LINS10

And I am back. The no Internet thing is really getting to me XD.

Thanks to: senna-taicho-kun, XAlternativeXMusicXGirlX, SieraXD, hahahaha(), peacegirlforever, Rose Tiger, and cg13()

The several grammar mistakes that have popped up in the last chapters are the result of not having a beta, lack of time, and speed typing. Sorry about it and thanks to hahahaha () for pointing them out.

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SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE SMASH OFF

"WHERE THE HELL IS MY FUKIN LIP GLOSS!"

A slim tube of pink flew across the room and hit Ino square in the forehead.

"OW!" she wailed, examining the tiny red pockmark that had appeared on her perfectly unblemished skin.

Tenten smirked as she struggled to shove her laptop into the black and red messenger bag she was carrying. The band room was in a total frenzy. Instruments were in a hurry to be packed and Ino's lip-gloss was all over the place. Sakura cursed as she pulled the strap over the guitar bag over her hair. Ino and Matsuri did the same with theirs while Hinata pulled the zipper over her Yamaha. KMC had said they would provide the bands with keyboards and other things that were hard to transport but Hinata and Tenten felt better with their own instruments. Everyone started to file out and Tenten panicked.

"Uh, a little help here?" she called.

No one heard her in the hurricane of words and she cursed to herself. The set of drums had been disassembled and were now stacked on top of each other in their black leathery cases. Okay, so Tenten did Kendo, a bunch of Martial Arts and some soccer but she did not have the manpower to do all of this in 7 minutes. She sighed and picked up the top two, which happened to be the base and snare. She struggled with getting them through the door and just as she had left it she tripped over a stray amp cord.

"Fuck!" she called as she fell.

She tried to regain her balance and catch the drums at the same time but her ninja skills just didn't cut it.

'Not my babies! Nooooooooooo' she mind wailed as she saw the drums collapse to the floor.

Then two people caught her and the drums.

"Huh?" she looked up and saw Sasuke holding onto one of her arms and Neji trying to balance the drums.

"Thanks?" she said.

She stood up and tried to take the drums from Neji but he refused.

"Just let me carry them. You'll fall again. And where's everyone else?"

Tenten was both pissed off and grateful for his help. So she kicked him and grabbed the sets from him.

"They're at the bus. What are you doing here anyway?"

Sasuke and Gaara came out of the room with the rest of the drum set, Naruto right behind them with Hinata's Yamaha.

"We're here to help" said Naruto, hefting the heavy keyboard.

Tenten was a little suspicious but she didn't turn down the offer. In one trip they managed to get everything back to the bus and get themselves on it too. Several other bands in the same area as them were on it but Ignorant Bliss and Apocalyptic Death were the only people in the far back. Sakura waved Tenten over, glaring at Sasuke.

"Hello everyone. How may we help you?" she asked in a pleasant voice that Tenten knew she must have practiced.

Tenten shook her head and asked something.

"Who's the driver?"

"ME!" yelled a female voice.

Everyone flinched and turned to see a drunk Tsunade at the door. She smirked and inserted the keys.

"Don't worry" she said smiling widely, her amber eyes blood shot and dilating. "I'm not drunk."

Naruto eyes turned cat like as he pointed out the 35 bottles of sake at her feet. He hissed as if it were a familiar enemy.

"Who the hell said Tsunade should be the driver?" whispered Neji as Sasuke turned Naruto back to human.

"Is it that bad?" asked Sakura, although she was wary of the school's principal.

Naruto snorted "Are you joking? It's the number one rule by students. teachers, janitors, and cafeteria ladies throughout the district that no one is to ever let Tsunade DUI. Evaaar"

Naruto's cerulean blue eyes widened as if to heighten the effect and Tenten rolled her eyes. The more fun the better. Tsunade started down the road and things were going really smoothly. Too smoothly. Tenten twitched uncontrollably.

"I though you said this was dangerous." she hissed.

"It is" hissed back Shikamaru. "There's something wrong"

Sakura and Matsuri had been listening in on their conversation.

"Bad?" whispered Sakura.

"Really bad" said Gaara.

DSINYVWIYPNI

They turned to see Matsuri rummaging through her large bag.

"Is it in mine?...no…uh…let's see…"

She turned to Ino and they searched through the bottomless pit together.

"nope…"

"is that it?"

"nope…"

"I think…"

"nope"

Naruto peered in with wide eyes.

"It that some sort of 4-dimensional back pack?" he asked in awe. "Where'd you get it?"

