"And that, is how you aim your kunai!"
Sakura looked at a very confused Konan. Sure, she easily understood all the words her neechan said, but she has to act like an innocent, and pure little child.
"Ah… but neechan, I don't know how to aim that well! I still need more practice!"
"Okay then..."
The pink-haired girl looked around the stream for a perfect target. At the same time, she marvelled at how cool and refreshing it was to be in water on a bright day.
"Ah!" she cried. "Kohana-chan, look to your left! There's a small, red fish! Do you see it?
"Yeah, I see it! Is that going to be my target?"
"Try to hit it, girl!"
And so Konan focused. She focused on the moving fish with all her might. She knows that her capabilities were taken away from them, but kunai throwing? No one can take that skill from a ninja, not even with the most forbidden one.
After concentrating, she threw the kunai.
"Splash!"
"Did I hit it, Sakura-nee?" she asked.
Sakura swam closer to get a better view, but all she saw was a kunai with no fish.
"It seems that you missed it, Kohana…"
The blue-haired girl couldn't believe her ears.
"Missed it? How could I miss it? I've never missed a moving target before! And now, I can't even catch a fish?"
Looks like Tsunade's kinjutsu… really is powerful.
"S'okay! I mean, that was your first try, right? Try it again!... Um… let's start with a still target first… Oh! How about that soft rock over there?"
The little girl looked to her right. Just about 6 metres away, there was a gray rock.
"You mean that one, neechan?"
"Yup! Try to hit it!"
"I won't fail you this time, Sakura!"
The girl focused again, and let all the energy of her body flow towards the hand throwing the weapon. She stared hard at the rock, closed her eyes, calculated the distance, and opened her eyes.
Then, she threw the deadly kunai.
THUCK!
"Yatta! You did it, Kohana!"
"R-Really? Yes!"
"Looks like I didn't lose ALL of my skills…"
Sakura came close to the girl, and bend her knees so that she can look at Konan. Face to face.
Then she smiled a very lovely smile, and patted her on the head.
"You sure did it, little girl! I'm so proud of you!"
"Thanks, neecha – "
Sakura hugged her.
Never in her whole life did Konan feel a hug from a girl. It felt cool, because of the water around them, yet it also felt warm because of… because of something…
"You know what, I think I'm going to treat you as a sister for the whole time that we're going to spend together… And I think it's going to be quite fun for me cause… you know… I never had a sister."
"Sakura…"
The kid smiled back at her neechan.
"I like you too as a big sister, Sakura-nee! It's also because I never had one before! You're the first!"
And she hugged Sakura back.
"This feeling… I have this feeling that urges me to… to be a really good little sister to this girl…"
While they were enjoying their sweet little moment, there was a sudden sound from afar.
"Sakura!"
Both girls turned to where the sound was coming from.
And they saw Sai, wearing only a pair of shorts.
"Sakura…" he muttered again. And he slowly went closely to the two girls.
"That kyuubi boy and I are both going to get serious punishment for doing this…" thought Nagato.
He was currently setting up some traps for their plans. Up and down he went, from one tree to another. Yeah… it was going to be tough for a ninja kid to set traps for a professional one.
Suddenly, Pein heard the rattling of leaves.
"Here he comes… oh, I hope this goes well…" he wished silently. The redhead quickly hid on top af a tall and leafy tree. The he closely observed his target.
He was walking calmly towards the first trap.
"Closer…"
"Snap!"
"Yes!"
"Hmm?"
Sai looked around him, for he is now alerted that there may be enemies in the woods. Little did he know that a net trap was placed just below his feet…
BOING!
"Ah!"
But as quick as lightning, he grabbed his handy kunai and quickly sliced the net trap.
"Darn… what were you thinking Nagato? Setting up such a cheap trap, even genins could escape it!"
This time, Sai became more serious.
He ran fast, while Pein was following him in a quick but silent manner.
Unfortunately, Sai didn't notice a thin thread on the way.
And that was quite fortunate for the little redhead.
"Yes!" thought the ninja kid.
Suddenly, 4 kunais went straight to where Sai was headed. He easily dodged it, for he thought that the set traps were too predictable. But he didn't notice that a few kunais were waiting… waiting for him to dodge the original 4.
So, in other words, Sai needs to be more careful in dodging the sharp objects.
