Hiya! It's MP again with chappie 10! I hope you've liked it! I've already decided to make a sequel! Whoo!

Disclaimer: Duh, I don't own it. I just make them cry and scream and laugh and… whatever else I can think of at the same time.

I AM MAKING A SEQUEL, just letting you know ahead of time so you're not too depressed! WHOO!

Get a tissue box; it's last-chapter time!

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"Make your leave," Lady Tsunade said coldly with her back still to the Jounin..

She could feel the man's heart drop as he turned to leave. His slow, sandaled footsteps echoed in the silence. He stopped, though, halfway to the door and smirked,

"Have you really forgotten?" His calm voice asked, shattering the silence.

"What?" The older woman asked.

"Have you forgotten so easily that of the ones you loved? Your own beloved? Have you forgotten Dan?" Kakashi asked over his shoulder. The Hokage said nothing.

"Forgotten everything you lived another day for, Tsunade? What was it was like to touch the one who understood the emotions of your heart? Can you remember?" he took a shaky breath, "How did feel to hold their hand, to hold them in your arms. . . Have you truly forgotten the pain felt-- and have felt-- since his death? Do you recall your single wish, that he would live?" Kakashi sighed and stuffed his gloved hands in his pockets,

"Well, I for one haven't forgotten. Don't you understand, Lady Tsunade? Without her. . . I'll die. What can I do to convince you?" The woman stayed silent

"I would give anything to see her, to hold her in my arms once again!" Kakashi cried softly in agony. He put his hand over his heart,
"I would give up sunshine, the rain, Icha Icha, my arms and legs-- anything to be with her. The same as you would give to be with them."

Kakashi stood in silence for a few moments,
"She means everything to me, Lady Tsunade. I want. . . I want to spend the rest of my days with her. Every moment without her is like perpetual suffering-- unending. Hokage. . . she is more then a comrade to me. She. . . she is my sun. To me, she's everything wonderful wrapped up into a dainty human being-- and asking me not to be with her is like. . . like asking me not to breathe."

In Tsunade's own mind, his voice rang long after he had spoken. Lady Tsunade still said nothing.

Kakashi's shoulders fell. He had decided,
"As of this moment, Lady Tsunade, you have taken away my honour. . . and thus. . . you are about to indirectly lead to the second suicide of the Hatake family." He shrugged,

"But what's one lousy Jounin for personal gain?"

The woman was silent, as was the others in the room.

Kakashi chuckled,
"Well, that's my peace. I take my leave, Lady Tsunade." Kakashi said as he continued for the door.

"Kakashi." The silver-haired Jounin paused with his hand on the sliding door.

The blonde Hokage took a shaky breath,
"Don't. . . don't ever accuse me of forgetting Dan. He. . . He was my entire life. . . My joy. To lose him. . . and my brother. . . was hard enough, but I still have Shizune. And. . ." She turned her eyes to the sky, "I still have a reason to live. . . to fulfill their dreams. . ." The woman sighed and turned in her chair to Shizune,

"Bring in Cherry Kawaii." Tsunade said softly.

Kakashi turned around slowly to face the woman-- he could barely believe his ears and his heart began to race as the young woman rushed out the door behind him.

The blonde woman put her elbows on the desk and laid her face in her hands,
"I. . . I had. . . forgotten what it was like to be able to see. . . and to touch. . . and even to hold the one I love. I will never again fill the lovely sensation of his arms around me. . . I never will. . . ever again. I. . . I only wanted to protect you. . ." The Hokage laid her face in her hands and let out a soft wail,
"All I wanted was to protect her. . . From the same fate. . . that. . . that I suffer. . ." She took a deep breath and dabbed her eyes with a hanky.

"But I know now. . . that I cannot tear you two apart. . ." She chuckled sadly,
"She is not happy here. To be honest, since she left your company, she has only cried. She has become almost completely silent once more. She wouldn't speak to any of my servants or to me. She passed these last twenty-four hours locked out on the balcony. . . And the only thing she has said . . . Is your name. . ." She trailed off and seemed to gaze directly past Kakashi's right shoulder.

"Kakashi-san?" A timid voice asked. Kakashi turned, and he froze where he stood, his heart pounding in his chest. The Lady had dropped the affectionate suffix at the end of his name and had replaced it with a respectful one.

Her eyes were red and her lip wavered even as she stood there in front of him. Her usually bright eyes were clouded and her pale skin seemed gray. He let out a long held breath and took a step toward her. She backed away from him and shook her head, on the verge of tears again. She was shaking and tearful mess, but she was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen.

