What's up, folks!? I'm really glad to be re-editing this fic. I think I'm gonna add more to it. I'm really getting more ideas by editing this, scribbling them down as fast as I can. Aren't you proud of me? Good fans (pet, pet) I love all of you.

Anywhoodles; I'm happy to be doing this. I'm getting oodles of ideas. The happiness bleeds from me.

This chapter is all about a retarded thing that Anko comes up with for the ninjas to get to know one another. I want to emphasize the fact that this is a comedy story. The stupidity of some of the flamers who bitch that "being a ninja is not about trust" annoy me. This is a LOVE COMEDY; it's not supposed to make any damn sense. I don't care if it follows Naruto exactly. I wrote it to be funny.

Somehow, I think Kishimoto-Sama would be much less pissed off that I was fooling around with the comedic value of his story, you know? He's amazing like that, you know? He actually doesn't give a shit if the fans have a little fun.

SO SHOVE YOUR FLAMES UP YOUR ASS!

Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto
Fiction & Shikai Kana © Courtney Dracon (LuffySP)

Chapter 4: Blind Love

Two days later, all the young, aspiring ninjas gathered in the same clearing in the woods near Konoha Village that Team Seven had practiced in earlier in the week. They stood, milling around amongst themselves, chatting idly.

The three ninjas from the Suna had decided to join them out of boredom. They kept to themselves, virtually silent, surveying the other students. It was sort of a fun idea to experience a different kind of education that they weren't exactly privy to in their homeland.

In Team Seven, Kana was chatting casually, desperately trying to stem conversation between the embarrassed Naruto and Sakura.

Kana ignored Sasuke completely. This did not make him happy in the slightest, but he couldn't say anything that would mean admitting that he had feelings for her. Or worse, that he had any feelings at all. He knew that she could read minds and he definitely didn't want to let her know anything (although he suspected that she already had an idea). He tossed his silky raven bangs from his dark eyes and glared at the group in his usual manner, though his face was slightly pinker than usual.

Across the lawn, Ino flipped her pale tresses off her shoulders and turned to Shikamaru, who was propped against a tree. "Shikamaru-Kun," she inquired the bored boy to her right. He raised a thin eyebrow and leaned into the tree more, placing his hands behind his head and lacing the fingers together.

"What?" he asked; his tone uninterested. Though he was making eye contact with her, it always seemed as if he wasn't looking at her, but rather that he was looking past her.

"What do you think of that?" Ino gestured towards Team Seven and Shikai Kana. Shikamaru adjusted his gaze to take in the fellow team. He returned his deep eyes to Ino and she felt a slightly odd sensation in her stomach.

"Of the Cloud Shinobi?" Shikamaru questioned, "Nice ass." He allowed her a small smile that curved up only half his mouth, a single eyebrow raised.

Ino glared. The glare was meaner than she intended, she didn't know why that comment had made her so angry, but it had. "Shut up and listen! I mean about Sasuke-Kun! He looks… different."

Shikamaru glanced at Sasuke momentarily and stated plainly, "Love." He closed his eyes and attempted to sleep, but Ino wouldn't let the subject go that easily.

"What do ya mean love?" she pestered, "Like, love-love? Like, what I have for him love?"

Shikamaru's eyebrows lowered into a glare, but his eyes stayed dull and uninterested. "I can't say whether or not your feelings are as strong as his. I can't measure your emotions." He snarled, "But I can tell when an unexpressive guy is in love, and that guy is neck deep." Shikamaru closed his eyes again and let himself drift off into a sound sleep while Ino mulled over his words.

Ino stood for a minute, contemplating Shikamaru's statement. She didn't know why she didn't even question his words. She just believed him, Ino bit her lip. Why wasn't this news affecting her more? Had she fallen out of love with Sasuke? Was that even possible? Suddenly, something clicked but before she could confess her inner revelation, Anko appeared.

Anko trotted out from behind a few trees and called for attention. Her curvaceous body bounced when she walked, the necklace around her neck dangling between her large breasts. Next to Naruto, Temari shuddered, blushing. He looked at her. What was THAT!?

"Guys!" Anko yelled across the field, all eyes fell on her. "Shikai-San, come here." She said. Kana walked forward and bowed to Anko in greeting, her purple bang falling over her violet eyes. She peeked up through her long bangs.

Kana raised her head slightly and her eyes settled on Anko's chest. She shrieked, "Oh my GOD! What a RACK!" The rest of the ninjas stared at her. What had she just said!?

