Cherry Blossoms in Fall

Title: Cherry Blossoms in Fall

Pairing(s): Sakura/Kakashi; Minor: Sakura/Sasuke, Sakura/Naruto, Sakura/Sai Eventually minor pairings: Naruto/Hinata

Rating: M (Lemons, explicit language, and violence)

Summary: Sakura was sent on a secret mission for two years not long after the Sasuke recovery team was formed. Since she’s been gone, Sasuke came back on his own and team Kakashi was reformed minus Sakura. With information saying that Sakura is KIA what will happen to team Kakashi?

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Naruto characters or any other ideas drawn from the series. Nor do I make any profit from the series.

Recap: Sakura, Kakashi, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sai are living in the Flower village working for the village for food while they wait for word from Konoha.


Chapter 4: Sakura’s Fetish


The harvest was collected faster than usual thanks to the shinobi helpers the villagers had at their disposal. After a month the villagers grew comfortable having the ninja in the village and were now eagerly putting them to work fixing their roofs for the upcoming snow. The early December chill was refreshing against the heated skin of the shinobi as they labored away on the roofs.


Sasuke nailed in a final nail and sat back on his haunches and wiped his brow. He looked up towards the sun’s position. “It’s about noon we should head back home.” Sasuke called down to Naruto and Sai who were attempting to fix a door that had been falling off its hinges.


Sasuke jumped down and watched for a few more minutes as Naruto attempted to help Sai even up the door with its frame, and failing terribly. Once it was sufficiently straight and connected with the door way they paused to look around. “Damnit where did Kakashi-sensei go?” growled Sasuke in annoyance, having an idea who Kakashi had decided to follow instead of working.


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Kakashi lazily jumped from branch to branch, effortlessly concealing his chakra so as to not alert the pink hair kunoichi to his stalking. He’d ditched hammering after the first few hours, surprising himself at how long it’d caught his attention to begin with. Now he followed Sakura like he did most days.


He knew she could take care of herself if she were to encounter any threats. That was part of what he found so enticing about her, that she could keep the members of Team Kakashi in line with a chakra powered fist but also appear so fragile and delicate. It was all only appearances of course. Never before had Kakashi felt the need to build a romantic relationship like he did now, before the only romance in his life was the warmth in his bed provided by a one night stand.


Over the last month his determination to get Sakura to notice him as more than just a teammate was only solidified. Every time Sakura turned that contagious smile on him he wanted her more. Every time she got annoyed with his sarcastic commentary he felt his blood pump like it did when he read Icha Icha Paradise, not enough to arouse him but enough to get his blood moving eagerly. She provided a challenge that he was all too eager to meet.


Most days he would leave work early to follow Sakura home from the shrine, she was usually alone and was highly entertaining to watch even as she shuffled along the forest path reading a small dictionary filled with medical terms. She would flush from the cold and twirl a long strand of her pink hair with one slender finger.


Kakashi jumped ahead of her path to sit on a branch and watch her slow progress. His peaceful observations were interrupted by the presence of a black cat hoping down from a higher branch to sit next to him.


“Stalker…” the cat admonished slyly. Kakashi jumped and looked down at the cat in surprise.


“Did…you just talk?” he asked hesitantly, questioning his sanity.


The cat gave him a bored look. “Nyah. I’m a cat demon that protects this forest.”


Kakashi blinked thoughtfully. “You’re the cat that’s been following Sakura around.”


“You’re the dog that’s been following Sakura around. At least my intentions are pure.” The cat had such a devilish look that her supposed pure intentions were probably debatable.


“Hmmm. You’re the demon that saved Sakura aren’t you?” he surmised.


Lynx blinked in surprise. “You’re pretty insightful for a mutt.” She stretched lazily and peered down at Sakura who was still making her way along the path, the soft murmurs between the cat and ninja not catching her attention. “She is rather unobservant at times. Far too trusting as well. And she is certainly a trouble
magnet.” The cat sighed tiredly.


Kakashi smiled in amusement. “Yes she does doesn’t she?” he said it with fondness.


The cat peaked at him with her green cat eyes and flicked her ears. “So when will you be mating with her? Are you waiting for an engraved invitation?” the cat asked dryly.


Kakashi chuckled. “Something like that. I’m waiting to be sure she is interested. Has…she said anything to you?” he asked turning to the cat trying not to appear too hopeful.


Lynx began to idly lick herself, observing the pink haired girl walk through the forest. “She didn’t seem to realize all the males around her were eager to mate with her. But she seemed to be getting the reddest at the mention of you.” Kakashi smiled. The cat glanced at him and resumed her cleaning. “Besides…why would she not want you? Of the four you seem the most capable.” The cat mused.


