"Travel, school, and sleep"

A/N: Nobody seems to have liked Takomaru. Regardless he is kinda important to the story. "This story has a plot?"...the answer to that is, it didn't but I'm gonna start doing an actual story line after the Takomaru arc. Not giving to much away though. Also not to sure when the actual story line will start. Enjoy.

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"Are we there yet?" Takomaru asked loudly.

"No." Naruto sighed. They were only twelve minutes outside of the village when Takomaru first started asking if they were there yet. They were now only thirteen minutes out of the village and the official count of "Are we there yet?" being asked was fifty two.

"Okay then." Takomaru said as he looked at the surrounding trees.

'Finally. Silence.' Naruto thought gleefully. He never thought that he'd be so happy to not hear anything.

"Saaaay, friend, about how far out are we from Konoha?" Takomaru asked.

"About fourteen minutes. Why?" Naruto asked the comic.

"No reason friend." Takomaru said in a tone of voice that indicated that he did indeed ask for a reason.

"I'm not your friend." Naruto pointed out venomously.

"Why not? Is this because I didn't bring food?" Takomaru asked in a curious tone.

"You hit me with a frying pan." Naruto said in a slow, calm voice.

"Oh...Did I?" Takomaru asked thoughtfully.

"It just happened a few minutes ago!!" Naruto screamed in outrage.

His outburst was met in silence. A few seconds passed before Naruto heard Takomaru ask "Are we there yet?"

Naruto sighed again. 'This is going to be a long day.' He thought.

Back in Konoha. "F-father? C-can I talk t-to you?" Hinata asked her dad who was doing some paperwork at the time.

"Only if it is important." Hiashi replied.

"Um...C-can Uzumaki, Hana stay over f-for a f-few days?" She asked quietly.

"The little girl who did not back away even when faced with the infamous Hyuuga death glare?" Hiashi asked not looking up from his paperwork.

"Y-yes." Hinata responded.

"Fine. She will be sleeping in Hanabi's room. Now leave me be, I have important paperwork to get to." Hiashi said finally looking up from the paper he was holding in his hand.

"Y-yes. Th-thank you father." Hinata bowed and then walked as fast as she could out of the room.

"This should be interesting." Hiashi said aloud as he reached into his desk and pulled out an orange book. "Now I really do wonder what the fuss is about this...Chapter one..." Hiashi said as he started to read.

"Well Tomato?" Hana asked loudly. "Can I stay!?"

"Y-yes... Father didn't seem to m-mind. Y-you will b-be sleeping i-in m-my sisters r-room." Hinata stated barely above a whisper.

"Yay!!!" Hana shouted running around. She then stopped and looked at Hinata. "So I'm sleeping in Okama's room?"

Hinata almost laughed. "N-no Neji-nii-san is my cousin. Didn't I tell you? Anyway H-Hanabi-nii-chan sleeps i-in the room next to me."

"Yay! So when do I meet her?" Hana asked looking around.

"Right now." Came a voice from up a staircase. When Hanabi had emerged into view she looked at Hinata and asked in a haughty tone only Hyuuga's could use "What is it that I hear about sharing my room?"

"W-well um... Father said that Hana must sleep in your r-room." Hinata stuttered.

"Hm... Fair enough. Little girl." Hanabi said looking down at Hana. "I assume she means you, therefore I will point out a few ground rules. You must always address me as Hanabi-sama until I inform you otherwise. Second you are not to touch my closet. Third and most importantly, you will not interrupt my sleep." She said in a commanding tone. She really didn't like ordering people around, however a Hyuuga main branch member must always give orders to their inferiors.

"..." Hana just stared at Hanabi for a second then turned her gaze towards Hinata "Um...is there a change of clothes in your room?"

Hinata nodded and then said "Yes. G-go up there, I'll b-b-be there s-soon."

"Thank you Tomato." Hana replied calmly, turned to the stair way, and then took off running while screaming. "AHHHHH!!! I'm going to dieee!!!"

"Hinata-nii-chan, what was the meaning of that?" Hanabi said staring at the space where Hana had just ran to.

"I-I told h-her th-that if women w-wear sp-spandex suits, l-like the one G-Gai-sensei and Lee-san wear they ex-explode." Hinata said, she then looked as though she remembered something very important, she took off running and called out "Hana, don't touch my closet!"

Hanabi sighed and turned towards the front door as she thought 'Are all people's lives like this? If so maybe I am wrong to admire them.'

With Naruto and Takomaru. "Sooo, are we there yet?" Takomaru asked. It was getting late into the night and he had yet to stop asking that question.

"No. We'll stop here, okay?" Naruto sighed as he set down his pack.

Takomaru set his down as well and then looked at a tree. "Hey, I forgot something, stay here and get some food cooking kay? I'll be back in about two minutes." Takomaru said as he ran out of sight into the woods.

"I should follow him. But he'd probably just hit me with a frying pan." Naruto said to himself as he started cooking the instant ramen.

