AUTHOR'S NOTE: Omfg!!!! I haven't touched this story in over a month!!!!!! Omfg!! I am soo sorry! But school is a bitch and they are all like "I expect you to do all this shit plus spirit week with lip sync" ahh it annoys me. So feel free to totally bitch me out for being so delayed. And if the chapter isn't really good to make up for it I am sorry.

Sooo enough of me!! On wit the story!!!

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3 Years Later

It has been three years since Sasuke knocked Sakura out and placed her down on a bench. In those three years everyone has changed, and by a lot. Sasuke, now 16, has been claimed a missing nin and in cahoots with Orochimaru. He became world renowned for his skill and feared by a lot of villages. That is why Kohana has took up the job for looking for him and bringing him back.

Now for Kohana, well it has also went through a lot of changes. Like changes of Hokage for one. There is now a 5th Hokage and that would be the legendary Tsunade super strength and most advanced medic in Kohana. Also Kohana is known for its very powerful ninja's that reside there.

Sakura and Naruto have been sent on a mission, well more like two missions. Their first one is to try to get Sasuke back into the village and their second one would to be find Itachi and "talk to him." We enter now, with Sakura and her team running through the forest along the outskirts of Waterfall Country.

"Remember team keep to your positions." Said the captain into the microphone.

"Yeah, yeah we got it."

"Don't brush me off Fox."

"Jeez Tiger, you have become a stick in the mud."

"C-Come on F-Fox. D-Don't anger t-the c-captain."

"Yeah. Swan is right."

"Oh why do you all have to be on her side?!"

"Because she is the leader, surpassing all of us."

"See Fox. Bug and Dog are right." The leader said as she turned around to see Fox grunting at everyone.

'Just a bit more. Then we can rest.'

Fox looked up in front of him. Swan was on his right and Bug was on his left. Dog was behind him and Tiger was in front.

'You have changed so much. You went from fan girl to non fan girl then to most advanced medic, even surpassing your own teacher, the fifth hokage. Then she even mastered her Kakkei Genkai and can beat me and Kakashi with her eyes closed. She really has become stronger.'

'And even more beautiful.'

'Not this again.'

Fox bounced out of his reminiscing when he saw the leaders hand go up in the air.

"What is it?" Dog asked as he tried to see if he could spell anyone.

Their Leader turned her body to face them. "Listen and listen good. We have both targets in range. I want Swan and Dog to go the east side. Bug and Fox to west. You four will end up with Sasuke. I will take the other one."

"Y-You sure y-you will b-be ok?" Swan asked.

"Yes I am sure. Don't worry." She said as they could hear the smile in her voice.

"Tiger…..be careful."

"Same for you Fox."

And with that the teams split up, disappearing into the forest.

'You can do it Fox I know it. You have changed so much in the last three years it's amazing.'

'He also has become extremely handsome. With those blue bright eyes, his nice body, and those adorable whiskers on him. It all fits.'

Tiger just shook her head. Over the last few years her other half changed from giving her confidence and outburst to the pervert that she never thought she possessed.

----With team hunting Sasuke-------

Dog, Swan, Bug, and Fox grouped together and could see Sasuke setting up his camp with Kabuto and some sound ninja.

"W-What should w-we do? W-we can't p-possibly t-take t-them on a-all at o-once."

"Swan is right. We need to get the Sound ninja and Kabuto away from Sasuke."

"How do you think we can do that when Kabuto is glued to Sasuke's hip?!" Fox yelled at Bug.

"Why don't you leave the distraction to me." Dog said a plan already in his head.

They all nodded, getting his plan. They all have been on a team long enough to get to the point where they have no need to exchange words.

The remainder of the split team watched Dog's plan unfold. They saw the sound ninja leaving the camp sight to find out where the chakra signature was coming from. Then after a while Swan went over to Dog for the next phase.

Kabuto looked around to see that the Sound ninja's were not coming back.

"I think it is a set-up Sasuke-Kun."

"Hn." Was all he said. Trying to figure out who and why they wanted to ambush his crew.

