"You sure this will work?" the girl who had found The Book said.
The Prez nodded, concentrating on the computer printout in her hand. "Of course! I got it at It's guaranteed to work, or your soul back!"
"What!"
"Uh, I mean, money back!" the Prez sweatdropped.
Putting in the finishing touches on the pentagram, she threw in the last ingredients, muttered a few arcane words, did a cross between the Macarena and the hokey-pokey, and rubbed her stomach and bopped her head at the same time.
Nothing happened.
"Alright-y, we go to plan B," the Prez said.
Minutes later, a crude dummy composed of a lot of dirt, a mop, some rags and a nametag that said 'Kurt' was sitting on a chair, looking constipated. Or sleeping. Or dead. It was hard to tell.
The girl shook her head. "No one is going to buy this."
Just then, a few members and applicants passed by. "Hey Kurt," some of them said.
It was the girl's turn to sweatdrop as the Prez got an 'I told you so' expression on her face.
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"Not another soul," Death said, looking at the glowing glass ball Xellos held in his hand. "You realize you're making my work a pain in the neck, right?"
The Mazoku smiled, threw the ball in the air and caught it. "Hey, as long as that website of mine is up, I'm gonna cash in on the dot-com craze."
"That craze is dead," Death retorted. "I know. I took it."
"Quiet on the set!" Toltiir yelled as Peorth waved the Well on…
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The Cursed Log Book 1:
Kurt-kun In Konoha
by Shadow Crystal Mage
3rd Incident: Back To School Black And Blues
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, someone else does (and he or she can keep it for all I care!). Neither do I own Ah! My Goddess, the Endless, Norse mythology, or Slayers.
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For as long as he could remember, Kurt had had a hate-hate relationship with the academe. He hated school and school made itself hate-able. This stemmed, mostly, from his well-justified belief that school was not teaching him anything important, useful or marketable. The schools knew this, knew the belief was justified, in some cases had admitted it, but still insisted on dishing out useless information. College was worse. They actually charged you. Apparently, as long as the rest of the world had not yet come to its senses and still believed all that education hype, schools were still a lucrative, no loss business.
Kurt found that such was not the case with the Ninja Academy.
To digress, why the heck was Kurt interested in Ninja Academy? Well, because Kakashi had sent them- he and Sakura- there. Kakashi had a problem. See, Kurt didn't know squat about being a shinobi. A six-year-old academy student could beat him (provided that six year old was Kakashi). Since he was the one running Sakura's body, that meant that Sakura was an effectively useless member of team seven. True, Sakura still retained her knowledge and skills, but sadly, she wasn't driving. Sending her back would cause a messy reorganization shuffle, and no one wanted that. All the jounin were protective of their charges, in their own fashion (protective as in they were the only ones allowed to slave drive them). So Kakashi had, instead, sent them to ninja academy for a one-month refresher/crash course on everything a genin should know and be able to do. In the meantime, since team seven was a member short, he and the guys could only do class D missions.
Kurt understood that this was a blow to the pride of all three guys, but there was nothing else they could do, short of said messy reorganization. Plus, if he could become a properly functioning member of team seven, Kakashi might be able to use his contacts to help find a way to send him home. Or at least, get him out of Sakura. But first, he had to be useful.
Hence, Ninja Academy.
Here, students are actually taught things that were important, useful and marketable. Not to mention just plain old fun. Just one problem.
The training could potentially lead to fatalities.
Take, for example, Tree Walking.
Kurt stared at the tree, his gaze going up and up. It went on for a hundred feet vertically, and was smooth bark for about half its length. Kurt gulped as Iruka waited patiently behind him and Sakura impatiently inside them. Iruka was the only one Kakashi had trusted with the full situation, since there was no other way to explain why the smartest girl in her class had to come back to school. Iruka had taken it rather well, but wasn't holding out much hope. After all, not even Kakashi had finished the Academy in one month.
Still Kurt had to try, because it wasn't for his sake, it was for someone else.
