And lo and behold, the author did say…LET THERE BE ANOTHER CHAPTER! And it was so!...So yeah, that annoying feeling called guilt came back and started gnawing at me to do the next chapter already so here it ias. As for questions (In no particular order)

No.

Close, but no.

Right, one of them do be Gaara.

Cookies

So there ya go. In any case I have decided on a minor change in the plot…but it's not a big one...er…maybe it is but it's my story so there! XD

Teal eyes bore across the table at confused blue ones as a sense of unease started to fill the air between them. Naruto and his…companion had been like this for the past half hour, just sitting in the little unagi shop with glasses of water for the both of them. Just waiting…and listening for the first one to start the conversation. Naruto couldn't help but feel that he had felt less tense when he had been facing down ninja then he was at this exact moment. Why wasn't she talking? Had he done something to tick her off? Was she just the silent type? Why had she dragged him here in the first place? On and on the little mental questions continued to go on until Naruto began to accept the fact she was going to leap across the table and throttle him for walking to slow on the way to the unagi shop. Luckily no such thing occurred but something would have to break soon, one of them was going to have to talk

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"Do you know where Naruto is?" Came the voice from behind the darkly plotting Sasuke. Unlike his lighter haired team-mate, the Uchiha hadn't gone some place to relax after training; instead he had gone around town looking for the spy that threatened all the security of Konoha. Then Sakura started following him which he really hadn't noticed until just a moment or so ago.

"Hm. Dunno but the idiot better be staying out of trouble." He replied, looking through various doorways and windows trying to spot his target. For a village designed in the shape of a circle, the Village Hidden in the Leaves seemed to have a lot of twists and turns to it that one wouldn't guess it had. It made for a very confusing little walk when you go down one street, pass the place you passed, continue in the same direction and end up somewhere entirely else. Soon enough though something came into sight, a squat ugly little building with a blue piece of clothe draped over the doorway with the symbol for the Wind country emblazoned on it.

Sasuke blinked, not quite sure how he had ended up at the Hidden Sand Village's Embassy…but not really questioning it either. Maybe he could get some information out of the Sand Siblings…once he ditched Sakura.

"Hey Sakura…do you want to go get something to eat?" He asked casually, attempting to look like he didn't have a hidden agenda or anything, but in all honesty he didn't need to have tried either. Getting invited out to eat with Sasuke was one of those things that Sakura had been waiting for since joining the team with him.

"Of course Sasuke…um….where?"

"Don't worry about that, I'll come by your house in about an hour to pick you up."

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"…so there I was fighting this grass ninja, and she was all like 'Your nothing but prey, muwahahahahahha' and my one team-mate, y'know the one who's planning to kill his brother was like 'Ah man, it's hopeless if only someone would show up and save me' and all of a sudden I stood up and was like 'Prey? Prey this plant girl' and there was kunai and shuriken everywhere. It was awesome! Hehe, by the end of the battle though I took her out pretty easy with my super secret special technique." Naruto took a deep breath, leaning back comfortably in the booth as he got another chopstick full of beef and stuffed it down his throat. He had never really gotten to recount his exploits before to anyone, especially not the Forest of Death one, but now that he had a captive audience he couldn't help spilling it all out.

The Crimson Menace meanwhile seemed content to just listen to him and sip her water as more empty food plates accumulated on the table from the boy. A single red finger nail tapped on the wooden table and a smile had come to her lips but she still hadn't said anything during the whole thing.

"You don't talk much, do you?" He finally worked up the courage to ask, eyeing his companion curiously.

"I've always found talking a lot to be the weapon of the stupid and boastful to end an awkward conversation and to non-lethally subdue the quiet by putting them to sleep…"

The kitsune's chopsticks clattered to the floor as he sat in surprise, not only that she had answered but how she had to. Anger started to bubble up in him and he was about to slam his hands down on the table and challenge her to fight when she continued.

"…but not you. Just seems to fit…and it makes you look sort of cute." She admitted blandly, stealing Naruto's bluster and making him blush in embarrassment.

"Yeah, maybe, now if I could just get Sakura to see that."

"What? I'm not good enough?" Just the way it was said, so….bone-chillingly cold and angry, it froze Naruto's blood and when he looked up his heart practically stopped. The Crimson Menace was glaring at him like he had personally gone out of his way to ruin her life and kicked lots of puppies along the way to.

"No, that's not what I mean at all! Okay, maybe I do but not seriously, its just I've been going after Sakura for a long time now and I finally think I'm making progress and and…" He stammered out, hoping that somewhere in that flood of words was the one that'd stop her from killing him.

"…Relax; I'm just messing with you." She said with a dry chuckle, easing out of the Death Glare look and relaxing back. "In any case I think you're barking up the wrong tree, and I should be leaving. We'll have another date in three days, you can pick me up here but your taking me somewhere fancy this time."

Naruto blinked, not quite sure what had just happened…but apparently he had just been on a date and with the person Sasuke had been spying on too. It took a second for him to realize that she had left the unagi shop without paying the bill or even saying good bye, but he had something more pressing on his mind. Hurrying out the door he called out to the shock of red hair swiftly moving through the crowds.

"Hey wait a second, I still don't know your NAME!" With a sigh, Naruto realized either she hadn't heard him or was just plain ignoring him. He didn't even notice the short fuzzy haired ninja slipping out the door right behind him and following after his apparent date, but he did manage to catch sigh of the familiar blue shirt with the Uchiha symbol, and the person inside it, moving towards him at the speed of a bullet.

I spy with your sandy eye…something green and reeking of sake.

Him?

Huh, can't believe you spied the drunk.

Cut him a break, he's been trying to manage the problem…I hear he didn't even wreck the third AA meeting.

Hes a menace, the daft wonder almost pummeled you to death.

Keyword is almost there, I still won.

Whatever, it's your turn now.

I spy with my Third Eye…your worst fear.

You sadistic little bas…!

Hey, no cussing, I get enough bad habits from you. And I still don't get why that's a big fear for you.

You try being in a kettle for a long period of time, it's the only thing you'll see and it'll never bring anything good with it.

And there it is, another cruddy chapter in this story. x.x Remember, reviews and such guilt me into making more chapters so keep doing it! .