Mission Gone Wrong
By: Whipped Coffee

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Disclaimer
Sadly, I don't own Naruto…
Never did, never will…

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Chapter 11—The Noise!

"How much further do you think it is, Shino?" Kiba asked, catching his breathe.

"Not much. My bugs smelt them over an hour ago. We should be getting nearer to them." Shino replied.

"An hour?! Why was it an hour ago!?"

"They were moving. Fast. Let's keep going. We can catch up with them. A storm is coming, and we need to hurry." Shino said as he started up again.

Kiba sighed and he started running too, with Akamaru trailing behind.

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"So Sakura… Did anything happen?" Ino asked, aware of Sakura's mood.

"What? Nothing happened, if that's what you were taking about…"

"I didn't mean that! I mean… you seem sad… are you?"

"It was nothing. Sasuke just… Nothing…" Sakura said, and headed off in a direction in the forest. Ino got up and followed her.

"C'mon, Sakura. We're best friends! We tell each other everything. Tell me what happened." Ino said, trying to persuade Sakura.

Sakura took a big sigh, and sat down on a log. Ino took a seat next to her, and waited patiently.

"Well… I know I said that I was over Sasuke… But the truth is… I'm not. At least, I don't think I am… He never liked me anyway, so what's the point? I mean…" Sakura said, taking another breath.

"But…?"

"But… every time I see him, it's like those eyes of his… they see right through me, and know when I'm telling lies. I told him I was over him, but it's like he doesn't believe me and that he's expecting me to come running to him like the fan girl I was…"

"…Sakura, you still like him, right?" Ino asked.

"…Yes… Very much… That's why it hurts when I saw him kissing Tenten… Why her? It could've been Hinata, or you… or… me…" Sakura muttered.

"It was very obvious why he didn't kiss Hinata… and me?" Ino laughed. "I think he'd rather die than kiss me! But you, Sakura… I'm not sure why, but… I know that he didn't kiss Tenten to make you feel bad… It could've been that he wanted to piss off Neji! Don't go jumping to conclusions that he liked Tenten, Sakura." Ino said.

"I guess you're right… but I can't help to think that…"

"Sakura, you have some confidence in yourself! You were brave enough to break up our friendship for Sasuke, and you should have some courage to not give up on him! Tenten won't do things like that to you, even if we don't know her that well. Hinata knows her longer than we have, and she never says anything bad about Tenten! Besides, Tenten has her own man!" Ino said, giggling at the last part.

Sakura laughed a little at that part too. "You're right… I shouldn't give up on him!"

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(While Sakura and Ino's conversation was going on)

"You're quieter than usual…" Shikamaru said, lying down on the ground.

Sasuke didn't say anything, and just leaned on a tree. Silence was in the air… Shikamaru sat up, staring at Sasuke. He sighed.

"What's wrong?" Shikamaru asked.

"Usually you're the one who likes the silence." Sasuke said.

Shikamaru sighed again. "The silence is awkward. Besides, there are not many clouds to look at." Shikamaru said.

Sasuke didn't answer him.

"Sakura right? An Uchiha like you having problems with girls? How troublesome…"

"I didn't ask for your help."

"Fine… just one thing… talk to her before it's too late…" Shikamaru said, lying back down on the ground.

"What about you with Ino? You aren't exactly a ladies-man yourself." Sasuke said, glaring at him.

"This has nothing to do with me and Ino. I can handle her by myself." Shikamaru said, sighing again. "You better talk to her, or you'll regret it."

Sasuke just glared, nothing left to say.

"We're back! We can go find the others now!" Ino yelled, waving her arm in the air while her other arm is dragging Sakura.

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The four stood, with tension filling the air.

"Did you do anything to Hinata-sama?" Neji said, glaring at Naruto.

Naruto looked at Neji confused. "I didn't do anything! Right Hinata?" Naruto asked.

Neji still glared at him. "You better not damage her in any way." Neji said, still glaring.

Naruto laughed nervously, remembering Hinata's yelling. Tenten chuckled a little. Hinata turned slightly red, due to nervousness.

"C'mon Neji, we still need to find the others right?" Tenten asked, trying to change the subject.

Neji nodded, and started off.

"Let's go, Hinata, Naruto!" Tenten yelled as she followed Neji, jumping on a tree.

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"Who's that up there?" Tenten asked, pointing to a small lump person on the ground.

As they got closer, they found out…

"MY RAMEN!!!!!" Naruto yelled, running to they ground, picking up the empty bowl on the ground.