Taking a deep breath and trying to remember his two days worth of chakra training, he tried to gather his chakra into their feet and walk up the tree.
He failed.
Pained in the butt but undaunted, he tried again.
Same result.
Tried again. More of same.
As the day wore on, he kept trying and trying and trying, with Iruka patiently trying to teach and Sakura ragging him so badly he wondered where she had hidden 'inner Sakura' for the past week. By sunset, the best he had managed was to barely get his feet to stick to the bark and move up by one step. There were a lot of bruises on their back and behind, and their stomach was grumbling since they hadn't stopped for lunch. For a moment, Kurt almost wished for the old schools he was used to. Heck, if he could have it, he'd wish for anything he was used to.
Well, that was a bust, Kurt muttered as they walked back to Sakura's place.
It wasn't that bad, Sakura said.
Kurt felt their face twist into a grimace. Oh please! I heard what you were ranting! You were right. At the rate I'm going, it's going to take half the month to walk up that stupid tree!
Then he sighed. Come on. Let's eat.
Nothing more was said between them on the way to Sakura's house.
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It Kurt took all of ten minutes to heat up a lasagna, eat it and wash the dishes and utensils.
Whoa, Sakura breathed.
Kurt smiled humorlessly as he folded the dishrag and hung it to dry. I might stink as a ninja, but at least I can do house chores.
Sighing, Kurt sat them down on the couch and closed their eyes. Was it this hard for you when you went to school?
Kind of.
Kind of?
I was four back then when I started. It took me eight years to be a genin. Compared to you, I was lucky. You have to be genin material in a month, basic ninjutsus, taijutsus, and genjutsus mastered. That can't be easy.
Sakura fell silent, not seeming to want to continue the conversation. That was fine by Kurt. He didn't feel much like talking either.
And yet, he couldn't help but think of the situation, the whole situation, with all the involved factors. Kakashi, risking a twenty-year career. Sasuke and Naruto, allowing themselves to do 'grunt' work barely removed from chores. And Sakura…
She spent eight years of her life working to become a genin.
Losing that position just because some guy popped in her head had to hurt.
Abruptly, Kurt stood up.
Sakura-san… he asked.
Hm? the kunoichi asked.
How do you walk up trees again?
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Iruka put down his bottle and called for another one. Then, he changed his mind and asked for five more. Nothing like Irish coffee, sans the coffee, to make disappointment go away.
Disappointment? HA! It made him want to cry.
He kept on drinking even when he felt the three people behind him. "A month, Kakashi. A month! How do you expect me to do that! Not everyone's a genius like you! Not to mention that that boy- ugh, that boy- is already really messed up as he is! Being inside Sakura! I mean, come on!"
Iruka looked over his shoulder at Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke. The look he directed at the scarecrow told him he thought he was crazy. "There's no way it can be done, training someone to be a genin in a month!"
Iruka sighed again and went back to his drinking. "It's impossible! There's just no way it can be done."
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The next day, after Iruka got over his hangover, he had Kakashi bring Naruto and Sasuke. The chuunin wanted them to see just how the 'star pupil' was coming along.
They found Sakura, er, Kurt, curled up asleep under the tree she, er, he- oh, whatever!- had been trying to climb yesterday.
Kurt blearily opened one eye as he heard their approach. "Is it morning already?"
Yawning, Kurt stood up and, interlocking their fingers together, raised their arms and stretched. Kinks popped out as he stretched them from head to toe. Last time he was sleeping outdoors, Kurt swore to himself. Trouble was, he didn't think he would be given the choice to keep that promise.
Sensing that Sakura was still 'asleep', Kurt decided not to wake her. It had been a long night for both of them. At least one of hem should get some rest.
Just why couldn't it have been me? Kurt thought.
Suppressing a yawn, Kurt nodded to his audience. "Ohayo Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Naruto-sempai, Sasuke-sempai," Kurt greeted them. It never hurt to be polite.
"What are you doing here already?" Iruka asked.
