problems with bumping noses. Yes, the kiss felt good, but it just… well, it wasn't right.

Who cares if it feels right as long as you get some sex? You never really wanted a long term relationship with Genma - you know he would never be faithful. Remember `I have an itch that he can scratch'? That's all you need from him.

I suppose you're right.

Something spooked him, hopefully it wasn't the kiss.

She sighed, turned around and shrieked, the echo bouncing down the hall and startling the nurse behind the desk enough to drop her pen on the floor.

“Yo.”

“Kakashi-sensei!” Sakura said sharply. “Did you have to sneak up on me?”

“I didn't sneak up on you; you just weren't paying attention.” He said, looking at her with his usual, droopy-eyed stare.

“What are you doing in a hospital, anyway? I usually have to drag you here kicking and screaming when you need treatment for something I can't fix in the field.”

“I received an urgent summons from the Hokage and now that I've made my appearance at her office, I thought I'd see if you were ready to go to practice.”

“Oh!” She cried out. “I almost forgot about that. I'm sorry, this time I was almost the one who was late. Let me just get my things and I'll be back in a minute.”

Setting Genma's chart on the counter, she hurried to the locker room, unsure of just how long Kakashi was willing to wait around in a hospital. As soon as the girl was gone, he tapped the shoulder of the nurse, who had resumed writing in the notebook and told her that if Sakura returned to kindly let her know he would be back in just a minute. With a little wave and a poof of smoke, he was gone.

Moments later, there was a shriek from down the hall and the nurse was immediately on her feet trying to figure out which of her patients could have made the sound. Waiting to hear the sound again so she could pinpoint its origin, the nurse's eyes searched for any sign of movement down the hall, finding only Sakura in her daily clothing jogging toward her.

“Haruno-san, did you hear a scream?”

Sakura hesitated before shaking her head. “Sorry Suki, but I didn't hear anything. What happened to the man I was just talking to?”

“Oh, he said to wait and he'd be back in just a second.” The confused woman returned to the nurses' station and took a seat. “I would have sworn I heard something…” she mumbled softly before changing the subject. “Is that your boyfriend, Haruno-san?” The Suki asked probingly. “He's awfully cute.”

“No, he's my former-teacher-turned-teammate.”

“Mmmmm…” the nurse practically purred. “Do you know if he's dating anyone?”

Just as Sakura opened her mouth, Kakashi appeared in a little puff of smoke and again giving Sakura his usual hand-wave and greeting.

“Where did you disappear off to?”

“I needed to visit the little shinobi's room.” Kakashi explained. “I know how you don't like us peeing on the trees during practices.”

“Well not while I'm watching, I don't. What you do out of my sight is your own business.”

“She's kind of a prude about those things.” Kakashi using a loud whisper to explain to the grinning nurse.

“I wouldn't let Tsunade-sama know about that. She may make Haruno-san do nothing but insert catheters for a while.” Suki said in an amused tone.

“Very funny, Suki. I'll see you tomorrow. That is if my sensei is done teasing me.”

“Yep, I think I've just about covered it.” He smiled, tipped his head and gave the nurse a happy eye-crease. “Nice to meet you, Suki,” He said as he and Sakura left the hospital. As they took off running to the practice field, he noticed a slightly puzzled look on Sakura's face that he would have to ask her about later.

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At the training grounds, Kakashi split the group for their first one-on-one match; he against Naruto and Sakura against Sasuke. For the second match, as always for their one-on-one sparing routine, Kakashi would fight with Sakura leaving Naruto and Sasuke to kill each other. Okay, well, come within two seconds of killing each other, something Kakashi would later critique while Sakura healed them.

As soon as Kakashi and Naruto took off, Sakura turned to Sasuke with a glimmer in her eye. “Ready?”

He smirked and nodded once. Both dashed off into the trees, appearing only momentarily for blows. Each strike was blocked skillfully and easily as they warmed up, each testing the other's response time. Knowing where they stood, the blows became more aimed, more lethal as they put real effort into it, nothing at their full-out strength, but dangerous enough. Especially when they started talking.

“You weren't really going to date Genma, were you?” Sasuke asked between blows.

“Jealous?”

“No.” he asked gruffly. “Well? Were you really going to date him?”

“Sasuke, it really isn't any of your business.”

“Were you?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“I wanted to have sex with him. I still do.”

“Is that all?”

“Need there be more?”

“He's Genma!”

“I know he's older, but mmmm… You've got to admit he's got a nice body.”

“Can't say I've ever looked at him like that.”

“You should, it's a great picture.”

“Seriously?”

“I still want to fuck him, Sauske.”

Her comment was met with silence. Hmmm… maybe she would just have to shock him into leaving her alone about it. The look on his face still said he wasn't satisfied with her responses.

“I want to fuck him six ways from Sunday.”

Silence.

“Have wild sex while swinging from a chandelier.”

More silence.

“I want to tie him to the bed and so I can lick every inch of his naked body... and then-”

“You can shut up already, I get the point,” he growled.

“I don't know that you do. My sex life is my business,” she said as her kick caught Sasuke behind his knees, sending him falling backwards into the dirt. Not even hesitating, Sakura landed a punch onto the ground next to his head, cracking the earth and leaving long jagged crevasses.

