Update! ^_^ Okay, first I'd like to thank everyone who faved/reviewed! It's nice to know people are still sticking with me.
I would also like to address something. Because of the nature of this story, it will not be as funny (and definitely not as cracky XD ) as Into the Future. Life isn't always fun, people, and I unfortunately left a lot of characters in Into the Future with issues. That means, my friends, that I will have to spend some time letting these characters sort out these issues in this fic. There will still be plenty of fluffy/ridiculous/funny moments, just not necessarily of the same nature as in the previous fic. I hope that doesn't deter some people, but I honestly never intended for the fics to be the same.
Okay, let's get started!
I don't own Naruto. If I did, Choji wouldn't be nearly as awesome as he is in the latest chapters. Oh, my Cho-bear! You are the coolest! XD
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"Kakashi-sensei?"
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"Is this really your hair color?"
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"...Yes."
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"This is the color you were born with?"
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"Mmm-hmm."
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"That's highly unlikely."
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"Sakura, your hair's pink."
She flushed in embarrassment, for the first time thankful that the blistering sun had already made her cheeks rosy. "It's still unlikely," she huffed.
From her position on his back, she couldn't see his face, but she could practically feel his smirk. He resumed the pushups, clearly laughing at her expense. "Do you want me to prove it to you, Sakura-chan?"
She was laying on top of him, back to back, and now, as she felt her whole body burn at his insinuation, she was suddenly paranoid that he could too. She sat up. "Probably grayed early and doesn't want anyone to know," she muttered snidely, knowing full well that he could hear her.
He chuckled, pausing slightly to get used to the new distribution of weight. After a moment, he responded. "It's my father's hair."
Sakura blinked. Kakashi had never voluntarily talked about his life before! "Father?"
"Yup," he replied, huffing.
She knew that he wasn't tired, however—it was only his five-hundredth pushup. He was hinting for her to drop the subject. "What's your favorite food, Kakashi-sensei?" she asked instead.
"Sakura," Kakashi said, deadpan. "We're training."
She rolled her eyes. "Well excuse me for trying to entertain myself as we train in hundred-degree weather. On my day off. And we both know how many of those I get."
"Hm."
Sakura sighed, blowing the air upwards so her sweaty bangs could get a breeze. Both of them knew that she was just teasing—she loved the days she was free of the hospital and she and her ex-sensei trained together.
It had started simply enough. Being practically shackled to the hospital, Sakura hadn't been put on active duty in a while, and she was afraid of getting rusty. With Naruto training to be Hokage with Tsunade and Sai returning to Anbu, her old sensei was the only one left of her team that could help her out. She had asked him one day, as he peered over Icha Icha Paradise at her, and he had agreed. Ever since then, without any more discussion, he always showed up at their favorite training field on her days off. And also since then, their relationship had transformed from "teacher-student" into "friends".
Sakura really did enjoy the time they spent together. Just not so much when it was effing hot and her training partner was having serious mood swings.
"Fine," she muttered indignantly, redoing her askew bun so the back of her neck could catch the nonexistent breeze. The next time Kakashi went down, she reached for her nearby pack and pulled a scroll out of it, activating it. "Might as well get some studying done."
Kakashi paused again at the sudden weight. "Hey…"
"If you're not going to talk to me," Sakura started snidely, balancing her heavy textbooks in one hand and tossing the scroll with the other, "then I have things I need to do." She knew that her books added a decent amount of weight on top of him, at least fifty pounds, and she smiled wickedly. "Think of it as extra training."
"Extra training?" he asked pleasantly, looking over his shoulder at her oh-so-innocently. "It feels the same as it always does. One thousand." One of his arms came up to rest on his back, and he continued his pushups, this time only balancing on the pointer finger of his remaining hand.
Is he calling us FAT? Inner Sakura raged. Sakura gritted her teeth. If it were Naruto or Sai, her fist would have already been acquainted with his face, but since it was Kakashi, and he clearly wanted a rise out of her, she just planted the heaviest book she had on top of his head. "Don't drop it," she said sweetly. "Or you'll have to buy me lunch."
Kakashi didn't comment, concentrating on keeping a ten-pound book on his head steady.
Sakura balanced the rest of the books on his rear end, grabbing one and opening to a random page. She grinned in delight.
Revenge was sweet.
"Look at this, Kakashi-sensei!" she sang, laying back down, this time on her front. It had been too hot for Kakashi to wear his jounin vest, so instead it was his damp sleeveless black undershirt that clung to her tank top. His arm dug into her ribcage, but she paid it no mind, instead slinking her arms over either side of his head so that he would have no choice but to look at the book suddenly thrust into his face. "Crab lice," she said happily into his ear, carefully balancing the top of her feet on the books on his ass. "Aren't they fascinating? Look, they can even live on your eyelashes!"
Kakashi had noticeably paused again, but soon restarted without a word.
Sakura was undeterred. She turned the page. "Ooh," she chimed sympathetically. "Just remember, Kakashi-sensei, if it ever starts to look like this, it's time to come to the hospital."
He paused again, disgusted by the graphic picture of genital herpes being forced into his face. "Why are you showing me this, Sakura?"
"This is very valuable information, Kakashi-sensei," she chirped. "With as many lady friends as you have, you need to know these things."
She could have kicked herself the moment the words were out of her mouth.
Her relationship with Kakashi involved a lot of teasing, and, with Kakashi being the way he was, innuendo was a given, but the subject of sex had never been outright brought out. Not only had Sakura just crossed that line, she had actually brought up the subject of his sex life!
Stupid stupid! She despaired, her face once again getting hot. Her mouth hung open helplessly, not sure what to say to follow up that doozy.
Even though she couldn't see his face, she knew he was laughing at her. Laughing at her! "Lady friends?" he prompted, a smile in his voice.
Well, now. She very well couldn't tell him that she frequently heard about his sexual escapades through the female grapevine, now could she? "I've known you for eight years," she said instead, "and I have yet to see you engage in a serious relationship."
He went down again, and Sakura found herself extremely aware of the way his back muscles rippled against her. "I could say the same about you," he replied turning his head slightly to look at her.
Their noses almost touched, and she felt her heart thud against her chest and her breath hitch unexpectedly and all she could think was page 134 page 134 page 134 PAGE 134!
But his eye crinkled into a smile, and she realized he was giving her an out. They clearly weren't ready for this conversation, and he was giving her the chance to casually end it. He knew, just like everyone else, the reason Sakura didn't date.
She opened her mouth, but never got the chance to respond. An Anbu soldier was suddenly standing next to them.
"Haruno Sakura," a familiar voice said authoritatively from behind its mask, "you have an assignment. You are to get cleaned up and report directly to the Hokage's office."
Sakura stared at her, annoyed. "Tenten. It's my day off. Shishou gave it to me herself."
Tenten sighed apologetically. However, she was under orders, and, like her former teammates, Tenten took her job seriously. "You are to get cleaned up and report directly to the Hokage's office."
"Do I have enough clearance to ask what this is about?" Kakashi asked curiously, still balancing on one finger.
The cat mask turned towards the copy nin. Tenten paused. "Yes. Uzumaki Naruto has retrieved the traitor Uchiha Sasuke. The Uchiha awaits his sentence."
The books hit the ground with a thud.
A/N: And we all know what happens after that—Sakura's chapter.
I have one thing to say to this: while writing this chappie, I actually looked up pics of STDs, and CRABS REALLY CAN LIVE IN YOUR EYELASHES! Seriously, wikipedia that shit! There was a picture, and I was oh-so-grossed out. I mean, what could you possibly be doing to get crabs on your eyelashes? Just sayin'.
Let me know what you think. ^_^