I DO NOT OWN NARUTO. THIS IS A FANFICTION OF WHAT I WANT TO HAPPEN. PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK

2: Missions Apart

Knocking roared through the Uzumaki's apartment.

"NARUTO! GET UP WE HAVE A MISSION!" a familiar voice screeched as the banging continued.

Naruto walked over towards the door, which he thought was about to break from the force of the knocking.

"What do you want now Sakura?" he said as he stretched.

"Get your stuff we have a mission from Tsunade-sama." The blossom haired girl replied.

"Jeez does that woman ever let people relax, fine let me get my stuff." The blonde said as he turned to pack his supplies.

"We'll meet you at the gates in 10 minutes." She trailed away leaving his door wide open.

Naruto began to gather his supplies for what he thought was going to be one of Oba-chan long pointless missions that she so often gave to him.

He finally gathered all of his supplies and left to meet his beloved Sakura-chan at the gates, even the thought of his little blossom didn't lift his mood from this morning. A dull ache in his chest, 'must be Kyuubi' he thought. When he reached the gate the dull aching seemed to disappear, Sakura and Sasuke were waiting for him.

"Wh-." Naruto started.

"We have to go help a woman with her farm." Sasuke interrupted, with that he began to walk away.

Sakura looked towards Naruto and tried to catch up to her raven haired companion, this left the golden boy alone which made the dull aching intensify. His eyes became vacant as he began to walk up to the others, his whole life he was alone 'why would it ever change' he thought, Sakura is obsessed with Sasuke and Naruto has no-one?

A few hours passed and they reached the farm, Sasuke found out what needed to be done and gave each of them their tasks and began doing it.

"Hey, Naruto are you alright?" a worried look crossed the pink haired girls face

"I'm fine, don't worry about me let's get this done." Naruto flashed an intoxicating smile at her.

"Right…" She walked away with a largely puzzled face, but she heeded his words and worked faster so that they could finish and go home.

After a few hours the sun started to set, the farm owner offered them some dinner and to stay the evening.

"That would be very much appreciated, Thank you." Sakura and Sasuke bowed, Naruto stood against the wall eyes staring off into the distance as he tried to uncover the reason for the ache. A sudden shot of pain hit his ribs, causing him to wince and bend over in pain.

"Show some courtesy Naruto, she's kindly letting us stay here for the night." Sakura said withholding her anger raging within her.

"Sorry, thank you very much." His voice deprived of his usual cheerful glee from any attention from Sakura. The woman showed them to their rooms and let them settle themselves before she called them for dinner.

During dinner Sakura and Sasuke realised Naruto was not his usual self but didn't want to question him in front of their temporary employer, they soon finished their meal and headed to their rooms. After an hour Sakura knocked on Naruto's door.

"Can I come in?"

"Yeah sure." Naruto's voice lacked any kind of spark.

Sakura walked into the room holding a bar of chocolate.

"I was going to give this to Sasuke but I thought you need this more than he does, do you want to share and talk?" Sakura beckoned with an enticing smile.

"Errm, yeah sure come in." replied the blonde with a subtle smile on his face.

"So are you alright Naruto? You're not like yourself today."

"Yeah I'm fine why do you ask?" Naruto replied staring at his feet.

"Naruto don't lie to me, please I'm worried about you." Her face became sorrowful as she sat down next to her golden haired team mate. A blush began swarm across his face, Sakura saw this and giggled to herself.

"You know, you're kind of cute when you're blushing and not being an idiot." She said trying to lighten his mood.

"Thanks, I guess." He replied, even his little cherry blossom couldn't make the aching in his chest go away. He put his hand over his chest.

"Naruto please, you can tell me anything." She put her arm around Naruto's

"Fine…. I felt fine after training, I was walking through town and Kiba asked me to get some ramen with him and of course I can't say no!" his voice gained a little spark and the atmosphere lifted "then Kiba kept staring at me like a right weirdo, Hinata walked in and they had to go. Since that I've felt empty, more than normal like something is missing." His expression showed the aching in his chest.