A/N: This chapter is fairly strange, or at least I think that! Lawl. Anyway, at the end of the chapter, you might be confused, so don't automatically jump to conclusions, you will have to wait and read the next chapter to know what happened!
Naruto went back to sleep, and so did Sakura. They woke up at daybreak and went on back to Konoha. They came to the gates and Sasuke was standing there. "Sakura! Where have you been?!"
"I went on a mission with Naruto. Is that a problem?!"
"Yeah, you should have told me!" Sakura sighed.
"Why?" Sasuke didn't answer. Sakura walked through the gates. "I'm going home to go back to sleep." Sakura then went to her house and went to sleep.
Naruto went to the ramen stand and ordered food. Kakashi walked over and sat down next to him. "So, how did the mission go?" Naruto nodded.
"Good! We only ran into a few enemies!" Kakashi waited.
"We? Who went with you?"
"Sakura-chan. Is that ok?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, you just have to tell someone!" Naruto chuckled and rubbed the back of his head.
"Sorry, Sakura-chan wanted to come at the last second.. Heh!" Kakashi laughed. "Sakura-chan and I actually work good together!"
"Hm.. Maybe you two can form a team or something.. I'll ask lady Hokage about it.." Naruto's face lit up.
"Yeah! Please ask Tsunade-sama about it!!" Naruto left the money and took off in the direction of Sakura's house.
There was a knocking on Sakura's door. She got up and answered the door. "Hello? Oh hey, Naruto! What's up?" Naruto was all jumpy.
"Kakashi said that he was going to ask Tsunade-sama if we could make our own team!!" Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, really? That would be fun!!" She smiled. Naruto laughed.
"Yeah! We could go on missions all the time, and not have Sasuke on our team!" Sakura's face lit up.
"That would be perfect!" Naruto smiled. Yeah, Sakura-chan and I would make the perfect team!
Kakashi knocked on Tsunade's door. She answered. "What do you want Kakashi?" Kakashi cleared his throat. Should he really ask if a Chuunin and a Genin could make a team?
"Umm.. Naruto and Sakura, well mostly Naruto, are wondering if they could make their own team..." Tsunade raised an eyebrow.
"Really? And what does Sakura think of this?"
"I'm not really sure, I had Naruto go and ask her." There was a rucus going on down the hallway. All of a sudden, Naruto came running down the hallway pulling Sakura behind him.
"Tsunade-sama!! Tsunade-sama!!" Naruto was shouting. He stopped in front of Kakashi, Sakura coughed from running such a long way in little time.
"I heard about you two's request. Do you think that you can handle that?" Naruto nodded. "Sakura?"
"Yeah, I do." Tsunade smiled.
"Then I guess I can't deny it! Two of the villages strongest ninjas on a team would be a great idea!" Sakura and Naruto smiled.
"Does anyone else have to be on our team?" Naruto asked. Tsunade shook her head.
"I already have a mission for you two!" She handed them a paper. "A-rank search and rescue. Shouldn't be too hard." Naruto nodded. Finally, I am going to be a little closer to Sakura-chan! Naruto smiled. Sakura thanked Tsunade and they left the office building.
Sasuke was standing in front of the building. "Why are you two around each other so much?" He questioned. Jealous much?
"Uh, bitch, it's kinda obvious now, Sakura-chan and I are on our own team now! Duh!" Sasuke's face turned pale.
"Y-you t-two on a team?! With no one else?!" Sakura nodded. "You have to be kidding me! Tsunade-sama let you do this?!"
"Yes, Sasuke, now if you don't mind, we have our first mission together. We actually co-operate well with each other, unlike a certain team I knew..." Sakura said with her voice fading towards the end. Sakura and Naruto walked away with Sasuke standing there befuzzeled. ((i luv that word!!))
"So Sakura-chan, do you think this mission is going to be easy?" Sakura huffed and flipped her hair.
"Of course! Two of the villages strongest ninja, on one team, why wouldn't it? I mean we both trained under a Legendary Sannin!" Naruto nodded.
"You're right. I don't know why I even asked that question!" Sakura giggled. They reached the village gates and took off.
They jumped from tree-to-tree for a few hours. Sakura stopped at one of the trees and panted. "Naruto...Can...We...Stop for a few?!" She said running low on breaths. Naruto nodded and sat down on the branch he was standing on. Sakura sat down too. "Thanks, I'm still tired from the last mission!"
"Me too. We'll stay for a few minutes and then we'll move onto the next village and find out some info on the kidnapping." Sakura nodded. She leaned up against the tree.
"Sounds good to me." She shut her eyes to rest. A few minutes later, Naruto stood up.
"Sakura-chan, let's go." Sakura opened her eyes.
"Huh? Oh!" She then stood up too. They continued on to the next village, the Hidden Village of Sound.
When they reached the gates, Sakura stopped short in her tracks. "N-Naruto, this is O-Orochimaru's village..." Sakura whispered. Naruto turned to her to see her shivering.
"Sakura-chan, are you cold?!" She shook her head.
"No. Sorry, this place gives me the chills..." Naruto looked at her concerningly. He thought about trying to comfort her, but he knew she would just yell and shout at her. They continued on through the gates. Naruto looked around and saw that there were no buildings in sight or anywhere.
"We need to find someone to help us with this mission..." They kept walking until they saw a small building with a snake symbol on the roof. Naruto gulped and turned to Sakura. "Sakura-chan, is this...?" She nodded her head.
"I think so..." Sakura shut her eyes and thought for a minute. She opened them back up and recognized the building. "Yeah it is." Naruto sighed. This place brought back bad memories...
"We're not going in..." Sakura nodded. He turned around and faced the rest of the village. Sakura stared at the sky, it was getting dark again... She looked around and noticed a small inn on the side of the road.
"Naruto, I think we should stay at that inn for the night..." Naruto nodded.
"Ok." They walked into the small inn.
"Hello! How may we help you?!"
"We need a room that has two beds." The innkeeper nodded. He handed Naruto the keys. "Also, do you know anything of a missing person?"
"Yes, I actually do. A Sound ninja was taken hostage by one of the Mist ninja. They claim it's for revenge."
"Hmm... Then why did they ask for Konoha's help?" The innkeeper shrugged. Naruto led the way to their room. He took out the key and opened the door. Sakura ran over to one of the beds and flopped herself on it. Naruto did the same except to the other bed. They both soon drifted off to sleep...
Naruto and Sakura were hiding behind a tree. "Naruto, are you sure it's this way?" Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Sakura sighed and flipped her hair.
"Naruto..." She cooed. She turned to him and pressed her hands against his chest. Sakura then brought her face close to his.
"S-Sakura-chan... Are you ok?" She giggled.
"Of course I am...!" She then closed her eyes and moved closer. Naruto started trembling and his face grew red. "Are you ok?" Naruto started stuttering.
"Y-yeah! I-I'm fine!" Naruto tried backing away but found himself pressed up against a tree. Oh gawd... This is going to get bad... Sakura pressed her lips onto his lips and searched for Naruto's reply. Naruto's face was now so red, that it couldn't get any worse!
A/N: I hope you didn't jump to conclusions on that last part! Anyways, after this coming up Sunday, the 30th, there will be no more chapters until I get back from spring break on the sixth or seventh of April! Lawl. ((DON'T KILL ME!))