Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Unexpected Love ❯ The Final Resolution ( Chapter 11 )

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Unexpected Love

Chapter 11

The Final Resolution

"What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked Kakashi as he crossed his arms over his chest and sent a cold glare at him. He just knew that Kakashi would stop their fight like he had before, but seeing the cause of his anger was not helping him any.

 

"I couldn't let my students kill each other now could I?" Kakashi asked with a curve to his eye. He never thought that Naruto and Sasuke would fight each other again since they had become best friends. But seeing as what they were fighting about he was even more surprised, though he did not let it show.

 

"You are not our teacher anymore, so get lost."

 

"I may not be your teacher anymore Sasuke, but I am older and far more wiser than you are. It would be wise to hold your tongue and listen to what I have to say." Kakashi while saying this, continued walking forward until he was standing directly in front of Sasuke as he released the jutsu he had on them.

 

'It seems as if Sasuke's ways will never change. He still thinks he is better than everyone else,' Kakashi thought to himself as he studied his previous student.

 

"What does it matter that you are those things old man. Besides what does age and brains have to do with power?" Sasuke asked mockingly as he took a step closer until he was face to face with Kakashi.

 

'Keh, and to think that this was the man who taught me the chidori,' Sasuke thought to himself as he thought back to that time years ago.

 

"You still think you are powerful? Perhaps you never did change when you came back to Konoha like everyone thought you did."

 

"Ha, the people of Konoha are fools who only care about teamwork and friendship!" Sasuke yelled with sarcasm as his patience started to wear thin.

 

"Is that so?"

 

"Yes and it's filled with teachers who can't keep their hands off of their own students!" Sasuke snarled as his Sharingan activated without him even realizing it. Kakashi noticed this and began wondering how many times that his Sharingan had been activated before without him knowing.

 

"So this is what it's about?" Kakashi asked as he slouched down until he was at eye level with Sasuke. Kakashi was starting to lose his patience as well. When it came to Sakura and how Sasuke thought it was wrong for them to be together it got his blood boiling.

 

"Stay away from Sakura!" Sasuke yelled as his patience finally snapped.

 

"You're still going on about that? Perhaps you're just mad that you had your chance with Sakura and you lost it because of your quest for power. Am I right? Or do you think I'm inferior to you?" Kakashi said while keeping calm because he knew that if he got Sasuke riled up enough then there would be no telling what he would do.

 

"You bastard! How dare you say those things to me!" Sasuke yelled. When it came to someone bruising his ego and pride, it took his anger to a whole new level, especially when someone thought he was jealous.

 

"Sakura is mine so if you know what's good for you then stay out of our business."

 

"You think that I want that whore who goes after anyone that will have her? You can keep the bitch for all I care!" When the restraint on his anger was broke then the phrase 'think before you speak' did not apply anymore.

 

Before Sasuke knew what had happened, that even his Sharingan couldn't follow, he was thrown to the ground face first. Kakashi who was straddling his back held a kunai against his neck.

 

"Watch what you say boy or you'll have to deal with me," Kakashi growled in Sasuke's ear as he pressed the kunai tighter against his neck. Never had anyone provoked his anger this much that he would attack and threaten a former student, but when it came to the one he loved then he did not really care.

 

"Get off of me," Sasuke said as he tried to push Kakashi off of him but stopped when the kunai cut into his flesh. Looking down he could see a trail of blood dripping down his neck, which made his eyes widen in fear that Kakashi would really wound him.

 

"If you cause anymore trouble with Sakura then I'll kill you, understood?" After seeing Sasuke nod slowly Kakashi twirled his kunai and put it back in his pouch before standing up, followed by Sasuke.

 

Sasuke was somewhat appalled that Kakashi would actually go as far as to wound him over something as trifle as a woman. His eyes were now opened a little more to the fact that Kakashi really did care for Sakura and he would even kill for her.

 

Naruto looked back and forth between the two. Sasuke was holding his neck to stop the blood flow while Kakashi remained in his usual slouched position with his hands in his pockets, but he had a dangerous gleam in his eye, directed towards Sasuke.

