Naruto had just woken up from a particularly bad dream and looked at the calendar and found out why, it was December 25th. Once again he looked under his tree and once again found nothing. He tried to put on the mask of happiness he always wears but for some reason he can't smile that fake smile anymore.

He walked out the door not even bothering to think about putting his shoes on let alone to change out of his pajama bottoms or even put on a shirt. He started walking through town in the snow not even phased by the cold, listening to the families in their homes opening their presents with a dull look in his eyes.
He remembered that Kakashi-sensei had told them to meet at the bridge at noon; it was about 10:15, so he altered his direction to the general area of the meeting place. When he got to there he hoped on a branch from one of the trees next to bridge and waited.

About two hours later Sakura got there with her bran new coat she got from her mother and waited for the rest of her team not realizing that Naruto was already there also waiting for the rest.

Soon after Sakura, Sasuke made it to the bridge and with an exited "Hello Sasuke!" from Sakura they waited for their other teammates still oblivious to the one sitting in the tree.

After a half hour of standing in the cold Kakashi finally appeared.

"So!" Kakashi started, "Where is Naruto?"
Sakura and Sasuke both looked at each other and were about to say they don't know but were interrupted but the sound of something landing behind them.

Naruto noticed that Kakashi final made it so decided to move from his position in the tree and jumped down. He was greeted by some very surprised looks and asks "What?"
"Naruto, why aren't you wearing a shirt or even shoes?" Kakashi asked back.
For the first time since he woke up Naruto noticed that he was only wearing his pajama bottoms and surged it off classifying it as unimportant and answered with an "I don't know, I guess I forgot." In a very flat voice.
"You forgot?" Sakura asked unbelievingly "Aren't you cold? And how long have you been up there?"
"Yeah I guess I did, no I'm not cold, and for a little more than two and a half hours but I was wandering for more than an hour before I came here so about three of four hours." He answered indifferently.
"THREE OR FOUR HOURS?" Sakura shouted.
"Yes, now could you tell us why we are here Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked blankly.
They were all stunned/shocked to say the least.
"w-Well anyway," Kakashi said interrupting the awkward silence, "the reason I called you all here on a fine Christmas day was to announce that we will be going on an important training mission tomorrow and will be gone for around a month, maybe more. So pack all you need and be here at noon tomorrow."
Sasuke and Sakura nodded and started heading for their homes contemplating Naruto's odd behavior.