Author's Notes: This story is not in chapters, but in sections. Everytime the characters or setting change that would be a new section. That way you won't think 'Damn, there are way to many chapters, WTF?' Just a word of the wise. ;3 This was supposed to be a oneshot, but it ended up not being one, so here we are. SasuSaku. :

Oh, and the title was made in fiev seconds, which is why is sucks so bad. xD;

"Sasuke-Kun!" Sakura Haruno called out to her teammate. Sasuke groaned as he turned around, watching as the pink-haired kunoichi headed her way over to him waving her arm. Sasuke sighed and waited for his teammate to catch up to him, hoping that she would hurry up. She can run so damn slow sometimes… Sasuke said in his head as he noticed the ninja walking up to him.

"Hey, Sasuke-Kun! I hope you're ready for the mission!" Sakura told him. Sasuke sighed and nodded to her. He was not really in the mood for girls like her.

"Where's Naruto? He's late…" Sasuke asked. Sakura shrugged. Like she would know where that stupid knucklehead ninja was. He was probably training with Jiraiya-Sama or something. That or he is playing with Konohamaru…, sleeping in…, or eating ramen. Naruto could have been doing thousands of things at this moment. Of course, Naruto also knew that they had a mission, so he really should not have been doing something else.

Kakashi-Sensei then walked up to the two, his hands in his pockets, "I'm glad you two were able to come. Naruto will not be coming today, seemed he caught a fever. Tsunade-Sama is watching over him, making sure he doesn't budge from his bed." The silver-haired jounin told them.

Sakura listened to him and nodded, "So…Sasuke-Kun and I are going to be doing this mission without Naruto?" Sakura asked. Kakashi sighed and nodded.

Sasuke sighed. Great, the whole day with only Sakura following. I guess this plan will go quicker than usual... He then turned to Kakashi, "Sensei, are you going to be joining us on this mission?" Sasuke then asked.

Kakashi shook his head, "Anko wants me to come with her to the exam tower, so I won't be coming with you today. I am truly sorry about that. I would get someone else to cover for Naruto, but no one was available…"

"Its alright, I'm pretty sure Sasuke-Kun and I can handle it on our own! Right Sasuke-Kun?" Sakura replied while turning her head to Sasuke.

Sasuke sighed, "Yeah, whatever…" he replied. He did not like the idea of him and Sakura going on a mission by them selves, but for some reason, Sasuke felt like he should be happy that Naruto is not here. Right when he was going to try to answer it, Sakura opened her mouth again.

"Kakashi-Sensei, can you tell us what the mission is again?" Sakura asked. Kakashi nodded. It was a good idea to retell their mission…obviously. It would not be a very good thing if they ran off without knowing what their mission was. Kakashi cleared his throat, ready to tell them the mission.

"This mission will be in the Rice Country. You will head on over there, and figure out what has happened to the village there. This would normally be a C-ranked mission, but because Orochimaru was last seen there, we will conclude this as a B-Rank mission," Kakashi explained. He knew Sasuke would be okay for the mission, but he didn't know about Sakura. It would be better if him, or at least Naruto would come with them, but just those two would have to do.

"That won't be bad, right Sasuke-Kun?" Sakura asked, turning to him. Sasuke nodded. Of course, he had something else in plan, not some trip to the Rice Country… who would ever think of a country with a name like that anyways?

"Kakashi-Sensei, do you have a map of any sort?" Sasuke then asked. Kakashi nodded, taking out a map and handing it to him.

"The Rice Country should be northwest of here. Be careful not to go to north, or else you'll end up in the Sound Country, which won't be a good thing," Kakashi told them.

Sakura nodded and smiled, "Don't worry Kakashi-Sensei! I'm sure we know how to follow maps! Right Sasuke-Kun?" Sakura replied as she turned to the shinobi next to her.

Sasuke turned his gaze to her, "Do ever be quiet?" he asked boldly. Sakura muttered a sorry and turned to Kakashi.

"We'll be going now Kakashi-Sensei, we'll see you later…" Sakura told their sensei.

Kakashi nodded, "Alright. The trip there and back should take about two to three days. If you're not back by then, I'm pretty sure Naruto will be ready to go after you guys by then, so make sure you're back."

Damn…Naruto is always getting in the way… Sasuke heard himself say in his mind as he turned to his sensei, "We got it. Come on Sakura, let's go…," he told Kakashi then to the pink-haired kunoichi. He then bounded off in the direction Kakashi told them to do, Sakura waving bye to Kakashi before bounding off with him.

Kakashi watched as they disappeared into sight, and then bounded back to the village. Maybe I can actually get come peace… Kakashi said to himself as he went back. Naruto was sick, and Sakura and Sasuke are off somewhere. He only has to worry about…Anko… I forgot about that… I need to hurry up before she gets pissed…