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Chapter 1

3 years ago..

Haruno Sakura was a sight to behold. Emerald eyes dancing with glee, her once short hair now shoulder-length, flying around her as she skipped home. She was the very picture of happiness and excitement.

Kyaa! Finally a mission! Eventhough it's only a C-rank mission Its still go- A STUPID C-RANK MISSION THAT IS RIDICULOUS!

Now, now inner, we are passing through Tsuchi an-

SO WHAT! KAKASHI THAT PERVERT WILL BE THERE! ITS C-RANK BECAUSE WE ARE PASSING THROUGH STONE, AAAND, THERE WILL BE ROGUE NINJA! IDIOT! ALL WE'RE DOING IS SENDING A LETTER TO THE KAGE 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME DUDE THERE WHO MIGHT SHOOT OUR MESSAGE HAWKS

If we use one

AND READ THE STUPID LETTER AND USE IT AGAINST THE KAGE!

Ahhhhh...SHUT UP!

And with that, inner was quiet.


While quickly fixing her hair and preparing the pack that she would be taking, she dressed in her normal red dress with the Haruno emblem on the back and a pair of knee-length bluish-black spandex shorts. With her hitae-ite keeping her bangs out of her face and a cheery smile on her face, she skipped to the gate and leaned on the gate.

"Yo, Sakura-chan," Izumo started "why so happy huh?"

"Ohayo Izumo-san, i'm just excited... I haven't been on a mission for quite a while... eheh... I've been training, i can't wait to show them of, heheh" she replied, somehow keeping a smile on her face.

I wonder what's taking Sasuke-kun so long... Well, for starters, we depart at ten and it's nine fifty-five you BAKA! Oh... oh look! It's Sasuke-kun, let's go say hi.

"Sasuke-kun!" she called out " ohayo-gozaimasu, ne ne, i'm so excited, i hope Kakashi-sensei and Naruto get here earlier, don't you?"


Kami-sama, what had he done in his past life to deserve this? She was just so annoying. Always bothering him and asking him ridiculous questions. She was such a nuisance.

Turning to her, he replied in an emotionless voice "just shut up and leave me alone."

Upon hearing what he said, she suddenly stopped smiling and her eyes filled with tears, he smirked " How pathetic you are."

"S-S-Sasuke-Kun... how can you say that?"

"Hn. You're so annoying Sakura"


Eh? Why did Sasuke-kun say that? That's not fair... I-im not like that… I wouldn't do that… *sigh*… it's not my fault that I don't have as much chakra as Naruto or Sasuke… and…

She continued to get lost in her thoughts until suddenly…

"SAKURA-CHAN!"

GAH! Naruto! Oh… Kakashi-sensei is here too… he's early…

"O-ohayo Naruto, ah, o-ohayo Kakashi-sensei."

"Ah, ohayo Sakura-chan.." Kakashi drawled

She replied "Ah, ano, Kakashi sensei, why are you so early today? It's kind of strange..."

"Ah... That... Well, you see, Tsunade-sama sort of threatened me..." started Kakashi while scratching his head, " with burning my Icha Icha series an-"

"AHAHAHAHAHA" came Naruto " baa-chan's really gotten you this time, GAHAHAHAHA!"

"Eh... datte, Kakashi, what about Jiraiya-sama? He, he is the author is't he?"

"Ah... Hehehe... well, Hokage-sama also threatened Jiraiya.."

"Hehehe...heheh, Kakashi-sensei" Giggled Sakura

Ohohoho...Tsunade -sama probably theatened Jiraiya-sama... i wonder what she did...

She probably threatened him with poking his eyes out and blinding him or punching him all the way to Snow... Gehehehehe!

"-ra, Sakura, Sakura!" Kakashi called out

"EH... Ka-kakashi-sensei..." Sakura came out of her reverie

"NE NE! SAKURA-CHAN! IT'S TIME TO GO! DATTEBAYO!" Cried out Naruto who was already out of the gate.

"H-hai Naruto" and with that, Sakura followed Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei into the forest.


1 hour later

As they leapt through the trees, Sakura got caught up in her own thoughts.

Mmm... I wonder what the Tsuchikage would look like... Hmm...

Last I heard, he's an old man, and a real shortie McShorts kinda guy...Hmm... I hope he's not one of those lecherous pervy old men.

True, but... you know what Ino-pig says...

Oh yeah... She said that as long as they're rich pervs it wouldn't matter if they were pervs, and the Tsuchikage is most likely very rich... Hehehehehehe

Eww... that is gross! You sicko! You perv! You-

"Sakura-chan!" Kakashi snapped his fingers in front of her face.

"Ah"

Stunned, the chakra beneath her feet disappeared and she fell to the forest floor.

*SMASH*

"GAAAH!"

Ouch... What? What happened? OUCH! My leg hurts, ow, *pant* can't breathe... uh... head...

Oi! What happened! You idiot! Baka! How could you? Stupid! Wait! Hold UP!

And suddenly she was engulfed in darkness


Sasuke POV.

.Hell.

Who on earth is that much of a nuisance?

Kami... and now we have to stop... and let her rest...How annoying...

Kakashi has gone to get her. Hmph! She is really a liability.

"Sasuke"

Hmm? What does Kakashi want?

"Hn. What?"

"As you can see, Sakura has fainted, you and I will have to carry her to Tsuchi."

What? Carry her? Huh! Liability indeed... how weak.

"Hn. Whatever."

"So it shall go like this, one of us will carry her in the morning, another in the afternoon, and the other in the evening, you may pick when you want to carry her."

