Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
The first week of Team Seven's training goes a little bit like this:
Sakura wakes up early and brings breakfast—leftover steaming buns straight from the ovens— ducking the half-hearted slaps the Ladies give her. She makes sure to stop on the way to the bridge for a little dish of ramen that she knows Teuchi and Ayame give her after that summer spent washing each individual bowl after a particularly nasty stint at the introduction of the garden. Of course, the fresh produce man—Leo—hands her a handful of ripe, juicy tomatoes that she stuffs into her shirt before hauling her butt to where they meet.
She skids onto the bridge and Sasuke and Naruto are already expecting her, their stomachs growling for the food she brings.
They eat, watching the day slowing unfold, the morning sun peeking over the hills, occasionally commenting on how a the light hit a certain spot prettily.
Then, Sasuke helps her with her sparring and Naruto cheers in the background, trying to help his chakra control with the exercises Sakura saw in the library books one fine evening.
Kakashi appears a little after nine, his eyes full of ghosts and insomnia and Sakura makes sure to sneak that extra packet of crackers that Akiko-sama packs for her in the mornings, into his pocket.
(She ignores the little pleased grin he gives her and yells at him for being late instead.)
He makes them run the default three laps around Konoha, with Sasuke gripping her sweaty shirt and Sakura gasping horrifically after the both of them.
(She never notices the boys' smiles after that—this is the one thing they can do for her without her noticing—and so they make sure she's able to keep up.)
The day ends with sensei making them run obstacle courses with different, layered genjutsu, traps and geographical errors that have them stumbling and gasping by the end, their chests heaving with more than a little irritation at their sensei who coolly waves at them, giggling at an image in his book.
The sun sets and they begin anew.
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