Hey! I'm starting a new story. I'm kind of writing this without direction right now, as I only have the beginning of the plot in my head. This is kind of inspired by leafygirl, as I never thought of the pairing, as it was really cute in her fic, but I need to tweak a few things, I can't do a total ripoff!

Here's the gist of the story, a summary if you will.

A mission has come up, an important delivery and a team of two goes to drop it off. On the way, they find out a few things, like that this mission was more than they bargained for in more ways than one! (NejiXSaku) Rated M for late chapters.

There will be lemons! I'm all about the lemons! Won't be until later chapters tho.

Disclaimer- I doesn't own, Ect. Ect. Ect...

Chapter 1

Sakura sighed as she drew yet another tube from the subterfuge. Being a med nin sounded like a whole lot more fun when you thought that missions were involved more often. She was restless! Hearing Naruto talking about the endless missions, the determination and strength it took to complete them, it was nearly enough to make her scream! All of the action was going on out there and she was stuck in here trying to find out what the element was, the final little piece of the puzzle to counter the virus that was killing the tomatoes. Tomatoes!! She was a med nin, not a gardener! She poured out the substance and pulled out the eyedropper and squeezed a drop out, placing it onto the slide. With any hope after she put on a drop of the newly altered serum it would turn brown, instead of the vibrant green. She squeezed out the drop, her eyes nearly closed in fear, her lip bit and watched as the green around the edges started to turn.

It turned? She opened her eyes and stared, her hands shaking in anticipation, watching for another bit of color change, which she quickly got. "IT WORKED!!" She yelled, causing Shizune to run up, throwing open the door. "Sakura?!" She turned and grabbed the hands of the older nin, dancing around the room happily. "I found it! I finally did it!" She jumped back, starting to dance by herself, leaving Shizune in shock and horror.

"Tsunade-sensei!" She ran in, a bottle of the anti-virus in her hand. "I have this done! It's been tested and works, it kill the tomato virus!" She grinned and Tsunade nodded. "Not bad. It only took a month. I was expecting two. Anyway, I have-"

"Sensei!" She pleaded, causing Tsunade to stop mid sentence. "I need to go out! Please, give me a real mission! Anything that gets me out! I've gained ten pounds since I started this! I need exercise!" Tsunade looked up at Sakura who realized what she was saying and to who. "I'm sorry, Tsunade-sama. I'm just really..." She turned to the window and Tsunade knew the look in he eye. She was feeling trapped and Tsunade stood, her head down. "You're feeling too tied down. You want to stretch your legs." Sakura nodded, thankful that Tsunade understood. "I have a lot of missions that have come in in the last few days, So, do you want a few days or longer?" Sakura sighed in relief. A real mission! "The longer the better! Please, just don't stick me with Naruto? He keeps up with the missions he's getting and we'll be trying to find our own appendages." Sakura loved Naruto to death, but his missions were mostly suicide missions that he just never died on. She was wanting some out time, not dead time.

"Alright, Actually, I do have one... Come by tomorrow. You're on the Konoha Scavenger hunt team!" Sakura froze. "Scavenger hunt?" Tsunade nodded. "I didn't even think about it! It's a world wide hunt, you must deliver a message from Kage to Kage, finding one item from each nation on the way." Sakura frowned. "It's less dangerous than Naruto's missions, right?" Tsunade nodded. "It's all in fun. It's more or less a timed thing, the teams will be setting off at different times. Th rules are this, two man teams, follow the map, get the required item from each village and trade in the scroll you got from the previous village. Sound like fun?" Sakura nodded. "Yes!" Her voice was almost adult oriented, causing Tsunade to raise an eyebrow. "Don't make that sound yet. You don't even know who your team mate is." Sakura froze. She had said team of two. "Who is it?" Tsunade shrugged and looked over the papers. "I'll have to find someone suited to your abilities. You're a close type, attack, Hmm, I'll have to find who's available." Sakura nodded. "Let me know, alright? I'm in though!" Sakura nodded as Tsunade waved, and Sakura nearly danced out of the door.

