A Lily Bloom In the Land of Shinobi

The sound of something gigantic thumping against a stone wall broke Naruko off her reverie as she simply floated in the surprisingly warm water that was all around her. She couldn't see anything, there was only blackness as far as her eyes could see. Oddly enough, she could see her body perfectly fine, despite the absolute lack of light.

The water was then simply gone, as if it'd never been there, or rather, it had parted in front of her, gently lowering her until she touched something solid and completely dry. When she looked down, she only saw further blackness, nothing supporting her weight. With a yawn, she began to walk on the path that the parted water had opened.

Why, one might ask?

She would have given a very simple answer. "I am Uzumaki Naruko, I don't need reasons!" and then continued on her way. Truth is, there really was nothing else to do and she was too sleepy to sit down and think about her situation. Plus, the repeating sound of something thumping against stone came from that way and she was curious.

At some point, she saw some really funky giant columns. Beyond them, the water walls disappeared completely, though there was nothing there that would tell her how the water was stopped there. Failing to give a crap, she continued, walking right past the metallic rods that stopped the water without any problems whatsoever.

The sound was so strong now that she could swear it was pretty much the only thing keeping her awake. Half lidded eyes scanned her surroundings, though there was only one thing visible beyond the huge metal columns. It was something fluffy, and it was huge. It was also smacking against the wall.

"Fucking container—*thump*—losing against—*thump*—a fucking cat—*thump*—such a disgrace—*thump*."

She giggled at the sight of what looked not unlike a gigantic ball of fur smacking its head against the wall. She walked towards it, beginning to see the gigantic squared stones that made up the walls as well as the complete form of the ball of fur. She couldn't accurately distinguish what exactly it was, she could only say that it was very big and that it was very fluffy.

It also looked very, very comfortable. "Hm… yeah… it'll do…" she mumbled to herself before jumping face first on the long furry thing right in front of her, sinking into the long and soft hairs. She moaned in happiness at the nice feeling.

"You… what are you doing?" a booming voice interrupted her sleep.

"I'm sleepy. This is comfortable. So I'm sleeping." She said, as if it was the most logical thing in the world. Which to her, it was, as she didn't give a flying shit about anything else at the time.

"…No. No way. You're not sleeping on my tail, brat!" the same booming voice continued.

"But it's so fluffy!" She groaned in discontent, nuzzling against it. She pouted and looked up. She was met with one ginormous red eye that looked at her from up above.

"Of course it's fluffy. It's one of my tails. Their fur is the softest and most comfortable in the world." There was obvious pride in the voice of the fluffy thing, so Naruko smiled widely. "…I won't allow anyone to touch them without my permission!"

The voice came from far away enough that despite its booming quality, it was yet to shatter her eardrums, but since the creature seemed to draw its head closer, it was starting to hurt Naruko's ears to hear it. "Don't care." She mumbled. "Sleepy now. Gonna sleep."

"…You can't do this." The thing continued.

"Watch me." She replied, grinning as she let go of consciousness and became completely unresponsive to the world.

"You do realize I can just throw you off, right?" The creature asked, though it was surprised when the only response it got was a slight movement of the flea-sized invader in its fur. Naruko was very clearly beyond its voice's reach. "…Dammit…"

Naruko's mouth curled into a smile.

***

Sakura blinked as Naruko relaxed fully, something ninja were rarely able to do even in their sleep. The golden haired girl also sighed happily, and a look over her shoulder showed Sakura the content smile on her face. "She must be having a nice dream." The pinkette mused. She tore her eyes away from the blonde's face, because there could possibly be no way that it was hard to look away from it, no sir, and she didn't have the temptation to just look at her face for a while. Because she was not adorable in any way, shape or form and Sakura was certain of it.

No matter what her cheeks might show otherwise!

Satsuki said nothing as they finally broke out of the forest. Sakura could have sworn that for a moment, the usually stoic Uchiha girl had turned to her and smiled. Once again, Sakura found herself blushing and noticing that the Uchiha had a very pretty smile.

***

Sakura blinked as Naruko relaxed fully, something ninja were rarely able to do even in their sleep. The golden haired girl also sighed happily, and a look over her shoulder showed Sakura the content smile on her face. "She must be having a nice dream." The pinkette mused. She tore her eyes away from the blonde's face, because there could possibly be no way that it was hard to look away from it, no sir, and she didn't have the temptation to just look at her face for a while. Because she was not adorable in any way, shape or form and Sakura was certain of it.

No matter what her cheeks might show otherwise!

Satsuki said nothing as they finally broke out of the forest. Sakura could have sworn that for a moment, the usually stoic Uchiha girl had turned to her and smiled. Once again, Sakura found herself blushing and noticed that the Uchiha had a very pretty smile.