Kurt shrugged, covering another yawn. "Decided to come here early to slip in a few workouts," he said, not elaborating.
Iruka pursed his lips. "I see. Well, back to yesterday's lesson," he said, preparing himself for another reason to get rip-roaring drunk later that night.
Kurt nodded, face still slack from sleep. Gathering chakra into their feet, he quickly ran up the tree.
Iruka felt his jaw drop.
As Kurt landed back where he had started, Kakashi turned Iruka. "I thought you said he was doing worse than Naruto used to."
Iruka just stood there with his mouth hanging open.
Kurt-in-Sakura straightened and turned to Iruka. "Next?"
Iruka closed his mouth and looked at Kurt/Sakura, then the tree and back again several times. "How did you do that?"
Kurt shrugged. "Chakra in the feet, like you said."
"You could barely get your foot to stick yesterday, much less run up the tree!" Iruka said.
Another shrug. "Amazing how good you get when the smartest girl in the class is literally screaming in your head. Although I didn't manage to get it until after midnight."
"You practiced tree walking all night?" Iruka asked, amazed.
Kurt shook their head. "Nah. After an hour of getting it right, I decided to get a head start on Water Walking, no matter how much that feels sacrilegious to my religion. Still having trouble standing, but I think I get it."
By now all their jaws had dropped. "Did you sleep at all last night?" Naruto asked.
"Now that you mention it, I thought I caught the sunrise when I sat down for our nap," Kurt muttered.
The four guys sweatdropped.
"Whoa," said Naruto. "And I thought Sasuke-bastard was obsessed."
"Yeah," said Sasuke, then paused. "HEY!"
"SSHHH!" Kurt shushed him. "Sakura-san's still asleep and I don't want you waking her up. She had a long night."
Kakashi's eyebrow seemed to go up. "Sakura-san?"
Another shrug. "I don't know her well enough not to use honorifics. Just because I'm technically and literally her live-in partner doesn't mean I'm on name-only terms with her."
"Oh," the Copy Ninja said.
"So, what else for today Iruka-sensei?" Kurt asked.
Though his mind was still a mess, the question activated his teacher's instincts. "Water walking," he said in something close to his usual tone. "Let's see if you're as good as you claim."
Kurt nodded. "Yes sir."
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It took Kurt all of thirty minutes to not have trouble standing on water, no matter how much it creeped him out and how sleepy he still was. However, Iruka had him doing tree and water walking drills 'til lunch before he was satisfied.
As Kurt skipped out of the water, their stomach grumbled alarmingly. Kurt blushed, embarrassed. "Uh, sorry about that. We didn't have a chance to eat breakfast."
Naruto blinked. "You're up all night tree and water walking, you barely had two hours of sleep, you don't have breakfast, you've been training from waking to lunch, and you're still conscious? How much chakra do you have! "
Shrug. "No idea. I've just always been good at staying awake. Although, I've got to admit, this is the longest I've gone without sleep. After eighteen hours I'm usually a vegetable. Maybe it's because Sakura-san's more athletic than I was."
Kurt smiled, took two steps, and keeled over in a dead faint.
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The next few days weren't nearly that exhausting. Iruka taught Kurt, with Sakura's help, the basic jutsus an genin needed to know. Kurt had a little difficulty with taijutsu, since it needed to be constantly practiced, but eventually got the basics. The ninjutsus were a lot of fun to learn, especially Kawarimi no Jutsu, the Body Switch Skill. While not exactly teleportation, it was still fun.
Sakura also managed to teach Kurt the jutsus she was familiar with, such as the Bunshin no Jutsu.
Aside from the jutsus, Iruka also taught him about and how to use the basic ninja weaponry. Here, Kurt was in heaven.
See, Kurt liked weapons. The more esoteric and creative, the better. So far, though he had never used any of them, his top three favorites were swords, big scythes, and throwing knives, preferably ones that exploded. Not necessarily in that order.
With the kunai and the Kibaku Fuda, the exploding tag, Kurt felt his inner demolitionist coming out.
