A/N: Fourth chapter up! I just love the episode where Team Seven went out of their way to look at what's under Kakashi's mask (which reminds me-I don't remember ever seeing an unmasked Kakashi-I wanna see unmasked Kakashi!).So here's a twist (sorta) and tribute (kinda) to that episode!

Disclaimer: If you heard Naruto belonged to me, you heard wrong. I do claim on the idea and plots and stuff of this fanfic.

CHAPTER 4: Gotta See! Gotta Know! Sasuke-sensei's Date!

SERIOUSLY. HE knew he was the only one without a significant other here-who was normal compared to Rock Lee and Sai-but do they have to do this to him? Currently, he was at Sakura and Kakashi's place for their routine dinner. The children, namely Sakura's five-year-old Obito and three-year-old Rin were playing fireworks outside with Ino's and Shino's kids. Normally the dinner would only be among members of Team Kakashi, which was already suspiscious the minute Ino and Genma-maried-came, along with Shikamaru and Temari-dating, Kiba and Hanabi-engaged, Shino and his wife-a civillian, Chouji and his girlfriend-a Sand nin, friend of Temari. There were two single, unknown women cooking in the kitchen with Sakura, Ino, Hanabi, Haruna-Shino's wife, Saeko-Chouji's girlfriend, Hinata and Temari. Two because there were two single men, Rock Lee and him, Uchiha Sasuke. He knew instantly his friends were playing a matchmaking game. Obvious really, seeing how Ino worked hard to make sure one of the woman appealed to him as soon as she set foot in the house Sakura and Kakashi bought three months after their wedding.

"Sorry we're late! Oi, Sasuke, why're you brooding?" Ten Ten's voice sounded at the front door, with Neji silently entering and standing beside her.

"Ask. Ino," he answered.

"One of her matchmaking schemes?"

"Hn."

"Who's involved?"

"Just me and Rock Lee."

"Sai?"

Sasuke grunted. Somehow, Sai had managed to escape the adersary and was now showing the children tricks with his Ink Jutsu.

"I take it as he's free. Well, I'd better go and see what the ladies are up to," Ten Ten said finally, as she made her way to the kitchen from the living room.

Neji took a step forward and finally uncovered an awkward looking Rui, holding on his white sleeve. Sasuke could not help but wonder how someone who looked so adorable could be merciless at the same time as he recounted the fateful event at Ichiraku Ramen-which ended with Kane needing medical attention for his bruises from Sakura. Neji nodded his head in acknowledgement of Sasuke, the Uchiha doing the same. The two then took a seat opposite of the one Sasuke was seated in the living room.

The two men was happy being in their own comfortable silence, with Shikamaru's grunts as he played chess against Kakashi, Genma cheerfully annoying Kakashi, Shino happily chatting with Chouji, the loud noises outside belonging to Naruto, Rock Lee, Kiba and occasional responses from Sai and Yamato. Which left Rui utterly feeling out of place. Noticing his discomfort, Neji turned at him. "Why don't you go outside and play with the kids."

"Ah... Um. Okay," he replied, looking relieved, nodded at Sasuke and made his way out.

"So... He's your son now?" Sasuke asked the Byakugan user.

"Hn. Rui's your student, right?"

"Yeah. How exactly the two of you meet?"

"Rui and I? Ten Ten and I found him on our way home from a mission in Kumogakure. He was barely alive. So fragile," Neji said, his eyebrow frowning. "But he survived the journey back, surprisingly."

"Really? He's a talented genin, I can tell you that."

"I know." Sasuke could sense the pride in the normally equally indifferent Hyuga. "He's a nice kid too. Kind, sensible and adorable."

"Sasuke, you'd better scoot. Since Rui came into the picture, Neji's all mushy," Ten Ten warned as she stuck her head out over the counter. Sasuke found that hard to believe but judging by how Neji crossed his arms, he recognized the form as sulking. He should know, he and Neji were quite alike. He was dumbfounded at that.

"Ano... Sasuke-san. Can I sit next to you?" A woman approched Sasuke, she was a girl in her early twenties, sporting a long, flowing black hair and brown eyes. Sasuke looked over his back and gave a glare to Ino, the blonde woman quickly winked before turning her back to him.

Tonight would be a long night.

Ino huffed in annoyment. Here she was, trying to be a great friend, but Sasuke just had to make her look bad. This girl she invited was a beauty and has a nice disposition. She would look good with Sasuke and the Uchiha lad would be able to restore his clan once and for all. So how come she was the only one who agreed to the plan? Even Sakura was not that excited about this little matchmaking. Something about; "Somehow, I think Sasuke-kun's soul mate's near but not meant to show herself yet and it's not her." Yeah, right! If it was not because her and Sakura's boys' involvement, that Forehead would never end up with Kakashi. Back to business. Kami, pay attention to her, Sasuke!

