A/N: Sorry for the long update. School and auditions have taken over my life. But don't worry, there's still room for It's just easier on the weekends…

.:Chapter.Four:.

"GOOOOOD MORNIIIIIIIING, SAKURA-CHAAAAAAN!"

The pink haired kunoichi groaned and turned over in her warm cocoon-like sleeping back after chucking a pillow at the blonde loud mouth who served as her alarm clock. "Mmmmph, go 'way Naruto. Nnng iiimp teeereeed," Sakura mumbled in her sleepy stupor.

Naruto frowned then climbed into the tent, squatting on Hinata's empty sleeping bag. He smiled at the tuft of pink sticking out of the sleeping bag, his finger itching to poke it. Which is what he did.

"Come on, Sakura-chan! It's six o'clock! Sasuke-teme says he wants to leave at 6:30, so wake up!" Naruto insisted, poking the part of Sakura's head that was visible. Sakura just groaned and swatted his tan head away, mumbling incoherent things.

Naruto brought his index finger up to his chin, coming up with a plan. Blue eyes sparkling with mischief, the blonde fox boy reached slowly for a few strands of pink. Clutching the rosette hairs, he tugged with all his might, effectively ripping the hairs from Sakura's head.

Sasuke and Hinata looked up from their breakfast as a loud scream was heard from Sakura's tent, then suddenly Naruto tumbled out of it, he'd surely have a black eye. Sasuke smirked. Sakura was right, she had changed over the years, but some things were still the same as always.

"I'll be back," Sasuke mumbled, meaning he had to use the little boys room. Hinata nodded, still eating and watching Naruto try to stand up.

Sakura stormed out of her tent, her hair messy and strewn all over the place. She glared at Naruto, who was trying to sit down without hurting himself even more, then turned towards Hinata, pointing to her left.

"I saw a waterfall down there last night. I'm going to go wash up." Then she whirled around so she was glaring at Naruto. "Don't even think about spying on me, got it Uzumaki?"

Said Uzumaki looked up at his friend with innocent eyes. "Whaaaaat? What makes you even consider that I would do that?"

Sakura crossed her arms and arched a brow as Hinata smiled. "Don't play dumb with me, mister. I've seen you hanging out with Jiraiya- and I've heard about what he does for fun…" Naruto got shifty eyes as Hinata arched a brow.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? JIRAIYA-SAMA HASN'T TAUGHT ME ANYTHING!" Naruto shouted. He and Hinata got into an argument at Sakura left to go wash up.

Sakura set down her clothes and towel, looking around quickly incase Naruto did try any perverted things, even though she was pretty sure he wouldn't. She slowly slid off her sandals and cargo pants, then pulled off her red and white tank top, leaving her in her undergarments. Sakura quickly scanned around her one last time before completely removing her other clothing, stepping into the cool water that felt wonderful against her aching muscles.

She walked over towards the waterfall, standing under it, letting it drench her body completely and arching her back so the water was beating down at it, like a back massage. Sakura let out a content sigh before submerging herself completely in the water.

Meanwhile…

"D-DON'T TELL ME HE HAS YOU READING THOSE FILTHY BOOKS OF HIS!"

"I JUST READ ONE, I SWEAR!"

"What was it?"

"…"

"NARUTO-KUN…"

"Fine. Icha Icha Paradise: Deserted Island Edition."

"I KNEW I SAW THAT IN YOUR APARTMENT THE OTHER WEEK! YOU DENIED IT!"

"Oi, where's Sakura?" Sasuke asked, interrupting Naruto and Hinata's very heated argument. The two didn't look up at the Uchiha, but remained in a glaring contest.

"By the waterfall…" Naruto said, waving his hand. Sasuke nodded, then headed off in that direction. Neither Naruto nor Hinata remembered to warn him about exactly what Sakura was doing there…

When Sasuke made his way through the woods when he finally heard the sound of rushing water. Soon enough, the waterfall came into view, but Sakura didn't. Sasuke looked all over, but his pink haired charge was no where to be found.

He was about to head back, when suddenly someone appeared from the water out of no where. Sasuke blinked. She was definitely a woman- definitely… She had pale skin, a thin waist, a chest that made Sasuke's heart rate speed up, and gorgeous, shoulder-length pink hair, her slender arms- wait.

