Sasuke ran through the trees, looking for Naruto. Sakura stood with Kakashi. Naruto hid in a tree. Kakashi held a stopwatch.

"Damn, damn, damn, damn... Time, time,time!!" Sasuke mumbled as he searched for Naruto.

Naruto looked down through the trees and saw Sasuke run by. What crappy timing... Now, while no noise is permitted, he HAS to sneeze. He watched as Sasuke ran out of sight behind branches and leaves.

Once he couldn't see Sasuke any more, he sneezed, only slightly, when he was scared shitless as Sasuke grabbed him from behind and continued running him back to Kakashi.

"Dammit! How do you do that every single time?!" Naruto asked slightly pissed at his own self, being carried over Sasuke's shoulder as he ran.

Sasuke smirked. "You don't need to know things."

Naruto sighed and hung limply down Sasuke's back.

Being as how Naruto wasn't in any position to see his face, Sasuke smiled slightly to himself. He quickly cleared his mind of anything but time as he neared Kakashi.

Sasuke ran into the clearing and stopped, dropping Naruto on the grassy yet rather hard ground. "Done!"

"Oww...!" Naruto whined, holding his ass where he'd been so rudely dropped.

Sasuke rolled his eyes at him and shook his head slightly. "What'd I get?" glancing over at Naruto as the fox pouted on the floor beside him, as much as he hated to admit it to himself, cutely.

Kakashi smiled (or did he?) and said, "Four minutes and twenty-eight seconds. "

"That's twenty-nine seconds better than last time!" Sasuke celebrated breifly, still only a smirk on his face.

Naruto stood. "Man! Am I really that easy to find?"

Kakashi chuckeled. "Looks like either you're really bad at hide-and-seek or Sasuke's just that good....or both"

Naruto pouted again and stuck his tongue out at Sasuke. "You suck...!"

"Oh be quiet you dobe, you're just mad 'cause I'm so much better than you." Sasuke quirked.

They scouled at eachother and if you looked close enough, you would swear you say sparks of rivalry.

"Now, now, don't kill each other over a this. It's just for fun, well, kind of. Anyway, you guys can go home for the day." Kakashi stated, pulling out his book and leaning against a nearby tree.

All three truned almost simultaniously to leave.

"Oh, uhh, Sasuke?" Kakashi inquired.

The said teen sighed. "Yes?"

The silverheaded man looked at the raven over the top of his book. "I'd like you to stay for a moment longer, I'd like to talk to you."

The younger male closed his dark eyes, quickly turned on his heel, and headed toward his Sensei.

"Uhhm, bye Sasuke!!" Sakura chimed, hopeful for a response.

Sasuke cringed at her voice. "Ugh..." He looked at Kakashi, who happened to be stairing at him rather curiously.
"Why are you looking at me like that? It's creeping me out." the dark headed teen peered at the older of them.

"Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke...." Kakashi shook his head teasingly. "What are we going to do with you?" he asked as he slipped his book back in his pocket.

"What do you mean what are you gonna do with me?" Sasuke quirked a brow as Kakashi continued to stair at him.

"The great 'Uchiha Prodigy'..." Kakashi stopped and grinned.

The said prodigy sighed. "What about me?"

Kakashi seemed to be enjoying himself. "...has a crush."

Sasuke's eyes went slightly wider than normal but quickly regained their normal stature. "I what...?"

The masked man repeaded himself as if he were the all-knowing. "You have a crush."

"And why do you think this of me?" Sasuke quizzed.

Kakashi just staired at him mockingly. "How long do you plan on living in denile?"

Sasuke sighed and smirked slightly to hide his blush, trying to keep his cool. "How...how do you know about that?" He looked his teacher square in the eye to show he wasn't intimitated by his earlier remark.

Kakashi kind of half chuckeled. "Your whole attitide lately has been slightly off. You've been doing little things here and there to discretely flirt with a certian blonde we both know rather well." He peered at Sasuke to gague his reaction.

Sasuke's eyes were wide and he didn't try to hide it this time "Oh, God, he knows! Why, oh, why does he know?!?" He scanned the ground benieth him for a response. "I...I don't know what to say..."

Kakashi moved slightly closer to the young teen. "Do you want to confess to him?"

Sasuke blushed and his eyes darted to Kakashi's. "If this is all some cruel joke, you better stop right now, 'cause it's not even clost to funny!"

"No, I'm being serious! Really, I went throught the same thing with my.." he paused to find the right word, "..partner." Kakashi looked to Sasuke seriously to show he ment it.

"You?! You're the biggest perv I know, you couldn't possibly...!!" the raven was in total shock.

The masked man nodded. "But I am, and it's been...how should I say...ful o fnew expieriences! You wanna know who I snagged?"

