Author's note: Hey readers! I like to thank you for selecting my story to occupy your time and hopefully will entertain you in return! I was always curious about writing fanfiction. I mean it's fun to read it, right right right? So why not write?! HA so yes this is my first entry (how exciting huh), but I implore you all to tell me how you feel reading my story because I'm not writing for myself, necessarily, but for you.

The only pairing this story has is Kakayama. I have no specific pairing in mind for Naruto so it's up to you readers. Enjoy ;)

Disclaimer: Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto

Miles from Konohagakure, or the Village Hidden in the Leaves, evergreen trees surrounded a camp holding two teams, some already inside the wooden inn, with curved roofs parallel to the home village's architecture, and a notably few sitting around a lit fire. The luminous crescent above silently observed as winds died down as if they stopped to eavesdrop.

The sixteen-year-old blond, sitting on a log, looked straight then to his right before resting his arm on his knee and holding his face. He was truly curious. Something was on his mind, something that clearly manifested into a restless look that roused the dark-haired man in green.

"What is it, Naruto?" Guy, the man in green also famously known as the green beast, asked.

Naruto look to his right to see Guy sensei, next to him was Captain Yamato, and straight in front of him was Kakashi sensei. Whatever was on his mind, it was something he wanted the opinion of all three. He grumbled a bit while preparing to answer.

With downcast eyes, Naruto replied in a lower-tone,

"This might be stupid to ask but…how do you know if you're in love?"

He didn't receive a response right away and looked up to see three men all wearing contrasting faces: Guy shown interest, Yamato was skeptical, and Kakashi seemed indifferent yet intended in listening.

"Ah my boy. You have fallen for someone, have you?" Guy crossed his arms, smiling. "To be young and in love!" He nodded, showing content. "Saying the word love is actually easier than to experience it. Tell me, what has pushed you to the arms of Cupid?"

"Cupid...who?" Naruto asked, unable to connect the analogy.

"Ha what he means is, what's making you ask this all of a sudden, Naruto?" The brunet captain explained, relaxing his posture.

"Oh right...Well...I've always wondered…when you like someone a lot, what do you do about it? I mean, what do you even do with them?" Naruto continued, rubbing the back of his head to drain the nervousness.

"Hmm," Guy held his chin, "Well there are many ways to pursue love such as showing how much you loved someone by proving it. Yes," Guy becoming passionate by the second," You can prove it by doing one-handed stand-ups five thousand times while balancing on a log crashing through harsh waves of the vengeful ocean."

The company sweated nervously as they watched Guy tearing up, deep into his elaborate and quite frankly, what no sane person wanted to do, fantasies.

"Uhh no thanks…" Naruto held his hands in refusal.

"So, what really is it?" The silver-haired man finally spoke.

Though Kakashi spoke in a light-tone, it did not disguise the seriousness, and for this, Naruto clasped his hands together and sighed.

"I sometimes think about someone. But when I think about her, another person comes to mind and she has always bought the best out of me. Well both do, I guess…No they do. And I don't know…I do care about the first girl, possibly more…I'm not sure…But both girls made me wonder about….about...um -"

"You're curious about sex." Kakashi finished.

Naruto gulped and nodded.

"Well, it's okay to ask, right? Like…you all have done it, right?" Naruto asked, raising his voice.

He looked at the men before selecting whom to ask further.

Locking on his target, Naruto looked at the almond-eyed man.

"Captain Yamato! I bet you still remember your first time!" Naruto asked.

"Huh? Me?" Yamato pointed to himself with a raised eyebrow.

Naruto nodded once more, fully attentive at what his substitute sensei had to say.

Looking at the eager boy, and knowing how stubborn Naruto was, Yamato shrugged his shoulders and finally responded, pointing to his left, "It was with Kakashi senpai."

Naruto eyes grew big as he held in an "ehhh?!" Instead he asked, "w-when?"

"Oh. Yesterday."

That's when Naruto lost it, wide-eyed and jaw open to the ground as he boomed:

"EEHHH?!" WHAT!"

"Hahaha. Naruto, relax. It was a joke." Yamato enjoyed how easy it was to toy with the gullible blond.

Naruto laughed nervously with an "Oh" and return to his original posture.

