Okay, Here We Go Again!

Sasuke woke with a start, sweat forming on his forehead.

Did I dream about Naruto… no, no the crying thing wasn't a dream. I remember it too clearly.

The raven forced himself out of bed, and got dressed. They finally had a mission so he wanted to be awake. It was seven o'clock, with a sigh Sasuke left, hoping to catch his blonde before the mission.

Naruto on the other hand was still asleep, eventually his eyes fluttered open. He lay in the same spot for a few moments.

I can't believe I acted like that in front of Sasuke-teme, please don't tell anyone. I'd better catch him, make sure he doesn't.

Grabbing his things he began to rush out the door… "Ahh, need to get dressed first" Naruto sprinted back to his room and got dressed in a flash, then bolted out the door.

Ignoring the horrible things said about him, and the hateful glares and rubbish thrown at him, the blonde ran down the village streets looking for Sasuke.

"TEME? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" the blonde panted as he caught his breathes when a figure stood behind him. "Hey dobe." "AHH! TEME! DON'T DO THAT!" Naruto fumed. But he soon ended his rant with a pout that made the blood rush to Sasuke's face.

"Calm down dobe, we have a mission today, don't waste your energy…" Naruto sighed; he didn't feel like having an argument, besides there were more important things to discuss.

"Sasuke-teme… can I talk to you, privately…" Naruto's voice went quiet, the raven gave him a confused look.

I bet it's about yesterday…

A strong blush appeared on the raven's cheeks as he remembered holding the blonde in his arms, rocking him and comforting him.

The two walked away from the crowd of the street and onto the bridge, "Teme… Yesterday… I don't want you telling anyone that I… I… That I cried" A small blush of embarrassment made a visible streak along the blonde's cheeks.

"I wont tell anyone, promise… But… It's okay to cry…" Naruto looked at the raven, a little confused. A smiled graced the blonde's lips and a small one appeared on Sasuke's. "A SMILE! Woo, I made you smile!" the smile quickly vanished, "I'm not incapable of emotion you know!" Sasuke said, a little peeved.

Naruto smiled sweetly, making Sasuke forget why he was ever mad the smaller boy.

"SASUKE-KUN!" the famous voice of a certain kunoichi, Sakura.

Is she still in to me? Get the hint Sakura…

"Hi Sasuke-kun, um… I wanted to apologize for yesterday… I shouldn't have acted that way towards you… I'm sorry." She bowed her head and clenched her fists, Naruto looked at her, a little surprised.

"Sakura, you didn't do anything. I was the one who shouted at you." He spoke coldly, no hint of emotion, "Don't you get it Sakura, I told you yesterday, I. Don't. Love. You." A glimmer of sorrow in the form of a tear forced it's way out of those emerald eyes.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto rested his hand on the girls shoulder, trying to comfort her as a good friend should. "NARUTO! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Suddenly the tears seemed to vanish and she was focusing her emotions on Naruto.

Flocks of pink hair swirled in the wind as she punched the blonde, knocking him into the water below.

A large splash followed. Sasuke leant up to the bars, hoping Naruto was okay, that he didn't swallow too much water.

A few seconds passed, and Naruto still didn't seem to rise up. "Naruto?" Sakura had joined in, looking over the edge of the bridge.

"What?" The two both swirled around to see a soaking wet Naruto squeezing the water out of his jacket, and swirling his hair around like a dog.

Damn he looks sexy when he does that.

Sasuke once felt the blood rush around to a particular spot, but it wasn't his cheeks. The raven tried to cover the ever-growing erection, making him blush.

"Okay, we all here? Good" Luckily Kakashi had arrived. That made him a little calmer. "Lets go then, the person we'll be escorting is by the Konoha gates.

After a small walk, Sasuke seemed to have relaxed.

Thank-god…

Group seven waited at the Konoha gates for their escort, when an old man come up, dressed in a smart suit and a pocket watch in his jacket. Naruto let out a sigh.

An old man? Great… And I thought this would be boring.

"Okay, I'm Kakashi, This is Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura. We will be your escorts today." The man gave the three a funny look, before walking ahead. This reminded the group a lot of Tazuna.

The group walked on for while in silence. Only the sound of footsteps could be heard, it was so boring that even Kakashi wanted to say something. He had expected Naruto to ask the escort questions, bore the man to death. But he was focused on something, had he spotted someone Kakashi hadn't?

The silver haired Nin tightened his senses, and pulled Naruto back. "What's up Naruto? You seem a little distracted…" The blonde looked at his teacher, "Nah, I'm just thinking about… things…"

"Just 'things'?" Kakashi asked a quizzical look on his face. "Never mind… it's nothing important… it never is…" the last three words were a whisper so the teacher could barely hear it, but he did.

The group carried on walking until a rustling was heard in the bushes.

And again.

The four ninja heard it, it had to be an enemy. "Okay, Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura… battle positions." The four gathered around the old man, protecting him.

It was silent again.

The group tensed, they had to be ready.

Suddenly out of nowhere a kunai flew out of the bushes at a great speed, aimed directly at the old man's head. Kakashi was on the other side of the circle so he couldn't stop it.

The kunai flew at an incredible speed, when. Sasuke turned around and felt something wet hit his cheeks. He wiped it off using the tips of his fingers.

Blood? Damn... did we kill him?

Kakashi had also noticed blood, but it didn't belong to the old man. Stood on the shoulders of a clone was a familiar blonde ninja. By protecting the escort, he himself got hit in the shoulder.

The battle began.