LoveShinobi A/N: I actually don't remember who thought of the idea for this one. It might have been my basis and Angelv perfected it, but it really escapes me. Now this story, is definitely on that is good for laughs because aside from our usual dramatic, action packed, angst love stories. This is pretty much a romantic comedy and you will all see why, very soon.

Angelv A/N: Just a purely comedic story that we decided to do. Hope you enjoy!

Now go ahead and enjoy the read and the montage of stories we've put up today. I hope you read them all and review!

Doppelganger

Chapter One

-Blackmail-

"Why isn't Kakashi-sensei here yet? I'm tired of waiting!"

Sakura rolled her eyes and let out a sigh. "Naruto." She said lowly, signaling that if the blonde didn't calm down he would wind up with a large bump on his head. "You just got here a few minutes ago. And you know Kakashi-sensei is always late, no matter how important it is." She told him.

"Yeah, but what if Tsunade-baa-chan actually has an awesome mission for us? And his tardiness could cause her to change her mind, and give us a stupid one." Naruto whined, the mere thought of receiving such a horrible mission causing him even more distress. Sakura clenched her teeth, and her eye began to twitch in annoyance. Sai, who had been watching his teammate pace, spoke up.

"You're causing Ugly to look even uglier. And I did not even think that was possible." The pink haired woman rounded on him, her fist raised for a strike. Suddenly there was a puff of smoke, and when it cleared, Kakashi was revealed to them, reading a familiar orange book.

"Yo." He said with a wave, not even looking up from the pages.

Naruto's face grew red with rage. "Kakashi-sensei! How could you be late? Now we'll get a stupid mission, and it'll be all your fault!" he yelled, pointing an accusing finger. Sakura just sighed once more and opened the doors to the Hokage's office, not wanting to hear the rest of the blonde's rant.

"We're all here Shishou. Finally." She said, putting on an apologetic smile. Sai came in after her, followed by Naruto, who ran into the room until he was in front of Tsunade's desk. Kakashi entered shortly after, putting his book away so as not to upset the Hokage.

"Don't give us a stupid mission Baa-chan! I swear it was Kakashi-sensei's fault this time! I already had my ramen for the day! And went to the bathroom!" he exclaimed, placing both hands on the blonde Hokage's desk.

The blonde Hokage sat up from her sleeping position and took in the group, starting to look confused. "What do you all want?" she asked, pushing aside her many sake containers that had accumulated over the period of the day.

"Shishou, you called Team Kakashi in for a mission. You didn't say what it was, only that we needed to hurry." Sakura explained.

Naruto nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, and it's not gonna be a sucky one, right?" he asked, looking hopeful.

"Oh right." She said, sounding tired. She began to search through the mountains of scrolls on her desk and finally stopped on one, unwrapping it. She read over the contents quickly before wrapping it back up and throwing it to Kakashi. "The Tsuchikage has been kidnapped."

"YES! We've been given an awesome one!" Naruto exclaimed, throwing a fist into the air. Then he began to jump around the office in his excitement.

"What?" Sakura asked, shocked. Kakashi just opened the mission scroll and began to read over it.

"And you want us to retrieve him I presume?" the copycat ninja asked, looking up from the scroll.

Tsunade watched Naruto closely, a small glare set in place. "Naruto quit it! This is a serious matter. I will send someone else if you cannot compose yourself and focus. Maybe I should have just let Suna have this one. Their shinobi are far more capable than you." She snapped.

He stopped, sobering instantly. "Sorry." He said sheepishly. Sakura glared at him and looked back to her teacher. Although, she wouldn't lie, she was excited to finally have such an important mission where she would get to do more than just heal people. She would finally get to break in her new pair of gloves.

"Hokage-sama, it says on the scroll that five people are needed. Team Kakashi only has four." The silver haired man pointed out.

"I know." She said simply.

Sai seemed to mirror Kakashi's look. "Then who is the fifth?"

