DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!
Summary: Uchiha Sasuke is a Wolf, banished from his Pack because of his brother. As he strolls along the forest, he bumps into a Fox named Uzumaki Naruto. Only, he isn't your ordinary Fox – he's a hybrid. What happens when Sasuke is mixed up into Naruto's Pack?
Warnings: (Supposedly) aloof Naruto, short chapters, possibly slow updates, possible OOCness, rating may go up, YAOI, SHONENAI, more warnings adding onto later
Pairings: NaruSasu, KakaIru, ShikaTema kind of later, GaaNaru kind of later, ChoujiShika friendship, slight ShikaNaru, NejiHina sibling bond, GaiLee student-teacher bond, KibaHina, LeeSaku, NejiShika, ShinoKiba friendship, ShikaIno friendship, NejiTen friendship, NejiLee "friendship", AsumaKurenai?, adding on more each chapter or so
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE STORY, DO NOT READ IT! CRITICISM IS NOT APPRECIATED!
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Also, this chapter is a bit fillerish because it doesn't really focus on Sasuke and Naruto's relationship, but rather the other pairings. Sorry for any disappointment from you readers – we'll go back to them in the next chapter! But, it would be just so boring without difficulties in-between, right? So, I'm going to make it a little complicated. Fu fu fu…
Hm, I don't actually have anything else to say… so, onward to reading!
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"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Speaking in animal Form"
Friendship/ Close Relationship Messages
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The Wolf, the Packs, and the Hybrid – Chapter Eight: Side Pairings Ahoy!
It was a bright, sunny afternoon. The Coras were busy at harvesting while the Denas were tending to the Evas.
But there were two certain Denas who weren't tending to the Evas…
"Wow, Hinata this looks great!" Kiba shouted, scaring some birds away.
"R-r-really?" she reacted, blushing madly and fiddling with her fingers.
Kiba nodded his head enthusiastically as Akamaru nearly drooled at the food.
Naruto had given them a day off because he had thought that they earned it; many of the original Denas had taken a break, as well; the backup Denas had taken up their spots.
"Did you cook this by yourself, Hinata?" Kiba asked her, stopping Akamaru from eating the food.
Hinata slightly nodded, still fiddling with her fingers on her lap.
Kiba responded, "That's awesome!"
The she-Wolf just blushed even more.
"And this is really all for us?" Kiba inquired, making sure everything was true. Hinata nodded and added, "Neji-niisan l-let me…"
Kiba replied, "Wow, you'd think a prick like him could loosen up a little!"
After a while Hinata shyly asked, "Would you like some tea?" in a faint voice.
Kiba enjoyed being around her kindness. He smiled and replied, "Sure, let's drink together." Kiba smelled the fragrance aroma of the tea. It calmed and relaxed them both.
Hinata packed the rolled up onigiri in a bento box. She wrapped it in her favorite handkerchief that she carried around with her. It not only smelled nice, it carried her favorite azure colored daisy. "K-Kiba-kun…this is for you…" she smiled, blushing.
Kiba noticed her handkerchief. He gratefully accepted it for he liked Hinata's cooking. Their hands touched as he reached out for the daisy covered bento. They both reacted by blushing and backing their hands away.
"Thanks, Hinata…" he grinned and Akamaru barked, ready to chomp the food all up. After they finished their food, Hinata cleared up all the remaining. They walked in the autumn breeze: the leaves of autumn that Akamaru wanted to jump in and roll around in. He hopped on in, regardless of Kiba's order. His low howl and wagging tail that showed his happiness made Hinata smile.
Hinata petted him and held out her hands that Akamaru licked. Kiba smiled at their friendly interaction. The wind suddenly picked up and Kiba told them, "Akamaru, Hinata, let's go!"
Kiba walked her to her home as the furious winds raged around them. "Hinata, are you cold?"