Takomaru returned just in time for the ramen to finish. "Saaaay, what's for grub?" He put his hand in his pocket as he asked the question.

"Ramen. It's really hot. What did you forget?" Naruto asked. 'He couldn't have left it in Konoha, no one can move that fast. Must be important though.'

'He suspects...' Takamaru thought. "Saaaay, friend, are you lying to me?" He then asked.

"No, it really is hot." Naruto stated bluntly.

"You better hope you're lying." Takomaru stated.

"Why...?" Naruto started before the steaming broth from Takomaru's bowl splashed him in the face. Naruto fell over screaming, grabbing at his face and sweeping the liquid off his face.

"Now I know what you're thinking, probably something along the lines of 'Ahhhhh!!! Get it off of me, get it off of meeee!!!' however I wouldn't advice myself to touch that stuff. From the looks of it, it's very hot. By the way I'm going to borrow you're bowl." Takomaru said as he grabbed Naruto's bowl and started eating. After this episode ended Takomaru fell asleep.

'What a jerk.' Naruto thought as he made another bowl of ramen.

"Agreed. Let's kill him." Kyuubi said. 'Everything that happens to Kit happens to me too. This guy really is a jerk.'

'Can't. Obaa-chan would have a fit. You seem awfully friendly as of late. Are you finally a nice little demon.' Naruto thought sincerely.

"Kit, if you were trapped unable to move for fifteen years, you would jump at the chance to converse with anyone. I, was the freest being on the planet before getting sealed so this need has only increased. But, to answer your question, no, no I am not a nice little demon as you put it, given the chance I would destroy you, your friends, the village, and anyone else to escape. Keeping you alive only increases the likelihood of escape." Kyuubi said in a quite tone.

'Ah.' Was all Naruto responded with. He then fell asleep.

The next morning at the Hyuuga house hold. Hinata was humming quietly to herself as she cooked breakfast for the family. She always awoke before the others and felt that it was her duty to cook.

"Tomato?" Hana asked sleepily from the doorway.

"Yes?" Hinata replied.

"When do I have to leave?" Hana asked sitting down.

"In about twenty minutes." Hinata answered.

"Hello, Nii-chan." Came a voice from the doorway.

"Oh, h-hello Hanabi-nii-chan, how d-did you sleep?" Hinata asked turning towards Hanabi and nearly shrieked at the sight before her. Hanabi's hair was tangled and knotted all over, it also contained several leafy twigs. Turning her attention to Hanabi's face she noticed that she had bags under her eyes. Her clothes were the ones from the day before, only now instead of being pressed and wrinkle free, it now looked as though Hanabi had wrestled a bear.

"F-fine." Hanabi muttered. She then sat down as far away from Hana as one could get at the table.

"Hey Hanabi-nii-chan, w-would you t-take Hana t-to school?" Hinata asked as she went back to cooking.

Hanabi's head hit the table as she started to cry.

Inside the academy. Hana had already found Kasuri and had started to talk to her were then approached by a boy who said in an apathetic tone "She doesn't like you, I think."

"Who are you!?" Hana said loudly turning her attention from Kasuri to the boy.

"You can call me Unagi, if you want. Everyone else does." The boy said shrugging. He had brown hair that came close to his eyes, his face lacked emotion. He also wore a grey coat with black patches on the arms, shoulders, and back, his pants were just blue standard shinobi pants. He slouched slightly.

"But what's your real name?" Hana asked again.

The boy perked up slightly. "Murasaki, Sitamaru." He said his voice not changing in the slightest.

"Okay then Hidari!" Hana said loudly. [Hidari means left]

The boy didn't respond but went back to his seat because the teacher had entered the room.

"Hello class." Shikamaru drawled. "Iruka-sensei will not be with you for a few weeks due to criminal charges of assault."

"Hey smokestack!!!" Hana called from her seat.

Shikamaru's eyes narrowed slightly before he said "Now we were scheduled to start teaching chakra theory to you guys today. However I have decided that you're taijutsu needs work. fifty laps around the school. Let's go." He signaled for the class to get up and follow.

"Yay!!! Fifty laps!!!" Hana yelled laughing as she ran to be first out of the room.

"It's a hundred for that." Shikamaru said as he walked outside.

'Baka' Kasuri thought when she heard this.

'Wonderful.' Sitamaru thought sarcastically.

"I'm going to win!" Hana shouted as soon as Shikamaru said go. She was far ahead of the class before they started.

'I won't lose to her.' Kasuri thought as she started to catch up.

"How troublesome." Shikamaru mumbled reaching for a cigarette. "It's going to be a long day."

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A/N Another chapter finished. I hope you like it. I based that Sitamaru kid off myself slightly. However he will not be me. So there. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please review. Chapter 14: Why does Takomaru need an escort? What did he forget? What role will Sitamaru have in the story? Why do I keep asking you these questions?

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