It was late that night that Sakura met Naruto and Kakashi at the bar, Ino and Sai meeting them there. Not that they were 'together', but they were always together, that group. She inwardly hoped to either be paired with Sai or Ino, the two that wouldn't hit on her, as she was pretty sure Sai was after Naruto and Ino was all over Chouji. She couldn't get along with him at all when they were younger, but through the years, knowing what kind of guy he was, Ino knew that he was kind and sweet, which was a great switch from the sadists in the city.

She wasn't too afraid that Kakashi-sensei would hit on her, they joked every now and then, but nothing that couldn't be shrugged off as sleep deprivation on long missions.

Naruto would not only hit on her, but probably get her killed. Not on purpose, but he had a tendency to start trouble wherever he went.

Sai or Ino. That would be best, as she knew that Kakashi drew nearly as much trouble as Naruto. Those two would be perfect. "Sakura-chan! We got a mission!" Sakura grinned at them, hoping that they might all be set together, a change in rules or whatever. "Really? What is it?"

"Some delivery mission, we have to escort one of the big wigs home." He shrugged, almost depressed at the ease of the mission at hand. So he wasn't with her. "Who all is on the mission?"

"Me, Sai and Ino leave in two days. I heard that you finished your mission! You know what you'll be working on next?" Sakura shrugged, feeling a little goofy. "I'm on a scavenger hunt." Kakashi froze, looking at her. "Damn, and I thought Tsunade-sama liked you!" Sakura turned to him, a little confused. "She told me it was going to be fun." Kakashi's frown was evident, even through his mask. "Oh, no-no-no! This is held every five years or so and last time we only had one survivor. Fortunately for you, it was the med nin. Keep an eye and watch your back!" Kakashi warned, his visible eye frightened.

"Uh, Kakashi-sensei, do you think that, maybe, you could go with me?" Kakashi frowned. "I leave for my mission tomorrow. I'm on recon again. I'm sorry, Sakura, but I really can't." She frowned. "I can see about going with you, Sakura-chan!" Naruto grinned at her and she shook her head. "I prefer to live. If none of you are going, I wonder who I'm going with?"

That was the question of the night, through each of her drinks she thought, but couldn't think of another person that would be on the team with her. Finally by the end of the night she was completely fried and drowned at the same time.

"I don't wanna die over a silly- hic- game!" She moaned for the fifth time that hour and Ino frowned, looking over to Lee, who had arrived a little bit ago. "This is really getting to her. I wonder, Hey Lee, do you already have a mission?"

"Yeah, Guy-sensei and Ten-ten and I are going to the Kazekage to get something. I'd ask to go with her, but you know, Tsunade-sama already sent out the papers saying we would be on our way in two days." Ino frowned.

"I can ask." Ino turned to see Kiba smiling at her. "We want to protect her from people like you!" Ino teased, swatting his arm. "I don't wanna die..."

"Alright, you've had way too much, Kakashi, help me take her home?" Kakashi shook his head. "You stay here, I'll take her." He stood and took her under her knees, lifting till she leaned back, falling into his other arm.

He laid her down on her bed, stripping her shoes and dress from her and covered her with the silk comforter she had. It was soft as could be and Kakashi sighed, wondering if she'd throw up on it. It would be such a pity...

"Sakura, you sleep this off, find me when you wake up, I'll see what I can do to get you a good partner." She rolled over, humming and Kakashi couldn't figure out if it was a song or a reply. He wrote out the same instructions and laid them on the table next to her bed.

The table happened to be where Sakura threw up in the morning.

It was nearly noon when she crawled out of bed and wondered if it would be less painful to kill herself then and there. The taste of the drinks from last night still lingered in the bitter flavor of bile that covered her tongue. She fell back asleep with her head in the toilet.

