Chapter 5: Mission: Teamwork

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It had been a month since the Uchiha dinner incident. Things had gone back to normal -- kinda. Azura couldn't look at Naruto without bursting into uncontrollable laughter -- Sasuke just glared and Sakura, after being told by Azura couldn't help but feel amused, but slightly disgusted.

Training had been going well. Their new sensei, Anko had told the four of them that the only way they'd learn to be a team, was if they lived together. It was a good idea -- making the four of them live together, but some were against the idea of four pubescent teens share a house together with no supervision. Fugaku Uchiha was one who protested. Yondaime Hokage had agreed, and had later persuaded the proud, and stubborn Uchiha to yield -- it was a good exercise for shinobi in training. He agreed with one condition -- the four would be living within the Uchiha complex.

So, the four of them two hours prior, had moved into a large traditional home in the Uchiha complex -- an abandoned home that stood alone, but close enough so Fugaku and Itachi could spy on the four. Their first mission was to clean their new house.

Naruto looked up at the ceiling of the living room, and made a disgusted face -- it was absolutely disgusting. How were they supposed to live in this place? It could have ghosts or worse. Sakura snorted. She handed Naruto a duster.

"Clean."

Naruto huffed. "Ehh."

Sakura snored again -- rolling her eyes, she turned to work on her wall. "Use your clones."

Naruto grinned. "Oh, yeah!"

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Sasuke and Azura had been assigned to clean the bedrooms, and the rooms on the upper floor. Azura had suggested that they work on the master room -- since that was the room they would be sharing.

So, for the past two hours, the two had been scrubbing the very dirty walls -- getting the grime off the walls, revealing four very beautiful walls. By the end, the two were extremely dirty, and in need of a good shower, or bath.

"Hmm. Shower first, then the floor or the floor then shower?"

Azura turned to face Sasuke, and smiled. "Floor first, then um…bath?" She paused. "We can take turns."

Sasuke nodded. "Yeah, sure."

Azura walked into the bathroom, carrying a bucket the refill with clean water. She poured the dirty water down the sink drain, and soon began to fill the bucket with clean water.

She walked out of the bathroom with her hands full, carrying the bucket in one hand, and clean sponges in the other.

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Naruto grinned. He was almost done with the downstairs walls.

"Looks great." Sakura smiled, as she inspected Naruto's handy work.

Naruto smirked. "Thanks Sakura--chaan."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Alright Naruto, lets check out the basement."

"Aww man, c'mon Sakura--chaan. What if there are bats ….or worse?"

'Orochimaru.' He thought shuddering.

Sakura rolled her eyes, and snorted. "You're not scared, are you Naruto? A hokage woldnt be afraid of the dark, or bats."

"No, I'm not. Believe it!"

"Lets go then."

Naruto groaned. He'd protect Sakura no matter what. He would prove to Sakura and Sasuke that he wasn't scared of the dark, or bats or anything -- like Sakura said, a hokage, even a future hokage isn't afraid of anything. Oh yeah….Believe it! Nothing is going to scare him…. 'Holy fuck, was that a snake?!"

"Are you okay Naruto?"

"Yeah…yeah."

"Then why are you gripping my shirt so damn tight?"

Naruto let out a shaky laugh, and let go of Sakura's shirt. "I'm fine. I don't know what you're talking about."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Whatever floats your boat." She muttered, as they continued down the underground passage.

"Oh, this is so cool."

Naruto snorted. "Not really."

They came upon a corridor lined with doors -- each door had some dusty seal attached to it, and a "warning."

Sakura began to walk towards one of the doors. "I wonder what's in these." She began to read the inscription on that door --both interested, and scared.

Thou shalt not pass. Ye who pass will suffer a fate worse than death.

Naruto grinned. "Sounds interesting."

"We shouldn't Naruto re -- woah, I thought you were afraid?"

"Riiiiight. Are you scared of the dark Sakura--chaan?"

Sakura frowned. "Why would they have the warning if they didn't want anyone to go in? They obviously wouldn't have a warning if they wanted or didn't care if anyone went inside, would they?"

Naruto grinned once again. "They obviously want someone to go in. Its called curiosity."

Sakura groaned. "Naruto. Curiosity killed the cat." She pulled Naruto's arm.

"Lets show Sasuke. Its his family."

Naruto groaned. "You're no fun."

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Azura sighed. They had just finished washing, and polishing the hardwood floors -- the room was starting to look beautiful. They had found out that there was a limited amount of warm water -- so, either the two would shower together saving water, and time, or have two extremely short showers. In the end, they had decided to take one long shower -- turned away from the other, so they couldn't see the other.

Sasuke began to take his shirt off.

"Sasuke…" came Azura's soft call.

"Yes?" he asked, without turning around.

"Are you going in first? Or should I..?" she asked, trailing off.

Sasuke stopped fidgeting. "I'll go first."

"Okay.."

Sasuke stepped into the shower -- the warm water washing away the grime, and dirt stuck to his body. He heard Azura step into the shower as well, and closed his eyes when he heard the shower door closing.

The shower was large -- good for being an old home. The ledges in the shower, and the surrounding walls were made of black marble. It was definitely a perfect size -- able to fit more than seven bodies.

Azura sighed happily, as the warm water eased the tight muscles of her back.

