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Naruto sat at his desk staring idly through his open window in front of him not expecting anymore visitors. He had read the scroll over and over again still somewhat not comprehending the simple seven words. 'Take Uchiha Sasuke to the Konoha Festival…what's so hard about that? All I have to do is ask "Sasuke will you go to the festival with me!" and hope he says yes! Mission complete!' Naruto sighed in defeat. "Easier said then done." He mumbled tucking away the scroll. He closed the window with another sigh and jumped on his bed.

As he put a hand underneath his pillow he heard something crumple. 'Hm?' getting up and turning on the light he found him self looking at the note Sasuke gave him earlier. He opened it with sweaty palms reading it out loud.

"100542 Hinote St? His address? Why would he give that to me…?" Naruto pondered. He decided to think about it later and put the note away.

Morning
"KONNICHIWA! 104.5 NINJA FM AT 7:00 A—!" Naruto slammed his hand on his alarm clock and shot up from bed. "YAY! MORNING!" He literally skipped out of his clothes running into the shower. After a few minutes of singing he got out. While drying off his hair he slowly walked towards his calendar.

"Day one of..." he counted on his fingers. "Fourteen, great…" Sighing he jumped out his window heading towards the training grounds. 'A new day…I wonder what Sakura-chan and Sasuke-teme did…'

"Konnichiwa Sakura-chan!" Naruto yelled towards the pink haired kounichi. Sakura sighed in annoyance and waved. "So Sakura-chan how was your day yesterday?" A sudden spark flashed in Sakura's eyes and it began…

"OMG! IT WAS AWESOME NARUTO! Have you ever been to Sauske-kun's house! It's huge! The hugest building you'll probably ever be too! I mean…" Sakura started ranting about Sasuke house to no one as Naruto tuned her out.

'So he did invite her…' He said sadly to himself.

"…festival!" Festival. The only word that Naruto heard coming out of Sakura's mouth.

"What did you say?" Naruto said snapping back to reality.

"I mean it was great?" Sakura repeated.

"No, no before that! About the festival!"

"Oh! I asked Sasuke-kun to the festival and he said yes!"

Naruto's face fell quickly. "H-he said w-what?" He asked once more hoping he heard wrong.

"Yes! He said yes! I'm going on a date to the festiv—!"

"T-tell Kakashi-sensei I don't feel so well I have to go." He said turning away from the dumbfounded girl. He broke into a run after a few beginning steps. His eyes started to sting again. 'No not again…' He looked up but his apartment was still far. 'Damn't! Hold it in like last time…' He said to himself. Unaware of his surroundings he was coming closer to a head on collision.

Sasuke simply walked to the training grounds bored out of his mind. 'I told Sakura yes to get rid of her…I really shouldn't have. I really don't want to go with her. As a matter of fact…do I even want to go?' Sasuke asked himself. He saw the sight of the bridge and saw Naruto and Sakura in deep conversation. He stopped a little farther away to hear their conversation.

"…house is so big!" 'Of course that's Sakura…that's weird Naruto's silent.'

"…suke and I are…to the festival…" He managed to pick up.

"What did you say?"

After that he couldn't hear much but knew something was wrong when the blonde turned and ran. Sasuke stood in his way waiting for Naruto to crash into him.

Naruto ran faster now feeling his ears and cheeks get splattered with the salty liquid of his tears. He yelled out in anger as his sight blurred. He saw something black in front of him but he was too intent on getting to his destination he paid no real attention. Running quickly he collided with the victim only to be held in the arms of an Uchiha.

Naruto being vulnerable at the moment didn't care who it was. The person was holding him not pushing him away so he cried on the persons shoulder. The, obviously, male's hands found its way to Naruto's back rubbing small circles and the other hand on the back of his head. Naruto hugged this person in desperate need of comfort, his tears lightening. "I'm sorry for the inconvenience but thank you."

"Welcome, dobe." Sasuke replied.

Naruto tensed in his arms and pushed him away. "I am most definitely sorry for that!" He yelled straightening himself out. "This never happened." He glared. Sasuke smirked intrigued by this.

"Hn." He replied.

"Sakura-ch—Sakura is waiting for you. But as usual…"

"…Kakashi's not there yet." Sasuke finished for him. Naruto smiled and put up his fist. Sasuke put up his and they banged them together. He smiled once again but his face fell again at hearing Sakura's voice for Sasuke.

