Chapter One

The Beginning

Sakura starred at her target 50 feet in front of her and took a deep breath looking at Kakashi standing next to her. He nodded in response turning his eye back to his clone facing them in a defensive stance, kunai in hand.

"Go." Kakashi muttered and his clone and Sakura took off running sideways never letting each other out of their sites. The clone whipped the kunai he had followed by a few more. Sakura dodged the first one effortlessly and deflected the others with her own.

Suddenly he vanished before her eyes and she looked up to see him coming at her with an aerial attack. In a flash she made hand signs and smirked. "Million Blossom Strike!" In a beautiful display sakura blossom petals erupted from all around her and shot out at a deadly speed towards Kakashi's clone. The clone yelled in agony as he was shredded by the attack.

Kakashi whistled to himself. That attack could take out multiple enemies in one swoop.

POOF!

Sakura huffed with a smirked. "That was perfect." Looking back at her former teacher she poofed and appeared right by his side. Kakashi's eye crinkled as he ruffled her hair and she smirked in spite of herself. Kakashi was the only one that was allowed to do that. Let anyone else fuck her hair up and she was breaking arms. "I'm impressed Sakura! You have perfected your own jutsu! This calls for celebration."

Sakura raked her fingers through her hair to get it back in place. "Yeah it only took me three years." She chuckled slightly."So. I guess that means we're officially done training together huh?" She watched his eye crease again and knew he was smiling at her.

"Yes. You are officially done. I am proud of you."

"Thank you for all of this. I appreciate it." She said hugging him tightly and almost chuckled when he went stiff. It must have really shocked him because she never did that. Slowly his arms came around her shoulders. "I've gotta say that I feel the strongest I've ever been. Even with Tsunade-sama's grueling training it was like training with you was the icing on the cake! I can honestly say that I'm looking forward to my first ANBU mission, whenever that happens." Sakura gave one more squeeze before they pulled back from their awkward hug.

Kakashi scratched the back of his neck uncomfortable with her praise. "Hey, don't worry about it! I'm just glad that I could help. You did the rest."

"Sure, sure. Well enough of the gushy stuff. Let's go eat! I'm starving and I hope you know you're paying!" She yelled back at him as she started walking out of the training ground.

Kakashi's shoulders squared. "Hey I paid last time!" he said running after her.

"True. But you're the one that wanted to celebrate." Sakura chuckled pleased with herself.

Kakashi smirked at her back and shook his head. She was so diffrent from when she'd first came to him.

~Flashback..

3 years earlier.

It was Sakura's 19th birthday and she was just leaving the Hokage tower when she spotted silver hair and an orange book. She smirked and decided to say hello. She had been looking for her former sensei for three months now. He and Sasuke had returned to the village and she immediately ran into her teammate but not her estranged teacher. Even Naruto and Jiraiya have been back for a little over a month and she sees them all the time. But not Kakashi, he was a hermit.

Naruto and Sasuke have become so strong it blew her mind when she watched them spar each other. So different from when they had left three years ago. She had undoubtedly gotten strong too but she didn't feel like she has reached her max. She was a superior medic nin, easily saying she was right under Tsunade and Shizune.

Training with Tsunade-sempai had been the most difficult because she was relentless, not only in her studies but on the field. Sakura didn't think the woman pulled any punches with her during their training. Every time that she'd broken something she would scoff at her student and say. "Good thing you're a medic huh? Fix it and get your ass back up!"

Sakura shivered slightly at that memory. She really thought she wouldn't survive the training but it got better over time. She remembered the shocked look on Tsunade's face when she landed her first punch. Mind you it took over a year to accomplish.

Greatest day of her life.

Needless to say that the large chested woman went ten times harder on her if that was even possible. But her taijutsu was impeccable and rivaled Lee's! She loved to train with the green clad ninja when he was off from missions.

But that is long over as her birthday present from her dear teacher and Hokage was her completion of training, plus a bottle of expensive sake she had brought her. Like her idol, she has taken a liking to the rice liquor.
"You are an amazing kunoichi and woman Hurano Sakura. Don't you forget that!" Tsunade said as she walked out the door.

Finally getting over to the tree she looked up into the tall branches and leaped effortlessly onto the branch the copy ninja lounged in. He looked up with his usual bored look before his eye creased. "Sakura-chan! How nice to see you."

"You've been avoiding me for three months and that's all you can come up with?" Sakura said placing a hand on her hip. He had forgotten her birthday? Typical...

