Sasuke woke up thinking of Naruto. If Naruto ever knew how he felt... Sasuke'd die. Slowly, he got out of bed and dressed. He walked into the kitchen, grabbed some breakfast and sat down to eat it. Halfway through, he heard a knock at his door. He opened the door to find Sakura. "Hi Sasuke!" She exclaimed.
He gave her a blank stare. "What do you want?" He asked coldly.
"I-" She started but was cut off by Ino who was barging down the hall. "SAKURA! How dare you come and bug Sasuke-kun?!" She shrieked.
Ino lunged at Sakura and so began the fight. Sasuke dropped his breakfast and slammed his door to protect himself from the fighting fangirls. He jumped out of the window and landed cat-like on the street below. He walked down the street only stopping when he heard a large commotion. He leapt into a tree to find out what it was. He found Naruto and a little boy being bullied by a weirdo in makeup. "Why are you here?" Sasuke demanded loudly.
The weirdo looked up, spotted Sasuke and threw a stone at him, which he easily crushed in one hand. "Kankuro," a blonde girl said uneasily, "I think you should stop. You know what Gaara might do if he caught you"
"The midget is nowhere near here," he scoffed looking at her with disgust.
"Who are you you calling midget?" A voice demanded.
Sasuke looked around for the one who spoke and saw a small red-head standing upside down on a tree limb not far from himself. Sasuke leapt down near Naruto. "Leave them alone baka," the red-head continued. "You'll get us kicked out of this village or I might get it into my head to kill you and get it over with."
"Y-you d-don't h-have t-to d-do that," stuttered the weirdo.
The red-head answered with a glare. "Who are you?" Sasuke asked.
The girl turned to him. "I'm Temari," she said winking and pointing to herself. "The weird guy in makeup is Kankuro and the red-head is our brother. We're the Suna siblings"
"Why are you here and how did you get past the gates"
"We're here to attend your Chunnin exams and," she said holding something up, "we have your Hokage's permission to be within the gates"
The red-head came down from the tree in a whirlwind of sand. "It's time to go." He said simply, turning to go.
"What is your name?" Sasuke asked the red-head.
"Gaara of the Desert. Yours?" He asked.
"Sasuke Uchiha"
Gaara nodded and continued on his way, Sasuke watching as they left. He couldn't help but feel the slightest bit sad at their departure. Gaara was kinda cute. "What do you want Sasuke?" Naruto demanded rudely.
"I just saved your tail loser. I'd be a bit more grateful if I were you." Sasuke retorted, pretending to be angry.
He turned to leave. "I could've handled it myself!" Naruto yelled angrily.
Sasuke turned his head towards Naruto, a cool look on his face. "You know I didn't have to do that." He said cooly, then walked away, leaving an angry Naruto and a confused little boy.
Sasuke smirked as he walked. He enjoyed ticking Naruto off. The blonde idiot was always funny when he was and and not to mention cute. He started as he heard a chuckle behind him. He turned to find Kakashi standing behind him reading a book. "We have a mission today," he stated simply, his eyes never leaving the book. "For once I'm not the one who's late. Where are the others"
"Naruto's down the street if he hasn't left yet and I think Sakura is still fighting Ino outside my apartment." Sasuke said uncertainly.
Kakashi rolled his eyes and said, "Fine. You can do it on your own. There's no reason for not to be a one person job. All it is is to follow the new team in Kohona. Pretty simple really."
"You mean the ones from Sunagakure"
"You've got it. Now get started."
Sasuke took off to find the Suna siblings. For once he had gotten a mission he could enjoy. As he drew near, he spotted Temari's blonde hair and slowed to follow her from a safe distance. She met Kankuro at the end of the street. "Do you know where Gaara is?" She asked him.
"How should I know? I'm not his mother." Kankuro answered angrily.
Sasuke felt something on the back of his neck. he turned to see Gaara holding a kunai to his neck. "Why are you following us?" He asked coldly.
"I'm on a mission," Sasuke blurted out.
"Who sent you?!" Gaara demanded. "Was it my father?"
He moved closer to Sasuke's face. Sasuke tried to move back but found himself unable to move because Gaara had wrapped him in sand. "Tell me." Gaara breathed near Sasuke's ear.
"My sensei told me to do this mission. I don't know who paid for it." Sasuke said quickly.
Gaara moved back a bit and Sasuke stared into his aquamarine eyes. Gaara returned his stare with a probing look. "Don't spy on us again," he said, releasing Sasuke from his deadly sand.
He turned to leave and was about to when Sasuke grabbed his arm. Gaara turned to see what Sasuke wanted and was met with a kiss. He blinked with surprise, but accepted the kiss. Sasuke broke it, blushing for all he was worth. "Sorry," he muttered and ran off. Gaara stared at Sasuke's retreating back, wondering if the kiss had really happened. Could Sasuke really care about him?