Agent's Spiel:
Agent's Spiel: Ummm…okay I have a silly question that I want answered as honestly as possible by anyone who's planning on reviewing or can pm me. Do any of you guys read the Spiels at the beginning or end of these? Also if you're going to review please answer the question at the bottom.
Also: WEEE!! Luckily the problem was just with the power adaptor and not the port so a new adaptor was bought and I'm online with an on time update.
This chapter takes place a week or so after the last one. The exact amount of time isn't important.
Naruto will be using alternate means of communication:
Single quotation marks '' will be used to represent sign language.
Back slashes / will denote Naruto writing what he is saying.
Italics mean you are reading the characters thoughts; congratulations on becoming telepathic. Of course it generally only applies to Sakura and Kakashi so I'm not necessarily sure telepathy is good thing around those two.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Dogs
"I take it your day went well?" Sanzo chuckled as Sakura stomped out of the house and into the small fenced enclosure that served as their backyard. His daughter growled and sat down heavily on the grass next to the chair he had been snoozing in.
"When did you get back?" she asked pulling a few leaves out of one of her pigtails.
"This afternoon," he assured her. "I'll be in town for at least the next two weeks," he added.
"Oh good!" Sakura perked up. "Cause Anko's busy and I want to do more training with genjutsu."
"We'll see," Sanzo answered coyly.
"So why did you go to Sunagakure again?" she asked a bit coyly.
"The Chuunin exam starts soon."
"Boooring," Sakura intoned flopping backwards to lie down.
He noticed that Sakura looked more relaxed than normal considering the guests they were waiting for and decided to head back inside, dragging his daughter with him – literally. Once they had entered the house, Sakura finally stood up and headed towards the stairs as her father added, "Go clean up. My old students are coming for dinner and this time Gai is bringing his students. I thought it would be nice for you to meet some older Genin."
Sakura nodded distractedly and made it halfway up the stairs before stopping dead in her tracks. "WHAT?"
"No complaining. I've told you plenty of times that you are allowed to invite your team when we have these dinners and you don't. I'm going to get you to socialize with people your own age again," her father countered.
"Do you…GAH!" Sakura finally growled stomping the rest of the way up the stairs and nearly stepping on Houkou.
When she appeared in front of her father an hour later he rolled his eyes at her when she pouted pathetically at him. "If it makes you feel any more excited, Genma is going to be here and he is sane enough for you to converse with. And Gai's students can't be as bad him," he offered.
"You've never met them before? How do you know they won't be bad influences?" Sakura asked smirking at him.
"I've seen your 'good' influences Sakura. They can't be as bad as Anko," Sanzo joked.
"I like Anko," Sakura countered before getting up and stomping to the front door when someone rapped rather urgently on it. Her father followed her slowly out of the kitchen trying to hide his smirk. It wouldn't do any good to admit that he had met Gai's students before.
Sakura pouted when she opened the door and found Genma looking down at her in amusement. "Is body armor really necessary for dinner?" he asked curiously.
"Houkou, sick 'em," she whispered. Her dog looked up at Genma curiously before lying back down and snoring slightly. "Traitor," she muttered earning several chuckles from Genma. Sakura's frown deepened but she moved aside letting him enter.
"Ah! Little Haruno-chan, allow me to introduce you to my wonderfully youthful students," Gai started before wavering slightly as Sakura turned to Genma a bit frantically.
"Save me!" she pleaded. "I'll even get you out of dinner so you don't have to eat my dad's cooking," she offered looking up at the older man.
"No can do Pinky," Genma retorted grinning at her as he turned away from her and moved to greet his sensei.
"I'll get you a date with Anko?"
"Why would I want a date with Anko?" Genma asked laughing as he glanced back at the girl.
"Would you prefer Iruka-sensei?"
Genma's laughter grew louder and Sakura pouted as he continued past her to join Sanzo.
"What about one of the men from the mission room? I'm sure I could manage it," Sakura continued pressing.
"Why are you assuming I want men?" Genma asked a bit appalled.
"Well you know that whole oral fixation you have and-"
"Sakura!" her father called out cutting her off.
"Sakura?"
