Chapter 8. Angry fan girls and the new mission.

Thi woke up with a headache. She felt tired and knew today will pass by rather slow. She got up, took a quick shower and finally changed into her usual clothing. She folded up her other outfit, hiding it in the back of her closet. She quickly went out her door, walking towards the Ramen stand.

"Hey Naruto." Thi smiled.

"Oh… Hi Thi-Chan…" Naruto manage to say with a mouth full of ramen.

"I knew you we're here, I'll wait for you to finish so we can walk together to the meeting area."

"Sure thing! Uh… Thi-Chan…"

"Yes Naruto?"

"You look tired, are you alright?"

"Oh yeah, just a headache." Thi said with a soft smile.

"Have you eaten anything?"

"Actually, no I haven't."

"You should eat something. I don't understand why girls always starve themselves for guys. OH GEES! Don't tell me your going to go on a diet for Sasuke now." Naruto said eating the next bowl of ramen.

"Not to worry, I would never sink so low. I'm just not hungry."

"You mean like Sakura-Chan…" Naruto said quietly.

"Well, I guess."

"Speaking about Sakura-Chan, I just remembered something."

"…"

"You should be careful, all the fan girls are after you."

"I see."

"Yeah, they we're pretty pissed off to hear about you and Sasuke."

"Uh huh..."

"What do you mean? Don't you care?"

"Not really. It's really their decision. So it doesn't bug me." She said, turning her head to smile at Naruto.

"Oh...well anyways. Lets go!" Naruto declared walking beside her as she laughed. They walked for about 10minutes, till they saw two people standing at the bridge. For once Sakura was quiet around Sasuke. She and almost every girl in the village, was brewing up a plan to break up Thi and Sasuke.

"GOOD MORNING SAKURA! YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL THIS MORNING!" Naruto said running to her.

"You look tired today." Sasuke said, as he looked at Thi lean her head against the post of the bridge.

"Must have been that late stroll with you yesterday…" Thi yawned.

"WHAT!" Sakura yelled stomping her way to Thi.

"Please calm down Sakura-Chan." Naruto said pulling her away.

Finally Kakashi arrived.

"Hey." Kakashi said with a smile.

"Your late!" Naruto and Sakura yelled in unison.

"Well you see there was this ribbon and it-"

"LIAR!"

"Sasuke and Thi?" Kakashi looked at Sasuke who sat beside Thi.

"Yes Kakashi-sensei?" Thi replied with tired eyes.

"…" Kakashi gave a sly smile under his mask.

"Hey what are you saying!" Sasuke yelled.

"Anyways for today we have a few D rank missions."

"Aw! That's not fair." Naruto groaned. For most of the day they had to pull weeds, raking leaves and walking some dogs. Naruto and Sakura we're complaining while they we're pulling weeds. While Thi and Sasuke were talking as they walked the dogs together. After, everyone raked the leaves. The day quickly went by and Kakashi called it a day. They all went to eat Ramen for lunch.

"Why aren't you eating Sakura?" Naruto asked worried.

"Because, I'm still on a diet."

"Why do you sink so low just for Sasuke?" Naruto asked again.

"WHAT! When did you ever get an idea like that?" Sakura yelled at Naruto about to hit him. When Sakura was about to punch Naruto, Thi quickly caught it. She gave a deadly glare at Sakura.

"Don't touch Naruto. What did he do to you?" Thi snarled.

"He- He…" Sakura yelled.

"He?"

"Whatever." Sakura muttered.

"Hey Sasuke-Kun!" a girl that had blonde hair and blue eyes jumped on Sasuke, giving him a hug.

"What do you want Ino-pig?" Sakura asked.

"Shut up forehead girl." Ino shot back.

"I wanted to see my Sasuke!" Ino said still hugging onto him. Sasuke quickly took her off. They all stared at Thi who was standing in front of her. Staring straight at Ino.

"What do you want?" Ino asked.

"You must be Ino. Right?" Thi smiled.

"And you must be Thi."

"Yes, I am."

"Your quiet famous around the village."

"Oh you don't say."

"…"

"Your one of Sasuke's fan girls, aren't you?"

"So what if I am!"

"My, My short tempered are we?"

