Blerg...Hm, I haven't said that word in a while. Have you ever had a word you say that drives someone up the wall? I have one: Big whoop. Drives my brother crazy. But I like it so yeah...Mou, it's raining! It's raining! -- I don't know why I said that. This chapter is going to be broken into lots of little parts, just to warn you...Oh well--here's Chapter Two. By the way, Nissi came up with the title!

Disclaimer: It's not mine and if you try to sue me...Nissi has a very large whacking stick /evil laughter from Nissi/ so prepared to be whacked.


Chapter Two

Meagan turns over in her bed, unable to go back to sleep. Groaning she pushes the covers back and lets her feet dangle above the floor until she can't stand it anymore and jumps onto it. It's cold; she shivers. But she continues walking across the bedroom floor until she trips over what seems to be a backpack. It appears to be green and purple: Olivia's scout colors. (1) Eyes scanning the room for another one and sure enough there it is: yellow and orange. The anime portal is taking care of us...

Happy at this fact Meagan pushes open the door and exits into the hallway, heading for Nissi's room to check if her bags are there as well. And they are: pink and white for Nissi and red and black for Vanessa. Meagan nods her head in satisfaction and prepares for a midnight snack.

But as she passes Gaara's door she notices that it is slightly open, so she puts her head in. No one is there. "Hm...oh yeah! He doesn't sleep."

Meagan shivers at the prospect that someone can go forever without sleep. I'd kill myself before I choose to not sleep. The thought makes her head spin, so she drops it, grabs an apple, and sits down on the couch. On second thought... Swiftly she reenters her room, dragging her bag back out to the couch and rummaging through the contents. Some clothes which she cannot really see at the moment, several packets of gum, and other things that she cannot see in the darkness. But one item that she doesn't need to see to know what it is catches her attention.

"Yes," she whispers, pulling out her c.d. player.

Flipping open the top she sees that it is her Vanessa Carlton c.d. Snuggling down into the couch Meagan blasts the music in her ears, savoring the sweet sound. She is asleep in minutes.

oOo

"Wha--"

"Ohyao!" Olivia pushes her face into Meagan's. "Wake up, Sun!"

"AAAH!"

"AAAH!"

Olivia recoils, tripping over the rug and falling on her back. Gaara stares down at her, an amused but annoyed expression on his face. She gives a weak smile before dragging herself up and asking why Meagan screamed. She points.

"He was right behind you. Why did you scream?"

"Um...because you did!"

"Baka onna."

"Baka onni."

The two make faces at each other before stomping off to their rooms. At least, until they remember that they are sharing the same room, at which point they simply burst into laughter. This attracted the attention of Nissi and Vanessa who promptly finished dressing and came out of their room to see what is going on. Meagan and Olivia, still shaking with laughter, tell them, and pretty soon they are laughing too. That is, until Gaara comes out with sand swirling around him furiously. They snap at the girls like whips; they scream.

"Stop laughing," he commands them, turning swiftly and returning to his room.

The Destinies stare at his retreating figure, unsure to be their usual crazy selves and squish him in a hug or just do as he says and get out of earshot as soon as possible. The latter of the choices seems to fit their best interests at the moment so they quietly back out of the room with their mouths closed as tightly as possible. Nissi bounces her head back and forth, back and forth as if she is entertaining some very strange thoughts. Which she is. Come on--this is Nissi! Her usually calm and mysterious face twists in happiness as she thinks of all the possibilities until she has settled on just one.

"I have it," she tells her friends. "Now...help me pull it off."

oOo

"Sakura," Kakashi appears in the window of his charge's room, scaring her. "How about a walk, ne?"

"What do you want, pervert?"

"Come on!"

Relunctantly Sakura takes Kakashi's outstretched hand and he poofs her to the edge of one of the many tiny--but not too tiny--clusters of trees. Sakura eyes him suspiciously but follows him through the forest and tells him about her day as he asks. The sun is shining, the grass is green, and Haruno Sakura has absolutely no idea whatsoever that she is, at this very moment, helping the Destinies plan go a lot smoother.

oOo

"NARUTO!" Nissi yells, waving her arms and interrupting his ramen eating. "Naruto, where is your hat?"

