Naruto was sitting on the bench near the Southern Main Gate of the Leaf Village. The rain plastered his hair on his face, and soaked his clothes straight through. He was waiting for a certain someone. "Naruto!" Sakura yelled with her usual roaring voice. He looked up to see a team following her. It took a second for him to focus his eyes through the thick blanket of rain, but he saw Shino, with his usual mysterious mood. "Hey, how 'bout it? Grandma Tsunade teamed us up!" Naruto yelled above the roar of roof-shaking thunder.
Naruto was awestruck as Shino and Sakura explained the details. Naruto was in as soon as he heard the words "chase" and. "Sasuke". He knew they had a mission, but not one as thrilling as this. "So, when do we set off?" asked Naruto. "Sunrise" Sakura replied. "Oh, crap, that's only four hours away!" exclaimed Naruto. "Yeah, but with your energy, you shouldn't need sleep, we already slept," said Shino.
"Yeah, but I need sleep, if I don't get any, I act like a complete Gaara!" yelled Naruto. "What the flying sand did you jus' say?" asked a mysterious voice. Naruto whipped around to find Gaara holding an empty rum bottle. "Hey Gaara, why are you drunk?" asked Naruto. "I didn't know, and I'm not drunk! Temari gave me a bottle of water, then she drugged it!" Gaara yelled. "Well sorry Mr. Dumbnut," said Naruto, "then why does it look like a bottle'o'rum?" "Good question," replied Gaara, who fell over unconscious. " OH SHIT!" exclaimed Naruto. "Roar," said Shikaku. Then everything went black for Naruto, Shino, and Sakura. "Ah, why now Gaara?" asked Sakura. "B'cus you tried to kill me," replied Gaara. "Well we had a extremely important mission to complete and you are being a Mr. Boohoo," said Naruto. "Well sorry, time to head home for me," replied Gaara.
"Glad that's over," said Shino.
"Me too."
"Same here."
It was sunset, and Naruto was packing extra ramen cups, Sakura was cleaning her Kunai, and Shino was making sure his insects were ok. They all met at the Southern Main Gate of the Leaf Village. "Glad that rain cleared up, aren't we?" asked Naruto. They just wouldn't admit it. "Well, time to head off, intel has given info that he is approximately fifty kilometers south, and without any detours, we should get there in at least a day or more.
They were half a kilometer out when the regular plit plat sound of the rain that indicated that the morning rain was rolling in. "We should take shelter, we don't want to catch a cold, do we?" asked Sakura. "Yeah, we don't want to be fifty percent, after all, this is, Sasuke, after all," said Naruto. "Exactly," said Shino. They found a cave about another half of a kilometer out, so, naturally, they set up camp there. "Oh, geez," said Naruto as he heard a faint roar of thunder as he plopped his handy-bag on the ground. This looks like it'll take a while to clear up. "Duck!" yelled Sakura, as a wave of shuriken came flying out of the walls. All of the sudden, Naruto was covered in a blanket of bugs.