It's my first fan fiction so go easy on me. I hope you enjoy and please review. I encourage all reviews because I really want to improve as a writer. Enjoy!!

Cance

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Sakura crouched lower to the branch she was perched on while tucking a stray lock of pink hair behind her ear. It was another hot day in Konoha and she could feel a thin film of sweat gather on her skin while she waited patiently in the cover of the trees. Sakura's emerald green eyes studied the man sitting lazily in the shade of a large tree reading no doubt an Icha Icha book and a small giggle escaped from her lips while she relished in the thought of surprising him. Sakura quickly stifled it. You won't be able to catch him if you don't pull it together she bitterly thought to herself, but was relieved when the man made no signs of hearing her. Sakura steadied her breathing and launched herself from the tree with a great force and speed while removing a kunai from her side pouch. She released the kunai from her grasp with accuracy and precision, but before it could pin her target he vanished. Sakura landed softly to the ground and froze when she felt the cool steel of a blade pressed against her throat.

"It does not do you well to giggle if you intend to take someone by surprise." He whispered slyly into her ear and Sakura frowned slightly.

"Well maybe that was part of my plan" She replied unconvincingly as she giggled again when her clone attacked the man from behind. Sakura sidled from his grasp to see her clone throw another kunai at him, but the masked man caught it between his fingers easily. He dispatched the clone with the kunai and quickly vanished. The hot sun beat down on Sakura's neck while she waited anticipating his next attack. She was now twenty and since her training had begun with him she had watched and studied his every move. She was no longer his student but she had fought with him a number of times and Sakura was sure she would be able to predict his next attack. A smile graced her lips as hands sprung from the earth beneath her and she quickly dodged them while pulling another kunai from her pouch. Before she was able to release it Sakura found her arms locked across her body and a man chuckling slightly behind her. "Oooohh Kakashi-sensei." Sakura said angrily and stamped her foot while pouting. "That was not fair." She whined and continued to pout.

"It never is." And Kakashi chuckled again. Sakura sighed slightly at her daftness for falling for one of his simple tricks but she was not willing to give up just yet. She pooled her chakra to her feet while lacing her left foot behind his knee. Sakura felt his leg give a little under the force she applied and used her other foot to propel them into the nearest tree. It groaned with the sudden force of their impact and Kakashi's grip loosened slightly. She slipped from his grasp and prepared to deliver another attack while pinning Kakashi with her defiant gaze. His visible eye crinkled slightly from a smile and Sakura narrowed her jade eyes dangerously at him.

"I won't go easy on you." She voiced with a mocking tone and let a devious grin escape from her lips. Sakura gasped slightly when Kakashi suddenly appeared in front of her throwing an attack her way. She barely had time to block it before he was giving her another one. She marvelled at his speed, but knew Kakashi was still going easy on her and Sakura cursed at herself for how weak she truly was. She didn't have a chance to lay a single attack on him and felt herself being pinned to the ground by Kakashi. Sakura struggled fiercely, but Kakashi locked her arms behind her back with his left hand and held down her legs with his feet while straddling her. He pulled his Icha Icha book from his pocket with his free hand and began to read waiting for Sakura to admit defeat. She sighed loudly conceding and listened to her heavy ragged breaths while inhaling the sweet scent of the grass. She noticed that Kakashi's breathing was normal. You're so pathetic..he didn't even break a sweat with this she bitterly thought to herself.

"I win." Kakashi mumbled not taking his eye away from the novel. He released her arms and found a spot beside her still reading his dirty book.

"Apparently." Sakura muttered sullenly while letting out a heavy groan rolling on to her back and turning her head to study their surroundings. "I..." Sakura paused slightly studying the damage to the tree that she inflicted. "I came to ask you for a favour." She mumbled quietly still sulking from her lack of insight and strength. His onyx eye skittered from the page he was reading giving her an intense gaze. Sakura turned to Kakashi returning his gaze and propped herself onto her elbows. She continued to stare while her mind writhed with his possible answer. "Oh my god what time is it?" She asked suddenly panicked. Kakashi shrugged his shoulders as he returned his attention back to his book. "Shit it's almost two. They might have all ready left." Sakura muttered darkly as she started to sprint away from the small clearing. "I'll talk to you later." She yelled back to Kakashi. Please don't be gone yet Sasuke. Sakura desperately thought to herself jumping from tree to tree with a brutal speed.