Here is the second chapter of Rippling Waters! And once I catch up to the place where I was in the older version I will probably delete it. Just in case you wanted to know… Please read and review 3

Naruto - Talking and the story

Naruto - Thoughts or flashbacks

Naruto - Inners talking or loud yelling

Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me desu….

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Chapter two - Let's go on holiday!

Naruto and Sakura went inside Tsunade's office to see the rest of Rookie Nine and Team Gai seated.

"Good morning Hinata-chan!" Naruto shouted. He saw Sakura mouth 'You're in love!' before she went to sit with the other girls. The shinobi turned a faint pink at her words.

"Good morning to you too Naruto-kun." the white-eyed girl greeted with a faint blush on her face. Although the girl had stopped stuttering when she talking but she blushed a lot when other people talked to her, especially when a certain male with blonde her and blue eyes talked to her.

"Neh, does anyone know why we're here?" Ino piped up. Everyone shook their heads. After waiting for a few moments the Godaime (spelling?) arrived and seated herself behind her desk.

Everyone straightened up and faced the blonde woman.

"I have asked all of you to come here today because I have some very important news." she said gravely.

She remained silent for a moment while everyone wondered what the 'important news' was.

Tsunade grinned at the twelve of them. "Since you guys have been working so hard these past few months I have decided to give all of you a two-month holiday at a hot springs resort!" she exclaimed happily.

The four girls squealed in delight while they started talking about the trip. Most of the boys remained silent.

"Is this mandatory?" Sasuke asked the Hokage.

Tsunade smirked evilly. "Yup, I even made it into a mission; and if you don't you will be punished."

"Punished?" Neji spoke up.

"If you don't go then I will ban you from missions for two months AND I will personally beat you into a pulp." she cackled.

Everyone in the room backed away from the laughing woman while Sakura sighed.

"Tsunade-sama did you drink sake again?" the rosette demanded.

"Um… no?"

Sakura grabbed the sake bottle that Tsunade was trying to hide. "You should not be drinking in the office." she said.

"MY SAKE!" the Hokage shouted dramatically as she cried anime-style.

"Go and pack tonight and meet up at the entrance gates by nine tomorrow morning. Make sure you are NOT LATE." Tsunade instructed.

"Dismissed."

Everyone left the room leaving Tsunade by herself.

"Finally some peace and quiet…" she sighed. "Now where's my sake?"

"Wait… SAKURA TOOK IT!"

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With the shinobi…

"Yes!" Lee jumped up and down in excitement. "I get to go on a holiday and make youthful memories with my youthful cherry blossom!"

Sakura twitched when she heard Lee call her 'his cherry blossom.'

Sasuke stopped himself from glaring at the spandex-clad boy. "Sakura-san!"

Lee stood in front of the green-eyed girl. "Sakura-san, will you please be my youthful girlfriend?"

Sasuke stiffened as he thought of ways to torment the over-youthful boy. 'Will she say yes?'

Sakura paused and smiled gently. "Im sorry Lee, but I can't be your girlfriend."

"Why?!" Lee cried. "Am I too unyouthful for you?! I must run 500 laps around Konoha to make myself more youthful!"

Everyone watched as Lee sped off into the distance until he became a mere dot.

"Lee just doesn't get it. He it TOO youthful." TenTen said sweat-dropping. Everyone silently agreed with her.

The girls said good-bye to the guys as they headed home to pack.

"So," Naruto said as the seven of them walked together. "What do you think about this… trip?"

"Hn." the two ice-cubes said.

"Mendokusei." Shikamaru stated.

"Munch munch." Chouji um… munched?

Shino remained silent.

"It'll be awesome. We have two months off!" Kiba exclaimed.

"Someone finally said something!" Naruto said dramatically while the boys (minus Shikamaru and Kiba) glared at him.

The blonde laughed. "Well I have to go home and pack my supply of ramen because we're going on holiday!" he said as he ran off.

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Sakura..

Sakura walked back home by herself while she thought about Lee's .. proposal earlier. She giggled and then she sighed as she kicked a pebble around.

"Lee-san is such a sweet and nice, caring guy… I sort of feel guilty for turning him down…" the pink-haired girl watched as the small pebble bounced away.

"Too bad my heart was already taken by somebody else…" she whispered. (Guess who it is? Sasuke no duh XD)

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Somewhere else…

"MY SAKE!" a voice shouted as a chair flew through the window and hit an innocent boy who was walking past the Hokage Tower.

Shizune rushed to the open window to see who the unfortunate victim was.

"Oh my! Are you alright Naruto-kun!" she called.

"I'm alright." he said as he fainted.

"Mmm… ramen…." he mumbed in his sleep.

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So… that was the second chapter? Did you like it?? I hope you did… Please review and I will be happy ^^ and it tends to make me update faster…

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