A/N: Yes people, the very last chapter of this story. Another one of mine coming to an end ^^. Thanks to all of you who stayed and helped me out. Thanks for all the reviews, alerts and favs. Enjoy the very last chapter of it started with a jutsu ;)

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Chapter 10:

This wasn't happening. The man she wanted to avoid the most was now standing before her door. She hoped she could get away, even if it was just for a day. But no, he found her once again and way too early for her taste. But she couldn't expect anything less from the Copy Nin, he was after all the number one tracker of the village.

Standing there stunned before the door, her shocked gaze turned into a glare in a matter of moments. Her grip on the door tightened slightly, the metal groaning softly at the brutal grip it was being held. Her eyes narrowed and eyebrows knitting together in furry before she slammed the door shut again, not wanting to speak with him. It all happened in a matter of seconds, but to her it seemed like an eternity passed by that moment. Rubbing her hand over her eyes she slowly walked back to the living room. Dropping her hand to her side, she slipped onto the couch, her eyes staring numbly at the coffee table before her.

Sighing she closed her eyes briefly, not wanting to deal with anything at the moment. But her little wish seemed to be ignored as another knock sounded on the door, this time a bit more demanding than before. Snapping her eyes open, and twitching in irritation she turned her head slightly only to yell. "LEAVE ME ALONE HATAKE!"

The knocking stopped, and Sakura leaned back against the couch of relief. But the flare of chakra she felt, she opened her eyes in horror, only to see a familiar person dooming up between the smoke his jutsu created. That moment Sakura wished she had placed the seals in her new home that didn't allow people to teleport in her room. Coughing loudly she stumbled off the couch, wanting to grab a window and the need of fresh air. As she poked her head outside, a hand grabbed her left wrist tight, as if he was afraid she would disappear if he let go. Pushing the window further open, she finally turned around and yanked her hand out of his grasp.

"Get out of my house," she snapped with fury, her arms crossing before her chest as she glared into the lone eye.

"Not until you heard my explanation. After that you can yell at me what you want," Kakashi said before turning around and automatically sitting in the corner seat of the couch. The spot he always had been lying on back when he was still a cat. Sakura groaned inwardly, knowing the fact too before moving to the farst seat away from Kakashi. She swung her leg over the other, deliberately looked the other way. She didn't want him here, but she knew him longer than today. If Kakashi wanted something, he wouldn't leave until he would get his chance to do it. So it would be better to just get along with ever he had planned before kicking him out of her apartment.

"Thought you lived in the eastern block of Konoha?" Kakashi tried to get a conversation going. He noticed she looked everywhere but him, and it hurt him. He wanted her to look at him, smile at him like she'd done when he was still a cat. Talk to him carefree as if he was the only one that mattered to her. He missed her soft caresses she did when she walked by and saw him sitting on the couch or window sill. He missed her gentle green eyes, the ones that lit up whenever she saw him waiting for her. And most of all he mist her comfortable warmth at night when they shared her bed. Her soft comfy bed, with the soft silken sheets that curled up around you just the way you like it and revealing just enough pale skin of Sakura as she shifted into a more comfortable position before continuing to sleep. He sighed, knowing he had it bad. He cringed inwardly as her cold voice answered his question.

"I moved. Now get to your point." Knowing she wasn't in for a small talk, Kakashi began to explain. He started to what happened to him at the training field, waking up in Naruto's home and being placed under her care. He answered every question she asked of him. At the end Sakura sighed, still a bit pissed with the boys tricking her but not as mad she'd been before.

