Sigh. Crap. Naruto knew it...he would have to pay Sasuke back somehow...dangit. He rested his chin on his hand. It was morning, after the day of near-drowning. He had mentally kicked himself a thousand times for no reason. He just felt like it;he hated being rescued by Sasuke. He sighed again, sinking onto his bed.
Oh man. Sasuke was never going to live this down...saving Naruto? SAVING HIM! And he had said, "Please don't die." Holy crap! He was annoyed at himself. He couldn't let Naruto drown...but still! And it made Sakura hover over him even more often...sheesh. 'And to think...it all started with a dumb prank!' he thought to himself. 'Well...just proves how stupid Naruto is...' he thought as he got dressed to go meet his team.
Sasuke and Naruto arrived around the same time at their normal meeting place. When they saw each other, they both blushed slightly and turned opposite ways. 'Today's gonna be tough...' they both thought.
Kakashi arrived about an hour late, as usual. "YOU'RE LATE!" screamed Naruto and Sakura. "Well, you see, Tsunade wanted me to-" "WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!" they spat in his face. "Well okay then. We have a B-rank mission today…" he started off. "B-rank?" said the Genin. "Can you not hear me? Ahem. Anyway….It's our job to…..well….escort some spoiled princess to a ball." "WHAT!"
Kakashi wiped spit off his face. "Well, yeah. She looked through pictures of all the shinobi in Konoha, and guess who the unlucky guy is that takes her!" Sakura and Naruto automatically looked over at Sasuke. "Me….?" He asked, fearing the answer. "Bingo!" Kakashi said. "
While Sasuke sank deeper and deeper into despair, Sakura asked, "But sensei, what are Naruto and I supposed to do?" "Oh, excellent question Sakura. Well, you'll stay out of sight, and make sure everything goes right, or there will be a war on Konoha. Geez, you wouldn't believe how SPOILED that girl is!" Kakashi replied. "Bet we won't believe how UGLY she is either!" said Naruto, laughing. "You are more right than you know…" said Kakashi slowly. The three looked at him.
After getting all packed, the team headed off to their mission. Sasuke was still moping about having to take the girl to the dance. He screamed silently in his head. "Sakura was quietly fuming. "DON'T YOU LAY YOUR DIRTY PAWS ON SASUKE-KUN OR I'LL MURDER YOU!" inner Sakura screamed. Naruto was just walking along, thinking of what a drag it would be to stay with a spoiled rotten princess. He started thinking of some very nasty schemes to, ahem, "prank" the princess. Most of them probably wouldn't work, but it was fun coming up with them anyway.
"Okay guys, we can take a rest now." Kakashi told his team. They instantly flopped on the ground where they were standing. Then, Kakashi saw grey through the trees. Looking closer, he discovered it was a castle. "Oh. Hey, guys, we're here!" He turned to them. They were fast asleep, leaning against each other and their heads drooping on each others shoulders. "Well, isn't that cute. Well, guess I should let them sleep. We've been traveling for more than five hours, so I think they deserve it." "Aww." He added, as Sakura fell on Sasuke's legs, though it didn't wake either of them. He chuckled, wondering what would happen when they awoke. He sat down, leaning against a tree to watch his sleeping comrades.