None of them remained behind, though they began to separate, each going a different direction, immediately at the door. However, Haruto frowned and stopped both of his female teammates. "Hey. Since we've got the rest of the day free, and we've been going around… maybe we can make this a team outing?"
Satsuki frowned. "Well… we are officially Team 13 now…"
Naruko shook her head, however. "I have had enough of the life of the peasantry for one day. I want to return to my mansion."
The Uchiha of the group scowled.
Haruto scratched the back of his neck and grinned slightly. "I guess that's okay, too."
"I don't care. The less I have to deal with you for, the better," Satsuki said. "I suppose it's just you and me, Haruto-kun," she said, nodding at the pink haired boy.
"Eheh, it's almost like a date," Haruto said, chuckling a bit.
"It's not like I'm going out with you… I'm just thanking you for offering to help me back there, okay?" Satsuki said, though the stern tone she was using was a bit undermined by the light dusting of red on her cheeks. "That's why you get to go out with me. Nothing else! It's not like I like you or anything!"
Haruto chuckled a bit more and scratched the back of his neck, blushing a little as he did.
"I'll leave you to your peasant lives, then," Naruko said, simply, a smug expression on her face. "I suppose if you are going to spend the rest of the afternoon rolling in the hay—that is your prerogative."
"W-What!?" Satsuki said, her left eye twitching a little, before she took a deep breath. "No. I'm calm. I'm collected. I'm controlled. I will not explode someone just because she deserves to be exploded," she said to herself, taking a deep breath once more.
"Hay?" Haruto asked, frowning in confusion.
"Ah? Don't you know? Satsuki here—she is from a noble clan, but her notoriously poor handling of her clan's fortune lead to her losing the majority of it," Naruko said. "Whereas my father's rising star led us to the lap of luxury from nothing but the rags he had on his back. Truly he is the mightiest among the mighty," Naruko siad, nodding to herself.
"That's Kakashi's fault! He's the one that kept charging my account for his own expenses!" Satsuki countered.
"Oh, and your jewel fetish has nothing to do with your massive expense, I'm sure," Naruko said, rolling her eyes.
"Jewel fetish?" Haruto asked, his confusion only growing.
"I need them for my research," Satsuki replied, glaring at Naruko. "But you wouldn't know anything about that, would you? There's nothing between your ears!"
"You're implying that I—"
"Princess!"
However, Naruko's reply was cut off, as someone came barreling in, a blurry streak of blue skidding to a stop right in front of them. "Hm… Konohamaru?" Naruko looked somewhat confused. "Shouldn't you be with Ebisu at this moment?"
"I ditched that pervert!" the newly named young child said, offering Team 13 a grin. "Oh, hey, Princess, this is your team, right? They're only gonna hold you down! You should've waited until I could graduate! That way, you could have a real team, with me and Udon!" Konohamaru said, his tone practically telling everyone his boast was empty. He was too boisterous to properly sell it.
"Ebisu is a pervert..?" Naruko asked, looking somewhat confused.
"Err no he's not I swear," Konohamaru said, quickly, shaking his hands wildly as if to distract Naruko, "anyway, I want to train with you, Princess, not Ebisu! He's boring!"
"Study is always boring, Konohamaru-kun, that is true, but if you want to be a good and proper vassal then you must be ready, and willing, to do all the boring and annoying tasks I'd delegate to you," Naruko lectured, crossing her arms over her plentiful chest and accidentally pressing her twins together as she threw her head back and smiled smugly, giving an impression of superiority, "that's what it takes to be a ninja!"
Konohamaru seemed starstruck.
"Of course she'd be good with kids. She's practically a big kid herself," Satsuki said, shaking her head.
Haruto merely smiled warmly. "It's really nice to see her relaxing and playing like this. She always looks like she's really tense and…" he looked at Satsuki.
"Yeah, yeah. It's not the first time I see something like that. She does that from time to time," Satsuki said, waving her hand.
"Huh? Whatchoo talkin' about?" Konohamaru asked, butting into that conversation.
"Ah, well…" Haruto started, looking for the proper words to explain it.
"Naruko broke down and wailed like a baby for a while after she got drunk. It was hilarious," Satsuki said, grinning at Naruko's face as it fell.
"I did not—" Naruko protested, but she was once more interrupted by Konohamaru.
"DAMMIT!" Konohamaru screamed. "You got to see Naruko-sama's moe moe crying face!?" he protested, before falling to his knees and weeping over dramatically. "Dammit, you lucky bastard!" he yelled, pointing at Haruto, "you got to see the princess at her cutest! I won't forgive this! You won't take her from me! She's mine, you hear? All mine!"
"Say, what?" Haruto asked, noticing that Konohamaru was pointing at him.
"Don't blame him, all he did was just stand there while Naruko went and dripped snot all over him," Satsuki said, smiling slyly.
"W-W-WHAT!?" Konohamaru screamed, before he threw himself to the ground. "Why Princess why? Please talk to me, please! I'm your humble, loyal servant, so you should only cry on MY shoulder!" he protested, looking at Naruko, who still seemed to be protesting Satsuki's declaration, but who went ignored.
"Uh… I guess her crying face is cute, too, but I think her smile is prettier," Haruto noted, thinking about what Konohamaru had said. "Though her blush is cute too," he added, looking at Naruko who, surprise surprise, was blushing brightly. "Yeah! Just like that," Haruto said, nodding.
"Okay, heartbreaker, you'll get your chance to try and get into Naruko's panties at a later date," Satsuki said, scowling as she grabbed Haruto's wrist, starting to lead him away, "let's leave Naruko and her boytoy behind and have some fun."
"Eh? Are you jealous, Satsuki-san?" Haruto asked, tilting his head a little, looking a bit confused. "But you shouldn't be. You're really cute too," he said, offering her a warm, easy smile.
"S-Shut up!" Satsuki said, flushing a little, "It's not like I'm jealous you're paying more attention to her or anything, okay!?" she said, glaring at Haruto.
"Well damn you're good," Konohamaru said. "But I won't let you win and take both Satsuki and the princess all to yourself! You'll see—I'll tell Udon, and then we'll teach you a lesson!"
"Don't misunderstand things, you little—" Satsuki said, growling angrily.
However, Konohamaru had already turned around and left, leaving a dust trail as he left the exact same way he'd arrived.
"I wonder what he originally wanted," Haruto wondered, rubbing his chin.
"What does it matter? It probably wasn't all that important," Satsuki said, shrugging her shoulders, "Anyway, let's go!"
"Enjoy your date, then," though unlike the last time Naruko had implied so, she no longer looked smug and amused. Instead, there was clearly something bothering her.
However, Satsuki didn't think it was all that important, and just threw her rival a dirty look along with a grin, before pulling Haruto by his wrist again.
"Bye," Haruto said, waving as he allowed Satsuki to pull away.