Seeing the hard gaze in the emerald eyes soften, Kakashi sighed inwardly relieved. Sasuke was right when he said Sakura wasn't a person to hold a grudge to someone. She was just too kind hearted to do such thing. Knowing she had partly forgiven him, made the heavy feeling he had felt disappear and something different, something he couldn't recognize but felt nice all the same. As she turned her head to look at him, his breath got stuck in his throat, the feeling he got growing rapidly and his heart beat quickened. He felt his cheeks heat up and he thanked Kami for wearing his mask. The way the last sun rays touched her skin made her glow, made her look like an angel fallen from the sky to greet him. It gave her a peaceful glance, and let out her features even more. Knowing he needed to get away before his self control crumbled internally and would end up him doing something stupid that would only cost their friendship he stood up quickly, already moving towards the door.

Sakura looked up confused at his sudden movement. They hadn't said anything after the last question, and it was a comfortable silence at that. She had forgiven him yes, and turned to look at him. But the sudden dreamy look in his eye confused her, and the sudden move shocked her than also. He was the one that demanded to stay here. And now he moved rather stiffly than before towards the door, trying to avoid looking her straight in the eye. She wondered what happened in the last few moments that would have changed his attitude. But knowing she would only get a headache if she tried to figure Hatake Kakashi out, she let it slide. Instead she opened the door for him, saw the smile crinkle appear before he quickly walked out. His hand went to his back pouch, and Sakura heard the familiar jingle of keys rather than seeing them. Only then she knew she was living next door to her Sensei. She leaned against the door post, her head shaking as she remembered the secret smile of her Shishou when she told her she accepted the new apartment. That sly fox knew it all along.

With a shake of her head she turned her gaze to her former sensei whom opened the door and was already half in. "I'll see you tomorrow at training." His voice sounded rather nervous. And Sakura cocked her head, her eyebrows rising in confusion. She never heard Kakashi being so nervous. What happened between them what made him act like this? 'He never opened up to anyone, but you dear Sakura-chan did the unthinkable with him. You could say I was rather surprised, but it's not unusual. Because of the close bonds the team share with each other, it's only to be expected that some fall in love in the end.' The sentence Tsunade had said yesterday rang through her ears, her eyes widening in surprise. He was acting shy? Just because she looked him in the eye he got flustered? She snickered inwardly, realizing just how much power she held over him. She got out her inner musings when she saw the flicker of a door closing. She wanted to tell him now than rather have him finding out tomorrow from Shizune that would come along and tell them the news.

"I won't be there. For a three months actually," Sakura said calmly before turning around and wanting to close the door. The sudden hand blocking her move came expected, and small smile flickered on her face before turning to normal. She turned around, seeing the gloved hand of Kakashi placed upon the wooden surface on her door as he stopped her from closing. His eye was wide with shock and disbelief, and Sakura could see a hint of fear in them.

"Are you leaving?" Sakura shook her head, and noticed the hint of fear leaving and replaced by relief. "Then why aren't you coming?"

"Tsunade placed me on a new project to lead, and it would take three months before it will be completed." She watched as Kakashi slowly pulled his hand back, the information sinking into his brain. "Ah."

Grinning inwardly Sakura wanted to tease him just a bit. She leaned a bit in, looking at him from below her eyelashes as she spoke. "Were you worried I'd leave on a solo mission Sensei?" Her voice sounded innocent, her lips a bit wet and glinting of her salvia as she ran her tongue by it. Her inner cheered in victory as she noticed the faint blush creeping up under his mask his eye focusing on her coated lips. Sakura had to bite her lower lip to control the growing need to laugh.

"No, I just thought you wanted to leave after what we've done to you. I'm glad you didn't." He quickly turned his head, said his goodbye as cool and normal as he could before quickly making an exit. Sakura closed the door before releasing a chuckle she'd been fighting on. Tsunade had been right on one thing. He did feel something towards her, the blush being the obvious piece of evidence. Walking towards her kitchen she went to prepare her dinner, a small smile on her lips all the while as she thought back at her blushing image of her sensei.

xXx

It had been three months since Kakashi knew Sakura moved next door to him. And even though she was busy at the hospital, he still saw her regularly. Sometimes it was still a bit awkward at times when they spoke, but soon everything turned back to normal. They were back at close friends, but still Kakashi felt that something had shifted in their relationship. He didn't know what it was, but his touch lingered longer than necessarily. He came up with excuses just to be with her more than the two hours they shared back at their apartment building. Sakura didn't seem to mind his touches. Sometimes she'd even lean into them, causing his heart to miss a beat and the feeling in his stomach fluttering with delight.