Ino glared "Shut up."

Shikamaru pulled Naruto aside and told him that reading too much Doraemon was bad for his health.

"But it's a childhood classic!" argued Naruto.

Shikamaru sighed but Gaara spoke before he could.

"No, Naruto. Normal teens like us read actual stuff."

"But he's not normal" whispered Sasuke.

"He's…I dunno…different…crazy." mused Neji.

Naruto heard everything and yelled back in protest.

"I'm not crazy or different!" he said confidently. "Everyone is just extra normal!"

The rest of the group deadpanned at his logic. Before long Matsuri crowed in delight as she and Ino pulled out cans and cans of high lighter colored stuff. Tenten crouched to pick one up.

"Silly String?"

"YEAH!" whisper yelled Ino. "Its the best thing in the world."

Everyone was grabbing cans and studying the colors. Tenten had gotten some pink, green, and yellow. She was about the open the can and smell it when the bus jolted forwards.

"Sorry!" Tsunade called, her words slightly slurring "There was a giant turtle in my way!"
Hinata blinked. The bus had pulled her forwards, shaking the can and popping off the top at the same time. Silly string exploded from her can and it highlighted her hair a dark blue.

"SILLY STRING FIGHT!" yelled Naruto, shaking up some orange and throwing it with mega strength. Orange covered the bus and all hell exploded.

"Get your own color and try not to get hit!"

Tenten was lime green, Sakura was pink, Ino was purple, Hinata was light blue and Matsuri was yellow. Neji was a silvery white, Sasuke was a navy color, Shikamaru was dark green, Naruto was orange, and Gaara was red. Tenten dive rolled under a seat and made herself comfortable. When a pair of feet passed by she raided them in her color. When she stuck her head out she saw Gaara, covered in head to toe with green.

"Sorry, panda!" she called.

She was about to go back to the safety of the seat when white silly string poured onto her face.

"WTFH?"

Once it had cleared from her eyes she could see Neji under the seat across from her.

"Sorry, other panda"

"ICE BITCH" she roared in response.

She fired but hit Sakura instead. Sakura got mad and made a wall of silly string in Tenten's seat, then cackled before dying Sasuke's hair bright pink.

"Shit!" yelled Sasuke, trying to scrape the minty smelling stuff from his hair.

Apart from much action, Ino was standing over Shikamaru. He seemed to be asleep in what he thought was the safest place, in the very back, under a seat with a footrest. She gently sprayed a mustache on his face and left it to settle then she painted on a goatee and fuzzy eyebrows. She didn't notice him move his pinkie in his sleep. It triggered a whole line of forest green muck onto her face and clothes. She screamed and angrily sprayed the guy's ears purple, hoping it would stay dyed. Meanwhile, Hinata and Matsuri were battling Naruto and Gaara. Gaara had made a wall of red and was shooting from a peephole.

"HAHAH YOU'LL NEVER GET THROUGH!" he yelled crazily.

Matsuri dive rolled and the wall collapsed

"HAHAH YOU"LL NEVER ESCAPE!"

Hinata giggled at the two and went to look for Naruto. He was hiding in the various piles of string but where ever he went Hinata would find him.

"Gotcha" she said quietly before attacking him.

Naruto growled and pounced. Hinata's hair was streaked with red and orange while Naruto's looked sort of green from her blue. They were still fighting when a blur of silver crashed into them. Neji was spinning at godspeed and a sphere of silver string surrounded him. Right behind him was Tenten, busting through the line.

"FACE THE STRING! FACE IT!" she yelled.

She shot the five cans she had taped together like a bazooka and it sprayed everyone 5 feet within her. Naruto ducked and he ran into Sasuke who tripped over Hinata. They all fell and Sakura jumped at the top.

"I'M THE KING OF THE-"

She was caught off guard by Matsuri and Gaara, who were wrestling over the last can of spray. They both stood at the top of the human pile until Neji spun into them and Tenten on top of him.

"I'M THE KING OF THE FREAKIN MOUNTAIN!" the two yelled in unison.

Most of the cans were empty and the last one sputtered out as Matsuri tested for the last of it. There was a content silence.

"That was fun" murmured Ino, throwing her can with a ping.

"Yeah" echoed Sakura.

They resumed their silence and it wasn't until everyone had fallen asleep that the bus ride really started.

Four words: I love silly string…I love it. Review if you do too! Or not XD. Next chapter: Operation: The Towel, The Lock, and The Key.