Not sure what she meant by capable Kakashi chuckled sheepishly. “Well in human terms, some might think I’m a little too old for her.”


“Doesn’t that just mean more experience.” The cat said suggestively, smirking out right up at the silver haired ninja.


“Hahahaha. I don’t think Sakura cares if I’m experienced. She herself has none so any experience is probably sufficient. Besides, she probably thinks I’m a pervert…and rightly so perhaps.” Kakashi sighed dismally. “An old pervert.”


“Why would she think you were a pervert?” the cat asked surprised.


“Well I read porn in public for one—.”


“Ohhh so that’s where she gets that particular fetish from.” The cat mused aloud as if to herself. Kakashi blinked in surprise.


“Umm what? Sakura hates that I read Icha Icha Paradise in public all the time.”


The cat gave him an incredulous look. “Well so does she.”


“No she doesn’t.” Are we talking about the same Sakura?


“What do you think she’s doing NOW human?” the cat asked annoyed. Kakashi looked down to see Sakura still making progress down the path with her face in the dictionary.


“Studying medical terminology?”


The cat sighed. “You humans are so insufferable. She put a paper binding around the book she is really reading. I think she said it was Icha Icha Tactics. All last year it was Icha Icha Paradise.” The cat explained, at Kakashi’s disbelieving look she rolled her cat eyes skyward. “Don’t tell me you can’t smell the arousal rolling off that girl right now. What kind of dog are you?”


Kakashi scented the air curiously. He had always followed her at a bit of a distance to not be seen but now he could smell it. Clear as day. She was very hot about something.


As Sakura approached the cat and ninja jumped further up in the tree silently so as to not be seen. Sakura walked by blissfully unaware and Kakashi jumped down quietly to get a peek at what she was reading. There were definitely some graphic images that did not belong in any medical dictionary. Kakashi nearly fell out of the tree in surprise.


He shakily climbed back up to the branch Lynx sat on. She watched him hesitantly, seeing how predatory he now looked. Kakashi wasn’t sure what he found so sexually exciting about Sakura reading porn in public but it had him nearly shaking in restraint. He took a deep sigh and looked down at the cat with his half lidded eye. “So how long has she been doing that exactly?”


Lynx went back to lazily cleaning herself. “Something like a year and a half. But she didn’t read everyday back then like she does now. That just happened since you guys came along.” She said pointedly.


Kakashi fell into a contemplative silence. “Hmmm…”


The cat grew bored with his silence and decided to have some fun with the dog. “She masturbates too you know…” Kakashi DID fall out of the tree this time. But he immediately jumped back up but tried to regain his dignity by not looking too interested.


“Oh really?” he said with as much of a disinterested air that someone with an erection and sticks from the forest floor sticking out of his gravity defying hair could have.


Lynx smirked. “Yeah it’s partly why she reads that stuff I guess. After being on this mission of hers for half a year she began getting lonely and started coming into her sexual awareness you see…but she didn’t want to lead on any village boys.” Kakashi looked relieved by that. “But she did need assistance so she started calling it “seduction training” and ordered the Icha Icha series. When she gets home I suspect she’ll…take care of herself.” The cat said so slyly that Kakashi wondered if she would soon reveal herself to be the devil and then attempt to sell Sakura to him for his SOUL.


“But she never really smelled like she’s made a habit out of masturbating.” Kakashi mentioned in confusion.


“She usually takes a bath right after. But if you don’t believe me…” The cat smiled a Cheshire grin that would put a certain fairy tale cat to shame. “You could go see for yourself.”


Now usually when Sakura reached the Tsukino castle Kakashi would leave her to go to her room and he would go to his and either takes care of himself or shower. But now he had other plans.


Lynx looked up from her cleaning to see the dog ninja gone. She gave a disinterested shrug and looked down to see another figure making his way through the forest. One of the pale faces…Sai?


Lynx sniffed the air and made a snarling face. Bleh! He smells like INK! Ugh. The cat began to make hacking noises in distaste and moved away from him. He’s cute but smells ickyyy…


Sai briefly glanced curiously at the hacking cat and then shrugged and turned back to his task. “Almost have enough just one more.” He mused aloud. He inspected around trees but continued to make slow progress towards the castle.


Then down the path came a certain fox demon container and ex rogue ninja. “RAMEN RAMEN RAMEN!” Naruto chanted excitedly, punching his fists in the air. Sasuke rolled his eyes and continued to try to put space between him and the loud ninja.