This being the last day for the research, he wanted to do something special. Sasuke and Naruto had been sent away for a guarding mission where he wasn't needed. Kakashi didn't mind it he was being left out. The look in Tsunade's eyes when he looked at him told him more than enough than he needed to know. He already had her permission and now with the two being away he got some time to be with his cherry blossom alone. Pacing up and down in his apartment he tried to think of something special. It wasn't going to be a dinner, since his cooking rather sucked. He could pull a meal together to safe his life, but if it was eatable was another question. He sighed depressed. His mind was blank of any ideas or not good enough for his standard.

His lone eye dwelled to the clock on the wall. Even though he was always late, it didn't mean he didn't own a clock. He always was one time to greet and honour his friend imprinted on the memorial stone. Seeing he had only three more hours to come up with something he sighed once again. This wasn't good. He was acting like a freaking teenager who didn't know what to wear on his first date. He would rather face a bunch of missing rogues than dealing with these kinds of feelings. He almost wanted to go to Genma and ask him for advice, but quickly decided against it. He would only be more a bother than help. Same applied to Gai. Groaning inwardly at his loss of ideas, he banged his head against the wall close to the storage room. The door clicked open and all his stuff he placed there fell out along with something long and sharp he'd hidden away. Glancing down at the item he smiled, finally having the perfect idea for Sakura. He ignored the pile of scrolls, old clothes and weapons scattered of the floor and raced towards the training ground to set up his idea.

When Sakura opened the door of her apartment, she noticed a small note lying on her kitchen table. Placing her bag down on the ground and throwing her medic coat off she picked up the small piece of paper and read the message.

Sakura meet me at the old training ground at 7

Immediately recognizing the neat handwriting from Kakashi she smiled, throwing the message in the nearby trash bin. Making her way towards her bathroom she decide to take a quick shower to fresh a bit up before moving towards the training grounds, slightly curious what her former sensei had planned to do. When it was time to go, Sakura leaped out of the window and moved towards the training grounds she'd used when she was still a genin and was now used for regular spar meeting between the members of team 7. As she arrived she let out a gasp of shock, her eyes taking in the small set of candles, a basket lying at the base of the tree they were always sitting when they held a break before sparring once again.

She walked over, kneeled down and inhaled the delicious scent of tempura from her favourite stand. Feeling a flicker of chakra she turned her head to the right, her eyes wandering up a set of legs and stopping as it met the onyx eye of Kakashi. A small appeared on her lips as she stood up to greet him. "What's all this for?" She asked half bewildered, sitting down as Kakashi opened the basket to give her some food.

"This is a special occasion is it not?" He said while handing her, her plate before beginning with his own. "It's your last day from the project, meaning you're free for training once again."

Sakura snickered, took a bite of her food and closed her eyes in bliss. It tasted so good. "You missed getting you're ass almost handed over by me don't you?" She teased before taking another bite. Kakashi shrugged, but the wicked glint in his eye before it crinkled up in his familiar smile told her enough. She leaned against his shoulder as she continued to eat, enjoying the calm scenery before them and the soft breeze of a summer night. After they had eaten dessert Sakura stood up, stretched before looking down at Kakashi.

"Thank you; it was a really lovely gesture Kakashi." She smiled, one that reached her green eyes as it twinkled along with her happiness. The faint blush she'd seen three months ago appeared, the light that the candle provided making it even more adorable than it already was. A sudden flare of love welt up in her, almost making her eyes widen in surprise. When did she start loving him? She had a soft spot for him yes, but it wasn't love. But looking in the lone eye of Kakashi told her otherwise. She loved him, and the way he looked at her told her the same thing what Tsunade told her. He loved her, maybe even more than he realised at the moment.