Sasuke picked up the soap and began to wash his back -- back turned towards Azura, so he couldn't see her. He blushed slightly at the thought of seeing her. He couldn't quite reach his back, so he began to wash the grime off his chest.

"Sasuke.."

"Yes?"

Azura bit her lip. "I er…need help."

"Help?"

"Yeah, washing my back -- can you help me?"

Sasuke's eyes widened a bit, while his heart began racing. ((A/N: out of character, yes., I know. Story is mine, and is different from the show, since ya know..Sasuke's parents are ALIVE.))

"S-sure."

Azura smiled. "Thanks Sasuke."

Sasuke turned around to face Azura. Her back was turned to him, and her head was turned slightly, so she could gaze at him. "Here." She said, handing him a sponge.

Sasuke took the sponge from her, and began to wash her back. Azura turned to face the wall. She closed her eyes.

Sasuke stepped closer so that his front was touching her back. He began washing her left arm, while his right hand rested on her shoulder. Azura smiled. She leaned back a little, enjoying their closeness. The two stood together under the spray of the water, just enjoying eachother's company.

Sasuke dropped the sponge. He dropped his head, so his forhead could rest on Azura's shoulder. Azura sighed, as Sasuke's arms encircled her waist -- holding her closer to him. Sasuke smiled, and kissed her shoulder -- he was glad that the blond dobe was not with them.

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Speaking of the blond dobe…

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Naaah."

"Naruto, I think it would be better if we sh--"

"No. Sasook is busy."

"Busy? Busy doing what exactly?"

Naruto grinned. He wiggled his eyebrows, earning him a an annoyed look from Sakura, and a rather hard punch to the head -- killing off braincells Naruto lacked. (as Sasuke put it.)

"OW, Sakura--chaaan, I was just kidding!"

Sakura snorted, not believing him for one second. "Whatever."

Naruto grinned. "Onwards!"

Sakura rolled her eyes -- she couldn't believe she was stuck with him. UGH. The boy not only clung to her, but he was so damn irritating. Azura and Sasuke were lucky they wernt with her, or in her place.

Naruto was torn -- part of him Kyuubi wanted to explore the rooms, while the other part wanted to leave, tell Sasuke, and hopefully never step foot in those rooms. He was still after all scared of ghosts.

"Er….you might be right Sakura--chan."

Sakura stared at Naruto -- stunned to say the least. Maybe it wouldn't be half as bad as she originally thought.

/Damn, and I was just getting excited./ InnerSakura exclaimed.

"Lets find Sasuke and Azura, tell them of this secret passage, and get Azura's opinion of the whole situation. Hopefully we'll know what to do -- tell our sensei, or keep it a team secret."

"I like the second choice. If we do tell, she 'll just tell my father, and they'll have us moved. If that happens, we won't find out what the Uchiha are hiding in this underground labyrinth." Naruto paused. "Hey, it might be full of like ….forbidden jutsu."

Sakura frowned. "Then we should tell Anko--sensei."

"Hell no."

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By the time the two of them had found their teammates, the two were out of the shower. Azura was cooking dinner, while Sasuke was fixing the faucet -- woah…he wore glasses? Damn, that's sexy. ((They are 13, remember. They've hit puberty, so sexy is okay.))

Naruto began to laugh. "S-Sasooook wears glasses? Ahahahahahahaahahahahaha!!" he snorted.

Sakura couldn't help but stare -- he was so damn sexy in those glasses. Wow….she was speechless.

/hellooo, earth to Sakura! We've gotta tell them about the secret passage./ InnerSakura yelled, trying to get Sakura's attention, and away from Sasuke's perfectly formed arse, and er…galsses.

Sakura coughed. She looked away blushing. "er…Naruto." She kicked Naruto in the head.

'perfectly formed arse? Fuck…..' Sakura thought as she glanced down at her hands.

Naruto stopped laughing, and looked at Sakura. "Oh yeah! Sasook, we found this uber awesome secret passage -- filled with doors that say if you pass, you shall dieeee!" he grins. "isn't that cool?!"

Sasuke frowned. "Show me." He paused. "Azura, what do you think?"

Azura turned around. She too was wearing glasses. "Hmm…we'd better check it out."

Sakura frowned."You think we should tell our sensei, or Hokage--sama?"

"No." Sasuke answered shortly.

The four of them walked down to the secret passage. Naruto was the last one -- checking behind him for ghosts, and other things that may scare the blond haired ninja. Sakura was in front, leading the group down.

They reached the very doors that the warning had been posted on. Sasuke was eager to open the doors, and so were the other three --eager to see what things the Uchiha had stored in the old old house.

A/N: Meh. Chapter five. Chapter six is gonna be what actually happens. Longer too.

Perfectly formed arse --from James Bond; Casino Royale. (don't know what I'm talking about, go watch the movie.) I couldn't stop laughing. Yes, Sasuke--kun has a perfectly formed arse & later, Sakura notices that Naruto's arse is perfectly formed as well.

Sasuke wears glasses. I find that hot.It doesn't mean that he doesn't see as good as Naruto, because Naruto will also wear glasses. Sakura is the only one who does not wear glasses, and she's jealous. The reason Sasuke and Naruto wear glasses will be explained in the next chapter, and throughout the story.

In the next chapter, there will be more interaction between Naruto and Sakura, and Sakura and Sasuke, maybe even a kiss!

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Its explained there, on that site.

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