Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto, nor any of its chatacters, although I wish I could have my favorite silver-haired elite shinobi

Chapter 4 : On The First Date(?)

"Good work, Yuki. Your mission was successful, in any means." Tsunade held a bingo book in her hand, which was filled by crosses over each faces in it.
"Arigatou. Hokage-sama" She bowed her head.
"Ok. You're dismissed ! If you have another mission, I'll send an ANBU to inform you. You'll have a day off from now to your next mission."
"Hai, Hokage-sama." And with her last bow, she flickered out of the office and materialised in her own apartment.

"Day off, huh ? I haven't feel it in these last two months, I guess." She sighed and changed her ANBU uniform with her standard jounin attire, light blue long-sleeved top with standard Konoha jounin vest covering it, and knee-length black legging along with knee-length black skirt.
"Ok. Well, I guess I'll wander around Konoha and meet with Sakura and Naruto... Long time no see them." She smiled and got out of her apartment.

As she thought, Naruto and Sakura were in Ichiraku's, talking about various things and eating their ramen.
"Hi, Naruto, Sakura..." She greeted them and walked into Ichiraku's booth.
"Yuki-neechan ! Long time no see, huh ?" Naruto greeted her back enthusiastly.
"Hi, Yuki-san. Have a seat, would you ?" Sakura smiled. She nodded and seated beside Sakura, when suddenly Sakura whispered to her. "Ne, Yuki-san, have Kakashi-sensei asked you to a date ?"
"Huh ? What are you talking about, Sakura ? Not at all... I was busy with missions in these last two months, anyway." The older woman answered.
"So that..." Sakura replied.

"Ne, Sakura-chan, Yuki-neechan, what about take a walk to the hotsprings ? We haven't went there for such a long time, huh ?" Naruto suddenly spoke up.
"NO ! You want to take a peek, don't you ?" Sakura pointed at her team-mate with her angry face.
"C-c'mon, Sakura-chan..." Naruto face-palmed to the ground.
"Hm... If you want to take a walk, what about to the bamboo forest just after the western border of Konoha ? The air there is very fresh, you know ?" Sakura exclaimed with her happy tone.
"Sounds good. I'll in.." Yuki smiled.

Naruto, on the other hand, imagined him and Sakura walked across the bamboo forest, while Yuki walked behind them. Naruto was sure as hell that Yuki wouldn't interrupt their 'date', so he answered. "Ok, Sakura-chan ! Let's go !" with a big grin on his face.

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SMACK !
"Aww, Sakura-chan ! Why did you smack me on the head ?" Naruto whined.
"Because you're too close, Naruto !" Sakura scolded him.
"It just a bit close, c'mon, Sakura-chan..."
"A bit ? You held my hand an leaned against me all the way !" Sakura pulled herself away from her knucklehead team-mate.
Yuki just smiled at her companies' antics, wishing that she also have somebody to talk to. Then, her wish come true suddenly, or is it ?

"Yo.. Where are you three going ?"
"Kakashi-sensei ! Ne, ne, we are going to the bamboo forest for a relaxation ! Will you join us ?" Naruto answered his sensei first.
"Mah, I haven't spend much time with you all, have I ?" Kakashi chuckled.
"So, are you going or not, Kakashi-sensei ?" Sakura tried to confirm her sensei's answer.
"Well, I'll in, then." Kakashi smiled. And fortunately(?), he didn't see Sakura's wide grin towards her brown-haired company, and the said woman's blush.

After that, Sakura quickly pulled Naruto's hand and walked beside him, slightly in front of her older companies.
"S-sakura-chan ?" Naruto asked confusedly. "You smacked me because you said that I was too close, and now you hold my hand like this. What's up with you ?"
"Why, don't you happy ?" Sakura answered and gave him a wink.
"Well, absolutely I'm happy, Sakura-chan.. But why ?"
"See.. I want to get Yuki-san and Kakashi-sensei along.. If we don't interrupt them and stay like this, this trip will be a date !" Sakura explained enthusiastly to Naruto.
"Do-double date, Sakura-chan ?"
"NO, you moron ! Just two of them. We-are-not-dating !" Sakura answered sternly, emphasising each words in her last sentence.
"Oh, Sakura-chan..." Naruto said with his extreme disappointed voice.
"No complaining..." His pink-haired friend answered offhandedly.

Bamboo forest

"Ne, Sakura-chan... You're right, it's very calm here.." Naruto said while he was busy looking around himself.
"I'm correct, right ? Plus, it's a perfect place for a date." Sakura answered and grinned to the 'couple' behind them.

Meanwhile...

