This is the rewrite that some people, for some reason, have been waiting for!

I'm sorry for the long wait, but to be honest…I forgot about this story. I was focusing on my CLANNAD fanfiction (oh, go watch that anime if you haven't already).

Disclaimer: I don't own any rights to Naruto!

This story takes place around the time of Shippuuden. Ash, Misty and Brock will all be the same age as Naruto and Sakura.

Enjoy :D

"Sakura-chan~!" a 15-year-old Naruto Uzumaki yelled.

Haruno Sakura sighed, seeing as her hearing may now forever be damaged, "Naruto…one, I'm right here. And two… what?"

"I HAVE A SPLINTER!"

"Let's just go see what the mission is with out any loud, obnoxious yelling," she paused to sigh again, "Okay?"

Naruto smiled, "OKAY, SAKURA-CHAN!"

"…Naruto…"

"Hokage-sama, what's the mission?" Sakura asked, dragging Naruto by his ear towards Tsunade.

"Ow! Sakura-chan!"

"Shut up, idiot!" she smiled and turned back to the Hokage.

Tsunade smirked, "Eager I see…anyways, your mission is to collect a list of ingredients," she handed them a list and a map, "from that place. Then, just bring those ingredients back here, got it?"

"Yes." the two said as they poofed away.

After packing a few necessary items, the two ninja set off.

Sakura was taking in the scenery around her, "Naruto? Where do we go next?"

"Um…" Naruto said, knowing that he had misplaced the map, "uh, this way!" He pointed north.

"Okay," she sighed.

"Is something wrong?"

"No, just a little tired. I really didn't sleep well last night,"

"Oh…"

The two walked north in silence. Naruto was really nervous that they'd end up in the middle of no where…but there was a slight chance he had chosen the right path.

The keyword being slight.

Naruto looked to his left and noticed a nice place in the woods that they could stay, "Sakura-chan, we could stay here tonight, seeing as you're tired."

Sakura smiled, "Okay, thank you."

The ninjas set up separate tents. Sakura then tried to build a fire while Naruto went to gather more wood. After it had been set up, they sat by their campfire.

Naruto looked at Sakura. She looked beautiful in the light of the fire…but then again, when was she not…

He had to tell her now. It was perfect.

Naruto hesitanty reached out and held her hand. Sakura was obviously surprised…she didn't punch him in the face.

She looked him in the eye, "Naruto…what…"

"Sakura-chan…" he blushed, "S-Sakura, I love—"

Just before he said the last word, a strange cat walked by. It was pink and white, with yellow things sticking out of its tail.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Naruto and Sakura yelled in exact unison.

"Wow, that was weird…" the unison continued, "that was weird too…stop copying me! STOP IT!"

"LLAMA!" Naruto shouted.

Sakura exhaled in relief, "Well, that's over. But really, what the hell was that thing?"

Naruto stroked his face in thought, "Um…uh…it was…a…A MUTANT CAT!"

"Um," Sakura obviously wasn't satisfied with his answer, "Naruto—"

"Yeah!" he cut her off, "That cat must have gone to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! And he was all 'can you hook me up?!' and they were all 'FO SHIZZLE'!"

"W-wow…that was…just…wow…"

"FO SHIZZLE!"

Sakura was starting to get annoyed, "Naruto…you can stop now—"

"FO SHIZZLE!"

"Stop cutting me off—"

"FO SHIZZLE!"

Sakura glared at Naruto with a glare that would make even Sasuke wet his pants. Naruto took the hint and shut his face. She sighed and went in her tent.

"Damn, fo shizzle…" Naruto said, entering his tent.

"KYA~! NARUTO!"

Naruto went into 'my woman is in trouble mode', and jumped out of his tent, running over to Sakura's.

"I'M COMING, SAKURA-CHAN!"

He unzipped her tent only to see her huddled in a corner, "Sakura-chan! Are you okay?!"

"LOOK!" she hurriedly pointed.

Naruto looked to where she pointed only to see…!

…a small bug.

He picked it up and looked at it. It was green with weird markings. Naruto slyly threw it out of the tent.

Sakura smirked and crawled over to Naruto, "Thank you, Naruto…" she then pushed him down and climbed on top of him.

"S-SAKURA-CHAN!"

She traced a finger down his chest, "I was so scared…" Her eyes were a shade darker than usual—her voice lower as well.

"Sakura…chan…"

Sakura started to move closer to Naruto …until she started to laugh uncontrollably and sat up, "You should have seen your face, Naruto!" she then hugged him, wrapping her arms around his neck, "I'm sorry, I just had to…" she laughed again.

Naruto flushed a very dark shade of red, "Yeah, yeah." He took the opportunity to hug her back…but she had started something and now he was a bit uncomfortable.

