That's MY Book!

Disclaimer: Hmm, Naruto still doesn't belong to me. Darn.

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Kakashi was making his own way home when suddenly the downpour of rain began. It was a surprising relief to the poor jounin. Said jounin who was slightly flushed in embarrasment after his brief encounter with his pink-haired chuunin.

'Agh, must not think such thoughts!' He berated himself, curling his fists as if he was in physical agony, 'She is Sakura. She is my student. She...smells nice. Like strawberries.'

Kakashi blinked. Read over his thoughts. Then blinked again.

"ARGH! THOSE DAMN STRAWBERRIES!!"

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Sakura blinked. Over the storm, she could've sworn she had just heard the word 'strawberries' or something similar to that. Shrugging it off, she continued sprinting her way back to her apartment.

'Darn it, where did all this rain come from', She pouted as she splashed through a particularly large puddle.

"Oh well, as if I'm not already soaked through..." She mumbled to herself, picking up the pace.

Much to her delight, she soon found the familiar towering figure of her apartment looming before her. Lightening flashed and she could've sworn she saw a dark figure somewhere up in the sky. But she brushed the thought off as she pulled out her key and unlocked the door. Slipping inside, she slumped her shoulders as the empty, albeit slightly warm, room greeted her.

"Welcome home..." She said aloud in a disheartened tone.

"Umm... I think you're confused." Kakashi said, suddenly appearing before her. Honestly, she of ALL people should know this was not his home, but hers.

"Gaahh!!" Sakura shouted in surprise tripping backwards over her recently worn sandals.

But Kakashi wasn't a reknowned jounin for nothing. With ease, he caught her by the arm before she had even begun falling. It wasn't as if he hadn't expected this reaction from her. The silver-haired shinobi actually found it amusing. Unfortunately, the pink haired chuunin was not amused at all.

"KAKASHI-SENSEI!!" She exclaimed after getting over her shock, "WHAT are you DOING in MY APARTMENT?!"

Hoping he wasn't made permanently deaf by her animated shouting, Kakashi's eyebrow lifted up, "Why, I came to get my book, of course."

Sakura just stared at him. Her plan was backfiring. SHE was the one who was supposed to have the upper hand. Not her stupid perverted sensei.

"You can't just go into someone's apartment, Kakashi-sensei."

"You can't just take someone's book either."

Sakura blushed furiously. He did have a point. Though she wanted to argue that breaking into an apartment was a whole different matter. Yet when she opened her mouth, words poured out that she hadn't intended to say at all.

"I just wanted to know why you found all those books so interesting, sensei." Sakura said, unable to withdraw the half-whining tone she detected in her voice, "I was... curious."

His visible eye widened in surprise. Whatever he had been expecting as a response, it hadn't been THAT. 'She wanted to... well, I'll be.' Kakashi thought, amazed as he fell into a grin.

"Well..." His voice was low, but he drew his mouth closer to her ear, his breath tickling the area, "when you put it THAT way..."

Sakura's eyes widened as he closed the already small space between them. 'What's he doing? What's he doing? What's he doing?' The thought chanted through her panicky mind before she started thinking, 'Wait, why aren't I doing anything?'

She forced her green eyes to lock onto his visible one, which was currently not giving any of his emotions away. Well, besides what might possibly have been a smirk. Which it was. Sakura started to get angry just at the thought. He was MESSING with her. And enjoying it, too. Growling, Sakura's eyes narrowed slightly and she began to step forward from the wall. That is, until Kakashi made the mistake of lowering his head slightly in an attempt to reach eye level with her. That's when it happened. It was awkward. And there was a cloth covering the jounin's face. And it was majorly awkward and seriously accidental and totally unexpected. Eh, enough adjectives. This is what happened.

They kissed.

'....SHIT', Kakashi thought numbly, pulling his face away after a few mind-numbing seconds. Seconds which had seemed like hours. Hours where he felt the act that just happened should be wrong and unlikable and should never happen again. Because he think he just may have... liked it better than reading his Icha Icha Paradise. 'NO... I did NOT just think that. She's... she's... SAKURA. Who, surprisingly still smells like strawber-DAMMIT!'

Sakura, wide-eyed from shock stared at Kakashi while not staring at him at the same time, 'Eh?! Did he jus- did we just... did we.... OMG, my first kiss!!'

Sensing that they were wavering on some sort of edge, and not feeling like plummetting to his doom any time soon, Kakashi quickly composed himself. As in, he took a huge, HUGE breath in. Placing a smile back on his face, only visible to Sakura via his curved eye, the silver haired jounin quickly ruffled her hair a bit. It was something he had done when she used to be younger. And he hoped it was enough to quickly cover the awkwardly innocent moment that had just passed moments before.

"... you can keep the book for a while, I guess. Just make sure to have it ready when I come back." With a quick wink, Kakashi went over to a window and let himself out.

...Uhhh... does he ever use the DOOR?

