Chapter EIGHT

Time passed really quickly for Sakura. Before she knew it, a year had passed.

Sakura went on a Neji hunt after the Academy had ended, to congratulate him of his graduation.

Neji liked anko flavored dango. He was also grateful that Sakura had actually bothered to congratulate him. However, he had a hard time trying to tell the pinkette that. After all, he could barely breath with dango sticks shoved down his throat.

Sakura sat back and watched Neji cough, trying to clear his airways.

"You can choke." She told him between giggled. "I know enough medical ninjutsu to heal that. Those are easy to fix."

Neji glared at her, but he doubted that it was effected. Thinking back, he begrudgingly admitted that he must have looked funny. However, he was never going to admit that out loud.

The next year passed quickly and Sakura's graduation was coming up.


"Look, Sakura-chan, Teme! Let's take a peek."

"Shut up, Dobe. Are we even allowed to? It might contain classified information."

"Come on Suke! Aren't you curious as to what kind of books the God of Shinobi reads?"

"Well...I guess..."

"Come on, Sakura-chan! I'll carry you. You reach for one of the books."

"Don't drop me."

"Sure thing."

"Here."

"Okay...first page..."

"Uh...Sasuke-teme? Is this what I think it is?"

"I think so..."

"Suke? Ruto? Let me see."

"Uh..Sakura-chan? This might be a bit too...uh..."

"Inappropriate for you. You're too young."

"But we're the same age!"

"Well, you see-"

"What are you children doing?"

"Bi-Biwako-sama?"

"Is...is that...Icha Icha Paradise?"


That night, the three were gathered in one of the further houses in the Uchiha Compound which they had dubbed theirs. As children, it had been nothing more than a clubhouse of sorts, and it had stuck.

"I have a secret to tell you guys." Naruto breathed out. "You know...in case we aren't on the same team..."

Sasuke and Sakura, who had been arguing about whether or not emotions made one weak, stopped. Naruto sounded way too serious, and they knew that whatever it was, this secret was something big.

"The other day, my father called me. You know he taught me the Kage Bunshin, right?" Sakura and Sasuke nodded. "That was because I had too much chakra and too little control to create an ordinary clone."

Sasuke scoffed at the 'Little control' part. Sakura elbowed him.

"And...and..." Both stopped again to look at Naruto. Was this really Naruto?

"And...and then he told me that the reason I have so much chakra is because...there's something..." He trailed off. "You know about the Kyuubi invasion, right?"

Sasuke nodded.

Sakura blinked a few times and both boys remembered that the girl hadn't been in Konoha when the attack had occurred. Sasuke quickly went through the story and Sakura nodded. "Oh! I heard about that." She said.

"Anyways, and...he also said that...the...the Kyuubi, is sealed within me."

"The Kyuubi is sealed inside you." Sasuke whispered.

Naruto nodded, not meeting the gazes of his friends, unsure of how they'd react.

Sakura scrambled to her feet. "Okay, then."

Naruto glanced up.

"You shared a secret, so I'll tell you one of mine." Sakura said. "The Haruno clan had a Kekkei Genkai, and that is the Byakugan."

"Hang on. Isn't the Byakugan the Kekkei Genkai of the Hyuuga?" Sasuke asked the exactly same moment Naruto asked.

"What's a Kekkei Genkai?"

Sasuke sighed. "A Kekkei Genkai is a Bloodline Limit, or a special ability genetically passed down the clan-"

"Oh! I knew that!"

Sakura giggled. "The Haruno and the Hyuuga ancestors had a mother-son relationship, and therefore, yeah, we both have the Byakugan." Sakura then leaned forwards, like she was sharing a grave secret, which, in a way, she was. "However, the Haruno clan chakra is much closer to that of our ancestors, more closer than any other chakra in the world. And so, this allows us to unlock the ultimate stage of the Byakugan."

"Which is?" Naruto pressed.

Sakura grinned. "I don't know."

Both boys fell back in surprise.

"You don't know?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura nodded. "No one told me about it and I couldn't find anything on it when I went back to Kiri."

She then sat back as well. She and Naruto glanced at each other, then at Sasuke, who shifted nervously under their gazes.