 

"Um..." Naruto started, trying to stop the instilling silence. Before he could say anything Sasuke turned, giving him a warning glare before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Shrugging Naruto turned to Kakashi to find that he too had disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

 

"Hey! Where did everyone go?" Naruto yelled, as he stood confused in the middle of the clearing with his hand behind his head.

 

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The two days had slowly and painfully went by for Kakashi and Sakura until the day came until they were to meet in the Hokage's office. No other incidents had happened between Sasuke and Naruto and as far as anyone knew, they were still best friends. Through those two days Kakashi and Sakura were never bored as friends dropped by to offer their comfort and opinions on the matter. Nearly every shinobi agreed that they should be together no matter the age difference. Some of the more upfront shinobi also told the Hokage their opinions, which she considered.

 

Sakura was the first to arrive in Tsunade's office accompanied by two ANBU which were Neji and Kiba. She constantly wrung her hands in her lap as she sat in the same chair she had the last time she was present. Her head jerked up in surprise when she heard the poof of someone arriving. After the cloud of smoke dispersed Sakura sat staring at Kakashi who was for once on time. Yet she should not be so surprised since it was such an important matter that he had come for. He spared a loving glance in Sakura's direction before leaning against the wall next to the door.

 

Right after Kakashi came the two ANBU who had embarrassedly lost him, rushed in.
A few more minutes ticked by until Tsunade walked into the room with her head bowed which always meant something was wrong. Agonizingly slow Sakura watched as Tsunade sat down in her chair and steeped her fingers together before resting her chin on them with her eyes closed.
"I am surprised that you are actually here before I am Kakashi," Tsunade said as she slowly opened her eyes.

Tsunade coughed in her hand before meeting both Sakura's and Kakashi's eyes before getting down to business. "Now, since you clearly know why you are here then let's get to the point. Your relationship is clearly taboo and should therefore not even be considered that you should still be seeing each other." Tsunade watched Sakura as she nervously began wringing her hands in her lap and Kakashi whose shoulders where noticeably tense.

 

"But seeing as I have considered the..relationship then there is no going back. Quite a few of your fellow shinobi has told me that there should not be a limit on age in an relationship when ninja are always a step closer to death than life. I have decided that you may be together, but if there is another complaint about your relationship then I will have no choice but to separate you. Understood?" Tsunade stood up from her chair and placed her hands on her desk as she watched Kakashi and Sakura with a genuine smile lighting her features.

 

Both Sakura and Kakashi were rendered speechless as what had happened registered in their minds. Simultaneously they agreed with a "Hai!" before Sakura raced towards Kakashi and enveloped him in a bone-crushing embrace.

 

"Oh my god, I can't believe it!" Sakura exclaimed as she stood on her tiptoes and gave Kakashi a loving kiss through his mask, which he returned with fever.

 

Kakashi did not know what to say so he just returned Sakura's kiss before hearing Tsunade clear her throat to get their attention.

 

"Now that that is over, would you take yourselves somewhere else? I have work to do," Tsunade grinned as she sat back down in her chair and started reading a scroll.

 

Without having to ask further Kakashi and Sakura disappeared from the office, still in each other's arms.

 

"I never thought that this day would come!" Sakura exclaimed as she clung to Kakashi as they arrived at their training grounds.

 

"Me too. I'm just happy that we will get to stay together," Kakashi said as he pulled Sakura down in the grass next to him.

 

"Those two days were horrible. A few times I was going to find you but then I thought that if I saw you then I would never see you again. Tsunade is the best Hokage ever!" Sakura lay back in the swaying grass as she bent her arms under her head as a makeshift pillow.

 

"I almost came to see you also. But can you actually believe that Gai stopped me?" Kakashi chuckled at the memory as he lay down beside Sakura.

 

"Really? Gai stopped you?" Sakura asked in disbelieve as she turned her head to Kakashi.

