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An over-ecstatic Naruto, a cheerful Sakura, a reluctant Sasuke, and...Kakashi, were all sitting around the campfire with their marshmallows, staring up at the starry sky. Well, Naruto was more like singing and teaching a bunch of crazy campfire songs to Kakashi, who was ever-reading his dirty novel. Sakura had somehow managed to block Naruto's singingout.
"This is the life!" Sakura sighed happily as she gazed up at the stars.
"I could think of a million other places I would rather be right now." Sasukesaid in annoyance.
Kakashi hit Sasuke for his negative comment.
"Ow!" Sasuke yelped. "Uh...yeah. Sure is the life, dammit." Sasuke growled. "Pass me another gram cracker."
Sakura handed Sasuke a gram cracker, willing to his commands.
"Why don't you make smores out of them? You know, with chocolate and marshmallows?" Sakura suggested.
"I hate sweets." Sasuke replied.
"Oh…that's too bad." Sakura said. She sipped some of her hot chocolate, leaned back in her chair and sighed.
"Isn't this beautiful and peaceful? Just gazing up at the stars, away from it all, and listening to the sounds of night-time nature?"
Naruto was singing in his off-tone voice. "Great green globs of greasy grimy gopher guts, mutilated monkey meat"
Kakashi was singing along as well, "Petrified porous pus. Great green-"
"No, you sung it all wrong!" Naruto cut in.
"I don't care." Kakashi replied, shrugging.
Sakura twitched angrily at the irony of her statement.
"Yes. Very nature-like indeed." Sasuke grumbled. He suddenly clutched his stomach and groaned, "Oh man…"
"Sasuke-kun? Are you alright?" Sakura asked in concern.
"My stomach...I feel...sick..." Sasuke groaned. "Thanks a lot Kakashi-sensei...you gave me food poisoning with that screwed-up ramen of yours!"
"You said you liked it though." Kakashi said, a trace of disappointment in his voice.
"Like I said before, I've tasted way better. I was just really hungry!" Sasuke growled.
Naruto leapt up from his chair in excitement. "Ooh! Ooh! Is Sasuke going to puke again? Cool!"
"Doubt it. I think I'll be ok now." Sasuke replied.
"Alright then, let's sing another campfire song then!"
"Hoo boy..." Sakura groaned, ready to plug her ears.
Naruto grabbed a stick off the ground and held it to his mouth like a microphone and started to sing at the top of his lungs. Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi cringed at Naruto's horrible off-keyvoice but nevertheless, let him sing for a few moments.
"Make it stop…" Sasuke grumbled, covering both of his ears.
Sakura looked ready to rise up to pummel Naruto. But before any chaos of that sort could ensue, Kakashi rose fromhis chairand brought a hand up to Naruto's mouth, covering it and stifling Naruto's campfire song.
"Ok, that's enough for tonight. It's time for bed." Kakashi announced.
"But I was just getting to the good part!" Naruto whined.
"Can't we stay up a little longer, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura pleaded.
"Nope. We've got a big day ahead of us tomorrow." Kakashi replied.
"Why? What are we doing?" Sasuke asked, fearing the answer.
"We're going on a hike tomorrow and we'll probably go canoeing too if we have time." Kakashi told him.
"A hike?" Sakura echoed.
"Oh goody..." Sasuke sarcastically grumbled.
"A hike? I'm good at that stuff! Believe it!" Naruto exclaimed.
"That's good to hear, now get into your tents guys. And if you need anything, just knock on my tent." Kakashi told the three genins.
"Um, sensei? How can you knock on a tent?" Sakura asked.
"Whatever." Kakashi shrugged. "Just come by and get me if you need me. And stay in your tents and don't wander off. Otherwise there will be blood..."
"What?" Naruto stared at Kakashi, confused.
"Just stay in your tents please. I mean it." Kakashi sighed.
So the 3 ninjas proceeded to their tents of doom, while Kakashi put the fire out with a bucket of water, as well as accidently dumping some water on his foot. As the 3 genins settled into their sleeping bags, another dispute broke out among them.
"Naruto, I want the middle!" Sakura whined.
"But I already said that I was going to have it!" Naruto objected.
"I thought we already went over this." Sasuke groaned, trying to block out the bickering of the two.
Sakura sighed in defeat. She couldn't contradict Sasuke. Oh-no, not him!
"Fine then. Naruto, move over a bit. You're pushing me against the side of the tent."
Naruto obeyed and shuffled over.
"And shut that flashlight off!" she added testily.
"But I'm reading!" Naruto said.
"Since when do you read?" Sasuke asked, half-teasing, half surprised.
"It's just stupid comic books." Sakura told him.
"It's not stupid! And it's not comic books either! It's manga! Repeat after me Maaaan-ga!" Naruto told Sakura.
"You don't have to sound it out for me. I'm not stupid! I'm the smartest one on the team!" Sakura told Naruto in a prideful tone of voice.
"Naruto, turn the light off." Sasuke ordered.
"Why do you have to side with her?" Naruto frowned. But he turned his flashlight off, as no one dares to oppose the "great" Sasuke that far.
"Thank you." Sakura said, finally happy to get some rest.
"You're welcome, princess." Naruto replied sarcastically. This earned a painful whack on the head from none other than Sakura's fist.
They quietly lay for a few moments (minus Naruto sitting on his sleeping bag instead of laying in it), when suddenly a loud "whump!" was heard outside of the tent, followed shortly by a groan.
"What was that? What was that?" Sakura cried panicking.
"Calm down, it's probably only a bear." Sasuke replied.
"A bear?" Sakura cried in fear. "Oh-no! Not a bear! Anything but that! Wait, what's a bear like anyways? We don't get them back in Konoha, do we?"