It wasn't until two that she awoke again, this time to see Naruto standing over her. "God, Sakura! I've never seen you get that drunk before!" He leaned down next to her and patted her back. "I-" She threw up again, the last little bit of anything in her stomach splashing into the water.

"Naruto, Water and aspirin..." She pointed to the cabinet and he nodded his understanding. He brought her what she'd asked for and she swallowed it, taking sips from the cup to keep from throwing up again.

This was when Naruto noticed her state of dress and stared, jaw agape. He'd never seen her like this, she only wore a pair of pink panties that matched her hair. He jumped from the room and rushed to the hall, causing Sakura to notice her state of dress as well.

"Uh, Naruto, who got me home last night?" Naruto turned, refusing to look in. The images in his head, the swell of her chest was nearly enough to make him go back in. "It was Ino, No wait, Kakashi brought you home. Why?" She frowned as she took another sip. Kakashi had undressed her to her panties... "Oh, hell, what did I do?"

"You got really drunk." Sakura sighed, looking at the door. "Naruto, can you get me the pink robe on the door?" Naruto nodded, though he knew she couldn't see it and ran over, getting it as quickly as possible. He held out his hand as she finally felt the strength to stand and stumbled. Naruto hearing the faulty step was there in an instant, holding her up. The contact with the naked kunoichi was enough to cause a nosebleed and he sniffed, trying to keep from getting blood in her hair. "You threw up in your room." She sighed and nodded. "I'll take care of it, just, just give me a sec..." Naruto frowned. "You get in a shower, take care of yourself. I'll take care of it."

Sakura would normally tell him to come back in an hour, but with the way her head spun she wanted him there if she fell again. "Naruto, thank you." She looked up at him, noticing the blood under his nose, then where his hand was. She jumped up, covering the breast that he'd just had and grabbed the robe from his hand. "I'll, be out in, a, uh, minute..." Naruto nodded, turning and walked right out of the room.

There were two problems with this whole situation. After noticing that his hand was firmly cupping her breast she was really tempted to kiss him, which told her that she was still a little drunk, and when you have a raging hard on it's a lot less likely to notice things, like a piece of paper sticking out of the side of someone's sick.

It wasn't till the next day that she went to Tsunade's to get briefed on the mission. "Sakura, I heard about yesterday! Getting groped by Naruto and undressed by Kakashi! Damn, If I could only get that pretty when I was drunk!" Sakura stared at Shizune, who wasn't realizing that she spoke out loud and looked up at Sakura, smiling. "Tsunade-sama is waiting for you!"

She walked in and noticed the half glaze over Tsunade's eyes to tell her either she'd been drinking or had a really late night. "It took me a while, but Kakashi helped me pick a great partner for you."

"Sakura, - wake up- find you-partner." Sakura frowned at herself. Kakashi had told her to look for him. She groaned, knowing that Kakashi's terror over her life would cause him to find whoever was most efficient, not necessarily someone that would be a good travel companion. "I believe you two know each other, I think you've had a few missions together. Actually, if I'm seeing this right you've been on quite a few missions together." She sighed. Good, it was someone she knew. Lee was on another mission, and so was Gai, so it couldn't be way too bad. There was a knock at the door and Sakura turned, biting her lip in anticipation.

"This would be him." Him? "Come in." The instant he walked in Sakura knew that this mission was going to be really really long. "Sakura." He bowed, his cloud white eyes on her and Sakura nodded in reply. "Neji."

"You both know the mission, you must take this scroll to the next land on the list, in order, and trade it. There's a total of three villages, you've been to each of them already between the two of you." They nodded their understanding. "In each city you must also get one thing from the list." She handed the list to Neji who didn't even look at it. Once you've finished, return here and then the contest is done. All contestants will end here to make sure that no one's cheated. Due to this, you're at a little bit of a disadvantage. You technically have to go to four villages." they nodded. "You leave in three hours. Here's your expenses, you each get the same amount, but I would suggest that you get anything you think you might need here. Anything that we have here at the castle, you're welcomed to. We really need to win this, as it would get a LOT of money in the city. Konoha would finally be out of my debt..." Sakura frowned. This was to pay off the rest of the gambling debt? "Tsunade-sama, Do you really think that this is the best way to pay off your debtors?" Tsunade regarded her darkly, scribbling onto a piece of paper. "Tell me what you think." Sakura looked at the piece of paper and nearly choked. "You still owe three million ryo?"

