So tired...
Team bonding?
"Okay Dice, you are going to stay in this box." I informed Dice as I dropped him into a box outside of the hotspring.
"Why are you locking the snake up?" Sakura questioned causing Dice to nod in agreement. Luckily for Sasuke and the keeping the-fact-that-Dice-is-not-just-a-regular-snake secret Sakura didn't notice.
"Do you want to cause a panic because there is a snake loose in a hotspring?" I questioned completely making up a reason.
"True." Sakura agreed then noticed I was piling things on top of the box, "Why are you doing that?"
"To make sure he can't get out." I informed her.
"Is that necessary?"
"Yes."
"If you say so."
"I really don't see how hotsprings are a good place to go to bond as a team." I whined to Sakura as I stared at the water.
"You are just upset because you don't like them."
"With good reason. Think about it though, we are over here they are over there. We can't talk to or see them they can't talk to or see us. Not very conducive to bonding."
"Where'd you learn the word conducive?" Sakura questioned.
"Have you ever read the back of health food packages?"
"What does health food packages have to do with vocabulary?"
"They are very educational and amusing." I responded grinning at her.
"I'll take your word for it, wait, does that mean that you eat health food?" Sakura questioned remembering all the times I have eaten Ramen with Naruto.
"No I don't eat health food." I answered simply while sticking one toe slowly in the water while making a disgusted face.
"Then how do you know what the packages say?"
"I was bored." I answered as if that cleared everything up.
"What do you think they are doing over there?" Sakura asked trying to change the subject.
"I don't know, but the easiest way to find out is to listen to Naruto when he talks and piece it together from that." I suggested now completely in the water.
"I am starting to agree with you about this hotspring not being very good for team bonding." Sakura admitted trying to figure out what they are saying over there.
"Personally I don't really want to know what they are doing or saying over there." I pointed out looking longingly at my robe.
"Do you want to get out?" Sakura asked seeing my longing gaze.
"Yes, but I will wait until you are done." I informed her of my kindness.
"I heard that there are free massages." Sakura whispered to me not wanting the boys to know about them.
"What are we doing here then?" I questioned looking hopefully at Sakura and grinning.
"Let's go." Sakura said as we snuck out of the hotspring like good ninjas.
"Best massage ever." I said to Sakura as we returned to the room where we were getting dinner.
"I agree." Sakura said opening the door and having all three guys stare at us.
"Where were you?" Yamato asked.
"Enjoying the resort." Sakura answered smartly.
"Without us?" Yamato asked sadly, almost whining.
"Well we couldn't exactly come into the hotspring and ask you three to come with us." I pointed out.
"Very well. At least you came back for team dinner."
"Can we eat now?" Naruto whined.
"Yes." Yamato said annoyed with Naruto's antics from now and earlier.
"Naruto did you enjoy your bonding time?" I asked Naruto trying to make conversation since no one was talking. Naruto is a good person to ask because he will tell you while still eating.
"No! He-he looked!" Naruto exclaimed suddenly jumping up and pointing at Sai.
"He looked at what?" I questioned innocently.
"My-my, you know..." Naruto said trailing off with his face completely red and sitting back down in embarrassment.
"Your what?" I asked again.
"My..." Naruto trailed off.
"His man bits." Yamato explained.
"Oh, well that is creepy." I finally got it.
"Ew." Sakura agreed looking disgusted.
"Why?" I asked Sai who continued his ignore-nami tactics.
"Why?" Sakura eventually asked him when she realized he was still ignoring me.
"I was just surprised that he had some, since I assumed his p—
"Enough!" Yamato shouted cutting off what Sai was about to say because Naruto was about to jump over the table to strangle Sai. Normally that wouldn't bother Yamato all that much but Yamato wasn't finished eating yet and Naruto might get something in the food or miss and destroy the food.
"Hmm I feel like I am forgetting something." I mused after we were eating for a few minutes.
"Dice!" Sakura exclaimed reminding me of the poor snake trapped in a box.
"Crap! I'll be right back, if you eat my food you die." I warned dashing out of the room to retrieve Dice.
"I am so sorry Dice." I said to the snake petting it gently as it glared at me.
"I can't believe we forgot about him, the poor thing." Sakura said moving to pet Dice but quickly retracting her hand at it's glare.
"The snake reminds me a little of Sasuke." Naruto said watching the snake glare at the table.
"He does have the glare at inanimate objects thing down." I agreed putting Dice in my lap while I continued eating.
"Seeing Sasuke in a snake is oddly fitting, don't you think?" Sai questioned with his fake simile in place.
"Did you just talk to me?" I questioned hopefully.
"Well, dick-less?" Sai questioned.
"Nope still ignoring me." I said sadly.
"At least he doesn't call you a hag." Sakura said glaring at the smiling boy.
"Perhaps." I agreed but everyone could tell that I really didn't agree. Dice decided to crawl under the table while I was distracted and once he got over to Sai he bit him.
"Ah!" Sai shouted and moved to kick Dice. Dice slithered out of the way quickly causing Sai to miss.
"Good one, Dice!" Naruto laughed.
"Nami-chan, control your snake." Yamato ordered, not very forcefully.
"..." Sai said nothing but glared at the snake who glared back. Sai took that as a challenge and immediately got out his scroll and drew a couple of ink creatures. Dice hissed at the creatures but it was clear that Dice was at a disadvantage because ink creatures can't be strangled or bitten.
"Dice." I said worriedly as I activated my bloodline, my eyes turning blue.
"What?" Sai asked confused as his ink creatures were completely stopped. I then waved my hand and turned the creatures back into masses of ink. Then I dumped the in on Sai.
"Good luck getting that ink off your skin, and don't threaten my snake ever again." I warned glaring at Sai before I picked Dice back up. Dice immediately slithered up my arm and decided to hang around my neck.
"The four of you should really stop fighting, we are here to bond."
"This trip is seriously the worst bonding exercise idea ever." I informed Yamato still slightly angry at him for making me go to a hotspring.
"What makes you say that?" Yamato questioned.
"Well for one half of the team has to use one bath, effectively separating the team in half. So you just lost 15 kakashi replacement points because you didn't realize this yourself and you made me go in the water. Then you allowed my snake to get attacked. And you Mr. I-am-going-to-ignore-you, you have lost 25 replacement Sasuke points. In fact you have negative a hundred points right now, because Sasuke is a hundred times better than you!" I said ending my rant. Dice rubbed his head against my cheek for some odd reason as I huffed trying to gain back my breath from talking.
"Well..." Yamato began but was silenced by Dice's glare.
"Um..." Sakura tried to say something but couldn't think of anything.
"Brilliant." Naruto finally said breaking the tense atmosphere causing me to smile at him.
"I am going to sleep now. Come on Dice you get to stay out of a box tonight because I forgot you earlier." I told Dice as he hissed happily at me. Well I assume he hissed happily. He is a snake after all.
Preview from next chapter: Orochimaru's lair
Hmm I wonder what is going to happen...yeah no preiview