The Hokage let out a long sigh. "This mission was given to both Suna and Konoha. Myself and the Kazekage have already spoken of the matter. He doesn't really care for Iwa, so he let us have most of it. But you will be traveling to Suna and picking one of their shinobi to accompany you on the mission."

"Can we pick any shinobi we want?" Naruto asked, a sly look coming to his face.

Tsunade nodded, "Gaara-sama said you may pick anyone you want."

"Then I know just who to pick." He said, rubbing his hands together in a scheming manner.


"Naruto, are you going to tell us who you picked for the mission yet? I mean, we're already coming up on Suna." Sakura asked. Ever since receiving their mission from the Hokage and being told they were going to pick the last member of their team, Naruto had been very secretive. It was getting on Sakura's nerves, because she hated it when people knew something she didn't, especially idiots like Naruto.

"Nah ah ah, Sakura-chan. You will see once we talk to Gaara." The blonde answered, walking through the gates.

"Oh come on Naruto. Even I am curious as to who you have picked. If you tell us, I will stop telling people you have a small penis." Sai offered with a smile. "Even though you do." He snickered. Sakura covered her mouth in an attempt to hold in a giggle, but it was unsuccessful.

"I do not have a small penis! It was cold that time, okay?" Naruto declared, his face becoming red in embarrassment.

Kakashi held in a sigh. Sure, they bickered frequently, but it seemed that the heat of the desert only made things worse. He couldn't wait until they were done with the mission so he could return to his book. He had had to stop at one of the best parts too.

They walked to the Kazekage Tower, where they were met with by Temari. "Hey guys. Sakura always nice to see you. It's been so long since your last visit to Suna." The blonde smiled brightly, hugging her friend.

"I know, but things have been so busy lately." Sakura said, returning the embrace. "How are things in Suna?"

Before she could answer, Naruto wedged between the two women. "Yeah yeah. Hugs, love, we missed everyone. Now let's go see Gaara! I have a mission, and I'm not gonna fail it!" he said, pointing his finger in the air. Sakura hit him on top of the head, causing him to fall to the ground.

"Baka." She muttered, watching as he stumbled to his feet.

Temari snickered and watched the interaction with amusement. "Right, Gaara has prepared a list of some of the best shinobi Suna has to offer, so you can take your pick." She explained, leading them towards the large building. They took a turn though and Naruto frowned.

"Where are we going? Gaara's at the tower, isn't he? That's where Kages live after all, in their towers."

Sai glanced at his blonde teammate, actually looking surprised. "You can't really be that stupid can you?"

"What? It makes sense." He said simply.

"No it doesn't." Sakura sighed.

Temari just laughed, "No today is Gaara's day off. So he's at home."

"Gaara takes time off work? He always seemed like a workaholic, kinda like Sakura-chan." The blonde said, pointing to her with his thumb.

"I am not a workaholic. People need saving all the time you know." The pink haired woman huffed.

Their guide just sighed and shook her head. "Gaara has been very over worked, and he also doesn't sleep very well, so he needs some time off." They came up to a very prestigious house, much bigger than any they had seen. Temari walked through the beautiful double doors. They were cast of iron and had swirled décor with glass in between them. They stopped in the foyer, "Gaara!" Temari yelled loudly. There were two stair cases that went up either side of the room and came together at the top.

Sai glanced around, taking in the artwork. "Hm. This is a pretty nice abode."

"Yes, it is." Sakura said, looking around the large house. She had never seen anything quite this big. You could fit her apartment in it ten, maybe twenty times over. It was a while later before Gaara appeared at the top of the steps, though it was probably just because the house was so massive.

It was actually a sight, to see the Kazekage dressed in normal clothing. The redhead came downstairs, stopping in front of them. He had on some black jeans and a black t-shirt, with the symbol for Suna on it in white. "Sorry this isn't formal or anything. But I've been working from home for the past couple of days."

"Hiya buddy!" Naruto said, hugging the Kazekage.

