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McGee looks at the buildings around them as they walk to Ichiraku's. Sasuke glances back at McGee and sighs. "You know, I thought you were here on a mission," he says. He looks back at everyone's confused expressions. He sighs once more. "Meaning, you're not here for sight-seeing."

Tony looks back at McGee and slaps him in the back of the head the way Gibbs does. "Yeah, McGeek!"

When they reach Ichiraku's they all sit down, and Naruto orders automatically. Sasuke orders a minute later. The four NCIS agents stare helplessly at the menu written in Japanese.

The boys turn to Kate and Ziva and say, "I thought you two spoke other languages."

"I can read and speak Arabic and all the middle-east languages, not Japanese," Ziva says quietly.

"Even though I protected the president, that doesn't mean that I know Japanese," Kate says in annoyance.

Tony looks away and feels that he doesn't really care which type of food he gets, just so long as he eats. Sasuke glances over at them and sees them trying to read the menu. He sighs and says in Japanese, "Hey, Teuchi, give them what I got." The old man nods and continues making the ramen, and starts a conversation with Naruto.

When ramen is placed in front of the NCIS agents, they look at Sasuke. Sasuke glances at them and says, "I ordered for you. It's ramen."

"Sweet!" Tony shouts as he looks around the counter, "Um…where are the spoons?"

Sasuke sighs and points at the chopsticks. They all take a pair and rip them apart. Tony struggles to use them, while the others use them perfectly. Tony glares at his fellow agents, giving up on the chopsticks. Instead he lifts up the bowl and drinks the ramen.

Naruto sighs after eating his fifth bowl. "Sasuke, do you think Sensei will let us go with these people to their headquarters to help them with the investigation?" Naruto asks as he starts eating his sixth.

Sasuke shrugs and says, "Probably. My dad would bug him to no end until he at least lets SOMEONE go with them."

Naruto, finishing his eighth bowl of ramen, says, "So Sensei will probably send a team to go with them? I want to go! I haven't been able to get out of the village in a while."

"That's because Kakashi's training you to take his place! You have to stay here," Sasuke says, exasperated.

"Fine, then. Let's go and get him to let you go! And when you get back, you can tell me everything about the world without ninjas!" Naruto finishes his tenth bowl, stands up and pulls out his part of the bill, which ended up being two-thirds of it. Sasuke pays the other third.

"Get up," Sasuke says to the four agents, "We're going to see the Hokage."

The agents look at each other, confused. But they reluctantly get up and follow Sasuke and Naruto.

Kakashi rubs his temples slowly. 'I did NOT need this today! I was just going to read all day without any interruptions, but now I have to deal with Fugaku and his problems!'

Kakashi sighs as he sits up, "You know, you don't have to wait outside the door. You WERE my students," Kakashi says boldly.

The door opens, and Sasuke, Naruto, and the agents walk into the office. "Kakashi," Sasuke says, "if you are organizing a team to go with these freaks," Sasuke points at the agents, "I can make the team. I know just who we should take."

Kakashi blinks in surprise. He did not expect Sasuke to take such a huge burden off of his back. "Sure, but you can't take Naruto."

"But SENSEI!" Naruto shouts sadly, "WHY NOT!"

"Because you have to finish your training," Kakashi says and looks up to see Naruto's head fall, defeated. "But…once you finish the jutsu you are working on, you can go…with a jounin guard."

Naruto's face lights up, "REALLY! YESAAAAAAAIIIIIII!"

"But…Sasuke, if it happens to be what we were suspecting, make up a back-up team to support you guys." Sasuke nods.

"But…can we borrow Gaara from Suna?"

Kakashi blinks but says, "Fine, the entire village is coming here for a visit, if Gaara leaves with you on the mission, no one will notice."

Sasuke nods and turns to Naruto, "I assume you wish to start your training."

"Of course," Naruto shouts as he starts to run out of the room, but is stopped by Sasuke grabbing his collar. "What the hell? What was that for!" Naruto shouts, rubbing his neck.