"Kakashi-san... Do you often go here before ?"
"Not very often, but I like to go here for a relaxation..." He answered and smiled.
They continued walking side by side, but none of those two have the courage to hold the other's hand. In front of them, Sakura watched enthusiastly to her back, spying on her sensei's dating 'progress' :p

But suddenly, the two elite shinobis went on alert, they immediately got into their fighting stance and darted outside the forest to the west. Kakashi shouted to his younger companies. "Naruto, Sakura, stay here !"
"Wh-what happened, sensei ?" Sakura asked, confused and worried, but then Naruto pulled her to follow the two persons running ahead of them.
"We sensed a huge amount of chakra just outside the forest. We're afraid that it's an attempt for an attack, so we better check !" Yuki answered while still running.
"Hey, you two ! I ordered you to stay !" Their sensei hissed at them.
"NO ! We'll go ! We'll be your back-up, sensei ! Remember we're now not your students anymore, we're your team-mates !" Naruto shouted back.
"Hh... Whatever. Just don't get too deep into trouble." Kakashi just sighed.

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"Kakashi-sensei ! Look ! It's not an enemy at all ! It's an... Animal ?" Naruto shouted on top of his lungs when he saw a giant boar that stood 4-metres high, towering the four persons.
"But, how come an animal can be that big ? Plus, has a huge amount of chakra ?" Sakura asked confused.
"I think it has something to do with the chakra reserve around here. But it was not in the map. Maybe this one is newly made by someone, and the seal is weak, so the chakra sipped outside and accidentally got into this animal's body." Yuki explained to Sakura broadly.

"AAH ! Just let's go and beat it !" Naruto shouted, for the umpteenth time this day.
"Naruto, WAIT !" Sakura tried to stop him.
As Naruto charged towards te giant boar, the said animal just fearlessly ran in its full speed towards him. And before the collision happened...
"Doton : Doryuuheki !" Yuki's and Kakashi's identical shouts echoed throughout the forest, and two rock barriers formed in front of Naruto, protecting him from the collision.
"Sakura, now !" Kakashi ordered his student, and in instant, Sakura was ready with her fist, and..
"Shannaroo !" She slammed the ground behind the boar with full force. The ground rumbles, and the boar sank to the ground below it.
After the targeted animal is immobilized, Yuki and Kakashi looked at each other and shared a nod, and the two leaped through the wall, did identical series of hand seals, and slammed their hands to the bull's body, and charged their own chakra to their hand.
"Now, pull !" Kakashi commanded her comrade, and the targeted woman just nodded and pulled her hand, along with the chakra from inside the boar's body.
Kakashi also did the same, and after all the chakra is pulled from the boar's body, it began to become smaller and smaller.
The two shinobis then re-sealed the bunch of chakra with another series of hand seals and symbols, and the massive amount of chakra instantly disappeared underground.

"Ok, problem solved..." Kakashi shoved his hands to his pockets and spoke relaxedly.
"Thanks for your help, Sakura." Yuki smiled to Sakura.
"Ah, yes... Anytime, Yuki-san..." Sakura nodded. Then Sakura whipped her head to her blonde friend and pointed a finger to him. "Naruto, you were the one who dragged me to this, and look, you're genuinely useless !"
"Oh, c'mon, Sakura-chan... Don't be so mean..."
"Well, since the problem is solved, let's get back to the forest, we still have some time to enjoy..." Kakashi smiled with his eye-crinkle to his companions.
"Yeah, I agree..." Sakura lead the way.

The four walked back to the forest, then Sakura spotted a bench just below a large bamboo cluster. She walked towards the bench and popped herself on it.
"It's very comfortable here, it's shaded and the breeze is calm and fresh !" She inhaled deeply, enjoying the fresh air.
"Well, looks good..." Yuki sat beside sakura and smiled, Naruto and Kakashi also popped their self on the bench, Naruto beside Sakura and Kakashi beside Yuki.
They sat like that for a while in a comfortable silence, then when Naruto stood up and ready to walked back, Sakura held him in place and shushed him.
"Ssh, she's sleeping..." Sakura pointed at the woman beside her. Yeah, she was right, Yuki was sleeping with her head bent to Kakashi's shoulder besides her. And Sakura thought she looked very cute that way.
"Kakashi-sensei..." Sakura whispered.
"She's probably tired, I heard she just came home from a mission earlier this day." Kakashi said to his ex-students.

Sakura suddenly had a great(?) idea flashed in her head. "Well, sensei... We think we better leave you two here..." Sakura smirked and pull Naruto's hand, then the two bolted away.
"Hn... They two..." Kakashi sighed, then he looked to his junior's face.
"Well, I think Naruto's right, she's cute..." She stayed there for the next few moments, and in those moments, Kakashi muttered inwardly. "Don't you dare go away..."

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Now, now,what do you think ? Reviews are much appreciated.

AN : Sorry for the grammatical errors, my first language isn't English, by the way. So if there are any mistakes, let me know so i can fix it ^_^