'Finally!' I yelled as we got to the locker room. 'Let's just get this over with' Shikamaru said as we started undressing. As always, I wore my swim pants underneath my clothes. I was so attached to swimming, that every time I saw water I had to jump in. The swim pants fitted like a second skin, so I had no problems with it. The thing came to my knees and was black with two orange lines at each side. 'Yo cap, you're early today' Gaara said behind me and I grinned at the redhead. The first time I met him, I was a little held back. The guy had a scary glare. If eyes could kill. 'We'll warm up while the others come' I said and walked to the indoor pool. The smell of chlorine was nostalgic and made me feel at home. 'It looks like we have a visitor' Gaara said and glared daggers at the person leaning against the door. I turned around to see who he meant. 'Teme, this is a closed practice. Only for swim team members' I said to the raven haired. 'I know. It's just free period and I was planning to ask you, to replace the tutor session' Sasuke said and I frowned while pulling the swim cap over my head. 'You could have just send a text' I said as I placed my goggles on top of my head. 'I don't have your number, idiot' he said and I pulled up an eyebrow. 'Not my problem, if you are such a genius, you could've figured something out' I said. 'Yo captain! Are you coming?!' Sai yelled as he stood on the swim block. 'Yeah! We'll start with eight lanes' I said as I jogged back, completely ignoring the Uchiha. I wasn't gonna let his mood bring me down. As I got up on the block, I placed the goggles in front of my eyes, pressed them on and snapped the back cord. I didn't even know why I did it, but it was a reflex. As if it was a good luck charm. 'Last one to finish buys the drinks' I said before making a clean dive. The water embraced me as I waved my legs to gain speed. I focused on my movements as I carved an opening with my hands. Nothing could get to me now. Not even the way the raven haired boy stared at me, nor Sakura who walked in with Ino and Hinata. Way too soon I got to the end of the lane and turned around. As soon as my eight lanes were done I came fully up and grinned. I couldn't hide the sparkles in my eyes. 'Fast as always, captain' Sakura said at the edge of where I was while she held out her hand. 'You know it' I said as I let her pull me out the water. 'Hopefully for Sakura it's not the same in bed' Sai said ad he come out of the water second. I pushed him back in and laughed. 'You know there is no way you can beat me!' I said loud and Shikamaru came out last. 'I want a revenge' Gaara said and I grinned. 'I'm not going to hold back' I said and Gaara smirked. 'Not planning to either' he said and I grinned. 'Babe, you take the time' I said and Sakura nodded. I didn't even notice that Sasuke was still there until I got on the block again. 'Don't forget to blink, Uchiha' I said with a grin and he smirked. 'Don't forget to drown, Uzumaki' he said back and I laughed. Like that'll ever happen. I snapped the back cord of my goggles again as I placed them in front of my eyes again. 'Go!' Sakura said loud as she started the timer and Gaara and I dove in the water. When I was in the middle of the pool, I already was at my top speed. I quickly turned around and pushed me of at the edge of the pool. My way back was even faster. That had to be a new record. My hand touched the edge of the pool and I broke through the water. I pulled of my cap and goggles at the same time and looked at Sakura. 'New record' she said wide eyed and I grinned. 'I thought so too' I said and laughed as Gaara finally reached the edge. I laughed as he sighed. 'You're way too fast, captain' he said and Shikamaru rolled with his eyes as he pulled Gaara out of the water. 'What did you expect?' he asked and Gaara pulled up his shoulders. 'Dobe, can we talk' Sasuke said and I pulled up an eyebrow. 'Just a sec' I said and said to the others to just swim five lanes butterfly, crawl and back. Training for the relay. I walked up to Sasuke who was walking to the locker room. 'Can we make this quick? I need to go train too' I said and leaned against my locker. Sasuke sat down on the bench in front of me. 'What do we tell Kakashi, because I really don't feel like looking at you for the rest of the evening' he said blunt and I grinned. 'That was supposed to be my line' I said and grabbed a towel out my locker. 'Don't care. I'm just here to tell you what we are going to tell Kakashi, cause you suck at making up excuses' he said and I grimaced. 'That about the dolphin was true, you know' I said and he frowned. 'I know, but it's quite unbelievable' he said and I frowned. 'How do you know, bastard' I asked a little angry and he rolled with his eyes. 'I watch the news, dobe' he simply said and I clenched my fist. 'Okay, fine! You know what? Here's my number, and if you came up with an excuse, let me know' I said and gave him a small piece of paper with a number on. Knowing full well it was Jiraiya's. what I would give to see the look on his face to see if he called it. 'If you call, and I don't pick up, just ask for me and say you help me' I said and he nodded. I walked back to the pool and jumped straight in to muffle my loud laugh.