Yeah, yeah, I know, this chapter is really short and boring, but I'm a little busy. In my writing life at least. Just read it.


"Hey! Look! We're almost there!" I screamed, pointing ahead to the vague silloute of the town. The sun was edging it's way towards the horizon.

Of course the darker it got, those odd noises we kept on hearing got more unerving.

"So, how much longer?" Naruto asked. He sounded like that annoying kid in all the road trip movies. Actually, if this were a movie, he would be that kid.

Aha! That's it! He could be an actor.

Well, I suppose he's to fixed on being Hokage to do anything else

. There was an odd noise from the trees. It sounding somewhat like a 'rawr'.

"Ah" I said wisely, "It must the be the tigers that inhabit the area."

"What makes you think there are any?" Kakashi asked, stuffing his hands in his pocket.

"Don't you watch any nature shows?" I asked.

He shook his head.

"You've missed out on life" I said, feinging pity.

"I'll survive" he replied.

There was another mutalated noise from the bushes.

I sighed, I couldn't pretend I was noticing it anymore.

"Naoki, you can come out now" I said impaitently.

My good ole' friend tumbled out of the bushes in some sort of dodge roll.

"How did you know it was me?" She asked, standing up. Her brown hair was a mess, well, more than it normal was, and her blue eyes reavealed her enjoyment.

"And who's this?" Kakashi asked, patiently waiting for an introduction.

I nodded. "Naoki, this is Kakashi, Kakashi. Naoki"I introduced.

Kakashi nodded curtly in her direction.

Naoki just grinned like she knew a secret. I hurried with the inroductions. I finished in no time. Really, there should be a introduction speed contest, I could win.

"You were stalking us because…?" Kaskashi left the question hanging.

Naoki shrugged, "Nothing better to do."

"So" I said, summing it up. "You were bored, and decided to follow us?"

"Well, yeah. That and I haven't been back in a while" she explained.

"Back?" Sakura asked, eyeing my friend in an odd manner.

I understand why, really, she shouldn't have come out of the bush.

Naoki nodded eagerly. "Yeah, I used to live there, but then I moved to Konoha" She explained.

"Both of you?" Kakashi asked. We nodded in unison.

"I moved after, but, yeah, we've been friends since we were little."

"Hey, what's in the backpack?" Naoki asked, leaning back to examine it.

I paused, thinking about. My uncle had packed a picnic lunch, hadn't he.

Crap, I forgot.

"It's a picnic lunch" I explained.

"A little late for that, eh?" Sasuke commented dryly.

"We could have a picnic supper" Naruto suggested, rubbing his stomach.

"Kakashi?" I said, asking for permission.

Although, I suppose we could just sit down and he wouldn't a choice.

"Fine" he said. My guess was he was hungry too.

Time skip-

I completed packing up the remnants of half-eaten food and crammed it in my backpack. Never know when leftovers will come in handy.

Naoki wrapped around her arm around Naruto's shoulders.

"You're an idiot" Sasuke commented

"Yeah, well, Naruto over here's a sex bomb" Naoki said.

Sakura gagged on either the air or her own spit, and I laughed like a maniac.

The look on Sasuke's face was priceless, it was like a mixutre of scarring disgust and the crazy look.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at me, as if saying "You really know this mental case?"

I shrugged in response.

I wrapped my arms around Kakashi and Sasuke's shoulders.

"Onward great explorers!" I cried, walking forward and pushing them with me.

Naoki removed her arm from Naruto and starting walking. Naruto and Sakura followed after.

Kakashi pinched my hand and pulled it off his shoulder.

I pouted at him, looking like a child.

Sasuke did the same, except I slapped the back of his head.

"That hurt!" I snapped.

"That was kind of the point" Kakashi said.

I glared at him before going to converse with Naoki.

It took us a mere half-hour to reach the town, although it was pitch black by the time we were there.

Thankfully, I wasn't scared of the dark, anymore.

"No wandering off" Kakashi advised sternly.

Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto nodded. Oh, yes, because we would so go wandering around a town in the middle of the night.

"Where are we staying?" I asked.

"Some bed and breakfast" Kakashi replied.

"I'm staying at my grandma's" Naoki said eagerly.

We walked forward, ignoring Naoki. I had a feeling she was pouting, but I didn't paticularly care. All I wanted was some place sleep and some time to rest my weary legs.

"Here we are" Kakashi said, staring at the place were we would spend the night.

I froze as memories hit me like a tidal wave. I knew this place. I knew the light blue colored siding, the pathway to the door, the door itself.

This was my old house.

Maybe I'm a little slow on the romantic moments, eh? Alas, the next chapter should have a few. If I ever get it up heh heh.

Ok, not much left to say besides I named the laptop I typed this on Lappy. (Original)

R&R Please, give me some motivation to write faster.