Okay chapter ten, sorry it took so long, I had trouble with it, its not an excuse, its the truth D: lol its not the best but I hope its sufficient, I want to thank all my reviewers, and I'm sorry it took me so long, I really am. But I hope you enjoy! :)

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Shika looked down at the blonde who was laying in his arms, "You what?" he asked quietly, his normally even voice cracked a little as he asked. The girl twisted herself so that she could look up at him. Her ocean orbs were wide when she turned them on him.

"I love you." she repeated, her tone was soft and honest, her eyes met his when she said it to him.

"Do you really mean that?" the boy asked, unconsciously his arms tightened around the girl's thin waist. Something in his chest felt weird with the thought that she could be lying to him. He didn't like that feeling. She nodded up at him, her blonde hair tickled his arm as she did.

"I don't say it unless I really mean it."

The boy smiled down at her, relived that she wasn't just saying the words to say them. The idea that she really meant it made the odd feeling leave, the negative one at least. But in its place he felt some sort of flutter in his chest. It was uncomfortable but in a comfortable way and it made him feel, if possible, odder than the negative feeling. Maybe it was relief. He grinned a little as he opened his mouth to speak. "I love you too, Ino."

Sakura looked up at the sky the next day, wondering if the past day had even been real. She had sat with Sasuke for like, four hours, and he asked her, well... they sort of decided together that they could go out sometime. 'Would that be considered a date?' the girl wondered silently to herself.

She stretched a little as she walked, she had gotten a message from Tsunade requesting her at her office, and she was on the way now. Her feet kicked up small puffs of clouds as she walked towards the Hokage's tower, waiting to see if her other teammates had been summoned as well. Sure enough with in a few seconds she saw Naruto walk out from the street beside hers, his hands behind his blond head; and Sasuke come from the other side, his hands in his pockets.

She frowned a little when she saw the blond hair of the one boy, but as soon as Sasuke was in her view the frown disappeared. In its place rested a small shy smile. With a deep breath she decided it was gonna have to happen eventually. It was also better to have it happen before they were in front of Tsunade, so why not now?

"Hey Naruto," she gave him a little wave as the three got closer. "morning Sasuke." she smiled at him brightly. She was surprised to see him give her a small smile. Well, it was more like a happier smirk, his lips just twisted up just a little bit more, and she wondered if he even wanted them to, but it made her happy anyways.

"Hey, um, Sakura?" that was Naruto's voice from her right, it was a lot quieter than it normally was. She looked at him then and gave him her attention. "I'm sorry, about the last few days, I mean, that was mean of me."

Her pink hair swished as she shook her head. "Don't worry about it, I'm fine. I just hope you take care of Hinata-" his blue eyes widened as she started to lecture him.

"Of course!" he said loudly, eyes wide with something that looked like fear. "I couldn't hurt Hinata-chan! She's so delicate, I-I" She saw Sasuke roll his black orbs at the other male's attempt at explaining himself.

Sakura laughed a little, "I know she is Naruto, just take care of her please." the blond male nodded at that and lifted his hand to scratch the back of his head. 'Does that mean I'm not delicate or is she just more delicate?' Sakura wondered quietly to herself.

A quietness ate at them then, like a small child tugging at a parents arm for attention, the silence tugged at them to keep to themselves. It was awkward, Sakura wasn't sure how Sasuke was feeling about their time together the past day; Naruto was thinking about Hinata and if Sakura hated him; and Sasuke was freaking out, just completely worrying whether the petite female was still into Naruto from her words or if she was just trying to be nice.

Sasuke's black eyes glanced over at the two and noticed the larger distance between them. He himself was only a foot and a half away from the girl, but Naruto was almost double that. 'Maybe he thinks she's really mad at him...' Sasuke looked back to the road ahead. There were some girls in front of them who were staring at him, making those heart shaped eyes with infatuation. He sighed, why did people have to be so strange.

A few minutes after that they made it into the tower. They were told to wait a handful of moments in the waiting room. So they did. Sasuke leaning himself against the wall; Sakura grabbing a magazine and flipping through it, her green eyes skimming over the words; and Naruto just sat, sat and looked at the ceiling.

It seemed like forever passed before Shizune came to get them for the Hokage. She smiled at them and said that Tsunade was ready for them then.

When Team Seven walked in they saw Tsunade staring at them. Her fingers laced and crossed under her chin, holding up her face. Her caramel eyes ran over each of them for a split second before she leaned back. "Is Kakashi here?" she asked quietly. Shizune started to panic, running back out of the door and down the hall.

"Do we need Kakashi grandma?" Sakura hit his arms for calling Tsunade a grandma. Naruto winced and gave Sakura a look as he asked. "I mean, we're good ninja, we don't need to take him along..."

"Be quiet Naruto." she glared at him for a moment. "Of coarse you need him, you're not strong enough to go by yourself." the boy opened his mouth to complain but Sakura hit him again and it quieted him before the words had time to start out of his mouth.

With a poof of smoke, the older male ninja appeared. "Sorry m'lady, I got lost in the-"

"Shut up." the blonde woman said. "Now, all of you listen, I have a mission for you." the younger blond in the room about peed himself, he did a little dance, now excited to have come to see her. It had been a while since their last mission together. "Naruto stop dancing around." the boy gave her a look before stopping. "I need you all to go and investigate caves-"

"What?" Naruto yelled at her. "That's not a mission!"

"Naruto!" Sakura hissed, hitting him once more, she was getting irritated with his interruptions. "Just listen will you!" the blond glared at her and Sasuke had to try and stifle a tiny chuckle.

"I didn't get to finish." Her brown eyes were resting on the boy that reminded her of her brother. It was so hard to talk to him every time he came to see her, it hurt her heart. "I need you to investigate caves for robbers. There is a small village to the north who say they are having trouble with live stock being stolen from them. They keep finding the dead bodies by this cave. I need you to investigate and see what you can find out. I want you all to leave tomorrow. Any questions?" they all shook their heads. "Then I'll see you later. If you see Shizune racing through the halls please tell her to come back." they nodded and left.

The three of them walked together, after leaving the building the silver haired adult gave them a smile, opening his little orange book and disappeared away once more. Naruto was glaring at the ground, a little happier with their mission now, but still upset it wasn't something better. Sasuke was as silent as always, his black eyes watching the road ahead of them. And Sakura wasn't sure how she felt. Quiet and a little nervous to go on a mission with the two males.

"Well, I'm going to go find Hinata-chan to eat, would you all like to come?" Naruto asked, turning around for a second to look at his two teammates. When Sasuke shook his head, Sakura did too, thanking him for the invitation but saying she wasn't hungry for ramen. He shrugged and then bounded away to find the petite raven haired Hyuuga.

Sakura let her lime eyes turn to the boy beside her. His hair was sticking up in the back like usual, looking like a duck's butt. She always thought it was odd looking, especially when they were little, but he grew into it, and now it looked amazing on him. No matter how odd it was to have duck butt shaped hair.

"So..." the girl started. "what now?"

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