This is set during Shippuden.
B is for Biscuit: Brita small, flat, dry, crunchy, sweet or plain cake of many varieties baked from a dough. US and Canadian wordcookie. (As I'm English, it's a biscuit. ^^)
A puff of black smoke billowed from the oven, and a certain pinkette withdrew from the kitchen, coughing. The smell of burning biscuits filled the house, and Sakura was thankful that there was no one around to witness her failure at baking. It wasn't her fault that she wasn't the best cook in the world; she was a kunoichi, most of her spare time was taken up by training or hitting Naruto. All of this led to very little time for learning how to cook.
Ino was walking towards the Hokage tower with Chouji and Shikamaru to report back from the mission that they had just returned from when she smelt the scent of burning coming from a house on her left. She glanced towards it, and recognized it as Sakura's house. A quick check for chakra signatures told her that Sakura was the only one in there and, her curiosity piqued, she left Chouji and Shikamaru to deal with the Fifth Hokage themselves.
"Hello? Sak-" She broke off into a coughing fit when she entered the kitchen, her eyes watering. "Sakura! What the hell is going on in here?" Sakura emerged from underneath the table.
"It hates me!" Ino frowned.
"Uh, what hates you? And why were you underneath the table?"
"The oven started… exploding. I hid under here." Ino replaced the frown with a look of apprehension as she glanced at the oven. She carefully walked over to it and prised it open with a kunai she had pulled from her pouch. More smoke billowed out from it, and Ino was lost in the thick cloud.
"Sakura, what did you do?" Ino choked out, retreating to underneath the table, where Sakura had dived under as soon as Ino had taken out her kunai.
"I was just making some biscuits! I had a load of flour that needed using up. And I was bored."
"Sakura-chan, no offence but you are not a good cook. What made you think that this would be a good idea?"
"Hey, Ino-pig! I am not a bad cook!" Ino arched an eyebrow.
"Oh really? Then explain this," she retorted, gesturing to the oven. Sakura hung her head in defeat. At that moment the door opened and Naruto appeared underneath the table. From her position, Ino could also see Sai.
"Hello Naruto. Hello Sai," Ino said. Sakura nodded at them.
"Um… okay, I have a lot of questions, but I'm guessing that the oven is gonna explode soon, so how about we get out of here?" Sakura turned to Naruto, and then looked at the oven. It seemed to be bulging, and even more smoke was coming from it.
"Okay," she quickly agreed and all four of them soon tumbled out of the small kitchen and out in to the sunny streets of Konoha. A few citizens swerved to avoid them, but otherwise did not look surprised. They were used to the odd antics of the shinobi in their village, and so therefore were not surprised when four teenagers poured onto the streets, one of whom was covered in flour and another covered in black smoke. The shinobi ran as fast as they could away from the house (which is pretty damn fast) and ended up underneath the Hokage's tower.
"Okay. Question time. Why the hell are you covered in flour Sakura? And why were the both of you hiding underneath the table? Plus why was the oven about to blow up?" asked Naruto once he had caught his breath, wheeling round and eying the two still panting kunoichi.
"Umm… well, I had some spare flour and spare time, so I decided to make some biscuits."
"That explains the flour, but not the other two questions."
"Actually, the fact that Sakura was cooking explains a great deal," interrupted Sai, cutting across Sakura who had opened her mouth to speak. She closed it again and turned to Sai, a deadly look entering her eyes.
"What. Did. You. SAY?!" She yelled, clenching her fist and pumping it full of chakra. Sai eyed it warily.
"N… nothing." Sakura released her hand and smiled at Sai.
"Good. Now let's keep it that way."
"So… Bill-board brow, I have to go. I left Shikamaru and Chouji to report to Hokage-sama. I have to go now, or who knows what mood she'll be in later." With that, Ino sped off.
"Um… Sakura… do you… uh, you don't have to agree or anything, but I was wondering if…" Naruto trailed off.
"What, Naruto?"
"Well, did you want some cooking lessons? I don't just completely live off ramen, you know." There was shocked silence.
"You… can cook?" asked Sakura, shocked.
"Yes. Why is everyone surprised by this?" There was more silence.
"BAKA! All those times you made me cook on missions when you were perfectly capable! CHA!" Sakura punched Naruto and sent him flying. Sai took one look at the furious kunoichi's fist, before slipping off. He may not understand emotions, but he did understand that staying near Sakura when she was in angry mode was never a good idea. Sakura straightened up and looked around, but there was no one there. Shrugging, she went back to her apartment. She had a kitchen to tidy.
A/N: Meh. Not so happy with this ending. But I was stuck for months, so the fact that it's finished at all is a miracle.
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