Hi! Sorry it took me so long to update! Hope you like chapter two!

Sakura couldn't believe it. When she woke up this morning, she had thought that she would be spending her day with Sasuke on their date. But, no. Instead, she was standing in the Hokage's office along with Sasuke, Naruto and Sai, listening to details for a new mission. Funny how things work out.

"The is a simple escort mission," Tsunade explained to them "The four of you with Kakashi are to see Mr. Watase and his family safely to their home." Tsundae gestured to the family who were standing to her right. Tsunade went into more details about the mission, but Sakura didn't really listen. 'The mission is too easy,' she thought. 'A gennin team could do it. Why send us?'

"Couldn't you give us a harder mission?" Naruto whined, voicing Sakura's thoughts. Tsundae started yelling at him to be quiet and out of the corner of her eye, Sakura saw Sasuke roll his eyes at the whole scene. Suddenly everything made sense. 'This mission is still one of Sasuke-kun's first missions since he came back,' she thought. 'We're getting an easy mission so Tsunade can see how he does and to see how well we work together as a team.'

Sasuke saw her watching him and turned to her. "What?" he asked her.

"Nothing," Sakura said, trying to look anywhere, but at him. She heard him call her annoying, and she was about to retort, but Tsundae interrupted her.

"I want you all ready to go in an hour at the front gates of Konoha. Understood?" Sakura, Sasuke, and Sai nodded while Naruto stood there pouting with his arms crossed and grumbling. "Good," she said. "You can go."

Sasuke and Sakura walked towards her house so she could get her stuff for the mission. "Are you excited for the mission?" she asked him.

"It's too easy," Sasuke scoffed, but she saw him smirk. 'He's excited,' Sakura thought, smiling. 'He just won't admit it. Even though it's an easy one, he's happy. He's was probably going crazy all those months when he couldn't go on missions. I know I would be.' Sasuke saw her smile and asked, "Why are you so happy?"

"No reason, I just am." Sakura rather would of gone on their date that they had planned, but she figured that she would still get to spend time with Sasuke, so she might as well make the best of it. They reached her house, and Sakura said goodbye to Sasuke so he could go and to his house and get his own things.

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Sakura was surprised that she wasn't the first one at the gates. She had had a lot of time to spare but nothing better to do, so she had just decided to come early. She had been so sure that she would be the first one there, but there was Sasuke, already standing there and ready to go. Sakura smiled at him and thought, 'He is so obviously excited.' She stood and talked with him, waiting for everyone else to get there. Sai came first, soon followed by Naruto who was still pouting about the level of the mission was. Next was Mr. Watase and his family. Kakashi was late as always, but he showed up eventualy, and soon they all set off.

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Mr. Watase's house was only a three hour trip from Konoha. All the had to do was keep bandits and thugs away, and they would achieve the mission. The family had a small wagon that they rode in while the others stood guard on the sides. Kakashi walked in the front, leading the way, while Naruto guarded the back. Sai was on the right side of the wagon, and Sasuke and Sakura were on the left.

They had been walking for about two hours, and everything had been going smoothly. "It's such a nice day," Sakura said, looking up at the blue sky.

Suddenly Kakashi stopped, and looked around into the woods that surrounded the road they were walking on. All of the other's stopped too, waiting for Kakashi to say or do something. "What's wrong?" Naruto questioned him.

'We're being followed," Kakashi stated softly. He started walking again. "Just keep going like everything's normal, and wait for them to come out," he told them.

They all did as they were told and started walking again like everything was fine, but no longer was it a nice day because now, there was danger lurking in the woods. Sakura moved her right hand so it rested on her kunai holster that was strapped to her thigh, and she felt Sasuke move a little closer to her so now he was only inches away. Out of the corner of her eyes, she watched the woods, waiting for the enemy to show themselves.

Less than ten minutes later they did. They jumped out of the woods, and surrounded them There were eight of them, two on every side of the wagon. They were obviously just normal bandits. There was nothing special about them.

"Give us the wagon or else," one of them said to Kakashi.

"Sorry guys," Kakashi said. "But I can't do that."

"Then we'll kill you for it," the same man shouted, and the bandits rushed towards them.

On their side of the wagon, Sakura took one man while Sasuke took the other. Sasuke's guy was dead on the ground within seconds. He turned and saw Sakura still fighting hers. He ran up to the guy, and grabbing him by the collar of his shirt, threw him and he landed against a tree. The bandit recovered fast and retreated, running away and shouting that they would be sorry. Sasuke scoffed, letting him get away. Someone like that wasn't worth the time to kill he decided. He turned back to his team, and it seemed like everyone else was fine. The rest of their enemies were either dead, or unconscious.

He turned to Sakura and saw that she was glaring at him. "What did you do that for?" she asked him angrily.

