(CHAPTER FOUR)
"Hey Sasuke-Chan, are you listening to me?"
Coming out of my day-dream, "Oh, sorry Naruto. What did you say?"
He rolled his eyes and sighed, "I asked if you wanted to grab a bite to eat before we trained?"
I gave him a glare, reminding him of the bill I had to pay yesterday, there's no way I was going to be stuck with that large of a bill again. He puts his hands up in a defensive gesture. "Don't worry, I'll pay this time!"
I stared at him for a moment longer, debating as to wether I should believe him or worry that at the last minute the baka will run off and still leave me with the bill.
"Fine, but lets get something other than ramen for a change, it will give you more energy to fight as well."
He grinned, there was always a something about that smile that got to me. It always made me want to smile with him.
Arriving at the "Fuji-Lo-Mein Restaurant", we were quickly seated. A friendly waitress showed up and took our order. Leaving us with an appetizer of sushi, she left to place our order to the chef. We sat in silence. I munched on a piece of sushi, it was pretty good. Taking a sip of green tea I glanced over to see Naruto staring into space. I wondered what he was thinking about.
"Naruto what are you thinking about?"
He snapped back to his senses, blinked his eyes a bit and smiled. "Sorry Sasuke, what did you say?"
I rolled my eyes, "I said what are you thinking about?"
He fidgeted in his seat for a little bit. He openend his mouth to reply.
"Here you go boys!"
I gave a start, I wasn't expecting the waitress to show up so suddenly. Naruto seemed relieved. I said my thanks and we set about to eating our meals. While eating I had to wonder what Naruto was going to say. It bothered me through-out the meal and even when we were walking down to the training area. Naruto either took my silence as the usual attitude I gave toward him or he knew and didn't care. In either case he went on chatting.
Once at the training area, I removed my jacket. Naruto did the same and set about stretching. I grew bored waiting for him to finish up and gazed at the sky, the clouds were slowly moving across the horizon, the sun was already near midday but the trees kept us relatively cool. Suddenly something small but fast popped me in the head. I tried to regain my balance but failed miserably, falling on my ass. I looked up to see Naruto holding his sides, laughing histerically. You ass-hole! What the hell was that for? I screamed as I rose off the ground and dusted myself off. He kept on laughing but made sure to keep a good arms-length between us. Finally he calmed down enough to tell me his reason behind throwing something at me. Man Sasuke, you of all people I wouldn't believe to let their guard down, it was a once in a lifetime event, I had to take it while I could. He kept snickering while I tried to get all of the dirt and grass off of me.
Can we please get to practicing already? Naruto gave me a pouty look, Fine I'm ready when you are. I moved into position and Naruto did likewise, I watched his movements trying to figure out what his first move would be. I noticed his lowered left fingers flinch, that indicated that he was preparing to grab a shuriken so I did a back flip in the air and sent a barrage of kunai's as he threw his shuriken. I was sucessful in countering the attack and landed onto a tree branch as he dodged theremaining kunai's and jumped back a couple feet.