After finally getting Sakura to stop and Sai to shut up, Kakashi was utterly exhausted.
"All right, it's getting late. We should get going."
Kakashi sighed, then headed forward without another word.
"Hmph!" Sakura shot Sai a vicious glare, then turned her head away and followed Kakashi.
Naruto shared her hatred of the enemy, glaring fiercely at Sai as he walked.
That bastard actually dared to say his goddess was a man and had a penis. Absolutely unforgivable!
...Though Sakura really was fierce sometimes—fiercer than most men, even.
As Naruto thought about it, his gaze drifted downward toward Sakura. Could it be...
"You had the same thought as me, didn't you?" Sai somehow appeared beside Naruto and whispered in his ear.
Naruto froze, then felt a chill run through his whole body. He sensed an icy glare landing squarely on his face.
Naruto immediately shoved Sai away with righteous indignation. "Bastard, how could I possibly think something like that?! Damn it, stay away from me! I don't want to talk to someone like you!"
Only then did Sakura, standing nearby, finally move her blazing gaze away in satisfaction.
Naruto let out a breath. Saved.
Then Sai popped up beside him again, his smiling mouth opening as though he was about to speak.
Cold sweat broke out on Naruto's forehead.
That bastard absolutely could not be allowed to talk!
So Naruto decisively ran over to Kakashi and humbly asked, "Kakashi-sensei, what mission are we carrying out this time?"
Without even turning around, Kakashi said, "Ah, it's quite a dangerous mission."
Hearing how absentminded he sounded, Naruto hurried forward a few steps and found Kakashi holding a coverless dirty manga, shambling forward like a zombie.
"Kakashi-sensei!!" Naruto snapped.
"Yeah, yeah."
Kakashi put away the dirty manga, and his lazy expression immediately turned