Read and Review people, Read and Review. This one promises to be odd, so just bare with it till the end.

The next few days were as bad in weather as socially. Whatever had happened between the two during the festival seemed no more than a dream, but Kyuubi kept telling him that it had been a mistake to leave the house.

What the Hell is wrong with that teme? Naruto raged as he waited for their sensei. He was crouched on the bridge watching the fishes swim by, his hands fisted at his side. I warned you not to tell anyone, kit. I knew something like this would happen. But he said that he loves me. It's Sasuke, the village prodigy, what did you expect? He uses people for his own purpose; he wants what he thinks he can't have. Now that he got you, you mean nothing to him anymore.

It was early morning, the day after his birthday. The clouds above, the wind, the lack of birds signing, they all should have been a sign to warn him.

"Hey Sakura-chan," Naruto yelled as he hurried to the bridge were she clung at Sasuke. "Hey Sasu-kun." He stopped beside them with his trademark smile. He couldn't help but think at their previous, nightly activity.

Sakura turned her head from one to the other, confused. As for Sasuke, he turned and walked to the other end of the bridge. "Dobe."

Puzzled, Naruto took a few steps to follow. "Don't follow me, dobe." His voice was hard and left no room for argument.

"Teme."

That had been two weeks ago. It had been two weeks since they had last talked to one another, started waiting at the other end away from the other. Two painful weeks in which Naruto could only think kissing Sasuke had been a mistake. He'd had such hopes, and now he was faced with trying to mend his broken heart. It didn't have much dealing in it. He had always considered Sakura as a friend and nothing more, and was glad she had figured it out.

Through their dispute, Kakashi hadn't been able to get them to cooperate or even train together. Naruto would stay quiet, which worried the two outsiders, and neither would even spare a look at the other. Try as they may, Kakashi and Sakura hadn't been able to settle things.

"Naruto?" Sakura asked quietly as she approached him. "What's wrong? Why haven't you smiled lately?"

"Why don't you ask the prodigy? He's the one that started it, that's being a teme about something I supposedly did and won't tell me what." Naruto told her, trying his best to remain civil.

Sasuke felt someone staring at him, and his senses picked up a threatening aura. Turning his head in the direction, nearly positive Naruto was the one upset, he was taken aback by the daggers in Sakura's eyes.

"What did you do to Naruto, Sasuke-kun?" She asked in her friendliest tone.

Sasuke felt shivers running down his back but held himself still. "It's none of your business, Sakura-chan."

Sasuke woke up that morning with a smile on his lips. The memory of finally kissing Naruto was still fresh in his mind.

Washing, dressing, eating, he opened the door to leave and found a note on the ground. On any normal day, he would have dropped it in the trash, but seeing how he was feeling in a rather happy mood; he opened it and read the contents.

'Dear Sasuke-teme,

I think you should know that last night was nothing serious. Someone like me can't possibly be seen by some power hungry, sharingan wielding, prodigy who can't even protect his family and defeat his brother. I was hoping to find what was so great about you, and must say that I am still searching.

All the best,

The future hokage

Uzumaki Naruto'

At those words, the scribble of handwriting that could only be that of Naruto, Sasuke felt his sharingans agitating. Letting a small growl out, he through the paper away and headed for the bridge.

Seeing Naruto act like nothing was wrong only angered him more. Who does he think he is, acting like that? I bet what he told me yesterday was just some sort of bait. He probably just wanted to laugh at me, well not anymore.

"Sasuke-kun, there has to be a reason why the two of you are fighting, and it's hurting not only my but your training too, and don't try to deny it." She pressed on strictly, hoping to hit a nerve.

Saved by the sensei. Sasuke thought as Kakashi puffed into sight. "Yo." He saluted with his hand and a curved eye. For two weeks now, he hadn't been getting the usual responses, and so hopped down and took out a scroll from his jacket.

The three students gathered around to see what the mission was, but Kakashi proffered it to Naruto, still rolled up. "Rokudaime-sama gave me this to give to you. It's a solo mission, and I suggest you get going." His tone was serious though the eye smiled.

"Arigato." Naruto nodded, leaving into the forest before the other two could respond.

"That's not fair, Kakashi-sensei. Naruto isn't ready for a solo mission, he'll get hurt. If anyone should have gotten one, it should have been Sasuke or me, we think more." Sakura complained.

Sasuke was just about to respond when Kakashi gave them a cold glare. "Tsunade-sama is the one that gave the orders. If you have a problem, go see her." And then puffed out, leaving them to believe that there would be no training today.

"Come on Sasuke-kun, let's go see Tsunade. This is so totally not fair." She grabbed his arm and began to pull.

Twisting his arm free, Sasuke followed. I hope his mission isn't that bad. I mean sure, I'm angry at him and all, but I still love him. I don't want anything bad to happen to him.

Finally, my first solo mission! Naruto stopped in the forest and opened the scroll. I have to retrieve a scroll from Gaara, huh? Well, at least I don't need to walk a dog or something stupid like that, plus it'll give me time away from all those people. Rolling up the scroll again, Naruto moved on.

Naruto stopped in the forest and opened the scroll. Rolling up the scroll again, Naruto moved on.

We're being followed, kit Kyuubi warned him. I can sense two behind, one on each side, and another in front of me. What chakra signature can you round up? They're low level ninjas. We can beat them, kit. For now, they seem to be trying to avoid us. Naruto ducked the kunais aimed at his head and stopped in his tracks. Spoke too soon there, my friend.

Using his 'kage-bunshin-no-jutsu', Naruto let his copies out after his enemies in hopes of better judging them. He wasn't disappointed. In less then a minute, he was surrounded by the five of them. Sound nins, he noted. "Well, now, did you come to play with the big boys?" He mocked them, his grin wide and carefree attitude out in the open. This close, I can tell you that not a one of them is a Jounin, only one Chunin, and the rest are genins. Probably an exam of sorts. This far out? I don't think so. "So what do you want?"

"Orochimaru-sama sent us to make sure Sasuke would return. After what we saw at the festival, we thought we might need to act. We understand now that you must be eliminated for our mission to be successful." One of the genins spoke up, advancing with a shuriken.

How did we miss their signature back home? "Let's just see about that." Watch-out kit, I smell poisons.

The shuriken missed him by a hair, only because he wanted to give the appearance that he wasn't that good. It struck the tree behind him, and bells began to ring lightly. Damn, and I can't tune the sounds off. Naruto thought as the ringing became more and more enchanting.

They were fighting fist to fist, using all the techniques they knew. More music sounded out as the fight drifted on, and Naruto began to feel drowsy. The chunnin's doing something weird there with his flute. Kyuubi pointed out calmly, the music calming his nerves so that he couldn't do much else to help.

Jumping to a tree, Naruto localised him, and with a quick shot of his shuriken struck the image out. Damn, it's a trick with the sound. He tried to get himself away from them, needing to gather his senses, but no use.

Finally, Naruto turned, and remembering Sasuke's special fire jutsu, mimicked him and burnt his enemies. Seizing the moment, he threw his weapons out at all those on fire. I didn't mean to kill them, he though as he went to get his weapons back.

Searching the bodies, Naruto gathered the rest of their weapons as well as two unidentified scrolls, before moving on.

Kyuubi : You read it, now review, or feel my wrath.

Naruto : Kybs, who you talking to?

Kyuubi : Don't worry kit, just keep sleeping...that's right...heh heh heh heh

How ever will Sasuke fix the problem? Will Kakashi ever take off his mask? Will Sakura ever stop wearing pink? What's going with Gaara? Be prepared for the Chapter to end all other Chapters! (coming to an internet near you).