Sai glanced up from his tree inspection to speak to Naruto. “Hey Naruto. Tomorrow we don’t have to work; can I ask you to do me a favor?” Sai asked the blonde. Naruto and Sasuke stopped walking and turned to the ink user.


“What kind of favor?” asked Naruto suspicious of the man always calling him dickless and other unpleasant names.


Sai smiled one of his innocent yet scary smiles. “It’s a secret. But if you do this for me I will pay you back in all my shares of ramen for a month.” There was no way Naruto would turn that down.


“RAMEN?! ALRIGHT!”


“What are you doing?” asked Sasuke eyeing Sai suspiciously.


“Nothing a traitorous duck butt head should worry about.” Sai said with a good natured face that didn’t match his words. Sasuke bristled and proceeded to stomp down the path away from the annoying ink user.


By the time Kakashi had reached the castle Sakura was already taking a bath. But there was no way he could miss the smell in her room. He stepped into the room quietly and took in the scent with deep breaths. Then he noticed a lot of the scent was coming from beneath her bed. Curiously he looked beneath and saw a box. Kakashi pulled it out and imagine his surpise.


Dildos and bullets and vibrators…Oh my… Kakashi had a positively gleeful look on his face. Sakura is a kinky pervert! That’s it…she is definitely my soulmate. Kakashi thought in amusement. He began to inspect the toys when he heard the water shut off and decided he didn’t have much more soaking time to count on Sakura taking so he quickly replaced the box as he found it and went back to his room.


He avoided the sounds of the boys rustling around in the kitchen and got to his room in time to fit in a cold shower before lunch time.


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The boys saw Kakashi come into the dining area with wet hair and his face in a certain book. Icha Icha Tactics. “Why’d you take a bath?” asked Sasuke in annoyance. “Weren’t we going to train?”


Kakashi sat on the far end of the table after getting himself a bowl of miso soup and began to eat using his book as a shield from the boys view. “We can still train.” Kakashi placated the raven haired boy.


“Oh you guys are training today? Great!” Sakura said coming while toweling her cotton candy locks, a refreshed look that had different connotations to the perverted copy nin than it did the other boys. “Mind if I join you?”


Naruto looked fit to combust with excitement. “Really?? You’ll train with us?”


“Yeah well I’m almost done with my research. So I thought it would be a good idea to get back into shape before returning to Konoha so I can start taking missions again.” Sakura suggested as she set up her own plate of food.


“What were you researching all this time?” asked Sai.


Sakura sat down in the chair that was still among the boys but closest to Kakashi. “I was researching the events at the Secondary massacre recently but I’ve been looking into all kinds of things involved with them these past few years.”


They began to eat while Sakura talked of the traditions and customs of the Secondary’s. Kakashi finished eating and went to do the dishes since the boys had made lunch and Sakura was making dinner.


“By the way, Jinenji-sama wanted me to remind you guys that there is a festival at the end of this month to celebrate the harvest. But if you guys don’t want to come he’ll understand…” Sakura hedged hopefully.


“HAHAHAHA nice try Sakura-chan! We know you’ll be dancing in the festival so we’ll definitely be there! BELIEVE IT!” Naruto shouted around a mouthful of ramen. Sakura sighed dejectedly and blushed.


“But I’ll be all embarrassed and nervous if you guys are there.”


Kakashi was suddenly behind her and leaning down to breath into her ear huskily. “That’s the best part.” Sakura gasped at the warm breath against her sensitive neck and ears and swung around to hit the pervert who laughed and jumped out of her fists way just in time. She didn’t see the glares Sasuke and Naruto were sending Kakashi, Sai was obliviously drawing in the living room.


Suddenly there was an alarm sound ringing softly through the air and Sakura cursed. “Shit! Sorry guys but it looks like one of my research projects needs attention. You guys go train maybe I’ll join you tomorrow.” Sakura dashed out of the room leaving her food behind. They all looked after her curiously.


“Well let’s go train.” Kakashi sighed as he made his way towards the courtyard.


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“KAKASHI SENSEIIII YOU SNEAKY BASTARD!” Naruto shouted in frustration when he noticed Kakashi gone. Sasuke and Sai paused in their training to watch Naruto fume.


Kakashi chuckled as he walked through the castle at a slow gate. He made his way down the west wing looking for a certain kunoichi. He passed the point where Sakura had told them not to pass. He paused when he saw something strange in a doorway. It was a camera on a tripod. He looked into the room curious about what it was recording. Inside there were strange figures moving around in a large room that looked like it was the living room for the west wing. Kakashi saw the figures solidify before his eyes and they looked like people who glowed various colors.


