Swaying leaves gathered in Konoha the two day eve before the the opening of the tournament for the chuunin and none were more excited than Naruto. Rushing in a gust of leaves and bushin doppelgangers he tore through the forest at inhuman speeds that were due to him being a sacrificial lamb from birth to the legendary beast known as Kyuubi.
Arriving in a dust cloud he was met with a rough hit to the head by a young woman with strawberry blonde locks as well as her hitai-ate atop her crown of bizarre colored hair. "Naruto, you're late again!" She screamed on the outside while on the inside her inner self was saying. 'Heh, wish I could've been late.' A rather emotional raven haired individual watched the two with a solemn glance from dark oculars and scoffed just as a tall ninja with his face covered save for just one eye, the other was covered by his hitai-ate or headband. "Sorry I'm late you three, I strayed onto the path of life yet again it seems." As he said this he must've wore a huge grin underneath the huge mask.
"Who are you joking sensei!" The pink haired girl was first to complain. "We all know you just chose to sleep in or worse." The mental image this time in her mind was a doppleganger of herself holding crossed arms while sneering. 'Most undoubtedly worse.' The platinum haired ninja's only reply to this was: "Now, now, Sakura-chan I'm sure Sasuke and Naruto would rather get to the task at hand for the morning than call down on little old Kakashi-sensei." The three of the nin stood dumbfounded though in truth Sasuke could careless, Naruto couldn't wait, Sakura went along with anything Sasuke did.
"Well seeing as we have two days off I was thinking we could go to a remote location for a little rest and relaxation." Kakashi was grinning behind that mask for sure as he stood straight with hands behind his back, Icha Icha Paradisu held in his hand as he had grabbed it surely from his bag that lay on his hip. "Sensei.. Shouldn't we train?" Emerald oculars were searching the vicinity for some given reason as to why they shouldn't go as she was thinking inside to herself. 'Yeah right! I'm flatter than a board! Sasuke-kun will never go for me if he sees me in a bikini if I know what Kakashi-sensei is thinking..' Her inner self also known as Inner Sakura was in a downright mood of melancholy and so was her outer self, and Naruto noticed this and tapped her on the shoulder trying to cheer her up by saying. "Don't worry Sakura-chan if you're worried about training I'll gladly train with you while we're away." A grin was held like a sly foxes upon his face as she hung low her mind still hanging in a reverie of her daydream or rather nightmare that occurred during the day for her. Her response to this was swift punt towards Naruto's cranium with her fist. 'I would rather train with Lee..' She thought while the blonde kitsune holder lay sprawled lay out on the ground from her hit.
Kakashi placed a gloved hand to his forehead which held the leaf that shown he was a full grown adult upon earning it, he sighed as Sasuke just stood there with narrowed eyes like he was thinking in his head while in his head he was thinking: 'Why am I stuck with such idiots for teammates!' Settled against a tree Sakura went back to her inner thoughts while sighing outward. 'Maybe Kakashi-sensei won't say the beach.. Maybe he'll say a hike or umm..something else besides the beach.' Placing a curled fist to his mouth Kakashi made a faux cough to get everyone's attention, Naruto was laying on the ground still with what appeared to be stars in his eyes from where Sakura had belted him for even talking to her or maybe even suggesting that she train with him the like. The two remaining awake turned towards their instructor whom had his eyes closed, indicating he was obviously grinning. "Now that I have your attention..," He began, then paused to look at Naruto who now had a thin line of drool from his mouth. "Ehhhem.. As I was saying." Kakashi continued his hands now next to his hips in a authoritarian stance of motion. "A remote location I have chosen seeing as you have just become Chuunin, and tackled several difficult new missions.. I have chosen to take you all to the beach near here!" Upon hearing these words each member of Team 7 reacted differently. Sakura: Oh no! the beach I don't have anything to feel a one piece let alone a bikini! Sasuke: Sand in my shoes.. Great.. Naruto suddenly bound up in bursts of energy as if he hadn't even been hit and laughed just as energetically. "Hahahaha I love the beach! Oceans, sand, and bikini babes! Datte bayou!" He yelled while holding his eyes closed as well one finger held high in expression as well as emphasis. Sakura and Sasuke on the other hand were both thinking along the same lines, they hated the beach.. "I can't believe this.." They both said at once. Though the reasons were different they had actually agreed on something for once in the time they had been in Team 7 as cellmates.
"Now if we don't have anything left to talk about we're dismissed for the day to get ready for tomorrow we set out for a week of fun, sun, and sand in our shoes indefinitely." Kakashi nodded then set off in a jump leaving the three to think amongst themselves. "Just great.." Sakura sighed and set off towards home her usual happy outlook she held as the girl in the group subsiding each second. "Sakura-chan, wait!" Naruto called after her and appeared near her in a blurr of orange that startled her overall as well as the nin whom was about to leave but hadn't even set out on foot yet. "Sakura I was thinking.. If you need someone to help you pick out a bathing suit I would.." The dobe was grinning with a touch of lewdness that mean't he was leaning towards other meanings in this saying. The blush on his face was apparent too. Thinking for a moment, she blinked.. True she should hit Naruto for such a suggestion but he could help her in landing Sasuke.. He's a guy right I mean.. he could be the judge on her suit that showed he perfect amount of curves. Shrugging her shoulders and ignoring all the obscenities her inner self was throwing at her she smiled and nodded towards Naruto. "I suppose Naruto.. I usually can't pick anything good out.." And this was true according to Ino's judgments. "Really!" Naruto was grinning and obviously he had an inner self as well, because he was holding a snicker back from where he had succeeded.
Watching the two set off towards town, Sasuke sighed, the only person whom showed any real feelings for him besides the groupie who only wanted him for his name, Yamanaka Ino, that was her name she was always clinging to him like a groupie for a musician, but Sakura was more innocent she blushed and acted aloof most of the time and actually tried to hide the fact from him, though he knew it and had berated her on flirting with him time and time again, but that was only because she was.. In his eyes slowing him down from his one true goal of defeating Uchiha Itachi, his sibling and rival whom had destroyed, no massacred his clan. Standing beside the tree with his arm on the other he felt a sense of doubt, did she perhaps have feelings for Naruto, it was true that time and time again she would berate him, and berating and teasing can be translated as love sometimes..but again so can coldness of the heart if you want to protect someone with eyes of emerald.
End of Chapter 1
Next Chapter: We have a flashback of when Sakura first met Sasuke and how she became infatuated (song fiction) As well as a blushing Hinata listening in on Naruto and Sakura shopping for bathing suits.
Sincerely,
Suzu-chan