Hey guys, sorry I haven't been able to update any sooner; my brother had his birthday and all his friends were over and I wasn't allowed to use the pc, but here I am . Thank you guys so much for sticking with me for so long and thanks again for the reviews, I love you guys a lot XD. Just so you know, I don't own Naruto, they belong to Masashi Kishimoto : D
Me: I'm going to make this a quick chat
Kakashi and Sakura: why?
Me: because I hold up the chapter for the readers
Kakashi: but you talk to us all the time, and the readers are still with you
Me: yeah I know, but I'm pretty sure they get irritated with it
Sakura: at least they get to read your stories
Me: good point, but...wait a minute, I'm talking too much, ugh tugs at hair
Kakashi: oh well, please read and enjoy
CHAPTER SEVEN: DAY TWO
Sakura was bored as she travelled alongside Kakashi; all she could do was watch no clouds change in the sky, nor watch the shades of blue get brighter as the sun stretched its morning light over the treetops. Kakashi had his worries all taken care of by reading Icha Icha Paradise, glancing to Kuro who was running around in front of him from time to time.
Kakashi looks over at Sakura, who was aimlessly staring at anything that moved abruptly in front of her, mostly Kitsune would get her attention with her hyperactive and playful behaviour.
As the day went by, so did the sun, and the day was getting hotter by the minute and Sakura was beginning to sweat like a pig, 'damn weather, I wish it wasn't so hot today, although it is nice to get out under the sun, it's just getting too hot for my liking,' Sakura thought, gazing lazily up at the sun as she wiped the sweat from her face. Not only was Sakura worrying about herself, she was wondering how Kakashi was coping with the hot sun on his back all the time.
Kakashi felt sweat run down the side of his face and seeped into his mask. All he could do was read his book that he re-read about fifty times already, but like he had anything else to do; he had to ignore the scorching heat somehow.
'I wonder how Kakashi is coping with the temperature,' Inner Sakura said thoughtfully.
Sakura just glared at Kakashi; that mask he was wearing must've drained a lot of his energy. Just looking at Kakashi's mask made Sakura want to rip it off from the man's face, she was sure Kakashi was dying in there, the black mask must've been absorbing so much heat already.
'Why am I worrying about him all of a sudden?' Sakura wondered strangely.
Sakura inwardly slapped herself to snap out of it and start worrying about something else for a change, but the problem was, she already did that; this whole time, Sakura had her mind completely away from Naruto's death and the fact that Sasuke could jump out of the bushes at any time, but instead of those physical worries, Sakura was worrying about the person walking just a metre away from her.
She finally decided to do something about the matter, "Kakashi-s…san, isn't it hot wearing that mask out in the blazing heat?" she asked. Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the question but knew what she meant. She was right, Kakashi was feeling the heat within the mask and found it hard to breathe cool air properly, "not really," he said, lying but waiting to see if Sakura would fall for it.
Kakashi just stared thoughtfully at Sakura and awaited a reply. Kakashi decides to ignore Sakura from here on and focus on his novel. Sakura sighs as she stared at the dirt road in front of her. She scuffed her feet along the road and kicks a stone into the bushes, making something within the shrubs to move around.
Both Kakashi and Sakura froze, glaring suspiciously at the greens as it moved. Sakura felt nervous to be in this situation again; it usually wasn't such a problem because Sakura always expected it to come, but this time, she forgotten about it.
The bush shakes around and the movements follow along the line of trees with the shrubs and leaf litter at the bottom until it stopped a little further ahead of Sakura and Kakashi, "what is that?" Sakura wondered, ready to pull out a kunai for self-defence.
The undergrowth moved constantly until whatever it was that was causing it finally came out of hiding. It was a huge fox, the colour almost resembled that of dried blood. The dark fox glared at Sakura with its red cat-like eyes and growled. Its tail was very long, almost the length of its body, where the tip of it was white.
"A fox?" Kakashi enquired, lowering his guard and standing normally.
Sakura lowered her arms, though she was ready to toss a kunai at it, she didn't want to harm the animal, unless she really needed to, "I never see foxes out here," Kakashi said suspiciously.
Sakura glanced at Kakashi, wondering what he meant by that, "What are you saying?" she wondered. Kakashi stared at the fox and then back at the pink haired medic, "when I was in ANBU, I use to travel a lot from village to village and I got use to the environment around me and knew each area like the back of my hand, but in all my years as an ANBU member, I have never seen a fox out in the wild, until now," he clarified.
