Sorry for the delay everyone, but school (a.k.a hell in a wooden desk) has been just what it's alias suggests: HELL. Anyways, it's the weekend so here's chapter 10:
CHAPTER 10: "KONOHA HOMECOMING"
"Kakashi, this is insane, we can find you another coupon.." Gai stated, staring disbelieveling at his rival, who was breaking into his 23rd home today, threatning to kill the owners of the home if they didn't tell him where his coupon was. "Sigh, he won't listen to reason..." Gai signed, jumping through the hole in the villager's home made by a Raikiri.
"Stop, Kakashi!!!" Gai yelled, running towards Kakashi. Kakashi swiftly dodged Gai's dynamic kick and ran out the house running down the street, leaving a trail of foam on the ground. "Kakashi, wait!!"
"Never, never, never, never!!" Kakashi stoped, turning around, facing Gai, an idea now roaming his gray-haired head. "Oh, Gai..." Kakashi started, a sly tone to his voice.
"Huh, what is it, Kakashi?" Gai asked. "What I'm doing now, looking for this coupon, is a part of a super-secret-special-youth training regement." Kakashi stated, knowing anything with the power of youth in it will fool Gai. "WHHHAAAAA!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID SO BEFORE KAKASHI!!! I SHALL JOIN YOU ON THIS YOUTH TRAINING, FOR MY YOUTH WILL BURN THE BRIGHTEST!!!" Kakashi smiled under his foam-stained mask. 'Good, all according to plan, and, now that I have allies, it will be all the more easier to find my beloved coupon...' Kakashi thought. Together, the disfunctional duo made their way across the village, ready to spead some havoac if neccessary...
"What kind of coupon is that?!! 50 off Icha Icha Tactics Vol. 17!! That's a pervy book!!" Ino screeched as she walked out of her family's flower, noticing what Kiba was holding. "No, Ino, this isn't mine!!" Kiba explained, defensively waving his arms in front of his face, stopping in front of her.
"I was walking Akamaru and we found it.." Kiba stated, looking at the coupon. "Ergh, who would even want to use this coupon to buy such a pervy book..." Ino asked, disguted by the book and it's contents. "I dunno..." Kiba replied, shaking his head around to see anyone walking by that he thought might be pervy. But then again, none, he thought, would openly show their perverted side. At least, that's what he thought.
"I WOULD!!!" came a yell across the street. Both Ino, Kiba, and Akamaru swiftly turned their heads towards the direction of the sound. "Huh, who are you?" Ino asked. The figure did an anime-fall before quickly getting back up, doing a gracefull dance while adjusting his black glasses. "It is I, Ebisu!!!" He yelled in a pose so ridiculous it could be compared to one of Gai's.
"Alright, we're done with this mission, now back to Konoha!!" Naruto happily replied, jumping through the trees leading back to Konoha. Naruto, Shikamaru and the rest of their team had succesfully escourted Madame Shijimi to Suna with her husband and now on their way back to Konoha. Sakura only smiled at his hyper-active antics, thankfull that they hadn't ran into Gaara, luckily they had been out on a mission. Only little did she know they'd help out a lot later in their lives (Foreshadowing, anyone?)
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After a while of running around Konoha as a duo, Gai and Kakashi got into an arguement about who should lead the 'Special-Super-Secret-Youth-Training-Regement', and decided it be best if they split up. Unfortunatley, Gai had never seen the coupon they where looking for, and didn't have a cule as to how it look. "Uhh.." Was the sound that escaped his lips as he stood on a roof, scanning his brain trying to remember a image of it.
"Well, I have no idea what it looks like, but, IT IS YOUTH TRAINING!!! I CAN'T FAIL!!! I WILL SEARCH ALL OF KONOHA TO MAINTAIN YOUTHNESS!! REGARDLESS TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR LOOKS LIKE!! BUT THAT IS NOTHING FOR THE POWER OF YOOOUUUUUTTTHHHHHHH!!!!"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" Gai looked down. "Huh? Asuma, Kurenai?" He asked, looking down. "Gai, what I just heard... have you forgotten the reason why you were chasing Kakashi?" Asuma asked, Kurenai sliently shaking her head in pity.
"WHY YES, ASUMA, THE REASON IS BECAU-WAIT A MINUTE!!! I'VE BEEN TRICKED!!" Gai realized, his youthfull fist now falling to his sides quite unyouthfully...
"Gai, where is Kakashi?" Kurenai asked. Gai quelled his ranting just in time to hear her question. "Huh, oh Kakashi elected to search the other side of Konoha, while I searched this one" Gai answered, jumping down to meet his fellow Jonin.
With a sign, Asuma took off, followed by Kurenai and Gai. "Gai, what the hell is wrong with you, falling for something like that.." Kurenai shot a glare at Gai, who only grinned a nervous grin. "Hokage-sama's gonna want to hear about this..." Asuma smirked while Gai took a nervous gulp. "Uh oh..."
"Ebisu? Who the hell are you?" Kiba asked, as he and Ino stared at the black-suited man. Ebisu just adjusted his glasses as he jumped off the roof he was posted on, slowly walking towards the three.
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RUFF, RUFF!!
"You have the limited-edition coupon.." Ebisu admired. A trickle of foam slid down his chin, he slowly began trembling. "Uhhh... I need that couupon..." Ebisu muttered..
"Get the hell away you perv!!" Ino yelled. Kiba grabbed a kunai, ready to fight if neccessary...
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!!!!" Someone yelled.
"Huh?" Kiba, Ino, and Ebisu said, their heads all turning toward the direction of the sound.
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM MY COUPON!!!!!!" The masked man replied, landing gracefully on the ground across from them. "Kakashi-sensei!!" Kiba and Ino replied.
