A/N: Hey everyone! This is my first Naruto fanfic. It's kinda short, but the chapters will definitely become longer. This story is going to be apart of a series of six. So here's the first 'book.' I hope you guys enjoy it! Oh! This story used to be called, "Timeless," but I changed it hehe. :o) You guys can review if you want to. If not, then I really hope that you guys add it to alert at least because it's going to get really good! Have fun reading!

Summary: Kakashi-sensei is once again late to training... Go Figure. However, when the Genin of Team 7 find a mysterious box in Kakashi's apartment, they decide to investigate. "Entering Detective Uzumaki and Gang!" ::KakashiXOC and Sidepairings::

Disclaimer:I don't own anything of Naruto. I just own the plot of this story :o)


1. A Mysterious Box Appears


Footsteps steadily approached their destination as words of worry and anticipation silently passed amongst them. The beating of three young hearts could be heard clearly as they were about to make their entry. What waited for them on the other side? No one knew.

"Naruto are you sure about this? We could possibly be walking towards our death! Did you see what he did to Sasuke?!"

"Chill Sakura! It's only Kakashi-sensei. Besides if he wasn't four hours late to training then we wouldn't be in this situation, now would we?"

"Even if he was a little late, we shouldn't be doing this! It's wrong and if we get caught..." Sakura paused midway, afraid to think of their soon-to-be fate.

"Calm down Sakura! I'm here so you'll be alright! Believe it!"

"Hn. Idiot."

"What did you say Teme?!?! I don't see you doing anything to help out!"

"Hn."

"Is that all you can..." Naruto was abruptly cut off as Sakura's powerful fist met Naruto's shoulder.

"Don't talk to Sasuke that way N-A-R-U-T-O!!! If anyone's gonna protect us, it's definitely going to be Sasuke! He's just so strong," Sakura began as she sighed dreamily, "and you're just dumb!"

"WHAT?!?! SAKURA!!! HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT TO ME?!?!"

"Will you two just get on with it?"

"Yeah! Sasuke's right, Naruto. Just hurry up and get us inside! It's dark, I'm cold, and someone could very well find us outside of Kakashi-sensei's window. We live in a ninja village after all!"

"You're so smart, Sakura!"

"Hurry up, Dobe."

"I'm going, believe it!"

Naruto slowly tried to pry open his sensei's window, only to find it jammed tight. He pulled and shoved, but his attempts were futile. In the end, Sakura was able to open the cursed window – forcefully.

As the trio warily stepped inside, they noticed that Kakashi's flat was just like the others. Releasing their breaths, they began their mission – find Kakashi-sensei and drag him to training! Each of the Genin explored a different room, but they soon came to realize that Kakashi-sensei wasn't here.

"Where is Purvey-sensei anyways?!?!" Naruto groaned as he flopped onto the couch.

"Hn."

"Is that all you say, Teme?! 'Hn!' I didn't even know that counted as a word!"

"NARUTO YOU IDIOT! STOP DEGRADING SASUKE LIKE THAT!!!"

"Ne, Sakura! I didn't mean it! Please don't hurt me!"

Naruto picked himself up from the couch and began moving towards the window for a possible escape route. However, Sakura wasn't going to allow him refuge that easily. As she made a tight fist, she charged towards Naruto who quickly ducked and scampered around the room. Their little chase continued for a few minutes. Naruto would run and Sakura would chase as Sasuke sat on the couch wondering why he had those two idiots for teammates. However, as Naruto was making his escape, he managed to trip on the corner of the rug and land flat on his face. Sakura, who was now charging at full speed, found that she could not stop herself in time and found herself on top of Naruto within a few minutes.

"Che. You're both idiots."

"S-Sasuke..."

"Feh. Teme!"

"Well are you two going to stay like that forever?"

Sakura blushed and quickly stood up, but not before giving Naruto and punch to the back of his head. Again, Naruto found himself falling towards the floor. He braced himself for the impact, but when he reached the ground, a few of the wooden floor boards split.

"N-nani?! Kakashi-sensei's going to give me the 'One Thousand Years of Death' again!"

"Well that's what you get for breaking his floor!"

