Whoosh!
Sakura and Naruto jump branch to branch on their way to the meeting with the ninja from the sound village.
"Why did they pair me up with you?" Sakura grumbled, secretly she didn't know whether she liked him or not.
"Because every other able-bodied ninja was on a mission already" Naruto told her for the 5th time. He just wished she would pretend to be able to stand being around him. "do you know how much farther?" They both stop and jump down.
"I think it's about 100 yards that way" Sakura points towards what looks to be a clearing through the trees.
"Good I'm tired of jumping around" Naruto said exhaustedly. They run and start jumping through the trees the rest of the distance and stop at the edge of the clearing.
"Naruto do you see anything?" Sakura asked.
"No I don't see anyone or anything" they look harder. "this is when we were supposed to meet them…"
"Oh well lets sit down and eat" Naruto said.
"Ok but don't go and think this is a date or something" they both sit down and Sakura pulls out their lunch. They both start eating and shortly after Naruto feels a prick in the back of his neck, yet when he looks around no one is around except Sakura but she is too far away and in front of him. Moments later Sakura feels the same prick, the same problem no one around to have done it, no chakra signatures around so no people could be around. Since it was only a small prick they both forget about it quickly and don't bother to say anything. "Well I guess their not coming…"
"Oh well the food was great thanks Sakura"
"No problem Naruto, so I guess we should be getting back" unknown to them in the trees is another ninja, hiding his chakra perfectly so they won't notice him. They begin back to the village. Twenty minutes later in the forest Naruto's stomach begins to ache a little, its not too much so he dispels the thought. A few minutes later Sakura's stomach is aching also but she thinks nothing of it.
The next day Sakura decides to go talk to Naruto about the previous day's mission, and why the sand ninja might have not shown up. Knowing Naruto she heads straight to the village ramen shop and finds Naruto pigging out as usual.
"Hey narut-" she cuts her sentence short when she sees his eyes are green. "Naruto are you wearing color contacts or something?"
"No what are you talking about? I was going to ask you the same question, your eyes are blue today."
"Your eyes are green, you want to explain that?"
"hm, you know I don't know how it happened, in fact I didn't notice."
"Well its weird they almost look the same shade as mine."
"Weird, anyways I think Kiba and Ino told me that the Hokage wanted to talk to us about our next mission, something about a search party to find a special herb, nobody told them what it was for but they said it was important and to hurry up" Sakura sighs.
"Why she paired us up instead of sending someone else I don't understand," she mumbles madly.
"Oh well, lets go," Naruto happily says. They run off hurriedly to the Hokage's office to get the briefing.
"yes we need you two to find this herb for a top secret reason very important to the village's survival," the Hokage said sliding a picture of the herb for them to bring.
"We'll bring it as soon as possible," Naruto said.
"You should pack, it might take a few days, its extremely rare," the Hokage said dismissing them. They ran home to pack for the trip. I can't believe my luck I am going on a mission with Sakura with only us two for a few days, maybe she'll finally notice I can be mature and go out with me. Naruto thought about the possibility the entire time he packed. I can't believe I have to go on a mission alone with Naruto… maybe I'll finally figure out if I like him or not… she was thinking of all the possible outcomes the entire time she packed. They would leave in a few hours, 3 hours before dark to give them time to set up camp and prepare for their next few days.