The Love of Naruto and Sakura, CH. ONE:

The Object of Interest.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its Characters!

*bshh* "Naruto are you there yet?" The pinkett asked.

"I'm almost there, where are you?" Naruto replied breathing heavily into the ear mic.

"I'm getting pretty close, if you get there first get it and get out. Then we'll meet at the cliff" Sakura instructed as she jump from one branch to another.

"Alright" The blond responded leaping from the tree tops to an open field in the middle of the forest, continuing his fast pace.

"Okay, big rock...big rock, over there!" He thought as his eyes came in contact with a large boulder.

He rushed over and pulled the tag off it. Allowing the fake object to disappear, revealing a trap door. He opened it.

Then he pulled a flare out of his bag, lit and dropped it down the hole. The second it hit the bottom he jumped after it. "Sakura I'm in" He told the teen on the other side of his headset.

"Okay, there should be a long hallway" Sakura told him.

"I see it" He confirmed.

"Okay, follow it to the last door on the right." She instructed.

Naruto picked up the flare and began to run down the long hall, stopping just in front of the door. He grabbed the handle and pushed the door open slowly with a *creeeek*.

Sakura heard the door opening, "Stop!" She yelled through the mic.

"What is it?" Naruto asked freezing in place.

"Naruto that room probably has a million traps." She informed.

"Oh, no problem I've got clones to spring 'em, Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He shouted. Then several clones appeared running for the stand on the other end of the room.

Suddenly Sakura yelled into the mic again. "No Naruto don't"

Just then one of the clones' feet hit a trip wire, causing a string of paper bombs to ignite. Naruto ran as fast as he could back down the hallway towards the exit.

In a second a massive explosion went off behind him as he jumped up the narrow hole getting closer and closer to the open door at the top.

He barely made it out as a cloud of flames came crashing out into the skies just behind him, as he dove to the ground. Behind him the ground collapsed.

"Shit" Was his only response.

"Naruto, are you alright!" Sakura called coming down from the trees in a rush.

Naruto sat up but said nothing still struggling to catch his breath.

After a moment he spoke. "I'm fine" He said standing to his feet, but as he did he fell right back down grabbing his ankle. "Ouch! My foot Hurts." He called looking up at Sakura.

She knelt beside him, inspecting the injury. "Your Ankle not your foot" She exclaimed. She then sent her chakra to her palms, they began to glow as she placed them on his ankle. After a few moments past she spoke. "You'll be fine"

They began to search the rubble for the object of interest.

"Do you see it?" She asked Naruto.

"Nope." He answered.

(After a while of searching)

"We've been looking for hours, I think it's time we decide its gone." She told him. "Kakashi-Sensei, are you still there?" She asked changing the frequency of the mic.

"Yeah, how's it going?" Was his response.

"I fucked up Sensei" Naruto said also adjusting his headset.

"I'm sure I'll hear all about it later, for now just make your way back" Their sensei told them.

"Got it" The teens said in union.

The two teens soon returned to Suganuma the main town in The Land of Forests. They would soon be boarding the ship back to konoha with Kakashi-Sensei.

A/N This is a short Chapter, however it is just the 'set-up' as you will. Please Review each of the following chapters as well as the entire story, I'd like to know what you think of each part of my story and the story as a whole. Thx and PLEASE ENJOY!