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Inappropriate

Rating: T

The sun shone on a team of shinobi, as they took a break from their training. Sakura swallowed a mouthful of water from her bottle, wiping away the beads of sweat on her forehead. She had been sparring against Sasuke, who had not gone easy on her. The last Uchiha had grown extremely powerful over the years he had spent away with Orochimaru. He had Sakura dodging, ducking and jumping like a mad woman in order to escape his attacks.

"That was intense." The pink haired medic huffed as she walked over to the tree where Naruto and Sai sat. She slid down next to the blonde and leaned back against the tree, closing her eyes as she did.

"Hn," Sasuke grunted in answer.

Sakura smiled. After all these years he was still the same.

"It's warm," Naruto complained. "Can't we call it for today, Kakashi-sensei?" The young man had not changed much either over the years. He still added the honorable suffix to the silver haired man's name, despite that it had been over ten years since Kakashi had last taught them anything.

"No, Naruto. We can't," the former teacher answered from where he was sitting on a fallen tree across from the others.

"Why not?" Naruto queried, dragging out the words.

"Because, you'll never become Hokage if you don't start taking your training seriously," the current leader of the village stated.

Naruto scoffed as he crossed his arms over his chest. He locked his eyes childishly on the sky for a moment, before he got bored and turned his head towards Sakura. She still had her eyes closed. Her chest was heaving in a steady rhythm, showing the intensity of her spar with Sasuke.

Naruto watched as a single drop of sweat ran down her temple, only to travel down her neck where her hair stuck to her skin. The woman's hair was still short and the same colour that reminded the blonde of raspberries and spring. It reached to the middle of her neck, curling slightly at the ends from the moisture in the air.

"Hey, Sakura-chan. What is that on your throat?" the blonde suddenly asked as he poked the dark spot half hidden behind her pink locks.

Sakura flinched, as she felt Naruto touch her skin. "It's nothing, Naruto. Probably just some dirt," she assured him, swatting at his hand.

Naruto frowned. "Let me see."

"No, it's nothing," the girl argued, trying on a new tactic that involved pushing him away with her right hand, as she held on to her throat with the other one for dear life.

"Is that a hickey?" Naruto shouted, as he finally managed to remove her hand. "It is!" He confirmed even louder. "Kakashi-sensei gave you a hickey!"

Sakura blushed furiously, looking at her friend with a horrified expression, as the rest of the boys looked her way with amusement written all over their faces. Even Kakashi was smiling at her from behind his book.

"So what if he did?" Sakura snapped. "It's not like he's the first one that has ever given someone a hickey and I'm not the first one to ever receive one either. I've seen the love bites Hinata has left on your neck. Don't be a hypocrite."

Naruto blushed a little at her comment, but continued to argue. "Well, that is the biggest one I have seen in a long time anyway." He chuckled as he poked it again, causing Sakura to hiss for him to stop.

"Yes, it's quite big," Sai said with a broad smile on his lips. "I'm sure that it would manage to drag away the attention from your generous forehead if you put your hair up."

Sakura started to get up from the ground, murderous intent showing all over her flushed face.

"Cut it out, guys. Leave Sakura alone." It was Kakashi who had spoken. The tone of authority was heavy in his voice, causing everyone to shut up.

"Thank you." Sakura smiled, nodding her head towards her boyfriend.

Kakashi returned the smile. "You're welcome," the man replied, keeping himself from chuckling. "And besides, the one she gave me is even worse."

"Yeah?" Naruto laughed, as Sakura hid her face and groaned loud enough for everyone to hear.

"It sure is," Kakashi chuckled, as he continued to flip through the pages of his book.

Naruto grinned wickedly. "Can I see it?"

"No! Don't show him!" Sakura screamed. Her face quickly became ten shades darker than the shirt she wore, as she stood up from the ground, ready to stop her boyfriend if needed. Her sudden outburst of horrification caused the boys to stare at her before they turned their curious eyes back to Kakashi. Even Sasuke's interest was piqued and that was saying something.

"Don't worry, Sakura. I won't," he assured her with a wink. The girl breathed out.

"Why not?" Naruto whined. "I wanna see it!"

Kakashi smiled, lowering his book to his lap. "Because, Naruto, considering where it is placed, it would be highly inappropriate."