[A/N: I actually didn't plan this out at all, it was just something silly I thought up and decided to see where it went. Oh well, have fun!]

It was a typical day for Team 7, as far as typical went. Kakashi had yet to turn up with whatever boring D-rank mission they had been assigned, and Sasuke had settled down to study while ignoring Naruto's attempts to woo Sakura.

"Hey, Sakura-chan, look what I found!"

Sasuke didn't even have to look up to picture the scene that was about to unfold. Naruto had just shoved something into Sakura's face, and, depending what it was, she would have one of two reactions. She would either simply ignore him and his proffered bunch of flowers, or scream bloody murder and punch him for trying to assault her with a frog (or snail, or garter snake; Naruto never really seemed to understand that she didn't like animals that weren't cute or fuzzy).

Strangely enough, neither of these things happened, and after a long period of silence, Sasuke looked over to see what was going on. As per usual, Kakashi was still nowhere to be seen, and Sakura and Naruto were kneeling in the long grass looking at...something.

"Where did you get this?" Sakura asked.

Naruto pointed vaguely towards the tree-lined edge of the training field. "Over there," he said. "Under a bush."

"But wasn't there anyone nearby?" Sakura's distraught tone was one Sasuke had thought she reserved for whenever she felt he had rejected her. This was quite often, so he was very familiar with it.

Somewhat curious (although he would never admit he actually cared what his worthless teammates were up to), he stood up and walked just close enough to see what they were looking at without it seeming like he was trying to see what they were looking at.

"What's that?" he gasped once he got a glimpse, forgetting that he was being discreet.

"A baby," Sakura replied, too dazed to realize that Sasuke was talking to her.

Naruto, meanwhile, had clumsily picked up the baby, who was now trying to pull on the zipper of his jacket. "Can we keep it, Sakura-chan?" he asked.

"Of course we can't keep it!" Sakura cried. "It's got parents, for goodness' sake. And it's a 'she', I think."

Naruto looked from her to the baby and back again. "How can you tell?"

"She's wearing pink, dead-last," Sasuke pointed out.

Glaring, Naruto started to say something, but before he could get the words out, Kakashi poofed onto the scene. "Sorry I'm late," he said, "but I ran into a—" he stopped short before he could finish whatever blatant lie he had made up this time. "Well, well, you three have been busy. Where did this come from, Naruto?"

"She was in the woods," Naruto explained. "One of my clones tripped over her so I went to look and found her under a bush. Can we keep her, Kakashi-sensei, please?"

"No," Kakashi replied firmly. "Unquestionably not. Come along, we'll drop her off at the orphanage. They'll be able to find out if anyone's missing a baby."

"No!" Naruto protested. "We can't just abandon her like that! The orphanage is horrible!"

"It's not horrible," Kakashi said. "Konoha has a very nice orphanage, you're just biased. Now, give her here."

Kakashi's attempt to relieve Naruto of the baby only made him cling to her tighter. Bothered by the commotion, the baby began to wail. "See?" Naruto said, raising his voice to be heard over the cries. "She doesn't want to go to the orphanage either."

"But—"

While Sasuke usually made a point of never agreeing with anything Naruto had to say, he didn't much relish the idea of leaving her at the orphanage either. His own stint in it had been very short but distinctly unpleasant. "I don't see why we can't keep her," he said.

Kakashi sighed. "Sakura, please tell me you don't think we should keep her."

Of course, once Sasuke had spoken, Sakura's opinion was assured. "Of course we should keep her!" she squealed, and Sasuke shuddered to think of the domestic fantasies she must be cooking up.

"All right, fine," Kakashi surrendered. "Our next mission will be to care for Whatever-her-name-is-chan and find her parents. Come on, we'll go set it up with the Hokage."

Naruto cheered. Sakura smiled and edged closer to Sasuke. Sasuke tried to pretend he didn't really care, but was actually pleased.

OOOOOOO

"Deidara, where is it?"

"Where is what?" Deidara asked, trying to smile innocently.

"The baby, you idiot! Now, where is she?"

"Oh, that. I kind of...dropped it, un."

"You what?" Konan snarled, making Deidara cringe and start backing furtively towards the door. "You'd think the one time I have you babysit without Sasori you'd at least have the decency not to pull a stunt like this!...Oi, get back here!" Deidara jumped, snatching his hand away from the doorknob. "Where were you, and how high up?" Konan demanded.

"Over Konoha, I think, and it wasn't that high, really, un. It's just that…she wouldn't sleep, you know, so I thought that maybe if…eep!"

Deidara fled, shutting the door as several dozen paper kunai and shuriken thudded into the solid wood.

"Itachi!" Konan called, pouring herself a cup of tea to calm her nerves. "I need you to find something for me," she explained when he opened the office door. "It's very important."

[A/N: I dunno, utter randomness. I wanted to write something about pre-bad-stuff Team 7. This probably won't be more than a few chapters long.]