Sand Uchiha:

One fine day in Konoha,a young,golden-haired boy by the name of Uzumaki Naruto,was sitting on the roof of his house,his feet dangling off the edge,eating a bowl of ramen sadly alone.He was looking down to where a group of girls were trying (unsecessfully) to crouch behind a tree while a dark haired boy slouched along ahead of them.It was extremely obvious that he knew they were there but was ignoring them(after all,he was Uchiha Sasuke and not only was he a good enough ninja to realize they were there,but he was also used to being followed by hoards of crazed girls as that he was the class 'heart-throb').He was walking towards Naruto's house where their cell was meeting before heading off on a mission.A light gray-silver-ish haired man in his mid-twenties was walking there as well.If you hadn't guessed already,this is their sensei,Hatake Kakashi,who was accompanying them on their latest mission.

"Leave the poor guy alone."Kakashi said,as the girls fell behind.

All but two,particularly determinded girls,that is.The other two,the pink haired one being Haruno Sakura,and the blonde being Sakura's rival,Yamanaka Ino.What do they rival in?You ask.

They rival over which one of them liked Sasuke more.And of course,who he liked more,though they never took time to consider that,as,the fact was that he didn't like either of them.

"Go home Ino."Kakashi muttered.She kept going so he suddenly appeared in front of her and said:"Leave him alone,we can't have you spying on him when we discuss our mission..."

She completely ignored him and,instead,tried to catch up with Sasuke.Kakashi appeared in front of her again and stopped her."Didn't you hear me?...Go home..."she glared at him."...Now."he said more forcefully and she gave up and turned back.

Casting one extra glance at her precious boy,she directed a cold,jealous stare at Sakura,who stuck her tongue out back at her with victory.Ino did so too and ran off to catch up with her freind's retreating backs.Sakura continued to happily stick her tongue out at the back of Ino's head as she happily jogged back up to where Kakashi was and thought:"It's a good thing that I'm in this cell!Even if I do have to be with that idiot Naruto!At least I have my darling Sasuke all to myself!"

She was totally ignoring what her sensei was saying while she went skipping along in her beautiful Sasuke happiness.Until..."Sakura...Saaaaakuuuraaaaa?...Sakura!...Sakura!...SAKURA!HELLLOOOO?Kakashi?...What's happening to her?...What's wrong with her?...Kakashi?...Helooo?...?...Kakashi!...stop readin' that stupid book!"

Sakura opened her eyes to see Naruto leaning over the arm of an arm chair staring at her."ahhhhhhhhhh!...Get away Naruto!"she spazzed.He fell back into his chair and started to eat a new bowl of ramen.

Sakura glanced around to survey the scene.

Sasuke was sitting quietly in an armchair three seats down from her,at the other end of the room wearing a sour scowl.

Next in the order was Kakashi who was ending a long lecture of what their latest mission was and where they would be going and such issues like that."We're going to Sunagakure to meet our assistant team on this mission tomorrow.''He was holding a large,white envelope and started to open it.He pulled out five photographs and two sheets of paper.

Sakura decided to just listen to what her sensei was saying instead of going about her usual duties of tormenting,stalking,and irratating Sasuke(or else she couldn't fufill her requirements of her job as insufferable 'know-it-all'.)

"Our assistant team is made up of of five members.Their sensei,Baki,..."Kakashi passed the picture to the ninja sitting closest to him (Sasuke) for him to see.He looked at it for about thirty seconds and then passed it to Naruto and Kakashi continued."Then all the students,listed youngest-to-oldest are Gaara,12,and he looks like this..."he passed around a picture of the scowling red-head."next is Kankuro,14,and...here's what he looks like..."he passed around the image of the purple marked ninja with his face concealed under a hood."then there's Temari,and I don't have the info on her..."he passed around a picture of the young,blonde,ninja with her four pony-tails."and..."He said,suprised as Naruto piped up.

"But...sensei...I thought there were only three ninja in every ninja cell?..."Naruto interrupted.

"Yes.I was wondering that too..."Kakashi mumbled.

"There can be import students..."Sasuke wispered.

"Speak up,Sasuke..."Kakashi muttered back.

"There can be imported students...if the student becomes a ninja later than their teammates...meaning that there are uneven teams..."Sasuke answered.

"Yes...Now I remember...irritating as Gai is,I do remember him mentioning something about import students in our last argument...I was to busy at the time...I was trying to remember what had just happened in my book..."Kakashi said with a sigh of realization.

They all sighed exasperatedly.

"And that means what?"Naruto asked in confusion.

"It means that there can be five cell members,meaning one sensei and four students in a cell.The last student's name is Naoki.She's just become a ninja.She's also still learning to use her sand techniques.She's kinda clueless.She was forced to become a sand ninja against her own will.She was originally from Konoha,but was switched to the sand village at a young age,and learned to use sand techniques.Now,we from Konoha,are foreign to her,even though we were once her allies,family,and freinds,she sees us as enemies.So basically,we've got our usual masked-murderer drug adict nutcase with a sad,sad past."Kakashi explained.

They all had thoughts as to that topic as Kakashi passed around a picture of a girl with long,brown bangs and a pony-tail.

Sakura thought:

I hope that Temari and Naoki don't like Sasuke,or else,I'll be forced to hate them.

Sasuke thought:

She can't have a sadder past than me!

Naruto thought:

Maybe someone will finally acnowledge my presence if I take everyone out for ramen for lunch before the mission!...I'm kinda broke though...