Anko blushed and frowned at her. She hadn't the slightest idea where the girl got the balls to say what she had just said, but she felt a certain amazement and approval for her guts. She sort of reminded her of herself as a kid, "Let's continue…"

"Okay," replied the girl, tearing her eyes from Anko's breasts. She snapped her attention back to Anko's eyes and grinned. What a weird kid…

"Good," Anko responded turning to the on looking crowd and crushing all prattle with a stern gaze. "As I was saying," a smile curled her lips, "This is Shikai Kana and for those who don't know she is the fourth member added to the three man cell of Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura. Say hello!"

"KONICHI-WA!" chorused the students, Kana waved. Then Anko raised her hand to get the students' attention once again.

"Okay," Anko began, "We're going to have a new lesson. May I have a volunteer?" Naruto was jolted as Temari's hand shot up into the air like the starting shot in a race. Anko ignored her and Temari's face fell. "Kiba," She pointed to the canine-like boy "Get over here." Kiba jumped up and Akamaru, who was on his head, barked.

"What can I do for you Anko-Sensei?" Kiba asked, smiling. His already slanted eyes stretched upward until they were barley slits. Anko returned the smile then turned to the group.

"Being a ninja is about trust." Anko informed them, "So, I want you all to trust Kiba-San. He's going to guide you around this meadow from random positions into a straight line." She explained, popping open the kunai pack on her waist and pulling out a box of strawberry pocky.

The group sneered, walking to various spots across the lawn away from each other. How easy was that? "But you'll be blindfolded! And absolutely no jutsu is to be used." Okay, not so easy…

"Place your headbands down over your eyes." She directed; they followed her instructions as she spoke them. "Now Kiba-San," she turned to the boy at her side with the dog sleeping on his head. She popped up the cap on the box of pocky and took out a piece, placing it between her lips. "Direct them."

"Okay," said Kiba a little uncertainly. "Um… Temari-San, go left." Temari did so, bumping into Gaara as she did so. "Opps!" Kiba stuttered, biting his lip in anguish. He turned to Anko contritely but she held up a hand to silence any apologies.

"It's okay," Anko reassured him, "Keep going..."

"Uh, Naruto-San! Right about four paces." Naruto went left, "No! My right!" Kiba shouted desperately. Naruto tread on Sakura's toe, she jumped, hitting Hinata who was nearby. Hinata squeaked with pain and the three of them apologized profusely to one another, though not a single one of them was facing the other.

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Soon, the field was in total pandemonium. Anko sat on a tree branch, watching the spectacle while she giggled and nibbled on her strawberry pocky. Kiba however; was less amused. Sweating madly, totally embarrassed, Akamaru barking from atop his head as he shouted out random directions.

The display before the two un-blindfolded people was totally crazy!

Gaara had ignored all Kiba's directions and put a sand wall up around himself which poor, random people were running into. Shikamaru had made a similar choice and was currently snoozing under a tree, people tripping over him continuously.

Meanwhile, Kana had managed to take herself from one side of the meadow to the other side and she had just begun into the forest when…

FWOOSH!!!

"OH SHIT! NOT AGAIN!" Kana screeched as she was pulled into the air the second time in the last three days by Sasuke and Sakura's discarded trap from two days before!

Hinata was shuffling around until she hit a rock. She tripped forward and rolled down a nearby hill, screaming as loudly as her whispery voice would allow. Temari crashed into TenTen and both of them fell into Neji. The rolling ball of ninjas managed to make its way down the hill to crash into Hinata at the bottom.

Sasuke seemed to be the only one in tune with his inner eye; either that or he was cheating. He was dodging his way through the crowd with ease, untouched and not fazed in the slightest.

In the meantime, Sakura and Naruto were both working their way through the crowd as best they could when…

"NARUTO! LEFT!" Kiba screamed over the crowd. Naruto went left and proceeded to crash into Sakura. They fell to the ground with Naruto positioned awkwardly on top of Sakura. His hand had just missed her breast. Had they not been blindfolded, they would have been facing one another eye to eye.

Blushing ferociously, hoping she hadn't bumped into Lee, Sakura slowly began to raise her headband from her eyes. At the same time, so did Naruto. Their eyes met…

A blush redder than the fires of hell itself spread its way over their faces. Both of them froze, unable to tear their eyes from each other. Neither of them could move they couldn't do anything. On the spur of the moment, Naruto found himself leaning into her.

