A/N: I'm back an preparing more chapters. Let me first say that I am honored to have my story featured in two great communities, thanks for who submitted my story. Well its on to the latest development.

It had been a week or so since his an her well shared possibly each of their first kisses. It wasn't something he thought about constantly, but if he did it was always with a smile; he never did try to purge out her reasoning for doing it, he just left it as it was.

It would seem he was finally feeling up, that was if he hadn't remembered why he was traveling the streets of Kohona. It was Monday, he an the rest of team 7 had a mission; their first mission back together. It wasn't easy, but he had come to grip with most of his anger towards his 'best friend'.

It wasn't like he came to grip it to where he still wasn't mad at how everything was hidden from him till a month before the wedding. He knew staying mad would hinder his teamwork an relationship with 'them'. Truth about it was it erupted his chest to even think of the Uchiha couple.

He was approaching the meeting spot training ground 11, he wandered what he should say to them. Maybe apologize or start a fight an just leave to go get some more ramen, he just shook that idea out of his head as he pushed through the final bushes to the grounds.

There stood the lone Sasuke Uchiha an solely him. He pondered on the whereabouts of his new pink haired bride; maybe she was waiting in silence somewhere to kill him, but that wasn't how she would do it. He watched as the mans eyes lowered from the sky to him, they carried a care free look, almost to care free.

"Took you long enough, dobe."

"So what of it did, teme."

The black haired man just smiled, no matter what the boy never changed even if he was overly angered at him. There was a reason why the blonde was his closest friend, they always had a way of understanding one another; even without the fights.

"For what happened the other day at your apartment, I'm-" The Uchiha started only to be interrupted.

"Hush it, its fine." the blonde started "I shouldn't have left your special day early."

At that they both found smirks rising to their faces, there defiantly was a reason they were close friends. Naruto knew what he said wasn't all lies, an Sasuke understood the blondes position on the matter.

"So wheres Sakura?" he asked.

"She wasn't feeling well, so she stayed in bed."

"I see, well where is Kakashi-sensei?"

An as if kami was listening in the white haired procrastinator walked into the training grounds. His eyes glued to his favorite orange book, he raised one eye to observe the two young men in the field.

"Yo." the jounin chimed.

The two genin just sighed the man never changed once even after all these years, an he probably never would. They knew he would give them so lame excuse only some idiot would be stupid enough to believe.

"So sensei what's the mission?" Naruto asked, skipping over the normal you're late persecution.

Kakashi just gave his classic eye smile before tossing over a scroll to the blonde. He eyed it with suspicion for some time, before giving into the erge to open it. With a quick pull of the seam it slowly unraveled.

The blonde began slowly reading what the parchment stated. It was simple D-rank mission briefing something that lowered his hopes for the mission, but they were further crushed when he read what the mission was.

"Clean up the river banks, near the training grounds!?" The blonde roared.

"Let me see that, dobe."

Once the returned Uchiha had the mission briefing in his hands, he looked over what he hoped his blonde friend misread. His eyes shot wide as read over the exact message his friend had moments earlier.

"Well it looks like you didn't make a mistake."

"That's right I never.. Hey you expected I'd make a mistake!"

"Well it is just like you to just rush things."

Naruto just stayed quite after that last remarks, he didn't need anyone to tell him how reckless he could be, he knew it an his body knew it. He just stared at his friend an sensei, waiting for them to announce the missions start.

It had been five minutes and the three men just stood there each looking around at the empty field that surrounded them. Someone need to snap them out of their laziness or else the job would never be done.

"Oi, have fun with your mission." the white jounin said turning to leave.

Both young men's eyes snapped to the man who was now starting to leave them in the grounds. They couldn't believe it their own sensei was abandoning them to go who-knows-where.

"Kakashi-sensei, aren't you going to help us with the mission.?"

"I have another thing to attend to, I hope you two don't mind."

Both young men knew what that meant, he was going to the shinobi memorial to 'talk' to his former friends/teammates. They knew it was something the man had done for long periods of time, everyday.

Both just sighed now this mission was just going to get even more boring an tedious than it was already. It was nearly noon an cleaning up the entire river bank would take hours of tedious hard work, even with the use of bushins.

Both genin stood near the banks grumbling under their breathes, they had been working for at least two hours, or so it seemed. It was boring horrible back bending work, who would even assign shinobi this type of mission?

"Hey dobe, lets take a break."

Naruto didn't reply he only sat down a few feet from his black haired teammate. It was a peaceful silence, even after what had happened the previous day. It would look to anyone like there was nothing even causing conflict between the two.

"Hey Naruto, about the other day.. I'm sorry things got out of hand." Sasuke let out staring straight ahead.

The blonde didn't know how to take this outburst, he Sasuke Uchiha the proudest person he had ever known was apologizing. Then it hit him the events that transpired had somewhat been his fault for leaving the wedding without warning.

"Its fine, but I shouldn't have just left y'know."

"You're not as dumb as you look."

"Shut it, teme an lets get this stupid mission done."

With his words the two men got to their feet an began their tedious mission of cleaning the river banks. This wasn't a mission they'd happily enjoy doing twice an that was that.

His legs ached how long had it taken to clean up that seemingly long ass river, an who had placed so much trash there anyways? It wasn't something he really wanted to do ever again if he had anything to do with it.

He had arrived home just as the sun was setting, he quickly had gotten into the shower. While he had been in the shower he had heard some loud thumps, but never really payed any of them any mind.

He was now laying on his bed his legs an back were throbbing he could attest for the soreness such a simple sounding mission could cause. He didn't feel like he could get out of his bed if he really needed to.

His mind focused on the tick of the clock that was ringing throughout his now quite apartment. Just when he felt his eyes growing heavy, a subtle knock came from his front door. As much displeasure as it was going to be for him, just not answering the door was disrespectful.

As he slowly approached the door he heard more knocks coming from the opposing side. He honestly wondered who would bother him at such a late hour. Maybe it was Sakura coming to apologize just as her new husband had done earlier.

He peacefully unlocked the door an slowly pulled it in. As it opened it reveled a brunette holding what appeared to be a small duffle bag.

"Tenten?"

A/N: Another chapter down many more to go, I have no idea where I am taking this, but I will do my best to have a sturdy plot line an good story development. Till next chapter, later.