At the sound of a fairly normal and familiar voice, Sakura turned cautiously and immediately brightened when she recognized one of the older girls from the Academy. As part of a deal she had helped Sakura perfect her kunai and shuriken skills. "Tenten!" Sakura finally greeted happily as the girl entered glancing around a bit. "I know!" Sakura suddenly declared turning to face her father. "How about you let me take Tenten for a girls-only night and you all stay here?"
"Would this girls-only night involve pestering Iruka or either of your teammates?" Sanzo asked pulling his daughter out of the way so that Gai's other two students could enter as well.
"No…"
"You're staying Sakura."
"Curses upon you all," Sakura muttered darkly as she led Tenten into the kitchen.
"Maybe she should cut back on spending time with Anko. I think her neuroses are rubbing off on your daughter," Genma chuckled following them.
"You hang out with her too!" Sakura shouted causing Genma to wince at the pitch of her voice.
"No, I keep her in check occasionally."
"She doesn't need that. If you're gonna be a jerk just leave her alone," Sakura responded poking her tongue out.
"She's a pest when she wants to be."
"Just because other people are annoying too."
"Mitarashi Anko?" Gai asked.
"Yeah. You know we tried to convince her to cut your hair for us. You're lucky she considers you and the clone hopeless cases," Genma teased. "She ever get Kakashi back for cutting your hair?" he added, turning to Sakura.
"Why did Hatake Kakashi cut your hair?" Sanzo asked in alarm.
"He told me I was too preoccupied with being girly."
"Oh, my rival has gone too far. To damage this girl's beautiful visage to attack vanity and the beauty of youth-"
"Actually, I like it short," Sakura cut in. "It's out of the way now."
"Why do you think I choose buns?" Tenten whispered. Sakura looked at her curiously and the other girl added, "First weak of practice I spent just a bit too much time stunned by Gai's behavior and they started grabbing it during spars."
Sakura snickered and tugged lightly at her own pigtails. "Yeah, if my teammates tried that I'd probably kill them," she admitted.
"Sakura, you never really answered my question," Sanzo interrupted.
"What question?"
"Hatake."
"What about Kakashi-sensei?"
Sanzo stopped dead in his tracks as Genma snorted and Gai looked over at the girl in surprise. "My rival…passed a team? Aha! He has finally embraced the youthful inclination to pass on his hip principles."
"Yeah…I'm pretty sure he would have failed us if he could have," Sakura muttered. "One of my teammates was injured and the Council wanted him to teach Sasuke so they gave us an autopass."
Genma ignored the tick on Sanzo's forehead as he poked at…whatever it was they were being served for dinner. Maybe I should have taken Pinky up on her offer. Instead of complaining, he decided to force a change in topic by turning to Gai's other students. "What's wrong with the two of you? Stunned by the kid's cuteness?"
"But of course they are gentleman and will always defer to the young ladies."
Tenten snorted derisively and quickly covered it up when her long haired teammate looked at her defensively. "Um…Sakura, these two are Rock Lee and Hyuuga Neji," she said realizing that they hadn't been properly introduced.
"Okay," Sakura declared turning politely in their direction. Her eyes widened when she caught sight of Lee and his grin widened. "He really is a clone," she muttered turning back to her food. Tenten snickered again causing the rest of her team to look at her oddly. Tenten forcefully ignored them as she turned back to her food.
"So…what does my illustrious rival teach his impressionable young ninja?"
"Umm…stealth. Teamwork. Some jutsu. I like training with Anko more though. OH! Tenten you should totally meet her! I bet she would train with you too! She doesn't use as many weapons but she is learning how to use the tanto from Kakashi-sensei just like the rest of us-"
"I don't think that's necessary," Gai interrupted looking faintly afraid of the idea.
"And really diversity is a good thing. Trust me, that's like the first thing Kakashi-sensei beat into her heads…literally. I ended with a black eye after that happened-"
"I assure you Tenten's training is going quite well already-"
"And personally I think it's only fair that we get to work with more older kunoichi…although don't call her older to her face. She punched Sasuke through a fence once for it," Sakura continued ignoring Neji's interruption.
