Chapter Three-Meet Gai
Today children, love meets action.
9:00 PM
Kakashi laughed. He shouted out another memory and Kurenai and him laughed one last time. "Good times Kakashi," she smiled at him. They were sitting in a field, at the present time.
"Just like now, Kurenai," he moved his hand closer to hers and she placed hers on his. At the same time they both plopped back and looked at the stars as they started to move once again.
Naruto looked back at Hinata. "Well it's late, what could we do now?"
"Walk me home. . ." she said smiling, her face didn't even turn red. Naruto smiled, "Let's go?"
"Let's go. . .Hinata!" he said smiling. They walked out of the Ramen Bar as the angry bartender closed the store.
"Naruto?"
"Huh?"
"Why do you think Sakura followed us? You know. It's like she knew that we were going to be there, Sasuke too."
"I don't know," he said looking upwards at the sky. "Well. . .maybe, before I went to the bar, I talked to Sakura, it was this morning."
Hinata stopped. Naruto took his hands out of his pockets as she said, "About me?"
"Yeah. . ." he smiled at her. "That's probably why she followed me the whole day." He smirked. "Sasuke well, who the hell knows anything about him anyways?"
Sasuke felt the sweat drip from his neck as Sakura finally got the answer, it blew her mind, "I'm shy. . . when it comes to love. I'm usually the one being loved so when. . .It's hard to say. . ." he looked up at Sakura.
Her face was calm and warm. "You don't know what it's like, do you?" She said as she smiled at him. Sasuke was hit with the gentlest thing he'd ever seen.
Sasuke was forced to smile, but in a way, it was natural. For some reason he felt a sense of security, of freedom. Like he was in a confession. Nothing that was said there was ever going to be revealed. "I don't get this, we shouldn't be smiling about. . .like this!" She giggled. "Now you're laughing?" he joked. "Wha-" he was hit head on, as Sakura cupped her hand over his mouth.
"Sasuke, shh. . ." He felt what he needed to do, and Sakura moved her hand she stopped right in front of him, looking a little upwards. "I love you. . ." she said whispering.
Sasuke closed his eyes and smiled, then opened them as he said, "I love you too. . ." he said in the same tone. He then moved a little and kissed her lightly, but then Sakura held the kiss for a longer time. Sakura let the kiss go and smiled at Sasuke.
"You have no idea how long I wanted to get that off my chest!" she said laughing. Sasuke laughed and agreed.
Naruto walked back to his house, a smile on his face. It showed accomplishment and joy. He re-winded the whole night in his head and smiled again and again at each thought. He looked up at the moon, sighing. Naruto thought if anyone else was staring at it.
Kakashi and Kurenai were staring at it. Talking their own ears off.
Sasuke and Sakura were it as well, and Hinata too. Everyone was asleep, and the day had been filled with firsts and seconds and most importantly, everyone went home happy.
The next day
Naruto flew up out of his bed, being woke from his alarm clock. He hit the floor and growled. He tried to get up again but hit his head on the table above him. "Dammit!" He stood up and tripped on a sock, hitting his end table again.
Ten minutes later, after many cuts and bruises later. . . he managed to get to the kitchen alive. He put on his coat and sat in his chair, apparently waiting for service, but it never came. Naruto stood up and looked around, and then opened a cupboard and picked out some Ramen.
A couple minutes later he took a bite and his eyes budged, "Ow, ow, ow, son of a bitch!" he shouted pointing his tongue out. "Burnt my tongue. . . what is it with this house and hating me?" He took another bite and the taste of Ramen, not heat hit his lips and he smiled. "Ramen!" he'd been running on bits before that.
Then the night before hit him in all one big memory. He could even smell her scent, he thought. His thinking was interrupted by a knock at the door, and he slowly and sloppily walked to the door.
He looked at it and then Naruto said, "Yeah?" before having to open the door. "Hello? Ergh. Fine once sec." He put his bowl in the sink and opened the door.
Sasuke threw his kunai into the tree in front of him. It hit, and then silence hit the area. Cracks shot out of the tree and it collapsed. He smiled as Sakura said, "Still training?"
The voice warmed his heart enough, but then she hugged him from behind, which was even more relaxing. "Yeah, Kakashi said we got the week off."
"Mhum."
"You have to be ready for everything. It can, and will strike at the weirdest times."
"Even when you got the week off?"
"Yeah. . ."
"That sucks. . ."
"I. . ." he looked back at her as she let go of the hug. "cant believe all that happened last night, and it's kind of hard to know it was reality, not a dream. . . you get the same feeling?"
