Team 7 : Christmas Tree Mania!

Christmas is appearing, the streets are coated with frost and ice, and people's breaths come out in fog - apart from Shikamaru, who smokes along with his sensei! - and everyone is filled with Christmas cheer!

"I hate Christmas… and shopping… Put the two together, and I hate them with a burning intensity!" one Uchiha grumbled to his fellow pale-skinned, dark hair and eyes team mate.

Ah yes, Sasuke-teme has returned to Konoha, a year ago, and has been let off after an entire year of… Basically being Tsunade's slave, and being under ANBU supervision. Sai was still part of Team Kakashi, and the two often worked together.

"On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… five miso ramen, four miso ramen, three miso ramen, two miso ramen and a bowl of miso ramen!" Naruto sang, skipping in front of Team 7/Kakashi.
Sakura frowned, a slight smile on her lips though, whilst Kakashi rolled his visible eye.

"Naruto, I'm guessing you want ramen for Christmas?" Sai asked, in an attempt at a joke. Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi gawped openly at Sai, while Naruto just nodded, not noticing.


"KAKASHI-SENSEI!" Naruto's voice screamed happily.

Sakura looked around for the blonde ninja, her own Christmas tree already wrapped up in netting. It was a few inches over her own head, and a pretty ever green.
Sasuke and Sai stopped arguing over a 5foot5 tree, to look around for Naruto too.

Kakashi stood next to the smallest, but fattest, tree he could find, and looked up at a huge 6foot9 tree wavering around next to him.

"Yes Naruto?" he answered, peering round said tree, to find Naruto, and three clones, pushing the tree along.

"I'm getting this one! He's a beauty, isn't he?!" Naruto laughed.
"Naruto… How is that going to fit into your house?" Sakura asked cautiously. Naruto turned from watching his tree go through the netting machine to Sakura.

"I will make it fit, you watch, Sakura-chan!" he grinned, flicking his thumb up at her with a cheesy grin.

A few moments later, he screeched in horror."ZOMG, I'M TURNING INTO BUSHY BROWS!"

Sakura fell about laughing, as Sasuke smirked, Sai smiled his fake smile, while taking the tree from the youngest Uchiha and Kakashi sighed.


"Froggy is empty," Naruto moaned sadly, placing his frog purse into his inside pocket.

Sakura was happily carrying her tree, while Sasuke glared daggers at Sai, who was carrying the 5foot5 tree Sasuke had wanted, while the Uchiha lugged around his smaller 5foot4 Christmas tree.

Kakashi was simply rolling his tree along the ground, completely engrossed in one of his oldest copies of Icha Icha.

Naruto had his clones out again, and they were carrying it, while he himself strutted along in front of it.

"Hey, dickless, sure you aren't compensating for lack of something with that huge tree of yours?" Sai asked, with a fake smile.

Naruto paused for a moment, before growling and cursing, flinging himself at Sai.

"So, Sasuke, you are coming round to Kakashi's for Christmas day, right?" Sakura asked, as they left Sai and Naruto to cat fight with each other on the street.

"Yes."
"One word and syllable answers now, huh?"
"Hn."
"I'll take that as a yes!"
"Aa."

Sakura twitched and smacked Sasuke on his spiky hair.

"Talk properly to me dammit!"
"Sorry, Sakura," he all but purred, leaning in, and making girls around him melt.

Sakura glared at him with hard emerald eyes."No."

"But-"
"No."

"Sakura!" he whined, as the pinkette stormed off to walk with their old sensei.

"Sasuke-teme! I beat Sai!" Naruto grinned, closely followed by an amused artist.

"He didn't beat me. He just got up and left as soon as he noticed you guys had gone," Sai corrected, before walking off to his apartment.

"See ya Christmas Eve, Sai!" Sakura called, suddenly hurtling off after the artist, and placing a kiss on his red cheek. Sasuke and Naruto gawped, as Sakura skipped back down to her tree, where she had leant it against Kakashi.

"Sa-Sakura-chan…" Naruto choked out.
"It's Christmas, a time to be jolly!" Sakura protested.

"There's jolly… And then there is kissing Sai on the cheek!" Sasuke smirked.

"Jealous, you two?!" the medic teased, as they walked towards Kakashi's house.

"NO!" they both yelled, as Sakura giggled.

"Goodbye, Naruto, Sasuke… Sakura!" Kakashi grinned beneath his mask, leaning towards the medic. Sakura giggled, placing a small kiss on his mask-covered cheek.

Naruto and Sasuke growled, and hooked their arms through Sakura's, dragging her off, whilst Naruto's clones took care of the Christmas tree's.

Sakura was happily singing Christmas carols, waving to her friends as she got dragged through the streets, until they reached Sasuke's house.

"Dobe," the Uchiha nodded gruffly, as the clones holding his tree poofed away.
Naruto grinned back with a,"Teme,"

"Sakura," Sasuke purred again, leaning forward.
"Teme," Sakura nodded, with a laugh.

"Be fair!"
"I'm a ninja, when am I ever fair?!" Sakura joked, quoting Sasuke a week before, during a fight over ramen.

Sasuke scowled, and turned his head to the side with a sniff.

