A/N: Prepare yourself for randomness and nonsensical ideas. I do not own Naruto.

Sakura sighed in annoyance. Naruto had wandered off again. Glancing down, she spotted some flowers on a bush and picked one, slowly picking off the petals. They were supposed to be on a team mission. Did Naruto not know the meaning of the word team? Had nothing Kakashi taught them sunk into that thick skull of his? She figured whatever had was probably knocked right back out by that perverted ninja guy that had dragged Naruto off for a few years of intense training. She was on the last petal, when a sharp object whizzed past her ear, slicing a few strands of hair from her head. It was stopped by the nearby tree and stuck out at an odd angle.

Heart beating wildly, Sakura whipped around, ready to defend herself from enemy ninja. Seeing a certain grinning, bright blonde maniac, she let her irritation be known. "Naruto! Are you crazy? Don't do stuff like that. We're on a mission, you know? This is serious stuff!"

Naruto gave her his best 'you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me' look. "Please, Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed. "It's not serious. We're only out to collec sap from the trees for syrup. It's not that hard." He walked casually over to the tree and took his large shuriken out of it.

Yes, it was true. Tsunade had sent them on a mission to collect as much sap as possible from maple trees, so she could decide which tree produced the best syrup for her pancakes. Shaking her head, Sakura sighed miserably. "We really should be doing more important things. I can't believe that woman actually made this a mission."

"D-rank, too!" Naruto cried. "And she picked us to get it. I need higher ranking missions so I can get more money and buy more ramen!" Naruto paused. "When I become Hokage, the first mission I'm going to assign is to find the best ramen in the world. I'll make it an A-rank, too!"

Sakura wondered if Naruto ever thought of anything else. "That's ridiculous, Naruto! Hokage don't do that! Or they shouldn't, anyway!"

"What?" Naruto asked. "Why not?"

"It's just—it's just—I don't know. Hokage just shouldn't. I mean, this syrup thing is ridiculous. We should be looking for Sasuke," she lamented.

Naruto's ears perked. "Yeah, that'd be an A-rank, I'm sure."

Sakura glared at him. "I'm serious!"

A mischievous glint lit up Naruto's eyes even more so than what they already were. "Well, Sakura, I would love to go on that mission as I know exactly where to go."

"What?!"

"I know where Sasuke is," Naruto repeated.

Sakura stared at him, before grabbing him by the collar. "I know what you said! What I want to know it why you didn't say anything earlier!"

"Hey, hey!" Naruto tried his best to look indignant, but went on to say, "You're really cute when you're angry, Sakura!"

Sakura threw Naruto down, muttering under her breath. Naruto drew himself back up, still grinning. He explained, "I found out with my new secret weapon."

"What? What is that?"

Naruto pulled out some of the sap-draining equipment and began draining sap. Sakura glared at him, sticking the equipment into another tree right next to Naruto's. "Well," she prompted. "What is it?"

Naruto leant in very close until he was able to whisper in her ear. "It's…." Sakura squirmed a bit at having Naruto's breath right in her ear. It was weird, but not completely unwelcome, which worried her a bit. He pulled away and she looked confused. Had she missed something? "What?" the confused girl asked.

Naruto shook his head before proclaiming, "The internet, Sakura! The internet!"

"The what!" Sakura cried, completely confused. "Internet? I've never heard of it."

"Well, duh, it wouldn't be a secret weapon if you had."

Sakura was about to protest, but found herself flustered at Naruto's knowledge. "Well, what is it?"

A triumphant smile dominated Naruto's face and the mischievous glint in his eyes sparkled even more. "I'll tell you on a date over ramen as we stare lovingly into each other's eyes."

Words in the English language could not adequately describe the horror that contorted Sakura's feminine features. It's doubtful words in any language could, but, in essence, it was a look of complete and utter rejection. "Eww! Naruto! Don't say stuff like that!"

Naruto looked a bit put off and simply shrugged. "Suit yourself," he turned back to his tree and diligently drained sap, humming under his breath. Sakura huffed and turned back to hers. They went in the opposite direction of each other and didn't meet up for another hour. When they finally did, the first words out of Naruto's mouth were, "Are you positive you don't want to know about the internet?"

"I'm positive I don't want to stare lovingly into your eyes over ramen," she snapped.

"Aw, why not?" Naruto asked, befuddled. "I mean, my eyes aren't scary or anything! I've been told they're pretty!"

"By who? That pervert?"

"Ew, don't say that. No, I just…" Naruto trailed off. They walked in silence for awhile until they came upon the village, which was a pretty short distance as they hadn't had to go out too far to accomplish their sap-gathering mission. Using their super speed that only awesome ninja have and that an average person like yourself can only dream of, the two arrived at the Hokage's place in less than two seconds flat.

Naruto burst through the doors, announcing, "We're back!" as loudly as possible just so everyone in the building would know that he and Sakura were, indeed, back.

"When he says it like that," Tsunade turned to a ninja sitting by her, who had a lopsided headband, and grayish hair sticking out at weird angles, who obviously had to be Kakashi, "it makes me think something bad is about to happen." Kakashi nodded in complete agreement as Naruto's announcement made him wary as well.

"I know!" Naruto spotted the two. "You missed me!"

"It was the three loneliest hours of my life," Kakashi deadpanned.

"Ew, Kakashi-sensei, don't say it like that!" Sakura reprimanded him. "You sound like a pervert."

Tsunade almost opened her mouth to say something, but Kakashi's one eyed glare warned her not to. She turned to the two teens. "So, about my syrup?"

Naruto proudly help up the box that contained twenty-four different jars of sap. "Yup! We got some of the best sap! Only the best for the Hokage!"

Tsunade peeked at it, then grinned. "Great! Now, go turn it into syrup."

Both Naruto and Sakura facefaulted. "What!" Sakura cried. "Are you serious?"

"Yes," Tsunade nodded gravely. "Go boil it or whatever. Then bring it back." She turned to Kakashi. "Go make me pancakes." Kakashi nodded and left. Tsunade leaned back in her chair and sighed contentedly. "I love being Hokage." She frowned at Naruto and Sakura, who were still staring at her. "Go. Now!"

The two scurried out. Sakura hid a mischievous smile as she and Naruto headed to his house. He had wanted to go to hers, but she had insisted going to his; she hoped she could find the internet once there.

Next chapter: Will Sakura discover what this internet is all about? Will Naruto go on his ramen date? Will Tsunade be satisfied with the syrup they have brought her? Will Kakashi make good pancakes! Find out in chapter 2 of Pancakes, Dates, and More!