Kakashi's shoulders slumped and he began to scratch the back of his neck. "Well, you see what happened was..." he was cut off when she kicked him in the shin. "OW!"

Sakura chuckled. "It's my birthday you jerk! And I've gotten something from everyone but you today." Sakura was praying inside that her plan would work. That he would say yes. She needed to become stronger and he was the key.

"Happy Birthday!" he said strained still rubbing his abused shin. That was going to leave an ugly bruise. "What do you want from me?" he said getting a little more serious. He was dreading how much money he was going to have to spend. He could almost hear his wallet crying in his back pocket.

Sakura smirked and crouched down to his eye level. "I want..." she said leaning forward. "You to consider training me...you know as a favor-slash-present to me." There, she got it out.

Kakashi's eyes widened in shock. Did he just hear her right? Since when is she interested in training with him? "Aren't you still training with Hokage-sama?" he said watching her lips curl into a smirk.

"Nope. She told me that I'm no longer in need of training." She lifted the large expensive bottle of sake for emphasis. That shocked Kakashi too, to say the least. For Tsunade to say that she must have become very strong. That woman was tough as nails. He was brought out of his thoughts when she cleared her throat.

"So what do you say? Pwease, Kakashi-sempai." She said giving her best puppy dog look.

"Oh. The face huh?" he asked smirking when he saw her face falter slightly when she almost had the urge to laugh.

"On two conditions." He answered holding his hand up and pointing a finger. "One, that you give me your all while training. I will NOT take it easy on you."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Simple enough. Can't be as bad as Tsunade-sempai. Two?" She asked.

"Drop the honorific. We are equals now. I've heard that you have become a Jounin. Congrats." Sakura smirked and stood on the branch.

"Deal...Kakashi."

~End Flashback.

Kakashi looked over at the woman that stood beside him and couldn't help the pride that swelled in his chest. She had come a long way. Needless to say...he wouldn't cross the pink haired kunoichi. Not only did she have inhuman strength but she was well advanced in sword combat.

"Ugh! I'm stuffed." Sakura said as they left the cafe they decided to eat at.

Kakashi nodded his agreement when an ANBU operative appeared before them. "Hurano Sakura, Hatake Kakashi. You have been requested by the Hokage Immediately."

"Hai." Sakura said and the cloaked figure vanished. Huffing she kicked a rock sending it flying down the street. "So much for enjoying the rest of the day."

"Hn."

"Good your both here. I have a mission for the two of you." Tsunade said tossing them both a scroll. "There is a problem with the mission I've sent an ANBU team on in the mist." She sighed rubbing her temples. "The enemy is more advance then we had originally thought. They need back up and you two are the only two not on active roster."

"S-ranked." Kakashi said more to himself.

"Hai. You two are to regroup with them and formulate a new strategy. Two of the operatives have returned injured and you need to fill in. Now get out of my office. You two leave immediately! Get this mission complete!"

"Sir!" They both said and with a poof they were gone.

Sakura arrived at her apartment and quickly changed into her brand new ANBU attire. She was excited to finally be on her first mission. Plus she had to say that she looked damn good in it. Everything was skin tight like she preferred, instead of the loose black slacks most wore, She'd stuck to Black leggings. Her shirt was a black tank with a high neck that could cover her face like Kakashi's, just in case she was to lose her mask, and of course her white standard ANBU vest on top.

Quickly she strapped her short twin Katanas on her back and buckled in her kunai pouch onto her hip. Lastly her bear mask was slipped on her face and her gloves pulled over her hands.

She was out the door in a heartbeat to meet up with Kakashi.

Once she got there he was already waiting for her, orange book in his dog masked face. Dead giveaway.

He tucked it into his pouch and tilted his head towards the large gates. "Move out."

In a flash they vanished, on to their 213th mission together. First ANBU ranked together.

Damn she couldn't shake her excitement.

~So there it is! The first chappie!

*I hope it wasn't too boring! o.O you know I've got to get all the finer details out of the way! But now the fun begins!

~Ok! And just to be clear! this is a Sakura-Kick-Ass story! I hate reading stories where she is always the weak victim!ughhh! It makes me mad! So if you dont like her kicking ass and taking names...this is not the story for you hon...im sorry!

*Plus! To have no confusion. This is a Kakashi/Sakura fanfic! I think they are so adorable! Right before Naruto and Hinata :]

~Love will happen over time in this fic! Im doing it right ppl! Not wake up one day and oh! I love you!...no...

*Enough rambling! review and tell me what you think!

Xoxo

Mizz.