"This is my first time, please be gentle"

Kōta Shingyōji, Midori Days

"I like talking like this because it makes me seem weird…sorry, weirder"
Andy Memi

Several notes I'm sure you might not be reading:

First off, I like to put in quotes for the beginnings of my stories; I find it a great way to evaluate on things. Then again, it sometimes looks annoying, which in my opinion, is annoying as those seemingly random fanfics that seem to be…like using Japanese dialogue (although I find honorifics and things like Hai an exception) or insults, which just makes it so unauthentic, if you are going to mix it up with English so I like to stray away from that. Well, like my quote goes, this is my first time, please be gentle. DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY RIGHT TO PUBLISHING THIS STORY. THIS IS A FICTIONAL TALE MADE BY ONE FANFIC LOVING FAN.

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"Ngh…," Sasuke placed a hand on his forehead. 'Where am I?' He noticed that the room was bright white, as the same as the bed and linen. A small clipboard rested on the tray right next to the door, which was also white. 'I'm in…the hospital?' Suddenly, a shock ran through his spine. "Argh," he closed his eyes and a fragment of memory drifted into view. His Chidori was in a locked battle with Naruto's Rasengan. Naruto's Rasengan had scratched his headband and he jabbed Naruto in the chest. Then, as they fell, he remembered suddenly feeling a shock and passed out, he assumed that was the side affects of the Level Two Cursed Seal. Sasuke opened his eyes and walked over to the door and slowly reached over to turn the handle.

Before he could touch the handle, it turned on its own and there stood two ANBU black ops. "Don't try to escape, because we have specific orders from the Fifth to not let you leave this room." They closed the door and resumed their post. Sasuke looked at the cracks between the tiles and scowled. He had to get out, he had to find Orochimaru, and he had to become stronger than Itachi. "Damn it," said Sasuke under his breath. "Go retrieve him," Orochimaru said sitting in a room lined with lit candles. He looked at the seven shadows standing in front of him and closed his eyes.
"Hai," said the shadows in unison and with that they disappeared. Orochimaru sneered,
"Sasuke will be mine…"

"He'll be attempting to retrieve Sasuke again soon, Kakashi," Tsunade waited for the Jonin to put down his Icha, Icha novel. Kakashi closed the book with a gentle thump and looked at the Fifth Hokage.

"And do you have any plans?" questioned Kakashi as he reopened his book and continued reading.
"As you know, the majority of the villages Chunin and Jonin are still on missions while the few ANBU that we have are scouting the outside of the village and we have two monitoring Sasuke," Kakashi looked up and Tsunade closed her eyes and continued, "so I'm sending you and your team with Kurenai's team to await the Sound Ninja, understand."
"I understand, but what about Sasuke? I'm sure he would try to escape to Orochimaru himself," Kakashi closed his book once again. Tsunade shifted in her seat and crossed her arms,
"That will not be a problem, but if he does manage to get past the ANBU then I'll take it into my hands personally." Kakashi stared for a moment before turning around,
"Oh and I will see to it that not too many people die this time," Kakashi smiled, thought hard as it may be to see, and left the room.
'Idiot,' thought Tsunade and she rested her head for another nap. "All right, an A ranked mission!!" hollered Naruto, he smiled brightly.
"But Kakashi-sensei, how come they're sending Genin on such a dangerous mission?" Sakura showed a hint of worry at a high ranked mission assigned purposely to Genin.
"Well, with the lack of manpower we have, she has no choice and I'm sure it'll all turn out just fine, we just need to watch out for each other's backs," Kakashi looked over to Naruto, who was jumping enthusiastically around Kakashi and Sakura.
"Maybe you're right…," Sakura was relieved that Naruto fulfilled his promise but she didn't want to leave if Sasuke attempted to escape.
"C'mon, let's go!!" Naruto was ready and willing.

