Small Conversations
Sequel to "Things unsaid" "She was in Love", and "Losing an apartment, Gaining a House key"
Sometimes the big conversations happen in small parts.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em, I'm just a spoony bard
Ch2
In Which Kakashi is a pervert, and people bleed.
A/N: So terribly, terribly sorry. I was so excited to get this started, I forgot to add my author's note. Yes, this is the sequel to "Losing an apartment, Gaining a house key". No, you really don't have to read that one first to figure out what's going on.
I intend to release one chapter per week. I already have the first seven or so written.
They covered a lot of ground their first day. Neither Sakura nor Naruto spoke to their sensei the entire day. Kakashi had made a few comments to Naruto on their way out of the village, Sakura had overheard. They were both royally pissed at him. Sakura decided the bastard could sleep outside. There was no way she was going to sleep in a tent with that man. Especially not after he'd suggested Sakura and Naruto zip two of the sleeping rolls together and have all three of them in it.
They stopped to make camp when the moon hung high in the sky. Sakura tossed their tent to Naruto and began to dig in her pack for food. Kakashi summoned his ninkin to scout the area for enemies and began to set up security for their site.
She found the food and set it aside. Naruto was still setting up the tent, so she went into the trees to gather some sticks for a small cooking fire. Kakashi was still out with the ninkin, but by the time he got back, the tent was up, Naruto and Sakura's sleeping bags were inside, and Sakura was cooking rice and small strips of chicken over the fire.
He was surprised at how efficiently they had made camp, and noticed his sleeping roll was next to a large tree. "I'm not allowed in the tent?" He asked. "Have plans for tonight?" He waggled his eyebrow at them and they both whipped around to glare at him.
"No." Sakura said, pulling the pan of rice off the fire. "You're not allowed in the tent because you are a pervert and an ass." Naruto chuckled.
"But Sakura-chan!" Kakashi whined. "What if it rains?"
"It's not going to rain." Said Naruto. "Consider it a lesson. Iruka-sensei always said he learned some of his best lessons from his students. Take a page from his book." He sat down near the fire, accepting the bowl of rice and chicken Sakura handed him.
"Are you hungry sensei?" She offered him a bowl of his own. He took it, scowling beneath his mask.
"You didn't poison it did you?" He asked skeptically. Naruto snorted and Sakura laughed.
"I think a night outside in the cold will be lesson enough." She answered. "Besides, if I killed you, Tsunade would be pissed. You're one of her favorites for some reason. Says she finds you funny."
"Well at least that's in my favor."
They ate, and after Sakura and Naruto retired to the tent, pinning the zipper closed with a bobby pin from Sakura's hair to lock Kakashi out, just in case he decided he'd try to sneak in during the night. They slept in the same bedroll, spooned together until morning.
It hadn't rained in the night, but it had gotten cold, and Kakashi was as close to the small fire as possible when they emerged. His bedroll was wrapped around him and he'd summoned a few dogs to help keep him warm. Sakura shook her head at him in amusement. Naruto flat out laughed at him.
"So what did you learn?" She asked sweetly, mocking him in reminiscence of their old training.
"I learned you're a bitch when you get your sex interrupted. And that you have no sense of humor. If I apologize will you let me in the tent tonight?"
Sakura's eyes narrowed at him. "We'll see. But you have to apologize for calling me a bitch too."
"I'm sorry. I promise to try not to ever interrupt your sexy times again. And I'll be more understanding about your bitchiness if I do." He faked a pout and both his former students rolled their eyes at him.
The broke camp quickly, determined to make as good of time as the day before. Kakashi took the lead, using Pakkun's nose to sniff out their disgraced comrade. An hour before dusk, Kakashi stopped, putting up a hand to signal the other two to do so as well. Using hand signals he communicated to them that Sauske was just ahead.
Naruto's eyes steeled and Sakura shoved her hands into her gloves. She owed him one for trying to kill her, and she planned on getting the Uchiha back for it before they dragged his sorry butt back to Konoha. They waited in the treetops, watching the path beneath them.