"Um…I'm okay and we're almost to my house," she quietly responded. But he could see her modest self trying not to worry him. He knew Hinata enough to understand her more than anyone else since he spent the most time with her.
He blushed as he gave up his pride for her. He took off his coat and raised it up next to Hinata, facing the other way. Hinata stared for a while at his coat. "Umm…"
"It's okay, just take it…" Kiba assured her.
Hinata blushed like her usual self, accepting his coat to wrap it around herself. "T-Thank you… K-Kiba-kun…"
Despite blushing pretty furiously, Kiba replied, "A-ah, don't worry about it. Come on, we need to go home now."
Once they had reached the safety of Hinata's house, Kiba informed her, "Ah…you should rest…and…take care of yourself so you don't catch a cold…" – He faced the other way while scratching the side of his face with his right fingers – "I'll wash the handkerchief and return it to you…" he whispered so Hinata wouldn't hear.
Hinata heard but pretended not to for the sake of his pride. She smiled and nodded happily, flushing bright red once again.
"Y-you better go h-home too, K-Kiba-kun… you'll c-catch a cold i-if y-you d-don't…" she notified the Fox.
"Ah, you're right! Thank you, Hinata," Kiba responded, smiling gladly.
Kiba waved goodbye and went on home with Akamaru waving his tail behind him.
Hinata watched the Fox pair run away into the intense winds while desperately trying to stay up.
The she-Wolf clutched Kiba's coat with one thing on her mind:
'Thank you, Kiba-kun…'
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"Lee, you really have to be careful during your training!" Sakura scolded the green-clad Fox.
"Do not worry, Sakura-san! The springtime of youth shall flourish with me!" Lee reassured her, waving his uninjured arm back and forth. Sakura giggled at this.
The rosette Wolf reacted, "All right, all right – but you should lay off the exercise for a while; your arm isn't going to be healed until about a week or so."
Lee responded, "Thank you so much for your concern, Sakura-san!" He was about to hug her but she blocked him with her hands; "Personal space, remember, Lee?" she reminded her friend.
"A-ah, yes- sorry, Sakura-san," Lee replied, stepping back a bit and looking down to the ground.
Now, Sakura didn't know this but Lee has a very very VERY big attraction to her; he expressed this to her, day after day, since the first time he saw her. She finally gave up, one day, and accepted him as a friend – only a friend.
Earlier that morning, Lee had accidentally torn a tendon in his arm due to overdose training; Gai had immediately rushed towards Konoha's infirmary screaming, "My poor student is dying! Please save him!" with falling animate tears. (They also managed to persuade him to have a checkup – many of the physicians there were worried about his abnormal personality.)
"Sakura-san, I believe the annual hot springs is opening today," Lee informed Sakura, lowering his volume.
"Ah, yes, I remember!" she responded, clapping her hands together, "Maybe Sasuke-kun will come with me in the co-ed bath!"
Lee inwardly winced; he had wanted to go with Sakura – he didn't want Sasuke to go with her but knew of her strong "love" (as she put it) for him so he didn't protest.
"LEE!!" an over-enthusiastic voice called out, followed by rapid footsteps.
"Gai-sensei!" Lee reacted, turning around and saluting his role model.
"Lee, thank goodness you are all right!" Gai exclaimed, unknowingly attracting glances, "If I were to be the cause of my pupil's death, I would surely die!"
Lee assured him, "No, Gai-sensei, it is not your fault! I had forgotten to stretch one hundred times in the morning before meeting you which was my mistake! I should be the one to die!"
Animated tears fell down their faces (surprisingly, not flooding the village).
"Yosh," Gai said, after recovering from his tears, "after you have been fully healed, we will do five hundred laps around the village on our thumbs!" He gave a "Nice Guy" pose and a thumbs-up.
"Yes, Gai-sensei!" Lee responded, mimicking his teacher and his eyes closed merrily.
A vein throbbed on Sakura's (giant) forehead; "DON'T TEACH HIM SUCH UNNECESSARY THINGS!" she snapped, fisting her hand and…
… sent Gai flying until a star represented where he flew.