Kakashi thought:

...(uhh...let's just say...he couldn't really think anything because he was reading a certain precious,ever-present book.)...

"Oh and I forgot to add,this can have a huge impact on you guys,Sasuke in particular...she's kinda...Itachi's #1 fan..."Kakashi concluded.

Sasuke gasped with suprise.

"Yes I know...it is evident that she was his #1 fan-girl...she was extremely driven and actually succedded in hugging Itachi...which is pretty scary..."Kakashi explained.

Sasuke resumed his job of scowling,except now,with more hatrid for he despised his older brother with every ounce of his being.His brother had driven him to the braking point,causing him to act the way he does today.His brother was a murderer.

Sasuke didn't pay much attention to the last pep-talk that Kakashi gave them.He was way too busy pondering...'This can't be happening to me!I just wanna disappear!What happens if Itachi is here,right now,spying on me?'He worried.'What if Itachi rises to power?He'll probably come after me...No,wait.That can't happen...Itachi is probably hundreds of miles away,on the run in the shadows.It couldn't possibly happen...or could it?'

Then he thought a terrifying,serious thought.'He could easily rise to power...anytime...Without warning,the whole village could be bowing down to him in all his supeior shinobi skills...in his present state,he could overun the village in a heartbeat...although it would be entirely my fault because he is after me...nobody else...except maybe Naruto...there's no real other reason,apart from hunting me down,for him to want the village...maybe not even that...' he thought,with a slight ray of hope.'he would just want to infiltrate the village to get to me...'he thought,which seriously put him in major danger as that,if Itachi was after somebody,he usually found them and they usually met a nasty fate as that Itachi worked for a terrorist organization whose specialty was assassinations.'if I go down,the whole village is comin' down with me.'

With a rare grin on his face he sat there silently and snapped back to reality when his sensei asked:"Are there any further questions?..."

Sasuke realized with horror that he hadn't listened to a word his sensei said.Sure,he understood the import student part,but beyond that,he didn't even know the purpose of the mission.He was about to ask 'What are we doing?' but figured he would look like even more of an idiot than Naruto is,because,even the blonde dunce was nodding his head in agreement...or was he just acting?

Sasuke considered the following opions to himself:

1:Ask Kakashi what we're doing right now.

'Nah...I would look like an idiot...'He thought.

2:Just play along,you're bound to figure it out eventually,you genius,you.

'Che...maybe...'He put a mental checkmark next to that suggestion.

3:Use my strengths(Uchiha good looks)to my advantage.

'Might work...I could seduce Sakura into telling me...even talking to me is a blessing to her...'another checkmark beside option #3.

4:Ask Kakashi in private.

'It's a good plan...apart from one word...embarassment...'He thought,and crossed that one out.

5:Kakashi is bound to explain it again.

'maybe...but what am I supposed to do if he doesn't?...'He thought and crossed that one out too.'Waaaaaaay too risky...'He thought.

So he decided to do option 2 until he had the oppourtunity to do 3.

He strategically planned it out in his head.

'First,I'm gonna sit there and try and figure it out and if I can't,while we're walking to wherever it is we're going,I'll ask Sakura to stay back and talk to me.After all,it's an offer she can't refuse,considering my irresitable charm when I'm around any and all females.She will happily except seeing as it was another oppourtunity to use her pathetically sickening attempts to flirt with me.That's when I'll ask her what we're doing.But...how to phrase this particular question?...'Sakura,were you paying attention?' I'll ask.She'll probably reply something allong the lines of 'Of course,Sasuke.Why?' And then I'll crank up the charm and ask 'May I test you?' and she'll answer 'Of course,Sasuke.' and I'll be like 'What are we doing on the mission,then?' and she'll explain it all to me,then I'll say 'I'm glad you paid attention',then I'll flash one of those so-called 'charming' smiles and that's when...I ditch her!Mwa ha ha!The perfect plan!'He thought meniacly.

When they left it seems that he still hadn't figured it out so he was simply waiting for the prime opportunity to make his move."Hey Sakura..."he called.

Shocked she said"Yes Sasuke?"

"Will you stay back and talk to me?"he asked,almost plagued by guilt for taking advantage of his current tool,Sakura and using her to aquire the needed info.

"O-okay...what do you want to talk about?"she asked

"Do you pay attention,Sakura?"he asked according to plan.

''Of course,Sasuke.Why?"she asked.

''What's the mission about then?''Sasuke asked,happy that his plan was working out so well.

''We're going to the sand village to team up with a group of sand ninjas to hunt down a missing- nin.''Sakura explained.

''I was testing you Sakura,you passed.''he explained.

''Oh thanks Sasuke!''she said

He cast her a charming smile,and suddenly broke the trance Sakura was in by jogging ahead to catch up with his sensei.

Sakura continued to be in blissfull romance with little angels dancing around her head and hearts in her eyes which made Naruto look back as she danced around happily and think:'I wonder what 'great,wonderous task' that jerk Sasuke must have done to make Sakura this happy?He probably completed the harrowing task of blinking!Hey,congrats Sasuke,you just ate a burger!All by yourself too!'Naruto thought sarcastically.'Hey,maybe later we can all join you and 'oooh' and 'ahhh' as you walk home alone,to the lonely house of lonleyness!His brother may have killed his family and clan,but at least he's got a brother!'Naruto was an extremely lonely boy.No freinds at such a young age...

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