Author's note: Again, thank you for the reviews! I love you! It really means a lot to me!

And I can't express how sorry I am for being so lazy with this chapter. I've just had a total lack of imagination... I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting! I will really try to finish the next chapter faster!
For story details: First chapter

Oh, and forgot about disclaimers in earlier chapters... Not that anyone will miss it ;D Anywho:

Disclaimer: I do not - cries - own Naruto. If I had owned him and his friends, I would have someone chainsaw Sakura's head of, much more Gaara, and at least one SasuNaru-lovescene a episode :D Btw, I am SO not writing disclaimers in every chapter! This disclaimer's for the whole story!

Naruto woke up early in the morning. He reluctantly got out of the bed. This morning they were to commence their new special training, and he was not looking forward to it.

Of course, he could have been looking forward to it, but the thought of spending two weeks with Sasuke... He shuddered.

He sat down by his table, slowly eating his cup-ramen. He thought through what had happened in his mind for the millionth time.

Suddenly something hit him! What had Sasuke said?

"I mean different... Like in this way."

/"LIKE in this way"... Maybe he didn't mean he was in love with me! Maybe he just meant that he was gay, and just showed it to me! He's not in love with me at all/

Naruto happily wolfed down the rest of his ramen.

Thirty minutes later and some kilometres from there, Sasuke walked down the same path he had walked yesterday. The place they would train in was in the same area as he and Naruto had trained in the other day. He walked slowly, trying to postpone the moment he would have to face the others. Especially Naruto.

He wondered what their special training was going to be. Maybe they were to test their information gathering-skills, like in the Chuunin Exam. Anyway, he wasn't very interested. All he could think about right now was Naruto.

/I'll have to explain to him today. I've got to set things right. I'll explain to him today./

Sakura stood in the forest with Kakashi – who were surprisingly early - waiting for Sasuke and Naruto.

"Where the hell are they?" Sakura asked out loud impatiently. She stretched her neck to see if they could come walking behind a tree, but none of the boys were in sight.

Suddenly, she had a feeling that somebody watched her. She turned her head to Kakashi. He was reading his book, as usual. Funny, she could have sworn he was looking at her just moments before.

"Where do you think they are?" she asked him uncertainly.

"They'll be here any time now." he said without looking up.

They waited there for another ten minutes, when they heard a rustle of leaves, and Sasuke emerged from behind a tree.

He looked around, as if to check if there was anyone else there, and immediately looked relieved.

"Hey Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shouted. He didn't answer.
Kakashi threw one look at him and decided not to ask why he was late. They stood in silence and waited for Naruto to come.
About ten minutes later, Naruto came bustling through the woods.
"Why are you so late?" Sakura yelled at him and pointed an accusing finger at him.
"Overslept" he said, but he was blushing, and his face was turned down.

"Very well," Kakashi said, stuffing his book into his pocket, "As you know, your special training will commence today. You will recognize this exercise from your Chuunin Exam, that was set in a similar environment. There is a tower in the middle of this forest, which I and two of you will be guarding. Your task is to get into the castle and get the information hidden inside. If I see you, or the other two sees you, you have failed. You may not leave any traces behind. It is vital that the enemy hasn't even seen that you have been there, gathering information. When you have gathered the information you need, you will get out unseen and get back here. When you are here, you will blow this horn, and we will come to see how you did. Understood?"

"Yes." the three said in chorus.

"Now. Naruto, you go first, then Sakura, then Sasuke. Although, it's most unlikely that any of you two", he pointed at Sasuke and Sakura, "will do the exercise today. I believe it's going to take a minimum of two days for each person to succeed. Alright. Naruto, we will now go to the castle. You will start at the blow of my horn. Understood?"

Naruto nodded.

"Sasuke, Sakura." Kakashi said. They darted away into the forest.

"Think, Naruto, think!" he muttered to himself. He tried to think of a strategy, but oddly enough kept being disturbed by the image of Sasuke kissing him that was floating around in his mind.

After just five minutes, he heard Kakashi blow the horn.

He had no idea what to do.

/I guess I'll just have to... Go for it, and see how it goes. After all, it can't be that hard./

He darted away. He ran for about four minutes before he saw a glimpse of the tower. It was round, and seemed to be quite narrow. He saw Sasuke and Sakura outside, standing ready and alert. He assumed that Kakashi must be at the other side or inside the tower.

There seemed to be only one way in, through the main gate. It was a large wooden door, and Sasuke stood right by it. It seemed to be slightly open, but since it was well-guarded he couldn't go that way. He looked for another entrance, but there seemed to be none. He tried to spot a window or a smaller opening somewhere.