"Ano...my hat?" Naruto's kawaii blue eyes stare up at Nissi in confusion. "Oh! You mean the one I sleep with?"

"YES! The one that looks like it's eating you!"

"What about it?"

"I wanna see it!" Nissi pleads, clutching her hands together and placing them right before Naruto's eyes.

"Um...okay," Naruto pushes his chair back with a loud squeak and walks back to his room, grabbing the funny looking hat that appears to be eating him when he wears it from his dresser. "But you have to give it right back."

Nissi snatches it from his hand so quick, jumping out of a window in the process, that Naruto barely catches it. Hearing her distant cry of "IT'S MINE!" Naruto springs into action, grabbing his Konoha forehead protector and tying it around his forehead before running out the door calling Nissi's (which he knows to be Neriede) name. He sees her yellow shirt flash amongst the green trees from his perch on top of a high building and shoots off after her.

"Neriede!"

"Never! You'll never catch me!"

Naruto does not stop to think about why Nissi is making her presence so very clear to him, like a good ninja should, but follows after her like a good ninja shouldn't. It is clearly a trap but he doesn't really stop to think about it until the first thing happens. As Nissi runs down a straight, narrow path, he follows after her. Olivia and Meagan crouch behind two trees, one on each side of the road, holding one end of a long piece of string in their hands.

As Nissi runs past the string hidden underneath the leaves the two had earlier scattered around the trail. As Naruto comes running by it, they instantly pull up on the string, making him trip. And if that weren't enough (which it isn't) Olivia pulls on a second string which is tied to something nestled between two low branches. it is...a white bucket. And as it comes down Naruto looks up and sees this yellow/golden liquid come pouring down on his head. It is honey. Sticky, gooey, golden honey that seems to be mixed with some kind of cheese. (a/n: Nissi's idea!) There are even little chunks of swiss cheese here and there.

Surprised, he tries to stand up and fails miserably. So he crawls on all fours until he is out of the way of the mess and can stand up again, despite the fact that he is weighed down by the honey. Blinking furiously, Naruto sees Nissi's grinning face appear from behind a tree. He pouts for a moment, thinking of what to do. He decides to resume his chase. After all, she still has his hat.

"Neriede! Look what you did!"

He resumes his chase.

"Oy. Kakashi...what are we doing out here?" Sakura moans.

"This way, this way!"

Run, run, run. Nissi leads Naruto through various twists and turns of the path until they are coming up to a fork in the road. Glimpsing back at Naruto, Nissi grins and points to the left, which is where she runs. Naruto has fallen a bit behind, having just come back from a hard mission, and puts on a burst of speed trying to catch her. And he almost does: for one moment, Nissi thinks that her plan is going to fail. But it doesn't. At the exact point that Nissi had told her to, Vanessa throws out a bucket of slippery...stuff. Once again Naruto's feet scramble around him, leaving him with no control in his legs. He tries desperately to turn to the left but instead his dancing feet carry him to the right.

"Oh no..."

He sees something dangling from a tree. And he runs into it. Still covered in sticky honey, Naruto whacks straight into it and becomes covered in fluffy feathers. I look like a chicken! He racks his brain furiously for a way to stop the sliding of his feet and get all of these feathers off (not to mention get his hat back) but is unable to do so before the last part of his prank commences. Suddenly there is this tugging motion at his foot and he is lifted up into the air, dangling...dangling...dangling...

"What the hell?" he shouts, trying to untangle himself.

And then, they walk in. Kakashi supressing giggles and Sakura supressing the urge to whack her baka teammate into the ground. Naruto's eyes widen in shock. Sakura, the love of his life, is standing before him at this very moment seeing him looking like a chicken. It is too much for poor Naruto to bear. First he lost her to Sasuke, then to Lee. And now...he groans in his hands until he hears his sensei laughing.

"Kakashi-sensei! You were in on this, weren't you?"

His only reply is more laughter.

"Waaah! You're so mean!"

The two spin on their heels and walk away, leaving him clutching at the rope trying to free himself. This is too familiar...

With the Destinies

"I have it! I have the hat!"

