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"Neh...I'm bored..." Naruto whined, fanning himself with one hand and shielding his eyes from the sun's glare with the other.

"We don't have a lot of missions lately..." Sakura sighed, silently agreeing with him. She looked over at Sai, wondering what he was doing.

Sai stared out in to space, thoughts of Yuki and Shin jumbled up in his head. He absently twirled his pencil around his fingers. Sakura thought about what to do for a moment, then she smiled, brightening up as she looked over at Sai.

"Hey, what about we go to your place and check it out?"She suggested.

"Really? Let's go! Let's have ramen after though!" Naruto grinned, also turning to face Sai.

Sai put his pencil away, then smiled up at his teammates, "Sure. Why not?"

"No ramen, though!"Sakura glared at Naruto.

"Aw...please?"

"BAKA! No is a NO!" She yelled back, punching him in the face.

Sakura and Naruto fought as usual as they followed Sai to his place, whose mind was entirely on something else.

"It feels different from the last time I came here!" Sakura smiled.

"I was here too.. it seems the same to me," Naruto grumbled, wanting to eat ramen.

"SHUT UP!" Her smile turned in to a expression of massive anger and annoyance. Naruto immediately shut up, then walked over to Sai, trying to bribe him to treat him to ramen.

Sakura huffed loudly, then turned to the drawings on the wall. Some of them had names now. She smiled, happy that Sai was starting to get his emotions back. She walked around the room, then saw a large corner of paper poking out of a stack of books. Sakura quietly pulled it out, then stared at the drawing. Her eyes widened when she saw what it was.

"Sai... you gave names to some of your artwork!" Sakura said sweetly, smiling at Sai as she hid the drawing she found behind her back.

Sai nodded, "I felt like I had to, so I just gave names to the ones I liked the most."

Naruto looked back and forth at Sai, then Sakura. He froze, creeped out by Sakura's expression. It was the smile of EVIL.

"Then... do you have a name for this one?" Sakura pulled out the drawing from behind her in a flourish, showing them a drawing of a beautiful black haired girl with different coloured eyes. She was young, around her early teens, and a small smile played on her lips.

Naruto gasped at the picture, his jaw nearly hitting the floor. "Who is she?" he turned to Sai, very curious, but was also shocked by his supposedly emotionless teammate's expression.

Sai's face was a deep red, one of his hands trying to cover his blush, and the other hand snatching the drawing from Sakura's grasp. He crumbled the paper up then threw it in to the waste bin, his gaze pointed to the floor, avoiding the eyes of Naruto and Sakura.

"Is she your girlfriend? If you found your emotions again, you could have told us-" Sakura started to say.

"She's no one," Sai interrupted her, his voice dark and low, "She's not even alive...there's no chance for her...to still be living..."

Naruto walked over to Sai, placing a hand on his shoulder, worry written all over his face.

"I abandoned her... hurt her.. broke her..." Sai muttered, unaware of the beings around him, or Naruto's hand.

"Sai... was she...important to you?"Sakura asked.

Sai nodded slightly, then he straightened up, realizing what he was doing. He smiled, "Sorry.. please forget what I just said... I said something worthless, didn't I?"

Naruto and Sakura stared blankly at him. They could tell he was lying, opposing his emotions once more... The three ninjas were quiet for a long moment, then Naruto finally spoke, his blue eyes glaring in to Sai's black ones.

"That fake smile... get rid of it," He growled, "We're your friends. Don't hide from us. We're here to help you."

"Please, Sai..." Sakura pleaded, then the three were interrupted by Yamato's voice.

"Oi! Sakura! Naruto! Sai! A new mission!"

Naruto turned his back to Sai, then jumped out the window to Yamato, who was waiting for them. Sakura cast a worried glance at Sai then followed Naruto, the last team member quietly followed after them, his pace a bit slower than usual.

"What's the new mission?" Naruto asked Yamato, crossing his arms. I want ramen... he thought.

Yamato waited for the whole team to assemble until he sighed then scratched his head, "Naruto, Sakura... don't freak out about this but... Sasuke's been spotted..."

"Really?" Sakura exclaimed, smiling.

"...kissing a girl," Yamato finished off.

Team 7 blinked at Yamato rapidly in surprise.

"HUH?" Naruto and Sakura screamed in unison.

Sakura cracked her knuckles, a evil aura surrounding her. Her Inner Sakura screamed: Let's go find her! Let me kill her! Who dares to kiss Sasuke?

Naruto shuddered, feeling a dangerous aura near him. He desperately averted his gaze from Sakura, treasuring his sweet dreams more than his nightmares.

"So... where's Sasuke now?" He asked.

"Actually, it seems like he was taken hostage by the girl... the place is sealed, but we found their location..." Yamato trailed off.

"Let's go then, and save Sasuke!"Naruto crowed, punching his fist in the air.

"YEAH!" Sakura joined him. The Inner Sakura cackled: And I get to kick that girl's butt!

Sai merely nodded, his thoughts elsewhere again.

The ANBU who were secretly watching Sasuke and the girl from afar, were unconscious, some blood splattered on their capes. Team 7 and Yamato were aghast by what they saw.

"The ANBU... were all defeated!" Naruto exclaimed, his eyes wide with shock.

Sai walked over to one of the fallen ninjas then briefly inspected his body. They were only knocked out, not injured. The blood was probably just for show, giving times for whoever dealt with them to escape.

"Looking for me?" A sweet voice sounded from the trees above the four ninjas. A masked girl leaned against the trunk of the wood, her black hair tied back loosely. She was wearing a long sleeved turtle neck top that revealed the outline of her waist, slightly baggy black pants, and high heels. Her top was white and small bags were strapped around her hips.

Naruto pointed to the girl, yelling, "Who are you?"

She ignored his question, "You are looking for Sasuke Uchiha, correct?"

Her gaze shifted over the four Konoha shinobi, and a sharp pang stabbed in to her heart when she sawhim. She grit her teeth, thinking, Why...is he here?

"Where's Sasuke-kun?" Sakura demanded.

"He's-" The girl started to reply, then a thundering roar headed towards them, a large explosion shaking the ground as blasts of fire were shot randomly in different directions, but mostly to them.

"Sasuke's pissed..." She muttered to herself, then tensed, ready to escape, but turned her gaze just in time to see a large fireball heading for the Konoha shinobi.

"Dammit!" the masked girl swore to herself then performed multiples of seals with her hands, "Ice wall technique!"

Large walls of ice blocked the fireball from approaching the village ninjas. She quickly made more seals with her hands, "Snow blizzard justu!"

A huge snowstorm crashed at the ninja's, cooling the flames and making the whole area dreadfully cold. The girl could sense Sasuke coming nearer, then she dove down to the ground, ready for the next move.

"What's going on?" Naruto shielded his face from the blasts of snow, then he felt a sharp jab at the back of his neck, and the whole world went dark.