"It sure is nice to finally have a day off." Ino let out a happy sigh as she took a sip from her tea.
"You said it. It's about time for all of us to have some time to ourselves." Tenten agreed fully, eating a piece of her cake.
Hinata gave a short nod to the two girls. "It is nice to be able to rest and meet up with everyone again."
"I'm just glad for some peace and quiet." Sakura said, playing with the straw from her glass of water.
It was the first time in months the four girls had a break from missions all at the same time so they decided to meet up. Currently they were at a new cafe that had opened a few weeks ago and were enjoying themselves. After the war the four girls always made sure they could meet up to hang out together and discuss what was going on in their lives. At the young age of twenty-one, Tenten being twenty-two, they were discussing their love lives and how things were going for them with dating their boyfriends.
"So it seems I have to have another talk with Kakashi because he gave Sai yet another book about Make-Out Paradise and now he keeps copying the scenes from the book." Ino groaned, resting her cheek in one hand as she thought about her boyfriend and the weird things he kept trying to do.
"And what's so bad about that? The book is pretty good and if done right some of those scenes came be pretty fun in real life." Tenten gave them all a flirty wink, a grin on her face as she spoke.
Ino had a grin to match. "Sounds like someone is speaking from experience." She leaned forward, her grin widening even more. "Spill it, girl. Tell us every dirty detail about you and Lee."
Tenten cheeks tinted pink. She knew Ino would want to know everything once she said that but she couldn't help herself. She and Lee had been dating for nearly six months now and things were going so well she couldn't help but brag. "Well like you Lee also got a book from Kakashi. At first I was totally against it but after I read a few scenes I got a little curious and from there things just sort of took off."
"Does Kakashi give everyone a book about sex?" Ino wondered out loud and looked to Sakura who just shrugged her shoulders.
"I wouldn't put it past him." The pinkette said, sipping her drink and thinking over how she needed to talk with her former sensei about handing out books for sex isn't appropriate. "Honestly, I don't know what he's thinking sometimes." She wondered if he got some sort of kick out of it. Was he doing just to make everyone feel embarrassed or is he doing some sick perverted fantasy? Either way she had to talk with him.
Hinata fidgeted in her seat, cheeks flushed and catching Ino's attention immediately. "By your expression I'm guessing he gave Naruto one as well." They didn't have to hear the answer. Seeing Hinata's red face was enough to tell them that the hyper active blonde had also received a book.
"Y-Yes, Kakashi has been giving them to Naruto since he was eighteen." She told them and the three girls sat there dumbfounded.
"Just what is wrong with Kakashi?" Sakura was the first to recover, a frown on her face as she ran a hand through her hair. Now she really had to have a talk with Kakashi, and made she'll make time to have one with Naruto. She didn't need him thinking that you had to do everything that was in that book.
"Um...I-I know it sounds bad but Naruto explained that Kakashi was just trying to help him for when we..." Hinata trailed off, her face practically glowing at this point.
Ino understood instantly. "For when you guys had sex?" she grinned and Hinata nearly fainted. "I guess since it's Naruto he'll need all the help he can get." Now that she thought about it maybe it was a good thing Sai got the book as well. Growing up in Root made him very sheltered and she now wondered if he hadn't had the book would she have had to explain things to him.
"Now things are starting to make sense," Tenten sighed, taking a bite out of her cake and smiling. "I'm betting the guys went to Kakashi to ask for advice."
"You think so?" Ino crossed her arms and thought about it. "Make sense," it was sad but true that the guys they were dating probably didn't know what to do when the first time came so who better to go to than a guy who reads about it every day. "I don't hear you mentioning anything, Sakura." The blonde set her sights on her best friend who seemed shocked that the attention was now on her. "So tell me did Kiba receive a book as well or is he an expert in the sack as he is with dog training." She wiggled her eyebrows, trying to get a stir from her best friend.
Sakura felt her cheeks heat up, embarrassed by the way Ino asked a question. "If he received a book as well I wouldn't know and as for sleeping together, we haven't." She answered, keeping her focus on her treats. She knew Ino and where this conversation was going to go and right now she wished she had just stayed home.
"You haven't done anything?" Ino sat there, a blank expression on her face. "What?!" both she and Tenten all but jumped out of their seats at this piece of information while Hinata just sat there. "What do you mean you guys haven't done anything?" the two girls were bewildered. They thought for sure with Kiba's personality he and Sakura would have done it by done.
"It means I'm still a virgin." Sakura mumbled, really wishing her two friends would calm down. They were starting to attract attention.