Fortunately, Lee did not see this because of his closed eyes so when he reopened them…
"Eh, where did Gai-sensei go?"
"E-eh… he went for a… swim… in the… waterfall…" Sakura answered, thinking up each bit as the sentence went on, and waving her hand back and forth to dismiss the subject.
"Ah, Gai-sensei, even when you are in pain, you still train! I hope to be like you someday!" Lee proclaimed, animated tears falling once again and his fists in front of his face.
Sakura sweat dropped; ('Lee, you're the one supposed to be in pain,' she noted to herself.); "So, Lee, how about I ask Sasuke-kun if he wants to go to the hot springs with me?" she asked, immediately recovering and putting on a dazzling smile on her face.
Lee just smiled back the best he could; in truth, he didn't want her to go with Sasuke but he had to be nice.
'I hope someday… she'll recognize my love…'
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"Naruto, don't eat too fast," Iruka scolded the younger Fox, who was swallowing down each bite of his precious ramen.
"But!! Iruka-sensei, I haven't had ramen in months!!" Naruto complained in half-bite.
Kakashi's visible eye twitched; he knew the real reason why Naruto was here with them.
He dared to look at the devious Fox and was stunned to find sharpened eyes at him that said "If you do anything bad to him, you're going to pay".
The mask-wearing Wolf inwardly sighed; he knew Naruto had a protective complex with Iruka because he had been with him since he was born – but couldn't the Alpha at least trust him a bit with a moment with the Dena?
Kakashi heard Iruka audibly sigh and turned towards the two Foxes; he flinched slightly when he realized Naruto was watching him at the corner of his eye.
"S-so, Iruka, how have the Evas been lately?" he managed to ask under the Alpha's stare.
"They've been behaving well," Iruka answered, twirling his noodles inside his bowl.
- This segment has been interrupted by the forwarded message. –
(Naruto jumps in front of frozen scene.)
Naruto: Hi, everyone! It's me, Naruto!
- Insert fangirl screams –
Naruto (sweat dropping) : Eh, I'm not that famous, are I?
Me: Of course you are! You have over 100,000 fanfics of yourself plus two anime series!
Naruto (sweat dropping even more) : Okay… well, I'm here to explain Ichiraku Ramen's shop! Now, Ichiraku Ramen is the best shop because they serve RAMEN! Ramen takes forever to make, though, so it's a big delicacy here! Unfortunately, not many others savor them like I do…
Me: Of course not! You eat at an alarming pace and seem to have a bottomless stomach for it!!
Naruto (frightened) : O-okay, we're going back to the program now!!
Me: WAIT! – Glomps Naruto –
(Awkward silence…)
Me (lets go) : Okay, bye, Naru-chan!
Naruto: Bye!!
(Naruto jumps back into frozen scene.)
- The segment will now resume. –
"Iruka-sensei, are you going to eat that?" Naruto questioned his teacher, stocking his fourteenth bowl onto his stack.
"No, here," Iruka responded, pushing his unfinished bowl towards the blond Fox; he instantly beamed and began devouring it.
Kakashi felt a vein twitch on his forehead; Naruto was using his enormous appetite as an advantage!! That way, he could keep an eye on them!!
The Wolf felt like banging his head against the counter at Naruto's wit.
A giant breeze was felt and Kakashi felt a menacing figure behind him.
"E-eh… Kakashi…" Iruka began to warn him of the upcoming figure.
"Please tell me it's not Gai or don't say anything at all…" Kakashi told the nose-scarred Fox.
Naruto replied, "Okay, we won't say anything then!"
Kakashi was about to retort but was disrupted by… "KAKASHI, MY ETERNAL RIVAL!" a (rather loud) ecstatic voice shouted.
The Wolf tried to ignore the green-clad Fox; keyword – tried.
