Restless

yumikinechan:

“EXCUSE ME,” said a reporter for the daily Konoha news. “But, I’m asking you all some questions, and I would really appreciate it if you would answer them!”

“Uh, Sensei,” began Sakura beside him. She gave him a “told you so” kind of look.

“Do not engage and she’ll go away,” he answered in his smooth voice. Sakura could see how calm he was by his face, so she guessed he had things under control as usual.

“If you believe that,” said Sasuke beside her, he had his hands casually in his pockets and looked bored despite their current situation. “Then why do you look so nervous?”

Huh? Thought Sakura, peering at her sensei more closely. Kakashi sensei noticed her more direct stare, not saying anything. Well, Sakura smirked to herself, she thought he was in control.

“Sakura, I said don’t move!” he growled.

Kakashi sensei told his students to keep their heads turned when the old woman and her crew came around. The group of them caught the team just as they were rounding the corner to Ichakru’s. If Sakura was a blaming person, she’d blame Naruto for the mess they got into, he was the one who persisted they go eat ramen after a hard day of training, after all.

She peered over at him now on the other side of their sensei, he was trying his hardest to stand so still he was shaking. She almost chuckled. He could be a dimwit at times.

When the cameramen tried to stop them, Kakashi sensei had thought of something quick and told them all to stand next to a group of civilians near the shop. At first, Sakura felt silly and didn’t think ignoring the excited cameraman was gonna help them get away, but it seemed to be working?

As long as no one gave in the reporter and her people would become too restless to stay and chat and probably move on to find some other team to pester.

Yeah right.

“Why are your ninjas so strong, sir? What are your training methods for them?” Don’t they care that we’re beat up and smell bad!? We just came from training for Pete’s sake and some of us wanna go lie down in a bed! Thought Sakura, not feeling amused anymore as the seconds began to drag on and the group didn’t show any signs of leaving.

“How about anything romantic in your team? Does either of your boys have a crush on the girl? How about these two beside each other? I’ve always said pink and blue go together, am I right?” she laughed. Sakura definitely agreed with her, but she felt dread all the same when she peered over at Sasuke to see his reaction to the obnoxious, but oh so correct, lady. His face was neutral, as always, maybe even slightly annoyed. Even though the reporter was waving her microphone at their backs, Sakura wanted to turn around and punch the living gods out of that woman.

Stay cool, Sakura and we can get home safely.

“Naruto, hold steady…” She heard Kakashi breathe under his breath, and Sakura shifted her eyes to him. She nearly choked. Naruto was eyeing the reporter with indecision in his blue eyes, looking sweaty and uncomfortable just by standing for so long.

Oh gods, no.

“Naruto, I swear if you screw this up for us…” Sasuke’s harsh whisper beside Sakura reached Naruto, and that did it.

Naruto snapped.

“I’M STANDING STILL, IDIOT!”

“Naruto!” Sakura cried out in surprise and anger as the reporter literally hopped in front of them with a bright smile of success on her face and the cameramen followed suit.

She felt and heard Sasuke slap his forehead in aggravation.

Kakashi just sighed real long.

“Kakashi sensei! I’m Emi, and this is my crew-”

“I know who you are-”

“-I would like to continue asking more questions for the paper tomorrow if you don’t mind.”

Again, Kakashi sighed. He looked so broken. “Uh, how long will this take exactly?”

“Five hours,” she responded immediately, an innocent smile on her face.

Sakura and her teammates almost fell over.

We’re not going home for a while...