Hi everyone. This is my new story. I had this idea for some time now, but I finally decided to write it down. I hope you enjoy reading this. This story begins right after Tsunade becomes the hokage. I think it will be a long story. After a few chapters there will be a time skip. Some parts of the story will be like the mange, but other parts will be completely different.

This story will be NaruSaku and maybe there will be other pairings.

Well, I hope you enjoy the story

Please review and I stand open for comments and critique.

Now let the story begin

Naruto watched up from the ground to see that his alarm clock was going off. He looked at the alarm clock and saw that it was almost time to go. Naruto shoot up. He was really happy today, because today he had his first mission in weeks. He had returned with Tsunade and Jiraiya a few weeks ago. She was now the new hokage and she had been very busy. He hadn't gotten a single mission since he came back to Konoha and that frustrated him. He wasn't the hyperactive number one ninja for nothing. He had a lot of energy, so he went to train every day. But it was starting to get boring and he hadn't seen his friends in a long time too. The last time he saw them was in the hospital when Tsunade healed Sasuke and Sakura hugged the raven haired boy. He had clenched his fist, but had just walked away, because he knew Sakura wanted to be with Sasuke.

He was finally done with getting ready. "Damn. I'm going to be late. No way that I'm going to let Kakashi-sensei beat me."

He closed his door and jumped to the rooftops. He ran as fast as he could to the bridge where they almost met before a mission. When he jumped he wondered what kind of mission it would be. He hoped it would be a tough one, because he wanted to prove himself once and for all. Sakura still saw him as the annoying boy and he wanted to change that.

Sakura and Sasuke were waiting on the bridge. Sasuke was standing on the left side with his back against the railing. He looked to be deep in thought. Sakura was standing on the other side. She was looking at the boy the whole time. Suddenly Sasuke turned his face and looked at her direction. Sakura flinched and a blush entered her face. Is Sasuke-kun really looking at me? Then she heard a lot of noisy behind her. She turned around and saw a big orange blur. Sakura sulked a bit. So that's why he was looking this way.

"Good morning, Sakura-chan!" The boy looked happy to see her. He nodded to Sasuke and the raven haired boy nodded back and then started looking to the other side. Sakura's smile faded and was replaced by an angry face. She walked over to the noisy boy. "Why did you have to show up, baka? I was enjoying my private time with Sasuke-kun." Then she walked away again. Naruto's smile disappeared for a few seconds. He was hurt by her words. He just wanted to be nice. He quickly replaced it by a smile and sat down on the ground.

Suddenly they heard a sound and looked up. Kakashi was standing on the railing of the bridge. He was about to make an excuse, but Naruto and Sakura interrupted him, saying that he was lying. Sasuke just sighed.

"So what's our mission? It's been a while since we had a mission together; I'm going to enjoy this."

Kakashi jumped down. "I'm going on an S-rank mission today. I will be away for at least a week."

Naruto's face fell and the two other seemed disappointed as well.

"But, I have another mission for the three of you. You guys are to go to the northern end of the fire country. There is a camp of thieves living there. They stole a valuable item from the feudal lord yesterday and according to a source they are going to bring it there in a week. So I want you guys to go there. It is quite far. You can reach your destination in two days."

Naruto frowned a bit, but nodded. "Well, a mission is a mission."

Sakura looked very happy. Yeah, a week with Sasuke-kun.

And Sasuke didn't give a response.

"There will be no team leader. You have to work together to make this mission work. Well, good luck." The masked shinobi made a seal in disappeared.

Sakura suddenly realised something. They were going on a long trip and there was no village on the way. No showers…

Sasuke walked away, saying that they'll meet at the gate tomorrow morning. Sakura tried to stop him, but he was gone. She frowned and turned to head home too. She walked right past Naruto.

"Sakura-chan, want me to walk you home?" He gave a big smile, but Sakura didn't even respond.

Naruto walked through the streets of Konoha. He was thinking about the mission. He decided to go to the armoury to get some weapons. He looked around and saw that everyone was watching him with an angry face. He looked down. It was always like this. He knew that they just saw him as the monster fox. He knew that deep down they wanted him to die. His face dropped even more.

He had made some friends. Iruka-sensei was there, the other genin of his class seemed to accept him. And then there were Sasuke, his long time rival, and Sakura, the love of his life. She treated him like a punching bag most of the time, but she had her nice times too. Sasuke called him an idiot almost every minute, but he knew deep down that Sasuke saw him as a friend too.

He looked up again and walked to the armoury. He picked up some kunai and shuriken and put them in his pouch. He walked over to the medicine and grabbed two antidotes. Just in case.

After eating some ramen he returned to his apartment. He made everything ready for the mission and jumped to his bed. He fell asleep and dreamed about his dream girl.