Chapter 2

They soon arrived at the house and Sasuke handed the horse to one of the servants. They inspected the whole ground to get a feel for where what was. Tazuna, their subject, came out and met them after a little while. He informed them of his whereabouts for the whole week and Sasuke took notes. They decided that he should stay inside as much as possible the whole week, and then they would follow him to his business partner's house. Tazuna went back inside and Sasuke distributed each member's area. They split up and went to keep an eye out for anything suspicious.

Soon it became evening and Naruto went to have his break and some food. Sasuke had each given them an hour break, where they could eat, sleep or just relax. Naruto went to the guestroom they had been given. He slumped down on the nearest chair. Boring. So far this mission had been unbelievably boring. He had believed that they would finally have some excitement. He sighed. Oh well, at least he didn't have to be stuck with Sasuke all the time. He usually felt uncomfortable being around him for some reason.

It wasn't because he hated him. It wasn't because he had rejected him either. He had been ignored or hated for the most of his life. It wasn't like it was something new. But it had felt worse when Sasuke had done it. Maybe it was because he had actually felt like it would be different for once. But he definitely couldn't be friends with him before he got rid of that personality. There was a knock on the door and a female servant came in with food.

"Are you hungry? We didn't know what you would like so our chef just made his favourite dish" Her voice was soft and a light blush was covering her cheeks.

"It's fine. I can practically eat anything" His cheerfulness made her give him a small smile. She put the tray with the food on the table and hurried out again. Naruto began eating. If he was quick, he might be able to sleep for a bit before he had to go back outside again.

Naruto was abruptly woken from his sleep, by the knock on the door. He rubbed his eyes and stretched. Sai opened the door and looked at him.

"You should probably hurry outside. Sasuke will be mad if you don't keep to the schedule." Naruto crinkled his nose.

"He can just try. I'm only a couple of minutes late"

"You guys really should try to be friends, or at least stop arguing all the time" Sai said patiently. Naruto kicked at some invisible rock on the ground.

"It's not like I haven't tried" He mumbled.

"What happened?"

"I wanted to be his friend, so I tried to talk to him and such, but he was just such a teme and just rejected me. He didn't want me to talk to him, or be near him."

"But why didn't he want to be friends?"

"The hell should I know. He didn't give me a reason, he just told me to stay away." Naruto could feel the anger rising inside him. He didn't deserve to get treated that way.

"Maybe there was a reason. You should try to talk to him"

"I don't think it will change anything" Naruto said through clenched teeth. "He hates me and I don't want to be near him"

"Try. Just try and talk to him. You know, really talk to him and then you can continue whatever relationship you're having now" Naruto rolled his eyes at that comment.

"Alright, alright. I'll try, but don't think that bastard is going to change" Sai just gave him a small smile and went to sit down.

"And now hurry up, you're already late." Naruto hurried out and went to take his position again. He sighed. A talk with Sasuke. He didn't know what would happen. Somehow what Sai said had given him a bit of hope. The question was just.. When should he do it? Maybe tonight? Sasuke had of course made a sleeping schedule. Naruto had to go to bed first at around ten. Then tree hours later Sai went to bed and three hours later again it was Sasuke's turn. Both Naruto and Sai would get 8-9 hours of sleep, while Sasuke only got five. He was just so sceptical. He was sure they would mess up, and therefore he had to be awake most of the time. They had also gotten some of Tazuna's own men to help watch the place at night.

But Sasuke got so little sleep as it was. He didn't want to keep him up any longer. Naruto went around and patrolled his area for a couple of hours before he was heading up for sleep. He took one of the three beds in the room and lied down to sleep.

Naruto woke suddenly by the sounds of dogs howling. His heart was pounding and his eyes wide open. It took some time for him to realize what the noise was. He lay awake and listened for any other sounds. Something that would show that it was an attack and Sasuke needed help. Silence. His heart beat was slowly calming down as time went by, but he was still wide awake. He sighed and looked around. Sai was here, but no Sasuke. He felt rested, so it was probably around three in the morning. Naruto slowly got out of bed, shivering from the cold. He got dressed and sat by the big window, looking outside. He was engrossed in his own thoughts when the door slowly creaked open much later. Sasuke slowly tiptoed inside, but stopped when he noticed Naruto was already up.

"You should sleep. We need everyone rested and attentive" Sasuke whispered when he reached Naruto's side. Naruto jumped slightly by the sound, since he hadn't heard him enter.

"I just woke up and I couldn't fall asleep again, and what about you. It's not like you get enough sleep"

"But I need to be here if anything goes wrong, moron. We can't rely on you alone" Naruto scowled at him, but decided it was better to just keep silent. Sasuke didn't move. He didn't really know why. He needed the sleep and it was hypocritical of him to scold Naruto when he stayed up too.

"Why didn't you want to be friends with me?" a soft voice broke the silence between them. "Did I do something wrong?" Naruto was fiddling with his fingers, not daring to look at Sasuke.

So two chapters in one day ^^. I have already written half of chapter three. But I'm not sure when I can finish it. Please leave reviews. I would really like to see what people think of this story so far.