Finally, Naruto spoke. "So, Teme. You need to tell us something about you!"

Sasuke blinked. "I don't have anything to say yet. Maybe when I do." He received two glares. "Uh...I like tomatoes?" He tried.

Naruto slapped a hand onto his forehead. "Gah! Teme! Something more important." He said. "Besides, we already know that."

Sasuke crossed his arms. "Like what? I don't like sweets."

Sakura blinked. "What?"

"I don't like sweets."

Sakura looked at Naruto. Naruto looked back. "WHAT?!"


"I want to be on Sasuke-kun's team."

"How about Naruto-kun?"

Sakura sighed and leaned onto her desk.

Sasuke blinked down at her.

"I'm fine. Just annoyed." Sakura said, answering Sasuke's unasked question. Sasuke nodded.

There was a slam of the door and Naruto rushed in. At once, a whole bunch of girls rushed to greet him. Sasuke smirked in amusement. Naruto finally got out of the sea of girl and jumped onto the desk by Sasuke's, which turned out to be Sakura's.

"Hey, Sakura-chan! What are you smirking at, Teme?" He asked.

Sasuke's smirk only widened.

"Hey, Teme. Believe it or not, I'm-"

Someone knocked into Naruto, causing the boy to fall forwards.

Time seemed to slow as Naruto fell towards Sasuke, and the two...kissed.

For a second, there was complete silence, before the two boys jumped apart, rubbing at their mouths. Then the screaming began.

"Oh my gosh! Did you see that? Sasuke-kun and Naruto-kun. What if they're on the same team?"

"Kya! That lucky girl!"

Sakura stared at the two boys glaring at each other over her, and opened her mouth. "You know? Inner says that two guys who like each other-"

Naruto clapped a hand over the girl's mouth. "Sakura-chan. Please don't say anymore."

Sasuke nodded. "If you don't, I'll ask oka-san to make you dango." He added.

Sakura decided not to say anything, though she looked like she wanted to say something. She settled with talking to Inner herself.

Then Iruka appeared at the door and everyone settled down.

Iruka made a speech about how they were still at the bottom of all shinobi and stuff.

"I bet that's a script he memorized last night." Naruto muttered.

Sakura giggled.

Iruka then began reading out the teams. Sakura nodded off at some point and wouldn't wake up no matter how many times Sasuke and Naruto tried to wake her without Iruka noticing. In the end, they just gave up.

"Team Seven will be Namikaze Naruto." The blonde looked up. "Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke did the same. The two boys glanced at each other, then at Sakura sleeping between them. In the background, girls that were still teamless let out screams of hope while the girls already in a team groaned and cried.

"And Haruno Sakura."

Sakura sat up at her name. "Uh?"

"You're on a team with us!" Naruto exclaimed, slinging his arm over her shoulder.

"Now, Team Eight, we have..."


All the teachers had arrived at some point and had taken their team and left. Finally, even Iruka had left, leaving Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto sitting around with nothing to do.

"When is he coming?" Naruto whined.

Sasuke sighed and rubbed his temple. "Why don't you just shut up and wait?"

"What did you say, Teme!"

Sasuke held up a finger to his lips. "Shhhhh."

Sakura was, once again, asleep. These days, she seemed to be asleep more than she was awake.

"Right." Naruto muttered.

"Hn, dobe."

Sakura chose this moment to wake up.

"Oh! Sakura-chan!" Naruto grinned. "Perfect timing." He ran over to the board and grabbed a eraser. "Come on. Let's prank him."

Sakura's eyes brightened. She reached into her tattoo and pulled out a tub of glitter. "Here. Add this."

Naruto grinned mischievously and was about to do as told, when Sasuke stopped him.

"Hang on. I think I have something too..." He pulled out a tube of glue. "Here. It'll stick better."

Naruto shot him a thumb sup and then emptied the tube onto the eraser. He then dumped the glitter on top and placed it on top of the door


Hatake Kakashi opened the door, not really knowing what to expect. Sure, he had failed a whole load of Genin, but this was a special case. This team consisted of the Hokage's son, the last Haruno and the younger Uchiha.