Pink hair?

As in… Sakura?

Sasuke gasped loudly, quickly diving behind a bush and masking his chakra. Had Sakura seen him? He prayed to Kami that she hadn't. He couldn't believe he'd just done that. Sakura would kill him if she found out he'd seen her naked. Sasuke wanted to kill himself for doing it. She trusted him! And all he could do was gawk at her body.

Her wonderful body…

Ah! What? Shut up.

I don't think I've ever seen such large br-

That's because you've never seen any others.

And whose fault is that?

Too bad Sasuke was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't notice someone sneaking up on him.

"UCHIHA SASUKE! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"

Sasuke turned around slowly to see Sakura, fully clothed (thankfully) with dripping wet hair. He didn't know what to say. He didn't know what to do. And somehow, his male eyes were scanning Sakura up and down, thanking Kami-sama for the fact that her clothes were sticking to her body like a second skin. And then those gorgeous obsidian eyes stuck to Sakura's chest. And chose to stay there. Ignoring Sakura's rantings about "Respect" and "Personal Space" and "Privacy" and a certain someone's "Bastardness".

"…Sasuke? Sasuke! DAMNIT SASUKE, YOU'RE NOT EVEN LISTENING!"

"Whaaa?"

"GAAAAH! FUCK YOU, UCHIHA!" Sakura's fist instantly knocked out the Uchiha as it connected with his face.

Sasuke was wandering around the woods. Naruto and Hinata had sent him to go find Sakura. She was down by the waterfall. He soon came to the waterfall, but couldn't find Sakura.

But he heard giggling. Coming from a certain cherry blossom.

Sasuke looked closer. The waterfall had suddenly transformed into a hot spring and Sakura was in it, the water just covering her breasts, but still low enough to let Sasuke know that she was topless, and most likely fully nude.

"Why are you just staring?"

Sasuke shook his head, looking into Sakura's bright green eyes. "What?"

Sakura giggled again, a mischievous look in her eyes. "Come join me." She bit her lip, lifting her hand and motioning him closer with her index finger. Sasuke gulped, looking past his shoulder behind him.

"Are you sure? What about before-"

Sakura waved her hand. "Don't worry about it. All that matters is that you're here, and I'm here. But I'm the only one naked."

Sasuke still looked unsure, so Sakura sighed. And before Sasuke could even ask what she was doing, she was out of the hot spring, her wet body pressed against his. Sasuke tried very hard to keep his eyes on Sakura's.

Sakura giggled, then slowly tugged Sasuke's shirt off, running her hands all over his chest and toned abdomen. Then she pulled at his pants, letting them drop to the ground as Sasuke stepped out of them. Now all he was wearing was his boxers. Sakura smirked seductively as she tugged at the waistband, letting the boxer shorts drop to the ground as well.

Then, Sakura grabbed Sasuke's hand, leading him into the hot spring. Sasuke sat on a rock and Sakura giggled, scooting over so she was sitting on his lap facing him, her legs on either side of his hips.

"S-Sakura-"

"Shh," she said, pressing a finger to his lips. "Stop talking, and enjoy the ride."

Sasuke smirked, his lips colliding with Sakura's plump pink ones. He sat on a rock submerged in the water as Sakura straddled his lap, wrapping her slender arms around his neck. Sasuke brought his arms around Sakura's firm back, rubbing it up and down as his tongue plunged into her mouth.

"Mmmm Sasuke-kun…"

"…Sasuke-kun…"

…Sasuke-kun…

…Sasuke…

…Sasuke…

"…Sasuke…"

What's going on?

Sasuke kept his eyes closed. He was laying on the ground, his left side was much warmer than his right. He assumed he was laying next to the fire.

"…Sasuke…"

Sakura. Sasuke's thoughts immediately went back to his dream, but he decided that was a bad idea when a certain area down south grew a whole lot tighter.

"…Sasuke? Damn it, Sasuke! Wake up!"

Something hard shot a stabbing pain into his side. Sasuke grunted and slowly blinked, his eyes adjusting to the bright light of the day.

"Nnngh?"