"Why do I even bother?" Sasuke groaned.
"And she said she was the smartest one of our team!" Naruto laughed.
"I bet you don't know what a bear is like either, you dumb ass." Sasuke scowled.
"Is it a bear outside though?" Sakura shivered, asmore movementwas heard outside ofthe tent.
"Who's out there? Who and what are you? Come out, you stupid bear! I'll clobber you!" Naruto shouted loudly. "You won't dare mess with me, because I'm going be the Hokage! And if you mess with us, I'll-"
"It's just me guys." came Kakashi's reply from outside the tent. "I tripped over the peg line of my tent an fell over."
"I just knew those peg lines were an accident waiting to happen!" Sakura shouted back. "Well, at least it wasn't a bear after all." she sighed in relief, laying back down in her sleeping bag.
"Hey guys, let's tell ghost stories!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Hey guys, let's not!" Sasuke irritably shot back.
"Well, you're no fun, as usual." Naruto scoffed. "Hey Kakashi-sensei! Wanna tell ghost stories?"
"No. Go to sleep, Naruto." came Kakashi's reply.
"...Well this sucks." Naruto frowned. "I'm stuck here with a bunch of party poopers. I'm going to sleep."
"Well that's the best idea you've had all night, Naruto." Sasuke said, half smirking in relief as he lay back down in his sleeping bag.
Naruto stuck his tongue out at Sasuke, not that he could see as it was dark in the tent, but it nevertheless satisfied Naruto.
Naruto had been sitting on his sleeping bag all this time, so he clambered into his sleeping bag headfirst. That's right. He went in the wrong way. On purpose? Who knows…
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Sakura asked in exasperation, wanting to get to sleep.
"Just ignore him. He's looking for attention again." Sasuke said.
"Am not! I'm just trying to get to sleep!" Naruto defended.
"Well, you're in the sleeping bag the wrong way!" Sakura told Naruto.
"Who cares? Good night!" replied Naruto.
5 minutes later, gasping sounds were coming from Naruto's sleeping bag.
"Naruto, remove yourself from the sleeping bag before you suffocate yourself and die." Kakashi called out from his tent to Naruto's.
"Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura called out. "I thought you were asleep!"
"Not when I'm at the most exciting part of my book!" Kakashi called back. "Anyways, you guys should be sleeping, so goodnight."
"Goodnight, sensei!" Sakura called back. Inner Sakura shouted inside, "That stupid jerk! Telling us to go to sleep while he gets to stay up and read that dirty book! Dammit!"
Sasuke removed suffocating Naruto from his sleeping bag.
"Goodnight." Sasuke replied to Kakashi.
Naruto was gasping for air as he spoke, "Good...night...sensei!" and then collapsed down onto his sleeping bag. "Whew! I thought I was going to be dead for sure!" Naruto gasped.
"That's right, trust Naruto to get himself into a sleeping bag in the dark!" Sakura scoffed.
"I knew what I was doing!" Naruto retorted.
"Ok, guys. Shut up and sleep." Sasuke told the two bickering shinobi.
Sakura nodded, replying with, "ok!" and lay back down.
"Good night, Sasuke!" Naruto said, once again, sticking out his tongue out at Sasuke, but again, Sasuke can't see this, as it was too dark for him to see Naruto's face, so there was no point. But it made Naruto happy anyways.
"Goodnight, Sakura-chan!" Naruto grinned.
Sakura didn't reply.
So the three lay there for about 10 minutes or so, drifting off to sleep, when suddenly...
scratch scratch scratch...
"What was that? What was that?" Naruto cried.
"What was what?" Sakura mumbled.
scratch scratch scratch
"That!" Naruto cried. "I think it's scratching the side of our tent, like it's trying to get in or something!"
"What is it? It might kill us! What do we do?" Sakura freaked out.
"Oh geez..." Sasuke grumbled. "It's probably just a raccoon."
"But what if it gets into the tent and tries to scratch our faces off? I can't have my pretty face destroyed!" Sakura wailed.
Naruto giggled quietly, trying to smother his laughter into his pillow.
"Shut up, Naruto! This isn't a laughing matter!" Sakura cried angrily.
"Naruto, stop scratching the side of the tent!" Sasuke suddenly said angrily.
"But I swear it wasn't me!" Naruto objected. But a few seconds later, Naruto burst out laughing. "Oh man! You guys actually fell for it! I really had you guys fooled for a moment!"
"Naruto! I'll destroy you!" Sakura screamed angrily, punching Naruto…in the dark I might add, which does take skill.
"Geez, no one around here can take a joke!" Naruto grumbled, rubbing his wounded cheek.
And so a battered Naruto retreated within his sleeping bag without another word.
15 minutes later, weird growling and other odd sounds were heard.
"What was that?' Naruto cried.
"Naruto, stop that stupid trick before I bash your face in again!" Sakura growled.
"But it's not me! I'm serious this time!" Naruto pleaded, not wanting another punch in the face.
Sasuke groaned.
They were hearing the upset growling and gurgling of Sasuke's stomach, reacting to themalformed ramen he had for dinner.
"Uh-oh, looks likeSasuke's gonna be sick! Ha ha ha!" Naruto laughed out loud.
"...This is going to be a long night" Sasuke moaned, stomach churning, making him want to throw up. "I'm going to kill Kakashi in the morning for this!" Sasuke growled as he ran out of the tent to upchuck his dinner.
To be continued...
I apologize if there's any mistakes in this chapter, as I rushed proof-reading it a bit since I wanted to getthe chapterup before I go away. This will be the last chapter that's going up for about a week, as I'll be away. But review lots while I'm gone! It'll make me very happy to see my e-mail box full of reviews when I return home! Next chapter will be up on Saturday most likely. Now review! Pretty please?