Rainy Days Bring Both Good and Bad News

Sakura woke up to the sound of rain tapping against her bedroom window. She wanted to go back to sleep and huddle up under her warm covers untill she remembered her Naruto and Sasuke were going to meet up with Kakashi for lunch at noon. Sakura smiled to herself and jumped out of bed. She knew that it would be hours before she would meet up with them, and Kakashi would end up arriving about two hours later but the thought of getting to spend some time with her team mates and Kakashi thrilled her.

After getting dressed Sakura looked at her reflection in the mirror. With a satisfied smile, she walked over to her dresser and picked up a small bottle of perfume her mother had given to her on her last birthday when she turned 16. She sprayed the bottle on herself a few times and looked at the clock sitting on her bed stand. It was 10:00, with a sigh Sakura sat down on her bed and rested her chin in her hands.

What should have seemed like two hours felt like days to Sakura. She glanced at her clock and smiled. It was about 15 minuets until 12:00. She jumped up and ran out her bedroom door. After saying goodbye to her parents, she left the house and started down the street. It had stopped raining about an hour prior and the streets were still wet and covered with puddles.

Sakura walked at a semi fast pace trying to avoid the larger puddles as she made her way to ramen diner. When she arrived, she spotted Naruto and Sasuke and a smile appeared across her face. However, when she noticed Kakashi wasn't there yet a soft sigh slipped out from her lips. With a forced smile she sat down by Naruto and the two of them soon got into their usual argument about what was behind Kakashi's mask, while Sasuke tried his best to stay out of the very entertaining conversation.

About an hour later Kakashi walked into the Ramandiner with his hand in his pockets and customary slouching posture. "Hey, sorry I'm Late. I got a little lost on the way here"

"Nice to see you again Kakashi-sensei, its been a while" Sakura said with a large smile.

"Yeah, it has been a while! I bet he forgot about us and found a new team to order around!" Naruto said in a whinny tone.

"I've been really busy with some missions and other stuff." Kakashi explained as he sat down beside Sakura.

"Other stuff! What kind of stuff?" he asked with a mischievous grin.

"No, nothing that has to do with what ever you're thinking about." Kakashi placed his elbow on the table and rested his face in his hand.

"Kakashi-kun!" a beautiful slender woman walked into the diner with a large smile on her face.

Kakashi looked up at her and smiled "Hey, what brings you here?"

"Well I saw you guys here on my way home and thought I'd stop by and say hi" before waving goodbye she whispered something into Kakashi's ear that seemed to have made him blush.

"Haha! So that's the other stuff you've been up to! Kakashi-sensei's got a girlfriend!" he pointed at Kakashi as if he was excusing him of murder.

Sakura's heart skipped a few beats as she heard the words pour out of Naruto's mouth. 'No! Naruto is just joking around. Kakashi couldn't have a girlfriend… could he? No, he can't, Naruto's just an idiot. He knows absolutely nothing about relationships and girlfriends…but…' Sakura's head felt like it was going to explode at that thought.

"Sakura? Are you alright?" Sasuke said in a calm tone. "You look a little ill." Sasuke was right Sakura did feel ill at this point.

"No, no, I'm just fine" she lied.

"That's good, we wouldn't want you to be sick and miss out on the camping trip I planed for us." Kakashi said.

"Camping trip?" Kakashi's three students seemed to all say at once.

"Yes, a camping trip. It seemed a little unfair that we all don't really get to spend too much time together nowadays like we used to," he smiled "so I planed a camping trip for us. That's why I wanted you guys to meet me here."

"When it is?" Sakura asked almost forgetting about Kakashi's 'girlfriend'.

"I was hoping we could set out tomorrow, then we would come back in a few days."

Sakura tried to hide her overly exited smile. She was going to spend three days with Kakashi but it somehow seemed a little too good to be true.

Naruto stood up, clenched his fists with excitement, and grinned. "Yeah! We can go fishing, tell scary camp stories, swim, and best of all… roast marshmallows!"

I was too good to be true.