Chapter 7
The more we walked, the less I liked Tyde and Kina. What in the world made
me agree to work with them in the first place? The walk was not at all
entertaining, but rather annoying. Tyde kept on going for Kina and i
kept getting slapped. If Godaime had assigned me on this mission, I
wouldn't need any of their help. Nothing was more annoying than quarrelling
teammates.
"I have an idea," said Naruto who was obviously bored of the same scene over and over again. "Let's play a game."
"It's far too troublesome," Shikamaru sighed and waved off the idea.
"I'd like to hear what it is," said Tyde, looking over at Naruto. "What is it?"
"Well," Naruto looked thoughtful... for once. "Since we all have new names, I though we might practice calling each other that, and at the same time, get some training. Let's say I start. I'll call on two people and they have to try to call out each other's new name first. It they get it wrong or the other person calls the name first... Then they take 10 laps," Naruto pointed at a large bunch of trees conveniently grouped in a circle. "And everytime you get it wrong, the laps double."
Neji shrugged, "Sounds like an idea."
"Okay," Naruto seemed excited. "I'll go first. Um... Kiba and Sasuke! Go!" At that was the start of my long one thousand-lap exersize. It's not like I'd really bother to memorize everyone's name. The sharigan does speed up the learning process, but it wasn't even activated when the mission was being assigned. Why would it be? After many times of listening and many laps, I finially remembered their names.
I was Kyosuke Shikamaru was Ryu Kiba was Hiroshi Naruto was Kei Neji was Narumu Kina and Tyde kept their same names.
After the game was oer, it started to get a bit dark. We had to pitch our tents. Two of the people had to share tents. Kiba and Naruto ended up sharing. At least I wasn't the one to share tents with Naruto. He'd probably keep me up all night.
Ironically enough, I did stay up all night, but this time, it wasn't Naruto's fault.
The sun had set and it was very beautiful. Good thing kina was the onlygirl on this mission. If Sakura or Ino had been assigned as well, they would have gotten very mushy and gooly-eyed. Ugh. The thought of that made me shiver. Another shiver went down my spine, but this time, the thought of the Kanohagakure girls had nothing to do with it. No. This fear was real.
I could still hear Naruto complain about how smelly Akamaru was, but there was something else that lingered in the air. It got louder and louder until the sound was distinct.
"AHAHA! BLOOD! MURDER! AHAHAHA! BLOOD! MURDER!" the sound even silenced naruto.
I immdeiately activated my sharigan as I peeked out of my tent. Neji's tent was right across from him. I saw that he had activated his byukagan and was already scanning the area. He stepped out of the tent. Asumming that he sensed nothing withing fifty meters of the camp, I stepped out too. He looked at me as if to warn me of something, but I ignored it and walked over to him.
"Do you see anything?" I whispered to him. "Any nin's or is it anbu's. Or maybe just a dumb prank?"
He merely shrugged and whispered, "I don't know... I may be able to see out fifty meters, but I can't see past the trees. There are too many trees. Anyone could be hiding behind a larger tree."
"Just keep an eye out."
"Of course."
Right then, naruto peeked his head out with Akamaru on his head sniffing the air. Akamaru whimpered and jumped back into the tent.
Neji flinched as the maniacal laughter started again, but this time, it was louder.
"AHAHAHAHA MURDERERS! AHAHAHAH! BLOOOOD!"
Everyone was out of the tent by now in his or her defense position.
"There's movement," Neji whispered. "About twenty meters three o' clock."
Three o' clock... that's wehre I was facing. I took out two kunai's one in each hand.
The laughter got louder. Neji turned to look in the same direction as me. He stood in a nervous stance.
"Fifteen meters," he whispered to me. "He's getting closer."
I continued to hold my stance while listening to the numbers Neji was telling me. The smaller the number got, the louder the laughter; the closer he got. The laughing got so incredibly loud that I could no longer tell where the sound was coming from.
"Five," he not whispering to me anymore.
The bushes jumped.
Neji performed a series of seals as I did the same.
"ONE!"
"I have an idea," said Naruto who was obviously bored of the same scene over and over again. "Let's play a game."
"It's far too troublesome," Shikamaru sighed and waved off the idea.
"I'd like to hear what it is," said Tyde, looking over at Naruto. "What is it?"
"Well," Naruto looked thoughtful... for once. "Since we all have new names, I though we might practice calling each other that, and at the same time, get some training. Let's say I start. I'll call on two people and they have to try to call out each other's new name first. It they get it wrong or the other person calls the name first... Then they take 10 laps," Naruto pointed at a large bunch of trees conveniently grouped in a circle. "And everytime you get it wrong, the laps double."
Neji shrugged, "Sounds like an idea."
"Okay," Naruto seemed excited. "I'll go first. Um... Kiba and Sasuke! Go!" At that was the start of my long one thousand-lap exersize. It's not like I'd really bother to memorize everyone's name. The sharigan does speed up the learning process, but it wasn't even activated when the mission was being assigned. Why would it be? After many times of listening and many laps, I finially remembered their names.
I was Kyosuke Shikamaru was Ryu Kiba was Hiroshi Naruto was Kei Neji was Narumu Kina and Tyde kept their same names.
After the game was oer, it started to get a bit dark. We had to pitch our tents. Two of the people had to share tents. Kiba and Naruto ended up sharing. At least I wasn't the one to share tents with Naruto. He'd probably keep me up all night.
Ironically enough, I did stay up all night, but this time, it wasn't Naruto's fault.
The sun had set and it was very beautiful. Good thing kina was the onlygirl on this mission. If Sakura or Ino had been assigned as well, they would have gotten very mushy and gooly-eyed. Ugh. The thought of that made me shiver. Another shiver went down my spine, but this time, the thought of the Kanohagakure girls had nothing to do with it. No. This fear was real.
I could still hear Naruto complain about how smelly Akamaru was, but there was something else that lingered in the air. It got louder and louder until the sound was distinct.
"AHAHA! BLOOD! MURDER! AHAHAHA! BLOOD! MURDER!" the sound even silenced naruto.
I immdeiately activated my sharigan as I peeked out of my tent. Neji's tent was right across from him. I saw that he had activated his byukagan and was already scanning the area. He stepped out of the tent. Asumming that he sensed nothing withing fifty meters of the camp, I stepped out too. He looked at me as if to warn me of something, but I ignored it and walked over to him.
"Do you see anything?" I whispered to him. "Any nin's or is it anbu's. Or maybe just a dumb prank?"
He merely shrugged and whispered, "I don't know... I may be able to see out fifty meters, but I can't see past the trees. There are too many trees. Anyone could be hiding behind a larger tree."
"Just keep an eye out."
"Of course."
Right then, naruto peeked his head out with Akamaru on his head sniffing the air. Akamaru whimpered and jumped back into the tent.
Neji flinched as the maniacal laughter started again, but this time, it was louder.
"AHAHAHAHA MURDERERS! AHAHAHAH! BLOOOOD!"
Everyone was out of the tent by now in his or her defense position.
"There's movement," Neji whispered. "About twenty meters three o' clock."
Three o' clock... that's wehre I was facing. I took out two kunai's one in each hand.
The laughter got louder. Neji turned to look in the same direction as me. He stood in a nervous stance.
"Fifteen meters," he whispered to me. "He's getting closer."
I continued to hold my stance while listening to the numbers Neji was telling me. The smaller the number got, the louder the laughter; the closer he got. The laughing got so incredibly loud that I could no longer tell where the sound was coming from.
"Five," he not whispering to me anymore.
The bushes jumped.
Neji performed a series of seals as I did the same.
"ONE!"