nightDREAMERms: Yes! So close! Hmm…. Though it does kinda bother me that I'm still on the first day and going into Chapter 11 -.- Ah well, things should start to pick up speed from here.

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"talking"

'thinking'

"Inner Sakura"

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This is for lizuchiha I understand, it's really confusing remembering whose on which team! (I have a list for myself also!)

Team: Orange

Principal: Jiriaya

School: Nokosu

-Naruto

-Shikamaru

-Gaara

-Kankuro

-Lee

Team: Red

Principal: Orochimaru

School: Sunko

-Sasuke

-Shino

-Neji

-Chouji

-Kiba

Team: White

Principal: Tsunade

School: Kosuna

-Sakura

-Hinata

-Ino

-Temari

-Tenten

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Chapter 11: Blonds, Brunettes, Boys, and Barbies Don't Mix.

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"Naruto!" the simultaneous whine from well... Pretty much everyone, echoed throughout the room each sending him a personalized glare.

Sarutobi just blinked. "How high is the water?"

"Oh. Only one or two-"

"Well then good, we can get it drained-"

"-feet."

A grimace crossed the principal's face but just as quickly an amused expression presented itself and he slipped unnoticed out of the room.

The rest of the teams weren't as forgiving. "What in the world did you DO?!" Sakura ground out angrily.

Hastily Naruto pushed hands out in front of him, "No! Sakura-chan! I didn't do anything I swear!"

If looks perceived, she hadn't believed a word that came out of his mouth.

Seeing this he tried again. "No, really! All I did was flush the toilet and BOOM!-" He used his hands to show a miniature explosion,"-instant flood."

Sakura frowned and looked as if she were about to retort when Sasuke interjected, slightly startling her due to the fact that she had forgotten that he was even there. "Dobe, I knew you were… well you-" At this, he sent a pointed look at the blonde who had to started to remark, "-but this is a whole new level."

Naruto glared back wholeheartedly at the Uchiha. "Shut up, you-"

"I really hate to say this," surprisingly it was Shikamaru who interrupted him, "But I have to agree with Sasuke."

Naruto gaped at his teammate then around the room as the rest of the crowd seconded him.

The whiskered-boy could only babble, "B-but, I really didn't…" Not that anyone would believe him, word had spread through the small group of teenagers of his Pranking reputation. He almost sighed, one measly prank on the senior class and everything else in the world is automatically your doing. Come on, it was just one can of body paint… and a pool… and a tank full of glue... and a whole bunch of feathers… and a massive fan… and a ton of silly string…

Hidden towards the back of the crowd, Hinata was frozen as memories of turning the little knob came back to her. She sent an apologetic look towards Naruto, not that he saw it. But she didn't dare come clean to being responsible for the mess. If she did, then they would want to know why she saw there in the first place, what she was doing, why she turned it and other questions Hinata really really didn't want to answer. Her face tinted a light shade of red, especially in front of certain people.

So instead she watched the rest of the teams, including her own, berate the innocent man, not joining but not stopping them.

Hinata was nice, not stupid.

-Two hours of groaning, insults, and whining later-

Sarutobi returned looking serious, though if you focused really hard you could see a glimmer of humor in his eyes. "I have some bad news." he played the role very well, down-grading his voice to a grave tone.

"Due to… unseen misfortunes, the form has been damaged and will not be repaired 'till at the soonest Sunday evening."

Soft yet deliberate mutterings were cast around the room.

The principal held his hand up to signify silence, "For the time being, you'll all be staying in one of the guest cabins. Unfortunately, we only have one so all three teams must share." he paused and sent them a quizatory glare, "I won't have to explain my expectations on behavior will I?"

Certain people in the room knew exactly what he meant and like Hinata, blushed and squeaked a "No." Others understood and sneered at the opposite sex, like Neji who promptly received a blown raspberry form Tenten in return. And some, like Naruto, Chouji, and Lee had absolutely no idea what he was talking about and turned to see if the rest of their teammates did.

Sarutobi couldn't help but snicker at the mixed reactions. As he did he noticed two things tree-bark brown near his feet. "Oh and before I forget, there is no internet or phone connection in the cabin, so we have provided you with limited edition iPhones-"

The scream that protruded out of Ino's mouth would of landed at least a 4.3 on the Richter scale. As quick as a flash of lightning she had snatched the cardboard box seated diagonally behind the pedestal, picked up one of the already activated phones, completed personalized it, and was texting, her back turned to the rest of the group.

"Ok, that was od-"

Suddenly the floor started vibrating, then moments later a high-pitched tune started to play.

Kiba scrunched up his nose, causing the rest of his face to frown as he strained to interpret the noise, "Isn't that the intro to… Barbie Girl?"

