Cookies

Chouchou x Sarada

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It was just another day in Konoha and the group of young chunin met up for some sparring and socializing time near the river. After Sarada won a few bouts, she plopped down next to Chouchou. Her friend already had a blanket spread out on the grassy riverbank and a wide assortment of snacks to choose from. A few bags of potato chips were already laying empty on the side.

"Good matches, Sarada!" Chouchou said cheerfully and handed her a plate of chocolate chip cookies—Sarada's favourite.

"Thanks," Sarada replied and bit into a cookie. Her eyes shone brilliantly with pleasure at the delicious taste. Chouchou smirked.

"You like it?" she asked.

Sarada nodded enthusiastically.

"Chouchou, these cookies are amazing! Where did you get them?"

Chouchou puffed up her chest with pride and pointed a thumb at herself. "I baked them!"

"Really?" Sarada raised an eyebrow. She knew Chouchou for years. "But you don't like cooking."

Chouchou sniffed. "Baking is different. It's a form of art. You need to put all your heart into it," she explained. "These cookies were made with pure love of a young maiden, so you better eat them up, Sarada!" She put a hand over her heart dramatically for emphasis.

"With pleasure, oh fair maiden," Sarada replied with a bright, cheeky smile that brought unexplained heat to Chouchou's face. The practical girl took a popsicle out of a cooler and started eating it to cool down from the inside while Sarada stuffed her face with the cookies.

Then, without any warning, a big wave of cold water splashed all over them, soaking the girls to the bone.

"Sarada, Chouchou! Sorry!" Boruto shouted to them from the middle of the river. He'd used a water jutsu in a match against Inojin and his ink animals, but Inojin had dodged the attack.

Sarada took off her glasses. Wiped them. Put them back on. She looked at the ruined remnants of her cookies in anger and dismay.

"Boys. Are annoying," she gritted out to Chouchou who was just as pissed off at the loss of her food.

"They need to pay," Chouchou agreed.

In unison, the two girls stood up, the dark energy rising up around them. Blood-red Sharingan swirled in Sarada's eyes with desire for vengeance as her fist crackled with lightning. Chouchou's arms increased in size.

"A-Are you mad? But I said sorry!" Boruto cried out, backing away slowly.

"You destroyed our picnic. Sorry doesn't cut it," Sarada replied.

"You should have dodged that wave anyway!" Inojin tried to put the blame on them.

"It was just a little water!" Boruto added.

"I'll show you little water!" Chouchou's giant fists smashed into the river and sent big splashes at the boys.

"Shannaro!" Sarada finished their combo attack by charging an electric current into the waves. Boruto and Inojin had no chance.

The girls exchanged a high five, but the moment of triumph didn't last. Sarada gave a mournful look to the soaked cookies.

"We could go to my house if you want. I have more cookies," Chouchou offered casually.

Sarada's mood lifted up instantly. "Chouchou, you're the best!" she declared with a dazzling smile.

"Nah, I just bake reserves for later," Chouchou said, looping her arm with Sarada's and they ambled off towards the village in harmony.

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AN: Reviews?