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Come Clean

Sakura smiled into her teacher's dark eye.

They were dancing at the party, and Sakura was feeling great. Even though she had been hurt by Sasuke, she had managed to get back up, and face the world and the man that she had loved, who broke her heart.

Kakashi had been wonderful too, watching over her, and keeping her company. He had even scared off Sasuke and other people who were going to try and say something about him. He had shown Sakura a side of him that only she really saw; the side that strong and caring, and protective.

Even way back, when Sakura was twelve, right from the beginning, he had looked out for her, and protected her. Everything had seemed perfect then, like her team. Even though they had had problems, they had all been together, and on the same page. They had helped each other, and aligned with each other against what ever challenges had been throw at them.

Until he had left.

Sakura was trying be strong, but just looking at Sasuke hurt her, and finally, she decided that she had had enough of watching him dance with other girls, looking at her with spiteful eyes. She shook her head, and then steadied herself, with the help of the firm hand on her back.

"Don't give in Sakura. Ignore him, and enjoy yourself tonight." Kakashi whispered into her ear, his voice calm and soothing, his breath brushing across her ear and the back of her neck, making a path of shivers wind down her back.

She nodded in his arms, keeping her steps to the beat, never missing a step.

'He's not good for me. He's not good for me.' Sakura chanted under her breath.

She swirled out in a spin, keeping her hand firmly in Kakashi's. The silver haired man gave a small smile, and then pulled her back towards him.

"Lets go outside." He suggested, looking up to watch his other former student dance with a beautiful dark haired lady.

Sakura nodded, agreeing easily as she pulled on his hand, leading him out to the sheltered garden area of the Hyuuga estate. The gardens were beautiful, and as Shino had said before, well maintained. The Hyuuga's paid Yamato to keep the trees well formed and strong.

They walked down the roofed walkway to a small wooden sanctuary. The pavilion had carved stone seats lining the inside, and hedged trees growing along the walls. Kakashi pulled Sakura into the porch, and sat down on one of the stone seats.

"Sakura, can I talk to you?" he asked, patting the stone seat next to him. Sakura smiled and sat down.

"What do you want to talk about?" she asked, her bright smile almost reaching her eyes, but not quite.

The jounin sighed and pulled off his hidate. He rubbed his eye, and then looked up at Sakura with his mismatched eyes, the sharingan spinning lazily.

"You know what I want to talk about." He stated, in his no nonsense voice.

Sakura bit her lip, and scuffed her foot on the ground, before making a huff noise. "Do we have to talk about it. I'm fine, and I have already said that to you."

The silver haired man laughed, humourlessly, and then shook his head.

"No Sakura, you are not fine. How could you be when you just got completely rejected by someone who you have loved since you were twelve?" he smiled at her under his mask, his eyes crinkling.

Sakura froze listening, before glaring at him, and then avoiding his gaze. "You know, you are not very good at this are you? You are not doing a very good job of cheering me up."

Kakashi rubbed the back of his head, looking sheepish. "Well… I got you to admit that you were not fine, didn't I?"

"Not really."

"…"

The copy nin sighed, still rubbing the back of his head. "The point of this whole talk is that you know that you would not have enjoyed being with Sasuke, even if he had accepted you."

Sakura looked at him disbelievingly.

He held out his hands defensively. "Now, now, hear me out."

"…Fine…"

"You are not made to be the matron of a major clan, like the Uchiha. Don't look at me like that, you know you would hate it." Sakura stopped her glaring, and then leaned back on the seat, gesturing for Kakashi to go on.

"You would hate it," he repeated, "The rules and boundaries that are set for the women of the clans, especially those who are married to the head of the clan, are restricting, and you would hate it. You would have to give up everything, your home, your career, even your own freedom, so that you could be the mother of the clan and bear children."

Continuing in a softer voice, Kakashi looked Sakura in the eyes.

"Most woman who marry into the clans have no choice, as it is an arranged marriage. Even if they choose to marry into the clan, their expectation are too high, and they find out that what life they think is luxurious and perfect, turns out to no as perfect as what they thought."

