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Sasuke threw three shurikens with this left hand, and three kunais with his right. All of the weapons hit their target in a line, on the tree bark.

Sasuke, panting, jumped in the air, and started to do the hand seals for the fire technique, 'Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu'.

'Mi' 'Hitsuji' 'Saru' 'I' 'Uma' 'Tora'

(Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger)

"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" shouted Sasuke as he let out a big flaming fireball towards the training log. Sasuke landed on the ground on his feet, and the log was burnt to ashes. Sasuke, not caring if he was getting tired or not, did two back handsprings, on the land of his second handspring, he twirled on his hands on the ground, making a handstand spin kick onto the training logs.

Splinters flew as Sasuke made contact, leaving a mark in the middle of the log. Sasuke landed back on his feet, panting with sweat dripping down the side of his temples.

'It's not good enough..'

With that thought in mind, Sasuke left to go towards the bridge to meet his team.

As always, Sasuke is the first to arrive. He leans back on the bridge using his elbows for support and looks upwards towards the sky.

'I need to get stronger. I need to train more. Damn it..'

Sasuke waited patiently for his teammates to arrive, his eyes cast towards the ground. Pretty soon, he hears the sound of footsteps coming towards him. He immediately knows who it is.

"Sasuke-kun!"

Sasuke sighed and turned to face his pink-haired teammate. 'The same thing every year.. so predictable. And then she's going to hand me her present like all the other girls.'

"Good morning Sasuke-kun." Smiled Sakura, standing a few feet away from her teammate.

"Aa." Replied Sasuke.

He was never the one to talk much. Silently, he waited for Sakura to shout out 'Happy Birthday Sasuke-kun!' or start blushing while giving him his present since today is his birthday. He watched his pink-haired teammate walk over to the other side of the bridge to lean on the railing. That was then he realized that she wasn't carrying anything with her, no nicely colorfully wrapped package in her hand, nor did he hear a 'Happy Birthday' at all.

'Did she forget today was my birthday?'

"Anou.. Sasuke-kun?"

Sasuke turned around in response with a smirk on his face, expecting to see her holding out his present in her hands, blushing. When he turned around, he saw no box but heard, "Do you know what time it is? Naruto is later than usual."

Sasuke had a dumbstruck look on his face, but hid it quickly.

"No.." he mumbled quietly, and turned his head away.

"Oh ok." And with that Sakura turned back around to face the other side of the river beneath the bridge.

Sasuke couldn't believe it. No birthday present, no 'Happy Birthday', no being all giddy, nothing. 'Tch, not like I care.' He thought. In fact, it was better this way. This way she isn't so annoying as usual. But he still couldn't help but feel that something missing..

A few minutes later, their loud blonde teammate showed up, Naruto.

"Good morning Sakura-chan!" Naruto smiled to his pink-haired companion.

Sakura returned that smile. "Good morning Naruto."

Naruto turned his attention towards Sasuke who had paid no attention of Naruto's arrival.

"Sasuke." Naruto said in a half serious tone.

"What do you want, dobe?"

"What did you say!"

"You heard me.. dobe." Answered Sasuke, coolly.

"Jerk!"

"Idiot."

"Show off!"

"Weakling."

"Stop fighting!" shouted Sakura, irritated by their arguments.

"Hmph."

"But, Sakura-chan.. he started it."

"No 'buts', Naruto."

'I guess the idiot, forgot it was my birthday too.. Hmph, wait.. Why do I care? I don't.' Thought Sasuke.

2 Hours Later...

"Kakashi-sensei is always late!" Naruto whined.

"I wonder why he is always late.." Sakura pondered on the thought.

"I bet he's just reading his porn book."

"Eh! For 2 hrs!"

Sasuke didn't pay much attention to their conversation. All he could think about is how his teammates have forgotten about his birthday. Naruto was exceptional; he's an idiot, enough explaining. But Sakura? She is one of those 'admirers', but just a bit less annoying. How could she forget? Isn't she supposed to be my #1 fangirl?

Sasuke's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of poof and a smoke cloud appearing. Kakashi-sensei has arrived.. late.

"Yo." Greeted Kakashi, holding his hand up.

"You're late, Kakashi-sensei!" shouted Naruto, pointing an accusing finger at him.

"Ah, well you see.. there was this old lady and--"

"LIAR!" shouted Naruto and Sakura, both pointing accusing fingers at him.

"Settle down, settle down.. I'm here, aren't I?" Kakashi said, a sweatdrop appearing, looking at the glares his students were sending. Kakashi turned his attention to the raven-haired boy.

"Sasuke."

Sasuke smirked. 'Tch. Knew it.. here comes a 'Happy Birthday' and his present is probably a volume of Icha Icha Paradise.' Sasuke's smirk then faded into a disgusted frown. 'I hope he doesn't expect me to read it.'

"Eh, why looking so gloomy today? Aren't you excited about today's mission?"

"Eh! We have a mission today! What is it! Please, please tell me!" Naruto begged.

"Naruto, be quiet!" Sakura yelled as she bonked Naruto on the head, leaving a bump.

"Itai! Sakura-chan, why did you do that?" asked Naruto, rubbing the sore spot where she hit his head.

Sasuke was lost in his own thoughts. 'Even Kakashi forgot today was my birthday? Hn. Why do I care? It doesn't matter anyway. It's not like anyone is going to celebrate it with a party.'

"Sasuke-kun? Are you ok?" asked Sakura, her faces inches away from Sasuke's.

Sasuke quickly snapped out of his trance, and took a step back from being so close to Sakura. He turned his head away to hide the faint blush on his cheeks.

"Aa.." He stuttered out.

Sakura looked back at her other two teammates, who just shrugged.

"Did you hear what Kakashi-sensei said about the mission?" asked Sakura, innocently not knowing that the Uchiha hadn't been listening to their conversation.

Surprised, Sasuke turned his head back towards Sakura, stiffly before meekly shaking a 'no' with.. if you look close enough, hmm.. maybe by using a telescope, you can almost see the "cold hearted" Uchiha blushing! Well.. a faint, small, tiny blush, but hey! It's still noticeable, if you look really really close.

"Eh? Did the great Uchiha Sasuke space out? Hehehehe.." Naruto gloated in victory.

"Shut up, dobe." Sasuke quietly spoke.

"Ah anou, he said that our next mission is to look for some sparrows that have broken wings," She sighed. "If you ask me, it's a waste of time but a mission is a mission."

Heh heh.. lame chapter I know. I was hoping to post the 2nd chapter today, but it seems like I couldn't think of anything for a while and now it's 12:35 in the morning, meaning the 2 days after I wrote the 1st chapter ;;

Thank you for the reviews so far. Sorry if this chapter didn't seem quite "SasuSaku". I'll try to add some fluff, though don't exactly expect much but I'll try.

-Lone Sakura