of coffee and put it on my plate, then I got a glass for Naruto and filled it with orange juice. Satisfied, I put it in its place.
"I'll go up then," I said and disappeared into the hallway.

After about an hour we were at the door. I finished and we were on our way.
"Thanks," Naruto whispered.
“Why are you saying thank you?” What was so great that I did? I couldn't think of anything.
“For letting me stay with you.” I looked over at him. He looked at the floor.
"No problem. I don't want you to be bad after all." Naruto looked me over carefully. I was telling the truth.
We went a different way than yesterday. It was a little longer. After all, we still had some time. Kakashi was late again anyway. It was just like before. Kakashi was two hours late. Sakura and Naruto were furious and our Sensei would try to talk his way out of it.We kept silent. It was uncomfortable. There was a certain tension between us. Naruto looked at the floor again and I thought of tomatoes again. I really should be eating tomatoes again soon. Tomato sauce was delicious too. I would love to lick it off Naruto's body. No, I wouldn't.

Sakura was already on the training ground when we arrived. She smiled happily at us. Naruto quickened his pace and ran happily towards her. I trotted slowly towards the tree under which they were standing. This is exactly what I was under yesterday with Naruto.
"Hello, Sasuke.", Sakura greeted me.
“Hello, Sakura.” I looked at her. I liked her green eyes. They beamed so happily. I only noticed now that the sun was shining.
"Finally good weather again.", She mumbled and looked up at the sky.
"Yes, finally." I agreed with her. Naruto took turns looking at Sakura and me. I had never talked to Sakura so much before. It was clear that this confused him. Sakura grinned at me and I had to smile too.
"What's there between you guys?" Naruto wanted to know.
"Nothing.", Sakura and I answered at the same time. He looked at us in disbelief, but left it at that.

We waited for hours. Two hours, three hours, four hours. It had never taken Sensei Kakashi that long. Did something really happen to him? A cloud of smoke formed in front of us and Sensei Gai appeared with a "plop". He looked as stupid as always. His green suit was stuck to his body. It looked so unattractive. I heard Sakura choke next to me.
"What are you doing here?" I asked and looked at him disapprovingly.
"I have bad news to give you," he started to tell.
"Sensei Kakashi is dead?" Asked Naruto, horrified.
"No, it's a lot worse. Kakashi has been on a mission for a long time. You don't have to train if you want to. Besides, you won't get any more missions.You won't get any again until Kakashi is back. ", said Gai. Did I see tears in the corner of his eye? This guy really sucked.
"No missions?" I asked angrily.
"Yes. Order from Tsunade," he said.
"I'll cough for him. The old woman is crazy." I cursed and stomped angrily from the training ground in the direction of the Hokage tower.