Hiya! Okay, here's the disclaimer: I don't own Naruto! I don't even own this computer, but I didn't steal it! I'm just borrowing it… Okay, here's a kinda long chapter, but, please, bare with me people. Anyway, happy reading!
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were at the bridge, waiting for Kakashi to show up. They had all become Chunin, but still train under Kakashi, and they were about to leave on a B-rank mission. Twenty minutes later Kakashi appears in a cloud of smoke.
"You're late!" Naruto and Sakura scold. Kakashi scratches the back of his head nervously.
"I fell in the river and had to be rescued." Kakashi explains.
"Liar." Sakura and Naruto mumble.
"Are you all ready?" Kakashi asks.
"Yeah, we've been ready." Sasuke says coolly.
"Okay let's go." Kakashi says, motioning past the forest. The three younger ninja nod. Then they hear a heart breaking yell of annoyance: "Naruto!" Tsunade screams in the distance. Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura sweatdrop, and look at Naruto who was grinning nervously. He forces a laugh.
"Yeah, let's leave." Naruto suggests, with the air of one escaping death. The other three shrug and go off into the forest. Today, they were the only people in their village in an out of village mission.
"So, what exactly is the mission about? We weren't given all the details." Sakura asks Kakashi.
"A Genin is wreaking havoc outside this village." Sasuke and Sakura automatically look at Naruto, who looks back, grinning sheepishly. They turn their attention back to Kakashi.
"He's refusing to be brought back into Konoha, and uses advanced genjustsu's so that he can disappear. That's it, really." Kakashi finishes.
"So, Kakashi-sensei, how far is he out of Konoha?" Naruto asks.
"Hmmm…Couple of miles." Kakashi answers.
They exit the Konoha gates and past without saying a word.
"But, this kid, he can't be so hard to catch." Sasuke says, breaking the silence, which was quite unusual.
"Well, he's more difficult than he may seem, Sasuke. He seems to have abilities far beyond his rank. One of a Chunin's or higher." Kakashi says.
"But, Sensei, that means with three Chunin and a Jounin, we can easily take him back to Konoha." Sakura points out.
"Not easily, I said Chunin or higher. His skills may rank even as a Special Jounin." This statement left a long silence afterwards.
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei! I thought you said a couple of miles!" Naruto yells after ten minutes, having traveled a fair 'few' past a couple of miles. Kakashi looks at him.
"Not much further now. A good seven minutes, I'd say." Naruto nods and looks ahead. 'I wonder if this kid is as strong as Kakashi-sensei says he is.' Naruto thinks.
Seven minutes pass. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura look up at Kakashi, who looks back and nods, indicating that they are near their target. They stop sprinting, and walk after their Sensei. They hear a crack, a whoosh, and the rustling of leaves. In the direction of the sound is a thick forest, ending in a large cluster of mountains. The four jump a bush that was blocking their way into the forest, well; three of them jump the bush. Naruto trips and falls on his face.
"Dobe." Sasuke say, watching Naruto rid himself of a mouthful of dirt.
"Teme!" Naruto sputters, accidentally spraying Sasuke with specks of dirt.
"Dobe, you're such as loser, you just fell on your face." Sasuke says.
"Shut up Teme! If you don't shut it, I'll do it for you!" Naruto says coldly, though, it didn't really have much affect, seeing as he still had a mouthful of dirt. Sasuke rolls his eyes and turns around.
" Naruto-kun, don't talk to Sasuke-kun like that, you did trip up for no reason." Sakura says.
"Sakura-chan, I did trip over something." Naruto tells her.
"What, on air? Don't make up excuses, dobe." Sasuke says.
"Teme! I did trip over something!"
"Yeah, whatever dobe. Quit choking, that dirt belongs in you, dead last. Stop acting like you're something, when you aren't! No one cares!" Sasuke tells him.
Sakura was fighting the urge to tell Sasuke off for that, but, she can't. 'Go, Sasuke-kun! But, what about Naruto-kun? Gah! Naruto-kun, you aren't going to take that!'
"Saaaaasukeee!" Naruto runs at Sasuke and hits him full force. Sasuke is frozen in surprise. He tries to choke back the pain.
"Sasuke-teme, if you can't even block or dodge that, you're almost useless. All that time you were with Orochimaru, we were trying to get you back, but, we shouldn't have tried so hard, or cared so much about you. For all I care, the great Uchiha can shove it, baka." Naruto says with slight disgust with his teammate. Sasuke wasn't about to let Naruto hit him, then insult him. He charges at Naruto, and trips him. Sasuke jumps into the air and slams his knees into Naruto.
" Who's the baka now, Gesu?" Sasuke asks, coolly.
"You're the baka. Dirty trick, Sasuke-teme, to attack me from behind and hit me when I'm down. I guess old habits die hard, huh?" Naruto coughs up blood.
Sasuke backs away, stunned. He didn't mean to kill him. He tries to say this, and that he is sorry, but no words come out. Instead, his eyes turn red. His sharringan evolves into the mankyou sharringan. Sakura looks at Naruto in horror. Sasuke had accidentally pushed several kunai knives into his stomach. Naruto grins up at Sasuke, it makes Sasuke want to throw up, he killed his teammate, his best friend, and here Naruto is, grinning at him? Naruto was grinning at him like the fact that Sasuke had killed him made him the winner of the lottery.
" But, its okay, Sasuke," Naruto says, choking, but still grinning, "because you listened to what I said, and you normally never spare me a glance. You think I'm going to die now, don't you? Well, that's not what's going on. Well, I'll say that if you kill me, I won't stay dead for long, but, I'm not going to be dead. See, you can't kill me." Naruto stops, still grinning, as all tenseness in his body loosens, and his body goes limp.
Okay, this may be long for a first chapter, but, I couldn't find a good place to end the chapter other than where I ended it. Next chapter preview: "Sasuke, what happened?" " Thanks Neji-san." "I told you I wouldn't stay dead." "Neji, you'll have to join the mission, that ringing was that off an S-class missing nin signaling others."
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