Just one problem.
Kurt couldn't throw.
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Kurt held the kunai as he had been taught, sighted the target and drew back his arm.
A little to the left, Sakura said.
Ignoring her, he threw the kunai the way he was supposed to. It wobbled halfway to the target, and barely clipped it on the left edge.
A little to the right, Sakura said.
A while ago, you said left! Kurt said, peeved at the backseat thrower. Iruka-sensei had taken a bathroom break, so for the moment, it was just the two of them.
Why did you listen!
I didn't! If I had, I would have missed by a wider margin!
Kurt was actually a decent toss with a shuriken, but kunai seemed to hate him. He was pretty good at the knife part, but the throw...UGH!
Suddenly, Kurt got an idea. Taking a piece of paper from the small sketch pad in their hip pouch that he liked to carry around, Kurt used his pencil and lots of purple crayon (he carried those around too) to make a crude drawing and pinned it on the target they were aiming for with a senbon.
You've got to be kidding me, muttered Sakura. No way you can hit that little thing.
Kurt grabbed a kunai, drew back their arm, and threw.
It landed solidly on the drawing, where its heart would be and right in the middle of the bulls-eye Kurt had drawn.
Whoa, Sakura said.
"Whoa," Iruka said, coming back from his bathroom break.
Kurt smiled victoriously and threw more kunai, making a tight cluster around the first knife, each one striking squarely on the drawing of a purple dinosaur.
Die Barney!
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The end of the month came, and Kurt managed to pass the crash course with a fairly decent average, at least on the non-written stuff. Sakura took care of the written stuff. After doing the jutsu needed to graduate (in their case, Henge no jutsu) and getting the green light from Iruka, Kurt and Sakura went home.
Actually, it would be more accurate to say they skipped.
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Kurt and Sakura skipped on their way back home, a big smile on their face, occasionally doing cartwheels, back flips and somersaults. Thankfully, it was getting late, and the way they were taking was fairly secluded, so they didn't get too many weird looks.
I passed! Kurt cheered.
He passed! Sakura cheered.
YES! Kurt exulted. I beat the system!
You did it in one month! Sakura agreed.
YAY! they chorused.
Somersaulting, they landed in front of the door of their apartment. A piece of paper had been taped there at eye level. Kurt plucked it off the door and read the note. It was from Kakashi.
Congratulations, it read. Be at the usual meeting place at the usual time tomorrow.
Pocketing the note as they opened the door, Kurt asked Sakura, What's the usual time and place? I wouldn't want to get lost and be late on the first day on the job.
Sakura laughed as they took of their shoes. Don't worry. Kakashi-sensei is always late. We'll beat him.
You sure Sakura? Over the month spent literally living together, they had grown close enough to drop the honorifics, and even started calling each other by weird nicknames. I heard somewhere that the reason he's always 'late' is because he's skulking around and waiting to see if you'll detect him. Either that or he's at home having a long, soapy shower.
EEEY YEWW! said Sakura. K-kun, please never, ever mention that again.
Kurt laughed. The girl's voice he heard when he talked no longer disturbed him as much. Yes Cherry, he drawled as he headed into the kitchen. Opening the cupboards, he took stock of his ingredients.
So, what's for dinner tonight, K-boy, Sakura asked. After they had grown bored with the pastas Sakura had pre-made or bought, Kurt had decided to cook. With Sakura's cookbooks, and Kurt's favorite recipes and cooking experience... well, they certainly weren't starving to death.
Taking a bottle of olive oil, a clove of garlic, and some canned mushrooms, Kurt laid out these ingredients on the table and went to the fridge to see what meat they had in store. The containers of pre-cut hotdogs, pepperoni, bacon and ham, he laid out to defrost on the table as he got some of their already-cooked fettuccini from the fridge. One of my favorite pasta dishes. The only one I know how to make, actually. Olive oil and garlic with ham, mushroom, pepperoni and bacon.
Kind of meaty, don't you think?