He stepped through, and something landed on his head. He glanced upwards. He then turned back to his newest team and inwardly sighed. They had the nerve to look surprised and shocked.

"Wow! Glitter hair! Is that some sort of new fashion?" The blonde, who he instantly recognized to be his teacher's son, asked.

Kakashi closed his eyes. "Hmmm...my first impression of you? I hate you."


"Now why don't you introduce yourselves?" Kakashi asked.

Naruto spoke up. "You go first and show us how it's done." He demanded.

"Uh... I am Hatake Kakashi. I have no intentions of telling you my likes and dislikes. As for my dream... I have few hobbies."

"All we learnt was his name." Naruto muttered.

'Suspicious character, Kura-chan.' Inner muttered. 'I mean, look at the mask and the covered-eye'

"Maybe he's just ugly." Sakura said, staring at the man that was to become her teacher.

'And the porn! I smell porn. His whole entire stance screams 'PERVERT'. Kura-chan, stay away from this man!'

"What Porn?" Sakura asked.

'The thing sticking out of the man's pocket! It's a familiar orange! The one we saw at the third Hokage's house!'

Sakura blinked and realized the strange looks she was getting. "Uh...Inner said that you were suspicious, cause of your..."

'Mask, covered eye and porn.'

"Mask, your covered eye, and the hidden porn."

Kakashi gave a dramatic sigh. "Sakura..."

Naruto burst out laughing. He looked like he had been holding it back for a while. "She called you ugly!" He managed to get out.

Sasuke sighed.

Naruto stopped abruptly. "Hey! How do you know Sakura-chan?"

Kakashi shrugged.

"Kashi was on the team who first found me." Sakura told him.

Naruto blinked in a 'oh' kind of way.

"Then, why don't we continue? You first." Kakashi said, pointing at Naruto.

"My name is Namikaze Naruto. I like cup ramen! What I like even more is restaurant ramen Iruka-sensei buys me. I also like Sakura-chan, and sometimes, Teme. What I dislike is waiting 3 minutes for cup ramen to cook. Also, sometimes Teme."

At this point, Sasuke had his face buried in his hands. Sakura let out a giggle. Kakashi was looking at Naruto in a 'Are you serious' kind of way. 'What happened to your son, Minato-sensei?'

"My dream is to become a better Hokage than my father and have all the people in this village acknowledge me for what I do, not what my father accomplished!" At this, Kakashi was slightly relieved. "Hobbies… pranks I guess."

Kakashi nodded. "You next." He pointed at Sasuke.

Sasuke opened his mouth, but Sakura interrupted him. "Inner says you should go for melodramatic." She announced. "Cause she was impressed by Naruto's introduction."

Sasuke placed his finger over Sakura's mouth, stopping her from saying more. "Okay." He muttered.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke...I hate quite a lot of things, but I do like a few things as well." He shot Sakura and Naruto a look. "My dream...or rather, my ambition is to, one day, surpass my brother and get my family to acknowledge me as the second son of the clan head, not a replacement."

Kakashi nodded again. "Okay, last but not least-"

Sakura sat up and turned to Sasuke. "Inner says the pause after your name was good."

Kakashi sighed. "Last but not least." He repeated, and nodded at Sakura.

"My name is Haruno Sakura. I like the kind people I met in Konoha, like Ruto and Suke, as well as their families, and my new friends I made in the Academy. I also like the Moon and my old compound back in Kiri. I also like the Hozuki. I dislike it when people weaponize chakra. My dream is to unlock all the hidden techniques and abilities of my clan, restore it, and take my place as it's head. I also want to figure out the clan's bank account number." Sakura finished with a grin.

Kakashi nodded, slightly interested. A dislike for people using chakra as a weapon?

Inside Sakura's head, Inner was nodding in satisfaction. 'That was pretty good. Our dream is to restore our clan, and take our place as head. No one said it was about the Haruno.'

Kakashi nodded. "Okay, that's enough of that. Tomorrow, we'll perform our first duty together."

"What? What?" Naruto asked enthusiastically.

"Survival Training" Kakashi said.

"Survival Training?" Sasuke repeated.

"Why is our duty training? We did enough training in the ninja academy!" Naruto complained.