Genma snickered as Gai looked more and more pained by the idea but he was surprised when it wasn't Gai who finally shut Sakura up. "Sakura. Leave Tenten alone for now. You can convert her to worshipping Anko later," Sanzo cut in rolling his eyes at her. "Now please finish your dinner now. Several other friends will be joining us for desert."
"Is this part of the whole get your daughter to socialize thing?" Sakura bemoaned.
"Of course not. I'm simply fitting in socialization while I'm in town," he answered loftily. Sakura quieted and began eating quietly, occasionally sending glares at her father and Genma when Gai and Lee began exuberantly discussing their insane training regiment. They're worse than Naruto and Sasuke were when we started training together, she realized grinning suddenly thinking of her teammates. Teammates who totally could have gotten me out of this. They will pay!
Sanzo grimaced as the grin on his daughter's bowed face began to grow more apparent. The devilish smirk had become disturbingly common over the period of her training and he was beginning to understand who was to blame for it. "You know," Sakura interrupted as Gai moved on to explaining his and Kakashi's nearly even competition record. "That's not what he tells me and my teammates."
"Oh!"
"Kaka-sensei is always telling us that he's never lost to you," Sakura continued. "Something about unfashionable uniforms," she muttered to herself.
Gai's eyes burned as he turned to the younger girl. "Students listen well as well, you must not be deceived by my fiendish and hip rival. He is good, but I have the power of youth on my side. I would never disappoint my sensei by losing to such a man," he assured them all valiantly. Tenten grimaced when Sakura's lips twitched to hide her smirk.
"That's what I tried to tell them," Sakura insisted earnestly. "I said 'Uchiha-kun there is no way my father's best student would ever lose to someone like Kakashi-sensei. He's far too cool to lose to someone so tardy."
"Uchiha-kun? He's been telling the number one rookie of your year that he can beat me? Oh, my rival may have outsmarted me this time," Gai muttered to himself.
"I really did try to tell them that Kakashi-sensei was wrong, but they just wouldn't listen. My teammates just aren't very youthful. Anko says they frown too much," Sakura added.
"They are unhappy? My rival is not doing a good job if his students are unhappy and unyouthful all the time," Gai declared. "I must correct this. I must meet your teammates and impart on them the joys of youth!"
"Well…we don't have a mission tomorrow. You could probably meet them then," Sakura offered. "They're always eager to learn."
"Yosh! Tomorrow, my students, we will meet my rival's team and I will show you that my youthful way is the true path of the shinobi," Gai proclaimed jumping out of his chair and striking his signature pose. The rest of dinner was spent with Gai explaining exactly how he would convert the Uchiha heir to his own training regiment while Sakura tried to contain her laughter as she occasionally bemoaned her team's mistreatment of her.
Sanzo ended her fun when there was a knock on the door. "Sakura clean up the table while we greet our guests," he told his giggling daughter as he left the room. Sakura happily stayed behind, eyeing the back door cautiously as she wondered whether or not it would be safe to just sneak over to Iruka's. It was still early enough that Anko, Sasuke, and/or Kakashi could all be there. Her father ruined her plan when he sent one of their guests in to warn, "Forehead, your dad said if you try to sneak out and steal Sasuke-kun's time he'll ground you for a weak from seeing someone named Anko and the rest of you- what did you do to your hair!"
"Pig," Sakura muttered turning around from the sink. She was surprised to find that she was actually happy to see the other girl. "How about instead of yelling you help me sneak out and I'll take you with me?"
"No!" Two male voices shouted from the front room. A moment later they were followed by someone mumbling, "Troublesome," just loud enough for both girls to hear.
"Who's all out there?" Sakura asked curiously, as she continued to take care of the dishes.
"Your dad's students and the other Genin. My dad, Shikamaru and his parents, Akimichi-san and Chouji. And Kiba and Akamaru 'cause they were with Shikamaru and Chouji this afternoon or something," Ino listed.
"Bleh. Too many people," Sakura mumbled before straightening up. I've been way too isolated with my team if I think this is too many people, she realized. No wonder Naruto hates crowds lately.
"Oh and Asuma-sensei but you wouldn't know him. He was playing Shogi with Shikamaru and his dad or something. He's our sensei. Did you pass? I haven't heard about you ending up back at the academy," Ino continued smirking. "Of course with Sasuke-kun I don't see how you couldn't have passed."