Straightening up, she offered Sasuke a hand and easily pulled him to his feet. He nodded, “As long as it doesn't disrupt the team, I'll respect your choices and stay out of it.”

“Thank you, Sasuke.” She said and pulled him toward the large rock to wait for Kakashi and Naruto to finish their battle.

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As with Sasuke, she was only minutes into her fight with Kakashi before he initiated a conversation; something of a first for him.

“I thought I saw Genma at the hospital. Something wrong with him?”

“Oh, yeah. He got beat up by a jealous boyfriend.” She dodged a punch. “Whoever he was, that boyfriend must have been quite a skilled ninja to inflict those injuries on Genma because he's no slouch himself.”

“Hnn.” Kakashi acknowledged her statement.

“Think it could have been Asuma?” (Oh, yeah, he's alive in my fic `cause I haven't gotten that far in the manga and it's my fic so I can do that. I'm enjoying this “I'm the author” stuff.)

“Even Genma isn't that stupid.” Kakashi said with a snort.

“Yeah, the injuries weren't all that severe. Wonder what the other guy looks like.” Sakura said as she dodged a handful of shurikens, blocking several with her kunai. “I bet he looks even worse than Genma does.”

“Hnn.” Kakashi landed a blow on her side that left him open for a slice with a kunai, a move he would never have tried if he had really been giving their fight his whole concentration. Given that opening, Sakura quickly had him pinned against a tree, one kunai held at his throat and another over his heart, positioned exactly between his ribs. When he realized his position he rubbed his head against the tree, raising his hitai-ate enough for her to see his Sharingan. In the split second before she could avert her gaze, the red eye started spinning and she knew she had lost.

There was only enough time for her to breathe a soft swear before the darkness closed in on her.

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As a ninja, one had to be aware of their surroundings before making a move, especially when one wakes up in a strange position. The first thing is to figure out where you are and why you're there. Awake but unmoving, Sakura analyzed her surroundings without opening her eyes, trying to give the impression she was still asleep. First thing she noticed was that she was outdoors, lying on her back with something soft cushioning her head. The slight prickle of grass and the rustle of leaves on the trees gave her another clue. She could feel the warmth of the sun on her face with moving spots of shade provided by the leaves above. Her head was resting on something and from the warmth, it was most likely someone's lap and whoever it was, the person was stroking her hair, a soft and soothing gesture that relaxed her. And she could smell… Kakashi.

“I know you're awake, Sakura.”

His hand stopped running through her hair and she found immediately that she missed it. Realizing she'd been found out, she slowly opened her eyes to look up at Kakashi's smiling face. Well, actually, all she saw was his mask and an eye-crease.

“You cheated.” She grumbled as his attention returned to the orange book in his hand. It felt nice lying like this. She'd had another restless night filled with dreams of naked Genmas and Kakashis doing rather enjoyable things to her. How did Kakashi even show up in her dreams? Genma she could understand since he was in the book she was reading, but Kakashi was different; although his actions had felt just as good. She flushed slightly, embarrassed by such thoughts about the man who currently cradled her head in his lap. And the man who'd been stroking her hair.

“I didn't cheat. I only use the Sharingan as a last resort and our fight had progressed to that point. Besides, you weren't holding anything back, were you?”

Looking up she saw that he had returned to reading his book and she sighed. “I suppose you're right, I just didn't think you would use the Sharingan on me.”

“When backed into a corner I did what I had to. Besides, it wasn't like I used any of the psychological techniques, I only used it to knock you out.”

Knowing he had a point, she changed topics. “You didn't have to stop stroking my hair.” With a soft hum of acknowledgement, he resumed the movement of his hand as she turned onto her side, still using his legs as a pillow. Staring at his feet, she slowly relaxed, listening to the flipping of the pages of Kakashi's Icha Icha book.

He was reading Icha Icha Confessions; did it bother him to look at drawings of her and Genma? She found she didn't mind him looking at them, in fact she kind of liked the idea that he was reading that particular book with her head pillowed on his legs. Granted the legendary pervert had given her a more voluptuous figure than reality had graced her with. Did Kakashi like the looking at those drawings? Did they arouse him? Had he ever wondered what she looked like naked? Naruto once told her men pictured every woman they had met naked. Then again, Naruto had trained with Jiraiya and she was pretty sure Jiraiya imagined all women naked, no matter how much clothing they actually wore. Kakashi was constantly reading Icha Icha so did he picture all women naked? And did he see her as anything but the 12 year old girl he'd first met?

And what was that she had felt when he smiled at Suki? Could that have been jealousy? But they had only been dreams. How could she be jealous over strange dreams?

Overwhelmed by the questions running through her mind, she closed her eyes and let herself relax. She needed to wait for the boys to finish their sparing to heal their wounds and this was a nice comfy place to do it, her head pillowed in Kakashi's lap, provided she stopped thinking so much. She could smell him, and it was a pleasing and familiar scent she'd never consciously been aware of. Feeling safe and comfortable, she fell back into a dreamless sleep.

TBC…