"So, many eternal rival, how has your training been going?! Have you gone on numerous missions lately?! How about your health?! You cannot be my eternal rival if your body cannot keep up with mine!" Kakashi could not ignore him with those noisy, annoying, questions!!
It didn't stop there; "I feel bad for you, Kakashi – you must go through twice the training I go through with a body like this!" Gai emphasized this by slapping (rather strongly) on Kakashi's back.
Iruka feared the Wolf's health and Naruto abandoned his worries to try to help Kakashi.
"Oh! I just remembered! Kakashi, it is your turn to pick our match!" Gai stated, pointing at the Wolf to highlight his point.
Kakashi turned around, smiling through his mask and with his eye in a "U" shape as if he wasn't bothered by Gai at all. This caused Iruka and Naruto to worry a lot.
"My turn, you say?" he repeated with a vein threatening to destroy his face, "Well, then, how about…
"Hide and seek?"
Naruto and Iruka blinked at Kakashi's intellect.
"Yosh! Who shall seek and who shall hide?!" Gai questioned Kakashi, invading his personal space.
"I'll seek and you hide," Kakashi answered, as if Gai would accidentally mistake one for the other.
"Okay!" Gai responded and then vanished in the next second.
Naruto blinked and then turned towards Kakashi; "That was a really good way to get rid of him, Kakashi-sensei."
"Why, thank you, Naruto," Kakashi responded and then cringed; 'Drat, I'm still not off the hook!' he thought as Naruto begged Iruka for another bowl and saw the brunet give in.
'It looks like I'm going to have to wait a little more… who knows? Maybe my patience will be worth it,' Kakashi secretly smiled to the thoughts of later that night; 'It'll definitely be worth it…'
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"Aw, I can't believe Sasuke-kun wasn't anywhere in the village!!" Sakura whined, huffing and pouting.
"Sakura-san, if it's all right with you… I'd like to join you," Lee suggested, stressing out the "I" part.
The rosette looked towards him and then made a decisive face as she placed her index finger under her chin; Lee felt hurt at the fact that Sakura had to think about going to the hot springs with him while she wouldn't hesitate to go with Sasuke but simply ignored it.
Sakura thought out loud, "Well, the hot springs are always the best when they're first opened… and I don't want to go alone so… okay!"
Lee's eyes shined with hope and he reacted, "Really?!"
"But, you'll have to be careful with your arm," Sakura pointed out.
"Of course, Sakura-san!" Lee replied, bowing before her.
Sakura waved her arms desperately in the air as she responded, "Lee, you don't have to do that!" She looked back and forth between strange stares and nervously laughed; she pulled Lee towards the dwelling, who stumbled against her grip.
"Ah, Sakura, Lee!" Tenten called out, as they entered the abode; "'Trying out the hot springs?"
Sakura nodded and asked, "Are you voluntarily working?"
Tenten nodded; "Yeah, all the Denas need to run the hot springs eventually."
Sakura responded, "Ah, so do you have any room left?"
"Let's see…" Tenten checked her clipboard and flipped a few pages; "We have four vacant spots: two co-ed and two female. It looks like you two have to take the co-ed bath."
The rosette Wolf nodded his understanding and told Lee, "Come on, let's hurry."
The green-clad Fox allowed himself to be pulled by the she-Wolf, relishing the (brutal) contact.
Pretty soon, they were both sitting side by side in the bath; Sakura scanned the others enjoying the treatment as well.
"Lee, wouldn't it be wonderful if Sasuke-kun were here too?" she suddenly asked.
"E-eh?" Lee reacted, Fox ears alert, but then lowered them and his eyes drooped to the steaming water; "I-I suppose…"
"Yeah, and then I could admire that wonderful build he has…" Sakura said as she daydreamed.
Lee vaguely cringed at her words; 'Please don't let my jealousy get the best of me…'
"Say, Sakura-san…" Lee called out, barely a whisper; however, Sakura did not hear him.