Kakashi chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Naruto demanded.

"It's just that if I tell you this, you guys are definitely going to flip." Kakashi said.

"Get on with it." Sasuke said, frowning.

"Out of the 27 graduates, only 9 will be chosen as actual Genin. The rest would be sent back to the academy. This training is super difficult and the chance of failure is 66%."

"What?!" Naruto screeched.

Sakura raised her hand. Kakashi nodded.

"It's over 66%. Rounded to 2 decimal places, it's 66.67%." Sakura said.

Kakashi stared at her.

She raised her hand again. Kakashi indicated towards her again. "Also, yesterday, there was a Team 10. Each team has 3 people, which means that there has to be at least thirty people."

Sakura raised her hand again. Kakashi pointed at her, dreading what she was going to say next. Naruto and Sasuke were looking at him. It didn't take a genius to see that they were suspecting something. "How far back into the Academy are we going to be sent back?" She asked.

Kakashi blinked. Believe it or not, that question had never come up. He shrugged. "The Academy teachers decide that, so I don't know."

"It's not like we're going to fail anyway." Sasuke said smugly.

Kakashi just rolled his eyes at his students. "Anyways, I'll see you guys at sunrise, tomorrow at the training fields. Bring all your shinobi tools. Oh, and don't eat breakfast or you'll throw up." With that, he disappeared.

"Ok! Meet me tomorrow at training grounds at 5:00 am and don't eat breakfast or else you'll throw up."


"Neji!"

Said Hyuuga looked up at his name and a smile nearly slipped onto his face. Almost.

"Sakura."

The girl came to a skidding halt in front of him and shoved her hitai-ate into his face. "Guess what?"

"You passed?"

Sakura pouted. "Jeez. How did-"

"I know? I wonder. After all, no one would have noticed the hitai-ate shoved into their face." Neji smirked.

Sakura pouted. "Anyways. I have something to ask of you."

Neji hummed to let her know he had heard.

"I need something, and you're the best person to ask." Sakura paused. "So...you're teacher is Maito Gai, right?"

Neji nodded.

"Okay. So..."


Neji thrust the package into Sakura's hands.

"I cannot believe you asked me to do such a thing and I cannot believe I actually did it." He sighed.

Sakura giggled. "Thanks, Neji. You're the best."

This time, Neji couldn't stop the smile. Sakura grinned back.

"Come on. Let's go eat dango." Sakura dragged Neji towards the closest tea shop around.

Sakura ordered ten sticks of mitarashi dango and passed the menu to Neji, who ordered two of the same.

"You are free, right?" Sakura asked.

Neji sighed and eyed the pile of dango on Sakura's plate, then looked at his. "You ask this now?" He asked. At Sakura's blank look, he sighed. "Of course. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to come here."

The two finished eating and found themselves hanging out in the park.

"So...how about the...you know?" Sakura curled her tongue around her canine tooth.

Neji sighed again. "I believe that I have broken more rules since I have met you than I have ever in my life." He said as he retrieved a scroll. "I found this is the deepest parts of the Hyuuga archive, so I doubt anyone would notice if it goes missing. However..."

Sakura nodded. "I'll return it as soon as I've memorized it."

"Uncle has a soft spot for you. However, I don't think he would be very merciful once he finds out about this." Neji said.

Sakura nodded. At one point during the past year, Hyuuga Hiashi had realized that Neji was spending quite a lot of time with a girl, and had asked her over for dinner. Sakura had, someone, managed to get on the Hyuuga head's good side. "I know. I'll be careful. In fact, hang on." Sakura opened the scroll and began to read it.

'Okay...uh...chakra...tenketsu...Jūken...Hakke...' Inner mumbled as she sorted through everything coming in through Sakura's eyes.

Sakura drew back. "Here." She passed the scroll back to Neji, who blinked at her.

"Already?" He asked.

Sakura nodded. "Just in case." She said. "If I forget anything, you can always tell me." She said. "I just need something to impress my teacher tomorrow, in case my plan doesn't work."

"But the techniques all include the Byakugan." Neji said. "Didn't you mention before that only the Hokage knows?"

