Recap:

In ten minutes everyone was in the field.

End of Recap

Everyone was there except the sand sibblings. No one could find them any where.

Anko decided she would leave them behind. She took everyone in the forest. Asuma, Kakashi, Kurunia, Gai and the rest of the teachers also came on the hike.

Anko told them they had to come. She took everyone so deep into the forest every one was sure they were lost. Once she had gotten to a very small clearing, she stopped. She turned to the teachers and nodded.

Then she turned to the kids, "Each of your groups have an assigned teacher. You must follow him or her now." After she said that she ran off, with Gai following close behind her.

Asuma was assigned to Ino's group. Kakashi was assigned to Sakura's. Kurunia to Hinata's.

All the teams went in different directions.

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Ino's group:

"Where are were going now?" Ino complained.

"I am just doing what Anko told me I had to do," Asuma told her.

"And what did she tell you to do?"

"She told me not to tell you what I am supposed to do." Asuma turned and smiled at Ino's confused face.

"Why do guys have to be so confusing?" Ino mumbled to herself.

Asuma stopped running. Ino, Shikamaru and Sasuke stopped running.

"What are we doing now!?!" Ino asked.

Asuma turned around to face them. "Nature calls," he said. They all sighed and turned around. They could here him walking away, but they didn't know that he wasn't going to come back.

Ten minutes later everyone knew he wasn't coming back. They turned around and saw a note on the ground. On top of the note was an apple. Ino picked it up.

"It says: Dear Ino, I left this note for you, to save Shikamaru the trouble of convincing you that I left you guys. This is what Anko told me to do: She told me to take you guys deeper into the forest make sure all of you were completely lost, and then find an excuse to leave with out you following me. You guys have to stay together. She says you can try to find you way back on your own, or wait where you are for me to come find you in the morning. It's your choice, Ino. Here's an apple, so you don't get too hungry! - Asuma."

Anger was now flowing through Ino.

"HE LEFT US!" Since Ino was very mad, she did what she knew would relieve her anger. She screamed.

"INO! Calm down, you gave me a headache. Now, Asuma left you with a choice, what do you want to do?" Shikamaru asked.

"I don't know." Ino sat down to think. "Well, I can't just eat an apple and be satisfied! But I don't want to get lost, so Asuma can't find us."

"So we're staying here?"

"I guess so. Are you okay with that Sasuke?"

"Hn."

"What is that supposed to mean? Does it mean yes or no?"

"It doesn't matter, Ino. The rest of us want to, and he isn't supposed to leave the group," Shikamaru told her.

"Fine. Shikamaru you better start a fire, it's getting dark...and cold."

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Sakura's group:

"I SHOULD'VE KNOWN HE WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS!!!!" Sakura yelled

"There's no use in yelling, now is there?" Neji said.

"Does anyone have anything to eat? I am getting really hungry," Sakura complained.

"All I got are food pills for me and Akamaru," Kiba said.

"It's 'all I have' Kiba! At least try to use proper grammer," Sakura corrected. "And food pills aren't going to do any good. We need real food. Do you have anything, Neji?"

"No."

"Well, there has to be some bushes around here. I am sure we can find some berries." With that she started walking away from their group.

"Kiba, go with her. Make sure she doesn't hurt herself."

"Why can't you go with her?"

"I am going to make a fire so we have so light when it gets dark. Hurry up, before she gets too far."

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Hinata's group:

"I didn't bring any food. Did you Hinata?" Tenten asked.

"No," Hinata replied.

"Please tell me you brought Instant Ramen, Naruto," Tenten pleaded.

"Yeah, but we don't have any water."

"Yes we do! Hinata and I brought water bottles! Where are they?"

"Right here, we need hot water and a fire 'cause I'm getting cold."

"Okay, I'll try hitting two kunai together, but we need some wood," Tenten said as she looked around.

She got up and found a log and a few sticks. She set them down in a small pile and hit her kunai together. A few sparks flew and hit the wood. A very small flame came up. She did it again and another flame. The flames grew and soon enough they had a fire.

"Alright! Naruto you start getting the Ramen together. Hinata, did you bring the tent?" Tenten asked.

"Yes," Hinata said as she started unzipping her bag.

"Good, then we will start putting up the tent, so we can have it up before it gets dark."

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Temari's group:

"You went on a hike with out us?!?" Temari yelled at Anko.

"Yup! Gai is making enough food for the teachers, so if you want any, go tell him now," Anko said and walked off towards her cabin.

"Kankuro, you go tell Gai we want food. Gaara stay out of the cabin, I am going to change into my swimsuit and go for a swim!" Temari said and ran off.

"She's so bossy!"Kankuro complained as he went to tell the cook they wanted food.

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Ino's group:

"Finally! I was getting cold," Ino said as she sat down next to the fire.

She took a bag of marshmellows out of her backpack. Then she found a stick, scraped the bark off of it, and then started roasting a marshmellow.

"Did you bring the..." Ino trailed off.

"Yeah, I brought it," Shikamaru said.

"Oh good! 'cause roasted marshmellows aren't any good with out Gram Crackers and Chocolate!"

Shikamaru pulled the box of Gram Crackers and some chocolate out of his backpack and handed them to Ino.

"Don't you guys want one?" Ino asked finishing off her third S'more.

"No," Sasuke said plainly.

"Not really," Shikamaru stated.

"Well, ya can't starve!" Ino protested.

"I don't like sweets," Sasuke told her.

"I'm not hungry," Shikamaru said.

Ino sighed. After a few minutes of silence Ino asked, "Umm...where are we going sleep?"

"Right here," Sasuke answered.

"I can't sleep on the ground," she said in discust.

"Why?"

"Because it's dirty and too hard!"

