The teams packed their things and went their separate ways.

Neji's team...

"Why did it take you sooo long to get that "thing" Gai sent you to do?!" Rock Lee asked Neji. "None of your Goddamn business."

"Why, did something happen?" Tenten asked, raising an eyebrow. "Nothing..." The two looked at each other suspiciously.

Team 7...

Naruto noticed the two are very, very silent, especially Sakura. He waited for like hours to hear someone talk.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU TWO?!" he yelled at them.

Suddenly, birds flew out of the trees. Sakura and Sasuke watched as hunters shot the birds while counting them, "1...2...3..." and so on.

Sakura cast a questioning look at Naruto.

"Dope" Sasuke muttered.

"Nothing's wrong...and now you just gave out our position, you idiot." Sakura answered while looking (A/N: with eyebrows furrowed) at the trees.

They heard a fast moving sound behind them. They turned around just to see nothing.

Unexpectedly, shurinkens were shot near their feet. They immediately jumped to the nearest tree.

"What the hell is going on here?!" Sakura yelled.

At the sound of this, more were shot at them. This time, they did some stupid gymnastics in the air, evading the attacks.

The three of them jumped back to the ground, back-to-back. The battle started.

After an intense fight, everyone has their own injuries. Naruto has a few bruises, Sakura got slashed at her right arm and Sasuke had a cut on his lips. Their breathing was a bit harder than usual.

They looked at the ninjas they just killed. They brought back their weapons and nursed their wounds.

"Man, that was exhausting!" Naruto complained. "It was your fault, anyways." Sasuke said. "Hmph!"

"Let's just get going." Sakura said.

Shikamaru's team...

"Hey guys! chomp Ya' know what? chomp I really think that something's chomp going on with chomp Sasuke and chomp Sakura chomp" Chouji said in-between mouthfuls of food.

"WHAT?! Nothing's going on between Big-forheaded Girl and MY Sasuke-kun." Ino said while glaring at Chouji. Her eyes were already flaming.

"How troublesome," Shikamaru muttered.

"What did you say?" Ino demanded.

"Nothing, I said nothing!" he replied. She just glared at him.

By now, all the teams were headed for a clearing in which everyone should meet. Neji's team was the first one to arrive followed by Kiba's team. After a few minutes, Shikamaru and co. came. After about an hour...

'What the hell are they taking so long?!' Neji thought. As if on cue, Team 7 arrived.

"At last, we're finally here!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Shut up, dope." Sasuke muttered under his breath.

"What did you say, Sasuke-bastard?"

"He's not a bastard, Naruto, you loud-mouthed idiot." Ino said threatingly.

"Will you just carry your stinkin' ass out of the conversation?" Sasuke said in a monotone voice.

"But..."

"WILL YOU THREE SHUT THE FICKIN' HELL UP?!" Sakura yelled. Sasuke glared at her and she returned it with a scowling face.

'She's becoming more like me. Shit, that's not good.' Sasuke thought.

"Can we just get on with the mission for God's sake?" Kiba interrupted.

They started to walk. But before they even got any further...

"SAKURA!!!"

Author's Note:

Hahahaha! A cliffhanger! Sorry if I updated late. I had little time to construct this chapter with Dark Angel.

-B.C. )