The citizens of Konoha stare strangely as the Destinies come parading through the city looking for something to do. On Nissi's head is the wonderful (a/n: Even though it annoys the heck out of me.) hat of Naruto's. She does plan on giving it back to him...eventually. Exploring the shops of Konoha, sad that they have no money to buy the interesting things on the shelf, the Destinies decide to ask someone about their form of currency. And that person happens to be a boy with long dark hair and whitish eyes with no pupils. Neji. He stares at the Destinies with a look that is clearly supposed to frighten them away. But they've seen worse.

"Excuse us," Meagan asks, "but what kind of money do you use here?"

When he doesn't answer Meagan questions Olivia for his name. "Neji."

"Neji, would you be so kind as to answer my question?"

He starts. "How did you know my name?"

"We are psychic," Vanessa rolls her eyes, wondering how long people will buy that line.

It seems that their luck has just run out, as Neji regards them coldly, "I don't believe that."

"I bet I can tell you what you've got hidden under that forehead protector," Olivia challenges.

She marches up to him and whispers the answer in his ear. His eyes widen and he quickly activates his Byakugan, staring at the Destinies closer. "You're fate...you can't fight your fate. You seem to be the type who would fight."

"That's us!" Olivia beams.

"So can you answer my question?" Meagan pleads, pulling on his shirt. (a/n: I always did like his outfit...)

"Here," Neji shoves some money into each of the girl's hands, much to their astonishment. "Figure it out yourself."

He walks away with his head down. The four friends look at him, then at each other, then back to him. "THANK YOU NEJI-KUN!"

He winces and quickens his pace, trying to get out of harms way. Unlike some others, Neji knows these girls are capable of much more than they let on. And with shining eyes, the four go off to spend the money they have recieved. The candy shops look most inviting at the moment, so they head off in those directions. Their mouths water as the finest selection of Konoha candy is laid out before them. And jumping around like little kids they infiltrate the store, moving so fast that the store owner can barely see them. He sweat drops as they each come up with quite an amount of candy, asking how much.

"Uh...1700 yen."

"YAY! We have enough!" Nissi shoves a portion of her money into the man's hand. "It's not at all hard to understand when you actually can see it..."

"Yuh."

Exiting the store, Olivia prompts them to think of where to go next. And, as all four girls have a different idea and cannot seem to agree on anything, they just choose instead to sit on one of the many benches and munch their candy. It has been a wonderful day, and it's only lunch time. They sincerely hope that the rest of the day will not be ruined with something like training. Crash. The candy in the Destinies hands slip from their firm grasps and fall to the floor. Training. They were supposed to go to the Academy for training. O.o

"Oh no! Iruka-sensei is going to kill us!" the four panic, clutching each others shoudlers.

Whump. The Destinies pause in their panic attack to notice their backpacks falling from the sky. "Huh?" They drag them over to where they are sitting, digging through them and shifting through familiar items and unfamiliar items. The clothes particularly. Each of the Destinies pull out their two sets of clothes that the anime portal has provided them with, looking them over. They are pretty much the same, except the accent colors. All eight of the outfits are black with the colors of the respective Destiny accenting the outfit. For Olivia it is green, for Meagan it is orange, for Vanessa red, and for Nissi pink.

"Cool!"

They stuff them back into their bags and instead bring out their cd players. They know that they must not use these too often, nor let anyone use them. They are not sure if cd players have been invented yet... Each girl succumbs to the bliss of their favorite artists. Barlow Girls, Vanessa Carlton, Evanescence, and My Chemical Romance (a/n: Yay My Chemical Romance!) So much so, in fact, that they don't notice Naruto creeping up behind them. "HA!" He grabs his hat back--still looking like a chicken, I might add--and runs away before Nissi can notice.

"Oh...so nice..." she murmurs, reaching for her hat. She finds it to be gone.

Eyes snapping open, she grabs at her hair and feeling only that: her hair. "NOOO! NARUTO!" Dropping her cd player next to Olivia, Nissi runs off into the distance to find Naruto and steal his hat back. The others merely crack an eye, notice that Nissi is gone, and go back to their music.


The end of the chapter! It is always the best thing in the world, I tell you. And it's Friday! TGIF, right? Hahaha--whew, sugar high. Since my baka parents have grounded me this won't be posted until Wednesday...heheheheh...O.o Just joking. Review please!

(1) We all have colors...