"Well, then I guess you have to find some where else to sleep!" Now Sasuke was clearly annoyed.

"UH! That's what I was trying to figure out before this argument!!" Ino screamed.

Sasuke layed down and closed his eyes.

"Ino!" Sasuke heard a small, quiet voice say.

"Hinata! What are you doing here?" Ino asked.

"Well, I was just scanning the area with my Byakugan, and I found your group. You looked upset so I decided to come see what was wrong."

"Oh, I was just trying to figure out where to sleep. I don't like sleeping on the ground and..." Ino was cut off by Hinata.

"We have a tent, Ino. It's not very big, but I am sure you, Tenten and I could all fit. At least for one night."

"THANK YOU! Oh Hinata, that would be soo great!" Ino said as she hugged the shy girl. "But what about Naruto, where will he sleep?"

"Oh, um... Naruto-kun wants to sleep in the trees."

"He is stranger than I thought. Does he do that on missions, Sasuke?"

"No," Sasuke growled.

"He's cranky when he's tired. He did that this morning too. Well, lets go! Bye Shikamaru. Bye Sasuke. Oh, I left the apple in case one of you gets hungry," Ino said as she left with Hinata.

As soon as they were out of sight, Shikamaru grabbed the apple, sat down beside Sasuke and started eating it. He knew Sasuke was hungry, but he didn't care.

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Sakura's group:

Sakura was having the worst time of her life, and Kiba and Neji couldn't help laughing at her attemps. Everything seemed to just tic her off even more. She had found the berries, but Neji told her they were poisonous. Believing Neji, Sakura set the berries down and tried to find something else to eat. Both Neji and Kiba knew they weren't poisonous, so they ate the berries while she was gone.

When Sakura came back and saw the berries were gone, she asked what the boys had done with them.

"We ate them," Kiba blurted out. Neji punched Kiba.

"You ate poisonous berries?"

Kiba looked at Neji. Neji sighed, "Fine, you can explain."

Kiba smiled, "Neji lied-OUCH!" Neji had punched him harder that time.

"Moron," Neji mumbled.

"Anyways, he told you they were poisonous, but they weren't," Kiba continued.

"You what?" Sakura cracked her knuckles. Kiba looked a little worried, but Neji just smirked.

"You might be able to push Naruto around, but you can't think you could really even land an attack on us."

Sakura sighed, "You're right. Well, I'm going to try to get some sleep." With that she walked over to the closest tree, leaned up against it, and fell asleep.

When Neji was sure she was asleep, he threw a kunai into a near by tree. Then Naruto jumped out of the tree.

"I am gonna get you for that later Neji," he said.

"Yeah, yeah, but right now we got some work to do. You guys ready? " Kiba asked.

Naruto smiled and whisper, "Always ready."

"Good, now get to work!" Neji said quietly.

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In Hinata's tent:

"Um... Hinata I didn't see Naruto in any of the trees," Ino said.

"Well, he also said he, Neji, and Kiba were gonna get together," Hinata told her.

"Okay? Hey, do you guys wanna make some s'mores?" Ino asked.

Tenten and Hinata nodded. As they were making they're s'mores, Ino was getting a little bored of the silence, so she did what she liked best.

"Do you want to play truth or dare?"

"Sure, but lets save the dares for tomorrow, I'm getting tired," Tenten said. Hinata just nodded.

"Good, I'll go first. Tenten, is it true that you've like Neji since you met in the Academy?"

Tenten blushed, "Y-yeah."

"So that rumer is true," Ino smirked.

"There are rumers going around about m-me?" Tenten studdered.

"It's your turn, Tenten."

"Fine, Ino, how long have you liked Shikamaru?"

"He's just a friend!" Ino shouted.

"Shut up or everyone in this forest will hear you! Ino, we all love you, and know you better than that."

Ino frowned. "When we were out on a mission, I realised that I liked him more than just a friend."

Hinata and Tenten smiled.

"Alright, my turn. Hinata, have you ever thought that Naruto just didn't care about you at all?" Ino asked.

"W-well," she sighed, "yes. Right before we went into the forest of death, I tried to talk to him. We talked a little and I saw he was cut, so I thought I would give him some medical ointment. When I was getting the ointment out, he just walked away."

"Aww, well you know he likes you a little, cuz in the prelimanaries he cheered for you," Tenten encouraged.

"Yeah. Well, it's my turn. Ino, why haven't you shown Shikamaru any sign that you like him?" Hinata asked.

"Why is it always me?" Ino complained.

"Doesn't matter. She asked a question, you must answer it," Tenten told her.

"Alright, alright. Well, to be totally and completly honest," Ino paused, "You can't tell a single living soul anything said here tonight!"

"Okay, but you have to stop shouting, and you have to promise you won't tell anything we have said," Tenten said.

"I won't tell anyone."

Tenten glared at her.

"OKAY! I promise I will stop yelling and I won't tell anyone anything said here."

"We believe you, Ino, just please answer my question," Hinata told Ino.

Ino took a deep breath, "To be honest, I really like him, but I like having him as my friend more than anything. I don't want anything to happen that might take our friendship away."

Tenten and Hinata looked a little confused.

"Alright, lets say Shikamaru and I start going out, okay? We break up. Then what happens to our friendship?"

"What makes you think you would break up?" Tenten asked.

"It was a hypathetical situation, Tenten. Anyways, if we did break up, our friendship would go down the tubes, or we would act really weird around each other. I really don't want that to happen. Do you get it?"

They both nodded.

"Good, now lets go to bed, I'm exhausted," Ino told them.

All three of them got up and went into the tent. They were all very tired so they went right to sleep.

A/N: I am really sorry about the long wait for this chapter. I had alot going on.

I will only update the next chapter when I get 5 reviews. :P