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Chapter 2: How We Get Along

Naruto let out a loud groan. He wasn't paying any attention to where he was going and he smashed head first into a large tree branch. He began to fall backwards, but Hikari, who was just a few feet behind him caught him. She then laid him against one of the trees. "You should be more careful..." Hikari said, looking down at the semi conscious boy.

Kotoko, Sakura, and Kakashi jumped onto the branch they were on and they were now hovering above Naruto. Sai ignored Naruto's incident and just kept on leaping from tree to tree. "A-aw Man-n...w-what happened?" Naruto slurred, his head was spinning. "You just got knocked the fuck out by a tree branch that's what." Kotoko bluntly stated the cringed at the blunt statement.

"Are you alright Naruto?" Sakura asked, kneeling down beside him.

Naruto slowly sat up, rubbing his head. "Yeah, I think so." Naruto said, his speech back to normal. "Next time watch where you're going Naruto." Kakashi said, sighing. "Come on, we have to catch up to Sai." Sakura said, helping Naruto up. "Screw that asshole." Naruto said. They all leaped from the branch and caught up with Sai in no time. "Thanks for waiting." Naruto said sarcastically. "Idiot." Sai said, not bothering to even look at Naruto.

Sai purposely jumped on the tree branch in front of Naruto, causing Naruto to lose his balance when he landed on it. Kakashi leaped beside Naruto and caught him by the arm before he tumbled down onto the forest floor. "Teme!" Naruto growled at Sai. Sai just smirked at him. Naruto threw a punch at Sai, but he easily dodged it. "Cool it, Naruto." Kakashi warned. "But he's being a douche!" Naruto exclaimed.

He sighed, but obeyed his sensei and left Sai alone. Sai smirked, noticing Naruto's obedience. "Your dickless and gutless too I see." He taunted. Naruto fumed but didn't respond to him. 'Bastard! I'm gonna kick his ass, if he doesn't shut up!' He thought. Hearing no response from Naruto, Sai continued to smirk, but left Naruto alone.

Naruto heard someone behind him trying to stifle their laughter, but failed miserably. He looked over his shoulder and saw Kotoko laughing. "You guys are hilarious." She commented.

Hikari and Sakura came up beside her. "You two never stop do you?" Hikari sighed, shaking her head. "Can you two not just be quiet for a little while?" "I don't think that's possible for either of them. Especially Naruto." Sakura said, giggling.

Naruto huffed and looked over at Kakashi, who was deeply engrossed in his Icha Icha novel. "You're reading that book. Again." Naruto said. Kakashi glanced over at him then back at the book. "Well this is going to be a long day and there's nothing else to pass the time by. Besides hearing you guys bicker." He said.

For the next few minutes there wasn't much talking besides Naruto making bad comments to himself about Sai. Sai heard, but ignored them, not wanting to waste his time on the blonde boy. "Can we stop for a break Kakashi sensei? I'm starving." Naruto whined. Kakashi sighed and put his novel in his pocket. "Fine." He said. "Everyone, let's take a break."

Kakashi hopped down to onto the forest floor followed by his teammates. "Are we going to set up camp here?" Sai asked, Kakashi. "Hmm...might as well I guess. We won't cover too much more ground before nightfall anyways." He said, looking around and seeing that it wouldn't be too long until nightfall.

"Well how about we set up?" Kakashi said, sitting down. "And afterwards you guys can go get some fire wood, fish, fruit, take a bath or whatever. Just don't get lost." He withdrew Icha Icha again and continued to read it.

"No need to give that much detail sensei. We aren't genin anymore, we know the drill." Sakura said, grinning.

Sai scoffed. "The only one who would possibly get lost out here is Naruto." He said, smirking. "Ha ha. Very funny, teme." Naruto said, giving Sai an annoyed look. They began to trade insults, while the girls ignored them and began to set up their sleeping bags.

"And you meant we aren't genin anymore with the except of Naruto here right, ugly?" Sai pointed out.

"Right." Sakura agreed, trying her best to keep her temper in check.

Hikari plopped down onto her sleeping bag, lying on her back she gazed up at the sky. It was a mixture of pink and violet. She saw a bird soar across the sky. It was carrying a rolled up scroll in its talons. 'Hm, a carrier bird. I wonder what it has.' She thought to herself, curiosity sneaking upon her.

