Disclaimer: Not mine. Oh joy.
Warnings: Language, het, Sakura beating up on Naruto…again.
"Oi, bastard! Wait up!" Naruto hurried after his dark-haired teammate. Of course, they weren't really teammates anymore, seeing as they'd both made Chuunin soon after Sasuke's forced return, but the old hag still assigned the three of them—Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke—to the same missions, still left them under the all too cheerful guidance of the Copy-nin.
Sasuke didn't say anything, but he slowed his stride minutely and allowed Naruto to catch up with him. Naruto didn't even bother with subtlety, getting straight to his point.
"What's up with Sakura?" Naruto exploded, running his hands through his spiky hair in frustration. "She's been acting funny all day long." Sasuke blinked, then scowled and turned away.
"Are you really that stupid?" he huffed. Naruto bristled at the insult, but waited for the other teen to explain. "She likes someone, obviously." Naruto looked shocked.
"But I thought—You and she—what the hell do you mean, she likes someone?"
Sasuke growled through his teeth, "Do I have to spell it out for you, dead-last? Kakashi-sensei—Where are you going, moron?"
Naruto refused to answer that, because he had something more important to do. He hated to admit it, but Sasuke had given him an wonderful idea. Obviously Kakashi-sensei would know what was going on with Sakura!
The 19-year-old ran straight to his teacher's apartment, ignoring the various shouts and curses directed at him and ducking the rotting fish thrown at his head. It wasn't his fault the stupid cat was sleeping right where his foot needed to be, really it wasn't!
Naruto finally reached the block of buildings where the Copy-nin lived, and only a few seconds later he was pounding on the door. He heard a muffled female voice call out for him to wait a minute, then the wooden barrier was swung aside by none other than….Sakura?!?!
Before he could stop himself, his eyes traveled down to the oversized t-shirt she was wearing…with nothing else underneath. His eyes widened. Already starting to panic, Naruto forced his eyes back up in time to see Sakura's fist heading straight towards his nose.
Oh SHIT, Naruto thought, and then his head snapped backwards, followed by the rest of his body. He bounced several times before landing in a crumpled heap in the middle of the street.
Sakura snickered. It was cute that he was worried about her, but interrupting her when she was busy was simply inexcusable. She turned and smiled when she felt a chin on her shoulder.
"Oh, poor Naruto-kun," Kakashi chuckled. "I wonder why he showed up outside my door?"
Sakura laughed. "You know exactly why he did, and don't you deny it!"
Eye curved into a happy crescent, Kakashi nodded. "Yup! And remind me, next time you get angry at me, to run far, far away. You're a scary woman, love."
"I'll take that as a compliment—this time. Now, where were we…."