They felt him before they saw him. His chakra was unmistakable ever since he had absorbed Orochimaru. The clash of the snake summonor's chakra and Sauske's own resonated for those who knew what to look for. Sakura and Naruto silently crept up to stand next to Kakashi. Naruto turned to the Sharringan user and pointed first at himself, then Sakura, then down. He then jabbed a finger in Kakashi's chest and shook his head. This was a fight for him and Sakura.
Sauske was alone. No other chakra signatures joined his. He came into view, still wearing the white robes and purple ties he'd had the last time they saw him. He stopped directly underneath of them, and drew his sword.
"I know you're there Naruto. You may as well come down. Is Sakura up there with you? Of course she is." They dropped from the tree to land in front of him. With their surprise position gone, a face to face confrontation was their best route.
"Sauske." Naruto greeted.
"Another pathetic attempt to take me back? You really don't give up do you?"
"You're going back Sauske." Sakura said. "In pieces if we have to." She summoned her chakra to her fists and stepped into battle stance.
It started in a flash of movement, Naruto rushing in with a Rasengan, Sauske dodging it easily and laughing. Sakura rushed to the direction Sauske had dodged, beating him to the position and landing a good punch square on his jaw. He flew back, slamming against a tree trunk. Standing, he wiped blood from his mouth, and spat a tooth.
"Finally taking this serious? What Sakura, you don't love me anymore?" he asked snidely. His eyes switched to the Sharingan, and Sakura knew that the battle was really starting.
"I don't think I ever really loved you. You're nothing more than a self-centered, egotistical, backstabbing traitor" she growled.
Naruto had invoked the first tail of Kyuubi and suddenly slammed into Sauske's side. They struggled against each other, claws and fangs against a blade. Sakura had the time now to summon a jitsu that was usually used to keep patients unconscious during surgery. It also closed off chakra access to prevent self-injury. She closed her eyes as she summoned the necessary chakra, now only vaguely aware of the fight between the two men.
Kakashi had respected his students' wishes to stay out of it, standing by as backup in case they needed it. However, by the look of things, his former students had the situation well under control. Naruto had sensed Sakura's chakra rising and slowly dragged the fight closer to her. He was starting to tire, and if the fight didn't end soon, he would possibly lose control of the demon within him, and then all hell would break loose. Sauske and Naruto had been at it full force for five minutes when Sakura yelled for him.
"Naruto now!" she finished the seal and as Naruto spun Sauske towards her with a kick, she slammed it into his back.
The red eyes widened, Sauske's mouth opened in a silent parody of a scream before the jitsu did its work. His chakra had been blocked, and he collapsed on the ground bleeding and unconscious. Sakura fell to her knees from the effort. Naruto squeezed his eyes shut, fighting with the inner demon, trying to put it back in its place before it got out of hand.
Kakashi jumped from the treetop and grabbed his shoulders. "Naruto, get ahold of yourself." He shook the blonde until the red chakra surrounding him seeped back into himself and his eyes returned to their normal ocean blue. When he'd gotten control, he gasped, slumping forward into Kakashi. The jounin caught him and set him down easily. He pulled straps from his pack and began to bind Sauske.
"They're chakra bonds. He shouldn't be able to get out of them. Only I can release it." He told them. Naruto nodded and managed to get to his feet and make his way over to Sakura. He helped her to her feet and pulled her into his arms. "We'll have to move away from here, in case he had company behind him. He was supposed to have company with him but I don't know what happened to them. Pakkun doesn't smell anyone close by." Kakashi said. "Can you move?" The question was directed at Sakura.
She nodded, and Naruto released her. He was bleeding in a few places but didn't seem to care. He picked Sauske up and flung him over a shoulder, jumping back to the treetops. Sakura and Kakashi followed. They travelled several miles away before stopping. The sun had set and the moon was climbing high into the sky.
