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Ch.6: New Enemies and a Picnic
The sun's ray came down from the window, waking Sakura. "Mm?" She yawned, rubbing her eyes, and blinked. She was about to sit up when something warm stopped her. She looked down confusedly to see an arm draped across her waist possessively. She was fully awake now.
'Holy Shit! Why is there an arm around me?! Let's see, we left Konoha to go on vacation and I had to share a room with Kakashi.'
"Kakashi…" she said softly. She turned onto her side, her gaze on his masked face, his hitai-ate on the nightstand. She chuckled. 'So he wear that thing to sleep too, huh? He's still sleeping.'
She scootched closer to him, her pink hair spilling over her shoulder. 'He looks so peaceful. You wouldn't expect someone with such a painful past, look so tranquil.' She raised a hand and tentatively traced his scar with her finger lightly. He sighed contentedly. 'He's so handsome.' She gently removed his hand from her waist as to not disturb him and quietly went to the bathroom.
Five minutes later, Kakashi awoke to the sound of a shower running. 'She must have woken up earlier.' He looked at where she was sleeping. He could still feel the warmth of her body on the sheets, the scent of roses and her namesake on the pillow. 'If only I could wake up with her next to me.'
'Naked and hair messed up from a bout of good sex, kissing you.'
'No.'
Kakashi sighed and ran a hand through his mop of silver hair. He stared intently at the white ceiling. 'She'll never do that. She'll love someone her own age like Sasuke. Lucky bastard.' He thought, sighing in defeat.
'Just get her to fall for you. Take a risk. It's the first step to your happiness and Kami knows you've taken bigger risks than this in your line of work.'
'Yeah, life-or-death situations, but nothing like this.'
'All the more reason, unless the great Hatake Kakashi, master of 1000 jutsu is too chicken…'
'I'm not chicken.'
'Then ask her on a date. Just ask her if she wants to see the village with you, so it's inconspicuous.'
'Fine, on the condition you leave me alone for the rest of the day.'
'Fine. I have no problem with that.'
'Swear on Icha Icha?'
'Sure, I had plans anyway.'
'WHAT?!'
'We already agreed, so go get your girl, lover-boy.'
Inner Kakashi left and Kakashi groaned. 'What am I gonna do?'
Sakura came out fifteen minutes later. Her wet pink hair draped over shoulders. She wore a black T-shirt with a glitter butterfly print on the front and a pair of jeans that clung to her curves. "Kakashi-sensei, your turn."
Her voice floated over to him. "Hm? Oh, sure." He grabbed some clothes and went in.
Sakura turned on the t.v. 'I wonder what's wrong. He seems distracted. I'll try to find out later. Right now, I need to put away my clothes.' She turned off the t.v and began unpacking.
Kakashi was standing at the bathroom door, clenching and unclenching his fist. 'Come on, Kakashi! You can do this.'
He took a deep breath and opened to bathroom door. He was wearing a black T-shirt and carpenter jeans. He still had his mask on. His hitai-ate was safely in his backpack. "Sakura?"
She closed the dresser drawer and looked up. 'He looks so friggin hot! Date him, date him, date him!'
Sakura blushed at what her inner said. She couldn't argue, he looked hot before, but him wearing regular clothing made him look like a runway model. He saw her blush and guessed it was because she never saw him in civilian clothing. (A/N: Point for Kakashi.)
Sakura glanced to the side nervously and Kakashi looked at her worriedly. "Something wrong, Sakura?"
"No!" She realized he seemed to be waiting for something. "Did you want something, Kakashi-sensei?"
"I was wondering if you would like to explore the village with me. "
"Sure, Kakashi- sensei."
Kakashi was doing one hell of a victory dance inside his head. "Want to stop for breakfast first?"
"Sure, sensei."
"Oh, Sakura."
"Hm?"
"Please don't call me sensei. I haven't been your sensei for years and we're equals. Besides, it makes me feel old."
