Naruto stood on top of the Hokage monument as the sun went down, watching the people scurry about trying to close their day and head home. He was thinking about the three ninja under his control. Tomorrow, they were going on a C-ranked escort mission. They were escorting a noble woman back to the Fire capital. Naruto thought they were ready for any bandits, maybe a few genin from another hidden village. There was a possibility that another village would attack her to weaken the government of their nation, but it should be a smooth sailing.

"This really is your favorite spot in the village," a sweet voice said behind them.

"You are the only one who can sneak up behind me," Naruto said turning around. Hinata blushed slightly and shrugged slightly.

"Or you knew I was coming and just didn't do anything about it," Hinata said stepping forward.

"Or I just can't sense you coming because I've gotten used to your chakra signature," Naruto said stepping forward.

"Hmmmm, that means I'm bad for you," Hinata said looking up into his eyes.

"What if I don't care?"

"Then I love you even more," Hinata said throwing her arms over Naruto's shoulders and hugging him tightly.

Naruto wrapped his arms around the small of Hinata's back and light squeezed so she couldn't get away and inclined his neck to kiss her. They remained locked in that position, kissing, for over a minute before Naruto ended the kiss. Hinata looked into his eyes and blushed a little deeper. That was the first time Naruto kissed her like that, and it made her warm and wet in a few closed in places. Naruto leaned his head down again and kissed her softer. When he broke away that time, Hinata decided she wanted him right then and there. She got up on her toes and kissed Naruto passionately, slanting her mouth across his.

Naruto reacted a little slowly, but once he recovered from the shock of her abrupt move he hesitantly pushed his tongue into her mouth. As their tongues darted back and forth, Naruto moved both of his hands down to cup Hinata's butt. Hinata gasped a little into Naruto's mouth, but quickly got over it. Naruto walked Hinata backwards until her back was against a tree, kissing her deep and passionate the entire way. Naruto moved his right hand from her backside and used it to caress her left tit, squeezing the C-cup through her shirt and bra. Hinata tried to break away at that point but she found her body wasn't listening to her anymore, instead succumbing to Naruto's probing tongue and playful hands.

Naruto brought his other hand up and played with both tits at the same time, stepping a little closer to Hinata so she had to lean her head back to continue kissing him. Naruto slowly rubbed one hand down her stomach and over her pants to rub her crotch through her clothes. Hinata used her hand to grab the bark on the tree behind her to steady herself as Naruto slowly increased the vigor of his rubbing.

"Am I interrupting?" a voice said behind them.

Naruto immediately broke away and saw the masked ANBU from the mission where he had to fight Tobi. Naruto scowled a little and looked at him angrily. "What do you want?" Naruto asked with barely contained rage.

"Tsunade-sama wanted the three of us," he said.

"M-me too?" Hinata asked, still slightly panting. Her face was a bright red color, and her clothes were a little wrinkled from Naruto's enthusiasm in the previous task.

"Yes. You too, Hinata-sama," the ANBU said.

"We will be there in a few minutes," Naruto said resigning himself to a case of bad timing. The ANBU left, leaving Hinata and Naruto alone on the cliff's side. Naruto sighed and looked back at Hinata. "I guess we'll just have to continue at another time," he said walking back up to her.

"Y-yeah," Hinata said.

"Here, it'll be faster if I carry you," Naruto said picking her up bridal style. Naruto walked over to the very edge and looked into Hinata's eyes. "You have some beautiful eyes," Naruto said right before he jumped off the edge. The abrupt movement scared Hinata a little and she closed her eyes. Naruto funneled chakra to the base of his feet and attached them to the cliff, sliding down rather than free-falling. It slowed him down considerably, but he didn't go too far down. He jumped perpendicular to the cliff after about 200 meters, and a few seconds later he landed on the roof to the Hokage's mansion. "See? We're already here," Naruto said right when he landed.

Hinata was a little jarred when he landed but his body mostly absorbed the shock. Naruto put her down on the roof and held her arm until she stopped swaying, a little dizzy from the fast motions. They then walked down the stairs and into the building.

In the office, waiting on a particular blond was the hokage, Tsunade, and a particular ANBU. "You can take your mask off for this mission, you won't be needing it," Tsunade said to break the silence. "Besides, you can't make Naruto your rival if he doesn't even know who you are," Tsunade rationalized.

The ANBU took the mask off and put the hood down. He had black hair, cut short most of the way around except for his bangs. The back of his head was spiked backwards and his bangs framed his face. His eyes were as black as his pupils, making it extremely difficult to distinguish the two. He was pale, revealing how much he took the mask off. He had a pointed jawline and was clean shaven, either revealing that he either shaved every day, or he doesn't grow facial hair yet. His face was expressionless, but if you knew where to look you could find his emotion. He looked at Tsunade with clear disinterest before turning around and watching the door.