"No. . .not really. But . . .sometimes. . . I don't know, never mind that."
Kakashi's eyes opened. He flew up and looked around. Kurenai was still sleeping beside him. "It's morning. . ."
Kurenai flipped over, still trying to sleep in the warm grass. "Well, so what?'
"I don't know about you but I gotta go. . ." he yawned. "Bye!" He stood up and walked towards town.
"Kakashi. . ." said Kurenai, still on her side. Kakashi stopped, and didn't turn around. "I'm in love with you." Kakashi made an inaudible laugh and said-
"I know, I know."
A minute later Kakashi reached town. He guessed it was about ten AM. He stopped and looked around, and noticed something was incredibly wrong. "Where is everybody?"
"Who the hell are you?" said Naruto to the kid in front of him. By his immediate guess, he was his age. "I'm Eo." The kid stared at Naruto, who returned a freaked out look. The Eo had crystal blue eyes that matched his hair. He wore a yellow jacket and dark blue pants.
"Well hi Eo. . ." he smiled. "I pronounced that right, right?" "Well anyway, sup man! What's your business here?"
"To kill you." Naruto shouted a what, but before he could get it off he felt a fist in his stomach. Naruto flew back and his legs hit his couch and he fell back. He flipped off of the couch and hit the floor. He got up on his knees.
"Who the hell are you!?" Sweat poured from his hairline, and Eo's unmoving expression made it worse. "I told you I'm Eo."
"Why you throwing punches and stuff man?" Eo didn't even twitch. Naruto reached for his kunai and Eo looked at his arm.
"Why are you going to resort to using a weapon when I am not armed?"
"So I can kick you ass?" said Naruto.
"But do you need a weapon to ensure yourself that you can do something. Can't you do it yourself? Without weapons?" Naruto gritted his teeth.
"Your pissin' me off! Why the hell cant you stay out of peoples business!" he growled and he put his hand up, dropping the kunai. "Fine no weapons."
"Then charge." Eo stepped inside the messy home. He smirked, the first expression he'd done. Naruto smiled and ran towards him. "Ha." He said in a dull voice.
Naruto felt a huge force hit him, and then blind numbing pain. Eo's fist hit his chest, sending him into the kitchen, hitting a support beam. The house collapsed on both of them.
9:00 PM
Kakashi laughed. He shouted out another memory and Kurenai and him laughed one last time. "Good times Kakashi," she smiled at him. They were sitting in a field, at the present time.
"Just like now, Kurenai," he moved his hand closer to hers and she placed hers on his. At the same time they both plopped back and looked at the stars as they started to move once again.
Naruto looked back at Hinata. "Well it's late, what could we do now?"
"Walk me home. . ." she said smiling, her face didn't even turn red. Naruto smiled, "Let's go?"
"Let's go. . .Hinata!" he said smiling. They walked out of the Ramen Bar as the angry bartender closed the store.
"Naruto?"
"Huh?"
"Why do you think Sakura followed us? You know. It's like she knew that we were going to be there, Sasuke too."
"I don't know," he said looking upwards at the sky. "Well. . .maybe, before I went to the bar, I talked to Sakura, it was this morning."
Hinata stopped. Naruto took his hands out of his pockets as she said, "About me?"
"Yeah. . ." he smiled at her. "That's probably why she followed me the whole day." He smirked. "Sasuke well, who the hell knows anything about him anyways?"
Sasuke felt the sweat drip from his neck as Sakura finally got the answer, it blew her mind, "I'm shy. . . when it comes to love. I'm usually the one being loved so when. . .It's hard to say. . ." he looked up at Sakura.
Her face was calm and warm. "You don't know what it's like, do you?" She said as she smiled at him. Sasuke was hit with the gentlest thing he'd ever seen.
Sasuke was forced to smile, but in a way, it was natural. For some reason he felt a sense of security, of freedom. Like he was in a confession. Nothing that was said there was ever going to be revealed. "I don't get this, we shouldn't be smiling about. . .like this!" She giggled. "Now you're laughing?" he joked. "Wha-" he was hit head on, as Sakura cupped her hand over his mouth.
"Sasuke, shh. . ." He felt what he needed to do, and Sakura moved her hand she stopped right in front of him, looking a little upwards. "I love you. . ." she said whispering.
Sasuke closed his eyes and smiled, then opened them as he said, "I love you too. . ." he said in the same tone. He then moved a little and kissed her lightly, but then Sakura held the kiss for a longer time. Sakura let the kiss go and smiled at Sasuke.
