When Naruto finally caught up with his team, Kakashi told Team 7 that they were given the rest of the day off so they could rest up for their mission before poofing away.
Naruto sighed and turned to his team. 'I wonder...' He smiled a crooked smile before asking as cheerily as he could, "I'm going to the lake in the forest, you guys wanna come?" Sasuke made no expression, even when Sakura came from behind and tried to hug him. He simply did what Naruto had named the "shudder shuffle": he shuddered then quickly moved, scuffing his feet on the ground.
"Hn," Sasuke grunted after a moment of silence.
"I'll go if Sasuke goes!" Sakura chimed, causing Sasuke to inch away even more.
"Hn" Sasuke grunted again. Naruto smiled. 'Maybe I'll get my happy friends back sooner than I thought,'Naruto thought as he began to leave his teammates, hoping they were following.
They soon came to the lake after walking in silence the whole time, Naruto thinking about the great friendship he had shared with Sasuke, after he gave up the whole 'my whole clan is dead I must be an avenger' thing.
Sasuke, however, was thinking differently. 'He invited me along. That can only mean he wants to fight. Perhaps he's going to tell me how to get that strange chakra he's been giving off lately. Or maybe it's a trap?...' and so on.
Sakura was just happy to be near Sasuke and blushed every time she looked at him. 'Hope she snaps out of that quickly...' Naruto thought, glancing back.
Yes, poor Sakura had to abandon her feelings for Sasuke when he ran away to join Sound, turning her affections to the person who always let her have his shoulder to cry on. She agreed to go out with him after about six months, and after a very, VERY extreme makeover. Naruto chuckled, remembering how he had helped "tame the green beast of Konoha."
Poor Lee. His forehead was red for three days. Thankfully they used permanent hair remover so his eyebrows won't grow back. Hell, even Sasuke had eventually found someone to love, even though he was the last one to get married. They had had to be the scariest couple in Konoha.
Flashback
"Come on, Sasuke! You're supposed to dance!" Naruto whined. The rookie 9 plus Neji's team were all in a night club. Sasuke was brought along, told they were going to a party, but in reality, everyone was setting him up.
"Yeah, Sasuke, let loose for once in your life," Hinata egged on. Naruto had been married to Hinata for about a year at that point.
"I don't dance! That's the point I'm trying to make!" Sasuke said. Over the years Sasuke had given up on his revenge and become more open to the people he was close to. Naruto rolled his eyes and saw Sakura signaling to him.
Sakura had brought Indigo with her to set Sasuke up with her. Indigo was a ninja from the hidden mist who moved to Konoha in hopes of becoming one of the best medic-nins. Problem was, she had a personality like a brick.
Naruto grabbed Sasuke's shoulders, as did Sakura to Indigo. They both pushed them over to the stools, where they now sat side by side. Sakura looked Indigo in the eyes and said "Fine, if you're not going to dance just sit here!" Naruto did the same to Sasuke.
"Hn!" Sasuke and Indigo whined in unison. "Hnnn?" they asked at the same time as they turned to each other. "Grrrrrr!" they growled angrily at each "Hnn?" they both looked surprised. "Hnnnn!" they seemed to say flirtingly. "You're hot" they both said, causing the other to blink.
"Wanna go train?" Indigo asked, almost excited.
"Do I ever!" Sasuke said almost happily. And with that, they both walked out of the club, leaving a creeped-out Sakura, Hinata, and Naruto with their eyes twitching.