Sakura felt her eyes fluttering downward, the lashes brushing her cheeks. She had been waiting for this moment ever since she realized her feelings for Naruto rivaled those for Sasuke. She gazed into his deep blue eyes and a tickle ran down her spine to settle between her legs.

Naruto's heart beat faster than it ever had in his life. Man she's gorgeous, he thought to himself as he leaned forward. The soft feeling of her breath on his face made his stomach stir and his groin ache with unknown and untapped passion. Oh God! I can't do this… Too late! Naruto's emotions whirled faster than his stomach. He leaned forward until their noses brushed one another until…

FWUMP!!!

Kana had managed to cut herself down and fell right on top of Sakura and Naruto! "SHIT!" She screeched helplessly as she fell from the tree onto her teammates. Quickly reading their minds, she assessed the situation and pulled herself up. Ripping off her headband and pulling her glasses from the pouch on her leg, she placed them on her face. She had tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Sorry," she said lamely.

"It's okay," Sakura assured her although Kana wasn't convinced. She looked between the two sitting on the ground and found herself filled with a remorse she couldn't put into words. Kana felt as though she had just ruined what years at the Ninja Academy and thousands of missions had been leading up to.

"No, I'm really sorry! I know that—" before she could say anything else, Anko hopped down from her branch and addressed the crowd, a piece of pocky dangled from her lips like a cigarette. The frosted end was pointing outward.

"Okay guys," She shouted unable to smother her laughter, "Kiba's done a," giggles, "great job. So take off your headbands and see where you are." They did as they were told. Chatter of surprise and anger flooded the small clearing. Kiba was practically crying with relief.

Everyone surveyed who'd they had managed to crash into. Fights broke out like wildfire, complete with pushing and yelling. Temari, Neji, TenTen, and Hinata managed to help each other climb up the hill. All of them were covered in a huge amount of dirt and grass. Temari looked as if she was on the verge of tears. She tried to hide her face buy busying herself by tugging a twig from her hair, only Naruto noticed. Concerned, he made a mental note to talk to her after this was over.

He fumed over Kana's bad timing. It seemed like she was sorry but she had still ruined his chances with Sakura. Glowering, Naruto noticed that Kana looked depressed and anxious. She was biting her lip and tears played in the corners of her eyes as well. Of course! He smacked himself in the head; of course she knew he was mad. That must suck, to know when someone was pissed at you! He sighed, now he couldn't be mad. Damn his conscious!

"Okay guys!" Anko called, "Go home, we're all done here! But everyone please meet me at the Hokage statue in two days at two o' clock!" She grinned and winked at them then vanished.

After Anko vanished, the rest of the crowd began to exit the clearing, chatting with their friends while they walked.

Naruto made his way through the crowd to Temari who still looked depressed. "Temari-San?" he asked. She jolted and looked at him, confusion reflected in her emerald eyes. The sandy haired girl was holding her arms across her chest tightly, like she was protecting herself from an attack.

"Naruto-San, what do you want?" she asked, trying to glare though her eyes were glassy from tears. Naruto hated to see such a cocky and fearsome kunoichi so miserable. She seemed so dejected, he felt as though he had to say something…

"I wanted to know why you're so down," He smiled at her, his cerulean eyes twinkling with genuine concern "I hate to see a fellow ninja depressed." Temari was taken aback by his kindness, something that was not so common in the Suna. Her eyes scanned the clearing quickly. She seemed extremely apprehensive.

"Okay, I'll tell you what's going on." she spat in a harsh whisper. She was beginning to act more like her usual self, "It's not like Gaara or Kankuro are any help. Meet me in the ramen shop at seven, okay?"

"Sounds great," Naruto grinned, "I'm lookin' forward to it." He gave Temari a quick pat on the shoulder. In his naivety he would have never guessed that anyone would interpret it as anything other than a friendly gesture, but someone did.

Across the clearing, Sakura noticed Naruto laid his hand on the pretty sand nin's shoulder. She heard the last phrase that Naruto said and felt her stomach twitch with her pain. It felt as though someone had shoved a blade through her heart. She thought she might vomit all over herself.

"WHAT THE HELL!?"Sakura's inner-self smarted. "That bastard! He's going on a date with TEMARI! FUCK!"

Kana heard her thoughts and she turned to Sakura. "Sakura- Chan?" she whispered, Sakura turned to find Kana staring at her, her violet eyes glinting. "Let's crash a date." Kana held out her hand.

Sakura didn't even care how she knew what the situation was. She took Kana's hand in her own and shook it. "I like the way you think." She beamed, flames of determination and spite shooting from her eyes.