Lopsided Lollipops
NaruBaby2496
A flash of yellow speed through the treetops, and soon it came to a stop, as if to catch its breath for a quick second. He groaned, then whined into his radio set, "How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?"
Translation: How much longer until we can stop hoping from tree to tree and set up camp?
"She sells seashells down by the seashore." A feminine voice answered simply through the earpiece, it crackling before Naruto could fully understand her. Even then, the blonde hyperactive ninja raised a confused eyebrow. "Ne, Sakura-chan, what does that mean, again?"
Sakura hopped skillfully onto the next branch beside him and furrowed her brows in disbelief. Did she not just tell him what that meant five minutes ago? White khaki shorts filled her vision when a soft thud landed but a few inches away from stepping on her foot, and soon he uncoiled from his leap, sending even lengthier shadows over the roseate.
A sneer rose over his lips as he muttered, "It means that we'll set up camp at sunset."
Naruto smiled goofily, laughing silently. "Oh, yeah! Sorry, Sakura-chan, you should really write down these 'secret messages and codes'," He put air quotes around each word immaturely emphasizing his unneeded point and apology.
Sasuke stared blankly at him for long seconds before quickly turning his head away. "You're such a freaking Dobe…"
With that, he sped away, as fast as light, silently demanding he lead this time instead of being the tail end, as he was before. He was the captain, after all.
This was their, as in Team 7's, first mission together without Kakashi. It wasn't that big of a deal, seeing as they were just going to a nearby town only a day's travel away to find some herbs, and then they were heading back.
The town was about the most peaceful you could find, and it was only when herbs for medicines were needed that ninja were allowed inside the border. Even still, the civilians were especially hostile and discerning. Tsunade thought it'd be wise to send children, because who could be a difficult toward a bunch of twelve year olds? (And an eleven year old, seeing as Sasuke's birthday hasn't past yet, but that's beside the point.)
Sakura's eyes turned into her hearts as she giggled girlishly, watching Sasuke speed away faster than a bullet as she swayed back in forth in a full swoon mode.
"…Can I be—"
Immediately, she twisted her head toward the idiot who interrupted her staring at Sasuke time. "No. Your tail-end, Dead Last."
Naruto groaned, kicking a random loose piece of bark from the branch. "You are so mean, Sakura-chan!"
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"FINE! Be that way!"
He gathered chakra in his feet and trailed after his teammates, whom of which he was strongly debating on whether they could still be considered precious people anymore. They're mean-faces.
0.0
Naruto slowed to a stop, careful not to run into Sakura, who had, oh-so-gracefully, suddenly froze right in front of him. He groaned. "Why did we stop now, Mr. Captain Sasuke-teme, sir?"
Sasuke simply glared at him, and then he glanced irritably toward Sakura, who was but millimeters away from him, attempting to sneak a hug in.
There was a silence, until a quiet pitter-patter pattern filled the emptiness, quickly drenching clothes, hair, and freezing skin. The once calm hum of water grew louder, into a stampede of angry water droplets pouring from the darkened sky.
Sakura frowned, crying inwardly about how this was going to ruin her hair.
Naruto shivered slightly in fear. The deathly scowl in place on the Uchiha's was aimed directly towards him.
The boy seethed. "Anymore questions, Mr. Dumbass Scaredy-Cat Naruto?"
He purposely bumped the blonde's shoulder on his way off the branch, sending the Uzumaki spiraling down to the forest floor.
0.0
Sakura glanced shyly toward Sasuke, who was on the end of the log they were using as a makeshift bench. The rain had calmed down enough for the Uchiha to use a katon-no-jutsu, so they were both leaned over toward the warming rays of the burning campfire, taking in as much heat as possible.
That was especially hard for Sakura, seeing as all of her body heat that would normally be in her blood had rushed to her cheeks. She was alone. She was alone with Sasuke-kun.
She smiled, finally thinking of something to talk about. "Ne…Sasuke-kun, guess what?"
He just made a grunt of recognition.
"Naruto's been gone for a while, ne, Sasuke-kun?"
He moved closer to the fire, the oranges, reds, and yellow hues reflecting in his deep, hypnotizing, obsidian eyes.
Sakura scratched the back of her neck self-consciously, and shrugged half-heartedly. "Well, I mean, it can't take that long to fish, can it? Psh," She giggled snobbishly, "I bet he drown—"
"Shut up." He muttered harshly, muscles tensing slightly.
The air tightened considerably, and Sakura couldn't help but avert her eyes to the ground in shame. That was…unexpectedly expected.
Silence reigned for a long while, except for the random crackles of the fire. Sakura breathed in deeply when she felt a tickle in her nose. A hand rushed to her mouth and she clamped her eyes shut when the tingle enveloped her whole body.
"A-A-Ah-choo!" She sneezed loudly, sitting dazedly while the white dots left her eyes, and then shivering for extra effect, though it really was cold. Sasuke had set up some tents a few minutes ago, saying it would be pointless to try to cover anymore ground while the trees were still wet, it was only getting darker by the second, and the rain was being sporadic. The fire was still flaring, luckily. Naruto was still gone, trying to fish, thankfully.