Sakura sighed, ignoring the pain that was throbbing in her big toe. "Good. Pervert's up, we can go." Sasuke slowly sat up as Naruto squatted next to him.

"What… what happened?" Sasuke asked, wincing as he rubbed his temples, but finding a sore spot.

Naruto glared as Sakura and Hinata walked away, Sakura's angry voice rambling on and on as she paced back and forth. "Sakura caught you watching her bathing. What's wrong with you? You of all people should know not to do that! Jeez, and they call me a dead-last."

Sasuke frowned. "I wasn't watching her!" Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, right. And you just happened to stumble across Naked Sakura bathing in the waterfall?"

"Yes!" Naruto snorted, crossing his arms. "You and Hinata were arguing and I couldn't find Sakura, so I asked you-"

"Yeah! And I told you she was down by the waterfall!"

"You didn't say she was bathing!"

"Well you should've- oh. Heh heh right," Naruto said, blushing a bit and smiling nervously. Sasuke glared at the blonde.

"I found the fall, but couldn't find Sakura. I was about to come back, when she just suddenly appeared from the water?"

"Appeared? As in 'Poof'?"

"No dobe. She was under water. I saw that she was naked and tried to hide, so she wouldn't think I was watching her- WHICH I WASN'T. I guess she noticed me, and all the sudden she punched me! And then I woke up here. What are you laughing at?"

Naruto was laughing so hard, tears were coming out of his eyes and he was clutching his stomach as he lay in the fetal position. Sasuke glared as the fox boy howled with laughter, occasionally gasping for air between guffaws.

"You… that was… the funniest… thing… I've ever… heard in my entire… life!" Naruto managed. Sasuke frowned, the laughing boy seemed to be oblivious to his Uchiha Death Glare.

Sasuke snorted, crossing his arms as he stood up. "Put the fire out," he growled, heading for the path. Sakura and Hinata saw that the boys were leaving, and followed the crabby nineteen year old while Naruto caught up.

"And then Neji-nii-san got mad at me for waiting up for him!"

Sakura laughed. "Well I'm not surprised. He was probably embarrassed that you knew about him and Tenten."

Naruto threw up his hands in frustration. "I don't get it! You guys keep saying stuff about 'Neji and Tenten'! What's that supposed to mean?"

Sakura and Hinata smiled at each other knowingly, which only annoyed Naruto even more. "How can you not see it, Naruto?"

"See what?"

"Really, Naruto-kun, everyone else sees it."

"Sees what!"

"Even Tsunade-sama sees it."

"SEES WHAT!"

Sasuke jumped down from a tree right in front of the trio, causing all three to gasp and nearly fall over in surprise.

How did he do that! Inner Sakura shouted after falling over.

I don't know. That was-

Amazing!

((Sigh)) Yeaaaaah- wait what? No. We're not supposed to think that was amazing, he's annoying! And a pervert! And a…

"Show off…" Sakura said with a snort, crossing her arms.

"I didn't even notice you in the trees!" Naruto shouted. Sasuke rolled his eyes in an I-can't-believe-I'm-stuck-with-these-losers way.

"Exactly. You three are so sucked up in Hyuuga and Tenten's love life that you didn't even notice me. What if I was Mist or Sand?"

Hinata frowned, looking at her hands clasped in front of her. "You're right, Sasuke. Gomen, I should've been paying better attention. I'm sorry for making you fear for Sakura-chan's life." She added the last part with a smirk, but still kept her eyes down. Even though those ivory eyes were down on the ground, Hinata knew that Sasuke was bright red, and probably Sakura as well.

"Wha- what? No, I didn't mean it like- I was just… she's our charge… and you were-"

"Whatever Sasuke. We get it," Sakura snapped, pulling Hinata with her past the Uchiha.

Sasuke snorted. "Girls… Coming dobe?"

Naruto looked up, snapping his fingers. "Now I get it! It's love!"

Sasuke was taken aback, his breath getting caught in his throat. "Wh-what are you talking about?"