"So your that freak that is with Sasuke!" A voice yelled behind her.

"You got part of it right. But I'm no freak." Thi said calmly staring at a group of girls.

"Well actually we can't disagree with that. She is quiet pretty." A girl whispered. All the girls started to agree.

"Either way, how dare you steal our Sasuke?" A girl yelled aiming her fist at Thi's face. Thi caught it, when it was a few inches away from her face. All the girls stared in shock.

"Please don't touch me." Thi said uninterested.

"How dare she!" Another girl screamed throwing kunais at Thi. Thi caught all of them with one hand. They all stared at her again.

"Please leave now. Your not worth my time." Thi said walking back to her seat.

"Not till you leave Sasuke alone!" Ino screamed running towards Thi with a kunai. Thi turned around and took her kunai out of her grasp, holding it next to her throat.

"You're mere play toys for me. I could kill you so easily." Thi whispered in her ear. Removing the kunai near her throat and putting the kunai in Ino's hand, as she stood there frightened. Still as a statue.

"Lets go!" Ino yelled as they all turned at blew kisses at Sasuke and walked away.

"Sakura you coming?" A fan girl yelled. Sakura nodded running to them.

"Bye Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei, Naruto." Sakura said running off.

"That's cold." Thi smirked.

"How did you do that Thi-Chan? I didn't even see you take the kunai and catch all those punches." Naruto yelled jumping up and down.

"Are you alright?"Naruto asked.

"I'm fine"

"Are you Team 7?" A voice said behind them.

"Not again! What the hell are with all these interruptions?" Naruto yelled. They all stared at the two Anbu personnel standing there, looking at them.

"Yes? Can we help you?" Kakashi asked in a polite voice.

"The Hokage would like to see you for a special mission." One Anbu replied.

"We'll be right there. Once we find Sakura." Kakashi answered.

"That's alright, we will find her. It's urgent." The other Anbu said.

"Okay, be right there!" Naruto declared. They all walked to the Hokage's office. Naruto was walking beside Kakashi, while Thi linked her arm around Sasuke's. She and Sasuke we're smiling the whole way there. Finally they arrived there. Kakashi went inside first. The rest all took a seat out side the large door. At last Sakura arrived.

"Hi Sakura-Chan!" Naruto greeted. Sakura didn't answer; instead she sat right beside Naruto, glaring at Thi and Sasuke. Thi was sitting on the other side beside Sasuke. Sasuke wouldn't normally let someone sit beside him. Sakura kept on giving death glares to Thi. Finally Thi turned her head looking at Sakura.

"Oh, hi Sakura. Never knew you we're there." Thi smiled.

"Hi to you too." Sakura said sarcastically.

Finally the door slid open, Kakashi stood at the door and the Hokage beside him. She gave each a soft smile and slowly stopped when she saw Thi.

"Thi?" The Hokage asked.

"Yes Hokage-sama?" Thi replied.

"It is you! You've grown up beautifully."

"Thank you."

"You know that old hag!" Naruto questioned in surprise.

"Why you!" The Hokage yelled hitting him on the head. There was a big bump afterwards. (Anime style XD)

"She helped me out a few times. She also help heal me after the Chuunin Exam." Thi answered.

"Well, everyone please come in. We have no time to waste." The Hokage ordered. She promptly sat down in her chair, while everyone else stood up looking at her.

"As you all know, or soon to know… we are at war with the hidden Village of Grass. We also have a reason to assume that the Hidden Village of Mist is in with them." She said looking at a folder.

"Your mission is to go spy on The Hidden Grass Village… Gather information that could help." She said in a serious tone, setting down the folder. They all nodded. Knowing she wouldn't be this serious. They all turned around, about to walk out.

"Remember, be careful and come back alive." She added.

"Don't worry. We'll be fine." Kakashi assured her.

"Okay, you leave tomorrow at 6am sharp. That means you too Kakashi." The Hokage smiled. They all smiled and left out the door. Everyone was rather quiet walking down the hall. Even Naruto, which is really surprising. Finally Naruto broke the silence.

"Why did the Hokage sound so serious?" Naruto wondered.

"Way to many ninja's been on missions. We're running low, especially when there could be a war breaking out soon Naruto." Sakura explained.

