Okay, this is my first fanfic-- like…ever. And I just got this wicked awesome idea for a SasuSaku story when I was reading this other fanfic. And I thought that this cute little idea I had would make a good story… (so I hope).

Um anyway, please review. Criticize if you must, but no flames! I'm sure most of you have heard that before. If ya wanna see something be improved, you can tell me. And if you just love my storyline and want to see quicker updates well then, let's hope I get a lot of good reviews!

Yeah I know…I'm a nerd. Lol. Just tryin' to cover the basis.

Oh yeah and some chapters may be a little short, but not too short.

Chapter One: Captured

Sakura yawned with a stretch as she sat up from her duffle bag. She was laying on a grassy plain with a burnt out campfire, and her two teammates on both sides of the campfire. The moon was still getting lower, and the sun was still in the middle of rising. There were still trees and bushes and such dipped in shadows from the moon. For Sakura, today seemed like a perfect day.

She stood up a stretched, then walked over to where Naruto was sleeping.

"Naruto, wake up!" She said, shaking his arm. Naruto just rolled over onto his side and began to drool. Sakura rolled her eyes and shook his arm again harder. Kakashi, who had just woke up, walked over two the two teens.

"Hmm." He pondered. "How should we wake him up this time?" He thought aloud. Sakura smiled, waiting for an answer.

"NARUTO WAKE UP! SASUKE'S HERE AND HE'S ATTACKING US!" Kakashi screamed.

Naruto yelled and jumped up and had forgot to leap out of his sleeping bag so he just fell back down to the ground. Kakashi and Sakura chuckled.

"Now c'mon Naruto!" Sakura peeped. "Let's go to the market; I here the country of water has the most amazing marketing shops by the pier!" She said dreamily.

"You sure seem to be in a good mood today, Sakura." Kakashi said as he packed up his sleeping back and his backpack.

"Yeah, you also seem to like forcing people to do things they don't want to." Naruto added, standing up and grabbing his belongings and stuffing them all in his bag.

"How would you know?" She shot back. "You've been asleep for most of the morning!"

"Now, now. It's too early to be fighting already." Kakashi interfered. "Now let's go. We can ask around at the market for our missing fugitive." Sakura and Naruto nodded, and then they were off to the market.

"Ahh, finally!" Sakura squealed as her green eyes sparkled, going back and forth from each isle of the market place.

Sakura ran to the shops and looked at every piece of clothing, smelled every flower, gazed at every priceless bauble and tasted every type of fruit she could get her hands on.

"Why is she in such a good mood today?" Naruto whispered quizzically to Kakashi. Kakashi shrugged and strolled on briskly.

"Beats me." He muttered, shoving his hands in his pockets and walking ahead of Naruto, who already had his eyes set on the local ramen shop.

"Team."

"Let's grab a bite to eat first!"

"Team!"

"No way, I heard the country of water is best known for their markets!"

"Team!"

"So what?!"

"TEAM!" Karin, Jugo and Suigetsu looked over at Sasuke.

"What?" They all asked.

"We are here for one purpose, and one purpose only." He reminded his team.

"We're already here, let's just relax for a minute." Suigtesu replied. Sasuke grumbled.

"Fine, you can go search the shops. But Karin, you take the north side. Jugo, the west side. Suigetsu, you stay in the south side. I'll be taking the east. You can have your fun and your mission at the same time. Come find me if you've seen or heard about our prey." Sasuke told them.

They all nodded and then were off to their directions in the marketing piers.

"Now where are we?" Naruto groaned. "I haven't seen or heard about our missing fugitive yet. Let's just go back to sleep!" He begged.

"Naruto, we've only asked two peoples and neither were locals here." Kakashi told him. Naruto shrugged, not seeing his Sensei's point. Kakashi paused. "It doesn't count, Naruto." He told him. Naruto groaned louder and rolled his eyes.

"Just listen to Kakashi." Sakura told him. "Oh yeah, and to answer your first question: we're just heading into the east side of the marketing piers." She added.

"Why are there so many of them?!" Naruto complained.

"Shut up and enjoy yourself!" Sakura replied sharply. Naruto backed off, noticing Sakura's good mood seemed to be wearing down easily. She began to frown and her brow was clenching.

"You see, Naruto, you're ruining Sakura's good mood." He said, half serious and half sarcastically.

Sakura shook her head. "It's not Naruto. It's just that there's something unusual about this particular shopping district." She looked around cautiously. Naruto shivered.

