A/N: I'm back with the last chappy :D Here we go

Chapter ten

The two jounin were on their way out of the cave. Kakashi was pretty sure that without a really good reason he would never go into any cave again. It was about time that they left this damn cave. He noticed that Anko was again slower than usual. It looked like the stress was finally taking its toll and about all the juin must be a great burden. It made him feel sorry… Maybe he could help her – after all he was an expert for seals. The problem was just that she was a woman and to perform the 'Evil Sealing Method'…

Anko realized that her vision became blurry. The damn juin was hurting again. During the fight the pain had been bearable – thanks to the adrenalin. But now it was increasing so when she wasn't careful she stumbled. Her reflexes abandoned her. However her teammate didn't so he caught her and picked her up and carried her. Though Anko struggled telling him to put her down again but Kakashi just shrugged nonchalantly and ignored it. Sighing Anko gave up - it wasn't that bad anyway. Especially since she doubted that she would be able to walk in a straight line right now. Deciding against staying awake to feel the pain longer she allowed herself to faint with one last glance at her teammate.

Xxx

When she woke up again she found herself leaning against a tree. Kakashi was sitting nearby. Seeing that she was awake he smiled though he seemed to be somehow – she wasn't sure – flustered?

"Uhm…" He started and continued with an "Erm…"

Anko sighed. "Say it already." She demanded impatiently.

"Well, erm, I guess your juin isn't hurting anymore?"

Anko stared at him for a moment – it was right her seal wasn't hurting anymore but how could he know? Shrugging inwardly she nodded.

"Well you know…" Kakashi said as he stood up and started to move away. "I-sealed-your-juin-and-now-I'm-going-to-scout-this-area." He said it in one breath and was gone before Anko could grasp what he had said. 'Kakashi's acting weird' she thought but he had said that he sealed her juin, right? So that was good, wasn't it? Anko just tried to remember how this sealing thing was done…

Xxx

The copy-ninja stopped in the crown of a nearby tree and secretly watched Anko. If she knew how sealing arts worked he would know it in a few seconds and in that case he would be so dead if she found him. So he waited and waited and when he was sure that she didn't know about what exactly he had done he came back. Somehow he had a bad conscience.

"Hey Kakashi! You're really slow you know that? We should've left years ago!" Anko smiled broadly as she said it and motioned for him to hurry up. He thought that she looked kinda cute when she was smiling. The next thought was that he should hurry before Anko decided to go alone because he was too slow.

Xxx

Shizune was working in Tsunade's office. Mostly just sorting files. Tsunade herself wasn't there, she had left some hours previous to 'get some books'. Shizune wasn't stupid so she knew that Tsunade had left because she didn't want to do the paperwork and had decided to take a very long break instead but since there wasn't anything urgent Shizune didn't bother to go and look for the Godaime.

Suddenly someone entered the room through the window. Surprised Shizune saw Kakashi and Anko standing there looking like… they had crawled through every puddle of mud on their way back to Konoha – but it had rained not long before so this was how you looked like after traveling at high speed through the forest. Quickly the two jounins told her what had happened, that they had encountered Ororchimaru. As soon as they were finished Shizune left to get Tsunade and to send out an ANBU-squad.

So now Anko and Kakashi waited. And waited. And waited. After quite a while Anko sat down on the floor leaning against the wall. Kakashi did the same. Usually Kakashi was the one letting people wait and he started wondering what could take Shizune so long – plus he was tired enough to doze off any second.

Xxx

Shizune and Tsunade were both heading for her office. The ANBUs were sent and all preparations were done – there were only the two jounin waiting. Tsunade assumed that they had been waiting for a pretty long time by now. Opening the door the Godaime walked in as her eyes caught a movement form the left. Anko had stood up. "Hokage –sama." Tsunade nodded in greeting. Then Anko's gaze went down and for a moment an amused look crossed her face before she nudged her teammate who apparently was asleep. At first Kakashi growled something but when he had grasped the situation he stood up with a sheepish smile scratching his head.

In the following hours the Hokage made the two jounin go through every detail of their mission again. Though here and there they left something out. For example the copy-ninja didn't tell how exactly he sealed the cursed seal.

After Anko and Kakashi were finally dismissed they walked together through the streets of Konoha. It was already night so there weren't many people around – in fact they were the only ones out there. Thanks to the 'interrogation' through the Godaime they were even wearier than before – if that was possible. However the two jounins were close to Kakashi's apartment.

Anko sighed. Now Kakashi was almost home and could go sleep while her apartment was still far, far away. And Kurenai's apartment wasn't close either. Anko had the feeling that she would fall asleep on the street before she reached one of them. But there was still a chance that she wouldn't have to the long way – besides falling asleep on the street.

"Hey Kakashi, let me sleep at your apartment tonight, okay?" Anko asked though her tone was somewhere between a command and a question.

"Whatever." The copy-ninja said shrugging though Anko had the feeling that he was smiling under his mask. As soon they were inside Kakashi's apartment neither Anko nor Kakashi bothered to do any thing except sleeping, finally.

Xxx

It was past midnight when the copy-ninja woke up again. Feeling thirsty he had no choice but to stand up and go to the kitchen to drink something. Going back to his bed he stopped at the sofa were Anko was sleeping. For some reason she reminded him of a cat, sleeping so peacefully. He noticed that her blanket was lying on the floor so he picked it up and covered her again. Maybe his hands lingered on her shoulder a little than needed before he went back to his bed. Once he was out of the room Anko smiled.

The End

A/N: So it's done. Well not really since there will be a sequel :D I guess there will be more romance in it but I'm not totally sure about that. Anyway if you have any suggestions/wishes for the sequel just tell me – I can't promise anything but I can try :D

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