Gaara stiffened from the blonde's touch, his eye twitching. "Naruto…stop touching me."

"Hug me back, and I'll let go." The blonde said.

"I did not realize the Kazekage shared in Dickless' homosexual tendencies." Sai commented.

Sakura sighed. "He doesn't Sai."

The Kazekage glared over Naruto's shoulder at the new face. He shoved Naruto off, giving him a silencing glance. "Who the hell are you?" he demanded.

The pale man stepped forward and bowed, though his expression was nothing but taunting. "My name is Sai. And you, I assume, have a small penis." He said with a fake smile plastered on his face.

Gaara went wide eyed and then glared, looking more threatening than before. "Excuse me?"

"Will you cut it out with the small penis crap!" Naruto shouted, standing next to the redhead.

Sai blinked. "Why? I have seen yours, and know for a fact that your penis is small. Are you saying that you have seen Gaara's, and have proof that it isn't?" Sakura let out a groan and placed her hand on her forehead, trying to fight away the headache she could feel coming.

The redhead pinched the bridge of his nose and took in a deep breath, trying to calm himself. "Whatever. Just follow me and I'll give you the list I have compiled." He said, turning around and heading back up the stairs.

"Oh we don't need to see the list Gaara, I've already picked who's going with us." Naruto said.

He glanced back and stared oddly at his friend. "Well? Who is it?"

"You." He said, smiling.

Sakura looked confused. "Gaara? You picked Gaara to come with us?" she asked, seeming skeptical that the redhead would comply.

"Naruto, do you realize what you're asking? Gaara is the Kazekage, and he has a duty to his village. You can't just assume that because the two of you are friends that he'll join us on the mission." Kakashi said.

"And I won't." he said, sounding irritated. "I don't even like the Tsuchikage. He always calls me a snot nosed brat. I could care less about the old fart."

"Oh come on Gaara, please come! It'll be fun." Naruto sang out, giving his friend his best impression of puppy dog eyes.

Gaara gave Naruto a look and rolled his eyes. "No. I don't even like fun Naruto. So why on earth would I want to go on a, god knows how long, mission with you, your freaky vitamin D deprived friend, and your perverted teacher? Sakura is the only one of you whose company I might actually enjoy. And I do say might, because I really don't want to hear anything about that annoying Uchiha Sasuke and his ugly emo haircut."

"Oh please. I don't ever talk about Sasuke. And it's not like I would enjoy your 'I'm too cool to talk to people and be nice' attitude." Sakura said as she crossed her arms, glaring slightly at the redhead.

Naruto mimicked her actions. "That is no way to talk about someone who we're trying to get to go on the mission with us Sakura-chan. You should be nicer." He said.

"Whatever." She rolled her eyes. "You're the only one who's trying to convince him to come, even though it doesn't make sense."

The red head just stared at Sakura, a grimace forming on his face. "Well, I thought you had gotten less annoying Sakura but I must have been mistaken." He sighed, heading back up the steps to continue his work. "I will not go with you Naruto. Pick someone else." Sakura glared at him, but chose to keep her words to herself. She was tired of being around the Kazekage, and really just wanted to finish the mission.

"But you owe me." The blonde stated.

This actually made Gaara stop. "Owe you for what?" he asked, glancing back curiously.

A suggestive smile made its way to Naruto's face. "You remember that one time I had to bring you lotion and some underwear? You know, when you got stuck trying to-"

Gaara was beside Naruto in an instant, covering the loud ninja's mouth with his hand. "Yes ok! Be quiet." He glared, daring Naruto to say anymore. "Fine. I will go with you. But only because I owe you one."

A wide smile could be seen on the fox boy's face behind Gaara's hand. Sakura gave them a suspicious look, as she tried to figure out what exactly it was that Naruto had helped Gaara with. It sounded very suspicious to her.

"Then we should head out. The Tsuchikage has been missing for four days now, and the sooner we retrieve him, the better." Kakashi said.