Sakura was saved from answering when Houkou skidded into the room to cower behind her legs. "Too crowded?" Sakura crooned leaning down to pick up the puppy.
"Is that your dog?" Sakura glanced over and nodded to Kiba as he entered the kitchen. "He's albino. You should have a vet take a look at him in case there are any health problems," he added, being pushed the rest of the way into the room as the rest of the Genin including Gai's students filed back into the room.
"Kakashi-sensei already did. Houkou's only a partial albino and so far nothing's shown up."
"You…you named your dog Houkou?" Chouji repeated in disbelief.
"Well technically Sasuke named him," Sakura shrugged.
"So did you pass?" Ino asked again.
"Obviously. Like you said, how could I not with Sasuke on my team."
"An autopass hardly counts as passing. It's nothing but favoritism," Neji stated.
"So who's your other teammate then?" Ino asked.
"Why do you care?" Sakura goaded.
Chouji decided to change the topic, not particularly interested in seeing Ino and Sakura fight to a standstill. "Did you hear Iruka-sensei left the Academy?"
"Umino Iruka?" Tenten asked curiously.
"Yeah. Did he teach the three of you, too?" Kiba asked.
"Not full time but we had classes with him occasionally. He and that white haired teacher were in charge of your year."
"Yeah Mizuki-sensei I haven't heard anything about him either."
"He was fired. And Iruka-sensei still goes back a lot to help with administration he just isn't doing any teaching with the younger students. He's working on a more advanced class for the Hokage," Sakura explained.
"How do you know that?" Ino asked.
"Sasuke and I took the class before we could work with our team. How did you hear he left the academy?"
"Asuma-sensei mentioned that since he isn't teaching they might actually be able to nominate a few rookie teams for the Chuunin exam. Apparently Iruka-sensei tended to speak out against that," Ino explained off hand.
"Well, the Academy was pretty bad. And less than a year of experience really isn't a lot," Sakura reasoned.
"So is your team taking it?" Kiba asked.
"Ha! I think Iruka-sensei and Anko would flip if Kakashi-sensei tried to nominate us," Sakura joked. She paused suddenly looking closely at Ino. "You pester me about my cutting my hair and don't bother to mention those silly earrings?"
"They aren't silly. Asuma-sensei took all three of us as a team bonding activity. At least my sensei enforced a positive change. Yours must be fashion blind," Ino pointed out, indicating Sakura's clothing.
"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?"
"It's not you. Let's face it, Sasuke probably does all the work on your team. Do you really think dressing like that will impress him?" Ino asked.
"I didn't dress like this to impress anyone? We haven't spoken since we became Genin. Is it that impossible that I might have gotten better? I am more than capable of fighting without relying on my teammates. And Sasuke doesn't do all the work. He does his fair share and we do ours. No wonder Anko works so hard to bring his ego down. If he hears the crap you're saying everyday then he needs a reality check when he's with us," Sakura bit back surprising Ino.
Ino opened her mouth to argue back when Houkou suddenly yipped excitedly and took off towards the door. Sakura sighed and followed the dog walking past her father and his friends, ignoring Genma's snickers. Apparently the adults found our obsession really funny, she frowned as she opened the door to let Houkou out. The minute it was open, the puppy bound out and eagerly attacked their new guest.
"Sakura. Get the mutt off me," Sasuke growled, poking at the dog that had knocked him over.
"Houkou get off SASUKE," Sakura ordered, raising her voice so that Ino and the others in the kitchen would be able to hear. Houkou complied and moved out of the way just in time for Ino to shove her way out of the house and glomp onto Sasuke's arm just as he rose to his feet.
"Hellooooo, Sasuke-kun!" she crooned eagerly.
Sasuke glanced at the girl from the corner of his eye before glaring at Sakura as she smiled serenely. "This is the last time I deliver a message to you," he muttered disparagingly.
"The faster you deliver it the faster we can leave," Sakura reasoned.
"We?" Ino asked. "Haruno-san! Sakura's planning on taking off," she shouted spitefully.