"So you're saying that this fox shouldn't be here," Sakura solicited. Kakashi nodded, "pretty much, yeah," he replied firmly.
Kitsune and Kuro were ogling the other fox and growled back. The bigger fox was ready to attack Kitsune and Kuro, but instead narrowed its vision and glared at Sakura. Kakashi stood there, he knew something wasn't right, but before he could do anything, there was a deep voice, "Team Kakashi," it was the fox.
Both Sakura and Kakashi were very surprised that the fox could speak, "it can talk?" wondered Sakura, ready to scratch her head in confusion.
The large fox growled again before a high-pitched whistle was heard from a distance. At an instant, the red fox reacted to the call and started to make his way into the forest and towards the sound, but before he was out of sight, he said one last thing, "Naruto shiboo," and then he was gone.
Sakura couldn't believe what the fox had just said, and neither did Kakashi, "did that fox just say 'Naruto's death'?" Sakura wondered strangely.
"I think so, yeah," Kakashi replied, blankly staring at where the fox was last standing.
The silver haired Jounin shook his head and started walking, "Sakura-chan, the sooner we reach the next village, the sooner we will be out of harm's way," he warned, glancing down at Kuro, who looked scared. Kakashi rolled his eyes and patted the black fox on the head, "don't worry Kuro, we'll be okay," he promised, picking Kuro up and putting him on his left shoulder to rest on.
Sakura stared blankly until Kitsune gave her a nudge. Sakura looks down at the brown fox and grinned briefly before picking her up and saying, "It's alright Kitsune, I'm fine," she pats Kitsune gently, making her purr loudly and climbed up onto the medic's shoulder.
The rest of the day went slow as usual, Sakura was worried again and thought about Naruto's death for the nth time, 'what is wrong with me,' she blamed herself for everything about Naruto's passing and only wished to do something about it to prevent Naruto from dying, but it was all too late.
"Are you okay, Sakura-chan," Kakashi asked, shifting his gaze from his orange book to the medic on his right.
Sakura nodded quickly, saying, "Yeah, I'm just thinking of something is all," Kakashi bobbed his head slowly, trying to figure out what Sakura was truly thinking.
Kakashi sighed as he flipped the pages of his dirty book and gazed up at the sky to find a cloud, changing its shape as the wind pushed it along the sky. All this made Kakashi lose track of time and the day had gone by quicker in the afternoon.
Sakura stretched out her arms and yawned, "What time is it?" she asked. Kakashi looks up at the sky to find the sun about to set in a few hours, "late; we won't be able to make it to the next village today unless we travel through the night, but since that you look tired and my legs are about to drop any second now, I guess we have to camp under the stars tonight," he said, closing his book and putting it away.
Sakura sighed tiredly before Kakashi began to walk off the road and into the thin forest, "we'll camp here for the night," he stated, putting his bag down on a patch of grass.
Sakura put her backpack down and looked down the area where they were camping and discovered a river. Sakura stared at the water and then at the state of herself; she had an idea. Kakashi began to set up camp and collected some firewood. He placed the sticks on the ground and away from the trees so he wouldn't catch them on fire by accident.
Kakashi laid out his sleeping bag and everything else that was needed for tonight. Sakura on the other hand did lay down her sleeping bag and everything else but pulled out a towel and swimming gear.
Yes, Sakura was going swimming and she came prepared. Kakashi raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out what Sakura was going to do. Sakura looked over at the other Jounin and grinned, "you coming?" she asked, trying to cheer up about her doubts and have fun.
"To where?" Kakashi dumbly asked.
Sakura rolls her eyes and says, "do you remember what Tsunade told us about having as much fun as possible? I'm going for a swim and I advise you to do the same," she stared sympathetically at the silver haired Jounin and waited for his answer.
Kakashi felt the suspicion sink into his skin as Sakura glared a keen eye at him. Of course Sakura was a tolerant woman and hated it when she didn't have her way, but when she lost, she seemed to adapt to the loss of the battle.
"What's the catch?" Kakashi stood there, leaning to one side and slightly tilting his head back, meaning his expression of thought.
Sakura crossed her arms, holding her things in one hand at the same time, "no catch, just a simple favour that is to you," she raised her eyebrows, waiting unwearyingly for the lazy Copy Nin to comply.
Kakashi leaned further to the side, past Sakura and at the river behind her, "but I have nothing to swim in," he protested. Of all the things that could've happened, he had to have brought nothing to swim in; obviously Kakashi wasn't prepared.
