A troublesome ninja in a troublesome place by Naemi

Summary: What happens when the most unlikely group of shinobies, is sent out to do the most troublesome mission at the most bizzare location? Only the gods (and you guys) will know.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, I would not waste my time writting this, because I would be occupied with making the original manga.

Rating: PG-13

Authors Note: English is not my base language, which means, that this will most likely be full of troublesome grammar and bothersome words. Also, this is my first fanfiction ever, so don't go hard on me :)

Chapter 1: Daily training

As usual, Naruto was bugging his rival and friend with typical jokes and questions. Sasuke simply ignored the hyperactive ninja, as he trained, but a part of him couldn't resist listening to the blond haired boy. Whenever team 7 was together, their time was spent on training. This was of course okay with Naruto and even better for Sasuke, but one of the three wasn't very thrilled about it. Actually, if she had her say in this, they would be walking around town using all their money on useful things such as clothing and other various stuff. But no, that was not gonna happen. Sakura had nothing to say in this according to Naruto, and every time she protested, Sasuke would back him up with a quick nod and a smirk. After that the two would leave towards the training grounds and ignore any further discussion. And as usual Sakura would follow, to make sure that they wouldn't get hurt. She actually had to help a rather beaten Sasuke home once, simply because Naruto had outsmarted him as usual. The young blond had trained hard, ever since he brought the famous Uchiha home together with a beaten Shikamaru and a rather starved Chouji. Naruto actually learned to use the full power of the nine tailed fox during his fight with Kimimaru, which he now used to his advantage, every time he trained. The power of the fox would allow him to use joinin level techniques, while having a never ending amount of stamina. Because of this the raven haired boy had decided to train even harder. His respect for Naruto had grown quite a bit lately, but he still looked upon him as his rival more than friend.

The training grounds was pre-occupied when they arrived, but instead of leaving the trio decided to stay put and wait for their turn. Lee was obviously trying to defeat Neji in a tree climbing contest, that he was seemingly winning. During the hunt of the four sound nins, Lee was undergoing a change. The operation was a succes, and he was almost back at his former level. His training changed, and he was now fully occupied with learning chakra control. Neji's health wasn't much better though. He fainted after his fight with Kidoumaru, and was sooner found by the most unlikely person. His cousin saved his life and took care of him with her developing medical skills. A few broken ribs and a couple of bad bruises was left to heal, but in the end he could thank her for saving his life. Neji was a little mad though, since in his opinion, he should have protected her and not otherwise.

Naruto whatched in awe as Neji sprinted towards the top of the huge tree, while trying to prevent Lee from getting in front of him. He attached his hands to the tree and thrusted his leg towards his left. Lee, however, was prepared for this and jumped to the branch above Neji while forming a seal with his hands "Bunshin no jutsu". Five versions of Lee was now visible above him. Two of them charged at him, while the remaining three rushed towards the top. With a quick flip Neji passed by the two clones, determined to find the real Lee before he would reach the top. Within a couple of seconds he reached the three, and tried to find the real version. Deciding to try out the one in the middle he jumped at it, but was rewarded with a puff of smoke. He threw two shurikens at the one to his left, but was once again rewarded with the smoke. Realising that the last one was the real Lee, he charged at it with all of his power, but was shocked to find this clone disappearing as well. Before he could react, he was pinned to the tree by at least thirteen shinning shurikens, and was greeted by a grinning Lee. Neji just smirked and admitted his defeat. Lee had defeated him fair and square.

Sakura was quite amused at the victorious scream, the black haired genin released, but didn't get a chance to react, before she was face to face with a very wide smile "Did you see that Sakura-san!? I got him!" the hyperactive ninja left in a rush, yelling something about how proud his sensei would be, when he discovered that Lee actually won a match against his arch rival. Sasuke gave a short nod to Neji and faced Naruto with a questionable look. "We should get started, I want to beat you before dinner" at this comment he recieved a mocking glare from the fox boy "Yeah right, just remember that dreaming wont get you anywhere". They both got into they regular fighting stance and prepared to charge, when they were interrupted by a loud cough. Glaring towards the person that dared to prevent their training, they recieved quite a schock, when the fifth Hokage stood before them.

"Mind if I join?"