Sai just smiled his normal smile. "What did Naruto help you with Kazekage-sama, rubbing your small penis?"

Both men glared over at him, making the smile only grow on his face. "Sick bastard." Naruto said.

Kakashi smiled under his mask. "Hm, one never knows. Especially when one of you doesn't show any interest in women and the other completely ignores the woman who confessed her love to them."

"I do not show interest because they are all useless." Gaara said, defending himself.

Sakura made a sound of offense. "We are not. Are we Temari?" she asked, looking to her friend.

"I wasn't taking about Temari." Gaara corrected her, giving her a glance and a small once over. "She is my sister, of course I would show no interest in her. She is an outstanding ninja. Unlike present company."

Temari just blinked and then intercepted her pink haired friend before she could get her gloved hands wrapped around the Kazekage's throat. "Calm down Sakura! Breathe." She said quickly.

"Hmph. I would breathe easier if this prick could take the stick out of his ass." She growled, halting her attack and crossing her arms.

Before anything more could be said, Kakashi stepped forward. "Alright, that's enough. Kazekage-sama, we will meet you at the gates in twenty minutes. That should give you time to get your things together, and for Sakura to cool off."

"I don't need time to cool off, I'm perfectly fine." The pink haired woman said tersely, her foot-tapping a clear sign that she was still upset over Gaara's comment. She hated being called useless and annoying. And already in five minutes the redhead had called her both.

"Sounds fine to me." He gave Kakashi a respectful nod. He glanced back at Sakura. "Try not to let your PMS anger out on my village, I know you have that odd strength and I would rather you not go bursting through walls because you can't keep a handle on your emotions." He smirked, disappearing up the steps.

Sakura let out an angry growl and headed out the front door, mumbling things about stupid redheads the whole way. The rest of the team followed her at a distance, none of the men wanting to be in punching range. When they reached the gates, Sakura crossed her arms and looked out across the desert, scowling at the sand. He just thought he was so great, just because he was the Kazekage. Well she would prove him wrong. She would show him just how 'useless' she was on this mission. She'd had to deal with years of being called annoying by Sasuke, and feeling useless while he and Naruto continued to get better. She would show them all.

"Sakura, if this mission is going to succeed, you need to be nicer to Gaara." Kakashi said, standing beside her.

She let out a sigh. "I know, I'm sorry. But no promises." She said, glancing up at her teacher, who had pulled out his book to read.

Sai gave Sakura a friendly smile, well to him it seemed friendly, but it looked menacing. "Well Sakura, maybe you could give his penis a treatment and he would like you better."

"What? I would never! Even if he asked me." She stated.

Naruto came up then. "That's just wrong Sai. If Sakura-chan were to do anything like that, it would have to be to someone she knows really well." He said with a nod. A blush began to make its way up her face as she grew embarrassed with the turn of conversation.

"Well then it wouldn't be you, because you have a small penis. And I read in a book once that women appreciate men who are well endowed." The ebony haired man said.

"Will you shut up about my penis?" Naruto yelled, attempting to tackle Sai to the ground in order to strangle him. He just side-stepped the blonde, causing him to hit the ground. Then Sai stepped on Naruto's head, pinning him against the sand as he began to recite the proper way to execute a surprise attack. Kakashi just continued to read his book, while Sakura rubbed the bridge of her nose in exasperation. This was the sight that greeted Gaara when he arrived at the gates.

Gaara arched a brow when he stopped. "What on earth are you doing Naruto?" he asked, now dressed in his normal red attire. He had his gourd on his back, along with a knapsack that held all the things he would need.

"Trust me, you don't want to know." Sakura said, lowering her hand and looking over at him.

"Probably not," he frowned and sighed, crossing his arms. "Well I have informed the council and my sister about my absence. Unfortunately they think it is a wonderful idea for me to go and save the useless Tsuchikage. So I am having Temari looked after Suna in my absence."

Sai smiled, "Well aren't you a big boy."

