Tomorrow, I get to see some of my friends again! Remember, I'm also not updating tomorrow. I have planned the which chapter the lemon scene is in. (Go me!) Anyways, yes, Saita is Sakura's cousin. Ha. You so didn't see that coming. j/k. But seriously, did anyone see that coming?

A/N: Sorry, but this chapter is boring. It's just plot-less filler.

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto or Kakashi, but I do own a volume of the Naruto manga series. Go me!

Ch.16 : Picnic at the Lake

Sasuke and Naruto were in Sakura and Kakashi's room. "So why'd you call us here?" asked Sasuke.

"Well, I was thinking about having a picnic today. Want to come?"

"Of course, Sakura-chan! Where are we going?"

"Oh, we're going to one of the lakes near the village."

"There's more than one?" asked Naruto in awe.

Sasuke glared and hit Naruto over the head. "Dobe, of course there's more than one. In case you haven't noticed, there are two lakes around the village."

"Well, how am I supposed to know that?"

"Naruto, it's called surveying the area," said Kakashi. Naruto humphed. "Sakura?" asked Kakashi.

"What?"

"Did you get the food yet?" he asked.

Sakura laughed sheepishly and he sweatdropped. "Oh, right. Heh heh. I'll go get it now." Sakura walked out of the room, her white sundress flowing behind her. (A/N: The sundress has finally reappeared in my story!)

A few minutes of silence followed. "When do you think she'll be back?" asked Sasuke.

"Don't know. She should be back in a few minutes," said Kakashi.

"I guess we should get ready, huh?" said Naruto.

Sasuke got up from the floor. "I'm going to get the basket, you guys get the blanket."

"Sure. See ya teme!"

"Hn."

Sasuke went next door. "Where the hell did he put the basket again?" Sasuke scanned the room. Nothing. He took a step forward when he fell. "Ow..."

'What the fuck did I trip on?' He looked down to see what had caught his foot. "Found it."

Sasuke went back next door to see Kakashi and Naruto pulling out a white and blue checkered blanket, when his cell phone rang. He flipped it open. "Hello? Sakura? Where? Okay, we'll be down in a minute."

Sasuke closed his phone. "Sakura said to meet her by the entrance. You ready?" Kakashi grunted.

Naruto nodded and blinked. "Wait, I forgot something." He dashed into Sakura's half of the closet and grabbed some clothes, then went to meet up with them in the hall. "Naruto."

"What, sensei?"

"Why'd you grab Sakura's clothes from the closet?"

"You'll see."

"Naruto!"

"Sakura-chan!"

"What happened? I told Sasuke to tell you I was down here."

Sasuke walked to Naruto's side. "Hn. Dobe said he forgot something and made us wait."

"Oh."

Kakashi appeared by Sakura's side. "Shall we get going?" Sakura turned towards him and smiled. "Sure."

Sakura was walking with Naruto. "Sakura-chan?"

"What is it?"

"Where's the lake?"

"Oh. It's inside the village so it's not that far. I think it's called Lake Clarity. I remember Saita saying it was the one of the two."

"I still can't believe teme and sensei thought he was your boyfriend."

"It was pretty funny. You should've seen their faces when they found out he was my cousin. Priceless!"

"Yeah, but they were looking out for you. We all are. "

"I know Naruto, I know." Sakura hugged Naruto and he hugged her back. Sasuke and Kakashi looked on. They didn't care that Naruto hugged her. He was married and they all knew his feelings for her were as a friend and he was like a brother to her. They released each other and walked on. A rare moment of peace held them and the sun shined on.

"We're here!" exclaimed Sakura. They were all standing on the top of a hill looking down on the glimmering water of the lake. "Come on, let's go to the lakeshore!" Naruto and Sakura were running down the hill. Sakura's hair and white sundress fluttering behind her. She ran, smiling with Naruto all the way.

Kakashi and Sasuke smiled softly at her, happy she was carefree. They walked down the hill, carrying the blanket and basket with them. "We found a spot! Hurry up guys!" yelled Sakura.

Kakashi chuckled. "Sakura, we're the only ones here, we can take all the time in the world." Sakura huffed and climbed the tree next to their spot. Content with her new spot, she waited.