"Sure sen-I mean Kakashi."
"Thank you." He grabbed his wallet, eyepatch, and they left.
They were in the lobby when Sakura realized something. "Wait, what about Naruto and Sasuke?"
"Well, I wrote a note and stuck it on the door before we left, besides I don't think they're awake."
"But it's already 9:30. Sasuke doesn't oversleep."
"Maybe, but I have a feeling he did today."
"That's weird."
"Yes, I know." He said grabbing a map off the front desk and they went to start their exploration of the town.
9:31 at Naruto and Sasuke's room……
The sun was shining brightly now and annoying Sasuke greatly. He groaned. "What time is it?" he murmured.
He blindly groped for a clock and found one on his nightstand. '9:31. Wait, 9:31! Shit, I overslept! I never oversleep!' (A/N: Another point for Kakashi.) '
Yeah well, Naruto annoying us took a lot of energy. Besides, that bed was really comfy.'
'Hn.'
Sasuke got into the bathroom. Naruto was snoring like hell. It was a wonder Sasuke got any sleep. Naruto was still snoring when he came out. 'How he managed to become one of the best ninjas in our village, I'll never understand.' With that thought in mind, he went to open the door.
'Where are you going?'
'I'm going to visit Sakura, what else?'
'You mean ask her on a date.'
'No, just visiting.'
'Too bad, cuz you missed your chance.'
"Huh?" Sasuke looked at the door in front of him, a note stuck to the door.
To Sasuke and Naruto,
Sakura and me are out exploring the village. We'll be back soon. When we come back, we'll all go out together. Don't destroy anything or else you'll have to pay for it and deal with Tsunade when we get back.
Ja ne, Kakashi
Sasuke's eyes went sharingan. He ripped the note off the door and crushed it in his hand. "Kakashi, I'm going to kill you!" he snarled and went back to his room and slammed the door, not even disturbing the sleeping Naruto.
In the village……"What should we do first, Kakashi?"
She stared at him with wide eyes and he stopped a blush. "Well, it says there's a café about three blocks from here. How about there?"
"Sure."
They stopped in front of a small breakfast café. "The Tiger Lily Café," said Sakura.
'They really have a thing for flowers here. I wonder if they name their kids after flowers like me?'
They entered the café and sat at a small booth near the window. A waitress came. She was tall, had purple hair down to her shoulders, and sapphire eyes. She looked about mid to late-twenties. "What can I get the couple?"
Kakashi lounged in the booth while Sakura blushed a deep pink. 'Couple?' they both thought.
"C-c-c-couple?! Sorry, but we're just friends."
'Just friends. Right?'
The waitress' eyes widened. "Oh, sorry about that. It's just that, well, you two look perfect together."
Kakashi's eye widened slightly and Sakura was as red as a strawberry.
"So, what can I get you?"
"Um, blueberry pancakes and tea, please."
The waitress wrote on her notepad. "And you?" She winked at Kakashi and popped her bubble gum.
'How dare she?! I mean, not that I care, right?'
'Please don't flirt back! Please! Please! Please! Please! PLEASE!'Kakashi just looked at her blankly and said, "I'll have Belgian waffles and some coffee."
The waitress smiled and left and Sakura sighed and stared out the window. She wasn't really looking at anything, but just thinking about life. 'What was I thinking? I don't like him! He's my teacher for Kami's sake! But.. still… what's wrong with me?'
Kakashi saw her deep in thought and noticed her eyes looked distant but still focused. 'I wonder what she's thinking about.'
At the inn…..
Naruto was still asleep and Sasuke was watching t.v. The time is 9:45 A.M.
With our lovely couple…….
