sorry i haven't updated in a while. and i heard some reviews. and you guys are right I am being a wait wait I WAS being a little too Review Hungry. No more reviews. I'm just gonna post chapters. Thanks a lot for the warning but you didn't review the story. some of you were too busy to judge me then to care about the story. Anyways if you have any other complaints. post it in the forum thats why i made it.


CHAPTER 4: An opportunity

Kakashi and his subordinates walked through the forest where the slightly strong breeze ran across their cheeks. As they entered the forest the perfume of nature ran through their nostrils.

The hyperactive blonde , Naruto was facing the ground, a sad expression filled his cheeks, the sober ninja was followed by Sakura, who was a little too close to the boy. Her breathing was soft and heavy , the breath pounded on the back of his neck but he chose to ignore it.. In the lead, the grey haired jounin turned around mildly surprised. "Where's Sasuke ?" he asked gently and looked at Naruto who snorted. The man sighed and turned his gaze to the pink haired ninja. "he was right behind us…" she mumbled as she got closer and closer to the blonde.

"I'm right here." Replied the manly Uchiha Sasuke. He looked at Naruto and flared his sharingan. "What's the assignment , Kakashi ?" he asked not removing his gaze from Naruto. Kakashi decided to ignore Sasuke's newfound interest in Naruto and thus explained their intentions

"okay, we're going to be in pairs. It's a capture the flag game. The teams hide the flags safely and if one is spotted by the opponent's team, they have to sit in a corner and stop playing.

If the other one is captured as well. That leaves the winning team to find the flag. If they don't succeed when the time limit reaches 0 they get a draw. Got it?" he said in his relaxing tone. They all mumbled a yeah with Sasuke and Sakura still gazing at Naruto and Naruto still facing the dirt. "So its me and Sakura versus you guys." He said somberly.

Sakura's fists clenched tightly, "Kakashi-sensei I want to be teamed up with Naruto." She protested stubbornly and rudely as she stared deeply into her sensei's eyes with pure persistence and determination. She wasn't going to lose the one-in-a-lifetime chance of spending some time alone with Naruto, she couldn't let the last chance of love be destroyed by the laid-back jounin who's mere desire is to play a game of capture-the-flag. Sakura understood that this was a great opportunity to strike Tenten and maybe turn the tables around. As she imagined herself and Naruto holding hands with deep love and affection her determination rose and she wouldn't, no she couldn't let her dream be crushed by this simple decision of pairs in a mission, and Kakashi knew that.

The girl's lips tightened and her whole body went stiff as he opened his mouth for his final decision. "Fine……its Sakura and Naruto versus Sasuke and me. But if you lose you must massage my feet." He said smiling at the twist he had performed for her desire. "uh…sure." She said hesitantly. " But……Kakashi.." Sasuke protested at the conclusion, "Don't worry Sasuke he'll be your partner next time. Now no more bickering." He said finalizing his decision.

Even Sasuke knew that his protests would be useless. Kakashi was obstinate and silence followed furthermore. Sasuke didn't know why but the incident in the forest had effected him greatly. He was developing feelings, some of which he never knew could exist in his steady soul. Was this the feeling Sakura pranced about day and night? No, he thought and shook the thought out of his mind, this couldn't be love, no , no that would be weak. He was not weak he couldn't let himself fall into the jaws of the weak, that would either prevent or prolong his desire to assassinate his older brother.

Naruto was still somber and silent. It was boring doing missions when he could no longer express his love. He had gotten used to the love and care of his girlfriend and one day away from her felt like a decade. He sighed and moved to face the sky as he wondered what she was doing. Then he looked at Sasuke now in front of him, if he didn't do something soon, the dream of hokage will fall into the hands of his arch rival. He will get to see Tenten again but at the moment he must grab every opportunity for power and passion to become a number one ninja! He was determined to transform the name Uzumaki Naruto into one of glory and fame.

He shifted a smile and hastened steps. "Okay" said Kakashi as the reached the center of the forest. "Now we begin." He said showing them two flags. One was plain white with a red 'X' imprinted on it and the other was similar to it only it had no 'X', it was just a plain flag. "Naruto , Sakura you take the one with the 'X' we'll take this one.

Now we'll head of straight in this direction and you head straight in the other okay…GO !" he said and the two teams sped off in opposite directions.

Meanwhile on the steep hills beyond the village of konoha. Three shinobi stood exhausted with a hike that started a few moments ago. Neji and Lee could not help but notice Tenten's new hairstyle. Lee found himself deeply attracted to his partner now. Neji was mildly impressed though but even he was a little bound in the net of beauty. Both ninjas were staring at her, with Neji being more secretive about it.

She noticed but didn't think twice about it. She didn't care. She only cared for Naruto and she was deeply awaiting the end of this training session. Lee didn't take long to admit to himself that he liked Tenten now but Neji like the Uchiha in the forest refused to admit it. The Hyuuga successor also believed that love was weakness.

Gai also admired Tenten's new hairstyle and he noticed that Lee and Neji will be soon competing over their mate. Gai knew that this would soon become a problem and prayed that they would lose interest and move on but the chances of that right now was unlikely. He also noticed that in this period , Tenten hadn't paid any attention toward any of them. He had imagined she'd be thrilled to find out that Neji was impressed by her beauty or maybe she just didn't notice or maybe it was something else…..