Naruto 311

This'll be slow going but I should manage to finish within the hour (work's busy :P )

Page 1:
Title: Nickname
Side: The first vacation I've had in forever, and I have to spend it in the hostpital...Oh, well. (Look at his right hand♥)

Page 2:
Text: Someone mutters to themselves in a deep corner of the library...

Sai: The fastest way to get others to understand you,
is to close the distance between your minds.

For example, honorific suffixes.
By adding "-Kun" or "-San" to a persons name,
you project an air of being polite, but reserved, and the gap does not shrink.

Page 3:
Book title: How to make friends with others
Sai: Have the courage to stop using their real name,
and instead, try a nickname or a pet name.

By doing so, you become special to them....
and will form a lasting friendship.
Makes sense...

Sakura: There it is...

Page 4:
Sakura: Hey...
Sai's here...
Looking for an art book?

Sai: Sakura-san...
Sakura: Oh, you're reading!
Sai: Just a bit...

Page 5:
Sakura: Even Sai can be normal at times...
Oh yeah!
Naruto and I are going to visit Kakashi-sensei.
Wanna come?

Sai: Kakashi-sensei...
Sakura: You're a member of team Kakashi-now.
The two of you should probably meet...

Page 6:
Sasuke: My revenge is everything to me.
As long as I can exact it, I don't care what happens to me or anything else.

If sacrificing my body to Orochimaru gets me there...

Page 7:
Sasuke: I'd give up my life a million times over.
Naruto: Sasuke...

Sakura: Naru-tooooooooo!
Naruto: Ah-

Page 8:
Naruto: Huh? Sai's coming too?
Sakura: Yeah, we bumped into each other at the library.

Naruto: Damnit! I planned this out so it'd just be the two of us, like a date!
Sakura: If you've got enough time to think up stuff like that, go study some ninjutsu! (Deja vu!)
Naurto: Bah, studying...
I can't believe anyone would do that, it sucks...
Sakura: You need it more than anyone!
You train your mind a little too, not just your body!

After all, you're a complete retard!

Page 9:
Sai: I see...Sakura-san doesn't use any honorifics with Naruto-kun...
Naruto: Sakura-chaaaan....that was harsh.
Sai-N-Naruto...Sakura...
Can I join your conversation?

Uh...
You see, I was reading
about how to open up to people...

Page 10:
Sai: It said to try dropping honorifics,
or use a nickname.
By doing so, you can make friends easier.

Naruto: Hehe...I'll be damned...
Sakura: That's what you were reading?
Sai: Yes.

Page 11:
Sai: I was trying to come up with nicknames for you,
but I couldn't think of any, so I thought dropping the honorifics was good enough...
Sakura: I can't believe Sai's trying so hard...
Naruto: You don't THINK of nicknames, they just kinda happen!
Sakura: Usually they come from someone's traits or characteristics...
Like...Take Naruto.

"Baka Naruto!" or "Aho Naruto!" work for him...
Naruto: Sakura-chaaaaaaaan...you're killing me...

Sai: Characteristics...I see...
Sakura: Sai's changed so much since we first met him...

Page 12:
Sai: Thanks...I think I get it.
UGLY.

Sakura: SHANNAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (WHAT THE FUCK/DAMNIT/ROAR/etc)
Naruto: SAI! YOU'RE KILLING ME?
Sai: Hmm? How's that?

Page 13:
Kakashi: So you're my new member...
Sai, right?
Nice to meet you.

Sai: Nice to meet you, too.

Kakashi: Sakura...c'mere.
I see they've got some scratches...did they get in a fight already?
I know Naruto well enough so that I'm not surprised, but already?

Page 14:
Sakura: Oh, those are nothing! We're all very friendly!
Kakashi: Really...well, good then...
Sakura: Hahahahaha!

Sai: Hatake Kakashi...I heard all kinds of rumors about him in "Root"...
I'm sure he knows all about me as well...

Sakura: Naruto...
Naruto: Yeah...
Kakashi-sensei...on our mission, we-

Page 15:
Kakashi: Yamato told me everything.
Including about Sasuke.

Naruto: We're almost out of time.
If we don't hurry, he'll...

Anyways...we're not strong enough to bring him back.
He's gotten way more powerful than us.

Page 16:
Kakashi: Well then,
All you need to do is get stronger than him, right?

Sakura: From what I saw, he's gotten so strong, so fast, that it's unbelievable.
I asked Tsunade-sama,
she said he's probably learning forbidden jutsu, and considering he's got Kabuto behind him,
using special drugs as well.

I can't hope to understand someone who does experiments on human beings just from reading...
book: Drugs and their effects

Kakashi: Then you've got to get strong in an unbelievably short time too.

Page 17:
Sakura: But how?
Kakashi: You think I've just been lying around doing nothing?
I've been mulling over this the whole time I've been here...

But the training's more suited to Naruto...
uh...well, more like Naruto's the only one suited for it.

Naruto...this training
Might even make you stronger than me.

Side: His eyes leave the pages of "Icha Icha", full of confidence! What kind of training has Kakashi devised?
Bottom: Training...and another disaster befalls the Leaf??