Sakura nodded. "However, I bet my teacher has been told about my Byakugan. Hatake Kakashi, Neji, Hatake Kakashi! The Copy ninja. There has to be a reason someone like his was assigned to a team containing the Kyuubi, the Sharingan and the Byakugan, right?"

"A reason..." Neji trailed off. "Extortion." He said. "Power, and a title."

Sakura frowned. "Maybe." She said. "Anyways, I should go now." She glanced up at the darkening sky.

"I'll walk you." Neji automatically offered, polite clan upbringings taking over.

"Piggyback." Sakura said. At the look Neji sent her way, she grinned. "Come on!"

Hyuuga Neji ended up carrying Sakura on his back, all the way to the Uchiha compound.


Kakashi arrived at the training grounds, expecting some sort of complaint. However, what he was not expecting was his maybetobe Genin sitting on the ground, crying their eyes out.

Kakashi hesitantly stepped towards them, not sure what to do. "Er..."

Sakura looked up and recognition lit her teary eyes. "Ka-Kashi~" She wailed. "It's terrible!" She wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her robe.

Kakashi blinked.

Sakura opened her mouth again, but a new wave of tears attacked he. Sasuke hugged her. The Uchiha was sniffing. Kakashi stiffened. If Sasuke was crying, it had to be something bad...

This time, Naruto spoke up. "Sasame and Yuuto broke up!"

It took Kakashi a second to realize that the names sounded familiar.

"Sasame caught Mayaka and Yuuto cheating on her and they broke up. Then it was a cliffhanger!"

Kakashi's hand flew to his pocket, where his half read Icha Icha was being kept. "What!?"


"So...Sasame and Yuuto broke up? And then the volume ended?" Kakashi asked.

Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke nodded.

Jiraiya-sama, how could you. Kakashi glanced at the three. "And how do you know this?"

Naruto let out a sob. "The other day, tou-chan went to the old man's house to talk and we tagged along. We were exploring when we came across this shelf. We were curious of what kind of books the God of Shinobi reads."

Sakura pouted. "Biwako-sama came over with a red face and took the book from us before we could check when the next volume was coming out."

Sasuke scowled. "It was interesting too." He glanced at Kakashi. "You know it too?"

Kakashi nodded slowly.

"Would you recommend it?"

Kakashi slowly nodded again. "Well, I think there are age-"

"Then I should recommend it to Nii-san. Tou-sama and Kaa-sama too. If I tell them that the famous copy ninja Kakashi recommends it, I'm sure they'll read it. "

Kakashi paled at this. "Now-"

"But lets do the test first." Sasuke stood up.


Kakashi explained the rules of the bell test, not feeling as excited as before. He had a very bad feeling about this. "Now, start!" When all three Genin disappeared into the trees, his bad feeling grew worst.


Sakura signaled to her friends to stop. She then pulled out a scroll from her tattoo and summoned something.

"First, Naruto, change into this."

Naruto opened his mouth to complain. "What! Why? This thing looks so stupid-"

Sakura cut him off. "I did some research. Luckily, my friend is a Genin under Kashi's best friend. They have a weird relationship. Personally, I think Suke would have an even bigger effect but..." She glanced over at the Uchiha, who was pretending like they didn't exist.

"Anyways. Hurry up. You need to remember the following lines, and here's what we're going to do."


Though unwilling to admit it out loud, Kakashi was actually looking forward to testing his most recent team, consisting of his teacher's son, the Uchiha clan's prodigious heir's brother and the last Haruno. He remembered what Minato had told him about the three. Kyuubi, Sharingan and the Byakugan. They would make an impressive team for sure.

And so, he nearly dropped his book when Naruto came flying out of the trees.

No. It want the action itself. It was more to do with his maybetobe student wearing a familiar green spandex, yelling "DYNAMIC ENTRY!" at the top of his lungs. To top it off, when Kakashi dodged the fly kick, Naruto landed and got into Gai's signature stance. "Now, Kakashi, we shall have a battle of youth! I shall take those bells from you!"

Kakashi wondered of the piled up stress of his ninja career was catching up to him. Was this a punishment for all his sins?

And so, he did the thing most people would like to do when they came face to face with a nightmare they hadn't even thought had the possibility of coming to life. He Shunshined away from the clearing.


