The five of them walked on in silence.
" So what's the mission?" Naruto asked into the silence.
Kakashi took a scroll out of one of his vest pockets pocket protector? and stretched it out. " Apparently there's been some disturbances along the border of Fire Country, and no one has lived to be able to recount what happened or who it was."
Naruto folded his arms over his chest, " This mission is going to be BORING!" and with that he stubbornly sat on the ground.
Rin looked over at Naruto. He did bare a striking resemblance to him… " He's just like Obito, isn't he Kakashi?"
Kakashi sighed and retied the scroll, "Pretty much. Stubborn, lazy, undignified, obnoxious, loud, over confident, dense, arrogant, conceited…"
" Yeah okay I get it Kakashi." Rin interrupted.
Naruto's anger boiled over, " You'll see Kakashi-sensei… you'll see… I'll get you…"
Kakashi, though not particularly scared of any normal ninja, had a creeping suspicion about Naruto's threat. He sighed in what seemed like defeat, " If you'd at least listen to the rest of my report you'd hear that the attacks seemed to have been made by members of a certain S-class organization by the name of Akats-"
Before Kakashi could finish Naruto had hopped up and ran full speed down the road. " Darn. Who wants to go run and get him?" Sakura and Sasuke only ignored the question, knowing full well no one could catch up with Naruto when he was hot on the trail of an Akatsuki member. Kakashi sighed, " Hopefully we'll catch up to him in a few days."
Rin raised an eyebrow, " Oh come now, he can't be THAT fast!"
Kakashi raised an eyebrow in turn, " Then you go run and catch him."
Rin nodded, " I will!" and with that she ran off after Naruto.
Sakura shook her head, " You're too mean to her Kakashi."
" I know." He said, nodding; and then there were three.
Deidara glanced around at his surroundings. " Here. Un."
Tobi woke up from his nap, " Are we there y-"
" Yeah. Un." He interrupted, not sure he could take any more of Tobi's whining. Why did he want him back?
Tobi clapped then looked at the tiny village below, " So why are we here?"
" Usual. Un."
" Ah. So who is it and how much money?" Tobi asked excitedly.
" Geez you'd think we were going to the playground with you or something. Un."
" Oh Deidara-sempai can we go to the playground later?" Tobi asked hopefully.
" No."
" But-"
" No."
Tobi frowned. " Ah okay, okay. So who is it?"
Deidara shrugged, " Some other stupid monk. Un."
Tobi nodded in understanding, " So isn't like, someone gunna interrupt?"
Deidara nodded, " That's your job. Go that way about 100 miles and block off all 'visitors'. Un."
Tobi grinned underneath his mask, " Gotcha!" and with that he did a back flip off the bird and was drowned in the dense green of the forest.
" Tch. Show off. Un." Deidara muttered as he steered his bird the opposite way.
Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke walked on in silence. It was definitely an awkward silence. Kakashi closed his book. " So." Kakashi began.
" So." Sakura replied.
Sasuke said nothing.
Kakashi closed his eyes, and then turned his attention to Sakura. " You're not going to tell me?"
Sakura shrugged, " No idea of what you're talking about."
Kakashi sighed, " You know very well what I'm talking about."
Suddenly thirsty Sasuke pulled out his flask and began to gulp down some water.
Sakura rolled her eyes, " Okay I moved in with Naruto, happy?"
Kakashi narrowed his eyes, not sure whether to believe her. She returned the glare. Sasuke suddenly choking on his water jolted both of them out of their staring match. " You okay Sasuke?" Kakashi asked.
Sasuke could only nodded quickly with eyes wide. The rest of the walk was pretty much silent.
Naruto's passion burned fiercely. Though it had only been an hour on their two-day trip, he was half way there. He grunted as he realized he was hungry and had no food. He cursed under his breath when he sensed another presence. The bushes rustled. Who could this be 100 miles from their destination?
Author's Note: Sorry this chappy was really short but I have quite a bit of work to do today .lt;