 

"Yes, he told me that the spring time of youth will bloom again and the longer we have to wait then the more we will bloom," Kakashi said imitating Gai's voice before laughing loudly. Sakura joined him in his laughter of how Gai would always compare everything to the springtime of youth. After they settled down Kakashi pulled Sakura towards him until her head was resting on his chest. Sakura closed her eyes as she listened to his steady heartbeat and his even breathing.

 

"I love you Kakashi," Sakura whispered as she looked up to study his face.

 

"I love you too Sakura," Kakashi said as he pulled his headband up so he could see Sakura with both of his eyes. His eyes closed tiredly as Sakura traced the scar on his face with her index finger before slowly hooking her finger underneath his mask and pulling it down to his neck.

"I don't know what I would have done if we were forbidden to see each other," Sakura whispered as tears started to well up in her eyes at the thought.

 

"Me either. But we would have found a way to be together. Shh, it's alright." Kakashi consoled Sakura as the tears started to escape from her eyes as she brushed at them angrily. Kakashi captured her wrists in his hands before slowly pulling her down and brushing his lips against her own.

 

"Don't cry," he whispered before closing the small distance between them. Kakashi nipped at her bottom lip softly before covering her lips with his own as he told her how much he loved her in that simple kiss. When they pulled back Sakura's tears were gone, replaced by a large smile of contentment as she lay her head back down on his chest. After a few minutes of complete silence as they watched the clouds together, Kakashi slowly sat up along with Sakura.

 

"So...what are we going to do now?" Sakura asked as she turned to Kakashi.

 

"Whatever we want to," Kakashi shrugged as he pulled Sakura towards him for another kiss.

 

"Hey now, we can't just keep kissing for the rest of the day," Sakura playfully reprimanded as she pulled back from the kiss.

 

"And why not my little cherry blossom?" Kakashi asked playfully as he pulled Sakura in for another kiss.

 

"Kakashi! Stop it!" Sakura exclaimed before jumping up from the ground and jumping up into a tree.

 

"So you want to play?” Kakashi asked huskily as he disappeared from the ground and appeared behind Sakura as he whispered in her ear.

 

"Let's make a deal. If you can catch me then I'll do anything that you want to do, but if you can't catch me before I get to the Konoha gates then you will have to do what I tell you to. Deal?"

Sakura asked as she turned her head slightly to see Kakashi.

 

"Deal," Kakashi smirked before Sakura vanished in a shower of cherry blossoms. Jumping from branch to branch Sakura came one step closer to the gates of Konoha, thinking that she had outran Kakashi. But before Sakura could blink an eye she was held around the waist and was being pulled to the ground as she had let her guard down. She turned around in midair as she was falling to the ground to find the familiar face or lack thereof of Kakashi grinning down at her.

Sakura looked behind her to find the ground coming up really fast, too fast that she closed her eyes, waiting for the impact. But it never came. It seemed Kakashi was faster than the laws of gravity as he had held Sakura in his arms bridal style and landed smoothly on his feet.

 

Sakura gasped from the shock of finding that she was safe and continued breathing heavily until she had gained enough breath to at least sound all right.

 

"It looks like I win," Kakashi smirked with the usual curve of his eye as he released his hold on Sakura's waist and crossed his arms over his chest.

 

"Cheater," Sakura whispered as she dusted imaginary dirt from her clothes before crossing her arms over her own chest and glaring daggers at Kakashi.

 

"Cheater eh? Now how did I cheat? Maybe it was with my good looks?" Kakashi playfully teased with another smirk.

 

"You give yourself way too much credit. One day those things are going to fire back on you old man," Sakura teased as she started walking towards the gates of Konoha with a sway to her hips to tease Kakashi.

 

"Hey! I'm not an old man!" Kakashi yelled with a hurtful voice before falling after Sakura and enjoying the view that she was presenting him with.

 

"I know that your staring at me, pervert" Sakura yelled back over her shoulder with a smile. Again before Sakura knew what had happened Kakashi had her around the waist and blew in her ear before nibbling his way down her neck that sent shivers down her spine.

 

"N-No fair," Sakura gasped as Kakashi nipped at her exposed collarbone.