"This would add two million to the city. We could actually give the academy the upgrades they need as well as fixing up the old Uchiha district. When Sasuke came back we didn't think that he'd need so much help, but this would actually take care of it. People could start living there again..." Sakura nodded. She wasn't doing this just for her, also for the others in the village. "Hai, Sensei. Three hours."

"Meet me at the front gate at exactly ten." They nodded and headed out. She looked over at Neji, who obviously had no interest in talking to her and frowned. "Is something wrong?" She looked up at him, surprised. She forgot how much he saw. "No! I just, uh, I have a lot to do, so I'll see you!" She decided against walking out and jumped out of the nearest window. The first thing she had to do was KILL Kakashi!!

"What did I ever do to you?!" She yelled when she found him, about to head out of the town on his mission. "Sakura? What's wrong?"

"Neji? Kakashi, I was wanting some sort of human interaction! He's about as lively as your blow up doll!!" Kakashi stared at her, not knowing where to start. He chose this to say. "I don't have a blow up doll!" Sakura walked up to him, toe to toe and stared at him, her hands on his hips. "I can't believe you stuck me with the quietest ninja in all of Konoha! So much for learning new jokes!!"

"Tsunade was about to stick you with Ibiki."

"Have I ever told you how much I love you?" She batted her eyes and smoothed out the wrinkle in his jacket. "I'll see you when I get back, alright?" She smiled at him and he nodded, rolling his eyes. "Take care. There's no one who'll be better to watch your back than Neji." Sakura nodded, no longer wanting to fight with him. He was gone in an instant, the only sign that he'd been there at all was the shoe print in the dirt in front of her. She turned to see Neji staring at her.

Damn, she didn't want him to hear that. He turned, walking slowly towards the shops at the side of the street.

Sakura hurried to her house, getting her pack and filling it with a few things she thought she might need, some heat packs, bandages, sutures, mostly medical stuff. She grabbed two outfits from her closet, one was a sweat suit, black, and the other she didn't even really pay attention to, all she really noticed was it was pink. She grabbed at a few random things on her way out of the door and ran to the shops to get a few things there as well.

She was surprised to find that she was leaving at the same time as everyone else. "We asked to be delayed till you were leaving, so that we could say good bye." Naruto stepped forwards, hugging her and all Sakura could do was cringe till he was done. "Sakura, take care." He tried to cradle her cheek to find her cracking her knuckles. "Oi! Never mind, Never mind!" He stepped back and Ino stifled a giggle. "I know how much Neji can grow on you, just don't get carried away, right?" Sakura stared in disbelief. "Ino! What kind of slut do you think I am?!" This remark made the faces of all of the men go red, unknowing to Sakura, even Neji. "Can you let me know?" Kiba found himself waking up a good fifty feet away.

Sakura gave quick hugs to everyone as Tsunade approached. "Sakura, Neji, it's about time. You be safe."

"That's what I'm saying!" Ino shrugged and Sakura found herself blushing terribly. "Don't worry." Sakura was surprised to feel his hand on her shoulder. "I'll take care of her." This seemed to settle the minds of many of the people there and they nodded, the two other teams headed out. Tsunade shot Sakura a grin, the likes of which she'd never seen. "Ino's crazy, you know we take our mission more serious than that..." She was surprised to hear Tsunade's answer. "Maybe it's time that you shouldn't."

With that, they were off.

Hey! Hoped you liked the first chapter! I'm going to try and make this more of a love story with a little smut at the end, not like the rest of my fics, smut smut smut!!

I'll see you all next chapter!

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