ok longish story. feel free to help me out abit in later chapters.

DISCLAIMER i own it all.... wha? sorry i was dreaming

Sasuke watched as Naruto's steps grew more and more perilous. Sasuke waited, 3, 2, and 1. When Naruto's foot slipped Sasuke's hand shot out to grab his ankle, which stopped him from falling. That idiot, why couldn't he walk on the ground like the rest of them, had to show off. Sasuke yanked Naruto's foot causing him to fall of the bridges railing and land on his face.

"Oww what was that for" Naruto said as he pushed himself of the ground. Sasuke sighed and ignored him.

"Wow Sasuke that was so cool the way you saved Naruto like that" he had to fight off the shiver that started at the base of his spine. Why did she have moon over him like that? It freaked him out.

"He didn't save me" was muttered somewhere in behind them, which they both ignored. Sasuke kept quiet hopefully she would leave him alone. Or not.

"So, Sasuke want to go out sometime when the mission is over." He sighed

"No. I will be to busy, training." He tried to hint at the fact that she should be doing the same thing.

"Oh ok."

"Ill hang out with you Sakura."

"Shut up Naruto!" Sasuke listened as the sound of Sakura's fist hitting Naruto's head sounded. Sasuke sighed, he was meant to trust these morons with his life. They settled into silence. Hours went by with Naruto's blabbering every few minutes the only thing to be heard.

"I can't wait to meet this princess; I bet she's really pretty." Sasuke tried not to let his disgust show through his usual bored mask. He hated protecting people, more often than not they were stuck up, and it was just one more girl to annoy him.

They soon reached the palace of the people who had hired them. Kakashi stepped forward and knocked on the door. It was answered by an unfriendly looking man, who was probably more accustomed to turning people away than letting them in. All Kakashi had to do was grin, well at least Sasuke thought he was grinning. The man opened the door then after he had scrutinized them stepped out of the way. Kakashi stopped in front of a man that looked reasonably important.

"Welcome leaf village ninjas. I'm Hotaru."

"Pleased to meet you, the loud blonde one is Naruto Uzumaki, moody dark one is Sasuke Uchiha, and this young lady is Sakura Haruno, and I'm Kakashi Hatake."

"This is my daughter Ai." He said as he motioned for someone to come closer. The person who came out was not what Sasuke was expecting. She was about his height, chocolate brown hair and fiery hazel eyes. She ignored him completely which spiked his interests. She stood beside her father and bowed.

"Hello" she made eye contact with all of them Sasuke held her gaze and watched as she turned it to Naruto. She held his gaze just a tad longer than Sasuke thought necessary. "Pleased to meet you all."

"Wow you're really pretty." Sasuke sighed, Naruto always blurts out whatever happens to be in his head.

"Oh, um thank you. If you'll excuse me I'm still packing." With that she turned and walked away.

"I still think you're the best though Sakura." Silence for a second then thunk the sound of Naruto's head being hit echoed off the walls. "Ow, ow, ow." Sasuke turned to look at Naruto sitting on the floor rubbing his head.

"You three can go visit the town. Return before sunset. I'm going to talk with Hotaru." With that Kakashi and Hotaru walked away.

"Sweet. See you at sunset." Sasuke watched Naruto run out the front door. With a little more dignity Sasuke headed for the door. When outside Sasuke looked around, they weren't staying here so recon was pointless. They were planning to restock food from the palace so food shopping was unnecessary. What the hell was he meant to do for the next 4 hours? His question was answered when he was suddenly surrounded by girls, shit! With speed that Kakashi would have envied he was on the rooftops running. He hit the forest in less than a minute. He found a high tree he could think in. He sat down and started to think through the mission. When he woke up he cursed himself, how could he be so stupid to fall asleep alone, in an unfamiliar village. What's worse it was dark; he was up and across the roofs to the palace in record time. He walked through the door to find Kakashi and Sakura look at him in hope, only for their faces to fall.

"Where's the idiot?"

"We were hoping you might know." It figures, they weren't worried about him; he could take care of himself, but Naruto always got into trouble and he still wasn't back. Without a word Sasuke turned and walked out, Sakura knew better than to ask where he was going. Once outside he went straight to where a majority of the food shops stood. Then he stood in the general centre and listened.

"I hope she likes these…"

"Watch where you're going…"

"… I will become the strongest ninja in my village, believe it! So you should leave now." Found him. Sasuke shoved his hands in his pockets and walked towards the sound of Naruto's voice.

"You little twerp, give us the girl back."

"NO!" Sasuke picked up his pace a little but he still looked smooth and calm on the outside.

"Naruto." with that one word he let Naruto know he would jump in if he had to. "Go" he said without even looking at the girl. He heard the scramble to her feet and run off.

"Hey who do you little shits think you are?" With a flare of chakra Sasuke enabled his sharingan; he looked at the men with cool hatred. They went silent and two ran off. The leader and two other men remained. He walked up to the leader and punched him straight in the nose, the man went down unconscious. He looked at the two remaining men, with that one look the both took off. Sasuke sighed.

"Come on idiot we're late." He could hear Naruto mumbling something about how he could've handled it, what a joke. He didn't slow down just made Naruto run to catch up. When they walked through the front door Sakura looked at them and let the relief flood her face, then the anger.

"What the hell were you doing, you moron. We were worried." Sasuke moved away from Naruto who was standing still. Although he perked up when Sakura said she was worried.

"Ok, ok let's get some sleep; I trust you've all eaten?"

"Yes"

"Yes sensei"

"Hn" he hadn't eaten but he would live without one meal.

"Ill show you to your rooms" Sasuke watched as the unfriendly man walked away. Naruto followed a bit behind. Sakura was right at his elbow it gave Sasuke the shivers to have her so close, it really bothered him. Why does she want to be so close to me? He followed the man to the room he would share with Naruto. Across the hall was Sakura's room. Kakashi had a room of his own. Sasuke hated sharing a room with Naruto; he always whimpered in his sleep like he had terrible nightmares and it woke Sasuke up. He walked into the room and slammed the door on the butler. He looked around the room Naruto had taken the bed by the window leaving Sasuke with the one by the door. He wasn't even near his bed when he watched Naruto throw himself on the bed. Sasuke sat on the bed and a few minutes later Naruto's breathing evened out and became deep. Sasuke couldn't understand how he fell asleep so easily. Sasuke lay down, looking at the dark ceiling. He felt himself drift off into the dark.