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I'm back and as I've promised I've posted the next today. Three chapters in one week… :D

Chapter eight

Fourth day – early in the morning

Kurenai was making breakfast. Anko and Kakashi were still asleep and Kurenai would be too if Gai hadn't woken her up by shouting paroles with Lee running around the camp. Asuma, who had woken up as well, now came into the kitchen. Looking out of the window and seeing Lee and Gai he muttered "Youthful idiots…" Kurenai nodded smiling. Then she made two cups of coffee and handed one to Asuma. Thanking her he took it with both hands and with Kurenai still holding the cup too he remained this way a bit longer than he needed to until Kurenai slightly blushed and pulled her hand away. Suddenly Gai ran in front of their house shouting once more something like 'Youthful spirits have to get up early' as if he wanted to wake the entire camp. Asuma shook his head. "I wonder how Anko and Kakashi can still be asleep." Kurenai smiled remembering how she had tried to wake Anko once. Everything she had tried just had failed so in the end she had bought some sweets and only from the scent Anko had immediately woken up. "You wouldn't believe how hard it sometimes can be to wake Anko." She said giggling. Asuma raised an eyebrow. "Really?" Kurenai nodded. "I'll tell you later – after I woke the two." Then she left the kitchen and went into Anko and Kakashi's room.

Anko had her pillow over her head holding it to protect her ears from Gai's shouting. The red-eyed jounin stopped next to her bed smirking. "Anko, I know you're awake so stop pretending." As the result Anko threw her pillow into Kurenais direction mumbling "No, I'm still asleep." Now Kakashi's voice came from the bed above. "She is awake: She has already cursed Gai for being so damn annoying." Grumbling Anko kicked the underside of Kakashi's bed. Kurenai sighed "I see you two are both awake so get up!" Smiling she left the room and went back into the room and went back into the kitchen. Seeing her Asuma cocked his head slightly. "Why are you smiling?" He asked leaning on the table. Kurenai stopped in front of him so that they had the same eyelevel. (A/N: And Asuma is about twenty centimeters taller than her lol) Still smiling she said "Anko and Kakashi are such a sweet couple – they're just too stubborn to admit it." Asuma nodded crossing his arms in front of his chest saying more to himself than to Kurenai "Somehow just one of them would have to make the first step…" Kurenai silently agreed when a thought came to her mind and a wide smile appeared on her face. "Asuma, I have an idea. But I need you to do something…" After she had explained her idea she waited outside to talk to Gai while Asuma waited for Kakashi.

Kakashi went into the kitchen were he saw Asuma standing with a cup of coffee in his hand. "Let me guess" the copy-ninja said "Gai woke you shouting this youthful stuff." Asuma nodded "And he woke you too, didn't he? Though you stayed in your bed…" Kakashi sighed "Yep. I guess he wouldn't last a day without saying things like that." Suddenly Asuma smirked "But I bet that he won't say 'youthful' during the whole breakfast." The copy-ninja with the mismatched eyes raised an eyebrow wondering why Asuma should suggest such a bet: Gai used to use this word in almost every sentence. He shrugged. "Okay." Asuma grinned evilly. "Alright! If you lose you'll kiss Anko – on the lips." Kakashi agreed remembering that Anko was still waiting for Kurenai and Asuma to kiss. "Whatever. But if you lose you'll do the same with Kurenai."

Outside Kurenai waited for Gai who was walking towards their house back from his training session. "Good morning, my youthful fellow-jounin!" the green beast shouted. Kurenai waved for him to come closer with a conspiratorial smile on her face. "Gai, I need your help in a matter of love. You mustn't say the word 'youthful' during the whole breakfast. With that you would help to get two youthful spirits, which belong together and just don't know it, together." He immediately took up the good guy pose shouting "Of course I'll do it! You can count on me!" Kurenai resisted the urge to cover her ears because of Gais shouting and said instead calmly "But don't tell anybody about this." He patted her shoulder nodding reassuring as they went inside where Asuma when he saw Kurenai gave her a sign that Kakashi had agreed. She also gave him a sign that Gai had promised to help and when Anko finally came five minutes later they ate breakfast. Except for Anko all jounins were quite tense: Kurenai, Asuma and our favorite copy-ninja due to the bet and Gai because he tried not to say this one special word. Three times it was pretty close but the green beast managed to say 'young' instead. If Anko hadn't been so occupied with her sweets she might have noticed the strange atmosphere around her. At the end of the breakfast Gai made the suggestion that they could play with their young students volley ball and rain this way, too. On which Kurenai made the suggestion that Gai could play with them – they would need a referee anyway – while they (she, Asuma, Anko and Kakashi) could visit the hot springs that were not that far away from the camp and all jounins agreed to that.

