My first ever Naruto fic! I hope you like it! sasuxsaku pairing :)

Hidden Valley Mission

She could feel the warmth of the morning sun on her blanket. Thinking it was probably around 7:30 in the morning, she sat down on her bed then after a couple of minutes, she retired again and hid her face under a pillow. "Now that I think of it…" she started, "I've been following him like some kind of a lovesick puppy…"

She threw her pillow at the edge of the bed and groaned. She sat up again on her bed and got off it, proceeding to the vanity mirror and looking at herself.

She was a mess. She was never used to waking up at mornings anyway.

Her hair was everywhere; pink strands were loosely covering her puffy eyes that were the result of yesterday evening's cry. The evening was terrible. Haruno Sakura, grabbed a brush and pondered over what Uchiha Sasuke said that night.

"I hate being followed. I hate being watched. Stop it."

Sakura, having thought that Sasuke was having another of his temper problems, smiled and joked around. "It's okay! I'll just watch your training and besides," she grabbed the heavy basket she brought and showed it to him. "I brought food! Lucky Naruto is not here."

"I don't want you here." He answered back, his back in front of her. "You've been giving me problems and it's really disturbing my concentration and everything so stop it. Don't you have anything else to do?"

"But-"

"I mean it!" he shouted, then disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Her green eyes shone with tears again and she immediately wiped it away. Sasuke probably thought that he was the only thing in her mind. She let out a laugh. She put down her brush and closed her eyes, concluding everything. "He's probably right. I should get a life." Opening her eyes again, she smiled with confidence. "Okay Sasuke, your words mean that much to me." She whispered, finally heading towards the bathroom.

"Another noodles please!" Naruto exclaimed, putting his empty bowl on top of another one, adding to 7. Giggling beside him was Hinata, amused by Naruto's big appetite. On his other side was Shikamaru, looking at Naruto. "I feel like I'm with Chouji right now. You know Hinata, you shouldn't waste good money on Naruto." He said, stretching out his arms. "I wonder what they want us to do this time." He suddenly said, referring to what Kurenai and all their other sensei said.

Naruto slurped on his noodles and answered. "Beats me. Delicious! Thanks for the treat Hinata!"

The blue haired genin blushed and meekly smiled. "It's okay." She looked at Shikamaru and gave her thought. "Probably another mission, but it's really weird that they want all of us genins to be in the same mission." She cast a sideway glance at the street and saw a familiar pink haired girl dressed in her usual red clothes. "Oh, it's Sakura."

No more thoughts of Sasuke. Sakura thought as she walked to towards Ino's flower shop. "I'll show him that I am a great ninja and I've learned everything. Maybe then he'll accept me…" Sakura whispered to herself, entering Ino's shop with a fake smile on her face.

"Oh, you're here again? Another flower for your Sasuke?" Ino greeted Sakura, grinning.

"Good morning Ino." She greeted back and looked at the flowers. "I'll take the daffodils."

Ino got it for her and though for a moment, "You're going to Lee?"

Sakura nodded, getting the two daffodils from her friend. "Yeah. Sasuke's probably wandering elsewhere, who knows?"

Ino couldn't believe what she was hearing. "What's this? You're talking like he's not you Sasuke-kun at all!" Ino eyed her evilly and then pounded her fist on her other hand. "Aha! He dumped you didn't he? I knew it, he's better off with me!" she joked, knowing Sakura would make her pay for what she said.

Sakura laughed. "See you later." She simply answered and went out the door. Ino raised her eyebrow in confusion. "What's up with those two anyway?"

By 8:30 am, Naruto has met up with Kakashi before going to the assigned place for the meeting. "Hey Kakashi, what's up with every genin meeting up?"

Kakashi lowered his Making Out Paradise book, and looked at Naruto. "Why should I tell you first? I want to see you early because I don't want you fighting up with the others. Where's Sasuke?"

Naruto heaved a sigh. "How should I know? I'm not his mom."

"You dope." Someone answered, giving Naruto a hard smack on the head. Naruto glared at Sasuke and showed him his fist. "Why you-"

Kakashi rolled his eyes and looked around. "That's strange. It's usually Sakura who gets here early." Naruto agreed and looked around. "Or maybe she just went ahead." Sasuke replied, walking away from them. "Let's go."

They were the last team to arrive and everyone was there except Rock Lee and Kankurou. Seeing his newfound crush, Naruto gleefully ran towards Hinata. She smiled and showed him a lunchbox full of sandwiches. Naruto felt like in heaven. This is nice! Having Hinata supply me with food and support is the best. He cast his eyes on Sasuke and shook his head. That dimwit, he thought, standing beside Hinata, he could use Sakura to temper him down. Having thought of Sakura, he roved his eyes around the area. "Strange. Sakura's not here yet." He muttered.

"Listen up!" Kurenai exclaimed. "Lord Hokage has found another ally for Konoha." Kakashi nodded, and while Kurenai was explaining, Sakur came into view. All eyes were on her, so she just waved an apologetic hand to Kakashi and walked over to Ino.

"Since when did you start appearing late?" Ino asked. Sakura shrugged and replied, "The meeting just started anyway." Ino gave a puzzled look at her friend, who was listening intently to Kurenai. She's so strange…

"It's Mist Village, their new area is found in Hundred Valleys. You're tasked to guard their new village for about two weeks." Kurenai concluded.

Shikamaru sighed. "That's it? It's like going on a vacation." Chouji elbowed Shikamaru and gave a satisfying lick. "I heard they serve the best food! Ow!" Ino gave him a loud spank and sighed. "Honestly, don't you ever think of something else?"

Kakashi gave a small cough to get their attention. "Being a new ally of Konoha and just rebuilding a village is a sign of threat. Valid sources say that a group of assassins want that village cleared. They supply the best quality of weapons and it would be a great boost to Konoha. If there are assassins willing to do that, I'm pretty sure you'll be up against good opponents."

Kurenai whispered something to Kakashi's ear and Kakashi nodded. "Oh, of course. Temari?"

The blonde girl gave a small nod and ask what Kakashi want. "Can you and Gaara do a little spying. Down the valley is the large village of Hanado. Lord Hokage wants you to catch this renegade anbu,"

"Now how come they have that mission!" Naruto bellowed, wanting to strangle Kakashi.

Gaara remained his cool just by standing on the corner. Temari looked at him and shrugged. "Sure. I guess two of us can manage. Unless anyone out there wants to come with us." Temari looked at the other genins. He saw Sasuke and Neji giving it a thought and Naruto was about to stand up when someone approached Kakashi and volunteered. Temari was surprised, she never thou.

Even Kakashi was surprised. "Are you sure Sakura? If you think they really need you-"

Sakura smiled. "It's better if I'm with them. I don't think I'm of any help in their group either." Since everyone was all ears, their eyes soon landed on Sasuke.

The raven haired genin heard it clearly. He knew Sakura's statement was clearly pointing at him. He frowned. What's up with her? Feeling everyone was staring at him, he turned his back to them and sat down quietly.

"Temari?" Kurenai asked, Temari gave her a thumbs-up sign when Gaara didn't give any reaction. "That's his yes." Temari pointed out.

"Okay then!" Kakashi answered. "Both groups will depart at 5:00 am sharp tomorrow morning."

When everyone was walking out now, Sasuke waited for Sakura to walk towards him but was dismayed when she joined Temari. "Is she that angry with me?" he asked himself, slowly sauntering away from the meeting place. Sakura could only watch his retreating figure.

This first chapter really doesn't have anything yet! The second one will be better! Thanks! Pls review! J