Apologies for any poorly spelled Japanese words, and inevitably poorly spelled English words, which I can pass on no blame to another on.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but these words I speak, not Yoda, nor any other Naruto ideas or characters, and sadly, also not own I do Kakashi. This story was in part based loosely on a book I read, and if after reading this completed story that person can guess the book they get… well actually I don't know what they get.
No bishounen were harmed during the making of this fan-fiction.
Part VI
Haruno Sakura was irritated. Her sensei was running late as always, though today more so then others. Kakashi was nearly four hours late. Naruto was sprawled next to her eating a bowl of Ramen he had bought from his beloved Ramen shop to tide him over during the long wait. Sakura was beginning to get rather peeved, Sasuke, now gone several days, was not there to act as a bunker from the worst of Naruto.
She heard a happy sigh above her and looked up to see Rock Lee. He was gazing down at her with that dopey-eyed look of his… She growled internally. This thing happened every time the two groups trained near each other. For some reason he felt a tremendous need to eat lunch with her. Sakura supposed though that was n inaccurate description. She ate and he sat there making moon eyes at her.
"Sakura… my dearest… now that Sasuke has left perhaps you would oblige me and go out to dinner with me tonight?" she froze when he said it. 'Sasuke has left'…
"After all… now that your teams a little short of hands I could help you train since Sasuke can't." Said bowl-cut boy cheerfully.
Sakura growled, out loud this time. Since when did she need help training? Why did he assume she must have been training with Sasuke to get as good as she was? And what was wrong with Naruto and Kakashi that they couldn't help her? It seemed Naruto's thoughts lay along the same lines at they simultaneously launched themselves at Lee, each waiting for the other to stop them.
Fortunately Lee's speed saved him and he stepped back, just in time to watch in confusion as Sakura and Naruto ploughed into each other. He considered helping them up, but at one glance at the two he decided that lunch with his beloved Gai-sensei was just peachy until the two got over their freak mood swing.
A cloud preluded Kakashi's arrival into the space previously occupied by Lee. The tardy teacher narrowly avoided the fist that Naruto had thrown just prior to his arrival. He paused to consider this before speaking.
"I'm sorry I was running late but I saw a poor innocent child fall and graze their knee and I had to-"
"Liar!" cried his two students as they leapt up from the ground. Kakashi had the good grace to look just a tad sheepish at his angered students. They seemed even more short tempered then usual, true he had missed half of their training session, but only missing half of something was practically punctual for him.
It seemed obvious that something else was bothering them. It probably had to do with Sasuke's leaving. Perhaps he could find some way to cheer them up before the day was out.
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Naruto and Sakura walked along in relative peace towards the clearing Kakashi had told them about. It seemed their teacher was going soft in what Naruto jokingly referred to as his old age. His training sessions had become less physically challenge and more focused on mental challenges. Sakura wasn't complaining though, this was her strong point and Naruto did need to learn to use his head outside of life and death situations.
Their teacher had left partway through the training session to talk to Hokage Tsunade, or so he said. They entered the clearing. Their sensei was nowhere to be found and Naruto screamed in frustration before she pointed out to him the bag left in the middle of the clearing.
Naruto seemed to get the message and pounced on the sack, hands tearing it open. Inside lay roll after roll of… toilet paper?
It had finally happened. What they all had feared. Kakashi had finally gone round the bend. A pity, he had so many years before he was due to become appropriately senile. However it was true that geniuses were all a little crazy at least.
Naruto on the other hand was overjoyed at the latest and most crushing evidence of their leader's insanity. For once he seemed to have notice something before Sakura. Her brow crumpled as she read the note… Naruto had finished reading it already and was hugging the toilet paper.
Students,
Have fun toilet papering lee's house. Please don't get caught.
Hatake Kakashi.
She stared a moment more before she crumpled the note and burst out laughing, tears of mirth streaming down her face as she let herself be dragged off by Naruto who already had the sack on his back.
Part VI Finite.
I hope you people are happy I wrote parts of this during school time when I should have been studying. I actually did a bit of this when I really should have been checking over my English Literature essay I'd written and also during geography.
This part was not as serious as other parts, if you don't like it blame the sugar. @_@
Used a divider * * * this time as fanfiction doesn't like lots of missed lines. -_-;
*Fire-crackers go off* longest part yet, though sadly also longest author jabbering yet too.
15/02/04 (for those Americans etc that's the day then the month then the year)
Thanks go to ph34R tH3 CuT3 0N3s, SailorPenguinz, Sakura Kaijuu and Aki-chan3 for their reviews of this story.
16/02/04
Thanks also to the following reviewers: I hope I manage to respond to your comments.
l.m.o.e no the age difference here is not a problem, Sakura's a young sixteen at the beginning of the chapter, she'll have aged a bit before romance with Kakashi begins. When Naruto and company became genin he was aged between 24-28. For this story I think I'll go with him being twenty four when they were twelve, therefor making him 27/28 (depending on if he's had his birthday yet) at the start of this story.
Red Cell FEAR NOT! THERE WILL BE REVELATIONS!
I'm just trying to keep you guys and Sakura/Naruto in the dark for a little longer.
Also wondering what you meant by unnecessary whys? Oh well hopefully I'll get better as the story goes on.
