Weather improvement? No way… It was just as hot as yesterday. The sun was restless and warming; nature was begging for rain, the clouds didn't even exist any more. You could tell it was July in its greatest power.

Naruto's wet blonde hair was getting drier by the second as he continued to gaze up towards the breathtaking sun. He had just got out of the water and decided to have something to eat but nothing from the forest's riches would satisfy his tastes any longer. He was fed up with berries and mushrooms, he felt too lazy to catch some fish.

He couldn't wait to head back to Konoha, but he had to admit, the last two days he had spent camping with his best friends, Sasuke, Sakura and Sai, were the best since Sasuke had returned back home.

Convincing Kakashi-sensei, the former Hokage, wasn't that gard, but preparing and rearranging when and where the camping trip should take place; that was a difficult choice.

Sasuke remained indifferent, Sai preferred the mountains while Sakura the beach; so in the end they agreed upon heading towards a lagoon in the middle of the forest a few km away from Konoha. The place was like heaven, hot but still cool, relaxing but still adventurous, sunny but still shadowed. The perfect corner to spend three relaxing days with your friends away from the stressing life back home.

But what Naruto loved most regarding this trip was that he and teme were working as a team again, like old days. Of course, Sasuke had changed a lot. He was even more silent than before, his vocabulary seemed to only consist in the oh-so-very-smart-word 'hn', he appeared to be even cooler than usual.

But some things never change. He was the same-old arrogant, selfish, narcissistic bastard that Naruto and Sakura cared so much about, and even though Sasuke hated to admit it, he had missed his old team as much as they had missed them. Their company was more than he had ever wanted.

Naruto had matured in some ways, but he remained at times the clueless guy who seemed to have a blast being loud and eating ramen without stopping for a breath.

He truly missed his best friend, and Sasuke was truly happy to have him back (even if he was the one to spend a few years away from home).

But Sakura on the other hand, once an opened book, was now a closed one. Damn, she had matured even more than Naruto. Sasuke was aware of the fact that she had changed and that she was definitely stronger. The former fan girl was now an independent young woman, who treated him with respect, yet nothing more.

Sasuke was relieved to see that she didn't kiss the ground he walked on any longer, but he felt fire rising up his chest as he realized that the relationship the pinkette had with both Sai and Naruto was something he wished to share with her.

Yes, he missed her. And yes again, he was jealous. No. scratch that, he was very jealous. But he didn't know that. His ego is just too BIG.

Anyway, this was the beginning of the last and third day of the camping trip, and all four young ninja were thinking of making it a day to remember.

"Hey, dickless! Up already?" Sai's voice asked surprisingly as he got out of his tent sleepy.

Naruto's groaned something incomprehensible as his eye's twitched. He decided to play the game calmly.

"Well if it isn't my favorite gay friend!" he greeted grinning. "I'm not the only one awake; teme's committing suicide in the woods. He should be back by now…"

"Sadly for you dobe, I didn't suicide." Sasuke said coolly as he stepped peacefully out of the forest threes with his hand in his pockets. Despise Naruto and Sai, who only wore shorts, Sasuke had on a shirt as well-even though it was showing a lot of his well-formed body, his abs showed how much effort he had put in on his training (I assure you, he was delicious)-.

Naruto threw piercing death glared towards the Uchiha prodigy, and vice versa.

"When do we start packing?" Sai thought about enlightening the situation. He was assured that the death glares were harmless when Naruto started laughing heavily and Sasuke smirked entertained.

"Damn, Sai, later! We still got swimming to do! Last one in buys me ramen!" the blonde cheered as he jumped in the silent lagoon, causing a big splash. He was shortly followed by Sasuke, who took of his shirt at the speed of lightning and then Sai.

While Naruto was yelling playfully some random statements such as "Sai's buying me ramen!" or "Who's the dickless now Sai? You're the pussy!", a 17-year old pink haired girl walked out of her tent tiredly.
Her shoulder-long hair was ruffled and messy (but in a very attractive way, I highly assure you) while her eyes lazily searched the scene in front of her.

Sai and Sasuke immediately stopped their 'I-can-drown-you-faster'-contest as they both analyzed her, while Naruto stopped splashing and yelling.

"Oi! Sakura-chan! Morning! The water is great! Jump in!" Naruto commercialized.

"Naruto…" she sighed in an annoyed way but still friendly. "Can you be less loud, for once…"

"I can try…" he suggested not very sure himself.

"That was not a question Naruto!"

"Oh, no…?" he asked a bit worried.

"It was a warning." She grinned evilly.
The blonde just gulped. Sai and Sasuke were both biting their chins so hard that they wouldn't burst out into laughter, while Sakura walked back to her tent to change.

The boys got out of the water and Sakura joined them moments later wearing her bathing-suit and a large black and green shirt covering very little of her legs.

Naruto and Sai didn't seem to observe her more that necessary but a certain Uchiha had a rough time taking his eyes of her (longs, slender, creamy and very arousing) legs followed by her (curved and thin) waist and then her (amazing and well-formed) upper body part. He searched her (rosy, deliciously curved and extremely tempting) lips and then his onyx eyes crashed against her emerald ones. It only lasted seconds, they both retreated their heads as fast as possible, trying to ignore the previous eye-contact.

"So, what do you wanna do today?" Naruto asked cheerfully. He seemed to know about Sasuke's hungry gazing, but then again, the key word here is 'seemed'. Naruto knows (a lot) more than he shows.

"Hn" Sasuke tried to be indifferent.

"Dunno." Sakura mumbled.

"How 'bout 'Truth or Dare'?" Sai tried.

The pale brunette had managed to capture his friends attention.

"I read in a book that it is very entertaining."

They all seemed to smirk just a little bit at this statement.

"I assure you, the real thing doesn't compare with the descriptions in books. You know, it is way entertaining…" Naruto twisted his lips in a very familiar grin.