Right now, the Konoha Eleven and their families were all gathered in the living room, a board game at the center. It was the newest game brought by the child among them-who else? Naruto. The players were; Naruto, Kakashi-humoring his children-Kiba, Shikamaru, Obito, Rin, Ino's girls; Fuu, Misa and Umi, Shino's boys; Shun and Hiro, and Rui. It was a children's version of truth and dare, instead of spinning a bottle, they roll two six sides dices. Naruto chose dare and had to do a chicken dance-oh, the poor image of a Hokage-Kakashi chose truth and confessed his favourite flower is cherry blossoms, Kiba chose dare, he had to do an imitation of anyone among the players-he chose Naruto and nailed it-Shikamaru escaped both, muttering troublesome-he was not able to escape Fuu's pleading of joining-Obito, Misa, Shun and Hiro each chose dare, which varies from standing on one leg for thirty minutes to doing backflips so now was little Umi and Rin's turns. Umi was closest to Sasuke, which explained why the black haired woman, Akane was helping the three-year-old play.

"Now, you toss it. There you go," said Akane, seeing the three years old brunette toss the dices. She smiled sweetly at the little girl's excitement, while pasing a glance at the reknowned Uchiha Sasuke. To her dismay, the male she was aiming for did not even spare a sight at her, only at the little girl she took the liberty of sitting beside. The little girl was squealing excitedly seeing a card popped at the center of the board game, took the card and ran off to sit on the handsome Uchiha's lap. Akane made a face-mentally-at the sight. Here she was, dressed up in a pretty white dress, her black hair cascading her back like silk and she was thoroughly ignored.

"Who do you not like here?" Sasuke read the card to Umi.

"Obaa-chan!" Umi giggled as she pointed a small finger at Akane. Akane's lips twitched as the whole room was stilled in an awkward silence.

"Ah—Rin-chan! That's not how you toss the dices," Rui's voice broke the awkwardness and everyone was rather glad for it.

Sasuke refrained a smirk as Umi pointed a finger at the woman Ino fixed for him. He patted the girl's head as a reward only the two of them understood. His eyes then fell on Rui, as he gathered Rin into his lap, held the girl's left hand with his and placing the dices. Soon, he made a swinging motion and instructed Rin to open her hand at their second swing. The squeals Rin made formed a small smile on the boy's face. Sasuke did not realize he was smiling at that, until he heard Akane asked if he could accompany her for a walk in Sakura's garden. He scowled, ready to decline until he saw Ino shooting him a warning look. He sighed. No wonder Shikamaru always complained about that woman. He wondered how Genma could deal with her all these years. He decided the man must have the patience of a saint-scratch that. Ino must be really great in bed.

Ino grinned as she saw Sasuke and Akane walked out to the backyard garden.

LATE. TWO people on his team were late. Sure, Kane he understood, which was why it was weird since Kane was already there, at their meeting place, a red bridge crossing over the river. The people who were late were the normally punctual Anzu and their teacher, Sasuke. He was a patient boy, really, but Kane was just plain annoying. The blonde idiot had been walking on the bridge's railings over and over, his hands behind his head and asking, "Do you see them?" repeatedly until Rui had to stiffle the urge to push the annoying baka into the river. He was also in need of sleep after spending a long time at the Hatake residence. The 'dinner' ended way past midnight with Ten Ten having her drink spiked by Ino-which left him and Neji to ensure she arrived home safely. She was, in his opinion, his cool adopted mother.

"Rui! There's Anzu-chan!" Kane exclaimed ecstatically as he jumped off the railing and nudged him by his elbow.

"I can see that, BaKane," he muttered.

Anzu was running towards them, her purple top and ponytail billowing in the wind. Rui had to stop herself from bonking Kane on the head for drooling at the sight of Anzu. Sure, Anzu was cute but there was no need for the BaKane to be all weird about it. He settled with rolling his eyes instead. As soon as Anzu settled in front of both of them, Rui pushed himself up and sat on the railings, noticing, by Anzu's hard breathing, bright eyes and flushed face, she had something to tell.

"You-huff-won't believe-huff-what I heard from Ino-san," she said, panting, her body bent, hands settled on her knees to keep her from slumping to the ground.

"What? What?" Kane asked, very curious. Rui had a very strong feeling staying would get him involved in something troublesome when he would rather sleep.

"When I was walking by Yamanaka flower shop, I saw Sasuke-sensei buying flowers! Red roses! He even told me training is canceled today! Do you know what this means?" Anzu started excitedly, her hands clenched in front of her out of her high spiritedness.

"Sasuke-sensei have a date!" Kane answered in utter diselief. "Nee, let's follow him!"

Rui closed his eyes, one hand rubbing his temple gently another smacking Kane behind head. He relished the yelp of pain the boy gave. "Don't you know the meaning of privacy?"

