Karin: Here's chapter 10! It's finally double digits and we'll celebrate by giving Sakura and Sasori their first mission. The mission will probably last around two chapters, though.

Sasori: A mission? It's about time. I slacked off too much.

Sakura: But we train every single day. It gets annoying sometimes.

Deidara: Talk about it, un.

Ino: You're all too lazy.

Sakura: You are, too.

Ino: That's true.

Sasori: Hypocrite.

Ino: I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that. Karin Taicho doesn't own Naruto at all.

Karin: Thanks Ino. Enjoy the chapter!

Sasori and Sakura yawned as they entered Pein's office. They woke up at six in the morning for a meeting. They were needed on their first mission.

"It's about time I got a mission. It's already been a month since I came," Sakura said while walking to Pein's office.

Sasori maintained his normally bored expression as he walked down the hallway. "It's probably only getting a scroll or something. It usually isn't much. Though sometimes, there's these missions that remind me too much of those missions I used to get in Suna like those escort missions. They're rare in Akatsuki. Our cover can't be broken," he said.

They entered Pein's office and the carrot top faced them. "Sakura and Sasori, you have a new mission. I expect you to work together. I don't care about your past. And if Sakura tries anything, Sasori is expected to kill her," the carrot top leader said, "Is that understood?"

"Yes, Pein-sama," the two-man team said.

"Good," the leader said. He gave them a manila folder. "The mission details are inside. I expect you to head out in an hour. There will be no complaining allowed."

Sakura looked confused when Pein talked about complaining about the mission. It was just a mission, right?

Sakura accepted the folder and walked out with Sasori. Sakura could swear that she saw Pein smirking at them. In their room, they opened the folder. Inside, as Pein said, were their mission details.

Sakura and Sasori read it and both said, "WHAT?" They found out that they had to protect the prince and princess of the Water Village from assassins who call themselves Team Karasu. Normal enough mission, right? However, the catch is that they would have to pretend to be the prince and princess and act like a couple.

Sakura cried, "Do we really have to do this?"

"Y-yeah we do," he stuttered. 'Did I just stutter? What the hell is she doing to me? Damn you, Pein!' Sasori thought furiously.

Sulking, they both packed their belongings and left the hideout to go to the Water Village. Their trip was silent. They have been avoiding each other. Well, until Sakura spoke up.

"Sasori, why are you agreeing to this? I thought you hated me," she asked. Her eyes weren't meeting his.

He stopped running. "I am agreeing just because this is a mission. I have no choice in the matter. I don't hate you, though. I learned to forgive, I guess," he said in the most straightforward way as possible. Like he didn't care. But he did care. She can't know that he loves her.

"Oh," she said. "But if don't hate me, what do you think of me? What am I to you?" she asked, pausing as well.

They stood silently for a bit. "I- your just a really good friend to me," he said, obviously lying, but Sakura didn't notice.

"Oh," she said. Her hair covered her eyes. "Let's go then," she said as she continued to run to their destination.

Sasori mentally slapped himself, 'Why did I say that? I should have told her the truth. I'm a fucking pussy!' He ran after her.

In the Water Village

Sasori and Sakura dressed up as common people as they walked in. Sakura luckily borrowed some of Konan's casual clothes before walking out of the hideout. Sakura sighed. She needed to go shopping these days. The village patrol stopped them.

"Who are you and what is your business in this village?" he asked.

Sasori wrapped his arm around Sakura's waist and she blushed. "Me and my girlfriend are on vacation here. We're from Suna," he said effectively lying.

"Okay, you may pass," he said as they walked though the village gate.

'Well that was easy,' Sakura thought, 'But he didn't have to do that,' she blushed. Sasori was fighting back a blush as well.

They walked towards the palace located in the center of the village. As they walked to the gate, the guards blocked the entrance.

"We are the ninja that have accepted Mina-hime and Reiji-ouji's mission," the puppet master said.

"Of course," the guard said as he commanded his fellow guards to let the two-man squad through.

When they walked in, they couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of the palace. The walls were decorated with decorous pillars and marble flooring. Pictures and tapestries were hung on the pristine walls of the palace.

A maid bowed to them respectfully and said, "May Sasori-sama and Sakura-sama please follow me to the throne room?"