"You leave with Sasuke and it isn't an emergency then you're grounded," her father shouted out to her.
"Isn't preserving my dignity an emergency?" Sakura shouted back.
"NO."
Sakura frowned at her father's answer and glared when she noticed Sasuke smirking at her. "You wouldn't look so smug if Iruka, Anko, or Kakashi were saying the same to you," she bit back making sure not to mention his own parents.
"The Council finally decided they wanted to speak with us. We're supposed to meet in the mission room tomorrow morning and then they'll call for us when they have a spare moment," he explained.
"So we're just sitting around until they decide to put up with us?" Sakura clarified with a pout.
"Unless you and…unless we can annoy the mission room staff to the point that they kick us out, yeah," Sasuke answered, leaving out Naruto's name when he remembered that the weight on his arm was Ino and not the normal weight of Naruto or Anko.
"Sasuke, Ino was making fun of us," Sakura stated.
"Why?"
"She said we don't do anything. That you do everything on our team. And she called Iruka-sensei and Anko fashion blind," Sakura pouted.
"Then Ino should stop talking about things she doesn't understand. She should also get off my arm," Sasuke replied coolly.
Ino quickly unwound her arms from his and moved back next to Sakura. "See you tomorrow, Sasuke-kun," Sakura waved before adding, "Are you going back to Iruka's tonight or are you going home?"
"Iruka's," Sasuke answered with a wave.
"Why is he going to Iruka's?" Ino asked curiously as Sakura headed back into the house.
"He stays there when he doesn't feel like staying at his house. It's too big and empty, plus it's a lot of work to keep it clean. Since our last mission lasted like a month, he hasn't felt like trying to get it back into shape so he's stayed with our teammate a lot," Sakura answered.
"He's what thirteen now?" a dark haired man with a cigarette asked.
"Um…no not for another month," Sakura answered.
"So how's his Sharingan coming along then? Most Uchiha have it by puberty," the man asked.
"Kakashi-sensei doesn't thing he's going to develop it. They think his brother messed it up or something," Sakura claimed.The man's cigarette fell out of his mouth and a number of the other adults, including her father, turned to gape at her. "What?"
"He doesn't have the Sharingan?" Ino's father clarified.
"Well it hasn't developed. And according to Kakashi-sensei, it really should have by now considering Sasuke's combat experience. He has the chakra and control to support it so they can't figure out why else it wouldn't be activating. Sasuke doesn't like to talk about it though," Sakura explained nonchalantly, trying to hide her grin when most of the adults bought the excuse. Anko will be pleased. She's the one who came up with the crap about his older brother, she remembered.
"Still think I have no fashion sense after seeing Sasuke?" Sakura asked, changing the topic and heading back into the kitchen where most of their friends had sat.
"I think someone crazy got a hold of your team and I can't understand why you would want to wear that," Ino bit back, sitting next to her teammates.
"What was Sasuke wearing?" Chouji asked curiously.
"A coat that was way too large. And what was with his hair?"
"His hair has always looked like that," Sakura pointed out.
"No it hasn't," Ino insisted.
"Yes it has, I'll prove it," Sakura shot back walking out of the room.
The minute she was gone Ino turned to the other Genin in the room. "Who is their teammate?"
"She didn't say his name during dinner," Tenten told her.
"I still say it's Naruto," Chouji added.
"Neh, he didn't pass the exam remember. I bet it's someone who lost their team," Kiba added.
"She did say one of her teammates was injured when they were assigned together," Tenten offered.
"This is so frustrating. I bet we won't get to find out since she said they weren't going to be in the Chuunin Exam," Ino pouted.
"Stop acting like a baby. My teammate wouldn't want to meet you either," Sakura stated walking back in with large picture. "Here, this was only taken about eight months ago."
Ino stared at the picture, namely Sasuke. Tenten was more impressed with the change between the Sakura in the picture and the one standing in front of her now. "Your clothes were picked to make you look older, weren't they," she said looking up at Sakura.
"Our sensei wanted us to look more professional on missions. This is what people expect of non-uniformed shinobi. And Sasuke doesn't look that different. The colors are almost identical and so is the general shape. He just wears the coat now because we've been traveling more."
