A TorturedTourniquet Beta
I was feeling nice today so I'm posting up another chapter for you all! ...If you didn't notice the chappie before this please go read it lol
If you didn't reveiw on the last chapter I'm very disappointed in you... I might not post two chapters in one day if I don't get reviews!
So ONWARD!

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto would I be here writing this stuff? (T/N: You really have to ask that?) ...yeah I know I probably still would. I don't own Naruto.
Warning: The usual stuff. Yaoi. Cursing. Later lemons. Er- that's it I think.

And he heard her speak about so many things and for the first time he listened to her. Why did it make him feel lost?

"All right, I cut one day!" Naruto cheered.

"Hey I know that voice," a female voice said behind him. It was a blonde girl with a large fan on her back.

"Too obvious?" The man scratched his head idly. "Well," he said grinning below his mask, "I have this for the kazekage, Believe it." The girl smirked. "I'll take you to him."

"Thank you Temari-chan." Naruto followed her up the stairs of the Kazekage tower. They came upon a long corridor. At the end was a pair of large wooden doors.

Temari pushed open the doors. "Gaara, the shinobi from Konoha has arrived."

The red head sat behind a desk. His jade eyes were on the parchment he was writing on. He mearly glanced at his sister and she nodded.

Temari stepped aside to let Naruto in. The blonde boy walked in and the girl shut the doors after leaving.

"From the fifth Hokage," Naruto spoke as he took out the envelope and held it out to Gaara. The Kazekage looked up and took the object.

The red head stood and walked to the bookcase. He reached on the top shelf and brought down a scroll. Without a word, Gaara handed it to the ANBU.

"Thank-you, Kazekage-sama," Naruto bowed.

"Are you going to be able to stay a while Naruto?" Gaara asked, sitting down at his deak again.

"No, not this time," Naruto said, lifting the porcelain mask from his sweaty face. "I wanna get back soon. Old lady Tsunade wants me to go back to training. Says my skills will rust," he grinned.

"Hn," Gaara clasped his hands and rested his mouth to them. "I understand," he mumbled. "I'll just expect to see you stay here longer next time then."

It was more a statement then a question, but Naruto got the point. "Believe it!"

The last Uchiha eyed Kakashi as he stepped in. "I have a visitor for you," the older spoke. He moved from the doorway to let Sakura in.

Her candy pink hair trickled over her shoulders. In her grasp she held a basket. Upon her face she had a smile. "Thank-you, Kakashi-sensei," she said, not able to break the habit.

Kakashi turned and left through the rice paper door. Sakura stood awkwardly in front of the doorway, watching the Uchiha on his knees scrubbing the floor.

Say something, they both thought

The girl spoke first. "Kami, I was outside for an hour waiting for him to arrive."

Sasuke said nothing, but still motioned her to the table to sit. She moved slowly to the oak furniture. The magenta skirt rubbed against the green shorts beneath it.

"I don't know. It's been so long I've known that man and not once have I seen him come on time," Sakura chuckled.

The raven smirked and stood wiping his hands together. He walked to the table and sat on the the opposite side of the medical nin. "Hn."

"I see you're as talkative as ever," Sakura mused averting her eyes to the empty table top. She remembered about the basket she brought. Another lovely smile graced her face. "I brought you some food. I couldn't help but worry about the nutrition you were getting."

"Thank you," the man said, looking at her as she took out some sandwiches and a cantine of hot soup. She froze for a moment, a little shocked to hear his voice. The last time that voice was so polite to her was the night he left the village.

"You're welcome, Sasuke-kun," she finally said. He smiled small, almost unnoticable, at the old name. "I hope you don't mind turkey and cheese."

Sasuke watched the pink-haired girl laugh at the stories she was telling. Her smile was so bright, yet sad, too.

Her honey voice chatted at what everyone was up to. Shikamaru had become a teacher. Ino owned the flower shop now, along with on call medical nin work on the side. Kiba was a jonin. ...It seemed every one had moved on so quickly.

Sasuke notcied that she hadn't talked about herself. "What about you? What have you been up to?" He asked her.

"Well," Her eyes fell to her clasped hands. "I'm a full time medical nin. That's why I could only come today... it's my day off."

The raven nodded. Even she had gotten a stable life.

Then Kakashi popped his head through the open window. "Sakura-chan, Lee's here."

She smiled. "Thank-you," she stood and packed away her basket. Sasuke watched her push in her chair. "Lee-kun wants me to go with him to training." She turned for the door.

The Uchiha nodded at her slightly, lost at why she would care about Rock Lee.

"Oh!" Sakura yelped. "I almost forgot," She mused. The girl turned to the raven one last time for the night. "Naruto-kun sent me a message yesterday. He told me to ask forgiveness for his not showing up the other day."

Sasuke looked surprised. "Where is he?" the raven couldn't help ask.

The girl smiled sympathetically. "He had a last minute mission Tsunade-sama gave him. I think he went to the sand. He should be back in 2 or 3 days."

The pink haired medical nin turned back to the door and exited.

The Kazekage and the Konoha ANBU member strolled to the city gates. They turned to eac hother. Naruto grinned his foxy grin as the paler man's cheeks dusted pink.

"This is it, for now," the blonde said. "I'll be back soon. You know how the Hokage just loves to send me here, Dattebyo!" his voice said loudly.

"Hn," Gaara smiled. "Be safe, Naruto."

The blonde scratched his neck. "Don't worry about me!" He began to run the path home. Not be before saying "Worry over your own damn self!"

That's the end of this chapter... *ducks a flying chair* I know, no Naruto Sasuke interactions yet....next chapter I promise!!! Right Tata-chan?
Itachi: *grabs another chair to throw* Natsuki-chan... *growls*
Tourniquet: *glares* I swear to god, you throw that at her, I'm attacking you... *hugs Nati*
Nati: Right well I'll stop calling you that now.... heh heh an angry uchiha is scarier then a smiling one.
Itachi: That's better, you're lucky I'm nice...
Nati: *sweat drop* You just threw a chair at me, threatened to throw another one and don't forget you joined the Akatsuki after murdering you fam-
Itachi: *throws the chair and doesn't miss* Reviews are much apreciated. So click that button just below.
Tourniquet: *glare* Itachi, you gonna die boy...

Love Natsuki Lee