Sakura shook her head, "Please, no formalities. I'm not used to it." Sasori nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Sakura-San and Sasori-San," she said and she walked towards the throne room. There, a princess and a prince sat on the throne. The maid bowed to the royalty and left the room.

The princess and the prince both had on commoner clothing. The princess had curly pink hair reaching to her shoulders while the prince had messy hair like Sasori's. Sasori and Sakura kneeled down and said, "Your highnesses, I Haruno Sakura (Sasori), are here to fufill your mission."

The princess smiled, "Please stand up," she said as the squad stood up. "We have a group of assassins attacking us. They are called Team Karasu. Since the both of you look similar to us, you were chosen for this mission. Please stop these assassins. We don't know why they want to kill us, but we want to live in peace," she continued.

The prince put an arm around the princess's shoulder. "Please be fast. They might notice that you aren't the real deal. Thank you," he said. The royal couple bowed to Sasori and Sakura. They bowed back.

"Rest assured. We will complete this mission successfully," Sakura said. The royal couple left and Water Village ANBU followed them.

The maid came into the room. "Please follow me into the Hime and Ouji's sleeping quarters," she said respectfully.

Sasori and Sakura nodded and followed the maid into the bedroom. It was beautiful. White, unstained walls covered the room. The windows were covered by white drapes adorned with diamonds. They each had their own closets with gold decor. The closets were as long as the hallway. Clothes ranging from dresses to suits were all lined up. The bed was made of mahogany. The pillows were soft and fluffy as the mattress was just right. Sakura gasped as she entered the room. Sasori had a look of surprise. Man they have a nice house.

However, they weren't the only ones that lived there. A moment later, an elderly lady entered through the door. The maids in the room bowed and said, "Your Highness." The elegant lady had blue eyes and blonde hair which was tied in a bun. She had a tiara on the top of her head. She was the queen. The queen was dressed in a light blue dress with gold sequins. The bottom of her dress flowed. Servants were holding the back of the dress so that it won't drag along the floor.

Sasori and Sakura bowed to the queen as she entered the room. "Please, stand up Haruno-San and Sasori-san," she said.

"Hai," they said as they stood up.

The queen checked them out. After, she smiled, "Thank you for accepting this mission. You don't know how happy I am to see you help my son and daughter-in-law. I believe that you can stop them once and for all."

"We are honored to help you," said Sasori.

"Very well, I believe that you need to have a plan ready. I'm sorry for bothering you," she said. She turned around and left the room with her maids walking behind her.

Sasori smirked. "Well, this is a nice place to be. However, we should do research on the layout of the palace," he said. 'That's odd,' he thought, 'That woman looks oddly similar to the brat and wouldn't anyone find out our plans if she were to openly talk about them? She sure is blowing our cover,' Sasori thought.

"Hai, Sasori," Sakura said.

"No, just in case, call me Reiji and I'll call you Mina," Sasori said. He walked around the room examining the layout of their room to find any escape routes. Sakura did the same, but not after they changed into their new clothes. Sasori wore a black suit with a black necktie. Sakura wore a pink dress with laces and pearls adorned. She put on a pair of pearl earrings to match. She had on pink heels which boosted her height by two inches. She had a little trouble wearing those, though.

When Sasori saw this, he smirked. He attached some chakra strings to Sakura. "Hey, what are you doing?" she asked, annoyed that Sasori attached the strings to her.

"If you need help walking in those, I can help you, but if you don't I could just-" he started.

"No, no I rather you do this. I don't want be embarrassed when I trip over my heels," she said flushing.

"It's okay. When you get the hang of it, I'll release the strings," he said as he got back to work. Sakura smiled and continued as well, making sure she didn't miss anything. Then, they searched the entire house for the escapes.

'If only I had Byakugan, this would be easier,' thought Sakura as she lifted up a mat to see if there were any secret passages. After they found all of the passages, they had a plan for every door that the assassins could go through in. The only room that didn't have a hidden door was the kitchen.

There was a knocking on the door. "You may come in," Sakura said. A maid opened the door.

"May I fix Mina-hime's hair?" she asked.

