"Ah, this is so stupid!" whined Naruto. He stopped sprinting off of one branch to another. He jumps down, landing on the ground, and sat down with his arms crossed and a frown on his face.
"Naruto, I know this 'mission' doesn't seem much to you but it gets another task done in the village." Explained Kakashi, stopping his movement and looked away from this book moving his gaze towards his student.
The other comrades stopped sprinting as well and joined Naruto on the ground, standing. "Kakashi-sensei, did the Hokage say what area the sparrows are at?" asked Sakura, tired from Naruto's whining and their waste of energy on this mission. Kakashi pondered, "Hmm.. can't seem to remember." He looked back to his book, "but just keep going till I say stop."
Sakura and Naruto sighed. 'Sensei..'
On the other hand, Sasuke wasn't paying much attention to their conversation. He wasn't even paying attention to the mission. All he could think about was that his team, his family, even though he will never admit it to anyone, that he has come to known, forgot about his birthday.
But of course, having the pride that he has, he doesn't care. It was always like this before he had graduated from the academy. Year after year since the Uchiha massacre, there was nothing. Nothing happened on his birthday, it was just his birthday, just another plain old day. So why should he think there'd be a difference this year?
"Sasuke? Hello? Earth to Sasuke.."
Sasuke shook his head a bit and blinked. He had spaced out again. Naruto was waving his hand in front of his face. Sasuke had his cold aura back before anyone noticed that the Uchiha Sasuke had spaced out. "What do you want?"
Everyone blinked at the sudden tone of his voice. For a minute there, they thought that Sasuke was beginning to lose his focus. Sasuke notice everyone's eyes was staring at him. He glared back, "What?" He asked in an annoyed tone.
The others turned their heads away, paying back attention to what they were doing before. Kakashi went back to reading his book, Naruto had his 'why-do-we-keep-getting-these-crappy-missions' look, and Sakura went back to scavenging for the sparrows. But the three of them had one thing in mind when Sasuke looked at daze and then when he came back to reality, 'Did he find out?'
Seconds seemed like minutes and minutes seemed like hours. So far, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura had yet to find a sparrow or a feather at least. After jumping from branch to branch for thirty minutes, they decided a small break.
Sakura groaned. "Aah.. Kakashi-sensei, are you sure there are any sparrows in this forest?" Inner Sakura growled, "GRR! I'm getting sick and tired of this! I'm dying from dehydration!"
"Hmm.." Kakashi looked up from his book and tilted his head towards the sky, and then took the time to think. Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura frowned at their teacher. Kakashi looked back at his students, his eyes.. or eye, closed and a smile behind the mask. "I don't know."
Kakashi's students fell forward, their faces implanted onto the ground. "Kakashi-sensei! If you didn't know then why did took the time to think!" shouted Naruto, sitting back up, his face red from the fall and a bandage on his forehead shaped like an 'X'. Sakura sat back up as well, and had a red mark on her face with a bandage on her nose instead. "Itai.." Sakura sighed at her sensei for being childish, her right fist clenched as it twitched in anger but held her anger back in. 'UGH! I can't believe sensei is so immature!' Shouted Inner Sakura. Sasuke calmly rose back up, his arms crossed in front of his chest, and his eyes closed twitching in annoyment. His face was also red from the impact, with a bandage on this cheek, he could hold back the pain.
Before his students could attack him, a sound was heard.
Chirp chirp..
Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke looked away from their glares at their teacher, but looked around for where the noise was coming from. It was heard again.
Chirp chirp..
"Do you hear that?" Sakura said, standing up, averting her eyes in every direction. Sasuke nodded in response, looking around his surroundings. "Yeah. Sounds like it's coming from.. over there!" Naruto said quietly, pointing to the left; at the bushes. All eyes, except Kakashi, were staring intensely at the bush, which seemed where the noise was coming from. 'All worked up about a bird..' Kakashi thought as he kept on reading.
After some intense staring, Sakura decided that she'll go over to the bushes first. The boys followed closely behind her. Sweat was starting to form on her forehead as she took each step closer to the bush, but she quickly wipes it away. Naruto gulped, taking precaution in his every step, and Sasuke's eyebrows furrowed as his hands clenched and unclenched, getting ready for the intense action. When Sakura was about an inch away from the green bush, she kneeled down in front of it. She looked over her shoulders to see her comrades hovering over her. She turned back around and gulped. She lifted her arms slowly, and placed her hands on top of the bush. Sakura could feel the crisp, smooth touch of the green leaves as she placed her palms down. You could feel the tension in the air. A few feet away, their sensei sighed. 'Over dramatic..'
Sakura was still, her palms still placed on the bush, not moving. "Are you ready, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked quietly. Sakura nodded, determination in her eyes. Sasuke was ready as well, supporting Sakura behind her. Sakura slowly pushed away the bush full of leaves; sweat dripping down the side of her face, the tension was growing. Naruto stared intently, the sweat on his temples, glistening in the sun. Sasuke, as ever, was ready for action. He clenched and unclenched his hands one more time, trying to get rid of the stickiness of the sweat on his hands. As the leaves started to separated, they could hear the chirping growing louder. Underneath each of Sakura's hand were a handful of leaves, but in the middle, what Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke saw was...
Not too really thrilled about this chapter.. I was before when I typed it. Sorry for the late updates.. My beta-reader hasn't been responding to my emails, so I need a new beta-reader for now.
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