"Bu-But teme! This is a very rare thing! We've known sensei for two months already and he never go out with anyone! Aren't you curious?"

"No. I want to go home and sleep." He jumped off the railing but before he could walk another step, a dainty hand grabbed the sleeves of hi shirt. He turned and saw a sight which made him twitch uncomfortably. Anzu's look.

"Rui-kun, this might be our chance to find out sensei's weakness! Don't you know that a date always brings out something from somebody?"

"I'm guessing you got that from a magazine somewhere," he received a sheepish smile. Rui sighed as he loosened Anzu's grip and made is walk home. "Not interested."

Kane pouted at that. That teme is no fun. He pondered on all the things he knew about Rui in the past three years. Three years was not really a long time but long enough if you spent it regularly with that person. Luckily for Kane, he had spent the last three years in the academy following Rui around to engage in a fight. A smile formed on his face, rather like a dog after finishing marking its territory. He put his hands in the pockets of his hoodie. "Anzu-chan, where's Sasuke-sensei going for his date?"

"Hmm... Ino-san said they were going for a walk in the park and then to that new cafe... Buttercup Cafe, I think."

Perfect. He remembered Rui looking through the windows of that cafe the last time he dragged the boy to accompany him to Ichiraku. His smile had a more sinister edge. "Buttercup Cafe huh~ I think I heard people saying the food there is deliscious and cheap~"

Rui paused from his walk. His ears perked.

Kane grinned. "I also heard their specialty is desserts." His rival visibly twitch at that. "I think its the only place who sells a variety of carrot themed desserts." He saw Rui turned to look at him. "Nee, Anzu-chan, don't they make the rare carrot cake with carrot cream cheese filling and carrot cookies?"

"Yeah, they called it the Carrot Cake Deluxe," Anzu confirmed, still not understanding the situation. She knew Kane liked sweets but he liked the sugary candies and ice-creams stuff not desserts.

"Just this once," Rui muttered obstinately, as he stood beside him. Kane inwardly grinned in triumph at the reluctant Rui. He hooked a hand on Rui's arm and Anzu's as he led them charge towrds their target.

IT WAS decided. Sasuke-sensei is very un-romantic! Anzu made a face looking at the couple walking through the park. The woman walking next to him was very beautiful, dressed in a pink dress ending just below her knees, her black hair tied in a loose ponytail. She was a sweetheart so how could that teacher of hers ignore the woman's advances?! Currently, Anzu and Kane were hiding behind a flower hedge. She was disappointed Rui decided to hide elsewhere and left her with Kane. Ah! They're on the move! Anzu quickly laced chakra on her feet and trailed behind the couple, Kane and Rui instantly beside her, hot on their trails. Over and over, they ended up hiding behind various objects from lamp posts to trees and even trash bins. The couple, Sasuke and the unknown woman stopped at a store selling sewing supplies on their way to the cafe. Anzu shared a look at her teammates before she and Kane performed Henge no Jutsu, Anzu took the appearance of a brown haired boy while Kane a blonde girl with two ponytails. The two entered the store without waiting for Rui, obviously intent on spying their teacher's date.

The one left behind sighed as he scratched his cheek. To even use henge... These two seriously had nothing to do. He performed a handsign and reemerged from a poof of smoke as a girl. It was an impromptu agreement between them of sorts. To gender-bend when using Henge no Jutsu. Which was why Rui entered the store as a girl with long, purple hair and purple-lavender eyes. He sighed again as he spotted Kane and Anzu behaving not so discreetly near the beads section, watching Sasuke-sensei standing at the wools section. Kane he understood, but Anzu? He just wanted Sasuke-sensei to hurry up and go to that cafe so he could get his hands on that cake then go home for a nice, well deserved sleep. His eyes caught the arts and craft section. Looking to the left and right, he moved towards that section. A fluffy teddy bear was begging for his touch. He was about to, when a voice made him flinch and paled.

"I didn't know you liked bears, Rui-kun," greeted Sasuke, thoroughly amused. "How about we struck a deal? You tell me what you guys are up to and I'll spare punishment for you."

A vein popped on Rui's head. Okay, maybe he got annoyed by Kane sometimes-all the time-and Anzu made him feel weird with her adoration and this whole idea was a waste of his prescious nap time but he would be trash if he ratted out on his teammates and his cough-friends-cough. He turned towards his teacher, hands linked behind his back and tilted his head cutely, his big, purple eyes shining. "Ojii-san, do I know you?" He asked innocently in a sweet voice. His voice was already high pitched for boys so it worked well.

Kane and Anzu blushed seeing Rui's expression. Kane was trying hard not to have a nosebleed, Anzu to stop squealing. For a moment there, they were scared they might be busted and thoroughly punished but now... Seriously, it was a crime for a boy to be that cute!

