Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. But, I probably could if I um, bought it. All I need now is a couple hundred thousand dollars, maybe a couple million, and um… does anyone know what else I'll need? Or a couple hundred thousand dollars to start me off?

The New Annoyance

The note said, 'If you would ever like to see Temari of the Desert again, you must bring us all the pieces of gold and/or silver your city possesses. You will find at an oasis about a mile and a half from where you are now. If these requirements are not fulfilled by midnight tonight, the girl will die.'

Oh, great. But wait- this was a ransom note for Temari, not Keitorin.They hadgotten the wrong girl.

Sasuke went oer to Kakashi and violently shook him. "Sensei, wake up!" He hissed.

"I don' wanna…" He murmured, still half asleep.

"Kakshi-sensei, wake the fuck up!" Sasuke hissed, still shaking his sensei.

"Alright, stop shakin the boat before we got a man overboard, cap'n!" Kakashi shouted.

Sasuke quirked an eyebrow. "Are you, uh, drunk, Sensei?" Sasuke said.

"Oh, why thanks for noticing!" Kakshi said.

Sasuke looked in his sensei's bag and found four huge bottles of Sake; all were empty. He sweatdropped.

"Sensei!" Sasuke scolded. "No wonder he didn't wake up when they kidnapped Keitorin, and he's only four inches away from the door!" He murmured.

"What happened to Kakytoreen?" Kakashi asked Sasuke.

The others had started to wake up. "Is Kakashi-Sensei drunk, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked rubbing her eyes.

"Uh, yeah;he kind of is, Sakura!" Sasuke snapped.

"Just like Kakashi-Sensei, right Keitorin-chan?" Naruto laughed.

There was silence. "K-Keitorin-chan?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke lost it. "She's gone! Is it that hard to figure out! If it took you all to realize that I was gone, I'd be pretty angry!"

"I-it wouldn't take us this long, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said.

Sasuke glared at her. He noticed that Sakura and Ino didn't look the least bit worried that Keitorin was gone.

"M-maybe sh-she just went t-t-to get a drink, Sasuke-k-kun!" Hinata said.

Sasuke read them the ransom note, and Kakashi seemed to snap out of it. There's a keyword there- Seemed.

He got up and said, We need to save her. Now… Sasuke, bring Tamari back to Konoha with you; keep her safe. Get help while you're there."

"No," Sasuke replied.

"What? Are you saying you won't do what I-"

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying, Sensei. I want to help save Keitorin! I mean, I- I want to help you save Keitorin… Of course, that's what I meant, S-sensei…" Sasuke felt himself glow.

"Kakashi sighed. "Sasuke, you are the most skilled. You can manage to get Temari safely to Konoha!" Kakashi said.

"Hey! I can manage, too!" Naruto said.

"Yes, but Naruto, I need you to help me!" Kakashi said.

"Hm… I never thought about that, Sensei!" Naruto said proudly.

"Well, someone has to get to Tsunade-sama, and we need to get Temari-"

"Excuse me, Kakashi, for interrupting, but I would like to help. I feel… guilty. It's my stupid fault that she got kidnapped in the first place. And besides, think of this as me repaying you. I'm not worried; I've got a good bunch of protectors," She smiled warmly.

"Fine. Ino and Sakura, you go and get Tsunade-sama," Kakashi said.

"Oh, Kakashi-Sensei, I want to help Sasuke-kun! He needs me, you know!" Sakura said.

"I'm not leaving Sasuke-kun!" Ino said stamping her foot.

"Go away, Ino-pig!" Sakura shouted. "Why would Sasuke-kun want you around when he's got me?" Sakura shouted grabbing Sasuke into a hug. He gasped and tried to push Sakura away.

"Oh, please! Why would he want you around when he can hang out with someone with a normal sized forehead?" Ino pulled Sasuke into a hug with Sakura still clinging to him.

Sasuke started to kick at them, which really would have been a lot easier if he could use his legs. "Gedoff!" He summoned enough breath to snarl at them.

Everyone sweatdropped.

"Okay girls, get off!" Kakashi ordered. He tried not to giggle. It was quite funny, but he knew that was the Sake talking.

When they let go, Sasuke fell on his knees gasping for breath.

"Oh, look, Forehead Girl! Look what you've done to Sasuke!" Ino yelled.

"Ino, you hugged him too hard! Next time, just let me handle things! Why do you think I was chosen to be on his team?" Sakura screamed back.

"It was probably a typo! A big one too, just like your forehead!" Ino yelled back.

"Alright, stop!" Kakashi shouted. He picked the two girls up and threw them to the sides of the tent. Just hard enough to knock the wind out of them and get them to shut up for a minute, but not enough to hurt them.

"Sakura, go get Hokage-sama, and yes, it is helping Sasuke, because if we get into enough trouble, Sasuke could end up DYING!" Kakashi yelled.

Sakura stood up. "I'll go as fast as I can, Kakashi-Sensei!" Sakura said. Then she got up and went to leave. But instead of going right out the door, she went to Sasuke, gave him a hug, and pressed her lips to his. "Please be okay, Sasuke-kun!" Then, she whirled out and left.

Sasuke stood stiff for a moment, then after realizing what happened, he dropped on his hands and knees and started coughing and spitting, and then he wiped his mouth.

Naruto and Ino were boiling mad.

"How dare she kiss you, Sasuke-kun!" Ino yelled.

"How dare you kiss her, Sasuke!" Naruto yelled.

"Just shut up, both of you! Mesuinu Sakura…" Sasuke said standing up.

"Did she take a water bottle?" Temari asked.

"I d-don't think so!" Hinata answered.

"Mmmmmmmm… that could be bad. She needs a water bottle. Who's the fastest runner?" Temari asked, holding a water bottle up for someone to take.

Everyone looked at Sasuke.

"I'm not taking her the stupid water bottle! Sensei? What are you doing?" Sasuke asked. He got his answer.

Kakashi took the water bottle, thrust it into Sasuke's hand, and threw him outside the door.

Sasuke sighed. Well, the sooner and faster I go, the sooner I get back.

Sakura was going as fast as she could. "I won't let you down, Sasuke-kun!" she whispered to herself. She looked up again, and almost ran in to Sasuke.

"Sakura, you might need the water bottleso you don't dehydrate."

Sasuke-kun's caring about me? Maybe he forgot all about that mesuinu Keitorin and wants me to be his girlfriend! The very thought made her blush. She took the water bottle from Sasuke and looked down. When she looked up, he was gone.

Alright, I think that was an okay place to end. You know the drill, people, read and review!