Five minutes later, they arrived at the spot. It was a small shady spot under a willow tree surrounded by grass and grape hyacinth. Kakashi spread out the blanket. Sakura jumped down while Sasuke opened the basket. "Sakura-chan, did you get me ramen?"

"No, Naruto. All that MSG is going to kill you."

Sasuke snorted. "All the more reason for him to eat it."

"Sasuke." said Sakura.

"What? It was a joke. It's not like I actually want him to die on us," he said defensively.

Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi were in shock. "What?!"

"You cracked a joke." said Kakashi, stunned that he had a sense of humor.

"And you just said that you wouldn't want him to die. You admitted that you'd miss him." said Sakura.

"Who are you and what have you done with Sasuke-teme?" said Naruto, pointing a finger at him. "Shut up, dobe. I'm not that unfeeling, now be quiet and sit." They shrugged their shoulders and sat.

"So what did you get Sakura?" asked Naruto.

"Keiko made us roasted eggplant and tomato sandwiches. I also got us some soda too." She passed out the food. Sasuke took a bite and savored the flavor. 'She remembered how much I like tomatoes.'

'Of course she'd know. She's so considerate.'

'Hn.' He continued eating.

"Sasuke, soda?"

"Aa."

She got out a bottle and walked (the blanket is big) over to him, when she tripped and fell. 'How come it didn't hurt?' she wondered when she heard a groan under her. She recognized the voice. "Sasuke?!"

'Oh my god, I fell on Sasuke!'

Realization struck her and she blushed. Sasuke was also blushing. 'She smells nice. She's so soft and warm too. Wait, soft?' He blushed more. 'Shit. Did she fall completely on me?'

He looked at his body. 'Damn, she did.'

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Sasuke. Are you hurt? I'm such an idiot. Are you okay? I'm sorry. I-"

Sasuke laughed. "I'm fine, Sakura, but can you get off? You're on my chest and it's sort of hard to breathe with you on me."

'In a lot of ways.'

Sakura blushed and pushed herself off him. Sasuke flinched at the loss of her warmth. She looked him in the eye. "You are okay, right?"

"Yeah. I'm fine. You can stop worrying." She smiled at him. "Hai."

Kakashi was looking away from Sakura and Sasuke, trying to stop the flood of emotions that was threatening to overwhelm him. 'Why am I being so ridiculous? It was just an accident, nothing more.'

'It's called emotions, nimrod. Everyone has them, you're no exception. You're jealous of Sasuke and you feel betrayed by Sakura for worrying about him.'

'I'm really losing it.'

"Hey sensei, you ok?" asked Naruto.

"Yeah, just fine."

"Okay. Sakura, you done?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Wanna walk on the shore?"

"Sure." Sakura brushed the grass off her sundress and walked off with Naruto.

Kakashi looked at them. Sasuke lay in the grass, hands behind his head, lounging in the sun. He started drifting into sleep when he heard a scream and splash. He bolted upright. "Sakura?!"

Kakashi was looking in the same direction. eyes full of worry. 'Please don't let her be hurt.'

Sakura came up spluttering, eyes narrowed. "Naruto! Get your ass back here now!" Naruto just fell on his butt laughing at her on the shore. Sasuke and Kakashi sighed in relief. Sakura came out of the water and wrung out her hair. Kakashi and Sasuke's lungs seized.

Sakura's white dress was now transparent with the water, clinging to her body like a second skin. The rosy peaks of her breasts visible through the wet fabric of her white lace bra. "Thanks a lot, Naruto, now I'm wet." Sasuke and Kakashi couldn't breathe. All they could do was look at her, wishing to be able to feel her wet body on his. Their pants were becoming a bit snug.

Naruto was trying to calm himself down. Sakura smirked and grabbed Naruto by the arm. "Sakura-chan, why do you have that look in your eye?" She just smirked wider and threw him into the middle of the lake. She watched him land and walked over to her two friends where Kakashi and Sasuke were trying to suppress their nosebleeds.

Sakura bent down to look at them. "Are you guys ok? You seem a bit tense."

'More then you'll ever know. Must resist looking at chest.' they thought.

"Fine."

"Aa."