The moment Kakashi had vanished, Naruto reappeared on their tree. "He ran off."

Sasuke scoffed. "Like we didn't know." He said. "You look weird in that thing."

Naruto scowled back but Sakura quickly intervened. "Now." Sakura turned to her Uchiha teammate with an evil glint in her eyes. Sasuke shuffled away from her.

Sakura pulled out a scroll and summoned something. Sasuke paled and tried to run. Sakura grabbed his collar without even looking up.

"You change into this." At her glare, Sasuke slowly did as told.

While he was busy, Sakura turned to Naruto. "You perform your sexy jutsu and change into this." Naruto happily obliged.

Sasuke announced that he was done, then turned hesitantly towards Sakura who smiled brightly. "Hey, it actually fits you." She reached out and fixed his wig.

A pretty blonde girl stood where Naruto had been before.

Sakura grinned at him too. "This is perfect."

"You're a girl. Why can't you do it?" Sasuke grumbled.

Sakura nodded. "I could. Should I change as well?"

Sasuke quickly shook his head. "Uh... It's okay. It was your idea, so..."

Sakura grinned. She then activated her Byakugan. "Kakashi's there. Now, go throw yourselves at him!"


Kakashi stopped on a branch and glanced behind him. He searched for Naruto's chakra signal and freaked when he sensed him close by. However, he wasn't alone. Now, Sasuke's chakra was moving alongside his. Kakashi wondered if they were working together, then wondered where Sakura was.

He quickly composed himself and waited expectantly for Naruto and Sasuke to arrive.

His visible eye widened. A pretty girl stood at the foot of his tree wearing a red yukata. A blonde girl stepped out from behind him.

'Icha Icha come to life!' His brain screamed. His holds on his book loosened for just a second, and then it was gone from his grip. He whipped around and saw a flash of pink just as the person body flickered away. Had he lowered his guard that much? Feeling numb, he turned towards Sasuke and Naruto and indeed, they were gone as well.

Then the weight of the whole situation hit him and he quickly body flickered. He must rescue his book!


Kakashi appeared by the stump a few seconds later. "My book..."

Sasuke and Naruto instantly were standing in front of Sakura, who was flicking her fingers around. His orange book floated around in front of her, moving, as if it was being controlled.

"Kashi!" Sakura grinned, ignoring the deadly aura coming from said man. "Nice of you to join is."

"My book..." Kakashi repeated.

"Is worth a lot more that three bells." Sakura interrupted. She held up a kunai. "Don't you think so?"


All the Jounin were gathered in the Hokage's office. Everyone nearly had a heart attack when they saw that Hatake Kakashi was already there and waiting. And he looked to be in a hurry.

Minato then you his sweet time going through the teams, asking if the Genin had passed. Kakashi kept fidgeting.

Finally-"Kakashi?"

"My team passed. Now, if you'll excuse me-"

"You passed a team?" Asuma asked. "Wow. What did they do?"

"Uh, you see, I'm in a hurry-"

"Come on, Hatake-san. Tell us!" A Jounin called out.

"How about another time..."

Minato nodded in amusement. "Why don't you tell us?"

"Please, Hokage-sama. My sweet, adorable Genin first gave me spoilers. Then Sasuke told me that he would suggest Icha Icha to his family, then Naruto appeared in my friend, Gai's spandex, then both boys cosplayed as Mayaka and Sasame from Icha Icha, then Sakura stole my precious book, and threatened to tear it up if I didn't pass them!" Kakashi blurted out. "I have to go get it back." And then he was gone. The room was in shocked silence for a few moments, before it erupted into laughter.

Minato blinked a few times, and his smile gave way to a look of horror. "Where on Earth did Naruto learn of Icha Icha?" He paled even more. "What if Kushina find out..."

Feeling story for their depressed Hokage, the rest of the Jounin gave their reports.


The soon to be members of team seven were smart. Not necessarily in academic ways, but they were masters of getting out of trouble.