"I gotta go." Naruto said in a soft broken voice. Sasuke's smirk faltered but then turned into a smile. He bent down slightly and gave Naruto a peck on the cheek. Naruto gasped and blushed while touching his cheek.

"G'bye." Sasuke said softly walking off.

"G—." He stopped turning around realizing Sasuke had already left. "Okay then…" He said to himself and walked towards his apartment.

Naruto jumped through his window still in quite a daze. He looked towards the mirror and saw an image of him and Sasuke holding each other. He gasped and blushed at it turning away. "I can't be with Sasuke!" He scolded himself. He saddened when he realized what he said. He shook his head a smile now on his face. "I can't be with Sasuke! As simple as that!" His few minutes of happiness faded quickly into another frown. "Ah…" He groaned. "Easier said than done again."

He turned around so he faced his desk and grabbed the scroll. "Dobe." "Oh for Christ's sake why can't he get out of my head!" Sudden anger flew through him. He snatched the scroll and ran into the other room and threw the scroll into the fire place. He watched it sizzle and crackle into ash.

"I'm gonna be Hokage believe it! Believe it!" A small annoying mimicking voice called out behind him. "I Naruto Uzu—Achk! Bull shit!" The voice returned to normal. Naruto didn't jump this time knowing who it was.

"What are you trying to say sensei?" Naruto asked still looking at the fire.

"I don't remember Naruto Uzumaki not completing a mission with out even trying. I don't remember him throwing away a mission scroll much less rejecting a mission to pursue Sasuke." Kakashi explained.

"Sasuke is back from Orochimaru! I don't need to pursue him anymore!" Naruto's outburst caused silence in the room. Then Kakashi spoke up. He sighed before starting.

"Why did you go after him in the first place? Surely other nin could've gotten him back but you didn't care you kept thriving for the mission that simply stated 'Retrieve Sasuke Uchiha.' Why would you go so far for him?" Another moment of silence. Then Naruto spoke.

Tears welled up in his eyes, "I-I didn't want him to be hurt. I-It wasn't fair that he always protected me…and I didn't do anything for him. I wanted to help him. I wanted to protect him this time." He hiccupped.

"People do that usually when they lo—."

"But I do not love Sasuke. He's just such a good friend. A best friend. Someone who was always there to protect me like an older brother…" Naruto started to smile at his new realization but Kakashi frowned and his eye flashed.

"Next time you see Sasuke, ask him if Itachi every kissed him." With that he was gone leaving another scroll in his place.

"Take Uchiha Sasuke to the Konoha Festival, Hatake Kakashi. Prize: 15000 Yen."

"Whoa…" He read on. "'But don't do this because of the prize…' I'm not that dense…"

"I WOULD RETHINK THAT ONE!" A far off voice was heard.

"SHUT UP KAKASHI!" Naruto yelled back but couldn't help but smile a little.

Naruto looked at his clock to see it read only 7:42 a.m. 'That still gives me enough time to get to the training grounds.' He thought happily as he jumped off his bed, 'Okay mission starts now! Let's see…' He paced the room. After about 5 minutes he stopped in front of the mirror. 'Ah ha! In order for someone to want to go on a date with you they have to like you! Which means they have to appeal to you! Your getting some where Uzumaki…now what can I do to make Sasuke appeal to me…'

Now we all know our cute little Kitsune is as dumb as a rock so now we wait for his ingenious plan.

5 minutes…

10 minutes…

20 minutes…

35 min—…

"I got it! I have to change my attire!" Quickly Naruto flashed over to his closet. "Okay let us see…Ouu this looks good!" He pulled out a long sleeved black shirt. "With this!" He pulled out an orange t-shirt. "Okay pants look good just gotta…" He folded the orange denim pants up so they were right under his knees. He quickly stripped himself of all upper hand clothing and put the new clothes on. Before he put the t-shirt on he studied it for a while. A smile appeared on his face as he saw the uzumaki on the back. "Ready!" He said and pulled on his ninja stilettos (!) uh...slippers and jumped out the window (No point in having a door now).

"Konnichiwa mina-chan!" Naruto yelled happily as he hopped onto the bridge.

"Nice of you too still join us Naruto." Kakashi said with a smile. "Alright time to team up."

