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Hi, it's me again, been a long time huh?

And yah I know I've been giving you nothing but short pointless chapters…

Well I hope this makes up for it,

Hope you'll like it and I wish I'll hear from all of you,

(waiting for a comment that gives me advice and a little criticism)

If I don't, well…

To all those who've reviewed and will review I love you all and…

(Marami pong salamat sa inyong lahat, naway pagpalain kayo ng Diyos ngayong bagong taon.)

Translation: Thank you very much to everyone, may the Lord bless you this new year.


Chapter 9: Hit Two Birds with One Stone

"Ah!" Naruto sighed.

"Nice night isn't it?" He asked his team, clearly wanting to engage in a conversation. But the only response he got was a blushing Hinata, a Kiba who is leaning against a tree with a look that says I"I don't want to be disturbed cuz I'm thinking" and a surprisingly quite and sighing Ino, who seems she is thinking deeply as well. He certainly has nothing against his assigned team, but they were boring. So he decided to try again.

"So… you guys, hungry?" still no response.

"Cuz, I am." Only the chirping birds and the cold night breeze was paying attention to him. Finally someone spoke.

"Fine, I'm hungry too, who'll cook?" Kiba finally spoke while stretching and yawning and Akamaru was sitting peacefully.

"I would cook." Hinata volunteered, without blushing but is still quite.

"Great." Naruto exclaimed clearly pleased that these people still had an appetite. But there was a problem…

"We don't have wood. Fine I'll go get some wood." Naruto said as he was about to stand up but Kiba exclaimed…

"NO! … You stay here, while I go, … Ino you coming with?" and as if Ino finally snap backed to her senses she stared at Kiba, she first gave a confuse look at him then as if to read a message she stood up and said…

"Yeah, I coming, you two prepare dinner." She said bluntly and joined Kiba in the darkness. Naruto just smiled.

"I knew it!" He exclaimed

"They just needed some alone time together, right Hina-chan?" Naruto shared to Hinata, and Hinata just nodded her head and smiled.

If only Naruto knew it was the other way around…


----------------------(In Kakashi's cabin)------------------------

"You teamed her up with whom?!?" Anko, stared at Kakashi who was sitting on a wooden chair and reading his book. He slowly looked up and repeated his answer.

"I teamed her up with Naruto, Hinata and Kiba." He replied calmly and went back to reading.

"May I ask why? (Anko was looking viscous like she was going to bite Kakashi) I mean, I don't mind Naruto, but what about the others… I think it would have been better if Sakura and Sai were her teammates as well." She reasoned clearly displeased with Kakashi's decision.

"Anko," Kakashi looked up and stared at her.

"This activity is called "Konoha Ninjas' Bonding Camp", the goal is to strengthen the bond of the other ninjas with each other, other than their teammates so, it means that they should interact with one another, if it was Sakura, Sai and Naruto then it'll be like team Kakashi with Ino right? Now where is the spirit of this bonding camp present in the given situation?" Kakashi lectured Anko as if she was a confused student.

"Fine, how about Kiba and Hinata, their team mates right? Where's the bonding spirit in that?" Anko sarcastically reasoned out.

"Well, Kiba for his good senses, that can easily detect danger and Hinata for her Byakugan."

"Uh-huh (with an unsatisfied look and tone) , how 'bout Neji Hyuga? He also has a Byakugan and is clearly better than Hinata." Anko reasoned out again.

"Then, Ino will be the only female, besides, if she needs someone to go with her it'll be a female, and don't question me on why the other teams has only one girl, cuz you do know the heaviness of this situation." Kakashi, calmly replied.

"Ino, needs protection." He said as his closing statement.

"That I'm aware of, (Anko's look eased a little) I'll go now and report back to the Hokage." She said as she exited Kakashi's cabin and outside were waiting only a few Anbus.

"Kakashi," she called back before living.

"You take care of these students." She said.

"Bye." He replied and Anko and the Anbus disappeared into the woods.


--------------------(In the woods)--------------------

"Okay, now they're alone together, and we must gather firewood, but before we get to that let's think of an incredibly genius reason as to why we two are close then fight, a good reason that will hide the fact that we are playing matchmaker for Naruto and Hinata. And then if we succeed we can go back on hating each other." Kiba stated and Ino just looked at her toes, as if she was thinking something else.

"Hey, Ino?" Kiba asked, he was surprise that Ino was quite, then she finally looked up and stared at him.

"How 'bout if we pretend that we're together." She replied quite seriously.

"What?!?"


-------------------------( Naruto and Hinata sitting impatiently at the camp site)-------------------

"They're taking pretty long." Naruto complained as he aimlessly walked to and fro, sits down then up again.

"Well do you think we should go look for them?" Hinata said while fidgeting with her fingers and looking at her feet.