"Well, okay. I'm going to fish out Naruto. Want to come?" They nodded and began to take off their shirts. Sakura blushed. "Um, I'll just meet you there." she said and ran off.

'What's wrong with her?' they thought.

Sakura was swimming in the lake with Naruto. "Don't worry, Sakura, I brought you extra clothes."

"You were planning this, weren't you?"

"Yup, but I didn't expect you to throw me into the water." he admitted, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Well, thanks for bringing me extra clothes. Oh, hi Sasuke. Hi Kakashi."

The two grunted.

"What are teme and sensei doing here?" Naruto asked.

"We decided to join Sakura in the water."

"Hn. So that's why you went through Sakura's stuff?" asked Sasuke.

"Yeah. What about you guys? You didn't bring any extra clothing."

"We're swimming in our boxers." said Kakashi.

"Our stuff is on the blanket," stated Sasuke. Sakura smiled and said, "Since we're all here, why don't we swim?" They all nodded and swam around the lake.

Three hours later, they came out. Sasuke was currently drying off Naruto's clothes and Sakura's dress while she changed behind a tree. "So are the clothes done drying yet?" asked Naruto.

"Hn."

"Thanks." Naruto grabbed the clothes off the tree branch. Sakura emerged from behind the tree. "We should go back to the inn, I don't want to get sick again." Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi agreed and waited for Naruto to finish changing. "I'm done."

"Okay Naruto, you can carry everything. See you at the inn." Sakura said smiling.

"Hey!"

Sasuke smirked at Naruto and walked beside Sakura. Naruto picked up everything and followed, grumbling.

Sasuke and Sakura were walking side-by-side. A breeze picked up and Sakura shivered, rubbing her bare arms. Sasuke noticed and wrapped his arm around her shoulders, pulling her next to his body. "Any better?" he asked. Sakura blushed and nodded. Sasuke smirked and they continued walking.

Kakashi was seeing red. He couldn't believe Sasuke did that. Possessiveness surged through his body. He gritted his teeth, wanting to rip Sasuke's arms off her, but he calmed himself and settled for glaring daggers at him.

It was about 6:30 when they came back . They decided to get dinner at Sapphire Sunrise. Keiko and Sakura chatted while Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi ate. "Thanks for the sandwiches Keiko. We really liked them."

"No problem Sakura. After all, we'll be family pretty soon."

"Right. How's it going with Saita?"

"Pretty well. We're playing at the festival. You guys should come check us out."

"Sure." After they finished eating, they paid and left.

They were all at the inn now. Sakura yawned. "I'm sleepy. I'm going to take a shower and go to bed. See you later guys."

"Night" they all said. Sakura opened the door. Kakashi and Naruto decided to chat in the hall while Sasuke went into the room. He turned on the shower and walked in. 'How does Sakura feel about me? Does she think of me as a friend or…something more?' He contemplated the question before dropping it and going to sleep.

Kakashi went into the room. 'I guess she's still in the shower.'

He went over to the bed and sat down when she came out of the bathroom in only a towel, Kakashi's eye widened. She blushed. "S-sorry. I forgot my clothes."

Kakashi blushed and turned away while she went to the dresser. He turned, his eye watching her body move. 'Her legs seem pretty long, no wonder she's so tall.'

Sakura turned around and blushed. 'Kakashi's staring at me?!'

"Um, I'll go change in the bathroom." He nodded. She came out in a tank top and shorts and Kakashi went into the bathroom.

Sakura crossed the room and leaned against the window. She looked out at the sky. 'The moon seems so big tonight.' Sakura kept looking, not noticing Kakashi had come out of the shower and was behind her. "I thought you said you were tired."

Sakura jumped and turned to face him. "It's not polite to sneak up on people, Kakashi."

"Sorry. What were you doing?"

"Just looking at the stars." She turned back to look out the window. "Don't they look beautiful?"

He looked at her. "Yes."

'But not as much as you.'

"Come on Sakura, it's pretty late. Let's get some sleep." said Kakashi as he walked towards the bed. Sakura reluctantly pushed away from the window and crawled into bed beside Kakashi. She slipped under the covers and fell asleep instantly. 'I guess she was more tired than she realized.' He scooped her into his arms and fell asleep, both dreaming the night away.