A/N - Ummmm, I inform you all that you should read my end of chapter A/N when your done with the chapter.

Chapter Nine: Can't Say

Kakashi and Sakura walked silently down the street. Kakashi was almost afriad to speak, and Sakura was just enjoying the sound of silence around her.

"I want to apologize to you, Sakura," Kakashi spoke after taking a breath, "I'm sorry for the way I acted, it was out of line."

"No, it's oka-"

"No, it wasn't," Kakashi inturrupted his student, "Even if your my student, I shouldn't have stay at the hospital like that. I should of realized that it would make you uneasy."

"But I shouldn't of freaked out like I did," Sakura said, "I shouldn't of jumped to-"

"Let's not start this again," Kakashi said, "Now, um...which way is it?"

"Huh?" Sakura asked, and then she looked around, "Oh, that's right you've never been to my place have you?"

"Um...no..." Kakashi said, feeling a little akward answering the question.

"It's this way," Sakura said, walking down a street, and Kakashi soon followed.

"Kakashi Sensei?" Sakura spoke quietly, "Um, what are we going to do about Ino?"

"We can talk about that tomorrow," Kakashi replied, "I don't want to have to reexplain everything to Naruto and Sasuke."

"Right," Sakura said, she then stopped walking, "We're here."

Kakashi glanced at the house they had stopped in front of, it was small, and dark, "Hmmm."

"Come on in," Sakura said, walking up to the door and unlocking it.

"Umm," Kakashi mulled over his thoughts.

Kakashi didn't really think he should be entering his female students' house, but the state of the house made him curious as to how the inside looked. So, against his better judgement, Kakashi walked up the path and through the door that Sakura had been holding open.

Kakashi stepped inside and looked around. The lights were off, which said that either everyone who lived there was asleep, or they were all out.

Sakura stepped in and shut the door behind her. She then walked over to the table over in the corner and picked up the piece of paper that was there. She then placed it back down, and walked into the tiny kitchen by the front door.

"Want something?" Sakura asked.

"Um, no thank you," Kakashi declined politely.

Sakura took a small saucer out of the cupboard and put a small pot on the stove. She poured in some milk that she got out of the fridge and she started heating it up.

"Um...Sakura?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah?" Sakura replied, starting to stir the milk.

"Pardon my curiousity, but what was written on that note?" Kakashi asked, his eyes resting on the paper that Sakura left on the table.

"Oh, that was just a note from my parents," Sakura said, "They're out on business."

"Really? For how long?" Kakashi asked, walking into the kitchen to stand beside Sakura.

Sakura who was holding the saucer, suddenly dropped it, and whipped around to face her sensei.

"Are you alright?" Kakashi said, reaching out a hand to her, but Sakura recoiled and his mind fell into place.

"I think it's time I take my leave," Kakashi said, and without waiting for Sakura to respond, he left.

Sakura sighed as Kakashi left, she knew he hadn't meant his question like she had recieved it, but her nerves wouldn't let her think normally. Sakura slowly picked the pieces of broken saucer up off the floor and trew them in the trash can under the sink. She then got a new one, turned the stove off and laddled some milk onto the saucer.

Sakura walked to the patio door carefully, and slide the door open. She then let out a whistle, and out of the little bush in her backyard came a tiny little kitten. It came up to the door, sat down, and purred happily. Sakura sighed as she watched the kitten drink up the milk, it's eyes closed, enjoying the sweet liquid.

"I should name you," Sakura whispered, and the kitten looked up at her voice, "Hmmm, but I don't know what."

The kitten just returned to it's milk, as Sakura tried to think up a name, but to no avail. So, after the kitten was done, she picked up th saucer and took it inside, and the kitten tried as it might to get over at ridge of the back door.

Sakura laughed when she saw the kitty, "Do you want in?"

The kitten continued to fight to get in, but failed. Sakura went over to it and gentle picked it up, and set it down just inside the door. The kitten rubbed it's body against Sakura's leg as thanks then ran off to explore, as Sakura close the door.

Sakura went about making her dinner of ramen, while the kitten found it's way into Sakura's bedroom where it found itself a bed out of one of Sakura's bras that she had on the ground. The kitten curled up into a ball in one cup of the bra and fell asleep.

After Sakura eat her dinner, she went in search of the kitten, and found it asleep.

"Your adorable," Sakura whisper, gently stroking the kitten's fur.

The kitten stirred, but stayed asleep. Sakura after showering, and getting into her pj's she crawled into bed, and fell asleep.

Kakashi was soon found by Genma at a local bar, Genma walked up to him and sat on the bar stool beside him, "Since when do you drink, Hatake?"

"Do you see a glass, Genma?" Kakashi asked, annoyed.

Genma looked to the counter in front of Kakashi and saw nothing, "Okay, then why the hell are you at a bar if your not trying to get wasted?"

"Not everyone goes to a bar to get drunk, Genma," Kakashi spoke in heightened annoyance.

Genma sighed, as he realized Kakashi's usually good-humor was out to lunch, "What's got you so down, Kakashi?"

"Can't say," Kakashi said, looking away.

"Is that a 'Can't say, cause I don't know,' can't say, or a 'can't say, cause I promised' can't?" Genma asked.

"Can't say."

"Ahhhh, so, may I ask who made you promise?"

"...a ninja."

"Okay, ummm...girl or boy?"

"...does that matter?"

"I'm going to say that means girl. Old or young?"

"Genma..."

"Well, with what I've figured out, I'd say it's either a random chick you've atcually fallen for, or it's that kunuchi student of yours...what was her name again?"

"...Sakura."

"That's right, so what going on with her?"

"Nothing that you need to know about..." Kakashi answered, I think.

"Uh huh," Genma said, flagging down the bartender, "So, how many beers is it going to take for you to spill?"

Kakashi looked over with a glare, he wasn't in the mood for Genma's lame attempts at trying to cheer him up.

Genma just ordered a beer for himself, and drank it from the bottle as his eyes studied Kakashi, "Hey, wasn't your team asigned a mission this morning?"

"Yeah, what of it?"

"Are you skipping work?"

"No, we were doing reach, and no we can't leave till morning,"

"Why?"

"Can't say."