Sakura sighed, taking in what the elder shinobi was saying. "So you are saying that their idea's of the 'clan' life, are actually nothing like what they thought. You think that by trying to marry Sasuke, that I am trying to force something to happen, that just won't fit."

Kakashi gave her an eye crinkle. "Yep. Basically, you would spend your whole life trying to fit a square into a circle-"

Sakura interrupted. "Which is not a life in my standards."

Kakashi's grin under his mask widened, as his student got the point. "Yes. You would not sit by and abide by that type of thing. You are a strong, impatient young woman. You would end up rebelling and defying against the clan."

Sakura nodded. She looed out at the garden, and listened to the steady pattering of the rain.

"I know." She said finally, after a couple of minutes of them just sitting there, listening to the rain. "I know that I would not suit it, but after so long, it is hard to let go of that thought, of having a relationship with Sasuke. I have always been so focused on it, and now to lose it… it's like I have lost my dreams."

"…" There was a silence for a while, before Kakashi spoke up.

"You know, you can dream new dreams." He offered, standing up and stretching out, offering his hand for Sakura to take to go back to the party.

She took it, feeling some comfort in the warmth that he provided. He pulled her up, so fast that she found her face only inches away from his.

"Thank you." She murmured, a small blush gracing her face. She did not know why she was blushing, but all that she could think about was how kind Kakashi had been to her all night, an how warm his hand was, and how beautiful his eye was, the one without the sharingan.

She had thought that it was gray, but looking closer she could see that it was more of a blue gone gray and black. It had the same midnight blue and dark coal black base in it as what Sasuke's did, but Kakashi's also had light shades of sky blues and purplish greys mixing in with it.

Now that she was looking at it and thinking about it, Kakashi's eye looked like a summer rain storm, one of those fast moving storms that hit near the end of the day. There was the sky blue colour before the light grey clouds moved in, and then the colours when the heavy purple clouds dropped their load of water to the ground, painting the world in shades of grey and indigo.

Instinctively, Sakura leant forward, her lips brushing across Kakashi's. She didn't know why she did it, she just acted on impulse. Maybe it had to do with all the emotions she was feeling or maybe it had to do with the captivating beauty of his eye. She didn't know.

But she did know that it felt good.

His lips against the mask were soft, and perfect, and felt well shaped under the layer of cotten. He smelt of forest and sandalwood and the rain. She would have thought that he smell like dog, or even wet dog, because of the mask, the rain and his summons, but his scent was fresh and masculine, and uniquely him.

As she wound her arms around his neck, she forgot about Sasuke, and forgot about the future with him, bearing his dark haired, dark eyed sharingan holding children. Instead, in its place was a vision of Sakura and Kakashi, of her holding a small pink haired girl, and a young silver haired child tugging on Kakashi's sleeve as he looked deep into Sakura's eyes, smiling at her under the mask.

The vision vanished, and Sakura pulled back from Kakashi, looking into his eyes, to try and find some emotion in them. They had changed, and looked cold, and dead, as he looked at her, his face serious and unrelenting.

Sakura turned away, feeling stupid that she had done that. He had made no moves to her, nor had he even suggested that he was with her for reasons other than looking out for a team mate.

"I'm sorry." She murmured, closing her eyes, and opening them to look out at the falling rain. "I don't know what came over me."

She heard his quiet steps as he moved down the stairs of the balcony.

She then heard his quiet measured voice.

"It's okay… you are confused at the moment, and need some time to sort things out. It was only the frustration thanks to Sasuke that made you do that."

He didn't blame her for it, and was not angry, but the lack of feeling in his voice and the lack of response told Sakura all that she needed to know. Although he was her date, and he had asked her to go with him, it was out of concern and pity; no real infatuation or adoration involved.

He had helped her…

In a way that left more questions than answers.

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Is it just me, or did the word 'fine' look funny after reading that...

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