A/N: Terribly sorry for not updating. It’s exams week here and I had to cram… okay, I didn’t study but I had a lot of projects due so I thought cramming would do. Bleh. Thank you for all of your great reviews and I’m sorry I couldn’t reply to them.:)

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Charming Miss Haruno Sakura

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Konoha Dictionary

Baksheesh – n. a payment to expedize service; a tip or bribe

n. The only way to get Naruto to shut up

Ballyhoo – n. extravagant statement made for publicity

n. for of expression that men usually spout when their heads get larger than the Hokage monument

Billet-doux – n. love letter

n. cursed paper for Hatake Kakashi

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Love can either brighten your face…

Or turn your hair into a despicable shade of white.

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Chapter 3: Forbidden Love… Should Obviously be kept Quiet.

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Our story continues during mid-April. A slightly cold day for the people of Konoha or is it because we have another brooding ice prince in our midst?

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Kakashi glared at a small genin before continuing on his way to Team Seven’s usual meeting place. The poor boy, not knowing how he had offended the great Copy-nin simply whimpered and ran away.

Tch. Coward.

Yes, Hatake Kakashi was in a foul mood.

And he wants to be a ninja.

Very foul mood.

They’d probably have his head already before he could even throw a kunai.

That foul a mood.

Arriving at the bridge, he found his three former students going upon their usual business. Sasuke staring at the clear water and subtly glancing at the pink-haired nin, Naruto shamelessly staring at the pink-haired girl who was staring at the clouds with a smile.

A pretty smile.

It was only when Naruto shouted his greeting that Kakashi noticed he was staring at his female student. A certainly unacceptable thing to do, especially if you’re older than her by years.

“Kakashi-sensei!” The blonde boy shouted cheerfully.

Of course he’d shouted it cheerfully, when was the damn idiot not cheerful?

And yes, he was annoyed with Naruto. The source of all stupidity.

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Daaaaamn.

This was pathetic. Blaming his loveless and if there’s still love, completely one-sided, life on his former student. Truly pathetic indeed.

The three younger nins looked at him strangely. He raised an eyebrow but they only stared at him even more.

“What?” He said in a low and obviously tensed voice.

Sakura blinked from her trance and had the decency to blush(blush prettily, if Kakashi might add), “Sorry, Kaka-sensei, I didn’t mean to stare.”

Oh God.

Oh good glory of God.

How can one girl ignite a thousand fantasies with just one statement?

Short plaid skirt, white blouse, him as the teacher... teaching her things… a lot of things…

Damn.

He was in for it hard but he guessed, it was not illegal to daydream about his favorite student, regardless of how sick it is. He read Jiraiya’s books, how could anyone get sicker than that?

As he continued to create fantasies while they walked towards their assigned training grounds, one of his students had the gal to interrupt him.

“Sensei, what the hell is wrong with you?”

Fuck you. Fuck you so damn much, Naruto.

How Kakashi wished he could burn a man alive with his glare. Damn it, the boy always had the worst timing out of all of them. He would’ve strangled him dead if he weren’t one of his beloved students. Damn him and his loving side, weren’t ninjas supposed to be emotionless anyway?

“What?” Kakashi said through gritted teeth. So much for being emotionless.

Noticing the infuriation laced in their former sensei’s voice, Sakura, being the smart girl that she is, decided to steer Naruto from Death by Sharingan. Well… probably just delay it since if he annoyed KakashI/Sasuke/Itachi even more, then… she guessed, there would be no stopping them once they’ve decided he was a goner.

In Kakashi’s head, you can see the numbers floating around. Counting one to ten, the deadly copy-nin managed to calm himself down.

Naruto, being Naruto, was completely oblivious to everything that had occurred of course. He, instead of cowering a good distance away, had gotten even more closer than before and proceeded to shout his former sensei’s very handsome (yes, handsome.) ear, “You were dreaming something perverted weren’t you?”

Kakashi stopped in his tracks. This however, was the only thing that indicated surprise at his completely correct guess.