He went towards the right, but nearly got cut. Due to surprise, his reflexes told him to dodge the kunai by going to the left. Bad luck for him though, for there was another kunai being shot there.
"Damn…" thought the teen.
It continued for a few seconds, until he finally got hit.
"Oops… " thought Pein. But he was actually happy of his trap. His Naruto-nii is going to be so proud of him.
But suddenly, Sai turned into a poof of smoke…
"What the – "
And he was being replaced by a log.
"That log technique again? Wait… so that means – "
"Found you, boy with no d***"
"AH!"
Nagato fell from a high tree, but he pulled another string in the process.
"Hehehe… watch this!"
Sai looked down at the falling kid, but he paid more attention to the sound that was coming from afar. The sound of a hundred prickly needles.
Tiwtiwtiwtiwtiwtiw!
"Uh-oh…"
He quickly dodged the objects, but got a little bit bruised on the process. That's when he decided to take out his paper and pen.
"Watch this, no d***"
He drew fast, and with his jutsu, made a paper dog come to life. This dog ran around in quite a fast pace, and when he came back, it dragged along a certain redhead.
"Caught…" he muttered.
Sai just grabbed the boy and smiled.
"Sai… what are you doing?"
Sakura was getting really creeped out. The 'Sai' that she was looking at seemed to be acting all weird around her.
"Sakura-chan… all I want is one little kiss…" and he came closer a step.
"No f****** way!" and she went farther from him by two steps.
As this continued, Konan made a conclusion of her own.
"Neechan, that's not Sai-nii!" she cried.
"Really?" asked Sakura. Then she looked eye to eye with 'Sai'.
"If he's not Sai… then who is he?..."
Konan was about to answer, but she was interrupted by a voice from afar.
"Hey no balls! I found the kid you're supposed to be watching."
Sai then held Pein in front of him, like he was a piece of junk.
"Sorry Naruto-nii…." he sobbed.
Naruto just sweatdropped, then turned towards Sakura.
"So… Naruto, right?" she asked in a deadly tone.
"Okay kids, come here!" called the pink-haired lady. The two children obeyed.
"Hold out your hands, cause I have to give you something!"
Once they showed their neechan their hands, Sakura placed a coin on top of each.
"You deserve it Kkohana, for being able to hit still targets," she said with a smile. Then she turned to Pein with a little bit of annoyance in her expression. "Naoko, you deserve that coin for putting in brilliant traps… but use it only for good purposes! And never listen to your Naruto-nii's crazy plans!"
"Hai…" he said softly.
"Okay… now that were done, and it's already late in the afternoon… let's head home! But… where is Yamato-taichou?"
As if on cue, Yamato came out of the waters with a big splash.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah… that was quite an enjoyable swim!" he cried to his teammates.
"Ne, Yamato-sensei," called Konan with a smile, "I received a coin already!"
"Wow, congratulations, Kohana-chan! What about you, Naoko?"
"Yeah, I received a coin too… "
"and a big hit on the head…"
"Alright kids, it's about time we head home…"
"Kohana-chan and I will go ahead of you guys." said Sakura.
"Whatever you say, ugly b****."
Sakura shot Sai an angry looked, but dropped it and went ahead with Konan.
Once they disappeared, Yamato thought that it would be a good time to change.
So, Naruto and Sai had to wait for him.
"Did you train the little d***, no balls?"
"Stop calling me no balls, date bayo! Oh, and I never trained the kid… why do you ask, te bayo?"
"Oh, nothing. It's just that he has potential in learning ninja skills… he's very good with traps…"
"Oh… I didn't know the little guy had some talent, te bayo!"
Suddenly, the aura was cold and creepy…
"What's this weird feeling…?" thought the blonde.
"Naruto…" said Yamato in a creepy voice. He was slowly approaching him with heavy steps…
And that FACE…
That very FACE.
"Uh-oh!" thought the kyuubi boy.
"WHERE ARE MY CLOTHES?"
"Hay Kohana-chan…"
"Yes, Sakura-nee?"
"I want to show you something…"
While walking in the woods, Sakura opened the bag she was carrying, and showed a Konan a few clothes…
Which neither belonged to her nor the blue-haired kid.
Inside was a jonin outfit, complete with jacket, pants and forehead protector.
Konan was shocked.
"Looks like our captain's going home naked tonight…"