A red figure sat at a low table across from a blue figure and they were playing Go. A figure that was a light purple that looked like a child was lying across the couch. Kakashi eyed the red figure curiously; there was something about her…


Then it hit him. She looked exactly like Sakura in the face, she even had Sakura’s slightly large forehead. Kakashi’s onyx eye widened and he stepped into the room. “Hey who are you?” asked Kakashi, the figures didn’t respond to his question but suddenly Kakashi was overwhelmed by swirls of chakra that crashed against his body making him freeze in place. “What the hell…”


Kakashi felt the breath rush out of him and began gasping as he felt his skin tingle and felt his clothes become slightly looser. Then he heard Sakura’s scream. “KAKASHI!” He heard a sound like paper being ripped and he was left standing in the room, the glowing figures gone and his lungs hammering for air desperately.


Kakashi looked up to the doorway he’d come through to see Sakura standing there wide eyed, a slip of paper in her hand. Sakura had seen Kakashi enter the room through the camera that was connected to another room. She’d run down the hall and ripped the chakra seals off the doorway that were channeling chakra into the room.


Kakashi blinked at Sakura and wasn’t sure what exactly felt different. His clothes were a tad looser than normal and if he didn’t know any better he’d say he’d lost an inch or so in height. Sakura’s face was rather red and she was waving him to follow her. “Come on and I’ll see if I can fix this.” Sakura murmured.


“I’m sorry if I broke the room.” Kakashi apologized sheepishly, bringing his hand up to scratch the back of his head as he followed her and finding that his hair was a bit shorter than usual…Odd…


Sakura led Kakashi into the living room of the North wing and sat him on the couch. “Ok. Kakashi. Do you remember who I am?” she asked pointing up into her concerned face.


Kakashi was beginning to think something was wrong. “Course I remember you Sakura…”


“Alright, don’t freak out but you look younger.” Sakura said momentarily leaving for her bathroom to come back with a mirror. Kakashi looked at himself, he looked remarkably the same. His hair was shorter giving him a slightly more boyish look, he was a little shorter and back to the gangly appearance he had at 18.


“Looks like me when I was 18. What an interesting henge jutsu.” Kakashi mused, his reaction was the very opposite of freaking out. He even pulled down his mask to inspect the rest of his face. Still the same, though maybe a few less tiny wrinkles around the mouth.


“It’s not exactly a henge jutsu. You stepped into a time jutsu I was experimenting with. You actually ARE 18.” Sakura stared intently at his face.


Kakashi observed himself in the mirror some more. Then looked up at the flustered cherry blossom who was giving off a delicious scent. Kakashi smirked. “I don’t see anything wrong with this.”


“It’s not permanent though. It should wear off in a few days.” Sakura explained meekly. When Kakashi smirked with his mask down it sent shivers down her spine and caused a humming sensation at the apex of her thighs.


Kakashi frowned slightly. “Oh. That’s a shame.” He mused. “Then I should probably take advantage of this time while I have the chance.”


Sakura blinked in confusion. “What--?” Kakashi suddenly reached out and grabbed the cherry blossom, easily maneuvering them so he was on top of her, his pelvis pressed against her core and his torso molding against hers as he pressed hungry kisses to her sweet mouth. She didn’t fight him after she got over her shock and returned his passion. Then her over analytical mind made her pause and push him away with chakra infused hands.


“What’s wrong?” asked Kakashi huskily, he ran his hands up along her slim arms. He wanted to feel her breasts but he also DIDN’T want to be punched through a wall.


“You…You’re only doing this because teenage hormones are affecting your behavior. You’ve never seen me as more than a student before so…” Sakura scrunched up her eyes and tried to squirm out from under him. “I can’t take advantage of you!”


Kakashi chuckled and tightened his grip on her. “Trust me; my hormones were running wild long before. I just thought you might prefer this younger me.”


Sakura blinked in surprise and blushed a brighter red. “I think you wouldn’t be my Kakashi unless you were your usual 32 year old self.”


Kakashi smirked and leaned down to whisper into her ear. “My my Sakura, I had no idea you had an old man fetish. Perhaps you’ll let me teach you how to fully utilize those toys under your bed.” Kakashi hadn’t foreseen his mistake until he was thrown into the opposite wall by a pissed off cherry blossom.


“How did you know about THOSE??” she shouted towering over Kakashi who smiled sheepishly.


“hahaha Oh my look at the time. Gotta go.” Kakashi performed the hand signs for a teleportation jutsu and was gone leaving a fuming cherry blossom behind.


Preview for next chapter 5: Sorry about not including the fight with Sasuke and Kakashi that will be next chapter I think. As well we’ll see what favor Sai asks Naruto


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