Sorry it took a while but the second chapter is finally here! xD

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Now off to the story!

Sasuke was acting weird. Naruto didn't know what was going on with him and the teme refused to tell him, simply brushing him off whenever he attempted to ask. They'd been living together for six days now and today would be their first day back on active duty.

Naruto woke up when his alarm went off at six in the morning, the ass crack of dawn as far as he was concerned. He growled at the alarm clock and barely resisted the urge to smash it to pieces, before stumbling out of bed and into the shower. After dressing for the day, he staggered into the kitchen and made Sasuke and himself some tamagoyaki to eat with a small side of rice, figuring the food would help wake them both up and give them the energy they would need for whatever Tsunade had planned for them.

Naruto was just sitting down at the breakfast bar when Sasuke came into the kitchen. The Uchiha eyed the meal Naruto had prepared for them both and quickly seated himself.

"Thank you for making breakfast this morning dobe. You didn't have to do that."

Naruto finished chewing the bite in his mouth as he stared at Sasuke in surprise. He'd only been thanked by him a handful of times in the entire time that he'd known him, so to hear him thank Naruto for anything was something special indeed.

"No problem Sasuke. We need the energy for whatever mission ba-chan assigns us. It would have been rude of me to only make myself breakfast so really, thanking me isn't necessary."

"Hn," the teen grunted before begininning to eat.

Naruto hid a grin at the teme's response. It was just so ... Sasuke.

An hour later they walked into the Hokage's office and Naruto noticed that he and Sasuke were the last to arrive. Kakashi was reading something, most likely an outline explaining their upcoming mission, but looked up when they came into the room.

Sasuke raised a brow. It was probably the first time he'd ever seen Kakashi actually on time for something, Naruto thought with a small smile on his face.

"Kakashi actually on time for once. I suppose there are still some things in this world that can take me by surprise," the Uchiha muttered with a twist of his lips.

Naruto bit back a snort of amusement. Although this wasn't the first time Kakashi had arrived on time, the number was so few that each time he did so it never failed to amaze him.

"Truth be told, I was ten minutes late today," Kakashi corrected with relish, making Tsunade scowl in annoyance. "I'm going on a mission with Sai and Sakura. The two of you, on the other hand, will be going on an entirely different mission with Tenzo."

"Yamato!" the man in question corrected in obvious irritation.

Kakashi waved his hand in dismissal and went right back to reading his mission outline. Naruto and Sakura shared a look of amusement.

Tsunade sighed and rubbed her temple. This particular group always gave her a headache, no matter how fond of them she was. Every single member of Team 7 made her want to drink herself into oblivion sometimes. "Team Yamato will be traveling to Suna at the request of the Kazekage. Further instructions will be given to you by Gaara directly. Yamato, is, of course, in charge unless Gaara informs you otherwise. Are we clear?"

They nodded their assent.

As they turned to leave, Tsunade's voice rang out, stopping them before they could go. "When you get back Naruto, there is something that I would very much like to discuss with you. So report back to me immediately upon your return. Are we clear?"

Naruto nodded. He glanced discreetly at Sasuke and wondered if it was something concerning the Uchiha. Probably. Tsunade didn't seem to like him much after all.

The trip to Suna would take a few days. There really wasn't much they could do to speed it up other than to shorten their rest times, but Yamato had discarded the idea, stating that it would be better for them to arrive well rested as they did not know the difficulty of their upcoming mission.

Sasuke had barely resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Yamato should know better. Sasuke and Naruto were in a class of ninja all their own. Technically he and Naruto should still be genin, as they'd passed no test to raise their classification. However, when the war ended Sakura, Naruto, and himself had been given the title of Sannin like the ones who had trained them. They were all considered to be on par with the level of Kage, but truth be told, every shinobi in existence knew that he and Naruto could easily defeat the Kage's were they ever put in such a position. Watching the two of them fight side by side during the war was a testament to that fact. They had no equals. Not even Sakura who bore the same title as them. The difference in power was just too great.

On the other hand, Yamato's decision was a sound one because, even though he and Naruto were powerful, mistakes were more frequently made when a shinobi was worn out. In their line of work even the smallest of mistakes was the difference between life and death.

Sasuke sighed as he realized he was being an ass. Naruto seemed to trust in this Yamato person so perhaps he should try and place his trust in the man as well.

"Sasuke?" Yamato inquired, exasperation in his voice, making it clear that it was not the first time he's said the Uchiha's name.

Pulled from his thoughts, Sasuke looked over at their team leader. "You called?" he grumbled somewhat sarcastically, mentally wincing as he realized he'd let his irritation leak out when he'd just decided that he was going to attempt to play nice. Well, that thought had gone to hell pretty damn fast.

Yamato stared at him silently a moment. Almost like he was annalyzing the irrate young man, trying to figure out the meaning of his every thought and action. It was damn disconcerting. The jounin blinked, and then shook his head, as if he'd come to some realization about him but was dismissing it to either think about later or simply because he did not want the distraction that it was sure to bring, Sasuke wasn't sure which.

"You're first on look out duty. Wake me in two hours," the man ordered, taking Sasuke by surprise. He then settled down in front of the fire not giving him the chance to disagree. Even if he'd wanted to.

Sasuke briefly eyed the man's back before glancing over at Naruto who had settled himself on the opposite side of the fire.

The blond smiled at him as he shrugged. "He's like that. Need company?" he asked as he started to get up.

Sasuke waved him back down and shook his head. "You'll be getting a turn too dobe, so rest while you can."

Naruto settled back down with a nod. "Wake me if you change your mind teme."

Sasuke sighed as he absently nodded at Naruto. It was going to be a long trip to Suna.

Edited: 6/22/2016