But Sakura was still frozen where she stood. Ever so slowly, she raised her hand and traced her lips with her finger. Her first kiss...

'My first kiss... and Kakashi' -suddenly, unable to cope with the strange feelings inside, Sakura turned immediately to her familiar friend. Anger- 'Ka-ka-shi! That bastard stole my first kiss.'

The finger that had touched her lip curled and joined the rest into a fist, her whole arm shaking. That's how confused and angry she was.

"Argh! KAKASHI!!" She exclaimed, slamming the shaking fist into the wall. Let's just say it left quite a dent.

Sakura wasn't sure what she was angry about. All she knew was that it had to do with Kakashi.

"Oh, is he gonna be sorry if he ever comes back tonight." She muttered under breath, her green eyes darkened as her mind plotted the many painful things she would do.

Fortunately for said jounin, he didn't decide to come back that night.

::::Several hours later::::

"Gee, Sakura, you look pretty beat. Why are you up so early?" Naruto asked, scratching his head before stretching into a yawn.

It was still pretty early, after all. Well, according to Naruto. Truthfully it was well into the morning. And boy was Naruto surprised to see what looked like a zombie trying to impersonate Sakura at his doorstep. He actually screamed at first. Which explained the throbbing bruise now covering the side of his head.

Sakura's eye twitched, "I didn't sleep a wink AT ALL last night. And where is everyone?" Seeing a confused look on the blonde's face, Sakura quickly explained herself more clearly, "I mean, where is Sasuke and the BAKA sensei. And why aren't you guys on the bridge?"

Realization finally dawned on the not-too-bright Naruto's face, "Ohh, didn't you know, Sakura? There's no practice TODAY. Kakashi's off on one of those A-rank missions. Man, I can't wait to get me one of THOSE."

Sakura frowned, "He's on a mission?" Then it hit her. What he had said last night. To keep the book until he came back. He must have been talking about coming back after the mission.

'Aw, great,' She fumed, 'Now I'm stuck with that perverted sensei's book. AND I didn't even get a wink of sleep!! Just wait 'till he gets back. Just WAIT.'

Seeing the pink-headed chuunin's facial expression darkening in anger, Naruto started to look worried. Had he done something wrong again? Was she planning on giving his bruise another bruise?! Feeling it was too early in them morning to recieve anything more than food, Naruto quickly said a hasty goodbye and shut the door. Luckily for him, Sakura didn't even seem to notice. She went on, fuming for the rest of the day. People gave her a wide berth. Though it didn't quite matter to the pink haired girl. She was practically in a world of her own.

'He kissed me. KAKASHI. KISSED me.' A pair of kids, seeing the dark look on her face ran away screaming and crying for their mommies.

Ino, seeing her former rival, started to head over. A smile was even starting to form on her face.

"Why, why, WHY?!" Sakura shouted aloud, trying to vent her frustration.

At this point Ino could tell her friend needed a little space. That decided, she quickly pivoted on her heels and headed the other way.

If someone were to watch this from very far away, it would have seemed like she was Moses walking through the tide of people crowding on the street. That is, if the waves could feel fear and the so-called 'Moses' was creating so much of it that the 'waves' a mile ahead of her got the news and parted way before their time. So, though the rest of Sakura's day felt like crap, it did inspire a slight chuckle from one very stern hokage.

His hands stuck into the pockets of his white shorts, the black haired Uchiha slumped slightly as he walked the streets of Konoha village.

'Another boring day...' he thought with his normal glare.

That was when he caught sight of a puffed up little chuunin who was barely paying attention to her surroundings. Sasuke's eyebrow raised slightly. What had made her so hotheaded? As she was about to barrel past him, Sasuke made a slight step to the side, effectively blocking her way. Seeing that she hadn't noticed and wasn't going to stop, he took a short moment to brace himself.

They collided. Or rather, Sakura ran into and suddenly sort of bounced right off of the blue wall of the Uchiha's shirt.

Blinking angrily, she turned her green orbs up to see who had decided to make her bad day even worse.

"What's with you?" Sasuke questioned coolly, unaffected by the burning gaze she shot him.

"You wouldn't understand." She managed to reply through clenched teeth.

Sidestepping him, she continued on her way, fists clenched against her sides. Eyes following her slowly, Sasuke turned and caught up before falling into her quick pace easily.

"I wouldn't?"

Angry that he followed her, she turned her head to scrutinize him, smoke practically blowing out of her nose in streams, "No. You. Wouldn't."

Sasuke looked ahead, his hands still stuck inside his pockets. Somehow, he still managed to keep his calm posture even with the fast pace he had to take. Shrugging, Sasuke said, "You look like you need to get something off your shoulders."

The look she gave him was cold enough to freeze even his Uchiha blood. Grr, couldn't they get the point.

"You.... damn... MEN." With a poof of smoke, she disappeared.

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Oops. Eh, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.