"… and then, during mating season, he could pick me and then – oh the wonders!" Sakura exclaimed as she clapped her hands together, water splashing slightly.
The Fox next to her noticeably grimaced and flinched at the thought; he didn't want Sasuke to mate with Sakura – he himself wanted to mate with her.
As Sakura was busy telling away her fantasies to her friend, Lee was slowly boiling up with rage – why did Sasuke have everything from her? Her attention, her thoughts, her heart? Lee nearly choked at the thought.
'N-no, I won't let my jealousy hurt Sakura-san…' he reminded himself.
"… right, Lee?" Sakura inquired at the male Fox next to her.
"Yes, Sakura-san! That's wonderful!" Lee answered, unbeknownst to the question, and smiled brightly.
Sakura's eyes brightened; "Really? You think I'd beat Ino-Pig at claiming Sasuke?!" she queried.
Lee furtively recoiled at his answer; "O-of course, S-Sakura-san…" 'No, let her take Sasuke and not you!' were his actual thoughts.
The rosette's Wolf ears perked up; "Thank you so much, Lee!" She instantaneously embraced the Fox.
Lee blushed at the contact – it was usually him hugging her.
After a while, Sakura blinked and noticed the weird stares others were giving them; she pulled away (much to Lee's displeasure) and blushed a bit; "I think the heat's getting to me," she used as an excuse.
"Then, should we leave, Sakura-san?" Lee questioned her; the maximum amount of time inside a hot spring was about ten to fifteen minutes depending on the age; if one stayed too long in them, they'd end up nauseous.
"Y-yeah…" Sakura replied, and then entered the girls' changing area.
Lee quickly changed and waited for Sakura to emerge from the changing rooms; after a while, she did while slightly wobbling.
"The hot springs are too warm on the first day…" she half-complained as she walked towards Lee.
"A-ah, then may I escort you home?" Lee asked.
Sakura balanced herself on Lee's uninjured arm and nodded with a small "… 'kay…"
Lee cautiously placed the rosette on his back and carefully strolled to Sakura's house, careful not to harm the Wolf in any way.
The always-exercising Fox gently laid the now sleeping Wolf on her mattress, caressing her perfect skin. ('It looks like four minutes is her limit,' he noted to himself.)
As he stepped back a bit, he turned around and declared, 'Yosh! I shall work hard to gain Sakura's love! I will not let Sasuke-san win! I will train, day after day, night after night, for Sakura-san's affection!'
He quietly tiptoed outside of the wooden building and then proclaimed to the entire village, "I WILL TRAIN HARD FOR HER!"
He was proudly smiling and didn't notice the strange glances people gave him.
The Fox then softened his features as he stared at his bandaged arm; 'But not too hard – I'll train hard enough for her.'
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If Neji was crazy, would he be stalking a certain lazy Fox? Would he feel this sudden lust for him that wouldn't stop coming? What if he had the insane feeling that you would burst without being – or even seeing – that certain Fox? Well, Neji had absolutely none of those so he wasn't crazy… or so he told himself.
The Wolf stared a bit afar behind a tree as Shikamaru stared out at the lake. The whole day, Neji had been stalking ('I am not stalking!' he kept chanting to himself) Shikamaru, unable to lift his eyes from him. He wouldn't even spare a glance to Hinata for the whole day! (Luckily, she just wanted his permission to have a picnic with Kiba and he unknowingly agreed.)
Naruto's words flashed back inside his head: 'Come on, I've seen the way you look at him during our hunts!'
'Does that mean I like him? As in like LIKE him??' Neji pondered, peering over a bit; 'Okay, so maybe he intrigues me; maybe he really mystifies me at times; maybe I think he's kind and generous; maybe – GAHH!! I LIKE HIM!'
Neji shook his head violently; 'I haven't liked anyone since… since… since ever! Why do I like him of all individuals??'
He heard a slight clunk sound and peeked over the trunk again; he saw Shikamaru sitting down on the ground and tossing rocks into the lake.