Sasuke points at the agents, "They were told not to have us out of their sight. You have to leave with two of them." Naruto pouts and waits for two of the agents, Kate and McGee, to follow him to the training field.

Sasuke sighs, annoyed by Naruto's behavior, then he turns to the remaining two agents. "We will be going to gather the team that is going with you."

"Gibbs isn't going to like this," Tony says.

"I know your boss won't like it, but we have to. Now, we can't leave until tomorrow's festival starts, when Gaara arrives and can leave unnoticed. But we have to go tell the people who are going so they can be ready." Sasuke turns and walks out of the building, followed by Ziva and Tony.

Sasuke walks up to the Hyuuga estate. He looks at each of the guards and they nod, allowing him and the other two entry into the estate.

"Wow! This place is huge! Who lives here?" Tony says, amazed.

"A clan, it's smaller than the Uchiha, my clan's, estate." Sasuke walks right past the main branch's house to the cadet branch's building. He walks down the hallway to the biggest of the door and knocks. The three people wait outside the door.

The door is opened and Neji says, frowning, "What are you doing here, Uchiha-san?"

"We have a mission, you are on the team for tomorrow, meet at the village gate at nineteen hundred hours. Also, tell Hinata that if needed, she will be sent on the back-up squad." Neji nods slowly, wanting to ask questions, but knows that would be a waste of time.

Sasuke walks away with the two agents out of the compound.

Sasuke walks up and knocks on a door. Shikamaru answers the door and before Sasuke could say anything he asks, "I'm on an important mission tomorrow?" Sasuke nods and Shikamaru sighs, and asks, "When do I meet at the gate?"

"At nineteen hundred hours," Sasuke says, bows and turns to inform another person.

Sasuke hesitates, sighs, and then knocks on the door in front of him.

The door opens slowly and Sai stands with a smirk on his face. "Well, I wasn't expecting a visit from the great Uchiha. If I did, I would have set up a trap to get you in bed," Sai says, sarcastically.

"Shut up, Sai. You have a mission tomorrow. Meet at the village gate at nineteen hundred hours," Sasuke says, irritated.

"Is the mission with you?" Sai asks. Sasuke nods slowly. "Then consider it done!" Sai closes the door.

"What was that?" Ziva asks. "Is he your boyfriend?" she asks seriously.

"No," Sasuke says. "He just does that to annoy me."

"Why, are you gay?" Tony asks, nervous.

"NO! He found out I'm a homophobe and he does that every time he sees me."

"Why are you a homophobe?" Tony asks, interested.

"That's personal."

Sasuke looks at the door, regretting that he let Kakashi send Tsunade on a different mission. 'We NEED at least ONE medical ninja…why does it have to be her?' Sasuke thinks, sadly. He lifts up his hand and is about to knock when the door flies open and Sakura hugs Sasuke.

"I KNEW you'd come around SOME day! You've come here to confess, haven't you?" Sakura says, in her fantasy.

Sasuke pushes her off and says, "No. You're going on a mission tomorrow, I'm on it too, but if you ever get within two feet of me again, I'll kick you off the team! Meet at the village gate at nineteen hundred hours. And, just letting you know, I wanted to say that you couldn't come within two thousand feet of me, but Kakashi said otherwise."

Sasuke turns on his heel, and leaves.

"Kiba," Sasuke says as he approaches the training field.

Kiba looks up at him and asks, "What do you want, Uchiha?"

"You're on a mission tomorrow, meet at the village gate at nineteen hundred hours, I'll explain everything there." Kiba blinks but nods. Akamaru barks, telling Sasuke that he understood.

Sasuke leaves.

Sasuke tells all the back-ups about the mission. The back-ups who didn't already know are: Lee, Chouji, Itachi, and Tenten. Itachi hadn't been informed, but he would be later that night.

'All that's left is Gaara. He's going with the original team, he'll be told tomorrow. I'm done for today,' Sasuke thinks. Sasuke stops in his tracks and asks, "Are you supposed to stay at my house for the night?"

That is an EXTREMELY important question, Sasuke.