"But how?" Ino felt like pulling her hair out. "At the festival last week you two were all over each other. There wasn't a time when I didn't catch you guys making out."
Tenten nodded in agreement. "Not to mention how territorial he is over you. The only time I've seen Kiba not touch you is when he's out of the village."
Sakura blushed. It was true that her boyfriend was a lot more hands on than most guys but she didn't mind. She started dating Kiba a year ago, they had gone to see the firework show with all their friends and along the way the two got separated from the group. They hadn't minded and continued to enjoy the activities with just the two of them together. It had been during the showing of the fireworks when things started to heat up. All she did was turn her head to look at him, she had been wanting to compliment how the fireworks were, when she caught him staring at her. A smile on his face as he looked into her green eyes and it made her smile in return. It didn't take long for the two of them to kiss and from there he asked her to be with him. From that moment on the two had been inseparable as a couple. They were always together, either going out on dates or just hanging out at each other's houses. As of right now Kiba was currently on a mission, which was why she was out with her friends alone and didn't have him with her. Even if she was just hanging out with the girls he would always manage to pop up and get in a few moments of hugging and kissing. "It's not that we don't want to it's just complicated."
"Complicated how?" Ino raised an eyebrow, not understanding what her friend was saying. "Does he have some sort of weird fetish that you're not comfortable with?" she wondered if the guy only got turned on if the girl was wearing dog ears and a tail. Or maybe he kept Akamaru in the room with them and Sakura was too shy to perform in front of a dog.
Once again Sakura blushed and nearly knocked over her drink. "It isn't anything like that," she all but cried out. Never once as Kiba asked her to do anything weird or uncomfortable. "He doesn't have a weird fetish," she answered but in the back of her mind she was a little worried. "At least I hope he doesn't." maybe before she talked with Kakashi and Naruto she should have a talk with her boyfriend first about a couple of things. "Look having sex for an Inuzuka is different than other people. When they do it it's permanent."
"Permanent?" Ino and Tenten exchanged looks. They didn't understand where this was going.
"As in for life. When an Inuzuka mates it's with only that one person." Sakura explained, now hoping they would drop it and not scream anymore.
"It's true," Hinata spoke up, hoping to add to help her friends understand better. "Kiba told us before that in his family he can only have one partner in life."
"Ok, now things make sense," Ino sighed and calmed herself down. Now she finally got why her best friend and boyfriend of over a year haven't done anything. "If you guys do it then you're basically getting engaged."
"So does this mean you're having seconds thoughts about being with Kiba?" Tenten wondered as the thought hit her. If they were waiting this long then maybe the two weren't happy with each other.
"No, not at all," Sakura quickly brushed away those ideas. She didn't want her friends thinking she wasn't happy in her relationship when she really was. She loved Kiba with all her heart and if a rumor started that she wanted to breakup it wouldn't take long for it to reach Kiba and cause a whole mess of problems. "We've talked about this before and we both agreed that we're not ready to get married." She loved the guy but she was young and the two of them still had a lot of things they wanted to do before they had a family. Which by the way Tsume, Kiba's mother, had described when she had given Sakura a lectured about dating an Inuzuka would happen faster than she would think.
"So you guys haven't done anything? At all?" Ino was still finding this hard to believe. She's seen to the two when they're together and it was pretty hot and heavy. How were they dealing with it?
This time Sakura was the one fidgeting in her seat. "Well not nothing per say. We've done a few things that don't count as mating." Yes, there were a few activities they could do together without them accidentally getting engaged. After all she was a young woman in her twenties with a smoking-hot boyfriend. She had needs too.
"So until you guys decide to get married you won't be doing anything?" Tenten asked and Sakura nodded. "You know that's kind of sweet. It made sound a little old fashion but at least you never have to worry about him cheating on you."
"Kiba will probably ask when he feels your ready," Hinata added in, a smile on her face. "He really loves you and I'm sure when the time is right he'll ask you." Sakura smiled back at Hinata. She wasn't going to lie, she's had a few fantasies about her and Kiba getting married.
Ino nodded in agreement. "That's true but I'm betting not being experienced means you must really suck at seduction missions."
"Seduction missions?" Sakura gulped and looked uncomfortable. This was not how she wanted the conversation to go.
"I gotta say it's true. Before Lee and I did anything I was terrible at those missions but after we did it my body was a lot more relaxed." Tenten explained, recalling the past seduction missions she's down.