"Who?!" The younger of the two didn't mean for it to sound that eager but it did. "I mean, who are you with? Do I know him?"

Kakashi took a breath. "Oh yeah, you definitely know him."

Saskue scanned Kakashi's face for the rest of his answer.

When the teacher felt he'd waited long enough he said: "Iruka."

"Oh my God!!" Sasuke blinked several times in a row.

"And you know what?"  Kakashi asked the shocked teen.

"Hmm?" was about all said teen could get out.

The silver headed man pointed at himself with  his thumb and proclained: "I'm gonna help you confess!"

Sasuke staired at him blankly for a moment and then laughed.

"Hey, I'm being serious here! You wan him to know don't you? You have to tell him somethime, right?"

Sasuke burst out: "No, I don't have to tell him! Are you crazy?! I'd get shot down and ridiculed by everyone faster than I could get the words out! Besides, it's just a weird phase I'm going through, I'll get over it soon enough."

"You know, one, Naruto is a very openminded person, I'm alomst positive he'd return your feelings; two, no one has to know, look at me and Iruka; and three, who says you have to use words?" Kakashi looked at Sasuke with this funny expression that was completely serious, yet he was smiling.

Sasuke stayed silent for a few moments, and then, ever so softly: "You really think it could work out?"

Kakashi smiled reassuringly. "Knowing Naruto, he probably already knows in the back of his mind, he just won't admit it yet. Trust me, once you tell him how you feel everything will fall into place."

".....Thanks a lot Kakashi....." Sasuke smiled slightly and looked up at the older man.

The sensei of the other replied: "Anytime, you know I'm there to back you up anytime."

The younger of the two stayed silent as he was thinking everything over. "When...do you think I should tell him?"

"I think you should show him." the masked other remarked cooly.

Sasuke held a light pink color again. "What exactly do you mean?"

Kakashi smiled deviously. "I'm gonna send you two on a 'secret five day mission'. I propose that somethime in those five days, you gather up all your courage..."

"And..?!" Sasuke asked anxiously.

"...you kiss him. No words, just a simple kiss. Show him that you care."

The raven's eyes widened dangerously. "I don't think I can do that... That's not a normal thing for me!" Sasuke was freaking out slightly.

"It's ok! If you can't do it on your little love trip I can find another way, I'll help you every step along this hard path!" The silver haired man said triumphantly.

Sasuke sighed. "Ok first thing, never call anything a 'little love trip' ever again, it's creepy. And second, I...think I might be able to do this!"

"That's the spirit! I'll make arrangements! I suggest you prepare youself, but don't worry too much, 'cause Naruto's never kissed anyone other than you before either..."

Sasuke sighed rather pissed. "Why does everyone always refer to that mistake of a day?! It was an accident!"

Kakashi smirked. "Maybe...you never know what was going through his mind..." and with that, the older man was gone, leaving Sasuke alone to think.

"Maybe...?"


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"ALRIGHTY THEN! Let's get started, shall we?!" Kakashi exclaimed, appearing seemingly out of nowhere, causing Sakura to scream.

Sasuke, as usual, leaning on something random, just kind of looked at his teacher. Is he gonna follow up?? He had major butterflies.

Naruto just stood there with his hands behind his head grinning. "Good morning, Sensei!"

"You seem in a good mood this morning, Naruto. I like that!" Kakashi returned his greeting.

Naruto put his hands to his sides. "Well on a random note this morning I checked my online horoscope and it said something along the lines of, 'You will recieve extremely good news today! Prepere yourself for a wonderful vacation!' It really made me feel like today was a good day."

Kakashi smirked a little. "Well it was right about at least one thing. I'm sending you and Sasuke on a mission to go collect some rare flowers in our forest thing we have here. It'll take about five days." he glances at Sasuke as he said this last part.

"Aww, why does he get to go alone with Sasuke?! Why couldn't I go?!" Saukra complained, glairing at Naruto.

Naruto shot back: "Why are you glairing at me?! I didn't choose this!"

"Alright kiddies! Time to stop fighting before I have to put you both in time out!" their teacher mocked them lightly.

Sasuke really didn't want to speak up but he had to know. "When are we leaving?"

Kakashi looked at his nonexistant watch. "Oh my gosh! You have to leave right away!" He grabbed a tent and a blanket, again, seemingly out of nowhere and tossed them at Sasuke. "We're a little short supplied right now so you'll have to either share or one of you sleeps outside." He handed Naruto a little map and pointed to a red circle on the opposite end of the map that they were now: "That's where the flowers are planted. Better hurry if you want to get a headstart before nightfall!"

The two young teens looked at eachother and the blonde one shrugged. "Well then, let's get going."

They started down a dirt path that looked neverending into the trees. Before Sasuke could get too far, Kakashi whispered to only him: "Good luck...!"

TBC.....