Naruto perked up, lifting his chin in an attempt to heat better, "Yeah it is…"

"I'm a Barbie Girl!" Kiba mouthed the first lyric, bobbing his head and looking up.

"In a Barbie World!" Naruto did a little spin, arms outstretched, before mouthing the end.

"So fantastic!" Kiba pretended to do a movie-star hair flip.

"Made of plastic!" Naruto used his hands to form an imaginary woman body on his own, emphasizing certain parts of the anatomy he didn't possess.

"You can brush my hair-"

Those who weren't horrified at the spectacle they were witnessing and eye-twitching uncontrollably, were sending Gaara, a.k.a. the-only-one-in-the-room-with-access-to-music weird looks.

The tattooed boy simply turned up his own music and sent them the look, not a glare but the famous "You're-an-idiot-for-even-thinking-that-and-I-should-kill-you-just-for-being-a-hazard-to-society-with-your-stupidness" look.

Sakura rolled her eyes before plunging her hand into the box and pulling out the ringing cell phone.

"Ok, Ino. You've had your fun, now stop." She wasn't in the least bit amused, probably because she was an eye-witness to the tragedy that was Naruto and Kiba.

Ino awwed from her spot on the ground where she was sitting cross-legged, before hanging up her iPhone. Then noticed she was privy to a butt-load of astonished looks. "What?"

"H-how'd you-?- But you didn't even know the number!" Kiba asked, after trying to continue the song without the music, but was smacked over the head by Shino who threatened bodily harm if he ever did that again.

Ino was just as quickly back on her cell surfing the internet or I'ming, Kiba wasn't sure which. "In packages such as this, when they deliver a multitude of phones they normally only change the last three or four digits in the customized phone numbers." She answered casually, her face never tearing away from the screen.

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, 'And the ringtone? How'd you program that without even touching the other phone."

Ino smirked, "Transferring and a bit of hacking into it's systems."

Shikamaru actually looked impressed, "All in a couple of seconds. And I thought…" He droned off, thinking better of what he was about to say and instead deciding to keep his thoughts to himself.

Unfortunately for him, Ino wouldn't let him. Instantly the cell was slammed on the floor next to her. Not hard enough to damage or harm it but enough to demonstrate her anger. "No, go ahead and say it! You assumed that just because I'm a cheerleader, like boys, enjoy shopping, and chat with my friends a lot that I was dumb," her tone was bitter but her glare was worse, "I hate people like you who believe in freakin' stereotypes!" She then grabbed up her cell phone and reabsorbed herself in it, though the smile was gone from her face and she was nibbling on the side of her lip.

The room had gone suddenly silent with her outburst and Shikamaru's eyes caught the pre-stages of a crying session, having being present during several in his lifetime and widened. He extended an arm out towards her, he hadn't meant to offend her, especially not to make her cry! But apparently he had hit a nerve and like the 75 of the male population, he had no idea what to do when a female did cry. "N-no. But I didn't mean.. umm.. (-insert standard Shika-sigh here-) Women are so troublesome." he stopped trying when he saw the rest of her teammates go to comfort her, most sending mean looks to him at the same time.

Sarutobi had been watching the play in action for a whole now. For him it was a little like a reality show… or soap opera. Either way the drama was entertaining but now he knew he should interject. Though he doubted what he had to say would comfort them.

He coughed, getting their attention, then dangled a key ring in front of their faces. "I have here eight keys, they all unlock the cabin, but unfortunately this all of the copies we have right now, which means you'll have to pair up. Because of the fact that teams are odd-numbered and that one person would indefinitely have to partner with one of the other teams we have decided to keep your partners the same as on the bus. Kankuro you'll have a set of your own." There was the normal ritual whining of assigned partners, and a tell of "Yeah!" from Kankuro, but the arrangement was half-way expected.

The principal checked his watch after passing out the keys, "Okay it's 12:23, if you leave now you should be at the cabin by two o' clock at the latest." with that he turned to leave but Temari called out to him.

"Wait! We can't pack anything?"

"Nope, sorry, you'll need to leave a.s.a.p."

"What about clothes?" Tenten complained, tugging on the rim of her shirt, "We'll wear the same thing all week?"

Sarutobi chuckled, "Of course not, that's highly unsanitary. You'll also wear these!" He held up sports jerseys each one of three colors: white, red or orange.

The entire room sweat dropped.

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nightDREAMERms: Ok, I think. I added a little more to Ino's personal background that I wasn't exactly planning on, but it will definitely be beneficial later in the story!(Did anybody notice the subtle double-meaning of the actions Ino made Naruto and Kiba do?) And the funness starts next chapter! Yes, I can make up all words I want.

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