Time for a lil houskeeping I do not own Naruto or any of its charaters. Naruto may seem a bit OOC (that was on purpose). Might be other characters OOC as well (its hard to keep track of all of these personalities). If so, i apologise.

Now onto more important matters. This is the first chapter of a story that i have been workin'on. It is short, reallly short (878 words), other chapters are longer (Cross my heart). I haven't finished all of it yet but i do have 4 chaptes of it done.

Summary: Nauto comes back and he's a little down. Sakura doesn't know why but she thinks that she has a solution. (or somethin' like that, ya'll kno how I am wit summaries. Sorry.)

This may start to make less and less sense as it goes along. when it does just let me know and i'll insert a chapter to try to tie it all together.

Now on to the main event: i present to you my second Naruto Saga (might be a bit over the top) Smile again. Please Read, Enjoy, and Review Thank you.

How Far

It was a long and difficult mission. He had to infiltrate an enemy camp and rescue some prisoners. He was exhausted. He fought as hard as he could to release them. Four of the prisoners didn't make it and three had already died in waiting. But the team was able to rescue the remaining thirty. The prisoners had to be returned to their respective villages and this extended his mission.

But it was finally done. His mission was a success and he could return home. He usually wasn't in such a rush to get home but this time was different. This time his best friend had to stay at the village to assist the Hokage. Her regular assistant was sick and unable to perform her regular duties. He rushed to get home; to see the smile that graced her beautiful face; to see that pink hair that made her stand out; to see those enchanting green eyes.

"Sakura-Chan," He shouts with great exuberance.

"Hi, Naruto," she smiles at him "How did it go?"

"We saved who we could, but," his smile fades "we didn't reach them in time to save them all."

Sakura looks at his face and starts to worry "Well don't worry Naruto I'm sure you did your best and the prisoners who did make it are very grateful." She looks at him and sees that her statement didn't make him feel any better. "I'm glad you made it back one piece, Naruto." She said in a comforting but worried tone.

He hears the concern in her voice and tries to cheer up. "Yeah, well see ya later Sakura-Chan." He turns and leaves.

"See ya later Naruto." She says still worried. She walks through the village towards the Hokage's office. Naruto was really down. What can I do to cheer him up? She racks her brain and then sees a couple sitting on a bench talking. All of sudden she got the perfect idea. "I'll get him a date." She now had to figure out who she would set him up with.

She reaches the Hokage's office. "Tsunade-Sama, I'm requesting that I be released a bit early. I've got something important to take care of."

"Hmm," Tsunade looks up from her papers "Ok fine most of the work has been done for the day so you may go."

"Thank you Tsunade-Sama." She turns to leave and then decides to ask the hokage for help. "You know Naruto pretty well right? I wanna set him up on a date but I don't know what type of girl he would like. For some reason he's never discussed it with me."

"Why don't you just date him?" the Hokage asks casually, "I'm sure he would love that."

Sakura blushes "N-No I'm not his type." She quickly replies.

"Hmm-Hmm." The Hokage replies in disbelief, "well I don't know what his type is but I do know that he wants to be loved and appreciated." The Hokage pauses before continuing, "Love will happen naturally, of course, so you should focus on trying to set him up with someone who would appreciate his company."

Sakura thinks for awhile and gets an idea, "I've got it! However I will need to use a messenger hawk Tsunade-Sama."

Tsunade's eyes widen at the thought "I can't just give you a messenger hawk to use for personal reasons."

"Come on Tsunade-Sama, it's for a good cause. Think of Naruto." Sakura pleaded

"Absolutely not, we must keep these hawks in case an emergency occurs. We cannot notify our allies without them."

Sakura can see that arguing will get her nowhere. She decides to try a different approach. "You know what? You're right. Maybe I should take Naruto out." Tsunade gets a confused look on her face, "Maybe I'll take him out to the new casino I saw on the way home. You know the casino right? If you can't remember, then these pictures that I have may jog your memory a bit." Sakura takes out some pictures of the Hokage dancing on a table in her underwear, obviously drunk.

"WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE PICTURES?" Tsunade asked in disbelief and horror. She snatches at the pictures but Sakura quickly pulls them back.

"Ah-Ah-Ah, now it would be a shame if these pictures were to become public knowledge. If only I had a messenger hawk. Then, maybe these pictures could be sent away with them far away to never be seen or heard of again." Sakura was feeling triumphant and a little scared. She didn't like the idea of being on her master's bad side. She liked the idea of having to fight her master even less. However, she would not be denied.

She thinks it over. So you would go this far to see him happy? "Very well, I'll allow you to use a messenger hawk" She dismisses Sakura. Maybe she'll realize it one day. Tsunade returns to her work.

Sakura hurried home and wrote a letter and the next morning she tied the letter to the hawk and sent it to the mountain shrine.

Well there's chapter one its short but don't worry other chapters comin soon. Please Review I need feedback. Regardless of whether you decide to review it or not I hope you enjoyed readin this as much as i enjoyed wirting it. Thanks for readin' and til next time, Deuces! (that means see ya later)