Kabuto wasn't liking the fact that the invaders wouldn't show themselves. "What shall we do Sasuke-Kun?"

Sasuke just glared at Kabuto. "Go and find them yourselves. I'm staying here."

Kabuto simply sighed. He was use to the boys tactics. After all he has been with them since he was 13. "I guess I will take care of it."

And with that he fled into the forest. Unfortunately for Kabuto he didn't expect a Genjutsu and a trap to come at him. Making him go unconscious.

"And they said Kabuto was tough." Dog said in the mic.

"Don't underestimate him. He is also a medic and we know what they can do. Leave him and come back to the tree." Bug said over his microphone.

Once they were all back together they nodded their heads at each other. Down below them Sasuke was standing up trying to pin-point where the intruders were.

"1…..2…..3!" Fox shouted.

And just like that Sasuke was surrounded by all four of them. With no way out of their circle.

"Sasuke Uchiha."

"By the order of Kohana."

"You must come with us."

"Either by reason or force. Doesn't matter." The four of them said like they always did to their opponents.

Sasuke simply smirked. "I will take it by force. There is no way you four can beat me."

"That's what you think." Dog said as he charged at Sasuke with the intent to kill.

Swan fallowed after, having Dog launch a attack on Sasuke and when Dog would miss Swan would come right back with one of her own. Bug and Fox nodded at each other and joined in. Having Sasuke out numbered 4 to 1.

----------With Tiger-----

Tiger ran through the forest, running at half speed.

'Thanks to those lesson's with Lee I can run extremely fast without breaking a sweat. I will have to thank him once I get back from this mission. Or send him a message.'

Tiger could sense the chakra's right under her. She went right past them though, to where a clearing, jumped out of the trees and landed gracefully on her feet. Standing there waiting for them.

She didn't have to wait long because she could see Kisame and Itachi coming up to the clearing. She could feel the sharks chakra grow even more dangerous when he saw her.

"Itachi. Look it's a ANBU person. Should we attack?" He said wanting to fight a good opponent.

"Are they attacking us. No. Don't provoke if they are not after us."

"What if they…."

Tiger started to walk up to them, managing to cut off Kisame. The duo stopped in their tracks waiting to see what the ANBU person would do. But all she did was walk up to them until she was five feet away from them.

"Itachi Uchiha." Tiger said.

Itachi looked at them and glared. But didn't say anything.

"I know something you have been dieing to know ever since San died…." Poor girl didn't even get to finish her question because Itachi threw her into a tree.

"You know nothing."

Kisame could tell the atmosphere was getting murderous around his partner and didn't want to know why. What was Itachi's business was his business and his alone. "Itachi. Maybe we should get going."

"No." Itachi started to walk up to the ANBU and stood before her. "How do you know anything."

Tiger smirked under her mask. "Because I am her sister."

Itachi looked the girl up and down. Smirking as he did so. "Prove it."

'I know I shouldn't reveal my identity but I know for a fact that Itachi will not hurt me. His partner might but I can handle the over grown shark.'

She slowly reached up to her mask and brought it down to reveal her now matured, flawless face. Her emerald eyes sparked with the same happiness Itachi saw when she was 13.

"Hello Sakura." Itachi smirked.

Sakura smiled at him and giggled. "Hello to you to Itachi."

Kisame was confused as hell and wanted to know what was going on. "Itachi! Why are you talking to this bitch! Do you remember who she is?!"

"That I do. Kisame look to see if there is anyone else around the perimeter."

Kisame growled a few inappropriate words under his breath but disappeared into the forest, giving his partner some private time.

Once Sakura could sense that Kisame was far, far away Sakura hugged Itachi. Itachi hugged her back and they soon separated.

"When did you become ANBU."

"After Tsunade-Shinshou said I was good enough."

"Well your rep is true then."

Sakura looked up at her "older brother" with a confused look. "What do you mean?"

Itachi smirked at her. She didn't even know what she was known throughout the ninja world. "That you are the Hokage's apprentice, and very worthy opponent against our organization."

Sakura shook her head and smiled. "Ha, Ha. Your funny."

