Summary: What did Kakashi think about his three little genin? Kakashi's POV.

A/N: This is the first chapter, there will be two more about Naruto and Sasuke. No dialogue in this fanfic. Enjoy;)

His first impression of Haruno Sakura was… My, is this her natural color…?! even if you were sure Kakashi wouldn't care less about something as trivial as his new female student's hair. But he did. Not only at the beginning. In fact, the pink hair was dragging his attention every single time he saw his genin team. It was visible from long distances, so whenever he wanted to find his students, he just set his mind on pink searching mode and it always worked. He would never admit it to anyone but he missed the long pink waterfall after she cut it short. And he always regretted that Sakura wouldn't let her hair grow long again.

But of course there was a bunch of more important things about his female student than her hair. For example her determination and mental strength. Why, of course he noticed it at the beginning! Who do you think he was, Hatake Kakashi, an ex-ANBU, a Yondaime's student, a candidate for the Hokage's place? No kidding. Every single time he watched Sakura beating the hell out of Naruto he couldn't believe how much strength was hidden in this (at first) weak, little body. While his jounin colleagues were claiming that Sakura would most likely abandon shinobi career in the near future, he saw a great potential in the girl and was counting on her to show all the world that a child from a civilian family can become a great ninja.

But only if he is not her sensei. Truth be told, Kakashi considered himself to be a bad choice for her teacher from the start and he shared his opinion with Sandaime (who just ignored it), but what could he do, really. Sakura, with an immense chakra control which he could compare only to Tsunade's, Sakura with her too un-ninja-like body and what's more, an un-ninja-like mind… No, it wasn't a good decision to entrust him with her. But that happened and they had to deal with it.

He was somehow relieved when he found out that she became Godaime's apprentice. With Sasuke already away from the Leaf and Naruto on his journey with Jiraiya-sensei, this situation seemed wise and promising. In fact he had planned to ask Tsunade himself about taking Sakura under her wings, but his little genin proved that she can take care of herself and of her ninja life. It was both relieving, because she was finally getting serious, and hurting, because Kakashi felt useless as a sensei… because he got the news about his student's new shishou from Asuma, who knew from Kurenai, who knew from Kiba, who knew from Chouji, who knew from Ino, WHO decided to train under the Senju princess as well after finding out that her rival wanted to become a medical ninja.

Well… He wanted to talk to her about it, he REALLY did, but you know. Missions. Missions. And more missions. Yeah. A life of ex-ANBU: you quit, but the Hokage, who knows you from the day you were born, sends you on A-ranks and even S-ranks if she is running out of people. Suddenly he had thousands excuses why he shouldn't talk to Sakura, because what would he tell her? Would he congratulate her? Seriously, if he wanted to do it right, an apology for not giving her enough of his time and his attention was inevitable. He left her be after Sasuke's desertion and Naruto's departure, so how would he even dare to just go to her and try to start a friendly conversation? So he tried to AVOID her, literally. Even during this short moments when he wasn't away from Konoha, he put a lot of effort in not crossing ways with her. He asked Tsunade once or twice about Sakura's progress just to make sure she's all right. Or maybe thrice. OK, more like ten times, each and every time he was reporting back from a mission, but NEVERMIND.

Oh, how he missed Team Seven's days.

And some years later his hidden dream became true. Well, of course Sasuke was still missing, but both Naruto and Sakura were back, just by his side, and seeing them everyday was so relieving… Not to mention Tenzo joined their team and finally even having Sai nearby seemed to lighten up his mood. He was somehow happy and he meant: HAPPY.

But the war has come. And once again he had to worry about everything. Not to mention he almost became the Hokage… what a pain.

And Sakura? Sakura grew up. She wasn't a simple fangirl anymore. Her feelings became more serious, became much deeper and she started to resemble a kunoichi Kakashi had seen in her when they met for the first time. Suddenly she was insanely strong and clever, a second best medical ninja in the village, then in all the shinobi world and he couldn't be more proud of her. Only one thing didn't change: when something concerned Sasuke, she seemed to suddenly lost all her skills, her whole potential. That was worrying, but he didn't talk to her about it, again. He didn't want to upset her.

To be entirely honest, he didn't remember the war well. He was exhausted and seriously injured when that hell became serious. He remembered the general, right. So Sakura gained that violet diamond on her forehead and saved most of shinobi by summoning lady Katsuyu. She helped during the fight with Kaguya. Damn it, she kept Naruto alive when the Kyuubi was taken away from him, and she healed him and Sasuke when they lost their arms.

Sakura was a living example of how to become a hero away from everybody's eyes. But if he was honest to himself, she was his favorite student, a student he understood the most because of their similar value system, even if as a teacher he did the least for her. It was Sakura who was keeping their team together and he wouldn't be more grateful to anyone for anything.

Anything.

A/N: I'm waiting for your reviews!:)