The red head glared at him. "Really? Am I really going to have to deal with this the entire mission?"

"Try dealing with it all the time." Kakashi sighed and started off, stuffing a hand in his pocket and continuing to read his dirty book.

"Just wait until he gives you nickname. Then you're part of the club." Sakura said unenthusiastically, following the silver haired Jounin.

Gaara just looked to the odd two and continued after the Sakura. "What's your nick name?" he asked coming up beside her.

"Ugly." She told him, somewhat begrudgingly. How she hated that name. "But it's not as bad as Naruto's." He thought about her nickname, not fully understanding it. She wasn't ugly, he had always found Sakura pretty. Well as pretty as a girl could be to him. But he decided to keep the comment to himself.

"What's Naruto's?"

She smirked slightly and turned to look at him. "Dickless."

He actually had to hold in a laugh, but it was difficult. "It's not that small." He tried to defend his friend without chuckling, but it was obvious he was trying to hide it.

Her smirk turned into a smile. "True, but you have to admit that it is smaller than a normal one."

He nodded, admitting that it truly was. "It's nothing to be compared to that's for sure." Then he paused, looking a bit perplexed. "Wait, you've seen it?" he asked, raising what could be a brow.

Sakura shrugged. "Eh, when you travel with someone since you were twelve, especially people with no modesty, you see things, even if you don't want to."

"Touché." He said with a small sigh, they were almost out of the gates by the time the other two of Team Kakashi joined them.

"Sakura-chan, please inform Sai that I refuse to talk to him until he admits that you would agree to kiss me way before you even thought about treating Gaara's penis." Naruto said, crossing his arms in a pout.

"Excuse me?" Gaara asked, going a bit wide eyed.

Sakura smacked her forehead and let out a groan, a dark blush covering her cheeks. She couldn't believe those two were still arguing about that, or that he had brought it up in front of Gaara. "Naruto, please inform yourself and Sai, that if you don't knock it off, I will kill you both in your sleep and make it look like an accident. I'll even make sure your final moments are painful." She threatened, causing the blonde to gulp and back away slightly.

Sai just smiled at her. "I read a book once that said 'Girls are only mean to the boys they like.' Which must mean you really, really like Naruto." He pointed out, laughing a bit.

"Sai, if everything you read in those stupid books were true, the world would be a lot simpler. Suffice it to say, I would rather burn in hell before ever liking Naruto." She said, causing a look of offense to come to the blonde's face.

"So you like Gaara then, since you were rude to him earlier." The pale man said.

"Will you just stop talking? Please, for five minutes, just keep your comments to yourself." She said, the blush still on her face.

Gaara just smirked, walking ahead with Kakashi who looked as if he were about to snap. "Such an interesting team you have Kakashi."

"I'm never bored, that's for sure." The older man commented. "The next few days as we go to Waterfall prove to be interesting enough."

"Oh?" Gaara looked at him curiously. "And what makes you say that?"

"Nothing really. It just seems that your presence only adds to the bickering. Naruto is glad you are here and will be more talkative, Sai will try and figure out how your relationship works with everyone and compare some of your behavior to what he's read in a book, along with giving you a nickname, and Sakura, well, that all just depends." He said, smiling under his mask and giving the redhead a sideways look over his book.

The red head's eyes widened a fraction. "Depends on what?"

"Many things. What is said between Naruto and Sai, your actions towards her, things like that. You know how women are with their emotions, especially Sakura. And the worst part with her is, sometimes, her reaction is the complete opposite of what you thought it would be." Kakashi said, his gaze returning to his book.

Gaara rolled his eyes, glancing back at the pink haired girl who was threatening both the other males now. "That makes no sense and is unnecessarily confusing."

"Eh, so are women." The Jounin turned a page in his book. "But I'm sure she'll be pleasant enough. Out of all my students, she's the only one who has any common sense."

"I see." He faced forward then and looked out on the desert that was rightfully his. "Well, I guess we will just have to find out." He smirked.