He didn't see any, but thought that he should check on the other side of the tower. He ran as fast as he could without making any noise to the other side. He didn't see Kakashi there, but he still saw Sakura. That meant that the tower wasn't that big. That was a setback. That meant that it would be harder to get inside.

He looked at this side of the tower, but there wasn't any opening there either.

/I guess I'll have to get through the main gate. But how am I going to do it? Sasuke is standing right in front of it, and Sakura will see me too... This is impossible... I've got to be invisible to do this.../

And suddenly, Naruto came to think of something. He went through it in his mind, thinking if it would work or not, and decided to give it a shot. This would also give him the opportunity to use the new technique he learned from Jiraiya.

He jumped to the top of the tree. From there he could see the top of the tower.

/Okay, here goes nothing.../

He jumped as quiet as he could to the roof. When he was at the little peak of it, he knelt down.

He leaned his ear to the roofing tiles and tried to listen for any kind of sound inside.

Just then, the door of the tower slammed shut. Naruto flew up into the air by the sudden noise.

Kakashi had just gone out of the building.

"Any sign of him coming yet?" he heard Kakashi say.

"Nah." Sasuke said in his usual bored tone of voice, but with the slightest hint of anxiety.

Naruto gave a small sigh of relief.

/Okay, this is my opportunity. All three of them are out here, so if I could just get inside before Sasuke or Sakura, I might stand a chance./

He once again knelt down on the tile.

"Rei-Hissori no Jutsu!" he half-mumbled-half-shouted as he did the complicated seals.

Nothing happened.

"Kuso! Rei-Hissori no Jutsu!" he repeated.

Suddenly, he felt Chakra flow out of his mouth. It spread all over his body, and within a second it had enclosed him entirely.

/Yatta/

He carefully clapped his hands together. No sound came. He crawled over to the edge of the roof and looked down at the three figures. He clapped again. None of them showed any sign of having heard any noise.

/Yatta yatta yatta/

He crawled back, and when he was out of sight, he stood up.

The Rei-Hissori no Jutsu was a complicated technique, and was time-limited. It was a bit like Ebisu had explained to him about the Bunshin no Jutsu. The one who could control his Chakra more could create more replications, and the same thing was with this technique, only that you could do this technique for a longer time if you could control your Chakra, say 10 – 20 minutes. Naruto, not being able to control his Chakra that well could only do this technique for about 5 minutes. In other words; he had to hurry up.

He made some more seals.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" he shouted, or rather would have shouted unless he had the Rei-Hissori. But it worked anyway, and beside him was another Naruto, grinning happily at him.

The original Naruto held out his hand to the Kage Bunshin Naruto, and said Naruto started clawing in the air over original-Naruto's hand.

"Rasengan!" he would-have-shouted while he shoved his hand at the ceiling.

The tiles flew up in the air without a sound; the Rei-Hissori extended to what you were in contact with.

As Naruto stood there and just was about to climb down the hole his Rasengan had caused, he realized something.

/KUSO/

He had just realized that even though there was no noise, he was quite sure that Kakashi or the others might notice if a ton of tiles came raining down from the roof.

He speeded around on the roof, catching as many tiles as he could.

When he had caught the last tile, he walked back.

He dropped the tiles in a little pile beside the hole, and climbed down.

While Naruto was busy catching falling tiles, he hadn't noticed that one of the three figures on the ground had just walked in to the castle, closing the gate after itself.

Author's note: Guess who it is! ;P

So, finally, chapter 3! What did you think of it? I'm quite proud of it myself :D I'm sorry that I couldn't squeeze in the SasuNaru, but there will be extra in the next ;D Next chapter will be up shortly (I hope)!

Btw, I'm having a little poll:

Do you think that in the next chapter:

Naruto should continue being freaked out by Sasuke's feelings
or

Sasuke and Naruto should "get together" and live happily ever after until Gaara comes along and gets between them

and, in that case, Gaara gets involved with:

Sasuke
or

Naruto

I will not base my decision on how many thinks that and that, I just wonder how you feel. I might also go with something completely different, like the second alternative only that it's Itachi showing up and ruining things, or the first one but Gaara showing up anyway, or something ABSOLUTELY different, like Itachi showing up and taking over the story. Hehehe. Itachi. Heheheh. Itachi. - drools -

But to get back to the subject: just say what you think! If you have any other suggestions besides from the ones said here you are most welcome to "vote" for them too.

Review please! Love you all!