A/N: Ninjas and volleyball? Actually it could work pretty well. Let's see how they do this time. Enjoy!

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Kakashi, Genma and Kotetsu did get together and practice their volley ball moves. They were surprisingly good at it. Mostly because their ninja skills made it easy for them to anticipate the trajectory of a ball when it was hit and their speed got them to where the ball would be before it was able to hit the ground. They thought they might be good enough to form a three man team of their own. One thing was for sure, they were not going to look like dorks in front of the ladies, unless they screwed something up royally.

The day of the tournament came and Kotetsu and Genma arrived early, looking for Kakashi. Both were dressed in what they considered volley ball attire – beach shorts, tank tops and flip flops. Noticing Kakashi was nowhere to be found, Genma said, "Told you he wouldn't make it early."

Kotetsu said, "Whatever man, we'll wait for him. Get a load of this place. Three courts to watch and that means six teams at a time. All those women in practically no clothes, jumping around, rolling around and there will probably be some grunting too! This place is terrific!"

Genma said, "Yeah, I can't wait until it's full of scantily clad women."

Both ninja took a seat in some bleachers by the entrance and waited for Kakashi to show. Meanwhile the area began to fill up with barely dressed women, not much more than their team colors indicating who was on what team. Kakashi had still not shown, but the other two members didn't even miss him. They were too busy woman watching to notice it was getting late and the tournament was about to begin.

Soon the bleachers were packed with enthusiastic volley ball spectators. Kotetsu mentioned, "Dude, I can feel the energy around this place! Gai was right, youthful energy is contagious!"

Genma said, "Yeah, did you see those girls over there? OH God, that one better be careful, if she jumps she may just fall out of her top."

Kakashi spoke up, "Which one is that?"

Kotetsu and Genma hadn't even noticed when he'd arrived. Genma said, "Where the hell have you been?"

"I had a better idea of how to get the ladies interested, so I took a little extra time to plan."

Genma said, "It better be good. Don't disappoint us."

Kotetsu said, "Yeah," between ogling one girl and then the next.

Kakashi said, "Just relax and enjoy the show."

The three members watched the ladies volleyball tournament with great interest. They especially liked it when the girls would jump up high, get all stretched out, and spike the ball into their opponent's faces. But then they liked any jumping, stretching and hitting that any of the girls did. The energy coming from the girls who were playing was indeed catchy and all three found themselves really getting into the games, cheering when points were won, and elbowing each other, pointing and yelling when there were particularly excellent moves made. It was like for a little while, they left the deadly ninjas behind and became professional girl's volleyball fans. The girls themselves were indeed athletic wonders. The three members were quite impressed, and not only by their scantily clad physiques.

The tournaments ended with a fantastic show of athleticism, and absolutely no bathing suit mishaps, much to the members' disappointment. Afterward, Kotetsu turned to Kakashi and said, "So what's this big plan you've got?"

"It's not that big a plan. Just sit here for a while and watch."

Genma said, "What the hell is he talking about, just about all the volleyball girls are leaving or have already gone. The place is clearing out. What are we waiting for?"

Kakashi smacked Genma on the back and said, "The wannabees," and he pointed to the not-so athletic, slightly curvier girls who decided that they wanted to take a crack at volleyball since the tournaments were over. Kakashi said, "The wannabees have caught some of the youthful energy from the professional volleyball girls. They want to try it out for themselves. But who do you think they're going to play?"

Genma said, drooling slightly as a very curvy girl took a swat at a volleyball and sent it sailing, "us."

Kakashi said, "Precisely. Care to play?" He got up and headed for where the girls were gathering. Kotetsu and Genma stumbled over themselves trying to catch up to him.

Kakashi walked over to the group of girls and said, "You girls up for a game? The tournament was fantastic, and we feel like hitting a few over the net. Wanna play?"

Kotetsu almost giggled at Kakashi's reference to the girls "playing" with them. Oh the thoughts that ran through his head; girls, sand, very little clothing. He brought himself back to the task at hand when one of the girls said, "Sure, we'll play with you." Even more thoughts, naughty thoughts. Then Kotetsu saw Kakashi turn away from the girls and take his shirt off. He asked him, "What are you doing?"