Kurt shrugged as he pealed the garlic and began to chop them down to size. The way we've been going for the last month, we deserve it.
Sakura laughed. Got that right!
So, Kurt said as he started to cook. How do you think tomorrow will go?
Sakura gave the mental equivalent of a shrug. No idea. But I think we should take a bath.
Kurt shuddered at the memory of their first bath, and inside, he could feel Sakura doing the same.
UGH! they both chorused.
I don't know which is worse, Sakura said. The fact that a guy in my head has seen me naked, touched me, and taken a bath with me, or the fact that it doesn't bother me at all unless I think about it!
UGH! was all Kurt said, focusing on his cooking.
After a long silence, long enough that the food was nearly ready, Kurt spoke. So, about the bath... he hedged.
Sakura sighed. I guess we should be presentable, she said and left it at that.
They ate the meal in near-silence, Sakura speaking only for a quick blessing, and Kurt only for a short prayer.
That. Was. GREAT! Sakura said after they had eaten.
Now you know why it's one of my favorites, Kurt laughed, doing the dishes with his usual speed and efficiency.
After doing the dishes, they bummed around watching Sakura's Galaxy Angels and Vandread DVD's, laughing their heads of the whole time. Ah, life was good.
That is, until...
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Kurt and Sakura sighed as they got their bathing things ready. They tried not to think about it, but really, considering how full of physical activity their days had been, they needed daily baths. In fact, Iruka had ordered them to bathe everyday after the time they had gone five days without a bath, and threatened to stop teaching them if they didn't.
That had been the catalyst of their first bath. It had been embarrassing and very disturbing, worse than the first time they had peed.
Kurt and Sakura ran through the bathing things one more time, both knowing they were just procrastinating. Finally, after the fifteenth time...
Ready? asked Kurt.
Might as well, before we lose our nerve, Sakura muttered.
After making sure the windows were closed, and taking one last breath, Kurt unzipped their red dress and began to strip. Moving quickly and trying not to think of what he was doing, or notice anything, he quickly stripped them down to their skin, then wrapped a towel around them.
Heading into the bathroom, which was a like a traditional bath except it had a shower head, they took their time, fussing about the water temperature of the shower and trying to regather their nerve, which seemed to have walked out on them when they weren't looking.
Taking a final deep breath, they ditched the towel and moved under the shower's spray...
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"HEY!" Xellos and Toltiir exclaimed as Death turned off the Well.
"No peeking," Death said. "We're not voyeurs."
"Well, we are!" the guys said.
"Men," Peorth muttered.
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Later, once Kurt and Sakura had gotten over their usual post-bathroom embarrassment, and after setting their alarm clock to wake them up early so they'll be on time for the meeting tomorrow, they lay back in bed, staring at the ceiling, both absorbed in their own thoughts. Kurt was, as usual, thinking of home, with job worries about tomorrow's meeting thrown in for variety.
Sakura, of course, was thinking of Sasuke.
Hey, Sakura, Kurt said suddenly, interrupting her Sasuke sex fantas- er, train of thought.
Hmm? she asked.
Do you think what Naruto said is true? Do you think I'm trapped in you forever?
He felt Sakura shudder. Ugh! I don't want to think about it!
But what if I am? he persisted. Playing the worst-case scenario, we could be like this for life!
Silence.
Sakura?
There was a sigh. Let's go to sleep K, Sakura said.
Kurt sighed too. 'Night, Springer.
'Night Kurt-sy.
Neither of them managed to fall asleep for a while, though.
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The next day, Kurt and Sakura walked briskly towards the meeting place. Well, Kurt walked briskly. Sakura insisted they had plenty of time, but Kurt didn't slow down.
When they got there, they found Sasuke leaning against his usual tree. His face was expressionless as he regarded them.
Kurt bowed. "Ohayo, Sasuke-sempai."
Uchiha blinked.
Sempai? Sakura said, sounding mildly amused.
Technically, he is an upperclassman compared to me.
Sakura just laughed
Sasuke nodded, giving his usual monosyllabic 'Hn'.
