(A/N) Alright this is a NaruSaku fic but has no relation at all to the storyline of the show. For a start the whole nine tailed fox thing never happened and Naruto is from the village hidden in the Sand and is Gaara's teammate if that makes any sense. Sakura is still in the leaf village and both are Jounin rank, Sakura even has a nickname you will see in the fic. Also please keep in mind that this my first fic so don't flame me ok? Enjoy

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything Naruto related.

" speech ' thought

Everything for nothing

Sand Hokage's office

"We want no survivors and no proof you were ever there understood?"

"Yes sir" Naruto and Gaara said simultaneously

"Good you two will rest tonight and leave in the morning, and remember the sands reputation is on the line so don't screw up"

They bowed respectably and departed picking up their mission details on the way out.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Naruto's Apartment

Naruto stormed in to the apartment in an extremely bad temper having just come off worse in a brawl with Gaara.

'It's not that he's stronger than me' he thought to himself

'I've just been off my form lately, maybe if I had a teammate I could get along with then I wouldn't focus so much on outdoing Gaara all the time'.

Naruto and Gaara had been and still are childhood rivals, but they had been made to work together because frankly they were the best the village had and no one else could keep up with them.

Naruto laid back on his couch for a few minutes thinking about nothing in particular until his eyes fell on his folder of mission details. Deciding he had nothing better to do he picked the folder up and opened it.

Inside was a picture of a girl who in Naruto's opinion was the most beautiful girl Naruto had ever seen with cherry blossom color hair and deep emerald eyes. Below the picture was a list of instructions regarding the mission.

Haruno Sakura a.k.a. the flower hidden in the leaves (Pictured above)

Your mission is as follows Haruno Sakura is the most dangerous jounin rank ninja in the leaf village and we have a client paying a large sum to have her 'removed' from the picture. Your mission objectives are listed below.

Haruno Sakura will be led away from the village, you must intercept her at all costs if she gets away we won't get another opportunity.

When intercepted you are to assassinate and anyone else traveling with her without hesitation.

Lastly, once she is neutralized return with her body as the ANBUs may be able to learn a great deal of secrets from her remains.

Note: If capture is possible bring her back alive, but only attempt this if there is a 100 chance of success no excuses.

Good luck