Naruto grinned. "Love! You know- roses, dates at Ichiraku, walks on the beach, holding hands… that's what I couldn't see! It's so obvious!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Those sneaky glances, always having to be her sparring partner, never letting her fight so she wouldn't get hurt, getting jealous when guys flirt with her! It all makes sense now!" Naruto shouted as he and Sasuke walked down the path. Sasuke's face was bright red, did Naruto see something between him and Sakura that he hadn't? No, that couldn't be, he was Uchiha Sasuke! And if Naruto saw something, EVERYONE had to. So, Sasuke decided, there was no way Naruto saw anything romantic between he and Sakura. Because there wasn't anything to begin with. Right. Exactly.

"…Always finding excuses to touch her, pretending to get annoyed when she gets hurt, but secretly worrying, I can't believe I never noticed!"

"Naruto, you don't know what you're talking about. There's nothing going on between me and-"

"Yep, Neji's in love with Tenten! They're always flirting. They'll get married for sure," Naruto said, a confident smile adorned on his face.

Sasuke face faulted. "Hyuuga and… Tenten?"

Naruto looked at his best friend like he had another head (a/n: which, if I do say so myself, wouldn't actually be so bad- I mean think about it, that'd be like 2 Uchiha Sasukes. faints) "Um… hai. Who else would I be thinking about, teme?"

"…"

"Are you feeling alright? Because you're really scaring me."

Sasuke kept his focus forward, trying to act calm and collected, while in all actuality, his thoughts were running amok inside that gorgeous head of his. He nodded. "I'm… I'm fine. I just thought you were talking about… never mind."

"About… who?" Naruto asked, growing confused again.

Sasuke shook his head. "Nothing. Just forget it, okay?"

"No. Who were you talking about?" Naruto asked. "What other couples are there? Everyone already knows about Ino and Shikamaru. And Hinata-chan and I have only been on a few dates… Who else is there? ((gasp)) Sakura-chan?"

"No."

"Do you like her?"

"Like her? Sure, she's a good teammate-"

Naruto rolled his eyes like Sasuke was the biggest moron on the world. "No not like that! I mean do you like her? You know, like like."

"'Like like'?"

"Yeah, as like more than a friend. Like a ((cough)) girlfriend…"

"Sasuke, Naruto! We're here!" Sakura shouted, waving her arm to the boys far behind her. The boys were in front of the gates in seconds.

"Remember," Sasuke said. "Hidden Falls Village isn't really enemies with Sound, but it'll be a good idea to keep a low profile."

Naruto snorted. "Oh yeah, like we can do that. We've got a girl with pink hair, a girl with white eyes, Mr. Stick Up His Ass, and a this attractive man!" Naruto said, pointing his thumbs at himself. "There's no way we'll be able to keep a low profile. The ladies will be all over me…"

Sakura snorted. "Not if you wanna go on another date with Hinata-chan, they're not." Naruto lost his 'Bachelor of the Year' pose and walked through the gates, mumbling about the unfairness of being so attractive, yet not allowed to do anything about it.

"We're just here for the night. We'll leave first thing in the morning tomorrow," Sasuke whispered as the group walked in to the Hidden Falls Village, looking at all the different street vendors and gaping at the amazing waterfall that was on one side of the village.

"No wonder it's called Hidden Falls," Naruto said. "There's waterfalls everywhere!"

"They're so beautiful," Hinata said.

"Just like you," a voice said. "What's your name pretty lady?" Everyone turned around to see a tall brunette boy staring at Hinata, his friends either staring at her as well or Sakura.

"U-um… my- my name…?" Hinata said with a blush. The boy laughed.

"You're cute," he said. "You got a boyfriend?"

"Back off, buddy!" Naruto snarled, stepping in front of Hinata. "She's with me!"

The boy smirked and then looked over at Sakura. "And who is this fallen goddess?" he asked, taking her hand and kissing it, angering the Uchiha behind her.

"I- I-"

"Who are you?" the boy asked the person who was now standing in front of Sakura.

Obsidian eyes glared. "You don't wanna know. Now I think you should leave us alone."

A boy with dark hair that almost looked blue snorted. "Oh yeah, and what are you gonna do if we don't?"

The group of boys was answered by the Sharingan and a dozen Narutos. All of them in battle stance.

Sakura and Hinata sweat dropped. "So much for keeping a low profile…"

A/N: Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry for taking so long to update! I was busier than I thought I'd be and didn't get any writing time in until today, so I went on a writing rampage. And it's finally ready! Yay!

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