"Did Uchiha actually agree to getting dressed up?" Kiba laughed.
"Of course not. He whined the entire day. He was really set in his ways. I mean really. He had so much trouble getting over being jealous of our teammate because all of sudden here was someone who had as much raw talent as him but that he never in a million years would have pegged as an actual rival. Kakashi-sensei tried to talk him through it, but really I think Anko was more successful because she was more forward about his issues," Sakura admitted.
"Sasuke-kun does not whine," Ino insisted.
"Yes he does. He pouts too. We're still trying to see if he can laugh but we think his sense of humor has been permanently removed."
"What the heck Forehead? How can you say this stuff about him?"
"Because I've had to work with him daily for what…almost six months now. I was stuck on an island with him for two of those and we both acted so stupidly we almost ruined our chances of ever working with our teammate. Sasuke's just a messed up adolescent boy. He's be a lot better off if people would stop padding his ego."
Kiba burst out laughing a moment later and was quickly followed by several of the men in the next room. "Have you ever said that to his face?" Genma shouted in to her.
"No but Anko has. She trained him for a week and supposedly got so fed up with him on day one that his assignment was learning how to get along people," Sakura told him.
"And how did her training with your other teammate go?" Genma asked.
"Don't know. Kakashi-sensei and Anko won't tell us what he actually learned," Sakura lied. "Ooooh, but Kakashi-sensei is teaching all four of us to use the tanto!"
"He…he's actually passing that on?" Asuma called out.
"Yeah. He started teaching us while we were in Wave Country."
"You got to go on a mission outside of Fire Country?" Kiba asked jealously.
"Your other teammate must be advanced to be leading you on such missions," Lee added. "Even we have not traveled outside Fire Country."
"Really? I mean I'm technically team leader and my teammates are my age. Although, I think we only got to go to Wave Country because Anko went with us," Sakura suggested.
"How the heck are you team leader instead of Sasuke?" Ino asked.
"Weren't you listening. His ego is too padded," Kiba sneered.
"That's not fair," Sakura countered. "He's gotten a lot better. I'm team leader because I think ahead more than…well at least Sasuke, my teammate tends to surprise us sometimes. Anyways, I'm best off for it."
"It's a bit hypocritical to go from insulting him to telling someone else they can't," Tenten pointed out.
"I wasn't insulting him. I was stating a fact. Kiba was insulting him because he doesn't like Sasuke from the Academy. He's lucky he's dealing with me if he tried to pull that line in front of my team he probably would have lost a couple of teeth – or worse if they aren't in a violent mood."
"What an unyouthful reaction!" Lee declared. "They certainly must meet with Gai-sensei's influence soon!"
Tomorrow can't come sooner, Sakura grinned to herself as she tuned out their guests. I'm just not as cut out for this as I used to be.
Agent's Spiel: Umm…wow, no Naruto once again. I really hope the Sasuke teasing in this one made up for it a little bit otherwise I hope the next one will. This is totally not how I intended this part of the chapter to go. Bleh.
Covering my ass: I've hinted at this before but in this story (completely non-canon) Sakura's father taught a genin team that included Maito Gai and Shiranui Genma. They had a third teammate but I won't reveal that person yet.
Gai's out of character. Like way too stupid. It's just too much fun to portray him this way right now but he will get better. Plus, I think he's just humoring Sakura to an extent. In fact, I'm pretty positive that that's exactly what he was doing. Also, he has nothing against Anko he's just terrified up putting TenTen with her – the girl is already crazy over weapons.
Lastly, Sakura's goading of Genma was a joke. I don't like having to defend myself for something I find so normal but at the slightest hint of slash I tend to get a lot of angry emails. If you send me one anyways you're getting a copy of this message and you won't be thanked for your review because I am that annoyed by this.
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So I haven't really mentioned clothing since chapter 7 (Beating). Would you guys like a bit more description of their clothing over the next few chapters? If I could draw I'd try to come up with a character sketch or something but that isn't likely to happen so the best I can offer is a more detailed explanation but I don't want to throw it in if people will get bored by it. I also haven't gone into great description for canon characters mainly because I expect their appearances to be known already. If you would like me to put in more detail just mention it and I'll try to fit it in.