"Yeah, I kinda feel it too." He looked at Kakashi who nodded in agreement.

"Hmm…You're smart." Sasuke said icily, sneaking up behind them. The group of three turned around just as Sasuke's other three teammates came around the corner with devilish smiles on their faces.

"Found her." Karin said evilly.

"No kidding." Suigetsu grumbled, crossing his arms. Karin angrily frowned at him. He did it back just to annoy her. Sasuke shot his arm out in front of them, signaling them to stop.

"Wait-- what did she mean by found her?" Naruto whispered to Kakashi, not taking his eyes off of Sasuke, who was glaring back at him with a sick smile on his face.

"I don't know." Kakashi whispered in reply. His eyes shot open. "Wait- there was four before. Where's the other one?" He asked, counting Sasuke and his team and realizing one was missing.

"Here!" Sakura yelled for an answer as she struggled to stay on her feet as Suigetsu attacked. Naruto gasped and began to run over in aid to her, but Karin ran in front of him and blocked the way. Naruto stopped short and gritted his teeth in anger.

"You shouldn't be looking over there when there's a challenge right in front of you!" She warned. Jugo snuck up on him from behind and put a bag over him and tied it at the ankles in hopes that Naruto would fall over.

And he did.

"Naruto! Sakura!" Kakashi called, as Sasuke attacked.

"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Sakura called back, blocking Suigetsu's sword attack.

"No you're not!" Karin replied sharply, bagging Sakura, too. Sakura shrieked, falling to the ground.

Kakashi grunted, kicked Sasuke back and ran over to Sakura and Naruto, still in bags. Jugo kicked him away as he and Suigetsu grabbed the two bags and jumped off. He angrily turned back to Karin who was helping Sasuke up.

"What are you doing?!" Kakashi asked him angrily. "Attacking your own teammates?! You're sick and twisted!" He told him. Sasuke scoffed.

"I didn't attack my teammates…in fact, they helped me attack yours." He smiled triumphantly and with that, him and Karin were off, running after the other two guys.

Kakashi leaped after them. "You're not getting away with my team!" He said as he caught up with Suigetsu and Jugo. He kicked one and grabbed the bag but it was more heavy than he expected. He and the bag fell to the ground with a hard thump.

"Ughh." Kakashi muttered, quickly untying the bottom of the bag. Naruto kicked it open and began breathing heavily as sweat rolled down his face.

"Th-Those bags are weird!" He gasped for air. "It's like they suck your chakra away or something!" He told Kakashi. Kakashi stood up and looked around. Sasuke, his team, and the bag with Sakura in it were nowhere to be found.

Naruto ripped his jacket off, still out of breath. He pulled his forehead protector off and fell backwards, lying on the dirt. Kakashi looked down at him, trying not to show his concern and worry in his eyes.

"You stay here and rest, Naruto. I'll go find Sakura." Kakashi offered. Naruto grabbed his wrist and pulled him back while shaking his head 'no'.

"Don't worry, Kakashi-sensei. Sakura is smart and strong. And if she can't get out of there, well then we're just going to have to help her out. But first, have a little faith in her."

Kakashi sighed in an understanding way. "Well then, we'll need to go back to Konoha first." Naruto looked at him strangely. "We cannot fulfill our mission to find the missing fugitive and rescue Sakura at the same time." He explained.

And for the first time, Naruto saw Kakashi's eyes weaken, almost as if it meant he was loosing some hope and his pride. Naruto gritted his teeth with a frown; that drop of hope from Kakashi lit Naruto's fire.

"What are you talking about?! Of course we can!" He leapt up, punching his fist in the air. "We can get that fugitive and Sakura in one mission! We--We have to do it because--" He paused and looked down at his Sensei, who seemed too swallowed up by his latest blow to the ego to be listening to him. Naruto bent down and put his hand on his Sensei's shoulder in comfort. Kakashi looked up at him.

"Why? Is this a game to you? Why do we have to?" He asked. Naruto clenched his fists.

"Because it's the way of the ninja."

The end! Kinda longer than I had hoped, kinda not. I know it was a little confusing, but it'll all make sense when I add the next chapters, I promise!

Also, I didn't picture adding team Hebi in there, but I figured if Sasuke was there…well, his team would probably be there, too….right?

Okay, anyway…how'd you like it?

Please tell me in a review!