A/N: Hello there! Welcome to the first part of my new series Of Ninjas and New Contraptions! A series dedicated to find out what would really happen if ninjas had cool things like cars or elevators...

Note: I'm pretty sure that they don't have elevators in the Narutoverse. So correct me if I'm wrong. Reviews and criticism greatly needed. Un-betad.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any other characters. Blah Blah Blah. Not made this for money. Blah Blah. Besides, I owned Naruto, there would be more than just one new episodea week!!

Summary: Upon finding an elevator, Team 7 decide to use it after been worn out after a mission. Turns out things aren't going to go easy on them. Much to the annoyance of Kakashi and his headache.

As a kid I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut.
The latter was never much of a possibility,
As I don't even like riding in elevators.

-Bill Walters

Hey? Whats this? Looks like a box. Does it work? I hear it can take you anywhere... as long as its up or down.

Oi. Just press the button.

Hm?

The button baka, the button on the side.

Oh does it turn it on?

Its an elevator, you get in press a button and it takes you to your floor.

Oh. SO much more easier than stairs then...

Naruto stood there lazily, and continuously tapping the call button for the lift, much to the annoyance of his fellow teammates.

"Datte"

Tap.

"Dattebayo"

Tap.

Sigh. "Datte…"

A loud thud echoed the halls where Team 7 stood, followed by a yelp of pain and a small, and an almost inaudible tut from the darkest member of the team.

"Sakura-Chan..." A devious yet satisfied smile swept across the female's face.

'Ping.'

Soothing was the sound of the elevator doors sliding open, to the four tired (and relatively sore, on Naruto's behalf), members of Team 7, stepped in after a hard day of missions. Kakashi sauntered in, book in hand, and leaned against the back of the lift, mentally reviewing today's mission. Admittedly, some of his little party had worked harder than others, but nevertheless, he was sure Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were all happy to be on their ways back to their camp. There was no doubt in his mind that by now, after being the type of day it was they were chakra spent and the end of it definitely brought a sense of relief to the threesome. (Even with the exception of Naruto, flailing his fists in the air, claiming he could do more as he swayed precariously on spot).

Said ninja hobbled in last, hitting the ground floor button with his head with a groan, sliding to the floor, head in hands.

"Can you believe how many of those henchmen creeps I pummeled?" The blonde mused, resting his elbows on his knees. His previous pain suddenly forgotten, "If I wasn't near Hokage then, I certainly am now."

Sasuke quipped an elegant eyebrow from behind his bangs.

"Unlikely,"

"Shut up Teme", Naruto countered, waving his fist up at Sasuke, in some sort of threat. "Just because you have no talent and didn't get as many as I did".

Kakashi snapped his book shut and sighed lightly, drawing the attention of the two fighting ninjas. He fixed Naruto with a frustrated glare.

"Is that all you managed to participate in today?" he asked.

Naruto gave an indignant cry. "Eh! Noes!" Kakashi noted his hesitation.

"I did, datte, do something else… I err… well… dedicated a good portion of the mission trying to find out something about…" Naruto's face crumpled in thought, "Heh. Did you know if you hit the big guys hard enough right here", Naruto indicated between his legs, "that they go down like a rock!"

"That happens to any man Naruto. Now what about the scouting task I sent you on? Did you get any result from that?" Kakashi queried, clearly getting tetchy. "Or did your utter astonishment with experimenting with a male's anatomy stop you from completing your assigned task?" It had been a long day. A very long day.

Naruto blinked.

Once.

Twice.

"What…"

Kakashi was far from being in the mood to deal with Naruto's remarkable dumbness. "But", he told himself, "Don't break down… just yet".

"Sensei?"

Kakashi looked up from his fixed gaze on the blonde to see Sakura standing there, nervously, fumbling about in her grey shoulder bag. "I managed to get something from my scouting", she threw a quick scowl over her shoulder at Naruto.

She handed over a few scrap pieces of note paper with hasty writing on it. "I'm sorry it's messy, but I needed to get things down".

Kakashi just waved her off, eyes fixed on the quick report. "Well done, Sakura" he commented.

Sakura tittered, clasping her hands in front of her shyly. Flushing a bright pink when Sasuke looked over seemingly impressed.

"YES! He noticed. Hell yeah!"

"It's good." Kakashi insisted, his eye curling up into a smile. "I'm impressed. At least someone managed to do what they were asked."

Sakura simply stuck her tongue out with a smile.

"Here we go datte" Naruto muttered with a roll of his eyes.

