Title: Mission Accomplished!
Rating: K+ (For now)
Summary: Tsunade issues team seven a mission: Grab a pile of herbs from the bottom of a lake. 'Doesn't seem too hard.' Sasuke figures but there's one eency weency problem.
Pairing: Sasu/Saku (and some Kaka/Anko later in fic.)
Author: LoopyLoo13
Hi, this story is just some random idea I had while on a walk with a friend. Enjoy:)
"Alright, this is going to be a cold hard mission and you all need to be working together for this!" Tsunade lectured Team Seven as they sat in her office. She had sent three other teams on this mission and all had made strange excuses, one of the most memorable ones had been Team Gai's;
"Well you see, Tsunade-sama," Tenten gulped slightly, and Neji prodded her with his finger, an urgent look across his face. Tenten looked back at Tsunade, and began hurriedly speaking, "my bunny is sick and only I can look after it and I also have to tell my little brother to shower every day and, and, and…" She trailed off, grinning sheepishly when Tsunade simply raised an eyebrow.
Tsunade had excused her with a very loud shout of, "Tenten, I know you have no bunny and no little brother, all you have is two Goannas, three cats, one Chinese fighting mongoose and a goldfish!"
Tsunade was now resorting to her least favourite option, Team Seven. She knew that they would take this mission just to show the other teams that they weren't just the team with the loud mouth, the pervert, the previously-missing-nin and the PMS-prone medic with super strength.
"We can do this Tsunade-sama, 'ttebayo!" Yelled Naruto, flashing one of his trademark grins.
"For once, I agree with Naruto. We accept this mission." Sakura replied calmly to her mentor, while bashing Naruto on the head with a single hand.
"Hn…" Sasuke grunted as he watched Naruto slide to the floor, who was groaning in pain and twitching slightly. Kakashi simply nodded, bowed to Godaime and shooed his team outside of her office.
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"Teme, what's wrong? Is your ramen cold or something?" Asked Naruto with concern as he gulped down his thirteenth bowl of Miso Ramen.
"Yeah Sasuke, you haven't been yourself since we went to visit Tsunade-sama this morning," Sakura said with an equal amount of concern, while checking Sasuke's temperature with her palm.
"Gerroff', nothings wrong!" Sasuke glared at Sakura for having touched the top of his precious hair.
"Well FINE then grumpy guts!" Sakura stated as she stood and looked at her watch. She sighed heavily, and said, "Damn, I really have to get to those swimming lessons, those kids won't teach themselves. Bye Naruto-kun, bye Sasuke!" With that final statement, she exited Ichiraku Ramen Bar and disappeared in a cloud of smoke off to her swimming class.
"I better go too. Bye Dobe." Sasuke followed Sakura's suit and left.
Naruto, who hadn't heard anything since 'Those kids won't teach themselves' carried on day-dreaming about robotic children who could be programmed to do anything and humming the Star Wars theme tune.
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Why the hell does Sakura have to teach so far away?
Well it's all worth it just to see her in a bathing suit, hehehe!
-sigh- How can you be so perverted?!
Well I am your inner, you must be as bad as me!
I doubt it.
Fine then, but who's running across rooftops just to talk to our beloved Sakura-chan…
Shut it! I'm only doing this so I can complete my mission. You know full well I can't swim!
Well, why not ask the Dobe?
Don't you ever think before opening your mouth? Naruto would yell it from the top of Tsunade's tower!
Oh yeah, I guess Sakura-chan is our only option.
Too right.
With a tired sigh, Sasuke stuffed his hands in his pockets and trudged into the swimming grounds.
"Would you like a complementary towel sir?" The assistant asked Sasuke after he had paid for his entrance.
"Uh, no." He replied flatly.
"Ok sir, enjoy your stay and remember no running, splashing, dunking, kunais or streaking." The annoyingly cheerful girl reminded him.
Damn, they won't let you have any fun here; no wonder Sakura-kun hates it!
I doubt any of those rules are for the sake of us not having fun.
Yeah right! I mean what respectful jounin wouldn't want to show of his a-
Say another word and I you'll be tasting your own feet for the ne-
"Oh hi Sasuke-kun, what are you doing here?" Sakura interrupted his train of thought with her cheery talking-to-a-little-kid voice.
"Wha- Oh, hey Sakura." Sasuke replied with a nervous glance around him to check if anybody else had caught him off guard.
"You know Sasuke, you really should make it less obvious when you talk to your inner." Sakura stated matter-of-factly.
"What the- How do you know about my inner?!" Sasuke growled.
Sakura looked taken aback but then she smirked at him and said, "Well if you didn't start foaming at the mouth every time you talk with him!" Sakura poked him on his arm.
"Hn." Sasuke grunted, defeated. "So, uh…um…" Sasuke replaced his hands in his pockets and shifted slightly from foot to foot.
"What is it?" Sakura asked looking concerned as Sasuke's vocabulary increased from his normal 'hn'ing.
"Can we talk…over there?" He asked, nodding in the direction of a small bench underneath some shady trees on the other side of the pool.
"Sure, I finish here in two minutes. I'll meet you there."
Sasuke wondered over to mentioned bench and gazed up at the trees.
Stupid trees, they don't have to learn to swim.
Dude, trees don't have to learn anything.
Sasuke raised a hand to his mouth and felt for foam. Finding nothing, he went back to his subconscious chat.
Do you remember why we never thought about learning to swim before?
Uh, because our weasel of a brother killed our entire clan before they could teach us, duh!
I know but, you'd have thought I would have needed this skill before now.
Oh well, ya' live, ya' learn.
Sasuke looked around him and saw Sakura some forty metres away and checked his mouth for foam again.
"Hey, so whadja' wanna talk about?" Sakura asked as she sauntered up to him.
"I need a favour." Sasuke had been rehearsing this moment in his heads on the way here. "I realised this morning that I do not have the necessary skills to complete our recently appointed mission."
"Uh, ok…" Sakura looked confused.
Sasuke sighed, and decided to just get it out straight away. "I can't swim." He stated sharply.
"What?" Sakura raised her eyebrow, "Are you pulling my leg?" She grinned at him, expecting it to be a joke.
"No."
"Oh…" Sakura's grin fell and was replaced with an embarrassed look. "So…you really can't swim?"
"No."
"…Wow…"
Sasuke sighed, and people told him he had a lacking vocabulary. "Look all I need is one lesson, and then I'll be good."
"Sasuke…I don't know if you know anything about teaching but it usually takes a little more than just one lesson." Sakura eyed him warily, still expecting him to jump out and yell, 'April Fools!', even though the date was the seventh of October…Still!
"Fine."
"…So, when would you like to start?" Sakura asked after a moments pause.
"…When are you free?"
"I guess I don't have anything tonight. If you wanna come down here, I'll let us in, say eightish?" Sakura scratched her nose with a finger.
"Yeah."
"Well I'll see you tonight."
"Bye."
Sasuke turned and strolled towards the exit. Wow, that felt really weird! Had he…Had he just organised a date with Sakura?
Hee hee, cliffy! Sorry but it has to end this way, I will be working on another chappy and hopefully updating soon. Summer Holidays Rock!
Special thanks to: aBoOm-Un (my beta)
I hope you enjoyed this story! Merry Christmas!
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Loopy xx