After the breakfast, while Anko and Kurenai were packing their bags for the hot springs and Gai was gone to talk to their students, Kakashi stopped Asuma. The silver-haired jounin crossed his arms in front of his chest with his eye fixed on Asuma. "You've cheated, haven't you? Gai knew of this bet." Asuma had to suppress a smirk and smiled innocently instead. "Ah, come on Kakashi. Don't be so paranoid. No one could force Gai not to use his favorite word. So don't be a bad loser." Kakashi shrugged annoyed and walked off scratching his head. Asuma supposed that he was already thinking of what to do with Anko – or better how to kiss her. This sure wouldn't be easy. After his silver-haired friend had left Asuma started laughing. It was just too good that Gai had managed not to say 'youthful' though thinking about it twice it hadn't been too bad, too if he had lost the bet. He shrugged and went to pack his own stuff.

When he went towards his and Kurenai's room he heard Anko talking to Kurenai. "Say, is it me or was Gai just acting a bit weird this morning? I mean somehow he talked well… strange stuff." Kurenai laughed answering "He's always talking strange stuff." Anko shook her head. "But somehow it was different this time." She said trying to figure out what she had missed during breakfast. Now Asuma entered the room and the conservation was stopped before Anko could what was going on since Kurenai immediately changed the subject. "Ah, Asuma could you please take these two bags outside with yours after you've packed? Anko and I have something to do before we can go but I think we can leave then in a bout five minutes." He nodded while Kurenai and Anko left the room and after he had finished packing he went with the three bags outside where Kakashi was already waiting with his stuff. Four minutes later Anko and Kurenai came, too. So they went to the hot springs.

Ino just had finished breakfast and thought of some nice ways of killing the two green beasts as a revenge for waking her when suddenly their front door flew through their living room followed by shouting from the mini-green beast. "Good morning my youthful comrades! We shall meet at the old oak in about thirty seconds so you better hurry!" With that Lee left while Ino cracked her fingers muttering death threats. "You won't be able to go to the old oak after I killed you, baka (idiot)!" And she was about to go to get her kunais when she was stopped by Shikamaru who said calming "Let him Ino. He isn't worth to waste your energy. We should first go and hear what they want to tell us." Ino crossed her arms. "Fine but if he annoys me one more time I'm going to kill him."

With that they went to the old oak where the others were waiting too looking equally annoyed. Alone from Neji's stare everyone except Lee and Gai would've ran away. Now Gai shouted "Okay everyone listen! It's so good to see your youthful spirits burning in the morning and I have great news: We're all going to play volley ball this morning!" Inos vein popped while she thought 'He woke us just to tell us that? I'm going to kill him right here!' As if he could read her thoughts Shikamaru said "Hey Ino why don't we calm down a little and first play that game before we do anything… hasty like killing them?" She turned to him sighing "But I've got better things to do just like the rest of us, too." Shikamaru thought for a moment before he said smirking "Then we could ask Naruto to create one kagebunshin for each of us when Gai and Lee aren't looking and then we all could sneak away." Ino nodded and while Shikamaru went to ask Naruto Ino informed the other leaf-nins of their idea so ten minutes later Lee and Gai started playing with eleven shadow replications.

TBC

A/N: Important! READ THIS! Now that the jounins are visiting the hot springs I don't know whether there should be one spring for all or one for Kurenai and Anko and one for Kakashi and Asuma or… So what do you think? Come on tell!

Thanks to C.A.M.E.O.1 and Only, iM AweOmE gUrL, kIm YuRI, sasuke-latias, InoYamanaka91, Shy-Princess, Gaara's girl, DancingPickle101 and fire.elve for reviewing.

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