He took another cautious step towards her, and once again, she stepped back and focused on the floor. She tried with all her might to hold in the tears. It was like a slap to his mask, Kakashi thought, to see her helpless and tearful there. He could hear his heart thumping and the butterflies in his stomach doing a little jig.

"What's wrong?" He asked softly, his eyebrows knit. The Lady looked as if she was going to speak, but all that came out of her lips was barely above a whimper. Kakashi's heart tore from seeing her so hurt and could barely control himself not to began to tear up as well.

"Please. . ." He whispered desperately,
"Please. . . Tell me what's wrong. . . Why are you crying?"

The lady took a shaky breath, calmed herself a bit more and lifted a delicate hand to her heart,
"K-Kakashi-chan. . ." She took a shaky breath, "You. . . You hurt my heart. . ." She said, her voice breaking as she lowered her head. Kakashi could hear her teardrops hit the bamboo mats,

". . . when. . . when you refused my goodbye."

Kakashi felt his heart tear.

'I caused this?' Kakashi thought in absolute horror as he turned to Tsunade,
"Permission to speak feely, Lady Tsunade." He asked hurriedly. The lady set her chin on one palm,

"Sure. Whatever." Kakashi turned back to Cherry and slowly shook his head.

He lifted a hand to the blood-soaked bandage around the outside of his pant leg and let it fall to the ground. The Lady, as well as everyone else in the room stared at the continually bleeding gash.

"I had to stab myself not to run to you." He said, barely above a whisper

"Ooh. You should really wrap that before you die of blood loss." Tsunade said casually as a drip of blood hit the floor.

The red haired Lady's eyes grew wide as she stepped closer and gently touched the wound. Kakashi winced and fought down the urge to wipe away her resulting tears.

"Why?" She whispered as she picked up the blood cloth and gently dabbed the deep wound. The man gasped in pain as her touch hit the center of the wound and her eyes filled further with tears,

'Why. . . why did you do this?" she asked.

Kakashi thought over his answer and chose his words carefully,
"For. . . for a sensei to hug a pupil upon final departure. . . well, that's. . . normal. But. . . for a female client to embrace her guardian. . . It just wouldn't be proper. . . And I didn't want the Anbu and the other sensei to think badly of you." The Lady fought tears again as Kakashi sighed,

"But. . . since the moment you left, you're the only thing I've thought of." Kakashi said softly as he took her hand. She let out a sigh and her tears finally got he best of her and spilled over her long eyelashes,

"I've missed you so much, Kakashi. . . kun." Kakashi smiled at the affectionate suffix.

"I can never tell you or show how sorry I am for refusing your embrace, but know that I am miserable without you." He said with a smile

"Kakashi. ." The lady whispered shyly through her tears, "When you left. . . That feeling that I thought I'd lost. . . came back. When I lost my comrades, I never thought that anything could hurt more. . . But in this past day and night, I have never felt so horrible."

Kakashi's eyebrows knit again and his heart swelled. She stared up at him sweetly,
"Kakashi-kun." she whispered. Kakashi let out a breath and couldn't breathe in again.

In a heartbeat, Kakashi swept her into his arms, wrapped his right arm around her shoulders and his left around the back of her neck. Cherry gasped as the man pulled her up against him. Such a rush of emotion swelled in her heart that she couldn't hold it in. She let out a soft cry and held onto him as tightly as she could.

Kakashi could feel her fingers clutch his vest,
"Oh, Cherry. . ." he mumbled affectionately into her hair as he let his own tears fall into her hair. His breath caught in his throat as the Lady wept onto his chest. Kakashi chuckled warmly through his tears as he rocked the Lady back and forth in his arms. He whispered comforting words to her for awhile until her tears subsided.

The onlookers watched with great anticipation (also with tears in their eyes, except Sasuke because he's just too goth)

Kakashi pulled back from the trembling woman and set his hands on her waist. He looked her directly in the eyes. Neither Kakashi nor Cherry could tear their tearful gaze away from the other's.

"I. . ." Kakashi smiled; he was helpless to do otherwise. The woman gazed up at him so sweetly. He absentmindedly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear,
"I… I have come to know you very well within the last few days…" he said softly, "You have come so very far from when I first met you."

The Lady shook her head,
"It is not I, but you who deserves the credit. I would…" She blinked in astonishment, "I never would have spoken again if it wasn't for you, Kakashi."

