Chapter three

Kurenai was taking a walk together with her friend Asuma through Konoha. In the moment she had spare time, as he had. The gentle wind on this warm summer-day was touching their faces softly. Nothing seemed to break this wonderfull moment as both walked in silence.

Kurenai just wanted to say something to Asuma and therefore turned her head, when suddenly and without any warning her right foot got stuck in a hole in the ground. She lost her balance immediately, tripped and fell to the ground. Out of reflex Asuma grabbed her arm with one hand, her waist with the other one and pulled her up again. He placed the other hand the one he had grabbed her waist with, on her free hand. Now they stood opposite each other, their hands still linked. Asuma looked down at her.

"Everything ok?" he asked. Kurenai smiled and looked into her friend's face.

"Yes, you hold me after all." Kurenai aswered but immeadiately blushed slightly, especially when Asuma looked back at her face, directly into her eyes, as she did. He began smiling, too.

Suddenly out of the corner of their eyes both saw a flashlight to their left. Immediately they turned around synchronistically. And saw Anko some meters afar, grinning and with a camera in her hands. Asuma and Kurenai just realized that they were still holding hands, and instantly let go of each other, Kurenai blushed furiously and even Asuma blushed slightly, but Anko was already turning around, repacking her camera and then running around the corner.

The two jounin stood there still in shock. Asuma's blush was gone, and he regained his voice.

"We have to get this camera." He said quietly, almost whispering. Kurenai just nodded for an answer. She breathed in deeply, then they looked at each other and ran after Anko, at least in the direction they thought she would have taken.

After some minutes they knew they were wrong. They couldn't sense Anko anymore, but they walked on still. They didn't want to split up either, 'cause it would have been too difficult to alarm the other one without Anko noticing, when one of them would have found her. So they stayed together, walked fast, but searched the ground and the surroundings for any traces of the noisy ninja's passing. After checking some more streets and asking a few passers-by (noone seemed to have seen her), they finally went along another street, at which's end they saw something lie on the ground. They approached it slowly and wqhen they were in front of it, Asuma picked it up.

"Icha Icha Paradise… it's Kakashi's book." He explained. Seeing Kurenai's grinning expression he threw her a puzzled look. What was she thinking?

"With that we will get the camera." She said, taking it out of her friend's hand. They ran along the street, they knew that she couldn't be far now, Kakashi wouldn't loose his favourite book without a reason, and Anko was a damn good reason.

After crossing some more streets, they saw Anko walking along, looking around. She seemed like she would look for someone. Kurenai and Asuma had already decided on their plan to get the camera, now they just had to put it into action.

"Anko!" she shouted at her, immediately Anko turned around looking a bit dumbfounded.

"Hey, I found that" she was already in front of her best friend.

"Its Kakashi's book. I thought maybe you could give it to him" she said and handed the book over to Anko. Meanwhile Asuma sneaked up on her from behind, while Kurenai made sure that she wouldn't turn around, and grabbed the camera that was in her pocket. He was good, a skillful ninja, but Anko was, too. But right now she seemed a little confused, maybe it was this freaky day, or maybe it was the smile that Kurenai wore, but anyway she didn't feel the camera leaving.

"Wh…" Anko began a sentence, but then her expression turned into an evil smirk, she had already taken the book.

"Thanks, I will give it to him" she grinned. Kurenai looked after her puzzled, but then saw to Anko's right Asuma, holding the camera in his hands, and disappearing. Kurenai smiled shortly at Anko.

"Ok, well, I think I have to go now!" with that Kurenai left Anko, running back the street and turning around the corner, running into the arms of Asuma.

"You got it." She said happily.

"Yepp" he aswered, then looked to the ground "so, what's wrong with the picture?" he asked, an unnoticable blush on his cheeks.

Kurenai on her part blushed more, but thought about it. Yeah, what? They took a walk together often enough, whenever they got a day off, and she liked him. She liked him a lot, and he knew that, at least she thought so. But suddenly a soft touch pulled her out of her thoughts. Asuma had leaned down and placed a kiss on her cheek. Then he walked off, the camera still in his hand. Kurenai had stopped walking, she looked after Asuma, the red colour obvious on her face.

Somehow this really was a freaky day…

A/N: so, that was it, I really hope you liked it, and it would be just wonderful if you could klick that purple button on the left and leeve a review D please!