"Naruto, Why you look so upset?" asked Shikamaru.

"I can't find my shoes."

"What a drag."

"Can you help me find them."

"I can tell you where to look, but I don't fell like moving to help look for them."

"Okay."

"Bath house."

"I looked there."

"Woods."

"There too."

"I guess all you can do is buy some new shoes."

"New shoes, why didn't I think of that?"

"Because you're a moron."

"Right, Hey." Dong, dong, dong. "Crap, it's ten."

Back to Sakura and Sasuke at the bridge waiting for Naruto and Kakashi. "Hi Sasuke," Sakura says in her normal happy tone.

"Hi," Sasuke says in his normal monotone, unpleasant way. Oh my god, he said hi back, he loves me Sakura thought to herself.

"Hi Sasuke," called the familiar voice of Ino.

"Oh god, not another one," Sasuke whispered to himself. Anger built in Sakura's eyes.

"What are you doing here, Ino pig?" Sakura yelled.

"Talking to Sasuke, what's it to you, Billboard Brow?"

"Pig."

"Billboard brow."

"Ladies, can you stop it?" ask Kakashi who finally showed up. "Miss Yamanaka, I must tell you to please leave, as soon as Naruto shows up we have a mission for the Hokage."

"Sorry Kakashi-sensei, bye Sasuke," Ino says sweetly. "Bye Billboard Brow," she says with the fierce intensity from before.

"Who cares what you call me, pig, I'm still with Sasuke." Ino storms off in a jealous rage. "Where is Naruto anyway?" ask Sakura.

"Who knows?" answered Sasuke.

Meanwhile, back with Naruto. He is at home searching high and low. He looked in the refrigerator . Inside the carton of chunky milk. He looked in the cushions and under the couch. On the table. In the scroll cabinet. "I only have 1000 yen, oh yea, I have like 2000 under my bed." Naruto runs into his room, flops down on the bed. All he can see is junk. Naruto starts to pull a lot of stuff out from under his bed. "Telephone, Basket ball, Clock, remote control car, my shoes, box, cat, wait my shoes, yes, yes, I found them. Naruto puts his shoes on and runs to meet the guys at the bridge.

"Naruto, why are you so late?"

"I was excavating, where's my headband?"