Naruto walked in and saw a black haired man staring at him. Hinata followed him in the door. Naruto looked directly into the black haired man's eyes before checking him completely over. Naruto saw the Hawk mask hanging from his hand and realized who he was; the masked ANBU that interrupted him a few minutes ago.

Naruto then looked in his eyes, knowing who he was, and saw a challenge in them. Naruto stared back, not blinking or moving just standing there staring into his eyes. The silence was reaching an unbearable level, even to Hinata, when Tsunade spoke up.

"Stop acting like a couple of teenagers and listen up," she said causing Naruto and the man to turn around and look at her. "Naruto, this is Sasuke, Itachi's little brother."

"I know, I watched quite a few of his training sets when he joined ANBU," Naruto said, looking at him again.

"Alright, you three are going on a reconassaince mission to the Hidden Sand Village. I need you guys to maintain a transformation jutsu the entire time you are there. You will also call each other different names, Hinata is Arlene, Sasuke is Ezra, and Naruto you will be Faustino. I just want a brief over-view of their military status, force size and force strength, as well as anything you can tell me about their defenses. Perimeter patrol routes, party size, that kind of thing. You will have 3 months to do so. You are to arrive there in four days, so you better haul," Tsunade said in clear dismissal.

Naruto slowly walked out of the mansion with Hinata, Sasuke taking off as soon as they were outside. Naruto and Hinata slowly walked to her house, which was closer than Naruto's anyway. They parted there, Naruto slowly walking to his apartment. He didn't pack anything but a few scrolls with some Sand Village clothes in them. He then meditated quickly and appeared in the Kyuubi's clearing.

'Hi, Naruto. What do you want?' the Kyuubi said.

"I'm going on a mission to the Sand Village. I wanted your tips on any transformation jutsu that would be better than the simple genjutsu that I already know," Naruto said.

'Well, you could use the Bijuu transformation. I do have to warn you to not hold the opposite gender for more than a day though,' she said standing up.

"Why?"

'Are you transforming into a girl?'

"No."

'Then don't worry about it. Now, to do the Bijuu transformation just use my chakra and release it all at once while picturing the face you want to transform to. Now I'm going to sleep,' the Kyuubi said turning around and leaning on a tree.

Naruto left and appeared in his room. He thought of a face he could do, with a few scars and maybe some gray hairs. He then focused on using just Kyuubi chakra and released it focusing on the image in his head. When the cloud of smoke disappeared, Naruto looked into a mirror. Other than the clothing, he had a completely different visage.

He has narrow eyes the color of summer leaves. His silky, curly, midnight black hair flows down his back, interrupted by silver lining his ears. He is tall and has an angular build. His skin is deeply-tanned. He has a weak chin with scars telling of a wild animal attacking him when he was younger.

Naruto smiled into the mirror, twisting the face into a friendly personage. Naruto picked up his small bag, removed a scroll and pulled out some Sand Village clothes consisting of a light brown pair of pants and a tan shirt with light brown shoes and a brown pack. Naruto moved all his scrolls and stuff into the brown pack before dropping his pack on his bed and walking out the door.

At the front gate, Sasuke looked down the road disinterestedly until a strange man stopped a few meters from him. Sasuke looked him up and down and dismissed him with a flick of his neck and stare. The man just laughed and looked at Hinata who saw Naruto in his eyes and looked him up and down.

"Naruto-kun, is that you?" Hinata said.

"Hinata-chan, my name is Faustino," he said.

"Oh, right," Hinata said. She looked at the good looking form Naruto transformed into, and thought 'I wonder if Naruto-kun changed everything or just his appearance,' as she glanced at his pants blushing deeply.

"Hn," Sasuke said even though he was impressed at Naruto's disguise.

Sasuke turned and started to walk out of the village followed by Hinata and Naruto. They took off into the trees after about a mile, covering miles in minutes instead of taking almost a whole hour on one mile. That night when they stopped Naruto released his transformation and ate the fish Hinata cooked with vigor. They went to sleep with Sasuke keeping guard, and he dismissed them almost as soon as they were out of sight.

Author's Note:

Sorry about the delay, but my schools internet is really patchy and I could barely get enough signal time to log in until now. It should be fixed though and I will try to update faster. I have a few things to say. First: I'm still not getting as many reviews as I would like. Second: My school work is picking up so I will have less time to do this and have to spend more time on school. Third: The more reviews I get, the more time I will make to write these stories. That goes for all my stories. So please review, let me know you like it or if you don't. Let me know what I'm doing wrong if you don't like it. It doesn't take long. Anyway, goodnight!