Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. The only thing i own is a crazy amount of frog plushies and a turtle named Fred.


The Hokage was sitting behind her desk up to her elbows in paperwork when Sasuke walked into the office. The women looked up giving him a kindly smile, "Sasuke-kun what brings you to my office?"

"Hokage-sama I was wondering if you would grant us a leave of absence so we can take Naruto out of the village for a while. Sakura and I both feel some time away from the glares of the villagers would do him some good.

Tsunade nodded her head slightly and set her pen down, "I understand, do you have an idea of where you would want to go?"

"I want to take him to another ninja country where he can simply be a civilian for a few days, but I know that is out of the question so I am simply hoping to take him to another village within fire country."

The women took a long drink from the sake bottle that was sitting next to the paper work. She thought about the Uchiha's request for a few moments before setting the bottle down. "I won't stop you from taking him to another village within fire country for a few days, but I want Kakashi to accompany you just in case something major happens that you and Sakura cannot handle."

Sasuke nodded and turned on his heel to leave the office, but paused as Tsunade stated, "If anything befalls him I want you to make sure it gets back to me so we can be prepared here in the village just in case."

She saw him nod and told him he was dismissed. Sasuke quickly made his way back to Naruto's apartment. He opened the door and flinched at the site that met his eyes. Sakura and Naruto were sitting on the couch and Sakura had her head in the blonde's lap. Sasuke did not know what was causing these feelings and that scared him. The boy shook his head and cleared his throat. Sakura sat up quickly a slight blush gracing her cheeks, "What did you find out Sasuke-kun?"

"The hokage gave me her permission."

Naruto turned his head to look at him, "What are you talking about?"

"We are leaving the village for a while."

"When?"

"Tomorrow morning so we all should pack today at some point."

Naruto again spoke up, "How about you two go home and pack and I will do the same? I swear on our friendship I will not do anything stupid."

Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other momentarily. "Do you think that is a good idea Sasuke-kun?"

"We should take turns Sakura. You know that. I am sorry Naruto, but I can't put much faith in those words right now. We all know you're still hurting."

The blonde sighed, "I guess."


Sakura gave each boy a hug before leaving the apartment. She quickly crossed the village and walked into her home. Her mother was waiting, "Sakura-chan I do not want you going back over to that things home!"

"MOM! Naruto-kun is a good person! He has saved my life on many occasions and I want to help him get through this!"

Her mother reached out and struck her across the face, "Don't you dare disobey me young lady! Now get to your room and don't try anything funny."

Sakura held a hand to her red stinging cheek as tears ran down her face. The girl ran up the stairs and slammed her bedroom door, "This is not right!"

She stormed over to her dresser and pulled out several changes of clothes and put them in the travel pack along with a blanket and a small medical kit. She went to her closet and pulled out her sleeping bag attaching it to the pack. Sakura then quickly wrote a short not stating she was sorry for disobeying and that she was not going to abandon her teammate. The pinkette then walked to the window opening it slowly. She then proceeded to jump out onto the neighboring roof and made her way across the village dropping to the ground in front of Naruto's apartment complex.


Sasuke stood in the doorway as the blonde boy packed his clothes into the travel pack, "Dobe, Do you still like Sakura?"

Naruto blushed cutely, "A little, but not like I used to…I got tired of always being shot down."

Sasuke noded, "This trip is to help you and also to bring the team closer again because you are still shaky about who to trust. I just don't want you doing anything that will jeopardize us getting back to where we were as a team."

Naruto thought to himself for a few moments before voicing his opinion, "I guess that makes sense and I won't hit on her or anything. I am too old for childish things like that."

Sasuke couldn't help to laugh, "Dobe…You're my age and you are still that childish at times!"

"Teme! No I am not!"

"I won't believe that until you prove me wrong Naruto."

"Teme you're the one who is too uptight!"


Sakura paused outside the door the apartment hearing snatches of the conversation, "It seems Sasuke may have found a way to distract Naruto. I just wish he had not brought me into it."

The girl opened the door and entered the apartment. She set her things down on the floor near the door and told Sasuke to go do his packing as well. Sakura watched Sasuke leave a wistful look in her green eyes. The look did not go unnoticed by Naruto who gave her a look that was tinged with a small amount of loathing.


A/N: This chapter is kinda a filler. I admit I am running out of ideas already, but my roommate is awesome at giving me horrible plot bunny attacks so this story will not die yet. I am hoping to at the very least get to 20-30k before ending.