A Fine Fine Line | By : eksimenrol Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female > Naruto/Sakura Views: 5904 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Author notes: I’m apologizing for my lack of updates for
most of the month; I’ve been quite busy, so as a condolence, I’ve decided to
add the two chapters I have written in one update. But don’t worry; I actually have ideas for
the next 2-3 chapters on what will go on, so not to worry, I should have
another chapter up in the next few days or so.
Sadly, after my ideas pan out I
will be dangerously close to the current chapter of the manga. As I see it,
maybe 5-6 chapters before I reach chapter 405.
And then at that point you will either have short chapters or no updates
at all unless there is some form of contact with Naruto in the new
chapters. Also, based on what has
happened so far, I have one of 3 possible routes I think the story (Naruto in
general) could go, and only one way really works out to be happy. But enough of my rambling, on to the show.
Chapter Five:
A Dangerous Meeting
“Yo,
Kakashi, how are you doing?” This can’t be happening. He was just
about to tell me how I could get stronger.
Why did Asuma have to come in at that point? And he’s not alone either.
“Asuma,
you’re supposed to knock first you
know!” Ino seemed annoyed with her
sensei.
“Hello.” Chouji added blandly, munching away at his
bag of chips. Shikamaru for his part
seemed bored, almost like he didn’t care where he was. He probably thinks of this as too troublesome
or something. But they interrupted
Kakashi telling me of how I could get
stronger fast. I want them to leave, to
go away and not comeback for a long, long, long, long, long time!
“Well if it
isn’t Naruto and Sakura, did your mission- You, you’re that guy!” The three of them were staring at Sai.
“Hello.” Sai had a smile on his face, and team Asuma
looked like they were going to kill him.
Shikamaru was already forming hand signs to capture Sai’s shadow with
his own.
“You were
the guy that attacked us!” Chouji
dropped his bag of chips and started moving to hit Sai. “Why?”
“Oh that, I
was just testing Naruto to see how good he was.” Sai’s smile seemed almost mocking to me. Everyone seemed to think everything was okay,
so they dropped the issue and let is be.
“Oh that
was all, okay.”
“My name is
Sai. You don’t have to bother with my
last name.” Sai seemed to be cheerful
that he was meeting new people, and they didn’t want to kill him anymore.
I noticed
that Ino seemed to be chatting away softly with Sakura, I couldn’t exactly hear
what was being said, but it looked like it was about Sai, it the points and
head bobs were any clue. Shikamaru made
his way over to me; it seems he wanted a private conversation too.
“Yo Naruto,
I heard about Sauske. I’ll help you out
next time something goes down. Now that
hose pain in the ass chuunin exams are over, I’m there if you need me.” Even though his face was neutral, I could
tell he cared. He always was the smart
one; he knew that we were hurting and that we needed help. But he also knew my pride wouldn’t let me ask
for it outright. So he gave me the
chance to accept his help without harm to my pride.
“Yeah.” I let a sad smile on my face. Without saying a word to each other we were
able to explain everything. He said he
was sympathetic about our failure. He
feels that he let us down by not being able to come along on our mission, and if
he could have, then, well then maybe we would have Sauske back. He was saying to us, I will be there when you need me next time.
And I was
saying back at him that we are glad that he is offering his help. We thank him from the bottom of our hearts for
that. I was saying to him that I was
glad he knew me as well as he did. Glad
that he didn’t make me ask for his help.
I was telling him that we were proud to call him our friend.
It was
kinda quiet as he and I ended our silent conversation. Sakura and Ino had ended their own
conversation, and Chouji and Sai seemed to be sitting quietly. Asuma made his way in from the door and
walked up to the bed. “You guys can head
on over to Yakiniku Q. And if everyone
from Team Kakashi wants to come, that’s fine too.” Ino and Chouji seemed overjoyed as this
development. Ino rambling about sitting
next to Sai or something like that. “I
need to speak with Kakashi alone. And
I’ll take care of the Yakiniku bill too.”
