Hey yo

Hey yo! This is my first story, so don't be too mean, any way this is set after the first encounter of Sasuke after he left, does that make sense? Well any way it is!

A failed mission and a new beginning!

Naruto and Sakura were silent the whole return home, Naruto was silently inwardly beating himself up. And Sakura just felt numb. Sai, as always did not notice the silence and was content in himself. Yamato (A/N is that his name? I can't remember) was aware of the silence but thought best not to disturb it.

On their arrival they went straight for the hokage tower, walking solelmnly but quickly, wanting nothing more than be left to their own devices.

"Shizune, I wanted it over THERE!" yelled a familiar voice, coming from none other than the hokage herself, Tsunade.

Sakura's POV

Sakura smiled sadly at her mentor's antics as she entered the office. It was a mess of papers, more so than usual, and the furniture was all over the place.

"Are you remodelling or something?" Naruto asked, quieter than usual, and by quiet, I meant not shouting. Looking around, I noticed that was probably what they were doing.

"Get out, get out! Everyone that isn't ninja out!" Tsunade yelled

"So, well here's the mission report, hokage-sama"

"Thank you, Yamato." We got up to leave but before we reached the door she simply said, "Wait, Sakura, Naruto, I have some news. And a mission."

We all turned around and sat down again waiting for her to speak. "Well, the mission is simple enough, just a D-Rank, so I really just though I'd give you a break, you'll leave tomorrow afternoon, the exact time is up to yourselves."

"OK, SO WHAT IS THE MISSION GRANNY-TSUNADE!?" Naruto screamed already excited.

"I was getting to that, Naruto. Well the news intertwines with the mission, so I'll give that to you first. A new resident is coming to konoha, a civilian, so you'll be travelling there, with Kakashi, to pick her up, and return safely, she asked for basic protection, so it will be a breeze."

"Where is there, exactly?"

"Hmmm?"

"You said you'll go there, you didn't say where there was."

"Oh, well, it's sand, so when you-"

"GAARA! I HAVN'T SEEN HIM IN AGES!"

"Yes, Gaara will be there, Kakashi will have the details, you're dismissed."

So I left, all the while thinking, 'who is this girl?'

So that's the first chapter, I won't continue untill I get at least five reviews, if you do review, i'll put up your name and stuff

R&R