Well, that went well, Kurt said.
Sasuke went back to leaning against his tree, and Kurt started pacing around the area. He and Sasuke ignored each other, each enjoying the silence.
We're alone with him, Sakura realized. Quick! Ask him out!
OH, NO! Kurt exclaimed. I'd do a lot of things for you Sakura, but asking a guy out isn't one of them!
Sakura sighed. Why haven't I ever been alone with him like this?
Probably because you've never hurried to a meeting, Kurt said.
ARGH! Sakura screamed.
And besides, Kurt said, he knows it's me.
I hate when you're right, Sakura grumbled.
Sometimes, I do too, Kurt confessed.
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Naruto almost couldn't believe what he saw when he reached the meeting place. Sasuke, leaning against his tree. Sakura, just pacing around. Not asking Sasuke out. Not surgically glued to his side. Practically ignoring him completely.
As Naruto wondered who he should put in his will- the end of he world had obviously come- Sakura, who had been looking at the trees, noticed him. She waved.
"Mornin' Naruto-san!" she said.
It was the slight mispronunciation of his name that reminded him this wasn't just Sakura walking around, it was also Kurt. Glad to be reminded it wasn't really Armageddon, he waved back. "Ohayo Kurt-san, Sakura-chan."
Deciding to let the name thing slip for the moment, he settled down to wait for Kakashi-no-baka.
They all held that pose for a while, all of them waiting for a teacher they knew would be late. Minutes passed slowly.
As Naruto was about to open the floor and start ranting about Kakashi being late, Sakura, er, Kurt- Naruto remembered to get that straight- threw a kunai into the branches of a tree.
Uchiha and Uzumaki blinked. Oh-kay...
Kurt stared at the tree, looking intent.
A second later, Kakashi appeared in a puff of smoke, holding a kunai in his hand and fingering a slice on his sleeve. He tossed the kunai back to Kurt, who caught it and put it back in her- his?- holster.
"Aim a little bit more to the left next time, Kurt-kun," Kakashi said.
"You want to get hit, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura/Kurt asked, raising an eyebrow. "I was aiming to miss."
Kakashi's eye blinked. "Oh."
Meanwhile, Naruto's jaw had dropped. Sasuke was staring intently, still cool, but obviously surprised and a little impressed.
Kakashi was early!
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Although Kakashi was trying to conceal it, it would be accurate, and a bit of an understatement, to say he was surprised. One of his students had actually detected him! That was a first.
Coughing to cover his surprise, he pretended nothing had happened. "All right. No missions today, but we will be training. Naruto, Sasuke, you know the drill.. Kurt-kun, you're with me."
Sakura-slash-Kurt nodded, walking over to the jounin. As Naruto and Sasuke started sparring, Kakashi spoke.
"You detected me," the scarecrow said. "How?"
Kurt shrugged. "I heard rumors that the reason you're always late is because you're hanging around and waiting to see if you're detected. So I paid attention to my surroundings. I think picked you up twice, but I was only sure the third time."
Kakashi nodded in approval. "Impressive. All right, what do you want me to teach you?"
It was his student's turn to be surprised. "Sir?"
Kakashi smiled beneath his mask. "You detected me. I'd say the earns you the right to learn something."
"Sir, are you talking jutsus?" Kurt asked.
Kakashi nodded.
"Whoa," she breathed.
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In the end, after Kurt and Sakura had gotten over their shock at Kakashi's offer- or reward maybe- they asked him to teach them the Leaf Instantaneous Body Skill, Konoha Shunshin no Jutsu. A teleportation skill was something Kurt very much wanted to learn- it sounded fun! - and Sakura thought it would put her at par with Sasuke, who knew it too.
It took the better part of the morning for Kakashi to teach them, but Kurt and Sakura together managed to learn, thanks to two heads being better than one. My lunch time, they were teleporting with ease.
"Very good," Kakashi said after they had teleported behind him in another veil of leaves. "All right, that's it for today. Stop it before you use up all your chakra."