“Hey wait a
sec! Aren’t you going to tell me about
the training Kakashi?” I’m dying to know
what it is he has in mind.
“Oh
that.” He seemed to look bored. “Well, we’ll just talk about that later.”
“What?
But I want to know now!” Why the hell would he say we’ll talk about it
later, does he want to kill me?
“Meet me at
the training ground in three days Naruto, I’ll tell you how we’ll be training
and then we’ll start.”
“Come on
Naruto, let’s go eat!” Sakura was
yelling at me from the door, waving me over.
Reluctantly I let her drag me to Yakiniku’s with Ino and Chouji,
thoughts of what Kakashi might have in store for me running through my head.
We got a
table relatively quickly; it seemed Asuma had a reservation for the group. However as good as the food smelt and tasted,
I didn’t have much of an appetite. I
wasn’t even really paying all that much attention to anyone at the table. I was just about ready to excuse myself and
leave to go mope by myself when Ino said something about introducing themselves
to Sai. Everything seemed to be going
fine, Chouji said hello and introduced himself.
The Sai was ready to introduce himself.
“Um it’s
nice to meet you too, uh-” Oh no, he’s not going to use the forbidden word is he? He wouldn’t, he has to know that it would be
the biggest mistake ever. Chouji is very sensitive about his weight; he
wouldn’t mention the f-word, would
he? I can see the look of fear on
everyone’s faces, well everyone but Chouji’s.
Sakura must be thinking the same as I am that if Sai finishes that
thought he will be a head man.
“Fa-” Oh shit he’s actually going to say it. I reached across the table and threw my hand
across his mouth. If I didn’t save his
ass there and then, then Sakura and I would have to find yet another new teammate and that would just
be so, so troublesome as Shikamaru
would put it.
“Sai, you
never, never, ever call Chouji Fatso!
You don’t even mention it in
front of him if you want to stay alive.”
He looked genuinely shocked when my hand hit his mouth. Hell he actually looked like he would be
fearful of my warning if he could show any emotions. He nodded unnoticeably against my hand before
I let his mouth free. Luckily Sakura
covered for us by saying something about Sai not meaning anything by what he
said. He seemed to buy it as Chouji made
no more questions.
Ino seemed
to be quite cheerful around Sai; maybe she was interested in him. I couldn’t see why she would be. I mean he has the emotional range of a
teaspoon. But I guess she would have to
get over Sauske at some point, and Sai is a lot like Sauske.
Now Sai’s
trying to think up a nickname for Ino. I
wonder what he’s going to come up with this time. Hopefully it isn’t going to mean I have to
save his sorry ass again. I barely
missed the grill the last time I had to reach across the table. He’s actually had some up with
something. I wonder what it is.
“Nice to
meet you, um, Ms. Beautiful.” What the hell!
He thinks Ino is beautiful and
thinks that Sakura isn’t! How messed up
is this boy’s head? Oh no, Sakura looks
like she’s going to kill him! Damnit
Sai, you’ll owe me for this.
“Sakura,
can I speak with you for a moment over here?” I quickly grabbed her by her
shoulders and dragged her away from the table towards the open doorway. “Sakura, you have to calm down, he doesn’t
know what he’s talking about-”
“Why the hell is it beautiful with Ino?” She
seemed to despise the word he used to describe Ino. “I mean, I’m much, much better looking than
Ino ever will be, aren’t I? Of course I
am I’m beautiful. Aren’t I?”
I gently
held her by her shoulders, trying desperately to fight off the blush that
wanted to come to my face. “Sakura, you
are the most beautiful woman that I know, and no one else even comes remotely
close.” I smiled sweetly at her. She seemed to calm down after that, well
until the server behind us backed into me, causing me to push her into the
corner. I guess she took this the wrong
way, because her eyes went from kind to menacing about as fast as her fist was
traveling when it hit me.
Before I
blacked out, I remember her shouting out “SHANNARO!”
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