Eager, weren't they? Well, Naruto was just to try and speed up the process of getting rid of Ryozo. Yet, who seems to have taken a shine to the attachment to the mission?

Sure. Every girl tends to like a guy that has a tendency for trouble. But, I think Ryozo could possibly have too much to find himself into, especially at his young age as well…

Naruto now let out a small sigh, wondering endlessly behind both Sasuke and Ryozo, who seemed to have been talking for a rather long time. "Man… When are we ever going to get to Iwagakure?" parted his lips the same time a small sigh had.

Kakashi, glimpsed over the back of his shoulder down towards the four of them, a soft smile was now printed underneath his mask, seeing as the team had near enough acted the way he had expected. "Sasuke… Uchiha… Not who I would have suspected."

Sakura now let out a small sigh as well, yet only as her feet seemed to be killing her from all of their walking. "Kakashi Sensei. Can't we have a break yet? My feet are killing me."

Ryozo came to a dead stop. His head now slowly turned towards Sakura, as a glare parted from his eyes, sending a cold and heartless shiver down the back of her spinal cord.

Naruto, being the day old goof ball, never having taken nothing in from the amount of times he had a bickering with Ryozo. Marched right up to his face, wearing an almost identical glare straight back towards him. "What the hell is your problem?!"

"My problem is. I want to get the hell away from you… And the rest of your frigging team as quickly as possible. Even you want me gone." Ryozo let out a small sigh as he turned away from Naruto now. "So, I suggested you hurry the hell up."

Sasuke merely shrugged his shoulders, as a small smirk printed upon the raven boy's lips. "He's right you know. The sooner we finish this mission, the sooner we get back as well."

Naruto let a small growl pass through his lips, his fist clenched trying to hold back his rage at that. Yet, this time he couldn't do it, as he lunged his fist toward the back of Ryozo's head.

Ryozo's head simply tilted itself away from Naruto's fist towards the left slightly; his eyes watching the orange jacket's sleeve follow through with the first. A smirk printed wildly upon Ryozo's lips. "Try hard next time." A small laugh parted from the red headed boy's lips, catching Naruto's fist, twisting his wrist, causing Naruto's arm to come to a dead lock.

"Let me go!" Naruto tried to squirm his way free from Ryozo's grasp. Soon finding himself upon the floor as Ryozo's leg swung backwards catching Naruto's.

"If all you frigging going to do are try to either kill me. Or criticize me at every point you can. You can go the hell back to Konoha; I've had enough of your boring dull ways of the ninja. Hell, I admit being a swordsman has its more potential ideas to your little native ninja ways." Ryozo spoke with a slight growl hiding underneath his voice. Ryozo, watching Naruto's eyes seem to quiver underneath the pain of his arm being twisted even further than it had done before.

"Okay. That's enough you two." Kakashi spoke with a slightly laid back tone at that, now trying not to offend Ryozo with his own view of Naruto. "I know that he can get rather annoying at times, but when it comes to protecting you. He'll probably put his own life on the line before yours."

Ryozo now gave Naruto's arm one last twist, with a glare trying to find its way to the surface, but seemed to diminish just before reaching it. "What ever." Ryozo's hand finally deciding it was time to let go of Naruto's arm, seemed to gently let his arm drop to the floor. With a slight wave of his hand, Ryozo began to walk away from them. "Tell you what. You go your own frigging way. Don't meet me again. You'll get your stupid payment for this mission. But right now. I don't want to see Blondie or Pinkie here, ever again at the moment."

"Fine go your own damned way!" Naruto demanded, rubbing his wrist, with a sharp pain which was rushing through it.

"Ryozo…" Sakura said almost like she was going to cry over the fact she wasn't liked by someone, who she thought had liked her, with her legs trying to carry her over towards him, but her mind not letting her.

"Don't even come near me." Ryozo gave a glare towards her for a final time, before he tightened up his coat around him, before he darted through the sand which was now surrounding them.

"Guess…" Sakura let a sigh pass through her lips, trying to make a strong face, which worked for the moment. "What a damn jerk."

Kakashi now let a small sigh pass through his lips, as he watched the figure of Ryozo run into the distance. "That boy, isn't going to be one to survive if he runs through most of Iwagakure's village's. We'd best follow him."

Naruto seemed to object to the idea by letting a growl pass deep from within his lips. "But why the hell should we help him? Didn't you just hear him? He wants to be alone!"

Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest, as he too watched Ryozo running into the distance for a moment. "Is that what I thought I heard? Naruto giving up on a mission?"

"Hell no! If its part of the mission. Then I'm all in!" He demanded, jumping onto his feet, shaking his headband which was tide around his forehead.

Maybe. Every girl has to get rejected before she is accepted somewhere else at that? But enough about Sakura. Enough about love within this tale.

It's going to be action from now on. Ryozo being driven away by Naruto. Will the team really manage to look out for Ryozo, as well as themselves as Iwagakure isn't one of the allied village's with Konoha?