"Nah, we'll probably disturb them if we did find them besides no one will be left here if we did."

"Uhm, okay." And nothing more was said.


-----------------------(back in the woods)------------------------

"So you're saying that "pretending" (pretending with emphasis) as lovers would be to our advantage?" Kiba asked sounding unconvinced yet with a hint of understanding.

"Yeah, I mean think about it, we are getting real pissed with all these issues about us, and sooner or later we might just need to plan about Hinata and Naruto, what if they catch us, and what if we can't convince them, most importantly what if they find out about our plans and we'll be facing worse issue than this… I'm just saying what if we just "pretend" to avoid suspicion or any unexpected revelation."

"So, this is all just so they'd stop tormenting us?"

"Basically, yes."

"So what if they'd asked when all this stuff happened?"

"We just tell them it's all just for fun."

"Do you honestly believe that?"

"Well, it's not impossible."

"Ugh, fine, it doesn't seem a bad idea though."

"Good. Agreed?" Ino held out her hand to him.

"Agreed." Kiba takes her hand and shakes it.

"Let's get back to work."

And the two of them gathered the fire wood.


When they arrived Naruto kept on bugging the both of them, but they didn't pay him any attention they agreed to start pretending tomorrow. When they finished eating they all prepared for bed, Naruto and Kiba were already snoring n their tents, and Ino had just changed into her pajamas, when Hinata spoke…

"So, did you think about it?" Hinata asked Ino while she was applying a bug repellant lotion on her skin.

"Yes, I did." Ino said weakly while looking down, and remembering what she and Hinata had talked about the night before.

"And?"

"I thought about it." She replied and went to her tent.

When Ino was in her tent she was filled with mixed emotions and thoughts, was she going to succeed? What will happen? Was she this desperate to find something interesting to do with her completely boring life that she teamed up with Kiba and brought all these dilemmas to herself? But one thing was certain there is no turning back.

(next day)

"Okay." Kakashi started as gathered the students at a meadow.

"We have a fun activity today." He said as he handed them out boxes, one for each team.

"Do you see those two birds sitting at the branch of the tree, about twelve inches apart from each other?"

"Yes."

"Well I assigned one tree for each team with the same birds. The birds are glued to their position so they won't fly off. Now open your boxes."

The teams eagerly opened their boxes. They found a sling shot and one rock.

"This is to test your mind and skill without going near the tree, you must be able to injure the two birds, using only one stone and one chance. The team that will win will be able to get one bag of marshmallows and will be able to watch t.v. in my cabin."

"Is that all?"Naruto butted in.

"Good luck to all of you." Kakashi said and everyone went to their positions and racking their brains on how to hit two birds with one stone.

"Oh my gosh, how can you possibly hit two birds with one stone?" Ino said.

"Hmm, what were the two of you ganna say awhile ago before Kakashi called as here?"

Ino blushed.

"Well, … Kiba, say it."

"What?!? You say it."

"Guys, lets first solve this task."

"I don't know why you guys find this such a hard task."

'Oh if you're so smart why don't you take the shot."

"Fine." Kiba said took the one stone and aimed at the two birds.

"Kiba, don't be reckless." Ino watch horrified as Kiba let the stone fly, unfortunately the stone didn't hit the birds but the the branch above them, Ino was filled with range, and punched Kiba in the head.

"You stupid, person!!!!!!"

"Not only did you waste our chance you also have such a bad aim, how did you ever become a ninja!" Ino's remarks caught Kakashi's attention.

"What's going on?"

"He-" before Ino could continue they heard the branch above the two birds break and fell on top of the two birds.

"Well, I guess your team one." Kakashi said with a poker face.

"WH-wh-wh, ugh, mmm" Ino was stuttering, it was so unbelievable, was she outwitted.

"Wow, Kiba you did it!"Naruto said running towards Kiba who had just got up with a bump on his head. Naruto then messed his hair up.

"Wow, I didn't know, you all thought lowly of me."

"How did you figure it out Kiba?" Hinata said.

"Well, it was pretty obvious that with just one stone you can't harm to birds, instead of wasting your time figuring that out, looked for other things that would, and use the stone to cause the change and the other object to execute the task. I mean I was after all a ninja not just because I look good as one."

Ino deep inside thought, could what Kiba had said explain their situation right now? Fate's answer: Duh!


Yeah I know, too late for a greeting, but hey the year just started, I just want to know if you all understand what I'm trying to do here, and all the mysteries and the things I haven't explained doesn't mean they're unnecessary but that they are the things that you should pounder on. I'm quite disappointed with Inkless Pen I actually like the plot a lot and it was certainly more fun to do than this though, and it was a lot less dragging so I guess I'm not continuing it cuz only a few supports it. If you found any grammatical errors sorry about that I don't check my stories before I post them.