Chapter Seven

After many failed attempts at following Sakura's instructions, the kitsune finally managed to keep hold on what she was telling him. He was finding it difficult, as his mind was racing with thoughts of last night.

Did we really...? He felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder, and turned to find himself facing a pair of deep black eyes glaring at him. "You dobe. What are you doing just standing there like an idiot?" Naruto stared a moment, then shook his head, his goofy grin forming on his face.

"Um. Heh. Oops." He stepped back, and glanced around.

Sasuke punched him in the shoulder again. "Come on, let's get back to.. erm. Well, let's get training. I almost took out Kakashi today," he said with a soft smile. Gods, he has such a heavenly smile. He needs to smile more.

"Right. Good job." He nodded, golden hair falling over his face. Then he shoved Sasuke ahead toward Kakashi, who was reading his book again and easily dodging everything Sakura was throwing at him.

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Panting, Sasuke fell to the ground, clutching an orange-red book in his hand. Beside him, Kakashi stared down at him with his one uncovered eye, and smiled lightly. "Looks like you finally got it, Sasuke." He snatched the book back, and hopped onto a branch of the nearest tree before the dark-haired boy who lay on the ground, gasping for each precious breath of air could whisper a single word.

"Good job, Sasuke!" called Sakura, running up and kneeling beside him. Naruto followed slowly behind her, smiling to himself.

"Well, you did it, teme. How's it feel to have had the book?" he asked. We'll have to celebrate that...

Sasuke finally got up, and stared from Sakura to Naruto. He gazed down, smiling softly at the thought of the blonde boy being proud of his achievement. "Thanks, guys." He climbed to his feet, and rubbed his shoulder, trying to work out the pain. Taking that book was harder than he had thought. Kakashi had shoved him into that tree pretty hard. He winced, but tried to hide the fact it bothered him any.

"Hey, Sasuke. Wanna get some ramen with me?" Naruto questioned, lacing his fingers behind his neck, and glancing over at Kakashi. "I'll buy."

Sasuke shrugged. "Sure. Sounds good to me..." He turned to Sakura, and waved a bit - the first time he ever bothered with that - and followed after Naruto, who was already running off. "Wait up, dobe! I - Hey! Get back here!"

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A/N;

Still not too interesting, but I don't want this whole thing to be sexual. That's just boring. XP