Now, I know that I have already attempted to write this story twice, and failed each time. But, I'm going to try once again. Third times the charm right? So, for this attempted there are certain things I am going to be trying differently.

First off, I am going to take my time on each chapter due to stress at school and my schedule is packed at the moment. I am also going to try and make each chapter at least 2,000 words instead of 1,000. And I am going to attempt at having 10-15 chapters in total for this story. Hope you enjoy this re-edited story!

Title: Letters

Rated: T

Chapter date written: 12/24/13

Chapter date finished: 12/26/13

Author: Writing-and-Music

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It was a nice day in the small village of Konoha. There was a soft whispering breeze that picked up baby pink sakura petals which began to dance beautifully in the breeze. Tiny wisps of clouds streaked the sunny blue sky, occasionally blocking out the sun giving the ninjas a nice shade. The young three chunin of Team 7 sat on the bridge relaxing in the summer weather. Suddenly, breaking the requiescenceful moment, their sensei appeared in a cloud of smoke.

Two of his students immediately sprung up to their feet as they shouted furiously, "You're late!" The third slowly rose and met his teacher with a cruel glare. Said man held up his hands in defense and even before he was able to conjure up a lame excuse the pink haired girl shouted to not even try to create an excuse.

The silver haired man shrugged carelessly and cast the three an innocent smile from under his navy blue mask. Before Naruto or Sakura were able to yell once again, Sasuke snapped, "Well, do we have a mission or what?" Shocked with the ravens outburst Kakashi stood silent for a moment while Naruto just chuckled and glanced over at Sasuke with a playful smirk.

"Wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, teme?"

"Just shut up," Sasuke growled closing his eyes in irritation. Truth be told, he did in fact have a horrible morning. First off, he was rudely awoken by landing roughly on the cold hard wood floor. Then when he finally shook that off and was taking a shower he got shampoo in his eyes which stung badly, and of course when he was making breakfast he realized he ran out of tomatoes so he was stuck with just rice. When he had finally arrived to the bridge, Sakura immediately latched onto his arm, batted her eyelashes before asking for a date which he coldly refused.

Next, of course Naruto had run up to the bridge and began to flirt openly with Sakura even though Sasuke was in love with the idiot blonde. Not that Naruto knew that, or anyone else for that matter, but it still hurt. Especially when he chose the ugly, flat-chested girl over him.

How he came to like Naruto was still a mystery to Sasuke. He guessed that it was because he found girls' extremely annoying and needy, so naturally he moved onto males and the male he happened to be closest to was the blonde. To Sasuke it was a cliché way to fall in love with him, like one of those cheesy romance novels his mother always used to read, but he couldn't come up with any other logical reason.

"Well, we actually have a B-ranked mission to escort two princesses to the hidden Ice village," Kakashi stated dragging Sasuke out of his reverie. Naruto instantly grinned in excitement and did a sort of happy jig before stepping closer to their mask wearing sensei while asking questions about the mission almost incoherently.

Kakashi ignored most of the giddy Kyuubi vessel's questions and pressed a hand onto the blonde spikes silencing Naruto almost immediately. "We'll be heading out in about thirty minutes so hurry up and pack everything you'll need for multiple climate and weather changes and etc."

Sasuke and Naruto scurried off in the direction of their houses eager to get started on the mission because in their opinion it has been too long since they had a slightly dangerous mission. Sakura, on the other hand just sighed and dragged her feet towards her house wondering. Sasuke, who saw this from the corner of his eye, scoffed irritatedly in his mind suspecting she was more concerned about chipping a nail than saving her, or the life of the one's on her team.

Sasuke hurried into his room, grabbed his dark green bag from his closet and set it on his bed with the flap open. He pulled out a few shirts and pants keeping a pair out wanting to change into something cooler than what he was wearing. He put some medicine in as well just in case, extra kunai and shuriken and a towel and shampoo along with an extra blanket and sleeping bag.

Before securing the latch of his bag, he dropped to his hands and knees, reached under his bed and pulled out a green notebook he had been writing in for a few months to get some of his feelings out in the open, even if they were on paper. He knew it was a bit girly and would never admit to anyone that he does it, but he was sick of snapping at people because he was drowning in his teenage angst. Also it was so he wouldn't end up confessing his feelings to Naruto.

He closed his bag then peeled off his navy blue T-shirt and replaced it with a black high collar shirt with no sleeves and replaced his black pants with his white shorts. He strapped his weapon pouch on his left thigh and tied on his forehead protector then picked up his bag and headed out the door.