Hmm, it is evening now, soon we will be stopping to rest, meaning if I were to carry her now, i would nothave to for long, then tomorow, I will only have to carry her in the afternoon, after that, I will b in the morning and by evening we would have reached Tsuchigakure... Hmm, so I shall start first.

Ughh... Think of it as training... yes... Training...


He walked over to Kakashi and eyed the unconcious Sakura with distaste.

Hoisting her onto his back, he inwardly -and rather shyly- noted the way her small breasts pressed against his back, the way her hair smelled of flowers and intoxicated him and the way the warmth of her body seeped into his.

What a pleasant feeli- Wait! STOP!

His face turning red, he kept his head down to hide his blush. When he noticed Kakashi's eye crinkling, he sneered.

OH! That Kakashi!

He was almost positive that Kakashi had planned for all of this to happen and did this just to rile him up!

They would be passing Ishigakure soon, there were quite a few missing nin there...

Oh... Sakura, why did you have to go and fall unconcious... Such a liability

But, it really did feel nice... Strange... Right, he meant strange.

Pray that they would not encounter anyone...


Mmm... so warm... what is that feeling? Eheheh... hmm... what's tickling my neck... Ahhh... AH! Ow... my back... ugh... leg... hurts... guh... head... bleh... huh?

Where am I?

Sakura extended her senses, only to find herself on someone's back. She could feel the wind rushing past her, the leaves rustling... Hmm... somone was carrying her, a guy perhaps?

Ohhh... he smelled nice, definitely a guy...

Haaah... such a nice masculine smell... He smells like pine... and... umm... something else... ah... my hands are around his neck, mmm... he's kinda sweaty... grrr... what's that tickling my neck.

Opening her eyes, the first thing she noticed was it was afternoon, and then, she noticed a bright orange blur, next, she noticed grey hair and a greenish background, when her eyes had finally adjusted she realised that te orange blur and grey hair belonged to Naruto and Kakashi. Then the green blur would be the forest moving around her... eh... then that would mean that she was being carried... by who? It was then that she realised that she was being carried by Sasuke-kun... but that was impossible...

Huh?

She noticed some bluish-black strands of hair at the corner of her eye... Hmm... EHHHHHH!

I"M ON SASUKE! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!

CHILL! Girl, calm down! Use this as an oportunity to get closer to him. You know, snuggle closer... Use your hands, but be SUBTLE!

Yea... Okay...

Haah... even if inner hadn't reminded her, she was still going to try to get closer... heheheh... hahaa... she hardly ever had a chace to be this close to him... hehehe


Sasuke POV

Sakura was hard to ignore, from the day before, that evening, and even now, when it was his turn to carry her. Well, it was hard to ignore her, with her hot puffs of breath on his neck, and now that it was afternoon, her warmth made him feel even warmer.

Wait... what? Is that... her ... nose...

She was nuzzling him with her nose and her lips were being pressed very lightly against his neck.

Ah...

Her arms that were once around his neck were now hanging hanging close to his side, her fingertips falling against his abdomen, and now she was mumbling into his neck and whispering unntil she was practically kissing and licking him.

Ha-ah!

His breath hitched

Wa-wait, why did his face suddenly feel as though there was no more blood there? A-and his pants felt a bit tight... W-wait... W-why did his h- it feel a bit painful? It was as if all the blood had gone down there... better think about something else... okay ignore her...


Ehehehehehe, She had heard his breath hitch, oh... eh? why did his neck feel a bit cooled... eh... hmmm...

OHOHOHO! Sakura, our dear Sasuke-kun has an erection... hehe

Eh-EHH! N-Nani?

Gawd! She was definitely blushing..

I-inner, what are you talking about, have you no hame, y-you..

Oi, baka, I read it the other day, it was that page in that book that Tsunade-shishou had asked u to read. Haish... Upon seeing the picture of a penis on the page you freaked out and went to another page. Thank god, I'd already scanned it.

O-oh... so um, okay, er, ah... I should get off him shouldn't I..?

You can try... heheh... You have a a fractured leg, a hairline crack in two places in your arm, and a fractured rib, also, your head and limbs have some scratches and scabs, so...

Okay,, I get it.

But remember, play dumb...

Sakura pretended to play dumb and focused on moving her arms from in front of him to around hs neck, yawning and rubbing her face into his neck before finally pretending to open her eyes and mumble...


Sasuke POV

He was just about to forget -or try to- tha she was there on top of him because she had finally stopped nuzzling him, and now she had to start again, -wait- she was mumbling...

"Mmm... eh? Ah, Itai... hmmm... Sasuke-Kun?" Her voice sounded really innocent and, kind of cute...

"Ne? Why are you carrying me? I need to -uh- -ah- ITAI! It hurts..."

"Don't move, you are injured" darn... his voice was a bit shaky... she better not have noticed it...


Sasuke-kun is nervous... Oh well, I might as well go back to sleep

He really does feel very warm and nice... Oh? Is that a blush that I can see? Hehe


That evening, Kakashi carried her on his back which was rather awkward but they rested soon after. It wasn't too bad being injured, but because she had fallen on her side and had injured her muscles and ribs, she was unable to prepare her bedroll, carry her pack or eat by herself, so either Kakashi or Sasuke-kun would have to help her with her bedroll, carry her pack or feed her. It was actually quite fun.

The next morning, Sasuke-kun was the one who carried her on his back, and by mid-afternoon, they had arrived at Tsuchigakure.

The moment she had arrived, as an apprentice to Tsunade-sama, she was sent almost immediately to the Tsuchikage's personal medic while the rest of Team 7 delivered the scroll to the kage.

And a few hours after her healing, she was provided a place to rest and soon after that they left.


Okay, er, I made a lot of stuff up, I realise thatSasuke was kind of OOC too, but there's a reason for it. Please review!

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