"You have no idea how long I wanted to get that off my chest!" she said laughing. Sasuke laughed and agreed.
Naruto walked back to his house, a smile on his face. It showed accomplishment and joy. He re-winded the whole night in his head and smiled again and again at each thought. He looked up at the moon, sighing. Naruto thought if anyone else was staring at it.
Kakashi and Kurenai were staring at it. Talking their own ears off.
Sasuke and Sakura were it as well, and Hinata too. Everyone was asleep, and the day had been filled with firsts and seconds and most importantly, everyone went home happy.
The next day
Naruto flew up out of his bed, being woke from his alarm clock. He hit the floor and growled. He tried to get up again but hit his head on the table above him. "Dammit!" He stood up and tripped on a sock, hitting his end table again.
Ten minutes later, after many cuts and bruises later. . . he managed to get to the kitchen alive. He put on his coat and sat in his chair, apparently waiting for service, but it never came. Naruto stood up and looked around, and then opened a cupboard and picked out some Ramen.
A couple minutes later he took a bite and his eyes budged, "Ow, ow, ow, son of a bitch!" he shouted pointing his tongue out. "Burnt my tongue. . . what is it with this house and hating me?" He took another bite and the taste of Ramen, not heat hit his lips and he smiled. "Ramen!" he'd been running on bits before that.
Then the night before hit him in all one big memory. He could even smell her scent, he thought. His thinking was interrupted by a knock at the door, and he slowly and sloppily walked to the door.
He looked at it and then Naruto said, "Yeah?" before having to open the door. "Hello? Ergh. Fine once sec." He put his bowl in the sink and opened the door.
Sasuke threw his kunai into the tree in front of him. It hit, and then silence hit the area. Cracks shot out of the tree and it collapsed. He smiled as Sakura said, "Still training?"
The voice warmed his heart enough, but then she hugged him from behind, which was even more relaxing. "Yeah, Kakashi said we got the week off."
"Mhum."
"You have to be ready for everything. It can, and will strike at the weirdest times."
"Even when you got the week off?"
"Yeah. . ."
"That sucks. . ."
"I. . ." he looked back at her as she let go of the hug. "cant believe all that happened last night, and it's kind of hard to know it was reality, not a dream. . . you get the same feeling?"
"No. . .not really. But . . .sometimes. . . I don't know, never mind that."
Kakashi's eyes opened. He flew up and looked around. Kurenai was still sleeping beside him. "It's morning. . ."
Kurenai flipped over, still trying to sleep in the warm grass. "Well, so what?'
"I don't know about you but I gotta go. . ." he yawned. "Bye!" He stood up and walked towards town.
"Kakashi. . ." said Kurenai, still on her side. Kakashi stopped, and didn't turn around. "I'm in love with you." Kakashi made an inaudible laugh and said-
"I know, I know."
A minute later Kakashi reached town. He guessed it was about ten AM. He stopped and looked around, and noticed something was incredibly wrong. "Where is everybody?"
"Who the hell are you?" said Naruto to the kid in front of him. By his immediate guess, he was his age. "I'm Eo." The kid stared at Naruto, who returned a freaked out look. The Eo had crystal blue eyes that matched his hair. He wore a yellow jacket and dark blue pants.
"Well hi Eo. . ." he smiled. "I pronounced that right, right?" "Well anyway, sup man! What's your business here?"
"To kill you." Naruto shouted a what, but before he could get it off he felt a fist in his stomach. Naruto flew back and his legs hit his couch and he fell back. He flipped off of the couch and hit the floor. He got up on his knees.
"Who the hell are you!?" Sweat poured from his hairline, and Eo's unmoving expression made it worse. "I told you I'm Eo."
"Why you throwing punches and stuff man?" Eo didn't even twitch. Naruto reached for his kunai and Eo looked at his arm.
"Why are you going to resort to using a weapon when I am not armed?"
"So I can kick you ass?" said Naruto.
"But do you need a weapon to ensure yourself that you can do something. Can't you do it yourself? Without weapons?" Naruto gritted his teeth.
"Your pissin' me off! Why the hell cant you stay out of peoples business!" he growled and he put his hand up, dropping the kunai. "Fine no weapons."
"Then charge." Eo stepped inside the messy home. He smirked, the first expression he'd done. Naruto smiled and ran towards him. "Ha." He said in a dull voice.
Naruto felt a huge force hit him, and then blind numbing pain. Eo's fist hit his chest, sending him into the kitchen, hitting a support beam. The house collapsed on both of them.