They had just finished eating and were leaving the café. Breakfast was relatively pleasant. Well, except the fact that the waitress and every other girl in the café a staring at Kakashi and/or glaring at Sakura. She tried ignoring the strange feelings she was having and focus on her other problem at the café. Yup, the guys. Apparently she was going to have fanboys here. Some were the boyfriends of the girls. Most of them were employees and other customers. Kakashi was mentally sticking a kunai through every one of men drooling over Sakura. Luckily, some of the people had the sense to mind their own business and spouses. They got out before anybody could mob them. If Konoha's fan clubs were any indication, the best thing was to leave while you still could and before anything bad happened.
Sakura stretched her arms out in the sun and smiled. Kakashi smiled under his mask. "Shall we go? I think I see our fan clubs are going to mob us if we don't move."
Sakura laughed. "I can't wait to see what happens to Sasuke and Naruto."
"Naruto?"
"Yeah. Believe it or not, but apparently, everyone in the rookie 9 and Team Gai has a fan club."
"Everyone? Including Naruto, Lee, and Chouji?"
"Yup, teachers too."
"Gai? A fan club?" asked Kakashi, slightly shocked and disturbed.
Sakura bent backwards and smiled up at her ex-sensei. "Yup, it's just that Lee, Chouji, Gai and Naruto's fan club are small. Well, Naruto's club started around the same time as mine and shrank after he married Hinata. Same for Hinata. It's pretty amazing. Out of all the teams, we have the most fan club members. I guess it's because of all the hot people we have."
"Hot people? Who?"
"Well, you and Sasuke tie for first and me and Naruto follow afterwards."
"I'm hot?"
"Yeah, your fan club has all the village girls of all ages. Most are from Sasuke's fan club."
"I'm hot?" he repeated, pointing at himself incredulously.
"Yes…"
"How do you know all these things?"
"The amount of presents in our garbage cans every Valentine's Day and Christmas."
"Oh."
A series of screams and the sound of pounding footsteps came steadily from behind. "I guess we better run."
"Why not poof?"
"Because we might get separated and since we don't know this town, we'd be doomed."
"Oh."
"Come on!" Kakashi grabbed Sakura's wrist and yanked her towards a small alley. Sakura blushed as the mob ran passed them. "Um, Kakashi?"
He looked down and noticed he was pressed against her in the tight space. He blushed. "Sorry. I think it's safe now."
"Okay." Sakura followed him out of the alley and they continued to explore the town, passing shops, parks, and restaurants, reminding themselves to go back later.
It was noon when they got back. They went into Naruto and Sasuke's room. They were panting heavily. Naruto laughed at their ripped and disheveled clothing. "What the hell happened to you?!" he laughed.
"And why are you so late?" Sasuke asked.
Sakura and Kakashi looked at each other and then their companions. "Fan clubs."
Sasuke and Naruto looked horrified. "I thought we would be safe here. How'd they follow us?" Naruto asked.
"Dobe, we have new ones. Dammit. If that's what a few people did to you, what the hell are they gonna do to us in the two months we're here and with more members probably?"
Naruto and Sakura paled and Kakashi was trying to regain his breath. After a minute, he opened his mouth when Sakura started speaking. "They're worse than our old ones. They actually tried to rip our clothing off our bodies and tried to kiss us and give us their numbers."
Sasuke's brows lifted in surprise. "Shit."
Sakura walked across the room and sat in a chair. Staring out the window, she asked, "Were me and Ino that bad, Sasuke?"
"No, actually, you guys, I didn't mind."
"Really?!" they all exclaimed
Sasuke shrugged. "Yeah. You guys sorta respected my privacy and weren't as annoying as the rest." The room became eerily quiet.
Sasuke cleared his throat and Naruto blinked, then remembered something. "So, how about a picnic, Kakashi-sensei?"
"Hm. Sure, but after me and Sakura get cleaned up. Naruto, you buy the food. Sasuke, you give him a list."
"Why me?"
"Cause dobe. You're not single, so you have a better chance of surviving and better yet, you're married, so they can barely touch you."
"Fine, I'll be the hero. We meet back here, right?"