"Kakashi, this coupon is yours?" Ebisu asked, a little disappointed. "Yeah, I've been looking for it for a while now.." Kakashi replied, walking towards the group. "Huh? This is yours.." Kiba began, handing the coupon to Kakashi, but before it could reach his hand, a strong gust of wind blew its way past, blowing the coupon out of Kiba's hand.
"UHH, AAAHHHHH THE COUPON!!!" Kakashi screamed, chasing after the coupon for dear life, raming into people on the busy streets of Konoha.
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"Hey!!"
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"Watch it!!"
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"What the hell?!!"
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"STOP THAT COUPON, PLEASE!!!"
"On my.." Kiba and Ino looked, surprised a coupon could hold thay much value to a grown man. Ebisu quickly dashed off ater him, shouting that he would help him on his quest to get the coupon if he agreed to let him read it sometime. "Well, see ya around Ino, gotta finish walking Akamaru" Kiba said, turning around with his small beloved dog.
"Uh, okay, Kiba, by the way, do you know where Sakura is?" Ino asked. "Huh? Sakura? Oh, she's on a mission with Naruto and the rest of your team." Kiba answered.
"Oh, okay, see ya around Kiba."
"We're finally back!!!" Naruto exclaimed as he jumped his way back into Konoha, as happy as ever. "First stop, Ichiraku Ramen!!" He yelled, ready to eat his weight in many, many bowls of miso ramen. Unfortunetly, his plans would have to be put on hold by a familiar voice. "Hold it Naruto, we've got to report to the Hokage about the mission" Shikamaru said, still rubbing his sore neck.
Naruto turned his head behind him, an annoyed look on his face. "Aaarrgghh, Baa-chan's report can wait, I'm hungry..." Naruto grumbled. "Here then, this will have to please your stomach for now.." Chouji said, handing Naruto a bag of potato chips.
Sasuke snorted in annoyance. "We're wasting time, I need to start training.." He said, glaring down at his cut leg, angry with himself he was the only one with a wound.
"Sasuke-kun's right" Sakura said. "Let's go to the Hokage first, and get this report done with" She paused, seeing Naruto's annoyed face. "And after that, we can both go to Ichiraku's for some ramen, kay?" She ended the last part sweetly, batting an eyelash at Naruto, who could barely contain his happiness. "ALRIGHT!! LET'S GO!!"
"Damn, I lost it.." Kakashi groaned, his body laying in a tree in the outskirts of Konoha, surprised his flee from the enrarged women lead him this far out. "I lost it, forever..." Mouthed his foam-stained mask, as he slowly got up from his spot. He could barely remember what happened, one minute he had the coupon right in his hands... and then that fucking wind came along and blew his happiness away from him.
He remembered chasing the coupon across the village, with Ebisu darting towards it as well, but once they went through that women's bathhouse, he lost his only comrade. Man, Naruto was right, Ebisu really was a closet-perv. There was so much blood running from his nose he passed out. That left only him, and the coupon. The steam they were in was thick, he could barely see, he remembered women's screams and the burning feeling of scorching hot water being released onto his skin. Then it got fuzzy. He saw the coupon fall in the water, the scorching hot water. He screamed in horror as he saw the ink smear and float in the water, leaving it just a regular piece of paper with no value at all. It was all over..
How the hell did the coupon fly into the women's bathhouse anyways, of all the places. It didn't make sense, and Kakashi's brain was hurting to much to figure it out. His limp body fell from the tree and hit the ground with a thud. His head hurted, he was tired, he was delusional, he needed rest. He flet sleep take over his senses, and no matter how hard he tired, he couldn't fight it. 'Ohh, coupon...ZZZZZZZZZZ'
"Ne, old man, one miso ramen for me and" Naruto paused, turning to look at Sakura. "Oh, umm I'll have one too please" She smiled. "Good choice Sakura-chan, I think miso's the best!!" Naruto grinned. Sakura couldn't help but smile back. 'Wow, being with Naruto... isn't so bad...' She thought, staring at the counter while waiting patiently on her food.
"Ne, Sakura-chan" Naruto's voice took her out of her thoughts. "Why did you, well... ummm, decide to have ramen with me?" He asked, seeming kind of nervous to ask.
Sakura thought over this question, not really knowing the answer herself. "Well" She began. "You've been really good to me ever since I met you, you've even saved me, and well, I..I just thought I'd give you a chance..." She said, slightly smiling. "Just think of this as a thanks for... all the times you've saved me, and.. for just being you Naruto, kun." She smiled when she saw the look on Naruto's face when she added the suffix. The look of shock and surprise was completely erased though when his nose picked up the scent of ramen approching.
"Here ya go, two miso ramens." The old man said, sitting each bowl to their individual owner. "Thanks" Sakura said, handing Naruto a pair of chopsticks and grabbing some for herself.
"Itadakimasu!!!"
NEXT CHAPTER: "SASUKE'S REQUEST"
Poor Kakashi, the coupon has been destroyed. Sigh, there goes my running gag, guess I'll have to make another, or perhaps, I'll revive the coupon in some sick, twisted, witch-brew ritual. MMMWWWAHAAHAHAHA(cough). Anyways... I added a little NarutoxSakura romance, maybe I'll put more in next chapter, but I don't it, sice I plan on next chapter being an all Sasuke one. But who knows.
Oh yeah, at the beginning of this chapter, Sakura was glad they hadn't run into Gaara and his siblings because no one has seen them since their little encounter when Gaara was half-Shukaku, so no one knows they changed yet, and they won't know till my story gets to the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, that's why the team is still on distrustfull and somewhat scared of Gaara, well at least Sakura is.
Alas, please read and REVIEW!!! Thanks again!!