Here's a new story and hopefully just as great as my Shikamaru story. Enjoy and please review if you want. I hope to see new and old readers of mine.

A Very Unexpected Change

Changes came from choices and like always, the silver-haired ninja wished he had made a different choice that day instead of making the worst mistake in his entire life. He had become a Jounin teacher, but things hadn't really changed. He still had so many regrets. Even with the Sharingan eye, he still didn't know what the future holds. He wondered what they would say to him now. . . If they could. . .

Deep within his own thoughts, Hatake Kakashi stared at the stone-faced monument that bore the names of his team from so long ago. Kakashi gently traced the engraved names and reflected back on how much of an idiot he had used to be.

Trapped in his bleak memories, Kakashi closed his mismatched eyes and tensed as the pain rushed through him. He didn't even know he had been silently crying until he rose up from his crouched position and touched the edges of his mask which was wet with tears.

Sighing heavily, the famous Copy Nin swiped at his eyes before glancing way up high in the sky. He always came here first thing in the moment, and usually stayed a lot longer than he intended . Try as he might, he just couldn't seem to leave, and consequently this made him have to think of excuses to tell his team.

"Late again," Kakashi murmured from beneath his black mask as he brushed away a stray leaf from his Jounin uniform.

The hairs on the back of his neck rose along with the fact that his pulse rate quickened for a slight instance. He glanced around wary about the fact that he had felt a cold shiver raise up his spine. But the Copy Nin could not sense any evil intent in the air and he registered no chakra signal, familiar or otherwise. It could be that someone was masking their chakra but he highly doubted that since there had been no further action. If there had been someone, then they would have probably attacked by now.

The air cleared and calmed around him and Kakashi relaxed with a pleasant expression on his face. Tightening his fingerless gloves, Kakashi walked off, hoping his students wouldn't be too mad as his lateness. Then again when were they not?

Tapping his foot impatiently, the hyperactive blond Shinobi crossed his arms with a large scowl on his face and then narrowed his bright blue eyes.

"Where the heck is he?" Naruto growled low in his throat, before calming down when he glanced over at the female member of his team. Realizing she was ignoring him, he leaned against an old oak tree, which clashed horribly with the bright orange jumpsuit he wore.

Sakura sighed and fiddled with the lower edges of her pink skirt, while her pink hair danced with the wind's movements. She gazed dreamingly at the other member of her squad and blushed when her own green eyes met the dark brooding eyes of Sasuke.

She turned away from the dark-haired boy with embarrassment and busied herself once again with her skirt which went quite well with her red silk blouse. She was far older now and even though Sasuke was back, she could never forget that the first time Naruto went to get him, Sasuke did not return back with them. Her thoughts twisted to the other member of their team who remarkably looked a lot like Sasuke except he had shorter hair. The artistic Sai, who was clueless when it came to social interactions. . . He had his weird creepy moments but he was now considered another part of Team Seven, even though at the moment, he was away on mission.

"Good morning, everyone," the deep lazy voice of Kakashi drawled as he walked toward his irritated students.

"YOU'RE LATE!" shouted Naruto and Sakura simultaneously as they loudly voice their concerns. They had always responded to his lateness like that. Kakashi rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, noting the backpacks on their backs. Thankfully, they had all listened to him and was prepared for the mission for today.

"I got caught by a rain cloud," Kakashi explained making up an excuse as he smiled beneath his mask. They glanced at his dry baggy clothes and looked up at the bright sunny sky and glared.

"LIAR!" the two voices yelled right on time while Sasuke huffed and rolled his eyes with annoyance.

Kakashi smiled beneath his mask at the timely display of showing their anger and pulled out his perverted book, "Today we start our mission."

"I bet it's gonna be good! Like An A-rank!" Naruto boomed with excitement as he grinned a huge grin while at the same time thrusting his fist into the air. Kakashi barely looked up from the entertaining Icha-Icha Paradise book.

"Master Kakashi, you never told us what the mission entails or what rank it is," Sakura inquired as she held her eyes on Kakashi, wondering if he was this eluding when he was younger or this perverted. He probably was both.

"It's a C-rank one, which I hope stays that way. We're being assigned a bodyguard mission," Kakashi responded ruffling the loud blond and pink haired ninjas as he spoke. Sasuke inched away before his teacher could attempt to ruffle his hair. Kakashi glanced at all of them and pointed toward the gate, "Let's go, our client's waiting."

"Darn it," Naruto mumbled beneath his breath as he started to follow them, hoping that this mission was a whole lot more entertaining than Kakashi had predicted.

When they reached the gate, they saw a tall slender guy whose appearance was greasy and unbecoming. As soon as they got close, the young man with the slicked back hair stared at Sakura with a leering expression. He smiled and winked at Sakura who shuddered delicately. Kakashi noted this and groaned inwardly at the situation they were in.