I refuse to put a disclaimer here cause everyone should be bright enough to know that I don't own Naruto. I'm pretty sure that's why this is called FANfiction.

├Part Eleven┤

"Tired?" Sasuke asked tauntingly, "Then why don't you wear something lighter?"

I glared at him. My goggles were off because I was burning and I had to put wraps around my stomach and almost my entire body as I was wearing white and it was a thinner material than usual.

"Shut up," I said as we were walking through the border line between the Fire country and the Wind country.

They had decided to split into three groups of two. We would rotate groups but at the moment I was stuck with Sasuke, of course. Like always. Bastard…

"I mean honestly, what sense is it to be walking around in 100 degree weather completely dressed up like that?" he asked.

"If you value your hair, shut up," I said. I wasn't in the prettiest moods when I felt as though I'd melt if this kept on any longer.

"Do you two usually fight like this?" a little girl asked as she walked beside a lady I suspected was her mother.

"You haven't seen half of it," Sasuke mumbled. He kept quiet for a moment though. He probably remembered when I dumped a bucket full of pink sparkles on his hair after I tried smearing glue on it. There were seriously a ton of those itty bitty sparkles that he couldn't get it COMPLETELY out until two weeks later.

We were getting ever so slowly across the border line. The temperature was already scorching and so I'd probably die when we reached Suna.

Only a little more. Just a little more before we switch people. All I'd have to do is wait for then and I'd be fine. Patience, yes I just need patience.

"You are gonna get a heatstroke if you keep this up," Sasuke commented.

Patience my as.

"SHUT UP!!" I yelled and tackled him, rolling down a hill. "YOU ASKED FOR IT!!" I shouted and got a kunai out, attempting to cut off some of his hair.

"GET HER OFF!!" Sasuke yelled as I maniacally tried to cut some of his dark hair off, "YOU'RE GONNA MESS IT UP! QUIT BEING SO DAMN IMMATURE AND GET OFF ME!!" he yelled as he tried to keep my arms from reaching his head.



I felt someone grab me from behind and pull me off of him with a lot of force. I was thrashing around and accidentally kicked Sasuke on the side of his face as he got up.

"Calm down," I heard Neji say in my ear, "This isn't to mess around. We've got a mission to do."

"Yeah well tell him to stop annoying me about my choice in clothing," I growled.

"Well…" he said, "You are wearing a bit odd clothing to be going out in the desert."

I glared and attempted to turn and face him but he had a too of a strong grip on me, "WANNA PIECE OF THIS?!" I asked while attempting to slash his hair off even though I was facing forward.

"Calm down," he said forcefully and then let me go, making me stumble forward, "You're going to get a heatstroke."

I glared at him but walked calmly up the hill, kicking the legs out from under Sasuke as I did, making him slip and fall partway down the hill again.

Someday I was going to give him a new hairstyle. Only when Neji wasn't there because DAMN did he have a tough grip. My arm was probably going to be bruised…

Later that day, I woke up.

"What the hell…?" I said looking around confused.

"You stumbled and then you didn't move," Naruto said, "I thought you were dead…but nope, Sasuke said you were just heat exhausted and wanted to take your mask off."

"WHAT?!" I yelled and I noticed that I was on Naruto's back. "Uh, sorry," I said as he winced for I had yelled in his ear.

"Yeah, I didn't let him though," Naruto said, "And neither did Kakashi-sensei."

I looked around, "When did he get here?" I asked.

"Oh about the time you passed out," he said, "Can you walk now? Sasuke was unhappy that he had to carry another pack because I couldn't carry you with both yours and mine. Shino's carrying the other one."

Wow that kid like to talk…

"Thanks," I said, "At least I know I did something to piss Sasuke off. I think I can walk."

He stopped and crouched down to let me off, "Why don't you wear something lighter?" he asked.

I rolled my eyes, "What is up with you and everyone else wanting me to wear lighter stuff? I already did and it still doesn't really work…" I said.

"Hmm," Naruto said, "Maybe you should go ask Kakashi-sensei. He's not far behind us."

I turned and saw that what he said was true. Kakashi was talking to a lady with the group behind the one we were in charge of.

"Maybe later," I said with an eyebrow raised, "It looks like he's busy…"

Naruto snickered when he figured out what I was talking about.

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