"Do what?" he asked confused.

"That man! I could of taken care of him easily!" she told him.

"Sorry for helping," he said sarcastically, his own temper rising now. He didn't understand while she was mad at him for helping her. When they were younger, he was always saving her. What was so wrong with it now?

"You don't get it, do you? I'm not that weak little girl I was when we were younger!" she shouted at him. "I can take care of myself now."

"Sakura-san?" Sai interrupted. "We shouldn't fight."

"Stay out of this!" she yelled, turning all of her furry on him. Sai backed down. He remembered that she had threatened to punch him if he ever upset her and he really didn't need that right now.

Sasuke glared at Sakura. "Whatever," he said, turning away from her. It was his way of telling her that the conversation was over.

Sakura sighed in irritation. "Your such a jerk sometimes!" With that, she walked away from him, and went to stand next to Naruto.

"If your done fighting, it's time that we go," Kakashi told them. He started to lead again and everyone followed.

Sakura stayed in the back with Naruto, talking with him for the rest of the journey while Sasuke walked by himself. 'I could care less if she walks with the dobe,' he told himself, but deep down, he felt an ounce of jealousy that she would choose to walk with Naruto instead of him.

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Nothing else exciting happened, and they were able to deliver Mr. Watase and his family to their home safely. The sun was setting when they started back to Konoha, and Sakura was still ignoring Sasuke. It was really starting to piss him off. She was talking to everyone else but him, and he still didn't understand what he had done that was so wrong. Even though Sasuke was smart and good at almost everything, girls weren't a subject that he knew too much about. Frustrated, he kicked a rock, making it fly a couple yards.

An hour passed and she still didn't say a single word to him. He felt he was going to go crazy if she didn't acknowledge him soon. It was dark outside now. The moon and the stars were shining brightly above.

Sakura was talking to Naruto and Sai. She glanced at Sasuke and saw that he was glaring at the ground. 'He's been sulking like that for an hour now,' she thought. She felt a little bad, but she refused to give in. 'I'm not going to talk to him until we reach Konoha. He's too damn proud that he won't say sorry, so his punishment is me ignoring him until we get home.'

Suddenly, Sakura felt someone grab her from behind. Her arms were pulled behind her back, restraining her, and she felt a sharp knife against her neck. "Don't try anything or I'll kill the girl," Sakura heard the man who was holding her say.

Sasuke recognized the man restraining Sakura. It was the bandit who he had let get away earlier. Now he was wishing he had killed him. He wanted to kill him now, just for touching Sakura. It seemed like the bandit had run away to get reinforcements because now there were ten other bandits surrounding them. They had probably come back for revenge for killing all of their comrades earlier.

"Put your weapons on the ground," the man holding Sakura commanded.

Kakashi sighed. "Do as he says," he told Sai, Naruto, and Sasuke. Sakura would be killed if they didn't do as they were told. Kakashi started trying to think of a plan to get them out of the situation safely.

The man chuckled in Sakura's ear. "I knew they would do anything to save you," he said to her.

"What makes you think that I need saving!" Sakura shouted, stomping on the man's foot and surprising him. His grip on her arms loosened and she broke away, pushing the knife away from her throat. She turned and punched the bandit, sending him flying about twenty feet.

Sasuke took his chance taking out his katana and went for the other bandits, taking out all of his rage on them. After they all laid dead on the ground, he was breathing hard, and was still upset that anyone even dared to threaten Sakura. He felt a soft hand touch his arm and he turned his sharp gaze to see Sakura standing there, looking up at him.

"It's okay. It's over," she told him. He nodded, trying to calm down.

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When they reached the gates of Konoha, they all split up except for Sasuke and Sakura. He walked her home because she had asked him to. Silence surrounded them. Both wondered what to say to each other. 'One of has to be the adult here and say sorry. Sasuke is just to stubborn so it's up to me,' she thought. "I'm sorry," she said out loud. "I shouldn't of gotten so mad earlier." She waited for him to say something, but he didn't. Instead, he just stared straight ahead. "Are you even listening to me?" she asked him, her temper rising.

"Hn."

She sighed. "The reason I got so mad at you is because I can take care of myself just fine, and I didn't need your help back there. You have to let me fight for myself." Still, he didn't say a thing. "But, now that I think about it, it's kind of sweet that you're so protective of me. It kind of like your way of showing that you care about me." They reached her apartment, and Sakura turned to face him. She looked up and leaned in, giving him a quick kiss on the lips. "And, just so you know, I forgive you," she told him.

Sasuke smirked down at her. "I don't remember saying I'm sorry," he told her.

"You just did," Sakura said, and Sasuke leaned down and kissed her. 'So we didn't get to go on a date today, but I think this was just as good,' Sakura thought, before melting into the kiss.

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