With that, Kakashi dismissed them for the day, and he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
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Wow, Sakura said as they made their way through Konoha. You were right about Kakashi-sensei hiding around.
Toldja so, Kurt said, feeling a bit smug.
So, the kunoichi asked, where are we going now?
Ichiraku's, Kurt answered. I want to catch Naruto.
What for?
New jutsus, was the reply.
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"Hey, Naruto-san! Wait up!"
He recognized the voice, though the mispronunciation was gone. Turning, the blond saw Sakura- er,Kurt- hurrying towards him.
He stopped, impatient. He was at the threshold of Ichiraku's, all set to eat his twenty-or-so ramen lunch, and he did not want to be kept waiting. Luckily, Sakura- AGH, Kurt!- moved quickly, so he didn't have to wait long. "Mind if I join you? My treat."
And as simply as that, all was forgiven.
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The crowd at Ichiraku Ramen was used to the sight of Uzumaki Naruto pigging out like there was no tomorrow. It was usual, expected, the discontinuance of which a sign of the End of the World.
They were not used to the sight of his teammate, Haruno Sakura, pigging out at the same pace and keeping up with him. To see another person eating at the same pace and amount as Naruto and Chouji was unusual, unexpected, and a definite sign of the End of the World.
The staff, meanwhile, gave thanks for the big fat commissions they would earn because of this. Long may these people wave.
"Enjoying yourself, Naruto-kun?" Sakura asked as they waited for the reload.
"YEAH!" Naruto said. "KEEP 'EM COMING!"
Sakura smiled. "Then I was wondering if you'd do me a favor..."
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I can't believe you bribed Naruto into teaching you the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu and the Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Sakura said later as they walked back home, wallet lighter, chakra much used, and full of Ramen.
The quickest way to a pig's jutsus is through his stomach, Kurt said, paraphrasing the old saying. Between the two of us, we seem to be learning jutsus pretty fast. And not a Sharingan in sight.
Two heads are better than one, Sakura agreed.
Their stomach rumbled, not in hunger. I don't think we'll need to eat dinner tonight, Sakura commented. Did you have to eat so much to get him to agree?
No, I ate that much because I was hungry and the food was really good, Kurt said. Besides, considering how much chakra we burned, we'll need the extra calories. And I doubt we'll be at rest long enough for them to settle on your thighs, he added before Sakura could say anything.
See that they don't, Sakura sniffed primly.
Kurt shook their head. WOMEN!
I heard that! Sakura retorted.
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- To be continued...
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A/N: Nothing on the rant about the education system. That's my opinion, so please keep it out of the reviews. There might be holes in it, but that's for me to plug up.
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Yes, I hate Barney. There's just something about that smug smile of his that makes me want to wack him one...
I made Sakura a pasta aficionado. So sue me, it's my fic.
A little point of interest, 'Haruno Sakura' means, roughly translated, 'Cherry Blossoms of Spring'. I think. E-mail me if I'm wrong.
About Sakura's anime collection, I figured, orphan girl with an income and her own house, what else would she do?
To ShadowCelest117: Thanks for the review! Yes, there's always time to talk to the voices in your head. lol Sometimes I even have conferences with mine. Hope you enjoy this one! Since you're the first to review my previous chapter, I once more dedicate this to you.
(You can just tell I'm hungry for attention)
Also, if you like Sakura silliness, check out my other work, 'Shichinin no Sakura: Seven of Team Seven'.
Yes, I know the reason for the training was half-baked. And the epiphany scene was very flimsy. And Iruka getting drunk was probably very out of character. Not to mention becoming a super student practically overnight was pretty farfetched. But it was the best I could do!
To take score, only Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi and Iruka know about the Kurt- Sakura situation.
Next episode, Kurt and Sakura's first mission(s) together. Can you say 'disaster waiting to happen'? I knew you could.
Please review, C&C welcome. Heck, even flames are welcome. That means at least it's being read, if not liked.
Until next time, this is Shadow, signing off.