The next day, Sakura approached the bridge where Squad 7 usually met and found Sasuke and Naruto already there.
"Kakashi-sensei not here yet?" She asked halfheartedly, already knowing the answer. Naruto and Sasuke both shrugged, and simultaneously whipped out twin copies of an orange book and began reading.
"Hey, what's that?" Sakura asked. She took a closer look at the title and gasped in recognition. "No. Way."
"Way!" Naruto replied exuberantly. "We got these in our class yesterday!"
"I knew Naruto was a pervert…but Sasuke? Oh well, he's still hot." Inner Sakura asserted.
A couple minutes later Kakashi strolled up the bridge, book in hand.
"Sorry, guys," he began in a monotone, "but I got lost on the path of life." When he didn't get a response, he glanced up and immediately noticed the books in Naruto's and Sasuke's hands.
"What the…what are you doing with those?" He demanded.
"We got them in class yesterday," Sasuke replied in a bored voice. "And Jiraya-sensei said that it was okay that we read them even if we were underage." Kakashi shook his head.
"Not that. That!" He said, and pointed to the title of the book. "That edition hasn't even hit the shelves yet!" Naruto snickered.
"Yup, we got advanced copies. Autographed, too." Kakashi gaped at him.
"No way." Naruto snickered again as he held up the inner-front cover for him to see. "That's…amazing," Kakashi stated. "Hey, Naruto?"
"Mm?"
"Do you think that you'd be able to, oh, I don't know, lend me a copy for the foreseeable future?" Naruto looked up at him skeptically.
"Nice try, Kakashi-sensei." Kakashi humphed and turned around.
Kakashi made sure that by the end of that day's training session, even Sasuke was panting and gasping for air. The three genin all lay on the grass together and looked up at the sky as they tried to fill their lungs with as much oxygen as humanly possible.
"N-naruto-kun?" came a voice. Naruto lifted his head up and saw Hinata. But upon closer inspection he realized that Hinata had done something to her wardrobe; he wasn't quite sure what she'd done but she looked hot! He thought it was the shirt…yeah, that must have been it, because he noticed curves that he'd never seen before on her.
"Hinata-chan…" he breathed. "D-do you want to get some ramen with me this evening?"
"Sure, Naruto-kun, I'd love to!" Hinata squealed, and immediately ran away. As soon as she'd disappeared, Naruto reached into his jacket for a tissue to stem the nosebleed that he knew was coming.
"What was that all about?" Kakashi, who hadn't heard the conversation, asked as he landed next to them.
"Sexual education," Naruto replied, then cracked up.
I have one question that I've been wondering about, and if you would be so kind as to review and answer me it would be much appreciated: where do people get the idea of Tenten/Neji fluff? From what I've seen, I think she's starting to be attracted to Lee. But then again, I'm only up to episode 150 of the anime so there's probably evidence that I simply haven't gotten up to yet. But if someone could clarify that it would be much appreciated. Thanks!