'I would knock it out of the sky and see, but then I'd be interfering with communications through villages and I'd probably get into some deep shit.'

Hikari glanced over at Kotoko and Sakura, who were unpacking towels and other bath supplies. "Are you two about to go bathe?" Hikari asked, sitting up. "Yea, we're gonna go find a river to bathe in." Kotoko responded.

"You wanna join us Hikari?" Sakura asked, smiling. "You guys can go ahead." Hikari said. "I'll be along in a minute." "Okay." Sakura said, starting to walk away with Kotoko. "None of the guys better peek." Sakura said warningly.

"Of course we won't!" Naruto said, though his perverted grin said otherwise. "Who would want to anyway?" Sai called over his shoulder. Sakura's face turned red with anger, but she did her best to ignore the comment.

"Well, I'm going to go gather some fire wood before it gets too cold out." Sai said, turning to leave, not caring about anyone's response. "Fine, we don't want you here anyway." Naruto mumbled under his breath.

Sakura and Kotoko arrived shortly after, at a small stream. They stared at it pondering if it was sanitary enough to bathe in it. "It doesn't look too bad." Sakura commented. "I guess you're right it's better than nothing." Kotoko said.

"Maybe you got used to being in the village where everything is comfortable right?" Kotoko joked. "Yeah, it is much easier for us women then." Sakura agreed, and the two shared a laugh.

They sat their belongings down on the bank and then started to undress, making sure to put their clothes out of the way of the water. They heard something rustle in the bushes and Kotoko threw a kunai at it. Out leaped a very small squirrel. It quickly scampered away. "Aw, the poor squirrel." Kotoko said, feeling bad about herself. Sakura laughed at her. "A bit paranoid?" Sakura asked. "No just overly cautious." Kotoko responded.

Now fully undressed Kotoko slid into the stream, sighing in pleasure when the warm water hit her body. The water was deeper than expected. She couldn't even touch the bottom. "How's the water?" Sakura asked from the bank. "Pretty warm and deep too." Kotoko said with a smile.

"That's good." Sakura said. She dove into the water, scaring what little fish there were away. Sakura came back up to the surface and floated on her back. "Ah, this feels so good." She commented. "Yeah." Kotoko agreed, massaging some shampoo in her hair.

Naruto took off his orange and black jacket, leaving him in a net top which he also stripped himself of. Then he took off his pants tossing them to the side, leaving him only in boxers."What the hell are you doing?!" Hikari asked him surprised. "What? I'm just gonna go catch some fish." He explained.

"Well you didn't have to strip right in front of me." Hikari said, giving him an annoyed look. "Sorry." Naruto said, blushing and rubbing the back of his head. "Anyways, I'll be back in a bit Kakashi-sensei." With that he leaped through the trees in the direction that Sakura and Kotoko were in.

"Where did Naruto say he was going?" Kakashi asked, still reading his book. "To catch some fish." Hikari said. They both sat there for a moment realizing Naruto's true intentions. "The little pervert is gonna get ass beat." Hikari said. Kakashi nodded his head in agreement.

"So Kakashi-senpai, are all the rumors about your Sharingan true?" Hikari asked eagerly. Kakashi looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Like what kind of rumors?" He asked. "Like how none of your enemies live after getting a glimpse of your eye?" The girl asked. "Yes most of the time they don't." Kakashi said. "That's so cool! I bet you're one of the best shinobi in Konoha." Hikari complimented. "Thanks." Kakashi smiled.

Hikari momentarily looked down at the ground in thought, but then looked back up. "Hey, do you think you could teach me some of your moves or at least fight against me sometime? It'd be really awesome. I really want to see what your techniques are like." Hikari fiddled with her fingers. "Well we could spar later and afterwards I can see what I can do." The jounin said.

He stood up and walked over to Hikari. He gently ruffled her hair and gave her a smile. "Now, if you'll excuse me I have to go take a wizz." He said. Hikari blushed. "I really didn't need to know that." She muttered. Kakashi just chuckled and walked behind a tree.

The dark haired girl tried her best to ignore the sound of Kakashi peeing on a tree. She entertained herself by throwing kunai at a tree in front of her. "Ah, that felt good." Kakashi sighed. Hikari didn't dare look back at him for fear he might still have his pants undone. He came back and sat down beside her. Instead of bringing his Icha Icha back out to read it he turned to her and started a conversation about dogs.

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