'Sakura I am not kidding. And I don't admit things like that openly. Even if we are "alone".'

"Sakura. Tell me."

Sakura looked up at him and sighed. 'No I wish I could Itachi but now is not the right time. All I need is to know where I can find this one person. Then once he is gone……I can tell you.'

"I can't tell you that. But I need to know where this one person is."

Itachi narrowed his eyes at her. "Why."

Sakura knew he was going to do this to her. And she knew this was going to be like pulling teeth….it was going to be difficult. "Itachi trust me on this if I tell you, you will go on a ramp page and I can't have that. I need to know where Takashi Itou is. Have you seen him."

Itachi narrowed his eyes even more at her. "The scum. Last time he was in Lightning Country."

Sakura smiled at him and hugged him again, her mood changed from serious to happy. "Thank you so much Nee-San!"

Itachi smiled a small, very small, smile. 'It has been a while since she called me that. That means she does remember a lot and even possibly even who killed San.'

Itachi broke up the hug and looked down at Sakura. Sakura looked up to see he had a serious look on his face.

'Oh shit. He is going to ask isn't he?'

But fortunately for Sakura Kisame came in right before Itachi could ask Sakura his question.

"Itachi. We need to get out of here. There are a lot of ANBU ninja and Sound ninja."

Itachi looked over to Sakura and Sakura looked at him and sighed she knew what his stare implied but before she could answer his "question" her head set buzzed in.

"Tiger! We need help proto! Sasuke-Teme is really a hand full. He has gotten stronger."

Sakura's eyes bulged out of her head. 'Oh No! I need to go and help him. I hope the others are ok.'

"Fox so have you and me. I will be there in a second. Can you hold on that long?"

"I can, but Swan, Bug, and Dog are out."

'I was afraid of that. Shit. I need to move my ass over there.'

"Ok. Hang tight."

Itachi gave her a look and Sakura nodded her head. Kismae was just in the background trying to get Itachi to move his Uchiha ass out of there.

"I'll let you off the hook…for now." Itachi said as he poofed away and Sakura ran into the forest at top speed.

'I hope I can get there in time.'

Sakura ran and ran and ran through the thick forest with gruesome images plaguing her mind. When she finally was able to feel Naruto's chakra she ran even faster. And stopped on a tree branch to survey what was going on.

'No way do I want to enter a battle when I have no idea what is going on.'

Down below her was Hinata, or AKA Swan, Shino, or AKA Bug, and Kiba, or AKA Dog, all out cold up against trees.

'So Sasuke either really did hurt them or he wanted a battle one on one with Naruto.'

As Sakura looked at her friends/teammates she could see they were in very bad condition. 'They must of gave it their all because they wouldn't go down without a fight.'

Sakura looked over to Sasuke and Naruto to see Naruto keeping up with Sasuke easily. 'Naruto. You have grown so much. You will make it to Hokage one day, I know it. With your insane stamina, your crazy determination, and your strength.'

Sakura thought as she smiled under her mask. But then she saw Naruto being hit

into a tree. Not wanting him to endure any more pain she jumped down and caught him.

Naruto was waiting for the impact of the hit but it never came. When he looked up he saw his best friend/crush/teammate holding him.

"Tiger….You made it." Naruto said.

Sakura looked down at him and saw that his mask was off and when she looked at her team she saw that theirs were off as well.

"Why is everyone's mask off?" She asked, in a different voice so their opponent couldn't figure out who it was.

Naruto was going to answer but he interrupted by Sasuke. Who was walking up to them. He stopped when he was a good distance away from them.

"I wanted to see who was trying to capture me." Sasuke then turned to the now standing Naruto. "So the weak Hinata, the strange Shino, and the dog boy Kiba is in your squad….then who is that one."

Sakura looked at Sasuke with shocked eyes, it wasn't like he could see her right now anyway. In front of her was not the old Sasuke she remembered. No, he was much taller almost taller than Naruto, very built. But every ninja was built. And his eyes were so cold, even colder than before.

'Great now I am the shortest one. Well that is common in a girl.'

'And tall men like short women.'

'Oh god.'

