"Fifteen," said Sasuke.
"Eh?" asked Naruto.
"You've complained about Kakashi-sensei wanting you to show us where you signed this contract," said Sakura. "Fifteen times now since we left that training area. I don't know, I sure don't see any holAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Sasuke frowned, checked the local trees, then shrugged.
"Oh no!" exclaimed Naruto. "Sakura fell down the hole!"
"Now Sakura's dead?" asked Kakashi, facepalming dramatically. "More paperwork."
"Gee," said a voice from down in the hole. "Thanks a lot Kakashi-sensei! Your concern is noted. Now would someone PULL ME UP before my grip slips?!"
Naruto went down to the ground and then peered over the edge. "Sakura, you're alive!"
"Thank you, Captain Obvious."
"And apparently she's discovered sarcasm," noted Kakashi.
Naruto reached down the hole with one hand, anchoring himself as best he could with the other hand and his feet.
"Touching, ain't it?" said Mushu with a sniff. "Unable to comfort himself with the girl who actually likes him, Naruto risks everything in order to save the life of some girl who's flatter than a washboard and hates him."
"WHAT?!" screeched someone inside a hole.
"You're only twelve, girl, you is SUPPOSED to be flatter than a pizza that ain't got no toppings," consoled Mushu.
"WHAT?!" repeated someone inside the hole.
"Come on, Sakura, reach," said Naruto.
"There's a girl who likes Naruto?" Sasuke asked Kakashi, making it sound as if it was easier to believe in breakdancing cows.
Kakashi shrugged in reply.
"Your lizard called me flatter than a pizza!"
"What's a pizza?" asked Naruto.
"I... I don't know," admitted Sakura from her position in a deep hole.
"It's sort of a flatbread, with a layer of sauce and then cheese atop it, then various toppings are applied to round it out," said Mushu. "I could sure use one right now."
"What kind of toppings?" asked Kakashi.
"Well, if you're a TRADITIONALIST - then you gotta have pepperoni and onions and little peppers and stuff. Then there's my personal favorite - the Firehouse Pizza. Habanero peppers, cayenne, a little tabasco - ah. I am getting hungry just thinking about it."
"Hellooooo. In a hole. A really deep hole. Naruto, don't drool on me!"
"Wha-," said Naruto, sitting up. "That sounds good."
"Oh, and the black olives, can't forget those," said Mushu.
"Excuse me," said Sakura.
"-and before you ask, Naruto, yeah - I think I've seen pizza where they put fish flakes and stuff on top. I don't like that though, makes the whole thing taste fishy instead of a lot of different flavors blending together," said Mushu.
"I'd have to agree," said Kakashi.
"Awwwwwwww," said Naruto.
"Hnnnn."
"Yes, Sasuke, I have seen seaweed on them, usually on the ones with the fish flakes," said Mushu, ears back.
"You got all that from a 'hnnn'?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah, it's a variation of 'morning-speak' - Mulan started doing that for the first two hours after waking up once she had kids. So y'all better behave - cause the kami punish kids because once you have kids - they'll be just as bad as y'all were."
"Just pointing out, still hanging by my fingers over a bottomless precipe."
"Here you go, Sakura-chan," said Naruto, crouching back down and reaching down the hole. "Gimmee your hand."
"Couldn't Sasuke do it? It's not that I don't trust you, Naruto, it's just that... I don't trust you."
"What?" asked Naruto. "It'll be fine!"
Kakashi knelt down, tapped the ground and-
POP! came Sakura out of the hole as the ground shifted to throw a pillar up.
"You can cheat on your girlfriend by holding Sakura's hand some other time, Naruto," chided Kakashi.
"IT WASN'T LIKE THAT!" said Sakura, quick to protest any indication that she was not dedicated to Sasuke.
Looking down into the darkness, Kakashi nodded thoughtfully as the section of chimney wall retracted back into place. "I'll be right back. You kids wait here."
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