Naruto dumped Sauske next to a tree none to gently. Sakura had pulled the tent and rations out. Kakashi gathered wood this time, letting Sakura start preparing their meal. Her jitsu would wear off soon, and she didn't have enough chakra at the moment to reapply it. He would wake, but his chakra would still be unavailable for a few days. She sighed and stretched. Kakashi had the fire going and she thanked him.
"Am I allowed in the tent tonight? How did you guys lock it last night anyway?" he asked. "I couldn't figure out what jitsu you used." Kakashi lowered his mask, but held the bowl in front of his face as he ate.
"I used a bobby pin." Sakura answered.
"Bobby pin? I've never heard of that jitsu. Can you teach it to me?" There weren't many things Kakashi couldn't do, and the fact that he'd been outsmarted by a gennin, sage or no, and a chunnin, irked him.
Sakura burst out laughing. "Kakashi-sensei, a bobby pin isn't a jitsu. It's a hair accessory." To prove her point she pulled one from her hair and handed it to him. "All I did was loop it through the zippers so if you tried to unzip it, the opposite zipper would re-zip it."
Kakashi took the pin from her and examined it. "Where did you get this?" He asked. "I'm thinking they might come in handy."
Sakura shrugged and glanced at Naruto, who was trying not to laugh while he ate. "I got them at the store. Most girls use them. And they are very useful. They work as lock picks too you know."
"Hmm." He studied the pin a moment longer before handing it back to her. "So we managed to get this done in record time eh?"
"We still have to get back you know." Sakura reminded him.
"Yes, well the hard part is done. I confess I thought he'd give you two more of a challenge. I find I'm a bit bored." He admitted.
"Wanna play a game sensei?" Naruto asked. "We could play Embarrassed."
"I think I'm going to kill Kiba for making up that game." Sakura told him.
"Aw, come on. It'll help pass the time. I'll even start." Naruto thought for a few moments and Sakura rolled her eyes.
"What exactly is the point of this game?" Kakashi asked. "Are you supposed to embarrass someone?"
"No, Kiba decided it would be more fun to tell embarrassing stories about people who aren't around." Sakura filled a pot with water from her canteen and set it on the fire.
"I got it! A good one, I promise." He grinned.
"Your target?" Sakura asked.
"Rock Lee. And I suppose you could say Gai-sensei as well." This got Kakashi's attention and he pulled his mask back in place as he set his now empty bowel aside. "Well apparently Gai-sensei has a lover, and I guess last week they must've gotten into a fight and they kicked him out. Butt naked." Kakashi laughed. "Lee ran into him while he was trying to get home without anyone noticing and assumed it was one of those crazy training things. So he strips down and asks "Gai-sensei! What is the next step?" I guess he didn't want to explain the real reason he was hiding in an alleyway with no clothes so he tells him to do fifty laps around Konoha on his hands." Sakura covered her mouth, stifling the giggle attempting to escape.
"He did it didn't he?" She asked.
"Oh yeah, I saw him on lap twenty and he told me what was going on, asked if I wanted to do it too. I told him no. So he keeps going, turns the corner and runs crotch to face with Ino's dad." Kakashi burst out laughing.
"Inoichi? I bet he threw a fit! That man is unstable!" The silver haired jounin fell over.
"Like you're one to talk" muttered Sakura. They didn't notice Sauske starting to wake. Kakashi hadn't been concerned with him too much; the chakra bonds tied his hands and feet together. He'd also stripped him of all weapons.
"Oh Yamanaka-san was so angry about it that he told Lee that he'd better go find his clothes quickly if he wanted to remain knowing he was Lee and not a thirteen year old Hyuuga fan girl."
Kakashi snickered and Sakura laughed. She could see Ino's father telling Lee that. Especially since Inoichi had cornered Chouji a few weeks back, before his daughter had officially started dating the large man, and told him in certainty that if Chouji 'defiled' his little girl, he'd find himself a mindless zombie.