Naruto stood in front of Sakura and glared at his best friend/rival. "No one you need to know about. Lets finish this."

Sakura looked at him with a concerned aroma around her, clearly forgetting about her inner self's comment. Naruto merely smiled at her. As if to say "I'm doing this so we at least have one person to watch us injured people and they can still fight."

'In a way he is right. But……But……Argh. Fine. I'll go over and see if Hinata, Shino, and Kiba need help. But once I am done I am helping him out.'

'Look at it this way. You can see two hotties fighting.'

'Ugh. What am I going to do with you?'

Sakura shook her head at her other person's thoughts. And with a plan forming in her mind Sakura started to run over to her teammates. Naruto watched Sasuke, waiting for him to go after Sakura, but the strange part is he never did.

"Whatever. As long as that hindrance doesn't get in the way." Sasuke said loud enough for everyone to hear. And started to attack Naruto again.

That comment hit Sakura really hard. 'I am not the weak little thing I use to be! Hell I could beat Naruto up, that's why I am the leader of this squad!'

Sakura decided that she should keep her anger in check before she went up against him. Right now her teammates that were injured needed her help first.

Sakura kneeled down around her friends and placed them in a lying down position. Making it easier for her to figure out if there was anything wrong with them. As she checked each and every one of them, their injuries just kept adding up.

'Great this is going to take longer than I thought.'

While Sakura started to heal her friends Naruto and Sasuke were battling and talking at the same time. Naruto trying to dig deeper into why Sasuke would just leave. Sasuke was just trying to get information.

"Why did you leave Teme?!" Naruto yelled as he dodged another fist aimed to his head.

Sasuke just grunted a reply and sent a series of kicks and punches Naruto's way. Naruto just dodged and dodged all his attacks.

"Damn it Sasuke!" Naruto yelled. Taking out a not your average kunai, the blade being a little longer than a normal one, Naruto charged at him and kept trying to land a hit on him. But even though they have been fighting for a long time Sasuke still managed to dodge the attacks with the same energy that he started the fight with.

'How can he be this good?'

Sasuke shook his head and sent Naruto flying into a bunch of trees with his series of kicks.

"So out of this pathetic team you are the leader."

Naruto got up, very slowly, and glared at Sasuke. "For your information this team isn't weak!"

Sakura looked over from her work to see Naruto trying to get up and yelling at Sasuke. Who didn't look tired at all.

'Damn it Naruto! What am I going to do with you? Oh well I am almost done……come on can I go any faster?!'

Sakura started to pour her healing chakra into Kiba as fast as she could, with out causing dangerous damage to his healing body. After a few minutes he was done and Sakura sat down and caught her breath.

Meanwhile Naruto was still trying to get Sasuke tired. With no luck, may I add. Sakura watched as jutsu was used after jutsu. Both of them either dodging or coming back around with another attack.

"They basically are even with each other. Sasuke knows what Naruto's attacks and I know a few of Sasuke's ways of fighting. Giving me a upper hand. All I have to do it wait for the right moment to help Naruto and I am good."

Little did Sakura know is that Shino was already conscious again and he heard her whole plan. "Sakura-San. Do you think that's a good idea. We need at least one person to have the strength to watch over the injured."

Sakura gasped and turned her masked head to Shino. "Shino…I know that but if Naruto doesn't get help now he is going to end up in a worse condition than you three combined and I don't think I would be able to heal that, without the tools I really need."

Shino stared at his leader and finally got where her words were going. He simply nodded his head in agreement. "Don't waist all your energy on this guy. He isn't worth it. At least plant a tracker on him once you get tired."

Sakura smiled a big smile at him, even if he wouldn't see behind her mask, but somehow she knew he could. "Don't worry Shino I will." And with that Sakura turned her attention to Naruto and Sasuke.

"Who is your leader Naruto. I doubt it is you." Sasuke said as he threw about five kunai's at him.

Naruto stood still, not having enough energy to dodge them anymore. He closed his eyes and again, waited for pain to strike through out his body. Sakura took this as the chance to get into the fight. She slipped her long sword out of its sheath and jumped in front of the incoming kunai. All she did was twirl her sword around clockwise and the five kunai repelled off it and hit the ground, forming a mini circle around her.

