"I didn't realize that I'd lost so much stamina..." Sakura said between breathes as she panted, sprawled out on the ground. Her arms reached above her head, as if she was reaching for the tree that stood ten feet behind her. "I mean... I didn't have much before, but now..." The problem was simple to figure out. She hadn't been using her tai-jutsu, or any ninja skills at all lately, and her body had gotten used to no exercise.
"Don't worry." Kakashi smirked beneath his mask, "by the time I'm through with you, you'll have a lot more stamina." Taking a seat beside her on the dewy grass, he smiled at her beneath his mask. "You're still no weak kunoichi."
They had just finished with a one-on-one training session. It was similar to the "Bell Mission" that her three teammates had had to pass as genin. Except she actually had to get it from him, herself. The main point of it all was for him to see what she was still capable of.
"Other than the stamina, you're basically at the same level you were at the last time I fought you, and that's not half bad. Actually, seeing as you've been out of training so long. that's a really good thing, something you should be thankful for. You're accuracy is still dead on the mark, you've still got that damned superstrength, and you're chakra control is, of course, better than it used to be.
Sakura laughed softly to herself as she recalled how close she'd come to getting him with her strength, and how comical it had looked as he had dodged.
Still breathing heavily, she laid down shikamaru-style, and looked up into the many clouds of white that littered the bright blue sky. It was alredy autumn, and the brightly covered leaves, torn from their branches by the theivery of the breeze, were fluttering across her vision constantly. She closed her eyes contentedly as the autumn breeze caused tendrils of her brightly colored hair to brush across her face.
"Hmm... and then he said..." Sakura glanced over to her sensei sitting beside her, reading his usual reading material. She grinned evily to herself as she leaned over and snatched the book out of his hands. It suprised her that he did not stop her, for she knew that he'd seen her going for it.
"What is this about anyway?" She asked, beginning to flip through it, seeing a few brightly colored pictures among the many paragraphs. "Is there even a plotline?"
"Yes." he said, snatching the book back from her clutches. "It's just too complicated for your young, inexperienced mind to comprehend." He insissted, shoving the book back into a pouch on his uniform.
"Inexperienced?" She asked, raising an eyebrow skeptically, "Fine. Then why don't you explain it to me then?" She smirked inwardly at his discomfort, while on her face there was only a look of pure, inocent curiosity.
"...No."
"Aww come on... You're my sensei, you should teach me about things like this..." She continued, trying to provoke him.
Kakashi furrowed yhis eyebrows, seeing what she was doing. "Okay, come here and I'll explain it to you." He sighed in mock surrender, beconing her to come back over to his side.
"...What?" Her jaw dropped, exposing her perfect teeth.
"It's about this g-..."
"No! Wait! Okay! Okay... nevermind..." She panicked. "You thik you're so funny..." She said, shivering. "I've got to go..." She said standing, as she ran her fingers through her hair, trying to remove the leaves and such from between her locks. "I got to do some shopping..."
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She slowly stepped into a small shop off of Konoha's Main Street. To her surprise, as she stepped up the stairs, she was met by Inuzuka Kiba.
"Hey Sakura." He said, waving. "What are you doing here? Did you get a dog?" He asked, obviously suprised to see her in a pet shop because, as far as he knew, she didn't have one. Sasuke didn't seem like the kind of guy to have a dog anyway.
"Uh... a cat actually."
"Oh... well, good luck with that." He said walking off.
It was then that she realized that he was part of a dog clan. She could also faintly remember him expressing an extreme hate of felines when they were younger, and a stray had wondered into the school yard.
She made her way inside, and the smell of pet food reached her nostrils. Blech. Shuffling to the isle marked "Cat Supplies", she stopped infront of a bag of cat food. As her eyes dropped to the price, they almost popped out of their sockets at what she saw.
There had to be a mistake...
"Excuse me, sir?" She asked a passing employee. "Is that price correct?"
"Yes ma'am."
She was so thankful that Sasuke had accidentally left some money in a pair of his pants, for she didn't want to waist so much of her own savings on a bag of cat food. She grabbed the bag, and went to inspect how much all of her other needed supplies were.
Expensive.
She pulled out a few bills and counted out the proper payment , and handed it to the cashier.
She could tell already, this was going to be a long day.
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