"Sasuke-san, I'm done buying materials for a muffler to give my niece so we can go to the cafe now," Akane interruped, touching Sasuke's arm.

"...Hn."

As soon as Sasuke and Akane left the store, Kane and Anzu quickly went over to Rui's side. They flinched at the cold stare Rui directed at them, her-eh-his hands on his hips but stared at him nonetheless. They were absorbed in his Henge no Jutsu, staring at his female appearance, her bangs were like those he always had but the long hair which reached her back simply suited him more than his normal reddish-chocolate hair and his purple-lavender eyes... He should be born with those.

"I'm done. I'm heading home, take a bath and sleep," he said with finality which served as cold water splashed on his teammates.

Anzu looked at Kane. "Do something, Kane!" Kane whispered back, "I know! I'll do something!"

Kane ran after Rui, who already dispelled his jutsu. "Rui! I'll treat you to whatever you want to eat at the cafe!" He blurted, only to regret it seeing the hungry look in Rui's eyes. His poor wallet...

AS A teacher, Sasuke had a lot of work to do. As a man, he needed to get away from here soon. Currently, he had just taken a seat at the newly established, girly cafe; Buttercup Cafe. He had nothing against the cafe, even if it looked weird for an ex-international criminal sitting in a cafe called 'buttercup'. Really, nothing against the cafe. The food sold were nice, and the coffee was also deliscious. What he could not stand any longer was the woman Ino practically gave his leash to. Why he listened to Ino? He, kind of, owed a favor from the busty blonde. He got drunk at Kakashi's bachelor party-courtesy of Naruto-and since he could not avoid to be hungover at Sakura's wedding of all people, he turned to Ino for medical attention (since Tsunade would reprimand him-Naruto was the victim for going to her and it's Sakura's wedding). Good news was, after this, he owed nothing to Ino-poor Shikamaru.

The woman-Akane, was it?-was beautiful, he would say that, but only that. Beautiful. She was calculating, persuasive and a magnificent actor. Other people might not see it, but this woman was a bitch. She hated children-the sweet little Rin with pink hair and onyx eyes, cute Umi with brown hair and blue eyes-she played Ino like a puppet, made snide comments about how she never met a kunoichi who could sew for their loved ones like her, a civillian and kept on clinging to him like a leech. That was why, he really hoped Rui would just tell him what they were up to-he would have a reason to escape Akane-punishing his students. It was honourable of the kid but did he had to choose this time? If he exposed them himself, he had to admit he was not being a good teacher. Even a first year student at the Academy could see them trailing him for crying out loud. Though he was rather stunned to see how suitable the jutsu was on Rui-no, he was not a pedophile or gay!-and a vein popped at the reminder of the girl-err-boy calling him 'Ojii-san'. Now he knew how Kakashi felt.

"Sasuke-san, I'm really happy to spend time with you."

"Hn." Distraction... He peered at the seat two tables in front of him.

"I hope we could do this again soon." She said, sporting a blush.

"Hn." Come on. Kane, goof off when I need you! His sudents were seated at the seat.

"I... Really... Like..."

"Kyaa!"

Thank Kami! He sprung from his seat. "That sounds like my student. Excuse me," he said coolly. Whatever was happening, he thanked the heavens. Only, when he reached the table, the sight which met his eyes stroke him with shock. Rui was unconscious on the table, Anzu looking panicked and was about to cry.

What on earth happened and where's Kane?!

TBC

A/N: Ahaha... *sweat dropped* Sorry for the suspense. I couldn't help it... Yea, it's not exactly the same as the episode with the same title (except for the last part) but I need it to make the next chapter.

So, there's only one jutsu involved here; Henge no Jutsu-'Transformation Technique'.

Yeah, I'm guessing you're wondering where's the Shoujo/Romance goody-ness but I'm getting there!

...In about ten chapters to come or something...

Please, please, please, Review. *puts on display Sasuke making a sad puppy face*

Sasuke: Chidori!

Me: Kyaaaaaaaaaa!

A/N (23/3): Okay, for those who's following my story, I sincerely apologize. I won't be able to post another chapter in the same fashion as before (no more than a week). I need to prepare some samples of my writing for college admission. I'll write the next chapter in between so I hope you'll stick with me.

I will not abandon this fic-I mean, I did a lot of research to develop my OCs and this alternate Naruto universe and I'll probably go bankai (wait, that's Bleach!) ahem, go Chidori if that happens.

Anyhow, for new readers, some reviews and follows or favs'll make me squeeze (more) time to write the next chapter faster.

All in all, here's some Sasuke, Kakashi, Naruto, Neji, Sai and Minato shaped cookies for your delight.

P/S: Don't mention the cookies to their 'face claims' or I'll probably suffer more than Chidori.