"I am the leader. If its that much of a concern to you."

Naruto looked up to see Sakura standing in front of him with her precious sword out. 'Sakura-Chan. Thank you.'

Sasuke nearly studded the person in front of him. He really couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl considering the clothing was baggy enough to hide their features.

'Who is this person. Anyone from the Rookie Nine?'

"What ever more people for me to practice on."

Sakura looked at her old friend with shocked eyes. This definitely wasn't the person she remembered. He never used people for mere things such as tools to practice on.

'What did Orochimaru do to you Sasuke.'

"No one uses me as a tool for practice. Sasuke Uchiha by order of Kohana you must come with my squad, by force." Sakura finished the last of her sentence with a deadly tone to it.

Sasuke only grunted. "What makes you think I would listen to you."

Sakura smiled under her mask. 'He asked for it. All I need to do is cut off his movement with a little jutsu I made up. Time to show you how I work Sasuke.'

Then without warning Sakura disappeared from everyone sight. Naruto smirked and looked at Sasuke. Sasuke looked at Naruto and then tried to find the ANBU's chakra. But luck wasn't on his side that day apparently.

"You can't sense Tiger, Sasuke. Captain perfected the art of hiding Chakra, even from the Shuringan."

Sasuke grunted again and kept circling around like a boxer did in the ring. And without warning Sakura came out of no where and simply sent a punch to him, only able to skim his face. Sasuke took her wrist and sent her flying back into the trees. But Sakura stuck her feet out and bounced off the trees and went straight over to Naruto's direction.

Sasuke glared at the Captain. "That is what the Captain has to offer? Pathetic."

Sakura smiled and turned to Naruto. Naruto didn't betray anything but looked Sasuke up and down waiting for him to do something.

"Who said I was done?" Sakura said as she took off again and sent a kick to his abdomen. Sasuke sighed and dodged the kick. But when he went to move he found out that he couldn't move at all.

'What is this? Some Genjutsu? Jutsu?'

Sakura could see the question written on his body but she pursued with her kick and sent him flying back, breaking a dozen trees at a time and she didn't even use her chakra. Sasuke didn't just brush this off though. Even if it took him a few minutes to stand up. Now he was out of breath.

"What did you do." He asked his eyes narrowed at the ANBU in front of him. She really did catch him by surprise.

"Well Sasuke. You should know considering your partner is Kabuto. But I'll tell you anyway. See when I launched my first punch at you it simply scratched your face. Unfortunately for you I hide some chakra in there and sent it to attack your reaction nerves. Making it a easy hit for me to send you 12 trees back. Given that the chakra makes the nerves "turn off" so to speak."

"You bitch." Sasuke was getting annoyed now and he was about to attack, that is until Kabuto came in between the two of them.

"Kabuto get out of the way." He hissed

Kabuto looked at Sasuke and shook his head. "No Sasuke-Kun. I can't have you do that. We need to retreat now."

Sasuke was getting really pissed off that Kabuto wouldn't let him finish this fight. "No. We stay until I am done."

Sakura could see that Sasuke really wanted to figure out who he was fighting but Kabuto had the brains to leave them now.

"But Sasuke-Kun…."

Sasuke was getting fed up with him and activated his Shuringan as an act to scare him. "No. Wait."

While those two had their fight Sakura turned to Naruto and started to talk to him through her microphone. "Naruto listen to me…"

"Sakura-Chan, we need to get out of here. Now that Kabuto is here we can't win."

"I know that but there is one thing I need to do before we leave them."

"And that would be?"

"We need to strike him with curiosity. Ever heard of curiosity killed the cat? If we want to find him again, we want him to come after us. And besides I need to plant a tracking device on him anyways."

"Ok Sakura-Chan but hurry…."

Sakura and Naruto were cut off when they both felt Kabuto coming at them.

"Kabuto." Sasuke said in a dangerous tone. He didn't want him to attack what was his opponent. Especially an interesting on like this one.