"Okay, lets call it a day. We should all get some rest and come at 6am sharp." Kakashi waved, walking in a different direction.

"You shouldn't be talking." Thi smirked. They all watched Kakashi walk down the road, till he completely disappeared.

"I got to go pack. Bye!" Sakura said rushing.

"I'm guessing you guys want me to leave you alone huh? Don't be mean to her Sasuke-basturd." Naruto said shaking his fist at Sasuke and running to the Ramen stand again. Thi just gave a long laugh till she turned to see Sasuke expression. It was serious again, so dull and lifeless.

"What's wrong?" Thi said in a sad voice.

"Nothing." Sasuke said in his old cold tone.

"You know that's a lie. I can always tell when something is wrong."

"…"

"Fine, be that way." Thi pouts walking away.

"…Let's go." Sasuke said taking her hand and pulling her away.

Thi's POV

Everything felt so weird. I didn't feel my comfortable self around Sasuke right now. He was back to his sad and dull self. It was really awkward, especially because he never was this way around me. We both walked for about 20minutes. Each of us had said nothing since we started walking. At last we had arrived at a large cherry blossom tree. He stopped and sat down, leaning against the large tree. I sat down beside him. My attention focused on the large cherry blossoms above us. We just sat there silent.

"Thi…" Sasuke said, grabbing my attention.

"Yes?" I said in an insecure voice.

"The mission tomorrow… The Hokage sounded really serious. So it must be really dangerous."

"Yes. It seems that way."

"Lot's have happened since you've been gone. Try not to do something stupid" Sasuke said. That was so like Sasuke; he could never be very passionate to anyone, but for once he attempted. He also seemed different from my dream. More cold and distant.

"I told you before and I'll tell you again Sasuke. I'm not one of your fan girls; I can take care of myself." I smirked.

Everything went quiet once again, this time it was my turn to break the silence.

"Sasuke, your eyes…" I paused staring at his cold dark eyes. They truly were mysterious. A story lied behind them.

"Your eyes are so dull. I can see sadness in your past." I finished. He looked at me, giving his emotionless face expression.

"So are yours." He said.

"I must of loss a lot of good things in those years when we were younger right?" He just nodded.

"The last thing I remember is the memory of the night when Itachi came." I said looking into the moon. It was true, we sat there till the moon and stars came out.

"Nothing else?" Sasuke asked not making eye contact. I could tell that there was sadness in his voice and face. But he tried to hide it.

"No. I apologize."

"Don't be. It's not like -… it's not like they matter." He said shifting his position; I could only see his back.

"They seem to matter to you. Don't they?" I said, putting my hand on his shoulders.

"No." He said coldly, he faced me; giving the cold expression he usually gave others.

It was quiet; the only thing that could be heard was the wind brushing against the cherry blossoms. Soon enough, when the moon came out. We called it a day and I made him walk home. I convinced him that I would be okay walking home alone. He just gave an unsure nod, while I left him there… standing, as he watched me walk in the other direction.

I opened the door to my small apartment. There, sitting on a chair was Koji. She slowly tilted her head on the side, checking who it was that opened the door.

"I see you made yourself feel at home." I joked.

"Of course. How was your day?" Koji asked sipping her cup of tea.

"Fine, raging fan girls and what not."

"What do they want with you?"

"I'm not sure. Probably a whole misunderstanding." I lied.

"Okay…anything else?"

"Ah yes. A mission. Tell Orochimaru that I will be away for a couple of days."

"Speaking about missions. How was yesterday?"

"Fine."

"You find anything out?"

"Yes I did, The Hidden Village of Grass sent a threat letter."

"I'm guessing your missions is something to do with it?"

"Yes."

"You know, you make me nervous. You speak just like Orochimaru."

"Oh really. And how so?"

"You talk like an adult. Nice, clean and polite. Making the ones you speak to sound weaker."

"I see."

"We'll behave on your mission. Make sure you try to find some more information. Orochimaru will be pleased to hear about last nights discovery."

"I will." I said watching Koji disappear.

I started packing clothes, weapons and other sorts in my bag. I prepared to sleep early. Wondering what is in store for tomorrow.

End of POV.

Thi:Yay mission...so much for last nights spying eh? --