Though Sakura suspected as such, she turned her back to Kakashi and began to walk off, "just toss on a pair of shorts, it's not like anyone will know the difference," she hollered.
With that said, Kakashi sighed in his defeat and played along. He stealthily changed into his shorts, but keeping the mask. Not only did he do it in a ninja style, Sakura had to change fast before Kakashi would creep around the corner and find her not dressed yet. Oh how embarrassing that would be; caught changing by the famous and perverted Hatake Kakashi.
Sakura thought about that, 'if that does happen Sakura, castration should do the trick,' Inner Sakura suggested. Sakura grinned like an idiot at that thought and realised she was dressed for the water.
Sakura peeked around the tree to find Kakashi not there. Now was the chance for Sakura to hit the water without making a scene and only amusing Kakashi more with her silly and childish behaviour.
'Time to shine'
Sakura dashed quickly. With all the clothes off her back, she felt lighter and much faster; almost feeling completely naked. Sakura had the right thought; wearing nothing but a bikini certainly made whoever wearing it feel like they weren't wearing anything at all. Perhaps that's why all those rich and skanky skinny girls wear them.
The breeze Sakura felt on her bare skin was only brief until she hit the cool water. Sakura surfaced from the dip in the water and sighed.
"Finally a mission where I can relax," Sakura tilted her head back so her hair would soak up the water and make herself a little more presentable.
Now Sakura was getting curious, 'where is Kakashi-sensei?'
The last time Sakura saw Kakashi was only moments ago when she told him to put on some shorts to swim in. Now where did he run off to? Sakura sighed again before hearing a light cough from on the shore.
Kakashi sat under a tree with nothing but his shorts and mask on, looking a little peaky. He had a towel slung around his neck and was reading that wretched orange book again, and even on a moment like this.
Sakura should've seen this coming, "well then…hurry up,"
Kakashi didn't answer, but instead he just closed his book and stared at the cover.
"Bomb the water or something," Sakura suggested.
Kakashi's eye twinkled in thought and glanced at the swimming medic in the river, "you sure?" he asked, making sure Sakura knew what she was saying. And of course, Sakura nodded, "yeah, hurry up already,"
Impatient as she was, Sakura swam backwards, preparing a few waves from the weight Kakashi would produce, if he would actually do it. Kakashi placed his book down, along with his towel.
Kakashi stared at the water for a minute or so before running to the edge as if something were about to bite him on the ass. He seemed determined at first, and so did Sakura. She appeared glad to finally get Kakashi off his rear and do something for a change.
Speeding for the jump, Kakashi was so close to leaping for the dive. Sakura was sure he would do it. Right at the point of the launch, Kakashi slowed down immediately and turned around, walking away and grinning widely.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI!" Sakura fumed.
With no reply, Sakura gave up on the Jounin's attempts of having fun. She began cursing herself for ever trying.
With nothing more to do, Sakura decided to make her way to shore and get out before she heard faint stomps on the grass. Curious to know, Sakura perked her head up to find Kakashi running for it at his own will.
Sakura went further away from the riverbank and hoped Kakashi wouldn't land on her, although doing that would certainly give Sakura something to talk about for a while.
Now or never, Kakashi shined an expression of seriousness in his mismatched eyes. Sakura knew now he would definitely jump this time.
It felt like the running was going forever, but eventually Kakashi was right on the verge of jumping. Using his ninja skills, Kakashi leaps high into the air. Time seemed to slow down when Kakashi was in the middle of his jump.
Just before hitting the water, Kakashi tucks in his legs and smiled brightly as he plunged into the river below. The landing was actually pretty close to where Sakura was at the time. She knew Kakashi would come up at any second now and dove under.
The water was very clear and the sun was still at the water's reach to give Sakura some light to see where she was going. Right now, Sakura could see everything. She held her breath for as long as her lungs would allow.
Still underwater, Sakura found Kakashi, waving like he hadn't seen Sakura for years. Sakura rolled her eyes before lack of oxygen took over. She quickly swam up for air.
She swung her pink hair up until it hit the back of her neck, spitting water all around her. Kakashi emerged from the clear water and shook his head violently, making the water droplets fly everywhere and hit Sakura in the eye.
"Sorry about that. For a moment there I thought you lost faith in me," Kakashi ran his hands through his wet and silver hair and floated on the surface playfully.
Sakura had to admit, Kakashi was quite interesting when he was enjoying the activities that he received, "sorry I misjudged you as a lazy bum who wouldn't do anything for fun," she sneered with a mocking glare.