Kakashi said, "Don't you remember dolt? Volley ball players wear very little clothes, you said so yourself! Plus, I don't want to get sand in my shirt, and I want them to get a good look at how much I've been working out lately." Kotetsu couldn't argue with that logic and whipped his shirt off, and kicked his flip flops to the side of the court. Genma followed shortly thereafter.

The girls then decided who was going to play them. There were six girls total, which, by Kakashi, Genma and Kotetsu's calculations, would equal two girls for each of them which they thought would be just fine. But since they decided to play three on three, three of the girls decided to go on to a local hangout not far from the courts for some adult refreshments. The three girls who were playing were to meet them there later.

Kakashi chivalrously said, "Ladies first," and tossed the ball to one of the girls. The girls were a bit giggly, which all three members thought was just the cutest thing. Curvy giggly girls in practically no clothes, ready to jump around with them. And all around them youthful energy still hung thick in the air. It was a fine day indeed.

Kotetsu playfully said, "Whenever you're ready. Don't worry; we'll go easy on ya!" Genma went over to Kotetsu and high-fived him, the spirit of youth running through their veins.

The girl with the ball, backed up, threw the ball high and hit it with an almighty slap. The ball went sailing right between Kakashi and Kotetsu who had both dived toward it, but both missed. The serving girl yelled, "That's one for us!" As Kakashi and Kotetsu were getting up, Kotetsu said, "I think we're going to have to try a little bit harder or that "dork" factor is going to come out."

Kakashi said, "You're right. Let's do it. Genma. Tighten it up." Genma nodded knowing that Kakashi meant, "Don't fuck around anymore."

When the girls served the next time, the three members brought their ninja skills to the volleyball court. They set up a volley so that Kotetsu could jump high, stretch out, and tap the ball over the other side, making sure he didn't slam any girls' faces in the process. The ball was in and the service was theirs. They energetically high-fived, and proceeded to gain service.

The game raged on back and forth. Who would have known that the so called "wannabees" were actually really good individually, but they didn't exactly play like a well oiled team. The three members though, were in fact trained to work as a team outside the volleyball world, so they just translated it into the court and began winning point after point. They felt fantastic. Full of life! Full of energy, and they not only high-fived, but chest bumped and even exchanged a few rounds of ass slaps when someone did a particularly spectacular save. They figured since the profession girl's volleyball players did it, so should they.

The game came to a conclusion, with the guys letting the girls win by two points – or so they said. They didn't want to crush them completely, but wanted to have a fun time with them. The three members noticed then that the girls were done and wanted to leave to join their friends, so Genma said to the other members, "What do we do now? They look like they want to go."

Kotetsu said, "Why don't we go with them?"

Kakashi said, "We haven't been asked. Let's see if we can join them."

Genma said, "Ladies, leaving so soon?"

One of the girls said, "Yeah, we should meet our friends. Sun's going down and it's going to get cooler. You guys should probably get going too."

The three members looked at each other nodding, they all wanted to go with the girls and maybe make that "two girls for every guy" thing a reality. So Genma said, "Where you going? Got room for a few guys to tag along?"

The girls looked a little shocked, and then they started whispering amongst themselves. One of the girls said, "Uhm, well, I don't know if you'd like where we're going. Shouldn't you be going out with your friends?"

Genma said, "Well, we wouldn't mind being YOUR friends tonight."

The girl said, "But we thought you guys were gay."

Kakashi, Kotetsu and Genma stared at them with blank looks on their faces.

The girl continued, "You know. You all have perfect hairless bodies, and all that chest bumping and ass slapping. Gay. We're outta here." The girls gathered their things and turned and left the three stunned members.

Kotetsu said, "Gay. What the fuck gay? I am so not gay!"

Genma said, "I'm more not gay than you! I think."

Kakashi just said, "Gai is an asshole."

Genma said, "At least you didn't get slapped this time."

Kakashi said, "Calling me gay is the same as a slap in the face, and it hurts even worse I'll have you know."

The three members turned to leave, and after gathering up their things, they agreed to meet the next day to finish up the two remaining members on their list. This was getting tedious, and if they didn't find some good advice in these last two men, they decided they'd all just become ninja monks instead.

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A/N: The power of youth did not help our members this time. But what about next time? Only four chapters to go. Will they ever be successful??? Will Kakashi's face ever heal? Review please!

Next up: Kotetsu, Genma and Kakashi ask Asuma for his advice. How can the guys screw this one up? Where there's a will . . . See you soon!