Hi Everyone. I would make up a dumb excuse for why I haven't been posting any chapters but I cant think of a good enough one, so please forgive me, and heres the next chapter.

Chapter 6: Hinata, Kiba, and Shino

Tsunade sat in her chair facing the three ninjas in front of her. It had already been two days since Sasuke had left, and that should have been plenty of time for him to get Naruto and Sakura back. Normally she would have let Sasuke have a few more days, but unfortunately, she was having good luck in gambling again.

She sighed, and began speaking. "All right you three. Listen up. There has been a problem, and two of our ninjas has left the village. Your mission is to bring them back."

"Hey, wait a minute," said Kiba, "who are these two ninjas, and if they left, wouldn't that mean they're really strong? Wouldn't you need some one who knows how they fight?"

Tsunade sighed. "That's exactly why I'm sending you three."

"What do you mean Hokage sama?" questioned Shino.

Tsunade looked down, not sure how to tell them. How would they react to something like this?

"Well, the two ninjas that left were from team 7…"

"And let me guess, they're Sasuke and Sakura."

"Um, actually, no" replied Tsunade. "Sasuke was the one that I sent before you, but he still hasn't come back yet."

Hinata's face grew pale. "Y..you mean, it was Sakura and N..naruto-kun that left?"

Shino ignored Hinata, and looked directly at Tsunade. "When do we leave?"

The warmth of the sun rested on her back, and a slight breeze combed through her hair. She slowly began wake up. She kept her eyes closed to shield them from the sun, and she held tightly to the jacket she had on.

"Oui, Sakura chan, you finally awake?" asked Naruto. His voice was soft, and it held a light concern. Sakura mumbled softly, but her voice was muffled by the jacket. After a little longer, she decided to open her eyes. She noticed Naruto sitting about two feet away, staring at her as if was the best thing in the world.

He smiled. "I was thinking you might never wake up."

She yawned. "What time is it?"

Naruto looked up at the sky, as if he was trying to decide something. Another breeze went by, ruffling his hair, so it would catch the light of the sun.

"Two o'clock"

"Nani!?"

Sakura jumped up. How could she have been so selfish to sleep that long? Naruto laughed, joyed by the expression on her face.

Sakura glared at him. "If I wasn't feeling so bad about making you walk all day, you would be in so much trouble right now." You could tell, Sakura wasn't one of those people who was in the best of moods after waking up.

She sighed. "Naruto, what happened last night…?"

Naruto stared up at the sky again.

"Is he…his he dead?"

Naruto froze. A pain of jealousy shot through him. How could she still care about that bastard Uchia, even after all that he's done?

Reluctantly, he answered. "He's fine. I left him at our camp spot from last night."

Sakura looked at Naruto. His feelings were clear. She could easily tell.

She slipped her arms through the sleeve of Naruto orange jacket, which still rested gently on her shoulders. She played with it, trying to get it just right. When that was accomplished, she took Naruto's hands in hers.

"Come on," she said, feeling a little better then before, "Lets have some of that ramen you brought along."

Kiminaru: Okay so that was chapter 6. Sorry nothing really interesting happened.

Sasuke: Hey! I wasn't in this chapter at all!

Naruto: Stop complaining. So what you're not in this chapter? You'll live

Sasuke: Grrrr…

Kiminaru: Anyways, please review.

Sakura: ….Naruto, do you use lotion our something, cause your hands are really smooth.