Ino x Shino
Camp Grounds
By morning everyone skipped breakfast and was gathered and ready for the scavenger hunt.
Ino glared as Sakura, who wasn't looking too happy.
Karin was busy yelling at Suigetsu to notice many others around.
He really liked messing around with her.
"Okay." Spoke a voice.
It was the councilor. She stood next to another councilor and a man.
"Look here. This man will be in charge of the scavenger hunt. The bonus will be announced at the end when everyone has returned.
We have timers for all of you, and whoever finds all the items the quickest are the winners. Unless you wish to go for the bonus. Here is your list. If you have any questions, now is the time to ask them." She said.
The man handed out the list. Shino grabbed their list and they looked over it.
1 A walking stick
2 an acorn cap
3 red apple peal
4 green leaf
5 oak leaf (dead)
6 pine tree bark
7 dead pine tree branch
8 cardboard box
9 feathers
These items were easy to find. it was just a matter of time of finding them in a time limit.
"How long could it take us to find most of these?" Ino asks.
"I would say, about an hour. But that is if we find the feathers. The leaves and other things are around the forest. A box is in the back of the kitchen, same with the apples. But a pine tree, I don't think there is any in these woods." Shino said.
Ino tried to think. Where did she see one. The it came to her. "Maybe not a tree. But that cabin. It was made of Pine wood. I'm sure there was some trees around there. And some of the wood was more bark like. We could look around there." Ino said.
"Good idea." Shino said.
"Alright! Your time starts...NOW!"
And everyone was spreading out. Karin and Temari headed to the kitchen, Sakura ran into the woods with Hinata following her.
"The cabin first?" Shino said.
Ino nodded. That was a little further away from the camp, but at this point, it didn't matter.
She was going to win with Shino.
"Let's go then." He said.
Making their way back to the cabin, Shino had his bugs looking for that nest they found before to see if there was any feathers around.
"Still nothing from the bugs?" Ino asks.
Shino sadly shakes his head.
"Well, will find it. Look. There's the cabin." Ino pointed.
They walked up and around it, gathering the pine bark.
"No sign of a tree in sight." Shino said.
"Look, the roof." Ino said.
On the roof was a few small branch saplings. That should be good for their list.
"Give me a hand." Ino said.
"I'll just get my bugs-"
"Have them keep looking for the feathers. I'll gt this myself. Can't let you do all the work. What kind of partner," She spoke as she made her way up onto the roof. "Would I be?" She finished.
Shino didn't argue with her.
But he did stick close by, the roof wasn't stable looking and could fall any moment.
Ino climbed her way up the roof, and grabbed the branch. "Got it!" She shouted.
She slowly made her way down to the edge of the roof.
"I'll catch you." Shino said.
Ino tossed the branch to the side, and made herself comfortable to jump off.
Ino looked down at Shino before closing her eyes and making the jump.
She didn't expect Shino to be so strong and catch her.
Choji and Shikamaru complained about how bossy and heavy she is.
When Ino opened her eyes, Shino was holding her tight, princess style, and was looking more like a knight.
"T-thanks." She said. Blushing a little.
Shino hid his face most time. Ino has never seen it.
Shino put her down and cleared his throat. "Let's get going. The rest should be easy to find." He said.
Ino nodded, picking up the branch and following Shino. Wait. Was his ears red?
Ino found herself smiling a little.
May be, she was falling for Shino?
No way. How? Well, in any case, they had to finish this scavenger hunt. They only had two days left. Even if this was the last challenge, it wasn't the last day of camp.
