I tried to sign into fanfiction but it was like 'haha, no'. So I blame them and school for this chapter being as late as it is. I will try to keep writing every week but finals are soon and that means hermit mode and less time to write. I am having trouble writing Grievances right now...so it might be on Hiatus for a bit. Hopfully once I get a chance to think I will remember what I was doing. Sorry for the short and the LATE!

Ambassador

"I am going to let you pick the team of ninja who will be accompanying you for the trip to Suna and the first week there, to make sure they don't kill you right away." Tsunade said as I stood in her office on the day before my departure.

"Who's availible?" I questioned tiredly, I needed a lot more sleep. Like a month's worth of sleep.

"Team Gai, Team Berserker, and Team Kuranai." Tsunade informed me.

"Definitely not Gai, he'd want to run the entire way there or something. I choose team Berserker."

"Really?" Tsunade said confused with my choice.

"Oh you weren't here for the chunin exams, they were my team." I informed her realizing why she gave me a strange look.

"Oh! Well I will send..." Tsuande started saying before looking around the room, "That ANBU there to go inform them of their departure tomorrow.

"Is that all?" I questioned wanting to go visit Naruto and then go to sleep.

"Yes." Tsunade said waving me away.

"Hey Naruto." I said finding Naruto at the ramen stand, what a shocker.

"Nami-chan! The pervert and I are going on a training trip for a while wanna come?" Naruto asked excitedly.

"Can't." I answered simply while sitting down next to him and also ordering some ramen. If I was here might as well eat.

"Why?"

"I am going to suna." I said simply not wanting him to know I am the ambassador.

"Oh." Naruto said sadly.

"Cheer up. This way when you come back with a whole bunch of cool moves then I will be impressed, which I wouldn't be if I cam with."

"I guess." Naruto said before grinning due to the fact he has ramen. So easy to please.

"When are you leaving?" I questioned.

"Tomorrow."

"And you just asked me tonight if I can go?"

"Well...he only asked me today." Naruto said sheepishly rubbing the back of his head as we walked towards our apartments.

"Oh."

"Hey, Nami-chan..." Naruto started but then trailed off sadly.

"What's wrong?" I questioned nicely.

"Is, um, do you think Sasuke will come back?"

"Aren't you going to bring him back for Sakura?"

"Yeah..."

"Then it doesn't matter if he would come back or not because you will bring him back." I comforted him causing him to grin at me.

"Yeah! I will bring him back even if I have to break both his legs!"

"Hopefully you won't have to."

"Are you..." Naruto trailed off not wanting to finish his sentence.

"Am I what?"

"Upset because he is gone? I mean you don't act that much different from when he was here..." Naruto trailed off not wanting to offend me or anything.

"Well how I see it, if I am upset because he is gone who will that help? Certainly not me. Besides, I have this lovely blond friend who keeps telling people that he is going to bring Sasuke back so I don't have to worry about never seeing Sasuke again." I explained.

"Lovely?" Naruto asked.

"It's an expression..." I said not very convincingly.

"Uh-huh."

"Yeah."

"So when are you going to Suna?"

"Tomorrow."

"I guess we should say goodbye now then?"

"Yeah."

"Goodbye, Nami-chan." Naruto said slightly sadly.

"See ya, Naru-chan." I said hugging him before I left him in front of his apartment to go into my own.

"Hey Nami-chan, so Hokage-sama who is the ambassador that we should take back with us?" Temari questioned coming into Tsunade's office.

"You are looking at her." Tsunade said simply, slightly annoyed that Temari didn't say hello to her.

"Nami-chan?" Temari questioned and received a nod from Tsunade. The announcement caused Temari to grin at me, Kankuro to stare in astonishment, and Gaara to stare—slightly creepily—and blink at me.

"Don't be so shocked, last I checked ambassadors only had to be chunin level." I said pouting because they were so shocked.

"Yes! We get Nami-chan!" Temari said excitedly imagining something that probably involved me and an oddly long sleepover or something.

"You're loved." Tsunade pointed out.

"What's not to love?" I questioned Tsunade.

"The fact that you always win while gambling." Tsunade said simply.

"Shh! If people find out they won't bet against me and then where will I get my food money?" I questioned afraid for the pie that might never be bought. Think of the pie!

"I am sure there are plenty of people in Suna that you can swindle other than these three."

"True."

"What are we waiting for?" Kankuro questioned eager to be on his way and back to Suna.

"The team that is assigned to escort the ambassador." Tsunade explained right when Yuji, Takeo, Katsu, and Masaru burst through the door arguing about something.

"Look it's not going to be that boring I promise." Masaru tried to convince Takeo who apparently didn't want to go on the mission. Katsu immediately noticed who was in the room and decided to walk silently over to stand next to me.

"It sounds boring. Escort an ambassador to Suna and then hang around for a week?" Takeo argued ignoring the three Suna ninja in the room, Nami, and the Hokage.

"I am wondering why the ambassador needs protection, I mean shouldn't they be able to take care of themselves?" Yuji questioned.

"I take offense to that." I said crossing my arms over my chest in anger.

"Nami-chan!" Yuji and Takeo both shouted in random creepy unison then ran over to me and took turns hugging me.

"I was trying to tell you guys that Nami-chan is the ambassador." Masaru said annoyed with the idiocy of his team.

"Not them." Kankuro whined.

"You don't see us being happy we are traveling with you either." Yuji shot back.

"Oh yes, we mustn't breath the same air as Kankuro..." I started saying sarcastically and making fun of Kankuro a bit because it seemed like fun, "Oh wait. We already are."

"That is the team that is coming with us?" Gaara questioned darkly glaring over at Yuji, more specifically at Yuji's hand that happened to be resting on my shoulder.

"Yes." Tsunade said rubbing her head because the berserker squad was giving her a headache.

"Well, let's go?" Temari asked wanting to get out of the oddly crowded office.

"Yes." Gaara answered walking over to me and grabbing my wrist and proceeding to drag me not only away from Yuji and Takeo but out of the office.

Preview from next chapter: Trip(s?)

"Pie is much better than a cookie." Yuji argued with Takeo as we walked.

"But cookies smell delicious while they are cooking."

"Have you ever smelt a cooking pie?"

"But cookies have chocolate."

"Chocolate. Pudding. Pie." Yuji stated, emphasizing each word.

"Personally I wouldn't turn down either, or both." I mused imagining a piece of pie and a cookie on the same plate...delicious.