'Stop thumping! Stop thumping! Come on, stop thumping you annoying heart!!' Neji inwardly yelled.
"… no clouds today…" he heard Shikamaru think out loud.
The Wolf dared to look back and saw that Shikamaru was now lying down on his back with his arms as a pillow.
'What am I supposed to do??' Neji asked himself, nearly pulling his pulling his ponytail off, 'I want to tell him my feelings but how do I do it?! Go up to him and say 'I've had this feeling about you and you know what it is? It's love!!' Ugh!'
In the end, Neji ended up staring at Shikamaru until nightfall, in which the pineapple-style pony-tailed brunet finally walked into town.
'I have to do something!' Neji kept telling himself, slightly farther ahead of the Fox. With all his courage, he stepped up and blocked Shikamaru's path.
"Shikamaru," he called out, in a monotone voice, not very stern.
Shikamaru looked up to see who the person was and reacted, "Oh, it's you, Neji."
'Don't talk to me with that bored tone!' Neji screamed inside his head but said, "Yes, it's me."
After a few moments, Shikamaru inquired, "Do you have something to say or what? I don't want to waste my time standing here. So troublesome…"
Neji's fist clenched; maybe Shikamaru didn't know about his feelings but did he have to be so darn bored??
"I h-have something to tell you," Neji told the Fox, stuttering under perhaps embarrassment.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow; "Okay, give it to me then."
Two minutes of silence and Shikamaru was growing impatient; "If you're not going to say anything, I'm going."
He began walking around Neji but the Wolf yelled, "NO!" and trapped Shikamaru between a wall and himself, his arms preventing escape.
"Oi, Neji, what are you doing??" Shikamaru retorted – he didn't know what he felt; mostly anger, shock, and a little embarrassed.
"…" went Neji as he tried to figure out what to do next, a blush crawling up his cheeks.
Shikamaru felt a vein crawling up his head and demanded, "Neji, let. go. of. me. NOW."
He was about to push him away when he heard Neji mumble something.
"What?" Shikamaru reacted.
Neji answered, "I'll give it to you, then."
Before Shikamaru could ask what, he felt a pair of moist lips fall upon his.
'What the-' he was about to shout in his head but teeth gently gnawed on his bottom lip. A wave of his excitement sprung up his spine. His eyes closed involuntarily as an intruding tongue slipped between his lips.
The imposing tongue lightly licked Shikamaru's tongue and then slightly wrapped around it before stroking and tasting his mouth; he unwillingly emitted a moan at the pleasure.
Shikamaru finally realized what was going on when a slim knee slid between his thighs; he forcefully pushed away Neji and snapped, "What do you think you're doing?!" before dashing off.
Neji just stood there, stunned at his actions.
The only thoughts in his head that were rushing were:
'Drat, drat, drat, drat, drat, drat…'
And one simple sentence that could drive Neji to despair:
'Shikamaru will hate me…'
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"Iruka-sensei, where are you going now?" Naruto questioned the older male; he had stuck around the two because he had time and was rather protective of the nose-scarred Fox.
Kakashi was growing tired of this – Naruto was taking away all of his quality time with Iruka!! And an Iruka-less Kakashi was not a very nice one.
Said Fox was also growing tired of this – he liked Naruto and all but he just couldn't figure out why he was so clingy today! Most of the time, they would spend a chat with each other every day and spending time with each every now and then but today was just too extreme!
"So, Iruka-sensei, where are you going now?" Naruto repeated his question.
Before Iruka could answer the question, Kakashi interrupted, "Naruto, how have you been lately?"
"Eh? Well, I've been okay…" Naruto replied, a little confused.
"Really? Well, how has Sasuke been today?" Kakashi continued querying.
It took a moment before this processed in Naruto's brain.
Then… "Bye, Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei!" and a large gush of wind.
"Quite the techniques you have there, Kakashi," Iruka commented.