"You were the one who punched me, Sakura!"

At his statement, Sakura bent down and grabbed a fistful of the blond's hair. "Come again?" Naruto was about to reply, but he noticed a small item beneath the floor.

"Sakura, look down there." The pink-haired kunoichi followed Naruto's gaze and sure enough there was a little brown box. Releasing her grip, she slowly picked up the object and the three Genin gathered around it.

"What if there's something dangerous in it? It could be a secret jutsu."

"Hn. Why would Kakashi-sensei have a secret jutsu in an old box."

"Yeah, yeah! Teme is right! I think we should open it! Believe it!"

"Oh, shut up Naruto!"

"Sakura..."

"I'll open it."

"Oh, Sasuke, you are just so brave!"

Slowly, the Uchiha dusted the box off and opened the lid as they all watched with wide eyes. Once the lid was finally off, they all backed up - just in case it was actually a secret jutsu.

"Well no strange energy came out of the box. I think it might be safe."

"Yeah."

"Cool! I can't wait to see what Kakashi-sensei has been hiding from us!"

The trio approached the box and were slightly disappointed when they only found crumpled paper and several photographs.

"This stuff is all junk! Why would sensei keep it under the floor?"

"I know."

"No. It's not junk."

"What do you mean, Sakura?"

"Did you even bother to look at these? These photos were taken in the Hidden Leaf with people we all know."

Sasuke and Naruto quickly grabbed the box and began rummaging through the pictures. There they were, pictures of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. There were pictures of Gai-sensei and Kakashi-sensei and other people in the village.

"Ok. So? There's always pictures of the village."

"But Sasuke... Did you look closely at them? Every single picture has the same girl in it."

"Yeah! Sakura's right! Look!"

As Sasuke looked, he could see what Sakura meant. There was this one, tiny girl that was always in the pictures. She wasn't anything special. in fact, if you put her in a crowd, she would definitely blend in. Sakura and Ino would stand out due to their bright hair color and even Hinata with those moon-like eyes of hers. Heck, even the idiot next to him would! How could you possibly miss an orange jumpsuit! But this girl was so plain. She had short black hair and brown eyes - very ordinary.

"So?"

"So, obviously this girl means something to Kakashi-sensei! Oh my! She could be his lover! That's so romantic! A forbidden love that was never meant to be, but due to fate, they were separated and never seen together again!" Sakura concluded with hearts in her eyes as tears threatened to spill. Naruto blushed, but Sasuke just rolled his eyes.

"Kakashi-sensei doesn't seem like the type to have romantic feelings toward a girl. Besides this girl looks like she's seven in the pictures. Kakashi-sensei was obviously a newly ranked Jounin at that point. So there had to be at least ten years between them."

"You do have a point, but maybe that's why it was forbidden! The definite age difference!"

"Give it a rest, Sakura."

"Sasuke..."

"Hey, hey! You guys! Did you read these papers...er...well, they're more like pieces of papers."

Sakura grabbed the crumpled pieces and began scanning.

"These don't make any sense. They look like random notes."

"They are random notes!"

"THEN WHY THE HELL ARE YOU TELLING ME TO READ THEM YOU IDIOT!"

"Chill Sakura. They're not just any random notes. They're in Kakashi-sensei's handwriting."

Sasuke took a peek at them and it was definitely the Jounin's scribbled words.

"Still... I don't know what they mean."

"That's ok! Let's think of this as a mission!"

"A mission?"

"Mhmm! An S-ranked mission!"

"Idiot."

"Hey! Look, don't you wanna know who that girl is! For all we know they could've been lovers or enemies!"

Sasuke's ears picked up. She could very well be an enemy. She looks small and fragile, but so did that Hyuga girl. However, one night of watching her train soon rid him of any thoughts about her being weak.

"Fine."

"Count me in."

"Hehe. Now entering 'Detective Uzumaki and Gang!' Believe it!"

"Idiot."


Meanwhile in the training fields, a very confused Jounin was wondering where everyone was.

"Oh well. Not my problem they have to do extra practice tomorrow." He said mildly as he took out his beloved book.