 

"I won the deal did I not? So that means that I get to choose what we are going to do, right?" Kakashi whispered huskily in her ear as he ran his hands up and down her bare arms, eliciting a shiver from her body.

 

"What d-did you have in mind?" Sakura whispered as she instinctively leaned her head back until it was resting on Kakashi's shoulder.

 

"Well...I was thinking that we could go to my apartment to spend the rest of the day instead of training all day. How about it?" Kakashi asked before stepping slightly away from Sakura before reaching for her hand.

 

Sakura followed obediently beside Kakashi with her hand in his wondering what he was really up to.

 

"Oi Kakashi?" Sakura asked once they came into view of the Konoha gates.

 

"Hai?" Kakashi answered as he gave Sakura's hand a gentle squeeze.

 

"Where has Naruto and Sasuke been for the last few days?" It seemed that after the incident in the field had happened about three days ago that she has not seen hide or hair of them.

 

"Well I saw them both the day before yesterday," Kakashi answered truthfully as he recalled the incident.

 

"What happened?" Sakura asked worriedly, thinking the worst had happened.

 

"They were fighting. When I arrived Sasuke had the chidori and Naruto had the Rasengen," Kakashi explained with a frown as he saw Sakura's befuddled expression of horror.

 

"Did they get hurt?" Sakura asked desperately as she stopped in her tracks and turned around to face Kakashi.

 

"No, I used a genjutsu to stop their movements until their attacks died down."

 

"Then what happened?" Sakura asked suspiciously as she grasped Kakashi's hand in her own.

 

"Sasuke threatened me and said some other things. But Sasuke will not be saying anything like that to me again," Kakashi said darkly as he recalled what happened that day.

 

"What did he say?" Sakura pressed fearfully.

 

"He called you some names and I just lost my patience and held a kunai to his throat," Kakashi explained with a shrug of his shoulders acting as if it was nothing important.

 

"Nani!? What did Sasuke say about me?" Sakura asked as she gripped Kakashi's hand tighter as she grew angry, as she thought of what Sasuke could have called her.

 

"He called you a...whore and a...bitch," Kakashi said softly but started to regret that he had ever told her anything since the legendary strength she had learned from Tsunade was starting to show by the pressure she was exerting on his hands.

 

"Grr, I can't believe that bastard, who does he think he is?" Sakura yelled furiously before stomping off towards the village with Kakashi in tow. Kakashi remained silent for he did not want to be on the receiving end of her wrath as she dragged him through the village, looking for Sasuke.

 

After an hour of not being able to find Sasuke, Sakura sat down heavily on a bench along a sidewalk since her anger had long sense simmered down where she could think clearly. "Where could he be?" Sakura asked herself as she pulled Kakashi down beside her with a jerk to his hand.

 

"Him and Naruto went on a mission yesterday," Kakashi supplied though he regretted it when Sakura looked over at him with a frown and her eyes shimmering a dark green that meant she was really angry.

 

"You knew this and you never even told me?" Sakura gritted out through her teeth as she had them tightly clenched and her hands balled into fists until her knuckles turned white.

 

"It, must of slipped my mind," Kakashi laughed uncertainly as he attempted to stand up from the bench, but was pulled back down by a very angry kunoichi.

 

"Sure it did. Now what are you going to do to make it up to me?" Sakura asked as she held fast onto Kakashi as he attempted to stand up again.

 

"Ano...How about...I fix dinner tonight?" Kakashi suggested with a puppy pout to his cloth-covered face and the drooping of his visible eye. Kakashi watched as Sakura considered the offer with her index finger tapping against her lips. After a few minutes of fearful waiting Kakashi finally sighed in relief when Sakura nodded her head in affirmative before pulling him up off the bench and proceeded to pull him towards his apartment.

'

I will never understand women and their mood swings,' Kakashi thought to himself with a silent chuckle as he followed obediently behind Sakura with their hands clasped together.

 

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Okay readers, what did you think? Yes I decided to continue on with the story. I kept what I had for chapter 11 and just added quite a bit more on to it instead of making a longer chapter because I didn't want it to be so short. Anyway review and tell me what you thought about it. Until next time, Ja Ne!