"No! Kurenai let me go!" Sato shouted. "Come on I don't date and you know that."
"You're going." Kurenai started to push the woman down the street.
"I don't want to!" Sato dug her heels into the dirt. "Come on Kurenai, I just got back from a mission. I just want to go home."
"Not happening."
"I'm dirty, like any guy is even going to look twice at me."
Sato had on a dark blue jumpsuit with short sleeves, and her green headband hung around her neck. She had on a long fishnet undershirt, and a kaki jacket that Anko had gotten her. Finally were her plain ninja sandals, and her weapon pouches on her right side. Her hair was short, just above her shoulders, light brown and her light blue eyes looked really annoyed.
"You look fine." Kurenai said.
"Of course I look fine! I'm a great ninja. They couldn't even think of touching me! But that doesn't change the fact that I think I'm dirty. So if you'll just let me go." Sato tried to turn and walk away. She was able to take a single step before Anko plowed her into the ground.
"You're not getting out of it this easily." Anko said while still on top of her. "We told you about this months ago. Your going whether you like it or not."
"Three guys, three girls. Big deal. Can't you just get some random girl off the street?" Sato asked.
"No we can't."
"They're late." Sato said slumping in her seat. "Nobody takes this long to get ready. Not even you Kurenai."
"It's just Kakashi. He's always late." Anko informed me. "That or Gai challenged him and now punishing himself by running laps around the village…again."
"Even better." Sato rolled her eyes. "To think that I could be sitting at home nice and clean."
"We all know you need to get out more."
"I'm perfectly happy being single thank you very much. It's not like I won't admit my feelings towards a certain smoker." She stared at Kurenai. "Now am I?"
"Shut up."
The men finally showed up, Gai, Kakashi, and Asuma. "Looks like we have Sato to join us today?" Asuma joked. "Finally come out of that hole of yours?"
"I get out plenty of times. How do you know I'm just not avoiding you?" Sato retorted. "You do ruin my image."
"I'd make you look good and you'd know it."
"You couldn't make a rock look good." Sato glared across the table at Asuma. They had always been fighting. It was just something that they did. Neither meant anything by it. They had grown up together and viewed each other as siblings.
"At least I've gone on a date."
"So?" Sato looked at Kurenai sitting next to Asuma and smirked. "Kurenai, As-." A hand was placed over her mouth.
"Thanks Gai." Asuma said.
Sato licked Gai's hand. It still didn't move. She was getting ready to bite it when he whispered in her ear. "Be nice." Then he let her go. She couldn't help but glare in his direction.
The night went on as normal, when it was time to leave Kakashi and Anko mysteriously disappeared along with Kurenai and Asuma. "See you around Gai." Sato started to walk away.
"I shall walk you home. It's dangerous for a fair maiden such as yourself to wander the village in darkness."
Sato laughed. "It's not like I'd get hurt, but if you feel that you should. Come along then."
Gai and Sato walked through mostly empty streets. Occasionally seeing a couple on their own way home or sometimes even a drunk wandering down the street. The trip was silent except for the noises of the night.
"Thanks, Gai." Sato said. "You're a true gentleman." She looked over to see him do his shining smile. She was surprised to find that it didn't blind anyone.
"If I wasn't a gentleman then I would do 300 laps around Konoha on my hands." Gai said confidently.
"Could you really do that?" Sato asked.
Before he could reply they saw Kakashi walking down the street. "Kakashi!" Gai quickly ran over to their friend. "I challenge you! First one to escort this fair maiden home wins. Loser has to do 150 laps around Konoha backwards!"
"Gai," Sato tried to say.
"So what do you say Kakashi?" Gai threw his arm around the other man.
"Gai." She tried again.
"For once Gai. I'll take your challenge." Kakashi said.
"Gai."
"I accept!"
Kakashi immediately walked across the road and stopped next to Sato. He grabbed her arm and walked her the two feet to her door. "I win."
"What!" Gai shouted. "This can't possibly be where you live."
"Yeah it is. I tried to tell you."
"You win again Kakashi." Then Gai ran down the road Sato assumed it was so he could start his laps.