And so, the moment Kakashi dismissed them to report to the Hokage, they ran straight to the Uchiha compound, where they knew Kushina and Mikoto were having tea. Sakura hid Kakashi's book in her robe and took the lead. "Miko-san, Shina-san!" She yelled, then ran into the living room. Naruto and Sasuke followed. Both women looked up ad smiled. "Sakura-chan, boys, so, how was it? Did you pass?" Mikoto asked.

Sakura nodded excitedly. "Yeah!"

"We totally wiped the ground with him, tebbayo!" Naruto said.

"As a reward, Kashi even recommended his book to us! Apparently, is very interesting! You should read it!" Sakura said.

"He offered the book to us." Sasuke said.

On cue, Sakura held up the orange book and handed it to Kushina.

All three pretended not to notice the dark auras being released.

"O-oh." Kushina gritted out. "I'll take care of it."

Mikoto's smile was too cheery. "Yes. Very, VERY good care of it."


When Kakashi landed outside the Uchiha compound, he was slightly surprised to see Itachi standing there. The Uchiha heir approached him. "Oka-sama and Kushina-san are waiting in the living room. They told me to tell you that they are aware of your presence and not to try and run, or there would be consequences." He hesitated. "I am not sure what you have done, but they looked very angry."

Itachi left, leaving Kakashi to face the two of Konoha's most scariest women alone.

And to make things worse, he had a growing feeling that he knew the reason for their anger.

His Genin team was waiting for him at the door. Kakashi glared at them and they blinked back innocently.

"Kashi, please don't worry about the breakup. It never happened." Then the three were gone, leaving Kakashi standing there, mouth hanging open.


"Hatake Kakashi! What were you thinking, offering your perverted book to Innocent Sakura-chan?" Mikoto's eyes were glowing red, and her Sharingan wasn't even activated.

Kakashi had no idea what was going on. So he just stood there.

If Mikoto was the silent, creep-up-on-you type of anger, Kushina was the explosive, erupt-in-your-face kind of anger. Both were equally scary, and both were equally mad at him.

And to make things worse, he had no idea what they were talking about.

"Uh...hang on...I think I'm missing the main plot here. What-"

"You're planning to play innocent now? That is not manly, dattebane!" Kushina scolded.

"But-"

Mikoto stood up. "So, you're telling us you have no idea why you offered your vulgar book to Sakura-chan?"

Kakashi blinked. "What?!"


The next day, Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto met up outside their 'clubhouse'. They were much more jumpy than usual, but that was expected.

In the end, Mikoto and Kushina hadn't believed Kakashi's version of the story, saying that it was 'very rude to pit the blame on someone else', especially if the someone else were his students, and that 'he should be ashamed of himself'.

They could hear Mikoto and Kushina chewing Kakashi out all the way here. Even Fugaku had decided not to enter the house. Itachi had vanished, only to come back when Kakashi was finally released.

"What do you think he'll do to us?" Sakura asked. For once, she wasn't radiating her 'cheerful' aura.

Naruto shrugged, trying to look brave. "Don't worry, Sakura-chan! I'll protect ya!"

Sasuke scowled. "It's not our fault he fell for something like that." He scoffed. "Copy ninja, they say."

"Should we go now?" Naruto asked. "It's seven or something."

Sakura shrugged. "Inner says that he would probably be late too."

Sasuke nodded. "She has a point. But then, we have nothing to lose if we were to go early and start training."

Naruto nodded. "Yup! We can eat ramen on our way..."

Sasuke and Sakura glanced at each other and sighed.


So, here's chapter 8.

So...we're still looking for that fanfic? Anyone...?

Darque: So, I just had my flute concert thingy mabob, and I'm waiting for results. Which type are you? The worry about the concert until the say, perform concert, then forget about it? Or are you the no worry, do concert, then worry until the results are out? Or do you worry both before and after? Or do you not care at all?

Raven: Hmmm...I'm the worry both times kinds person. How about you?

Darque: I'm worry before, forget after. Like, before my performance, I though my heart would blow up, but then, after I was done, I was completely fine. I made one mistake I actually realized.

Raven: Hey! That's actually pretty good! The last time I heard you, it sounded like an dying ostrich.

Darque: Are you talking about you and your violin? Cause that's the perfect description.

:) How was it? Feed back is appreciated.