Twelfth Kiss: In a Good Mood
Team 7 was just beginning to doze off baking under the afternoon sky as the sun was just reaching its precipice when a cloud of white exploded causing green leaves to scatter.
"Yo!" Sakura and Naruto sprang like jack-in-the-boxes.
"YOU'RE LATE!"
Kakashi scratched his head grinning cattily. "Well you know this stampeding horde of wildebeests-"
"USO DA!" Just then Sasuke's deadpan tone cut through the hysteria.
"Kakashi-sensei, is this yours?" He was standing under a Birchwood pointing to the tall grass surrounding the roots. Kakashi sighed, talk about spoiling the mood. Sakura and Naruto teleported beside their apathetic teammate intrigued by what he was picking up. Sasuke handed his teacher a packet wrapped in scarlet linen, Kakashi looked as though he were inspecting it for hidden explosives or testing the weight, his students were uncertain. Seeing three pairs of expectant eyes, he was not intending for his personal life to be the main topic of discussion at the Ichiraku Ramen dive. He clasped the scroll behind his back.
"Today we'll start with a little water walking exercise," he pointed in the direction of the lake. "Whoever makes it to the other side first, their lunch is on me." Naruto exploded out of existence with an ear-splitting whoop, Sakura shouted after him to grow up and Sasuke took his time. Kakashi leaned against the tree trunk hearing Naruto take a dive, Sakura cheer Sasuke on and Sasuke telling them both to shut the hell up. Dropping the red cloth to the grass, Kakashi unraveled Kurenai's scroll.
Where did it come from? As I was wondering, the morning glory
flower faded into pitiful nothingness.
His mood was considerably buoyant again.
TSUZUKU