'They are so hard to find to. Kabuto you will pay later.'

"Tiger! Watch out!" Naruto yelled eyes wide as the white haired man come up fast towards Sakura.

Sakura turned around and bent her head one way. Not letting Kabuto get threw her and his kunai only scraped her face. Leaving a smooth cut of blood down her face. Naruto watched in horror at what kind of damage Kabuto did to his Sakura.

When Kabuto saw that she blocked his attack he jumped back about 15 ft and waited to see what she would do.

Sakura was about to attack him but she stopped when she heard something snap. Her eyes widened when she figured out what it was. Naruto's eyes went wide as well for he knew what happened as well.

Sasuke and Kabuto watched in curiosity as the ANBU froze in their tracks.

'Shit he crushed my mask. Well it will catch his attention.'

Sakura turned her face away from Sasuke and Kabuto and towards Naruto. Naruto watched as her tiger mask slowly started to break into a million pieces.

"T-Tiger…What do we do?" He asked still trying not to blow her cover.

Sakura smiled at him and sighed. "I guess we show them. And then we can go."

"Show us what." Sasuke ordered. Not liking where this was going.

"I believe I cracked the mask Sasuke-Kun." Kabuto said trying to make it seem like the young boy shouldn't kill him.

Sasuke still glared at him with his still activated Shuringan eyes but his attention soon turned to the people in front of him. He saw that the other three members stood right next to Naruto.

"You have three minutes." Kiba said.

Sasuke could see the leader nod her head. "Why listen to your team when you are the leader."

Sakura took a deep breath and turned around, her face fully exposed to everyone. Causing Kabuto's eyes to widen and Sasuke's eyes to glare.

"Because Sasuke. It is what a good leader does. And I hate to end our reunion so short but my team needs to get to a village. They come first before anything."

Sasuke couldn't believe his eyes. After three years he finally got to see the very girl that he left on the bench. What surprised him was the way she handled seeing him.

'Most interesting indeed. It seems the Dobe still likes her as much as I do. Now isn't the time to fight for her. Later there will be time. And she will be mine.'

Sakura saw him looking her up and down and smiled. "Sorry Sasuke, but that is exactly why I chose baggy cloths so men couldn't see my body."

Sasuke mentally cringed, he didn't like the fact that other males were checking out his Sakura. Even though he left her for three years the pink haired girl always managed to wiggle herself in his dreams. But now instead of the 13 year old version it's going to be the 16 year old. With his imagination running wild with her.

Sakura couldn't waist any more time and with a single hand seal something came flying at Sasuke. He didn't see it at all. Well come to think of it, no one did.

When Sakura smiled her ever so friendly smile she motioned for her team to get a heads start into the next village. She stayed behind to make sure they wouldn't attack her tired team.

"Kabuto. Get moving."

"But…Sasuke-Kun…"

"Now." Sasuke said his eyes still held by Sakura's. And Kabuto only nodded and ran off into the opposite direction.

"Sakura. You seem to have gotten stronger." Sasuke said as he started to walk towards her.

Sakura simply smiled at him. Even though the shinobi rule was no never reveal your emotions, she always went against it.

"Whose the hindrance now?"

Sasuke smirked at her playful attitude. 'It seems even though I left she isn't mad that I did. Why?'

"Sasuke….listen…I can't keep my team unprotected for long. I just wanted to apologize for attacking you. But it was the only way…."

Sakura didn't get to finish her sentence because Sasuke closed their distance and kissed her, slipping right threw her defenses

'Ow ow!! Looks like the cold man has a steammmyy kiss. Owwww Oww!!'

Sakura's eyes went wide and she pulled away. "What was that?!" Sakura didn't get it. He has been gone for three years and he all of a sudden kisses her?

Sasuke smirked at her reaction. "Well Sakura. It looks like you caught my attention. We will see each other later. That I know."

Sakura shook her head and watched as he poofed away in smoke. She then ran as fast as she could to her team. She saw that they were having a rough time getting to the village. Taking a deep breath Sakura had three more Sakura's appear and she carried Hinata, Kiba, and Shino to the next village. Naruto was next to her, he still held the energy to walk.