She pulled away, "Thanks for getting rid of the bug anyway!"

"Yeah, you're welcome. Good night," he exited her tent, still very embarrassed and *ahem* a bit excited.

Sakura laughed again as he left…until she realized what she just did.

"…I really shouldn't have come on this mission when it was my time of the month…I get crazy mood swings…oh, well!"

She slowly fell asleep…

The next morning, Sakura woke up facing a dog. It wasn't your normal dog, however. The dog was grey and black, and couldn't even bark. He could only say 'Poochyena'.

Sakura smiled as she reached out for the dog to pick it up. She really loved animals, "Good morning!" she said to it.

The dog stared at her before saying, "Poochy!"

"That's so cute!" Sakura squealed. She snuggled the dog until it 'poochied' her to stop, "Sorry!"

Sakura got out of her tent and walked at a brisk pace towards Naruto's.

"Naruto…?" she asked. When receiving no answer, she tried again, "Naruto?" Still nothing. "NARUTO~! Wake up, damnit!" she finally yelled.

Naruto groggily came out of his tent, rubbing his left eye, "What is it…Sakura-chan…?"

"LOOK!" she held the dog up to Naruto's face, "Isn't he cute?"

"Uh," Naruto rubbed the nape of his neck, "I guess, Sakura-chan…but—"

"We can keep it, right?!"

Naruto didn't want to upset her…but they were on a mission, "Well, actually, Sakura-chan, we—"

"YAY~!" she exclaimed, bringing Naruto in for a tight hug.

He smiled, "We…are so keeping this dog, Sakura-chan."

"That's good, Naruto! Now—"

"No, Sakura-chan…" he pushed her away a bit and put a hand on her shoulder, "You don't even understand how much we are so totally keeping this dog. If you didn't even WANT to keep it, that would be too bad for you, because. We. Are."

Sakura smiled, "Okay! Thank you, Naruto!"

She leaned in to plant a quick kiss on his check before running off to play with her new dog.

Naruto's face turned red again, and he touched the place Sakura had just kissed, "Okay. Now I'm sure there's something different about Sakura-chan…not that I mind,"

A smile slowly came to his face as he zipped up his tent.

After playing with her new dog for a little bit, Sakura carried him back to her tent and set him down in front of it. As soon as she did that, however, the dog bolted away.

"W-wait!" Sakura yelled after it. She pouted when it didn't even slow down a bit, "Aww…"

Sakura shrugged. It really wasn't that big of a deal. She didn't grow that attached to the dog—she only first saw if a few minutes ago. She began to pack just as Naruto exited his tent.

"Sakura-chan, where's that dog—" he froze, "That we are so totally keeping…?"

She shrugged again, "It…ran away…"

"Sakura-chan," Naruto began. She looked at him, "I will find that dog for you. Because we are SO totally—"

"No, Naruto. We're not. Because it ran away," she sighed, "it doesn't matter that much anyways—we have the mission to worry about, right?"

Naruto laughed nervously as he scratched his neck again, "Well…uh…about the mission, Sakura-chan…I—"

Meanwhile, back in Konoha…

Iruka was putting the last two cards on his card castle. Once he was successful with that, he took a step back and admired his hard work.

…his hard hours of work. This card castle stood six feet tall, for god's sake!

He then noticed a card was turning. He walked towards the card castle—

"YOU WHAT?!" Sakura yelled. It could be heard for miles.

Iruka, being shocked, stumbled and knocked over his card castle.

He teared up, "God, damn it! Now I'll have to start over! I started this card castle LAST WEEK!"

Back with Naruto and Sakura…

"I-I'm sorry, Sakura-chan! I didn't mean to loose the map, honest!"

Sakura sighed angrily while rubbing her temples. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself, "Its okay, Naruto. So we should just start back to Konoha now, right?"

"Um…Sakura-chan, remember all of those times you asked me which way to go?"

She hesitantly nodded.

"Well, I had already lost the map by then…so I just pointed in random directions…I have absolutely no idea how to get back…"

"I was afraid you'd say that…" Sakura sighed again, "Well, let's just start walking until we can find someone who can give us directions, okay?"

Naruto gave her a thumbs up, "Good idea, Sakura-chan!"

Sakura smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's go then!"

After the two finished packing, they started walking North. Just then, they saw three people walking. With…a yellow…rat…?

Okay, so this was basically chapter one and two combined. I know a lot of the dialogue was the same, but hey, IT'S MY REWRITE! Aha, I hope you enjoyed that random NaruSaku moment. I'm only posting this chapter this soon because I'm basically gonna be writing all day, so I'm gonna post more chapters later today.