"Same here," Ino nodded, thinking back to her own missions. "Before I used to be so stiff but after Sai and I got together I was a lot better. Shizune says it has something to do with our psyche. Going out on one without doing something can make you nervous and scared but after you do get down and dirty your mind knows what to do and you can perform a lot better. And I don't just mean out on missions." She sent the three girls a wink and giggled.
Hinata blushed but couldn't help but nod in agreement. "I'll admit I'm still nervous but knowing that I was with Naruto I'm a bit more confident with using my body for the mission." She'll admit she didn't like going on those missions but Naruto assured her that she was beautiful and she should use her looks to her advantage. It didn't mean he liked the missions any better but he understood and did all he could to cheer her up.
"So spill it, billboard brow. How long does it take before you target realizes you're not as good as you're trying to pretend?" the three girls looked at their pink haired friend, waiting to hear some of her stories and examples.
"Uh...?" Sakura sat there. She didn't know what she was supposed to say. "I guess I'll have to tell them the truth." She gulped down her nerves and told them the truth. "I've never been on a seduction mission." There she told them. She told them the truth and turned away, waiting for the screams that were sure to come.
"What!?" there they were. The screams of her friends, even Hinata had joined in at this point.
"And why the hell not?" Ino crossed her arms and didn't look to pleased. "Is this because you're Last Tsunade's apprentice?"
Tenten frowned, "That is totally unfair. We all have to go on them and you shouldn't be shown any favors."
Hinata didn't want to say anything but she agreed. She found it unfair when they all hated doing those missions but she didn't have too.
Sakura knew this would happen and it was why she had kept it a secret for so long. "Lady Tsunade isn't showing me any favoritism. I'm just not allowed to go on any because I'm dating Kiba."
"And what the hell does that guy have to do with this?" Ino tapped her foot, showing all how annoyed she was. She didn't like this. She hated going out on those missions but somehow her best friend had gotten a jail out of free card.
"Because in the Inuzuka clan going out on a mission like that is considered cheating," Sakura had to explain it to them fast before things got out of hand and her friends started a riot. "If I were to go out on a mission like that then it would be the same as saying I was done with Kiba. His clan wouldn't accept us dating anymore and he wouldn't be allowed to see me." She didn't mention the fact that Kiba would probably freak out if he ever found out she went on a mission like that. He didn't like it when other guys check her out so her going on a mission where she had to use her body to get information would have the guy running made with rage and jealously.
"So just because you're with him you get to skip out on seduction missions?" Tenten understood the reasoning but that didn't mean she liked it. In fact it annoyed her even more.
"But I thought all kunoichi were assigned to them once they turned twenty-one?" Hinata asked. The minute she had turned that age she had a conversation with Tsunade about what she was now expected to do now that she was at an appropriate age where her mind could understand what she was doing.
"They are but I started dating Kiba a little after I turned twenty-one so Tsunade was forced to take my name of the list." Sakura explained. She had the same talk with Tsunade a few days after she turned twenty-one about those missions and if one became available that they felt she was capable of handling she would have no choice but to go out on one. But one month later she had starting dating Kiba and after having his clan's customs explained she learned as long as she was with him she would never go on a seduction mission.
Ino didn't like this one bit. Yes, she understood the reasoning and maybe some of it made sense to her but she still wasn't happy about it. "So you can't out on a seduction mission, like the rest of the kunoichi in the village because you're dating Kiba?"
Sakura nodded, "If I used my body to try and seduce another man they would look at it like I was cheating and out relationship would be over." She had to admit she did find some their laws and traditions a little strange. Having sex means your engaged, seduction missions were considered cheating, and to be annoyed about the constant attention and affection meant you didn't love them anymore. Honestly sometimes those rules gave her a headache.
Once she had been prepping to perform surgery when Kiba came in and wouldn't stop touching her. She liked it, hell she loved it when he touched her, but she had to focus so she could properly prepare for the surgery. She had yelled at him to stop and go away but he had taken it as if she wanted to break up. He had walked away looking depressed and defeated, and not even an hour later Tsume had come charging in just before she was about to start the surgery. After explaining to the enraged woman that believed she had broken her son's heart she had talked with Kiba and the two agreed he wouldn't bother her so much at the hospital if she was taking care of patients.
"So as long as you're not using your body then you're good?" she asked and Sakura nodded, looking apprehensive. Where was Ino going with this. "Perfect. Then I know exactly what to do." She didn't waste any time and took off running with Sakura. Her grip on her best friend was strong as they went speeding off to the Hokage Tower.
"Why do I get the feeling this is just going to cause trouble." Sakura groaned but let the blonde lead her to the tower. She had a pretty good idea what Ino was planning and she only hoped it wouldn't cause too much damage.