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Sasuke and Naruto arrived before Sakura who was probably taking her precious time. Sasuke resisted the strong urge to scoff before saying bitterly, "The girl thinks the world revolves around her." But he kept his

mouth shut not wanting to upset Naruto. Sasuke decided to settle on the railing of the bridge and jot down a few things about his morning in his notebook out of boredom. Who knew how long Sakura was going to take getting packed anyway.

Naruto was squatted beside Sasuke, snatching up a few abandoned pebbles and tossing them in the lazy moving river watching bemusedly as the pebble slapped the water before sinking down under the surface. Naruto grabbed a flat stone that was rested near Sasuke's foot wanting to skip it before he heard the soft scratching of a pen on paper. Glancing up, he noticed Sasuke busily writing in a green notebook with the tip of his tongue poking out of the corner of his lips in concentration. Naruto smirked knowing there was no way in hell he was going to let this go un-teased.

"That a diary Sasuke?" He was met with Sasuke's cold glare that never seemed to unfaze the kitsune one bit.

"No, now shut up."

"Oh, but I think it is. Are you writing about the love of your life?" Naruto asked dramatically placing a hand on his heart and faking a love-filled sigh. "So romantic!" Sasuke slapped the notebook onto his thigh before throwing a punch at the giggling boys shoulder. Naruto yelped as he rocked backwards and landed harshly on the wooden floor of the bridge.

"Ow! Bastard, what was that for?!" Naruto exclaimed while trying to pop his shoulder back to place. Sasuke merely shrugged as he picked up the notebook again, his heart still hammering against his chest from Naruto's teasing that seemed to always make him flustered. Sasuke guessed it was because of the mischievous glint that always shone in Naruto's ocean blue eyes as he did and the way all his attention was focused on him.

"I still think it's a diary," Naruto mumbled before settling back down to skip the stone that had fallen from his hand when he fell. Sasuke's eye twitched at the comment but chose to pretend he hadn't heard what Naruto said. Just as he began to write his next sentence, his ears picked up a shrill voice coming from his right. "Sasuke-kun!"

Sasuke inwardly cursed, why did the pink haired banshee even need to come with he and Naruto, it wasn't like she was much use. Well, take that back, she did sometimes scare them off with her hideous face. Sasuke smirked to himself at his joke just as Sakura stopped in front of him. "Sasuke-kun what is that?"

"It's his diary," Naruto answered back before Sasuke had the opportunity to open his mouth.

I thought I told you to shut up!" Sasuke shouted as he snapped the notebook shut and smashed it into his bag before throwing the bag over his shoulder. Sakura blinked in confusion before she glared at the smirking kitsune in front of her, but before she was able to scream at him Kakashi stood up.

"Alright you three, let's get going. We have to be at the main gate before the princesses get there." His students reluctantly nodded before following him towards the gate.

The group had been waiting at the gate for ten minutes before Sakura began to complain. "Honestly, how long are the spoiled brats going to take?!" Kakashi hurried to answer the pinkette knowing Sasuke was about to shout at her with his rapidly rising temper. After telling the girl that they had arrived a bit early and the princesses would be at the gate in no time, the Haruno turned her back on Kakashi scoffing rudely.

Luckily, just two minutes after Kakashi told Sakura it wouldn't be much longer the two princesses were making there way up the dirt road. The tallest had shimmering blue hair that fell to her waist. She had bright violet eyes that were shinning in excitement and anticipation. Her sister was walking alongside her and was staring at her nails; clearly bored. She had short, light purple hair and blood red eyes. Sasuke frowned as he suddenly felt very uneasy in her presence. Something was...not right about the younger princess.

When the two reached them, the blue haired one was very quick to bow and thank them for escorting them. "My name is Amaye Mori and this is my sister Akira Mori," she said sweetly as she straightened. Kakashi smiled kindly the two princesses before curtly introducing himself and the three standing behind him.

"Nice to meet you all," Amaye said flashing them all a white toothed smile. Her sister who finally placed her arm at her side groaned in annoyance demanding to start moving. Sakura nodded in agreement with the young princess. At that moment, Sasuke couldn't help but think that Sakura and Akira would get along very well with each other.

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Almost 2,000 words darn it! Well, I hope you enjoyed chapter one of "Letters"! I am really hoping that I am able to finish it all the way through this time, and better than the others I attempted on. Thanks for reading, and I'll continue if I get at least three reviews. They don't even have to be long, one word if you want. That will just give me an idea if you want me to continue.