"So who was it really, Captain Yamato?" Naruto asked again.

"Hm? Oh, no I wasn't lying about that, Naruto." Yamato replied, still amused by Naruto's reaction.

"WHAT?!"

"Oi, Naruto, keep it down. You don't want to cause a disturbance." Kakashi warned, unfazed by the ongoing conversation.

"O-oh. Sorry. So…" Naruto closed his eyes and started to resemble a fox, mouth twisted at the corners, "Is the whole you calling sensei 'senpai' and him calling you this 'Tenzō' pet names in bed?"

This Tenzō grew anger marks on his head while resisting knocking Naruto on the head and Kakashi, if one looks closely, was holding in laughter.

"It's times like these you wish Sakura were here…," the annoyed captain thought as he scowled at the shameless punk.

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Meanwhile in the inn:

"What is it, Sakura?" Tenten asked as she noticed Sakura stopped midway in her conversation and looked as if she was listening onto something.

The pink haired kunoichi, shook her head, looked to her friend, and replied, "I don't know…but I think I'm going to kick Naruto's butt tomorrow."

Tenten smiled nervously and the girls resumed their talks.

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Naruto put his hands up in defense, chuckled, and apologized. He didn't want to get on the captain's bad side and be haunted for the rest of eternity.

Imagine waking up fully refreshed and feeling alive. As soon as you turn your head and catch the sight at the wall, Captain Yamato's face, embedded in the wooden wall, was staring back at you with murderous intent

Naruto's nervousness dissolved completely as sincere curiosity replaced it.

"So, when?" The blond was strangely interested as he barely knew his sensei's past and this was his chance of learning something.

Yamato looked at Kakashi for any sign of stopping before he continued. Not receiving any sign to end Naruto's questioning, the brunet replied,

"It was when we were teenagers. In those times, we were issued with intense missions that can kill you or break you. Having any distractions of any sorts during a mission could cost you your life, your whole squad, and your village's security.

To prevent any of that, we would get rid of any distraction before missions and because senpai and I trusted each other not to build any deep connection from it… well, I think you get the picture, Naruto."

The brunet finished, looking for any signs of Naruto understanding.

"Sorry but I don't think this helps you figuring out what is love." Yamato half-smiled.

Naruto nodded in understanding and returned the smile.

"Well I'm going to call it a night, now. See you all in the morning." Kakashi got up and headed to the shelter.

After a few seconds, Captain Yamato got up and gave his farewell to the company and followed in the same direction as the silver-haired nin.

Naruto wasn't the least bit tired at all. He looked at Guy and noticed the man looking troubled.

"Now it's my turn to ask. What's wrong, bushier brows sensei?"

"Well, my boy, " Guy started, "You may think you heard a quick and simple confession that wouldn't help you understand love. But what the captain said was only the surface. "He pointed to himself, smiling with his teeth. "I know the true story behind those two men and it is a story that teaches how love endures time and adversity. "

Naruto eager to finally getting his answer sat up straight and gave his full attention to the bushier browed gentleman. "Mhmm I'm listening."

As Guy prepared to begin his tale, the winds pick up speed, bringing forth clouds to hide the silent crescent as if it was not allowed to witness.

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The interior of the inn was designed minimalistic with torches in selected spots. In the center, one can see a healthy columnar oak tree reaching the roof.

The second floor, accessible by the two stairways on the corners of the house, held the rooms of the three guardians and fellow comrades.

Neji, Lee, Sai, and Naruto shared a single room, Sakura and Tenten shared another room, and Guy took the room in between the boy's and girl's rooms to act as a barrier (and to prevent any peeping toms); all three rooms placed north.

Kakashi took the room on the west side and Yamato on the east.

One particular room on the right contains a restless man, twisting his head while deep in thought. Yamato looked to the branches of leaves he allowed to grow in his room and rubbed the smooth elliptic leave by his bedside.

Little did he know, he wasn't the only one having difficulty sleeping as what was on his mind was on his senpai's mind as well: the past.

Author's Note: So I'm watching the world cup while looking over this chapter, and I think I've fallen for this particular Portuguese futbol player… HAHA kidding! Anyways I have yet to determine a schedule when I will write and upload the next chapters so stay tuned and, again, thank you :3