"Sakura, you go, by then Kakashi-sensei should have an idea of what to do." Naruto grinned happily. The coffee pot began to steam and he pulled it off the fire, pouring hot water to three mugs and adding tea leaves. He passed them out and looked over at his pink haired companion.
"My story is about Kiba. Mr. Never Gets Embarrassed." She grinned. "Remember when we were at that spa the last week of the Snow mission?" Naruto nodded. "Well he apparently didn't know the bath was joined. He probably thought he would be completely alone when he decided to, um," Sakura blushed.
"Jack off?" Kakashi filled in helpfully.
"Yes. I didn't know he was in there. I knew the baths were shared. I even wore my bathing suit for that reason. I walk in the bath, and he's lying on the side of the tub, butt naked."
"That's nothing new for him." Naruto interrupted.
"Shut up. The funny part is coming up."
"Well from the sound of it, so was he." Kakashi added.
"You really are a pervert. And yes. Well he's naked and touching himself, and he had his fingers, My timing couldn't have been worse honestly. Right as I realize what he's doing, he finishes." Naruto snickered. "Looks up at me with his, his in his, god, I almost don't even want to think about it."
"He had his fingers up his ass didn't he." Kakashi almost stated.
"I don't want to know how you now that." Sakura blushed.
"It's called a prostate Sakura. You're a mednin, I thought you knew all about anatomy." Kakashi teased.
"God! Pervert! Just because I know anatomy doesn't mean I know why the hell he would do that!"
"Kakashi, your ruining her story."
"So um, he's got his fingers there, his mess all over him, looks up at me with wide eyes and goes 'Shit'. He was so red I though his face would explode. You couldn't even tell he had tattoos on his face. He didn't even finish his bath, just hightailed it out of there. I don't think he looked me in the face for the rest of the trip home."
Naruto choked on his tea trying not to laugh. Kakashi looked amused. "You know Sakura, I'm not sure who that was more embarrassing to, him or you. But I do have something I can tell. Something not too perverted even. Unless of course you think you're woman enough now that you've gone and made a man of Blondie over here."
Sakura threw a stick at him. "I told you before, that's none of your business. Either tell your story or forfeit."
"What does the winner get?"
"The prestige of having the best story of the night." Sakura told him.
"Yes, but I have the feeling I'm not going to win." Kakashi said. "But very well. This would have been before you were born."
"That's a long time ago." Naruto said.
"Not to me." Kakashi shrugged. "I had the splendiferous joy of being exposed to one Akamichi Chouza in a very drunken state one night. Before he and Mei got married actually. That man can drink more than an Aburame." He chuckled. " He'd just made ANBU and Minato and Shibi had taken him out to celebrate. I was maybe fourteen at the time, but Minato had brought the team with him. So we're all sitting at the bar. Chouza was drinking sake like it was water. After about, oh, fifteen bottles, Minato asks him if something's bugging him. Chouza starts crying, not sad tears, just crying. He calls the bartender over and says ' We need another round. I'm gonna be a father.', completely forgetting the bar we'd gone to was owned by Mei's father. He'd been seeing her for a while by then, and her dad knew exactly who he was talking about. The man punched him in the face and smashed a bottle over his head. Chouza suddenly realized who he was talking to and went stark white and spent the next half hour explaining that he loved her and had already asked her to marry him. Her dad didn't buy it and we all got kicked out, Chouza literally."
Sakura was fighting a fit of giggles and Naruto was holding his sides laughing. "So you're saying Chouji's mom was knocked up with him when his parents got married?"
Kakashi nodded. "Yoshino too. Shikamaru was early." He sipped his tea. "How do we decide who wins?" He asked.
A voice from behind them made Sakura jump. "Don't I get a turn?"
AN: Ok I would very much like to thank dbzgtfan2004, Born From a NaruSaku Lemon, and 9-tailed reaper for ACTUALLY LEAVING REVEIEWS! I'm sure I proably have a few typos in here, please forgive. A note on Kakashi's perverseness…. I plan on explaining. But he is kinda pervy innit he?
I kinda don't like the fight, but I've never written one before.
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