"Yes please!" Sakura exclaimed. She sat herself down next to a mirror and the maid took thirty minutes to do her hair. "Arigato, maid-san," she said. The maid had curled up Sakura's hair to match the princess' hair style.

She walked towards the hime's room and opened the door. Inside was Sasori resting on the bed, shirtless. Sakura's blush was even deeper than the shade of Sasori's hair if possible.

Sasori noticed her in the room looking at him. He had an amused smile on his face, "Like what you see?" he asked.

Sakura looked away, "Why the hell are you in the bed like that?"

"Cuz I feel like it," he replied sitting up to look at Sakura. His mouth dropped open. Sakura's hair was curled up. She had on pink eyeshadow. Her lips were a luscious red color which made Sasori want to kiss her.

"Now, what are you looking at?" asked Sakura with her hands on her hips.

"Nothing," muttered Sasori looking away.

"Come on, let's go, Reiji. Today's going to be a celebration dinner for us. I'm supposed to be pregnant," she said looking down.

"Oh okay," he said blushing. He imagined a life with Sakura with a baby of their- 'Stop it Sasori. It will never happen. She doesn't love you,' he thought shaking his head.

"I'm coming," he said putting on his jacket.

They walked down the stairs and held hands unconsciously. Waiting downstairs were many affluent people. Sasori slipped a pill in Sakura's hand. "Put that in your drink. It repels poison and prevents you from getting drunk," he whispered.

Sakura nodded and they kept on walking. They were greeted by curtsying and bowing and many "Congratulations." They made their way to the head of a long table and grabbed a microphone.

"Welcome everybody!" Sasori said. The guests stopped talking to pay attention. "As you know, my wife Mina is pregnant and we will like to share our happiness with all of you," he said. "Cheers to my child!" He raised his glass full of wine as did everybody and drank their alcohol. Sakura smiled sadly because she knew that Sasori couldn't harbor any feelings for her. She did kill him after all.

'What he was saying was all an act and his smile isn't real,' she thought.

'Stop being negative all the time. I'm sure he likes you.'

'Shut up inner.'

'Hmph.'

Sasori smiled. Now was the perfect time to kiss her just in case the assassins had any doubt that they weren't the real deal.

He spun Sakura towards him and leaned in while closing his eyes. Sakura noticed, but hesitated a little, but closed her eyes and pressed her lips onto his. The spectators burst into applause as Sakura and Sasori pulled away and sat down in their chairs, blushing.

'See, he kissed you again.'

'But that was so that the assassins would think that we were actually the princess and prince.'

'You and your negativity.'

'Oh, shut up!'

The guests sat down on their chairs and chattered. Mina and Reiji's friends sat close by to them and Sasori and Sakura were forced to talk to them.

"Eek, Mina, you're pregnant," said a young woman as she hugged Sakura.

"I know, right?" said Sakura hugging back. She felt awkward about hugging someone she didn't know. Hopefully the real Hime acted like this. When they pulled away, Sakura observed her features. She was wearing a purple dress with jewels adorned on her dress. She had applied purple eye shadow and nail polish and had purple high heels. Her hair was curly like Sakura's but was tied up. Her deep blue eyes sparkled in excitement.

"So, how was he?" she asked. Sakura blushed.

"W-what do you mean?" the pinkette asked.

"You know what I mean! Don't be shy. Tell me all about it!" she said.

So, Sakura was stuck talking about her fake sex life to what seemed to be the hime's best friend. Who knew that that nice girl had a dirty mind?

When Sakura and Sasori had their drinks ready, they dropped the pills in and drank it. It tasted nasty, but Sasori and Sakura managed not to throw up. Sasori gave Sakura a look that said, 'It's poisonous. The assassins are already here. Across the table, the queen had what seemed to be an irritated look on her face.

After a few more poison attempts, something happened. All of a sudden, assassins busted through the window forming a circle around Sakura and Sasori. 'They're here.'

Karin: So, that's part one of the mission. Whew, I finally wrote something that was more than 5 pages.

Deidara: Why does the queen look like me, un?

Ino: You'll find out soon.

Sasori: Stupid brat, she's probably related to you.

Deidara: Oh.

Sakura: Smart, Deidara.

Deidara: Shut up!

Karin: Stay tuned for the next chapter. Thank you for the reviews!