-------The Village Hotel-----

When Sakura and her squad got to the village hotel they could only get two rooms. Not wanting to leave her team unattended she had them all cram into one room and have them sleep in that room. While she slept in the room connected to it.

Hinata, Kiba, and surprisingly Shino were out like a light once they hit the bed. But Naruto and Sakura stayed up in the other room. Sakura took out a notebook and started to write down all the information she got through their mission.

"Sakura-Chan. What did Teme do once we left." Naruto asked, well more like commanded.

Sakura didn't want to tell him how he kissed her but knew that she couldn't and wouldn't get past lying to him. He knew her to well and he could catch her in a lie.

"Nothing Naruto. It was nothing."

Naruto could smell his scent all over her and he could tell he did get to close to his Sakura.

"He kissed you didn't he."

Sakura gasped when he guessed right on the money. She put down her pencil and paper and turned her body to him. "How did you?"

"I can smell his scent all over you." Naruto said interrupting her as he looked her up and down. Trying to see if he did anything else to taint her with his sinful scent.

'Erase that scent Kit.'

Sakura was going to calm Naruto down and tell him that it didn't mean anything but she couldn't considering Naruto closed their distance and kissed her. Sakura was down right confused now. First Sasuke and now Naruto? What was the world coming to. But instead of pulling him away she wrapped her arms around his neck and hung there. Naruto smirked into the kiss and broke it. But not their distance.

"Much better."

Sakura looked up and blushed. Realizing what kind of a position they were in she broke their distance and grabbed her notepad again.

"Sorry…." Sakura looked around the room trying to let the awkward atmosphere leave them. Well it was awkward to her. "I'm going to send this to Tsunade-Shinsou. You get some sleep."

Naruto shook his head. "Sakura-Chan. Always thinking of others and not herself. Fine I'll go to bed. But you better come to." He said with a glint in his eyes.

Sakura watched her friend get up from the couch and get into the other bed. She then made her way out to the balcony.

'Damn it. What is up with those two? Are they on something?'

'I don't know. But I don't care. Damn are they good kissers. Humm….I don't know whose was better. But that bed offer can't go to waist can it.'

'You are such a pervert you put Jiraiya to shame.'

Sakura came back to her senses and ripped the notebook paper out of the notebook and summoned Kai.

"Yes Sakura-Sama?"

"Long time no see Kai-Chan." She said as she petted his feathers.

"Yes it has been to long."

"Well I need you to bring this to Tsunade-Shinsou. Then come back with a response please."

"Hai."

Sakura rolled up the letter and tied it around her trusty bird's little foot. And with another pet on the back Kai took off into the sky. Sakura watching him leave.

Dear Tsunade:

It is our 9th day out of the 12 days assigned to this mission. I just had contact with both Uchiha's. For Sasuke I applied a tracking jutsu on him that will last until I tell it to stop. With Itachi, I'm afraid all I could do was find the location of Takashi. I have one concern though. When I came across Sasuke, he kissed me. But when I got back, helped my team get settled in, Naruto also kissed me and wasn't acting like himself he was acting like the Kyuubi. I would like to know why. That is if you know anything at all.

Love:

Sakura

Sakura walked back in the hotel room and made her way over to check up on her three injured friends.

'Lets hope we can get more out of this mission. Then we can all go home.'

Little did Sakura know Naruto was watching her from the other room.

'Look at her Kit, she is beautiful. How dare you let that bastard touch her.'

'What has gotten into you Fox? Your acting really weird and you made me act different around Sakura-Chan as well. What's the deal.'

'It's that time…..'

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Author's Note: So there was some action/ romance in that one. I wasn't expecting the romance part in it but it wouldn't kill to have some of that in there. Also I am sorry if someone seems OOC, I try to keep them character bound. But sometimes it doesn't end up that way. And I tried to make their code names easy enough for you all to get them. Hope they were. If your wondering what happened with Sasuke and Naruto well that will be explained in the next chapter.

Hope you all liked the chapter.

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