In a few minutes, though, Sasuke and Sakura would probably have to go and look for him.
Tch. Dobe.
Sasuke glanced toward Sakura, taking in the pink tint on her nose, and the pinker splash on her cheeks that was more obvious than when she was blushing. "You're cold," He stated softly, though not soft enough to make the statement a question, as it was supposed to be.
Sakura just turned her head toward him and nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine, though—"
He watched intently as she sniffed, and shook his head in disagreement. "No. You're cold."
The roseate shakily rose her eyes, only to be drawn into the somehow soft gaze that the Uchiha was holding on her face, specifically her emerald orbs, searching for any sign of abnormalities at first. Then, he found himself looking at all the different shades of green, emerald, vermillion, lime, pastel, and grass. There was a ring of gold around her wide, shocked, pupil, which only widened further when he smirked lightly.
"And now you're blushing."
Normally, she would've had some smart comeback, like 'No shizz, Sherlock' or 'Um, no! Maybe you're Sharigan is just retarded' but their minimized proximity heightened her senses tenfold. Sasuke smelled amazing, not frilly or girly like fruit, but not like must, mud and dirt. He smelled like earth, like the beautiful evergreen trees, like maple, like the natural air, he smelled so…
"Sasuke…kun…" She murmured softly just as their noses brushed softly, a second before their foreheads bumped.
Her heartbeat, he could hear it, feel it as it speed faster, faster, almost uncontrollably, as if it was begging to bust out of her chest. He could feel her lips on his, soft, tender, and tasting like cherries, because that's what she was; a cherry blossom, a flower, fragile yet strong. He tilted his head just a micro-millimeter closer, and apprehensively their lips touched. Lightly. As if, he weren't sure, because he wasn't.
Why; why was he so compelled to hold her, touch her, kiss her, all of the sudden? He didn't know why, and frankly, he couldn't care. It warmed him in a way no fire ever could, it sent burning butterflies into his chest, and they roamed all over his body, migrating most wherever he and Sakura were touching. He liked it.
So, he kissed her.
Heat rushed through her veins, shock and adrenaline dominant at first. She was frozen, what was she supposed to do? Did Sasuke take to many meds this morning? She really wouldn't want to kiss him then if he were half-aware of what he was doing…then it would mean nothing. She didn't want to know that the only reason she was kissing back was because she wanted it and that he didn't know what he was doing. But then she felt an arm snake around her waist, pulling her closer, as close as close would allow, and it didn't really matter anymore.
So, she kissed back.
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Naruto stumbled around the extraneous above ground roots, trying hard not to drop the somehow still alive and kicking fish, trying even harder not to fall face-first into the mud.
Finally, he saw the tree he was looking for, a huge etched on arrow pointing right on the trunk. He started heading that direction, until he remembered something.
"We don't want anyone finding us, so go the opposite direction," Sasuke ordered while striking his kunai against the wood, etching a crude arrow onto the bark.
Naruto nodded. "You want bass, right?"
"I don't care, Dobe. I want some dang food."
Naruto mimicked Sasuke's bratty tone childishly distorting his face as he walked leftward toward camp, five (he and Sasuke would eat two, and, if any, Sakura would eat one) huge bass fish in his arms. He pushed his way through some bushes and gasped animatedly at what—no, who he saw on the log, and what they were doing!
He dumped fish on the ground loudly, forcing his other two teammates to rip their lips apart, red blushes lighting their faces.
"Aw, Teme was kissing Sakura-chan!" The blonde teased, skipping around in happy circles. He knew he liked her!
Sasuke glowered, "Pick up the fish you idiot."
"I-I-I'm gonna go and…" Sakura hastily rushed off the log and jutted her thumb toward her tent, "and change. Yeah, okay…um, bye."
She sneaked away.
Naruto laughed teasingly, grabbing a slippery fish. "That is so adorable. Wait—wait; who initiated the smoochage? You?"
"…" He narrowed his eyes dangerously as he forced the blush away.
"You're not going to DENY it?! Oh my God, did you like, like, oh my God, Teme, this is hilarious!"
Sasuke rose from his seat and swiped a sharp stick from the damp ground. "It's hilarious?" He asked darkly, eyes hidden by his bangs. The Uchiha stalked up to Naruto, twirling the stick in his palm like a katana. "You know what else…," He stabbed the fish right in front of the blonde, a squishy smoosh of flesh following, "is hilarious, Naruto?"
The Uzumaki just shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe the fact that you and Sakura were two seconds from getting it on!"
Sasuke just glared tiredly. It wasn't worth it.
But he was going to make sure…
He glanced at the mutilated fish on the end of his stick turned weapon
…Naruto wouldn't tell a soul.
A/N: LOL, so this chapter is way longer than usual, have you noticed? But, you know what, it was fun, and my favorite part was….
The Kiss
The Kiss
The Kiss
Take your guess! LOL, that was the best kiss scene I've done in a while, so feel special. Um, nothing much to say. Oh, oh! This is after the Zabuza episode, but before the Forest of Death deal. I hope that's a good time line. In between that whole mess of goop. Unless I totally forgot the first part and messed up the order, then just stick with them being eleven and twelve.
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~NaruBaby2496