Disclaimer: The characters I'm using aren't mine, you know.

On the next day whilst training, the three suitors kept competing against each other.

Sasuke tried (many times) to (accidentally) add a permanent scar to Sakura's feminine looks.

Sakura used her make-the-enemy-look-inferior-to-you technique on Sai, which she had learned on her fangirl days.

Sai was doing his best to provoke Sasuke to use chidori, which would result to the Uchiha being thrown out of the village.

And during this epic (cat fight) battle between rivals, Naruto couldn't help but feel a bit left out. He sat under a tree with Kakashi and Yamato-sensei and wondered out loud that the three of them seemed to be getting along better nowadays.

For some reason Yamato-sensei quickly turned his head away, preventing Naruto to see his face, and Kakashi laughed.

"You think? I think it's because of you Naru-chan."

Naruto raised an eyebrow to the weird and very unmasculine nickname, then turning back to watch his teammates fight.

…who were so into the battle that they failed to notice the longing look the Kyuubi container watched them with.

-o-o-o-

The fight ended when Yamato-sensei meddled it with his weird jutsu. They glared but halted either way.

"Good work! You can go home now."

Kakashi said and closed his book (which in Sai's opinion wasn't as good as the second one of the series).

Naruto slowly stood up and started walking, but had to stop when his friends blocked his path.

"Dobe, would you…"

"Naruto, I was wondering if…"

"Do you want to have…"

They started at the same time and stopped at the same time, ready to rip the two interrupters to pieces. Naruto just looked at them confusedly. But then he remembered something.

"Sorry guys. Can this wait? It's my Neji-day."

The three of them froze to the spot. Neji-day? What the hell?

"Not like you'd notice but ever since I beat him, we've spent some time together when we can. It's usually a day in the hot springs. Neji sure likes to bathe. Eh, guys? Are you okay?"

He could almost see the foam coming out of their mouths. But why would him bathing with Neji have such an effect on them? This was just getting weird…not to mention the fact that Sasuke looking like a rabid squirrel did much to enhance his features.

With wary, cautious steps, Naruto tried to circle around the shocked people, but failed when Sasuke took a firm hold of his hand. All three slowly turned their heads and looked at Naruto with murder written in their gaze which made Naruto shiver…but he really needed to get going.

So with a loud and long shout that consisted of the word 'destiny', he startled his insane teammates. His summon call worked, as Neji placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder, bathing items ready in his hands. Naruto smiled at him and quickly left before his teammates realised what had happened.

They were left behind to plan the destruction of the Hyuuga clan.

-o-o-o-

Sakura was pissed off. Why do the baths have to be separated for men and women? Well she does get why, but that still didn't make her accept the fact that Naruto was currently bathing with Neji, Sasuke and Sai of all people.

And all she could do was to listen to them from the other side and imagine things. Pressing her ear against the fence, she heard the on going conversation.

"Do you want me to wash your back, Naruto?"

"That would be appreciated, Sai."

She unknowingly fumed along with two males.

"Eh? Sai, I think I can wash that part myself."

Loud crashes and bangs.

"Ouch. I think that was unnecessary Sasuke-kun."

"Go to hell Sai!"

"Um, Sasuke. You can let go of me now. And where did our towels disappear to."

"Uchiha! Stop holding him like that!"

More loud noises.

"Geez guys. I think you're going to have to pay for all this."

A long, seemingly awkward silence.

"I, uh, I'll be going now."

Sakura sighed in relief: Naruto made it out of there without being raped. Not that she would have let it got that far, but still.

She had lost to her rivals in the matter of Naruto's naked skin! But that wouldn't be for long, for she had a plan to have herself a private show of what lied under all the orange Naruto liked to wear.

So she asked if Naruto was willing to teach her the sexy-no-jutsu male version. Because there really wouldn't be any point on teaching a girl the girl version. And Naruto agreed, of course.

They were in the training grounds, alone (Sakura had made sure no bird, tree, sticky gormless child or insect could harm this special moment). She was taught the hand seals to the technique, but since she really wasn't interested in them, she asked if Naruto was willing to strip for her to use as a model.

Naruto just looked at her for a while; making her extremely nervous. Until he gave a small nod. Inner Sakura started doing a happy dance.

She had a hard time trying to control the blood threatening to rush out of her nose when Naruto took his jacket and shirt off, standing before her, bare-chested and looking so muscled and tanned and- oh god. He really had a well-built torso.

But that didn't satisfy her either, after all, her rivals had seen it all. So she demanded that the boy should take his pants off too.

And Naruto obeyed, now standing before her in only his boxers.

As if in a trance she walked closer and ran her hand over those fine muscles. When Naruto asked her what she was up to, she just answered that she was inspecting details. (Those fine, fine details.)

This was the extremely awkward moment when Sasuke and Sai decided to suddenly appear on the (sticky gormless child free) scene. Both were furious, Sakura was angry of the interruption and Naruto (as always) was completely clueless.

When Kakashi arrived to the scene with Yamato-sensei, the setting was this:

His whole team was lying on the ground in a heap; Naruto was on the bottom only in his boxers, looking extremely confused, while his three suitors were barking at each other while their hands roamed unrestricted on the blond's body.

Kakashi hardly could contain his laughter, when Yamato-sensei's eyes widened and he performed his jutsu to get the three off of the poor boy.

"You three! D-don't g-gang rape him." Kakashi managed to say in between splutters of his laughter.

"Don't be ridiculous, Kakashi. Why would they rape me?"

Naruto had stood up and was putting his clothes on, looking at Kakashi expectantly. The three murmured a sigh of relief at Naruto's thickheadedness, but at the same time slightly surprised that the object of their affections knew the meaning of rape.

If you think about it… it would make things easier if the boy was aware of the sexual terms. It would mean that he wasn't completely clueless.

-o-o-o-

They didn't see Naruto for the next two days and they couldn't help but wonder what the boy was up to. The lack of Naruto on their searches for him resulted to the three of them to watch each other. Because if they couldn't find him, they'd make sure their rivals wouldn't either.

And that resulted to them arguing (again). The villagers gave them odd looks as they were doing just that in the middle of a busy street. But they ignored everything around them completely.

Even Naruto, who walked past them with three small children following his every move.

-o-o-o-

They received a message from Tsunade, the current Hokage, telling them that one of them was going to be thrown out of the team. Because it was originally supposed to be a three man team…until Sasuke made everything complicated. Silly Sasuke.

All of them were happy, because one of their rivals was going to be thrown out and that meant that he or she had less time with Naruto. At the same time they were concerned that it would be them that the Hokage decided to kick out.

So, they gathered at the Hokage tower expectantly and noticed (once more) the lack of Naruto in the room.

Tsunade lifted her gaze from the pile of paperwork and gave them an amused smile.

"You don't need to look so worried."

But of course they were worried! None of them wanted to leave the team that Naruto was in. And Tsunade solved that problem rather well.

"Congratulations. You three are now a team."

For it was Naruto who left…

To be continued...

I really don't have anything to say... except that I am really tempted to write foursome. :'D

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