*wow! Reviews already! This gives me so much confidence! Thanks guys! Any how, I sorta have a plot coming on but youll have to read to find out. And… I changed my pen name because this one is so much better (the old one was izumi) anyhow… on to the ficcie! =D*

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does!!

Chapter 2: Shadows of love

People he loves… could he mean me? Sakura stood a bit shocked. She then caught up with Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun… what do you mean by that?" Sasuke turned to face her. Sakura could see a light blush on his face. "uh…"

"It's just that well… we've been friends for a while now and… I just don't like seeing you so down in the dumps" He let out his rare but nummy smile. Sakura smiled a bright smile while inner Sakura partied. (Inner Sakura: "ALLRIGHT!! He smiled for me!! YA! ")

When they arrived at the location for their mission, Kakashi explained it to them.

"Okay, your mission for today is to deliver this woman's parcels to her friends house. It says here on this paper that they are gifts and are extremely fragile so don't do anything to them. Do this mission perfectly and we get a bonus on our paycheck so go on and get!"

His three students went up to the womans house and knocked on the door. "WHAT DO YA WANT!?" yelled out a voice. The three stood a bit shocked. Naruto finnaly said something.

"WE WANNA DELIVER YOUR CRAP THAT'S WHAT!!" Sasuke rolled his eyes and muttered something along the lines of 'idiot' while Sakura shot him a death glare. The door opened and a woman stood. She looked pretty stressed. She held a baby in her arms, had a toddler yanking on her apron and two lively brats yelling and running around the house.

"Oh, good you're here!" She said when she saw them. "The parcels are over there, don't break them, okay? Now go on and thank you so much!" She closed the door.

The three turned to see three tiny boxes about the size of jewelry boxes. They stared at them in disbelief.

"These… are the parcels??" Sakura said. Naruto just laughed loudly "piece of cake that's what!" He said as he picked up a box. Sakura picked one up also and Sasuke picked up the last one. The three read the label on the boxes and headed off to deliver them.

Sakura was on her way back home after the mission. Naruto already left to go eat at the Ichiraku noodle bar. She was just about to turn to cut across the training area when she heard a voice call out a name. She turned to the voice.

"Sasuke?" She was surprised to see him. "Its kind of dark tonight, do you… want me to walk home with you?" She was surprised but she decided why not? Now's my chance! The two walked across the field when they stopped in the middle.

"Sasuke…" She said. The dark haired boy looked up at her face. He could see a light blush slide across it. "I just wanted to say thank you for walking with me tonight…" She leaned forward and kissed him gently. She then blushed a crimson red and continued to walk. Sasuke just stood a bit shocked.

When he finally decided to follow, he noticed that the light fog that was lurking around for a while was getting thicker and darker. He stopped dead in his tracks. He looked around to see if he could find anyone but no one was around. He then turned in Sakura's direction. She didn't notice anything. He called out to her "Sakura! Don't move! I think someone's after us!"

"Wha-? What do you mean Sasuke?" She turned to face him but the fog just got thicker and he disappeared into the darkness. "SASUKE!!!" She cried out but heard no reply.

"no… Sakura…" Sasuke stood there in the darkness. "She disappeared into this fog… what kind of jutsu is this?" He went to find her only to stop dead just before hitting a small fishing line. A trap?? He moved back two steps and almost a third but stopped when another line made a cut on his arm. He stoped moving completely and looked around. Lines everywhere. He could barely make them out in this darkness. Then another thought came to his mind…

Sakura…

*alrighty so that was chappie two! My friend said 'nooo! Don't put cliffhangers!' nut I had to! Cliffhangers just make you want to read on and find out what happens, right? Well whatever, hope you liked that, and chappie 3 will be around in a while! Satome is logging off for tonight!! ^^*