They all nodded and Sakura and Kakashi left. "I hope Sakura-chan is alright. She looked pretty scratched up."
"Yeah, but she's a medic-nin. I just hope they don't have do anything drastic." Sasuke said and began writing the list.
2:00 P.M. in Naruto and Sasuke's room….
Sakura and Kakashi were fine now. Sakura was wearing khaki-colored shorts and a green tank top, while her hair was in a low ponytail. Kakashi, in another black T-shirt and camouflage shorts. "Sakura-chan, where do we go for the picnic?"
"Well, we found a secluded area in the park. It's sort of a long walk, so I guess that's why no one goes there."
"Okay, let's go!"
30 min later……
The picnic spot was on a grassy hill with a willow tree at the top. The hill had all sorts of flowers in different colors and of different types. Sasuke put down the basket while Naruto put down the blanket. Sasuke, wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, was now sitting on the blanket. Naruto, wearing an orange polo shirt and jeans, started digging through the basket.
A few minutes later, he screamed. "Aha!"
Kakashi looked up from his little orange book and raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean, 'Aha?'"
He dug through the basket to pull out….A THERMOS AND INSTANT RAMEN!
"Naruto! Didn't you get anything on the list Sasuke gave you?!"
"Just kidding, Sakura-chan! I got the stuff, but I don't get why you'd eat anything but ramen."
Sasuke snorted. "You mean like you?"
"Shut up, teme or else, I'll feed your tomato sandwich to the birds!"
'No! Tomatoes!'
"Hn. Fine." Sasuke pulled out two other sandwiches. One tuna and one B.L.T. He threw the B.L.T. to Kakashi and handed the tuna to Sakura.
After lunch, Naruto and Sakura rolled down the hill. Her shirt was pushed up when she rolled down and caused Sasuke and Kakashi to drool slightly. After a few minutes, Sakura started picking flowers for everyone. Sasuke got a bouquet of red tulips, Naruto got wildflowers, and Kakashi got sunflowers.
Half an hour later, it started to get cold so they decided to go back to the inn. Sasuke carried the basket and flowers and Naruto, the blanket. Sakura started walking forward when she tripped. She was about to hit her head on a rock when Kakashi caught her.
Sakura was waiting for impact. 'No painful landing? No screams? No throbbing headache or blood?' That's when she opened her eyes to see Kakashi's face. His eyes filled with concern, worry, and something else she couldn't place her finger on. She looked down and saw that he was holding her body. She blushed.
"You okay, Sakura?"
She blushed more when she realized how close their faces were. "Yeah, I'm fine." She got up to try and stand when she started to fall. He caught her again.
Naruto and Sasuke bounded up the hill. They had seen what happened(only when she fell again) and looked worriedly at her. "Sakura-chan, what's wrong?"
"She's twisted her ankle. I'll poof back to our room and fix it. Naruto. Sasuke. You two bring back the stuff."
They nodded and Kakashi poofed away with Sakura in his arms.
'Dammit.'
'Why does Kakashi get all the luck?''Yeah, but I hope she's alright. Sakura's health comes before my friggin jealousy.'
'So you are jealous!'"Hey teme! You coming or what?" Sasuke hn'ed and they started walking.
At the room…….
"Kakashi, you can put me down. I can heal it myself."
"Oh. Right." Sakura sighed and Kakashi placed her on the bed. She focused her chakra to her hand. A bluish–white glow emitted from her hand as she placed it over her ankle. After she tested her weight on it, she thanked Kakashi and went to the bathroom.
Kakashi watched the stars twinkle in the sky before he changed into his boxers and sat on the bed to remove his eye patch when Sakura came out. Today, she was wearing a black and pink tank top with matching shorts. Kakashi stared for a while and said, "Are you okay now?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." She yawned. He smiled through his mask. "Go to sleep." She nodded and crawled into bed, instantly falling asleep. Kakashi stared at her sleeping figure before turning off the lamp and falling asleep besides her.