Kakashi stared blankly, "hey, I'm not lazy, and I am fun," he protested with a cheeky smile.
"Then prove it," Sakura implored with slight delight.
Kakashi stared in thought and winked with a cheery grin before splashing a heap of water at Sakura, showing his humorous side. Kakashi didn't really think this through, whether or not Sakura would be glad that Kakashi was finally doing something fun or get angry and yell at the poor Copy Nin.
Instead of getting annoyed with Kakashi's playful manner, she played along, splashing water back at him. The two Jounins played in the water like little children; Sakura hadn't had this much fun since Naruto pranked Jiraiya with his silly tricks and jokes.
Kakashi kind of felt new to this but acted like he had done it a thousand times before. For the great Hatake Kakashi who avoided any such emotion or exploit of fun, he was a natural.
It actually felt nice for Sakura to see her former sensei's other side, where the rules didn't count and only the amusement got better. Sakura splashed as much water at Kakashi that her arms could muster but Kakashi had the upper hand with his strength and was able to blind Sakura momentarily.
Sakura averted her eyes from the contact of water by turning her back on the Jounin. She rubbed her eyes from all the water and turned around to find Kakashi not there anymore. In a matter of fact, Kakashi wasn't anywhere to be found at all.
A bit curious, Sakura swam around to see if she could spot the silver haired Jounin, but there was no luck. Now the fun was over for Sakura, "wuss," she smirked at the water around her before she felt something grab her from behind.
It was obvious to know who it was when Sakura was being lifted out of the water. Sakura felt her waist being grabbed as she got higher out of the water. She felt her spine tingle at the touch, though it wasn't a bad feeling, it actually felt nice.
Now Sakura was right above the water except for her knees. Kakashi had Sakura sit on his shoulders while he was grinning like an idiot.
"A wuss aye?" Kakashi started, trying to look up at the medic, who he just couldn't see properly.
Sakura felt a small breeze from the wind as the sun began to set behind the hills and trees. Still sitting there, Sakura wanted to grab onto something due to the unbalanced feeling she was getting whenever Kakashi were to even move an inch, but Kakashi held her in place. His hand was on Sakura's leg, just above the knee so she wouldn't fall over.
Sakura leaned forward to look at the expression on Kakashi's hidden face, "you do realise how awkward this is, right?" she noted, staring at the large hand on her thigh.
Kakashi's grin faded to an discomfited chuckle, "well to be honest, not really," he muttered nervously.
Sakura was surprised at the Jounin's answer, but Kakashi was right, it didn't feel so awkward anymore. Sakura felt anxious at first but right after things settled down, all those worries went out the window.
She could see that Kakashi's face was turning a light shade of pink at the look he received from the medic. Sakura was starting to shiver a little the longer she was on Kakashi's shoulders.
"Kakashi-san?" Sakura started.
"Hm?"
"Can you put me down now, it's getting a bit chilly up here," Sakura asked sweetly.
It took a while for Kakashi to get the message, until he felt Sakura shiver on his shoulders, "oh, sorry," he said finally. Usually at this point, Kakashi would just lean back and let Sakura fall, but that would ruin the moment.
With all the respect Kakashi had along with common sense, Kakashi lifted Sakura firmly but tenderly, slowly allowing her to drop back in the water behind him. Sakura always got nervous when she was in high places and usually would grab onto the first thing in her reach, which in this case was Kakashi's shoulders.
Kakashi flinched briefly as Sakura slid down into the water, brushing her body against his back. Sakura held tightly on Kakashi's arms before knowing she was at a reasonable height to finally let go.
Author's note: Sorry about the random fluffy bit, I didn't really know what else to throw on there, but I just hope this will do. If you want to say anything about my chats with Kakashi and Sakura, please let me know if you think it's a waste of time, I'll get rid of the chatty bits before and after the chapter if you guys wish, so give me a shout. These chapters on this site are catching up to the amount that I'm up to (Chapter Ten) and I'm only just half way through that one, but just as long as you guys enjoy what I'm dishing out that's good.
Me: whew, man, I'm on a role folds arms
Kakashi: but you're doing great and the review count now is 14, that's almost your age : P
Sakura: Kakashi has a point, just keep it cool and you'll be okay
Me: aw thanks guys
Kakashi: yeah, just keep the ideas flowing like they always do
Sakura: enough chatting here, hope you enjoyed reading, now reviews please