"It's a sad day," commented Kakashi, hand on hip, "When a Hokage wannabe can't do what's asked of him"

Naruto huffed and crossed his arms in a childish fashion, head turned away in Sasuke's direction. Upon seeing his nonchalant teammate, Naruto attempted to shift the conversion away from him.

"He hasn't done anything, either."

Sasuke looked up with a scoff, "I have."

Naruto sneered, "Yeah, right. I saw you wandering about the town with a girl". Naruto grinned Cheshire-like, his grin growing to in-human proportions at his suggestion.

"Hn. I had to do it baka," Sasuke shot back, looking slightly uncomfortable. "Shut up," he added, as Naruto snorted. Only Naruto could rile him up.

Kakashi closed his eyes in frustration, breathing out a small sigh. "Now, now, its only day four of our week's mission, we shouldn't be fighting.

"It's late and I have a splitting headache, I'm really not in the mood to deal with these two and their constant fighting" He added to himself.

Sakura looked between her two teammates and sensei.

"Look guys, sensei is right" she blurted out suddenly. "I know this mission seems to drag on forever, but we need to stick together. We just need to put more effort in, some more than others". She shot a meaning look at Naruto.

Kakashi smiled to himself. "Quite right Sakura, it's true that we-"

"Someone is dragging our team down! And he needs to change his attitude." Sakura continued her nag, completely blotting out Kakashi's voice.

"I didn't know you were a man-"

This had come out a little louder than Naruto had anticipated.

Sasuke cleared his throat and turned away, trying to hide that he was laughing. Heaven forbid if everyone found out he had a sense of humour.

"What?!" Sakura cried, striding towards Naruto

Suddenly, the elevator juddered. Sakura temporarily forgot about Naruto, as she tried to find her footing. She and Sasuke immediately looked at Naruto as he tried to stand, using his hand on the wall as support.

"Datte… it wasn't me! It's not always-"

Another violent jolt, vibrated through the lift sent them all groping for support –Naruto falling backwards and rolling into Sasuke's legs.

A grinding screech sounded from somewhere above them, and the lights dimmed out, with a hum.

"What the…"

Sakura spun in circles before latching onto the closest thing she could find. "Oh no, oh no. That's not supposed to happen right? Damn new machinery! It can never be trusted!"

"Sh! There must be an open door button right?"

"Easier said than done, datte, we're not all nocturnal thingies with super duper eye sight"

"Teme, you're closest, you do it,"

"Gah. Who's on my arm…"

"Nopes not me, I got the lovely position near your feet".

Sasuke fumbled around in the dark, feeling about in front of him, "Sakura?"

Sakura was in heaven, she was latched onto the guy of her dreams and here he was touching her with those strong-

A quick shake brought her out of her daydream

"Ah! S..Sorry Sasuke-kun. I…I…I thought that it wasn't you!"

"Sure…"

"OI!"

"Kids? Can we please calm down!"

A collective "yes…sorry" came from two different voices, followed by a somewhat disgusted "Hn."

All four took the brief moment of silent to take a deep breath (Sakura fading back into her daydream, still latched onto Sasuke) and to compose.

The deep thrum of creaking metal and gears started to break the ninjas from their composure and with a final 'clunk', the elevator dropped suddenly causing a few of the party of shriek and suddenly all went still.

The air felt thick, and a nerving silence settled around them just as the lights flickered back on again. If anyone was watching on the outside, they would say that the scene was somewhat different to when they had first started off. Sasuke was busy trying to peel Sakura off him, his usual haughty demeanor disappeared. Naruto was busy clambering up from his sprawled position at Sasuke's feet, rolling his shoulders to loose some tension, kicking off a chair from his legs, which had been in the corner of the elevator to being with.

Kakashi was busy retrieving his book from where it had fallen out of his hands onto the floor. Dusting it off carefully, giving it a quick pat, before replacing it in his weapon's pouch.

Naruto stood looking at the doors, head cocked to the side, waiting for the doors to open.

Nothing happened.

He shuffled to the lift panel, carefully avoiding his other two teammates and pressed the ground floor button. "Datte".

Nothing.

He tried the ground floor button once again. "Eh. Datte?"

Still nothing happened.

Kakashi gave a weary sigh, bringing Sasuke and Sakura out of their feud.

Sakura looked around before noticing what was happening. Hands clamping around her ears. "Don't say it. Don't say we're-"

"Stuck, dattebayo"

Sasuke let out a growl slamming his fist into the open door button.

Once again, the lift didn't budge. Kakashi let out a chuckle. "We are definitely-"

"Screwed datte! Absolutely screwed! No ramen, no air, no… no… RAMEN!"

Sakura let out a scream. "There's no toilet!"