The cover art is a picture of all my OC's. Sasuke get's Kiyoko (girl on right) who has black hair and blue eyes, Sakura get's Mina (girl in middle) who has long blond hair and green eyes, and Naruto gets Akari (girl on left) who has both brown hair and eyes.

Again Sasuke found himself rereading the scroll. Was this some kind of sick twisted joke? To give such a task to a ninja at his caliber was just down right insulting. Well, then again, the mission WAS for his team. His teammates WERE pretty pathetic.
"This is gonna be fun!"
"Naruto take this mission seriously!"
Naruto just continued to smile.
"I'm just happy it's not one of those other stupid D ranked missions like hunting down cats or pulling weeds out of peoples gardens."
…but why did HE have to partake in something like this? He sure as hell didn't think this was gonna be fun. Sasuke sighed. Kids…why did it have to be kids?

- (earlier that day)

"Today you are going to be assigned to a mission that is different from your regular assignments." Tsunade explained as she pulled out a scroll to hand over to Kakashi "Today I've assigned each of you a task in babysitting."
"Eeeh!?" Naruto began complaining. "Babysitting!? Are you serious!? That's like…a D rank mission!"
Normally this would be the time Sakura would smack Naruto upside the head but…he was right. For a while now they had been doing at least C rank missions. Why were they now dropped to doing D level work?

Tsunade growled in annoyance.
"Do you NEED another reason OTHER than the fact that I told you to do so?"
"Yeah!"
Sasuke buried his face in his hand. Naruto…you idiot. Kakashi then noticed something on the scroll and looked up at Tsunade.
"You think they'd be ready to handle a task like this?"
The Genin then turned to look at their sensai. Even Sasuke was curious why Kakashi would ask such a thing. Tsunade sighed then looked the young ninja's square in the eyes.

"This isn't physically challenging, nor is there a chance of getting physically hurt. Hence why it is considered a D rank mission. However there are times when this type of mission can be very emotionally challenging. Which is why this type of mission is NEVER given to Genin who are just starting out, but to those with more experience. The people being watched are kids who have parents going off doing A-C ranked missions. Which means their parents could die while off in a mission." Kakashi then walked up to the desk unrolling the scroll and took out a pen as Tsunade continued. "Your job will be to watch them until a guardian comes back. Should both the guardians be reported dead, it will be your job to tell the child AND send them to their new guardians."
"Seriously?"
Naruto gawked.
"Yes, because in order to take this mission you must sign the contract on the scroll. By doing so, you have written that you are from here on out responsible for that child. That responsibility is what makes this mission a mission."

-(end of flashback)

Sasuke HATED kids. Every little thing about them made him cringe. From their loud whinny voice, cries, and overall personality made Sasuke contemplate wither or not restoring his clan was actually worth it. He'd seen parents and their children all the time while roaming Konoha, and trust me when I say it wasn't pretty. Kids throwing tantrums on the ground, picking their noises and touching things, getting messy and were down right just embarrassing to be around. There were times he actually felt bad for the parents. But at the same time there was also the fact that somewhere deep down inside he was also jealous of those kids. That those kids…still had parents.

Sasuke had stopped walking altogether as he looked at the address that was given to him. Now he was gonna have to watch one of those said kids. For how long? …Did it matter? Being stuck watching a kid was hell in out of itself no matter how long it took.

Glancing up he noticed his teammates were already off to their assigned houses. That and he wasn't too far from his own assigned house. Looking around he then spotted the building and started heading towards the door. He didn't knock though. He just… stood there. As though the door would somehow magically know he was there and open up for him. He didn't want to do this, not one bit.

"Hey! Dumbass! Get out of the way!"
Sasuke blinked a few times. He had been called many things: handsome, perfect, wiseass, bastered, teme, but never had anyone actually call him dumb. He turned around to face the person, only to wined up looking down. The person who had called him a dumbass was a child, who from the looks of it, had just gotten back from the store. If he were to guess, this was probably the same child he was supposed to watch for the upcoming god who knows how many days.
"I take it your Kiyoko."
The girl rolled her eyes.
"Nooo, I'm one of Santa's little helpers."
Sasuke twitched as he tried to force a smile.
"You certainly look the part."
"And you TOTALLY look like a ninja." She then began walking up the steps to the house while digging into her pockets "Move it Duck butt." She then shoved Sasuke away from the door and began opening it. Sasuke clinched his fist. Was she seriously a child? He was about to comment but then the door shut in his face. Sasuke was literally fuming; this kid was seriously starting to piss him off.

"Hey! Open up! I'm supposed to be watching you!" there came no response. "Hey!"
"Aren't you, like, supposed to be some kind of a ninja? Surly you could find a way to break in if you wanted to be inside THAT badly."
Oooh, Sasuke wanted to break something all right. He stood there a while waiting for the girl to open the door, but clearly no such thing was gonna happen. Annoyed Sasuke then stormed around the house to find another way in.

"…what took you so long?"
The girl asked as she began munching on a sandwich. Sasuke was close from snapping. Even NARUTO didn't make him this angry. And this was just day one. How the hell do normal people put up with this? I mean seriously, he had to climb through the attic window just to get inside!
"You are SO dead!"
The girl merely looked at him dully and continued her sandwich.
"Ah huh."
Worst part was, he was actually considering too, but he knew better. After all, he signed the contract saying he would be responsible for her. There for killing her was completely out of the question. …no matter how tempting it was. But that didn't mean he was gonna let the girl get away with her actions.
"In the corner, NOW."
He said as he pointed a finger towards a corner. But the girl just sat there. Eatting.
"NOW." He repeated only this time activating his sharingan.
The girl's eyes widened and Sasuke smirked. This surly had to scare her…

"Dude…those are so cool…" She then got off her seat and walked up to him. "How do you do that?"

That wasn't quite the reaction Sasuke was hoping for.
"Corner-"
"I mean, you didn't even use any hand signatures to activate it."
"Corner-"
"Is it something that comes from the family or are you just cursed? …Hey!"
Sasuke had picked the girl up, walked to a corner, and flopped her down.
"Now, you are going to STAY until I say so."
"…and if I don't?"
Sasuke twitched and his fingers coiled. He wanted to strangle her…
"Well then, I'll just have to keep putting you back."
"…that sounds like fun!"
And with that the girl got up and ran.
"Oh for the love of- GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!"

The rest of the day had been spent chasing after her. Since she had run out the door and had more hiding places through out the town. That and it wasn't like she was just some ordinary kid, she was a ninja too. Well, ninja in training in the ninja academy; but that had still meant she knew some ninja moves. Her most common move was to manipulate the chakra around her legs and feet to make her move in ridicules amounts of speed. Had it not been for Sasuke's sharingan he probably would of never of caught her.

"You…you totally cheated…"
She yawned as Sasuke carried her under his arm.
"I wouldn't have needed to use them if you hadn't ran off like that in the first place!"
Again she yawned. Sasuke then noticed that it was dark and sighed. The punishment was just gonna have to wait. He needed to get this brat to bed.
"You know…I had a lot of fun today…" She smiled very warmly. "I haven't had this much fun…in a really long time…"
Sasuke just sighed as he opened the door to the house. This was going to be the most longest mission he was ever gonna have.