It Started with a Kiss

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Sarah: HERE'S CHAPTER 4! I HOPE YOU LIKE!

Naruto: YEAH, KEEP REVIEWING!

Sakura: whoop-de-do.

Sasuke: Sarah doesn't own the Naruto anime or manga, nor does she own the cast. Later.

NOTE FROM LAST CHAPTER

The (1) in the last chapter was supposed to have been followed up at the end of the chapter. Here it is.

Half-sleep is basically when you're more asleep than awake, but you can still hear, smell, and feel what's going on around you. You just can't respond in to what's going on around you. And since you're mostly asleep, you can't see cause you're eyes are closed.

GENERAL REVIEW RESPONSES!

SHOUTOUT: schizoid dancer of psychone (anonymous reviewer): CANDIES! YUMMIES! (gobbles up candies) oh, and when I (or anyone else for that matter) mentions how many reviews is wanted before next update, it means total reviews, not reviews for chapter. (takes out dynamite and blows up peoples in white coats, leaving Dancer free) NUH-UH! You ain't taking me shoutout reviewer there! That place is not a happy place! Me been there four times and me no like it! It a baaaaaaaad place! A very baaaaaaaad place!

I'm starting to think you're not real cause you're so perfic-: were you going to say cause I'm so perfect, HeartBrokenWolf? NO WAY IN HELL I'M PERFECT! There is absolutely no possibility that I'm perfect. If you ever met me and stayed at my house for a few days, you'd really start to think otherwise. I have the worst control over emotions that anyone has ever seen! But, that's beside the point. CHOCOLATE! ME WUV U VEWY MUCH! (does chocolate dance) CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE! (does chocolate dance for several hours while others talk)

Sasuke: you just had to give her chocolate after all those sweets. (sighs) now she's gonna be very hyper for several days.

Sakura: you've got a weird sister. Who the hell would scream like that on purpose?

Naruto: ME WANTS CANDY!

Sarah: NO! IT ME CANDY! THEY GIVE IT TO ME!

Naruto: ME WANTS CANDY NOW!

Sarah: NO WAY!

Sakura: please ignore them. And now for other responses

It kinda focused on one thing: yeah, yeah. I know. That's what the "Meeting in the Night" chapters are supposed to be. They only focus on one thing, while other chapters focus on many topics. There are gonna be at least five "Meeting in the Night" chapters total. Perhaps more. I dunno.

NOTE

(Author notes)

"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Inner "person" talking'

Scene change

POV change

Memory

Scene change in memory

INDEX

Baka: stupid, idiot, moron

Kawaii: very cute

Kunai: the black knife-like weapon in the show

Shruiken: the four-point star weapon in the show

Chapter 4

Training in the Woods and Sleeping Over

Sasuke's eyes turn cold as Sakura starts flirting with him … again. This is the third time in just the past half hour. "Let's just get a move on," he growls. "We're supposed to be training until Kakashi-sensei gets here."

She sighs. 'At least it was worth a try,' she thinks. 'Damn right it was!' inner Sakura yells. 'Why won't he listen to me! I'm the smartest, cutest, funniest, coolest …' (the list goes on and on and on. Like the Energizer Bunny! - KAWAII! Sadly, I don't own Mister Energizer Bunny. He's still kawaii though! If only he weren't pink. I'd rather blue, thank you. And YES I AM A GIRL! I just despise pink for some reason or other. I use the excuse "It's too girly", since I don't handle girly-girl bullshit. GAH! I'm messing up the story! Back to the story, now.)

Without warning, a shruiken comes hurtling at her face. Sakura quickly ducks and looks at the raven-haired boy who threw it. "What was that for, Sasuke!" she cries.

He smirks. "To get your mind back to the present, baka," he says. Suddenly, he twists around and catches a kunai between two fingers. The kunai had been thrown at his head. "Better luck next time, dead-last," he calls to the blonde in the trees above them.

"Ugh!" Naruto cries, dropping to land on the ground. "How'd you know!" he demands as he walks over to them.

"I heard you throw it," Sasuke replies calmly. "You shift your weight when you throw kunai and shruiken. That causes whatever you stand on to shift as well. It shakes tree branches, or moves whatever you stand on."

"AGH!" Naruto whines. "That so ain't cool! You so gotta help me fix that!"

"I don't 'gotta' do anything," Sasuke says coolly.

"Well, you should! I'm your teammate and if I die, it'll be all your fault!" Naruto says, trying to throw in a guilt trip.

"No, it will be your own fault," Sasuke says.

"It'll be yours too if you don't help me!" Naruto says, thinking rather quickly for one who's supposedly 'dimwitted'.

Sakura starts to fume silently. 'They're acting like I'm not even here!' she thinks savagely. 'Ugh! Boys!'

Just before Sakura can devise a way to regain their attention, Kakashi-sensei shows up nearly two hours late. "Eh, sorry I'm late. I found this kawaii kitten and simply had to find its home," he says, scratching the back of his neck in embarrassment. The trio would believe him … if his clothes weren't all rumpled and his hair not quite in place, just like one just coming from an extreme make-out session.

The three Genins shake their heads, wondering when Kakashi-sensei will admit to the public about his affections for Iruka-sensei. They decide not to mention it, as they are not supposed to know about this. If they hadn't gone to Kakashi's place a few days ago to find out why he's always late, with their chakra masked through a jutsu Sasuke cast, they wouldn't have seen the two on Kakashi's couch through the living room window, and thus wouldn't know. Though they had probably been scarred for life, they decided, for their own safety, that it wouldn't do very well for them if Kakashi finds out that they know. So they decided unanimously not to tell anyone.

"YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto yells angrily, though he's not truly angry. He's just putting on a very good show.

"Eh, sorry," Kakashi-sensei says. "So, let's get started, ne?"

Twelve hours later

Two very tired boys drag their feet to their respective homes. Sakura had already split off from them since her place is on the other side of the village. They've been training for about fourteen hours today. That's including the bit of training they got in this morning before Kakashi-sensei showed up. Since they were supposed to meet Kakashi-sensei at eight this morning, it's now after ten at night.

When they reach Sasuke's place at about ten-thirty, Naruto is about to pass out and he still has about two more kilometers before he gets to his own apartment. Sasuke looks at the exhausted boy. "You can spend the night at my place, Naruto," he says softly, smiling slightly as Naruto perks up at the invitation. Now he won't have to walk so much farther tonight when he's already dead tired.

"Thanks, Sasuke," Naruto murmurs gratefully, covering a yawn when he finishes the sentence. Sasuke nods and leads the boy into his home, locking the door after them. After that, he takes the tired boy's hand and leads him to his own bedroom. He'd rather not open a guest bedroom if he can help it. Besides, he has been getting kinda lonely when not sleeping close to Naruto.

Upon entry to Sasuke's bedroom, the exhausted boys basically collapse on Sasuke's futon, which was intended for only one person and maybe a cat or small dog. This means that they have to snuggle close to each other to be able to stay on the futon. Neither boy minds this arrangement, seeing as how they've woken up in compromising positions twice in the last week. As they fall asleep, Sasuke's arm finds it's way around Naruto's waist and pulls the blonde much closer to his body. And they drift off to dreamland together. While they sleep, Naruto's legs somehow become entwined with Sasuke's legs and Naruto's arms wrap around Sasuke's waist.

Sarah: ooh. That is such a nice place to leave off, don't you think? It's definitely not a cliffy in anyone's book. It's a hair's width to impossible for it to be considered a cliffy by anyone. Well, hope you like and see ya later.

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