"Hm, really…" Kakashi put his arms around Iruka's shoulders. "Why don't I teach you a technique then?"
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I'm sorry for updating really late. I couldn't concentrate and then my friend eventually helped me.
Also, I have a poll for future stories but I don't really think I need it there…
I know this is a terrible chapter because, well, I thought it was a little rushed. Tell me in your review? Thanks!
Wow, thanks for all those reviews! I'm flattered.
This chapter was supposed to be funny… but I'm not sure it is…
Readers: Hey, what happened to Gai?
Me: Oh ho ho ho! Do not fear! For the extras have come here! XP
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Lee had decided once again to go to the hot springs to relax himself and Sakura had just woken up from her short snooze so she tagged along. ("Come on, Lee! The hot springs are so addicting that you can't help but go in again!" she whined.)
Tenten had told them there were more spots this time: three female, two male, and two co-ed. Lee had insisted on the co-ed because they had gone in that one at first and Sakura eventually gave in.
"We shouldn't stay in too long, Sakura-san, or else you'll end up woozy again," Lee notified the rosette.
"Ah, right, thank you Lee!" Sakura reacted.
Suddenly, bubbles rose from in front of the pair and…
"LEE, YOU ARE A WONDERFUL LADY'S MAN! ONE TO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THEIR LOVE'S CONDITION IS MEANT TO LIVE WITH THAT LOVE!" shouted an earsplitting voice.
"Thank you, Gai-sensei!" Lee responded to the wet, still green-clad double Fox of him.
The girls screamed and the boys covered their eyes as Lee's towel fell off.
"Lee!" Sakura yelled, pushing him back down into the water and then demanded, "Gai-sensei, WHY. ARE. YOU. HERE?!"
Gai flashed her a toothy smile and answered, "This is the seventy-third time I have beaten Kakashi at our matches!"
Sakura sweat-dropped as she thought, 'This shows how much you annoy him…'
"Ah, Gai-sensei, even when you are losing, you are still strong!" Lee remarked.
Gai crossed his arms and replied, "Who said anything about me losing, Lee?"
Lee's eyes sparked with thrill; "You beat the amazing Kakashi-sensei, Gai-sensei?! Now, I have another reason to look up to you!"
"Yes, Lee – I have spent two hours under there because this is the only place Kakashi would not look!" Gai told his student.
The other inhabitants of the hot springs desperately tried to escape the scene as they couldn't watch the prospect.
A vein quickly emerged on Sakura's head; "Gai… sensei…" she muttered, fists clenching.
"Oh, yes, Sakura?" Gai responded.
"GET OUT OF HERE NOW!!" Sakura ordered as she (once again) smacked Gai into the sky.
"Wonderful youth, Sakura!" was the last thing they heard Gai say as he flew off.
Lee commented, "Yes, Sakura-san! Brilliant youth resides in you!"
"E-eh, th-thank you, Lee…" Sakura reacted; "Oi, it's safe to come in now!"
Bit by bit, the same occupants from before stepped back inside the hot springs.
The only thoughts on their mind were: 'Never come here again if Sakura isn't with Lee…'
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XP So, how was it? It was my friend's idea for Gai to hide in the hot springs – she had a really good explanation for it too.
"Gai knows Kakashi won't go there because he knows of his obsession with Iruka so Kakashi obviously wouldn't peep on others." XP
I couldn't really fit in Sasuke anywhere much... if you're wondering where he is, I have no idea. XP
No preview – please don't whine. It took forever to update this and I haven't had much time. - -
Hot Springs Explanation: The annual hot springs only arrive during winter because the snow freezes up their only supply of water – the lake. So, usually Coras (and perhaps the Alpha) build this spring once a year so their Pack won't freeze to death. If any cold water is needed, they build a small stream that leads from the lake into a house where it will keep it from being frozen.
Review please? (Unfortunately, I can only afford cookies right now…) Thanks! Bye!