Chouji shot up, looking around frantically. "Oh, it's just you guys… Sorry, Naruto, I was really hungry! And I found that thing on the floor so… I ate it…" Chouji said.

"How can you eat it without water here?" Tenten asked.

"Uh…" Chouji thought for about a second, and shook his head.

"Forget that. Where's Lee?" Neji asked, looking around the place for any signs of a green being.

"He said he was gonna find you guys. He's coming back sometime to—"

"OH, MY YOUTHFUL COMRADES! I SEE YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB FINDING THEM, CHOUJI-SAN!" Lee yelled, running up to them.

"Now we only need to find the others!" Naruto yelled, totally forgetting about his ramen.

"No need." A voice said.

They all turned to the source of that voice. It was Sasuke and the others.

"You guys alright?" Tenten asked.

Everyone nodded, and murmured some things that can't be heard. A few minutes passed, and silence was in the air. Awkward tension. Oh, how I hate that.

"So… What now?" Sakura asked.

"We need to rebuild a house." Neji replied calmly.

"Yeah… since someone blew it up…" Tenten grumbled a little.

Just then, a shuffling noise was heard. Tenten looked at the bushes, as if she was trying to see what it was, and the others immediately shot their head up.

"What was that?" Ino asked, getting a little worried.

"Probably… some rabbit… right?" Sakura answered.

"Not likely… why would a rabbit be here, out of all the places?" Shikamaru said, walking towards a bush.

"We should check around the place… just in case…" Shino said, coming out of nowhere.

"Shino?! Kiba?!" Everyone said.

"Where did you guys come from?" Naruto asked, confused.

"I used my bugs to track you guys. Like I said before, we should check around the place. My bugs are already on it." Shino said.

"Maybe we should leave it… Probably our imagination…" Ino said, unsure of what was in the bushes.

"That everyone else heard? Not likely. I agree with Shino. We should split up and see what's making the noise. I've been getting a feeling we were being… watched…" Sasuke said.

"But we just found each other! What if we get lost again?!" Chouji said.

Neji took a kunai and let it fall, digging the kunai into the ground. "We meet up back here if we find anything."

"What about a shelter? All of us can't go looking around." Sakura said.

"Yoosh! I'll stay here and build a shelter! You guys can count on me!" Lee said.

"I'll stay too." Ino said.

"And me… I don't want to go on another hunt again…" Shikamaru said.

"I'll stay too!" Chouji said, not wanting to move.

"Alright, we'll split up and find what's happening around here." Tenten said, as she and Neji ran off to a tree.

The others did the same, with Sakura by Sasuke, Hinata by Naruto, and Kiba by Shino.

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"What now, Tsunade-sama? Jiraiya is probably at the forest already," Kurenai said.

"Hm… one of you needs to go to the forest and get him back. He'll let them find out about us spying on them." Tsunade said, leaning back in her chair.

"Which one?" Asuma asked.

"At this point… Kakashi." Tsunade said.

"Kakashi!? Why him? I will be enough to get him back, Tsunade-sama!" Kurenai protested.

"Kakashi may seem not likely of this position, but at this point, he is worthy of it. Think about it. They are both perverted, and Kakashi may convince Jiraiya to come back." Tsunade said.

"That is true but… How will you know if Kakashi doesn't go with Jiraiya and cheats?" Kurenai asked.

"Oh… I have a hunch that he won't…" Tsunade said as she smirked.

Note to misto-shadow: Yea, I reread that part since I saw your review. I just hope that no one else realized it! Lawls, or at least they understood what I was trying to write.

Not to a friend: Okay, that class is technically Health, and thx for voting.

Okay… Short chapter, I know… Sorry for not updating, for like a month… Sorry! I was busy with school, projects and stuff, but I won't get into the details. I did in my profile, but I don't think it's necessary here. Ehhhhssss…

For the next chapter, I think you have to wait a loooong time… About a month too… Stupid projects… and I have writer's block! So, for me to get some ideas, I'll go and ask my friends… Don't fret, because I will soon get the next chapter out! (Hopefully…)

Oh yea, please check out my other fan fiction, 6 Months with the Hyuuga Family. Long title, I know ;D. It's a NejiTen story, for you NejiTen fans out there! You don't have to read it, just skim and drop a review! Now if you'll excuse me… I'll be writing the next chapter of 6 Months with the Hyuuga Family.

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Edit: Uhm. This chapter was better than the previous chapters… xD