"I don't know. . . this feeling is entirely new. . ." Kakashi chuckled deeply.

"There…" he paused hesitantly, "There are no written words, nor spoken ones that can convey the feelings I have for you." He said softly. The woman's eyes grew wide as she whispered his name.

"The truth is, I've never felt this way before. I want. . . I want to be near you." He could feel those blasted tears stinging the back of his eyes again and the Lady's breath became short.

"And… and I am… I'm so happy… whenever you're around." He smiled, although all the Lady could see was the twinkle in his eye,
"When I'm with you. . . I feel so free."

The Lady shook her head with tears in her eyes,
"Kakashi. . . I do not deserve such wonderful words. . ." She laughed sadly as her brows furrowed, "I am nothing special, Kakashi."

Neither noticed the distance closing between their faces, but both the man and the woman's breath quickened.

"Do not ever say that. . ." Kakashi whispered, "You're sweet. . . and you're kind. . . You're beautiful. . . You're intelligent and. . ." Kakashi could feel his tears soak into his mask,
"You're absolutely breathtaking."

The shy Lady's eyes grew wide in astonishment behind her tears,
"I-- I have never been. . ." She broke off for a moment and succumbed to her sobs again, "I-- I have never, never. . . I have never been told that by-- by anyone."

Their faces were but a breath apart and the woman's face (as well as the man's) glowed red.

"Kakashi. . "

"Cherry. . ." He locked his eyes with hers. He felt as if his heart had been disconnected from his body and was soaring high above him.

"I love you."

The world seemed to stand still as her heart nearly burst, and with it, his also. With cold, shaking hands, she reached up and removed first the headband. It dropped and clattered on the floor, but neither cared. Her breath caught in her throat as her fingers paused on the cloth and she stared up into his kind, mismatched eyes.

"I love you too." She whispered as she slid the cloth down around his neck.

The man took her closer in his arms and drew his face close to hers. Never was there such a moment of torment-- such a wonderfully dizzying moment in either of their lives up to that point. His uncovered breath was warm on her glowing face; his handsome features smiling helplessly down at her with so very much fondness.

"Cherry. . ." he whispered tearfully onto her lips and then. . .

He kissed her breathless.

He touched his lips to hers delicately, beautifully. So wonderfully. Tears escaped both of their eyes and a gasp came from her as he gently pressed his soft lips against hers. Her heart melted and at the same time, flew. His mind went into lockdown and both were in perfect, untainted bliss. He held a hand at the back of her neck while the other arm was looped around her waist

Never before in all of humanity was there such a beautiful kiss.

He pulled away, just a bit, and smiled onto her lips, mismatched eyes locked with tearful golden ones.

Sakura dabbed her eyes while Naruto was crying like a blubbering idiot. Sasuke's face was quite red and Gai and Lee were about to bubble over with youthfulness. Shizune smiled happily from behind the Hokage. The Hokage herself looked on with a sort of lovely weariness that was also happiness at the same time.

Kakashi took the Lady's hand and stepped back just a bit. He glanced nervously to his team, his comrades and to the Hokage. His newly unmasked face felt a bit cold out in the open for so long.

He took a deep breath and turned his fond gaze back to the Lady,
"Cherry… I… I realize now that my life meant nothing without you." She smiled shyly up at him.

He took another deep breath,
"And… now, I can't live without you any longer. So… with my team, my comrades, and my elders…"

"Yeah, yeah, get on with it." Tsunade piped up from her desk and then added "Geeze, this kids are giving me wrinkles." under her breath.

"With them as my witnesses, please…" He painfully knelt down on his bloody knee and gazed up at the sweet Lady,
"Will you marry me?"

The Lady's eyes began to tear up again and she began to shake as she smiled dazzlingly down at him,
"Yes! Oh of course, Kakashi!"

And once again, the silver haired man pulled his new fiancé into his arms and kissed her as an enormous applause roared from their close friends and companions.

It would be the beginning of a new and beautiful life for both of them. And it would be a dream-- an unending one at that!

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Well!? How was it!? I really want to know! I'm kind of sad now that it's over; it's my longest published one! This is also the first chapter story that I've… uh… finished… heh… Anyhoo, I'm also doing some other stories

I AM MAKING A SEQUEL! YAY! And it's not going to be one of those retarded ones that you always think "It would have been better if they had just stopped." It's going to be awesome, I guarantee it!

PLEASE review! Thank you!

Mysteria Pearl, signing off (FOR NOW)!