Had Naruto become somewhat observant over the past few days or was his mind playing tricks on him?

“You were! You are so busted! Wait ‘til I tell Sakura-chan and the bastard about this!” The blonde boy said excitedly, “You are so dead! Sakura-chan’ll probably punch you into next year!” He said as he laughed his pants off while returning to his teammates.

Sasuke and Sakura were talking(more of a one-sided conversation) passively about whatever could catch their attention since their other teammates seemed to be rather preoccupied…

Naruto was laughing at his sensei’s distress…

And Kakashi, well, Kakashi was downright pissed.

Grabbing Naruto by the neck and pulling him up the trees before Sakura nor Sasuke could see them, he whispered threateningly, “Tell anyone about this and I’ll make sure you can never digest ramen ever again.” He hissed.

Yes, he’s lost it. At least he lost it in a sexy manner.

Naruto, seeing as it was the only thing he could do aside from wetting his pants to alert his teammates, nodded dumbly.

“Good.” And he was down.

“Oh hey Naruto!” Sakura seemed to notice him first.

Naruto stared at the two of them in a strange manner before muttering something about having to go to the bathroom and leaving towards a bunch of bushes.

Sakura scrunched her nose in distaste before resuming her preaching to Sasuke who listened intently… while staring at her…

Yes, this was the reason why Kakashi’s panties were always in a twist. His manly panties. Got that? His two certainly adorable former students were always taking the attention of the pink-haired female away from him. Not a very good thing, if you want to vie for her love, which he was not going to do of course. That would be improper.

Back to his students, yes, they happen to be the most annoying bunch of brats at the moment, the boys of course. Especially Naruto.

Kakashi saw the way he hugged Sakura the other day, the way he subtly made her blush, the way he always made her smile and that stupid billet-doux. Goddammit.

If he was going to court her at least do it right.

Exclaiming that you would give her all the ramen in the world on a receipt of Ichiraku was the most unromantic he saw someone do. God, he wanted to strangle the blonde.

Take a deep breath…

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2…

3…

Well, that took care of all that frustration… at least for now.

Speaking of the devil, Naruto just came back from those bushes, looking extremely happy and content. What did he really do there? Thinking that he didn’t want to know, Kakashi turned his attention back to his young and beautiful former student.

Young seemed to be slightly wrong since she was obviously not a kid anymore. Sakura had grown up to be an intelligent and extremely beautiful adult. So beautiful that it made the silver-haired jounin uncomfortable.

Men approached her exclaiming all these statements of ballyhoo just to get her attention.

“Kaka-sensei!” A voice shouted at his ear, immediately putting a stop to his perverted thoughts.

“Huh?”

Sakura gave him a playful smile, “You must be getting old. Your hearing’s definitely gone bad.” She said before laughing out loud.

Kakashi gave a small smile, “Oh don’t worry. I was just thinking of something.”

Naruto gave him a suspicious look, “Probably something perverted.”

Kakashi glared.

Naruto only smirked in return, “Did you know Sakura-chan, Kaka-sensei was having some really weird dreams about--“

“Let’s eat. My treat.” He interrupted before things could get nasty.

Oh someday… he was going to get Naruto for all the money had lost just to give him his daily baksheesh.

“Thanks Kaka-sensei!” Sakura said before giving him a smile.

But perhaps… all the trouble was worth it, dearest sensei thought as the smile of Miss Haruno Sakura embedded itself to his mind for the rest of his life.

However the question is... will Mr. Uzumaki keep this particular attraction quiet or will he announce to the world that Mr. Hatake truly is in love with Miss Haruno? Or will Mr. Hatake crack under pressure and do that himself? After all, forbidden love is... as they say the most challenging kind of love there is.

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Charming Miss Haruno Sakura

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A/N: I hoped you liked.:) This was my least favorite chapter so far. I find this chapter quite vague. Though I must admit it matches Kakashi’s personality.

Please tell me what you think.:)

Jeje-chan:)