A/N: Hello everyone! I have been extremely silent for quite a while! Often times, I will look at a fanfic I'm writing and think: I should finish that.. I never do though.. Sorry~ Well, I'm back, but haven't wrote in an extremely long time, and it's been tough lately with a few personal losses.. I hope it doesn't reflect in my writing too much. Last time, I did a Fairy Tail fanfic, now it's Naruto! I'll try to work on more than one at once, so no one anime gets attention ;P I hope you enjoy this! It's really short! Sorry! I'll try to update as frequently as possible, but I'm in college now (le gasp, I'm old O.O) and I'll have more work to do!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters!
It was a beautiful day in Konoha, the leaves were dancing beautifully in the light breeze, and the sun gleamed off of the roof tops with a confidence that could only be seen. All was calm and peaceful, or so it would seem, and a voice broke the sudden calm of the air with a quick and sharp fury.
"Naruto! Hurry up!" Sakura yelled, her voice reaching far away.
"I'm coming, I'm coming! Just give me a minute, okay?!" he responded, charging towards them.
"The first mission we've been given in months, and you take forever, idiot," Sasuke mumbled, annoyed with his teammate.
"Shut it, Sasuke!" Naruto responded, shoving his teammate to the side to get closer to the village gate.
"Okay, okay, that's enough you three. Is this how you want to act when you've been given a mission of such seriousness?" a calm voice asked behind them.
Sakura turned around, facing her sensei fully, and with excitement dancing in her eyes. Naruto turned around more slowly, trying to hide his own excitement that overcame him when he heard the word mission. Sasuke was the last to turn around, and without anticipation, he looked bored, even annoyed to be there.
"Sensei! You're not late?" Sakura asked, confusion and surprise hinting in her voice.
"How cold, I could never be late to such an important mission, especially when it's a Rank B mission," he responded, his voice beginning to trail near the end.
"Surprising," Sasuke muttered quietly.
"Okay you three, I've got a test for you, and it's short, since we'll be leaving so soon," Kakashi began, but was interrupted by Naruto.
"A test?! What do you mean a test! This is a B-rank mission! We can't have a test now! We need to go!" Naruto put in, trying to reason with Kakashi.
"We'll go, right after the test," he responded.
"Fine," Naruto mumbled dismayed, glaring angrily at the ground beneath his feet.
"Now that Naruto has calmed down," Kakashi began, looking around slowly, "I want to see if you've noticed, but it doesn't appear as if you have, can you tell me something after we've left the village and traveled for ten miles?"
"Wha-? But I thought you said that we were going to have the test before leaving the village?" Sakura asked, confusion entering her mind.
"Well, I never said that directly…. However, it kinda is before, and kinda not.. But, either way, after we've left the village and traveled ten miles, I want you to tell me something, but I won't tell you what that something is," he answered, a smile forming beneath his mask.
"Whatever," Naruto said, and finished with, "Let's just go already!"
Kakashi laughed and began to lead the way out of the village. The three students began to take note of their surroundings, trying to find anything different, but began to fail to see anything out of the ordinary. Sakura felt she could feel a difference in something, but wasn't quite sure what, and Sasuke just kept watching the bushes, as if watching their shadows.
The ten miles went quickly, and soon enough Kakashi stopped and turned to face his students once more. His smile showed beneath his mask, but he said nothing, he just stood there. Naruto began to get annoyed, and was pacing around in small circles, waiting for Kakashi to speak.
"Have you got nothing?" Kakashi finally asked, breaking the crushing silence.
"I don't get what we were supposed to even be looking for!" Naruto complained, shooting his eyes over to Sasuke.
"Hmph, don't look at me idiot, I didn't notice anything too weird either, and if I did, I'd make sure not to tell you," he told him, glaring back at him.
"You two… no saving you I guess.. Well, I didn't notice anything too out of the ordinary, were we supposed to notice that the birds don't seem to be around like usual?" Sakura asked, trying to be confident in her answer.
"Huh? No birds?" Kakashi asked, looking around them for a few seconds. "Well, I mean, yeah, I guess that is true, huh… but, that's not what I wanted you to look for Sakura. Did you guys really not notice?"
"Nope," they answered in unison, just wanting to know what they were supposed to be noticing.
"I see, well then, come on out," he said, and looked like he was talking to the bushes.
I hope you enjoyed this! Sorry once more about how short it was! Hope it wasn't too bad! Thank you for reading~ I plan to have the next chapter out by: September 1st, 2013.