He finally stood up, brushed away some offending pink locks that tried to hide her eyes for him before pulling back. "This is not all Sakura-chan," He said cheery. He grabbed her hand instead, leading her away from the candles and further into the training grounds. Passing trees and bushes they finally stopped in another clearing, and Sakura saw two katana's resting against the bark of the tree, waiting to be used for a good fight.

"I know you wanted to master sword fighting," Kakashi began. He let her hand loose and grabbed both katana's and holding one out for Sakura to take. "I'm sorry for letting you think I would simply reject you than teaching you something back in the old days. I should have seen you're potential." He sighed, his eye darken with regret. "Could I make it up with you by teaching it now? You always have been a bright student, and it would be an honour to teach you the art of the sword."

Sakura nodded, smiling all the while as she did so. Still keeping her katana in it's saya she walked over to Kakashi and hugged him tightly. "Thank you Kakashi, thank you for everything."

He stiffened slightly under her touch, but quickly relaxed and hugged her back just as fiercely. The feeling welled up to its breaking point, and he couldn't resist any longer. Leaning a bit back so his face was close to Sakura's , he pulled his mask down before kissing her softly on her lips, smiling as she answered back with placing a hand on his neck so he couldn't pull back.

xXx

Naruto cheered out loud as he saw the green gates dooming out before him. Pushing chakra into his feet his raced towards the entrance, knowing his pink haired friend and former sensei would be standing there waiting for their arrival. A small grunt of annoyance sounded on his left side but choose to ignore it. He couldn't wait to see Kakashi and Sakura again. Even though they hadn't hooked up straight after his plan, he did see they grew closer than before. And seeing that happening he was proud of himself, because it was because of him this had happened.

Jumping out of the tree and back on the soiled ground he raced the last mile on the road. His bright blue eyes focused on the small dot of pink and silver standing next to each other. Taking a deep breath he bellowed, his speed increasing even more as he already opened his arms in advance. "SAKURA-CHAN!"

He almost ran her over with his speed, throwing her in the air before catching her and spinning around, hugging Sakura tight all the while. "I missed you so much Sakura-chan," He sniffed, his grip tightened as Sakura groaned against the fierce hold Naruto held her in.

"I missed you too," Sakura breathed out, eagerly trying to breathe. "Let me go please… need air…"

Naruto laughed sheepishly, releasing Sakura from his grip as he scratched his head embarrassed. "Sorry Sakura-chan."

The woman in question sunk to the ground, eagerly taking in gulps of air. The silver haired man that stood beside her walked up, carefully tilted her up and asked if she was okay. Sakura simply nodded, kissed him on his masked mouth as gratitude of his worry.

At this moment Naruto blinked, looking at Sakura to Kakashi and back again. Noticing his intense stare Sakura turned her head slightly to look at him as she leaned against Kakashi. His arms wrapped around her immediately as a reflex, a smile on his face as he held his cherry blossom.

"Are you too together?" He asked, his voice tinted with disbelief. Sakura nodded, a bit nervous how he would react at the new piece of information he just received.

"Finally!" Naruto called out before hugging them both. "I knew it would work, I knew it! Changing Kakashi into a cat was a brilliant idea!"

"No it wasn't dobe," Sasuke sighed, finally arriving at the scene too.

"Yes it was!" Naruto yelled back, holding back his anger. "They're together now and all because my brilliant idea! Without it, this wouldn't have happened."

"Loser, it could have happened with or without your help."

"Not true Teme!"

"Dobe."

"Teme!"

Sakura sighed, looking up at her former sensei turned lover. Seeing the same questionable look in his eye she smiled, leaned closer to him as he teleported them away to the training grounds for another session of sword fighting as they leaved the two idiots they called team mates behind.

The end

~Owari~