Then his eyes widened, as Sakura placed a soft kiss on his cheek, before skipping off, dragging Naruto with her.
"See ya Teme!" they both hollered at a shocked - and happy - Sasuke.


"Sakura-chan, what do you want to get for Christmas?" Naruto asked, as the duo strolled towards his apartment.

"I dunno. You?"

"Ra-"
"Ramen, I knew it!" Sakura laughed, knocking her knuckles into the side of his head softly, scoffing when he whined at her.

"I was gonna say a… a… Rabbit!" Naruto thought desperately.

"Okay, I'll get you one. A really cute cuddly one, called Fluffy!" Sakura teased, allowing Naruto to rap his knuckles on her forehead.

Suddenly, the clouds decided to open themselves up, and allow snowflakes to dance down, settling instantly on the frosty ground.

"SNOW!" both Sakura and Naruto yelped, sticking their tongues out.

Ah yes, snow brings out the five year-old in you!

"Ah damn, here's my house," Naruto sighed jokingly, wriggling his blonde eyebrows at Sakura.

"Naruto-baka, don't do that, you look… Like Ero-sennin!"
"WHY, SAKURA-CHAN, WHY?!" Naruto whined dramatically, gripping her head and shaking it softly.

Sakura laughed, a soft melodic laugh, and Naruto stared at her transfixed. The snow was swirling around her, coating her pink locks and her eyelashes, her cheeks turning rosy red and her emerald green eyes bright and beautiful.

Sakura noticed him staring and flushed, causing her cheeks to go even redder.

"Psst, bakas, this is where you kiss!" a voice hissed angrily.

Naruto swung his head, his hands drifting to cup Sakura's face, to look for the voice, that sounded surprisingly like Ino, and eyed the bushes warily.

"Don't be troublesome, leave them alone and let us go home," a bored voice groaned.
"Shut up, Fawn!" Ino hissed at, who was obviously, Shikamaru.

"Honestly, Sunflower, Fawn, maybe we shouldn't be here… Hime is turning blue!" a rough voice commented.
"A-ano, Inu, I'm f-fine. I-I like the s-snow…" a soft voice trailed off after Inu -obviously Kiba - commented on her.

"You guys are rubbish at being quiet!" a boisterous voice yelped.
"You aren't helping, Dragon." stated a commanding voice.
"ICE CUBE, SHUT UP!" 'Dragon' yelled back.

"Naruto-kun?" Sakura whispered, while their friends continued to fight behind the bush.

"Sakura-cha-"Sakura cut off Naruto's words by throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him softly. Only a small kiss, but it shut him up.

"I'm going to tell Papa Deer on you!" 'Sunflower' continued to shriek, as the bush rustled, obviously 'Sunflower' attempting to strangle 'Fawn'.

"Troublesome flower, let me go!"

"Guys, please, you are scaring Hime!"

"I'm fine, Inu, d-don't interrupt thei- D-demo, the-they ar-are ki-kis-kiss-"
"OH MY KAMI!" 'Sunflower' yelped, as Naruto and Sakura parted, resting their foreheads against each others' and smiling.

"Guys, come out, please," Sakura called, before getting tackle by a blonde whirlwind, and not the one she just kissed.

"Forehead-girl, my baby is growing up! Remember wh-when I first met you, and I-I helped you blo-bloom into a beau-beautiful cher-cherry bloss-blossom…" Ino started sobbing dramatically, turning to fling herself at her lazy team-mate who looked mildly surprised and amused.

"She gets over-emotional when her friends get boyfriends," he explained to the confused looks, as Ino started wailing about 'blossoms blooming' and so on.

"Boyfriend?! We just kissed, Ino-pig!" Sakura cried, as Naruto slipped an arm round her shoulder, before gingerly withdrawing it at her glare.

"But Sakura-chan, I want you for Christmas!" Naruto wailed, getting down on his knees.

Ino looked up from crying, before choking and wailing again. Hinata, Kiba, TenTen and Neji - who did you think Dragon and Ice cube were?! - sweat dropped, as Shikamaru hoisted her up onto his shoulder and walked off, waving good bye lazily.

"… See ya guys!" Kiba blurted out in the uncomfortable silence, dragging Hinata off to meet Shino and Kurenai, as Naruto stayed pleading Sakura on the floor.
Neji and TenTen quietly slipped away, as Sakura sighed, with a slight pout.

"Fine… We'll date,"

"OH SAKURA-CHAN THANK YOU!" Naruto yelped, jumping up and smashing their lips together again.


Who knew Christmas Tree buying would be so… eventful?!


SilverWolfStar ~~~ Wow, that turned slightly fluffy and smushy and strange come the end… I didn't even know what happened, I was just talking to my family and typing at the same time! So, when I read through I was like, Dude, WHAT?!?!?!

I always imagined Ino getting overly dramatic when her friends get boyfriends… I don't know why.

Did you like the code-names I gave them? Was Sasuke-teme alright a little bit OOC? I'm not sure why I turned it Sakura X Naruto, Sakura's not my favourite female character… Heh, I didn't even realise what I was typing let alone who!! :D XP

Yeah, Read and review, my first of the Naruto Christmas Series!!!