The outskirts of the village were a large forest full of old trees and tangled vines, navigating through it was no easy task. Team 7 stopped in a clearing where Kurenai and her team were waiting.
"Glad of you to join us," said Kurenai, she had already started setting out traps to alert them of the intruders.
"Hey! What hell is he doing here?!" yelled Kiba as he pointed a finger at Naruto. Naruto crossed his arms and said,
"Well it's not like I'm happy to see you either."
"N-Naruto is here too?" muttered Hinata peeking from behind the tent, she blushed and put her index fingers together.
"Naruto, you idiot!" Sakura slammed her fist into Naruto's face and launched him at Shino. A dust cloud formed around them.
"Get off," said Shino as he pushed the swirly-eyed Naruto aside. As he started brushing the dirt off his coat he looked up to see a grey blur flying toward him.
"You're not any better!" screamed Sakura, when Kiba knocked Shino to the ground. Kakashi sighed,
"It hasn't even been ten minutes and their already at each other's throats…"

Tick tock tick. The clock ticked steadily as Sasuke sat on the edge of the bed staring seemingly into nothingness. His face showed that he was deep in thought, 'If I try to get out like that…the ANBU would catch me before I can escape. I'm going to have to fight them.' Sasuke stared with greater concentration. He was going to have to change before he can do anything. Looking into the closet Sasuke found his clothes. He held out his shirt and watched as a Leaf Headband fell with a clink to the floor.

Sasuke threw the headband into the waste basket and quickly put on his clothes. He looked out the window to see the sun setting. If he was going to escape it was now or never. "Now," whispered Sasuke.

The sun had just begun setting and the two teams had set up camp. Naruto volunteered to keep watch for the expected ninja coming for Sasuke. 'Man, why does Sasuke even want to go to Orochimaru? He can get stronger with Kakashi, Sakura, and I. But I will make sure he won't leave, like it or not.' Naruto was determined to keep Sasuke in the village and put out the fire, 'Who even thinks of setting up a campfire during a stake out, that's just stupid.'

Elsewhere, in the girl's tent, Sakura was sitting up and looking outside the tent. Hinata looked up at her fellow kunoichi, "S-Sakura, are you all right?" Sakura shifted a bit and turned around to Hinata,
"Hinata, what do you think of Naruto?" Hinata blushed profusely but managed to get out,
"W-what do you mean?" She was caught off guard by the question.
"I mean, since he brought Sasuke back he's been more determined as a ninja and I find it admirable. And you've known him since your third year at the academy. What do you think of him?" Sakura smiled and dropped down onto her sleeping bag. Hinata looked out through the folds of the tent and watched Naruto's head cock from left to right. She blushed for a moment and stood up, walking over to the dead campfire. Her feet made soft steps on the tufts of the grass. She stopped right before Naruto.

"Um, Naruto if you're getting sleepy, I can take over," Hinata waited anxiously for a response. He did not answer. Hinata thought to herself, 'Oh no, did I say something wrong, now he thinks I'm weird again!' Still, Naruto did not answer. 'That was stupid of me to ask.' Suddenly Naruto fell backwards and was loudly snoring on the soft grass.

"Ah," Hinata fell back in exasperation. 'What do I do now?' She grabbed Naruto and dragged him off the stump, blushing as she pulled Naruto. She walked back to the stump and sat down. 'The sky is cloudy tonight,' she thought as her eyes slowly closed.

"Now," whispered Sasuke. An explosive tag tied to the door had started to burn.
"Do you hear something," asked one of the ANBU. A sudden burst of wind blew one of the ANBU through the wall, knocking him out cold.
"What the-," Sasuke had dashed out of the room and threw a punch at the other ANBU. The Op blocked it with his left hand and Sasuke spun around and tried kicking the ANBU Black Op. The ANBU blocked his kick and Sasuke turned his body around and held his index finger and thumb to his mouth,
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Great Fireball Technique)."

"Hm," Kakashi opens his eyes and sits up. He runs to Kurenai's tent and taps her forehead protector, "Kurenai, hurry."
"Kakashi, what's wrong?" Kurenai asks as she rubs her forehead.
"There are seven ninja not too far away, get everybody ready, I'll stall them." Kakashi opened one of the folds and is about to leave when Kurenai gets up and says,
"What if they kill you before we get there?" She had a look of worry on her face.
"Well, then, you should get everybody up quickly, shouldn't you?" Kakashi smiled and disappeared into the trees.