'Good I did get here before team up! Kakashi always puts me with Sasuke!' Naruto smiled at the accomplishment.

"Ne Kakashi-sensei let's do an O.M.S instead." Sakura whined.

"What! Why should we do an O.M.S? We've been doing that for the past 6 weeks Sakura! Kakashi-sensei promised us a team up!" Naruto retorted.

"She speaks the truth Naruto. We all know our limits, weakness' etc. We won't get any where with a team up. You and Sasuke always end up tying Sakura already reached her fighting limit and if I put her against one of you two—."

"The bitch will die in two seconds flat…"Naruto replied crossing his arms.

"Precisely…wait a minute what?" Kakashi said realizing what he just agreed too.

"But Kakashi-sensei—!" Naruto started again.

"Shut up dobe and let's just do an O.M.S. God you're so annoying…" Sasuke mumbled the last part but Naruto picked it up. He didn't let it get to him like most of the bastards insults instead he was enlightened by it.

'Annoying, he doesn't like that…but then, how am I annoying?' Naruto questioned himself. "And how am I so annoying teme?" Sasuke stopped at this but then Sakura spoke up.

"Does he have to answer that? You're loudmouthed—!"

'Got it!' "Thank you Sakura but I wasn't asking you." Naruto cut her off. 'So I have to be quieter but keep the cheerfulness. That's easy both ways done and said. One thing I know is annoying to me is calling Sakura Sakura-chan.' Naruto shivered. 'And I have to most definitely stop sucking up to h—.'

"So what's the goal in this O.M.S?" Sasuke asked interrupting Naruto's thoughts.

"It's a normal fighting sequence but more 'short-range' if you may. They're three of you in all. In order for this O.M.S to work one of you must go. You can knock out this person, lightly injure them etc. Somehow they have to be out right?" Everyone nodded. "So in order to prevent any type of injury from happening you each will have a flag around your waist." Kakashi held out three belts with a clamp on one end so it could hook onto the other end but at the same time be easily pulled off. Around the belt were three strips of cloth each belt had a different color cloth of black, green, and brown.

"Kakashi-sensei, why didn't you get our favorite colors?" Sakura asked as she picked up the brown one.

"Because quite frankly I don't think orange and pink would be the greatest camouflage in the world Sakura." He answered.

"Have you ever considered bringing some type of dye for us then? Because unlike angsty boy over here," He pointed at Sasuke. "We have bright colored hair, eyes, clothes, personalities…" He continued counting on his fingers as he went.

"Um Naruto personality doesn't show…" Sakura pointed out.

"Oh, right, thank you." He apologized and Sakura nodded with a sweat drop.

"Naruto, Sasuke has a disadvantage too." Kakashi began.

"I do?" Sasuke and,

"He does?" Naruto replied at the same time.

"His skin is pale like chalk but his clothes are dark like night. Plus his wearing the black suit that he wore at the chuunin exams. They contrast and that makes him kinda stand out if you guys haven't noticed…" He answered them sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.

"Haven't noticed a thing…you?" Naruto turned to Sakura but she shook her head. He decided on the green on being the only one left as Sasuke took the black one. "Well I guess that means we have to look for the white part of the crest on his back. Let's go then." Naruto sighed getting up.

"Wait," Sakura stopped them. "Kakashi-sensei you're forgetting something."

Kakashi looked at her confused but then his eye widened remembering what she was talking about. "Oh yeah the short-range part is you have to pin your opponent down since this is a no injury exercise."

"P-pin them down? As in they're on top of you?" Naruto asked.

"Yes," Kakashi answered simply. Sakura's eyes lightened as she looked at Sasuke. 'Ah! Sasuke pinning me down to the floor! That's my life long dream! I must beat that idiot Naruto…' She planned evilly.

"On your mark…" Naruto felt sweat drip down the side of his face as Kakashi started the O.M.S. "Get set…" He glanced at Sasuke to see him wink and him. "Wha—!" Naruto got knocked back with confusion.

"GO!"

O.M.S: Only man standing. (Formally knowing as L.M.S last man standing but I liked the way O.M.S sounded)

Apologetic chapter too: wIthOUt A nAmE - I hope you find this one longer n.n!

Thank you shout outs too:

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Naruto: Shouldn't they get like special honors or something for being your first reviewers?

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