I thought I had this brilliant plot outline this afternoon...and at thought that I should write it at some point today (I was so excited that I squealed)...and then I completely forgot what plot I had in mind. BUT! Then it came back to me after a few moments of depression. So here it is, the beginning bit. Please enjoy!
On the less cool side, I haven't really developed a catchy summary yet, so if you thought my summary was horrendous, I'm very sorry...I'll improve!
Team 7 can be described as the most unconventional team. At one point, they lost a member and gained one and a half later on. After some time they regained their lost member and numbers were boosted into five or six depending on how one looked at the team formation. Yamato was there half of the time considering he still had to take care of ANBU duties, while Sai became a full time member training with the team and sharing half pain Naruto goes through everyday from punches given by their only female teammate.
It would be ironic to say that the team was close knit. Sakura would serve as the one who made sure that everyone smile and was healthy; Naruto would do his job in making sure that everyone likes ramen; Sai would give everyone a reality check on how they should convey their emotions according to his books; Sasuke just stands there being cool; Yamato does his best to make sure everyone gets along; and last but not least the team leader Kakashi will make sure that he gets his daily fix of Icha Icha. While everyone was busy training, Yamato and Kakashi would sit beneath a tree, both reading completely different materials.
"Kakashi-senpai, I have a small request." Yamato, polite as ever to his senior.
"Hm, I'm listening." Kakashi hummed as he flipped another page, his visible eye looked up for a second to check on everyone's progress.
"Well, you see, I'm this age and I've been thinking…wouldn't it be nice to go out every now and then with someone nice. Everyone else in ANBU I know are really busy since they're devoted to their duties, not that I'm not, but I kind of want a…" He paused for a second to think of the word.
"Girlfriend." Kakashi finished it for him.
"Ah, yes, senpai." He laughed nervously.
"I hear Anko's quite free." The silver haired jounin suggested carelessly unaware of the sudden depressed aura beside him.
"No no, I have someone in mind. I think you know her the best, so I've come to ask you if you can get her to come on a date with me." He laughed off the depressed aura.
"Who's this?" Putting away his book, he knew exactly who Yamato meant but this was such the perfect time for some teasing.
"Well…" The dark haired man's eyes darted towards the area where the other four team members trained and back again at his companion.
"Tell me when I'm getting close. Sai? No no no, Sasuke. No, it has to be…" The boyish smirk lay hidden beneath the mask.
"Yes, senpai!"
"Naruto!" His gloved hand shot up and his index finger pointed towards the blond.
"It's Sakura, senpai!" Yamato slapped down the hand pointing awkwardly at the blond in a distance, who was too busy sparring with his partner to notice.
"Yare yare, I'm sorry, I had other guesses too, but I guess I can't keep guessing." Just how many times did he have to put the word 'guess' into one sentence, he didn't know but it sounded fun.
After a while, the four came over to join the two men under the tree for some lunch after which training continued followed by a series of declarations. Naruto declared his love for ramen, Sai declared his love for art, Sasuke declared his love for not being bothered by anyone; the three would then walk off looking as if they just had a childish argument. Sakura would follow them, saying that she would go check out the hospital or something.
But today was different. Sakura was the first to run off as she forgot to do some paper work at the hospital. After a subtle nudge from Kakashi, Yamato ran off claiming that he had to do his ANBU duty, followed by Sai and Sasuke. Naruto was about to run off, but was stopped by a hand of his shoulder.
"Naruto, do you have any plans this evening? Want one round of sparring?" The jonin's visible eye creased up a bit. "We haven't sparred for a long time."
"Sure, Kakashi-sensei."
The one round of sparring went on and on. An hour later, Naruto's stomach was already demanding ramen. He leaped up and decided to finish the spar with a final blow – Naruto Rendan, new and improved. The clones shot up into the sky unnoticed by the jonin and kicks and punches rained down. After the dust and smoke cleared, Kakashi seemed worse for wear, his hair stuck out more messily than usual, he wobbled slightly before collapsing onto the floor. Sensing an emergency, Naruto summoned another batch of clones and carried the man to the hospital.
After half an hour of pacing up and down the corridor nervously, the door finally opened. His female teammate stood in the doorway slightly out of breath as she wiped some sweat off her forehead.
"He's fine, you just knocked him to hard that's all. Still, I'm surprised that you managed to hit him, normally he's invincible." She arched her brow slightly, turning around to check if it really is her former sensei.
"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan. He asked me to spar with him and I got really hungry so I thought I'd finish things off quickly. I didn't know he'd get hit so badly."
"He's fine, just let him rest up." A third voice joined them, belonging only to one person – the Hokage. "I guess you won't be training much for the next few days, I just sent Yamato on a mission. Sakura, you'll be in charge of taking care of him."
"Hai, Tsunade-sama." The pink haired girl nodded sharply, returning to her patient.
"I'll go then, Sakura-chan, see you tomorrow." The door slid shut again, leaving the two alone.
"Just what were you and Yamato doing under the tree pointing at us this morning, sensei. What's gotten into you, are you really growing old?" She muttered to no one in particular, not noticing the small smile beneath the mask.
There, that's the 'first chapter'. I'm hoping I can get 5 chapters or something on this, since I have been writing long shots lately (writing that 10 chapter fanfic really wore me out, but worry not, I'm recovering fast, I'm fully refreshed and full of energy!).
Feel free to drop me a message or review about it, I welcome all forms of comments/messages for fanfic battery recharge! Thanks!
