Disclaimer:I DO NOT OWN Naruto or any of the characters, or the settings or Icha Icha novels/movies included, Masahi Kishimoto does.
Dedication: To Kagome-Loves-Kouga, I'm not sure if this is what you meant…but anyway here's the second session of Squad 7's counselling!
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Session 1 - Solving The Problem
The three genin trudged slowly back into the classroom where they sat not entirely ready to continue with the counselling session. Sakura had not stopped pestering Sasuke about his dream making him want to hit Naruto more.
Naruto was annoyed by how Sasuke dragged him out of the ramen shop on his third bowl. "But-but I'm still hungry!" He was lucky as Sasuke had been so close to dumping the third bowl over his head.
"Welcome back are we all refreshed and ready to carry on?"
There was murmuring and Naruto could be heard saying "Hmph didn't get to finish my ramen!"
"Naruto were you eating ramen!? It's only quarter to ten; lunch is in a couple of hours" Iruka shook his head and then proceeded to address Sakura whose turn it was to admit her problems that affect the team.
"Moving on. Sakura, what do you think are your problems that affect your whole team?"
"Haruno Sakura. Erm…I'm not sure…I don't have many problems…er…well…"
"Take your time, Naruto won't mind if we over run into lunch"
"Hey!"
"Naruto. Sssh! It's Sakura's turn"
"I guess I don't have as much stamina as Sasuke-kun or Naruto"
"Hn, it's not stamina, it's the will to actually do something other than to obsess over me"
"Aww Sasuke-kun, I knew all along that you considered me an equal!" she squealed not receiving the bad vibes he was sending.
"Hm…I think Sakura that your problem is that you worry too much over others than you do of yourself" The chunin gathered what Sasuke meant but to quicken the pace he simplified it into an answer that sounded less negative.
"I…Ok… Isn't that a good thing?"
"By that I mean, you worry so much for others you falter when improving your own skills"
"Ok…I worry too much over others so I haven't spent time on my own skills" Sakura went quiet and then Iruka addressed Naruto.
"Naruto, you have the next five minutes to talk about your problem that overall affects the team."
"Here I go Iruka-sensei….er Uzumaki Naruto, I think, well Sasuke thinks that my problem is that I eat too much ramen"
"Er Naruto you can sit down while you talk to us" Naruto had risen from his seat to deliver his share of problems.
"Naruto? Are you wearing Sasuke-kun's shorts!?" looking down he laughed.
"Lucky Sasuke had a spare pair in his bag! I was eating my third bowl of ramen when he decided to pull me away from my seat. My trousers caught on the side counter and ripped, it was a big revealing rip too. Ehehe so I guess now you could say I got into Sasuke's pants"
"What!" Sasuke choked
"The!" Sakura screeched.
"Frisbee!" They turned around to face Kakashi, who was pointing randomly out of the window. "There was a Frisbee there a minute ago…sorry what were we exclaiming about?" he shrugged.
"…Naruto? Ok erm that was slightly off topic but you didn't mean that right!?"
"Yes I did, look" Naruto climbed on his chair and pointed to the shorts.
"…The phrase you used means something else…"
"Wait I'm confused? So are Naruto and Sasuke…?" Kakashi looked up.
"Dobe! Sit down!" Sasuke clasped Naruto's hand and yanked him down. He landed with'Oof' in his seat.
"Oww Sasuke!"
Noticing the contact between them Kakashi started chanting. "Ooh Sasuke and Naruto sitting in a tree…!"
"Kakashi! Please, I know that you feel the need to act like a kid because you're sat in a classroom and you missed out a lot during your childhood but I'm teaching so just sit still"
"Ohw you take the fun out of everything." Only just observing Naruto's new outfit he asked "Sasuke don't you care that Naruto is wearing your shorts?"
"Hn…"
"But Sasuke-kun, Naruto is wearing your shorts"
"I'd rather he wear something of mine, than walk round embarrassing the both of us, I didn't think the dobe here would flaunt about in them" Sasuke glared at Naruto
"Oh yeah" An impatient coughing stopped them.
"Ahem, moving forwards, after listening to all of your problems and noting them down in this notebook, I think I can solve the main problem or at least identify it." Iruka paused and walked around the room.
"Starting with Kakashi, you developed your Icha Icha obsession when your reading was disrupted by Naruto and Sasuke's arguing, usually it wouldn't affect you but after not having access to Icha Icha due to your complicated jonin missions…you developed a desire to know more about it and own everything"
"Hm, what can I say too little of an fascination is as a bad as too much of a fascination"
"Sakura, you're constant worrying over Sasuke means that you are not perfecting your own skills, from what you have shown in the Academy exams is that you are really good in theory work but need more practice with physical work"
"…I…er…"
"Naruto, ramen is fine but you don't have to over eat it twenty-four seven. As you saw it affected others too. And plus you need to eat something other than just ramen! Try eating some vegetables once in a while"
"Ehehe…the look on Sasuke's face afterwards was funny"
"Sasuke, you're attitude…er…well it doesn't particularly affect everyone but it winds Naruto up. As for your dream-ish nightmare, I'm afraid that is a family affair that I'm in no position to look into"
"Hn"
"Over all as team, it is Naruto and Sasuke's arguing that is leading to all this conflict"
"But Iruka-sensei, Sasuke-kun and Naruto haven't been fighting for a while now"
Iruka looked at them with an annoyed expression. "Are you telling me that I spent the past hour trying to solve an already solved problem?"
"Well…"
"It doesn't matter; this meeting has brought you closer together"
"Hn, more like mentally disturbed us"
"…"
"Iruka-sensei? Does this mean the sessions over?"
"Erm…if you have nothing more to say than yes I think so"
Kakashi pondered for a moment "Hey guys, considering we've gotten closer how about a treat at the dumpling shop!?"
"Make it the ramen shop I'm there" everyone sighed as the words left the blondes mouth.
"Alright but if we go to the ramen shop you have to pay"
"Kakashi-sensei!" all three of his students yelled back at him.
"Oh alright fine I'll pay a quarter…ok fine half! I'm not going any higher" They all agreed. "Iruka would you like to come with us?"
"Sure" upon leaving the classroom Iruka closed the door. It was amazing how the time had gone so quickly. Only an hour or two ago he had said that lunch would be around about now.
In the distance he could hear Naruto say "I'm starving!"
"Where does that kid put it all?" he laughed to himself and followed team 7 out of the building.
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A\N: Hm…this was a bit of a tough chapter to write that's why it's taken so long…
This probably has nothing to do with solving the problem but hey it's random.
Moving on, lol, thanks for all your reviews they are much appreciated!
Happy Fanfic Reading!