Here it is finally! I know is short, and that it seems weird for me to take so long, but I'm kinda new here! Well, here it is! Chapter one of...


A SWIM BY THE LAKE


Team 7, now all 17, quietly waited for their sensei on their usual meeting spot. Again, he was late, probably reading his beloved Icha Icha Paradise. What didn't help was that the sun was BLAZING that day.

Sakura sighed. After all these years, Kakashi still never learned to come to their meeting place on time.

"ARRRG, why does he keep doing this to us! Naruto complained. "When I find him, I'm gonna beat the crap out of him!"

" Stop complaining dobe."

" What did you say Sasuke-teme!"

" I said stop complaining dobe."

" Why you…"

" Both of you SHUT UP!" Sakura yelled.

Sakura sighed. " If it'll make you happy Naruto, we'll go find him."

" That's a great idea Sakura-chan!"

" Dobe."

" What did you say teme!"

Sakura just sighed… again.

At Tsunade's office…

" Tsunade-baa-chan!"

" Show some respect Naruto!" Sakura yelled ( wow, there's a lot of yelling) while hitting Naruto in the head.

" Ow…"

" Anyways, what were you going to ask me Sakura?"

" We were wondering where Kakashi sensei was."

" Oh, he's on a mission."

" What!" they all cried in unison… well, except for Sasuke.

" We wasted 5 hours waiting in the blazing heat!"

" I could have gotten through eleven bowls of ramen by now…" Naruto mumbled.

" So now what do we do?" Sasuke asked, finally speaking.

" Yah! We were supposed to train today!" exclaimed Naruto

" Well, there aren't any missions for you guys today, so I guess you three can go have a swim by the near-by lake since it's so ridiculously hot today."

" Then it's settled, we'll meet by the river at 1 o'clock" Sakura replied with cheer in her voice.

" Hn."

"OKAY SAKURA-CHAN!"

Outside…

It would be about 1 hour until they headed for the lake, so they stopped by at Ichiraku since Naruto kept complaining that he was hungry. Sakura simply ordered a pork ramen, Sasuke ordered a beef ramen, while Naruto ordered the Mega Deluxe Seafood Surprise Ramen. After about a half hour of eating, they paid the bill ( which was REALLY expensive since Naruto ordered 8 bowls of ramen) and the trio headed to their homes to get ready for their plans for the afternoon, even though Sasuke " insisted" that he wouldn't go.

" We'll meet at are usual meeting spot, okay you two?"

" Hn."

" OKAY!"

" Umm… alright."

" By the way Sakura-chan, what will we have for dinner?"

" You just had 5 bowls of ramen and you're already talking about food dobe?

" STOP CALLING ME DOBE!"

" Well… to answer your question Naruto, I was hoping that Sasuke- kun would catch

us a fish to eat."

" Why do I have to catch us something to eat?"

" Because I have to gut and cook the fish, and just imagine what would happen if I put Naruto in charge for the job."

" Hey, I'm not completely useless!"

" Fine, I was going to ask you to bring some towels anyways."

" OKAY SAKURA-CHAN, I'LL SEE YOU LATER!" Naruto replied, running off.

"…"

" Sakura…"

" Yah…"

" Are you sure that we can trust Naruto with ANYTHING at all?"

" I just told him to get towels, how hard is that?"

" Something's going to go wrong."

" Oh, come on Sasuke-kun, we're just going for a swim, what could go wrong?"


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