Space Case

By: Kaki-kun

Yup, another chapter! For those who read my other fic, The Only Thing To Hold Dear, I'll update don't worry, I'm just stuck on the Kaka (drunk) /Iru's first conversation, that's all. I shall update, never fear! ;) Gomen about last chapter, the thing kept putting Shinbo instead of Shino. I think most of you would understand.

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Key:

"...." = Speech

'......' = Thoughts

....... = Stuffness

Chapter 3: Blast Off

Two days came and passed quickly.

If humanly possible, Naruto ate twice as much ramen than normal, claiming that 'they didn't have ramen tubes for space and he might starve'. He also spent an ample amount of his time with Iruka, if it were bursting in his classroom to ask a question or breaking in his house at night to tell ghost stories. He decided he can pack at the last minute.

Iruka was sad for Naruto, but insisted for Naruto become 'closer' with his comrades on the trip. Although he would miss the little hellion, he also wanted Naruto to create more friends than just himself so when the day he leaves this world, all hell won't break lose.

Sakura was probably one of the few people that were happy about the trip. She was going to be with Sasuke day and night for months! Of course she was going to have to deal with Ino-pig and Naruto first, but, hey she can handle that right?

Sasuke was mad. Not like he wasn't mad most of the time, but he was even more so. He was going to be around a bunch of bakas for months on end with no break. But he planned. Secretly planned. He will have his way and revenge...it would just take some time and much effort...

Kakashi was feeling rather depressed. He had to give his precious dogs to Hayate until his return home, if there was a return home. Even worse, the next edition of Itcha Itcha Paradise was coming out in a week, and he wouldn't be there for it the moment it was released. And to top off the trip, he had to endure Gai and a motherload of annoying little brats. He wasn't good with children as it is, but now he had to babysit them for longer than a few hours tops?! The hell he was going to go on that ship without a fight.

Hinata was nervous. Hell, she is always nervous so this wasn't a big surprise. She did find Gigi to be a nice monkey, and she would get to spend time with N-N-N-Naruto-k-kun hopefully. The only downer was her cousin Neji, who despised her. She was the kind of person that felt worthless when loathed. At least Kiba was attending, he always managed to comfort her with nice words.

Kiba was so-so with the issue. He didn't want to leave home, but he would get to spend time with Hinata. As long as Akamaru would be coming, he was fine with it.

Akamaru is a dog. I do not speak dog, sorry. Maybe you can ask Kiba, but I assure you that won't be happening in this story.

Shino was disappointed. The bug convention was just around the corner, and he was finally going to attend after buying tickets off ebay. His parents always seemed so angry whenever he mentioned bug conventions, he didn't understand why. (this is because most people kill the bugs before putting them in a collection. If you don't get it by now, give up) He could show off his bug collection and look at the nice variety there. But since he was leaving to space for months, he would never get the chance. At least he could fanticize.

Kurenai...well...was Kurenai. Which would be crimson in Japanese, so she was crimson. Which is a fancy way of saying red. Why was she red? Well, maybe it was because she was mad. Why was she mad? Reasons we're not going to cover. ;p

Anko was not there. Anko is a funny name to repeat. Anko. Anko. Anko. Anko doesn't matter. And if Anko heard Kaki saying things like that about Anko, Anko might hurt Kaki so Kaki will supposedly overlook Anko's unworthyness. Third person is fun to do says Kaki.

#(Anko hurts Kaki anyways)# ...anyways...

Lee was excited beyond words. Another of the few individuals that was looking forward to the trip. He was going to be with Gai-sensei even longer than he would normally! If there was a bad point, it would be there wasn't going to be much room to train...but he would still get a nice work out beating the aliens on Mars with kung-fu. Plus, he believed that it only contributed to failure with thoughts such as regret or worry.

Neji was mostly indifferent. But that's the illusion he would like you to believe. Such a deception would make Kurenai, the Genjutsu godess, proud of him. But he wasn't her student so that really didn't matter. Even if his teacher was proud of him for things like that, he still wouldn't care. Because there was something that he knew. Something that made him feel somewhat happy with the oppertunity, but he would never show it.

Tenten was also mostly indifferent. Like she normally was, being such a worthless, rarely mentioned fill-in character.

Gai was happy. Jeez, when wasn't he? Maybe in secret he bawled his eyes out in the corner of his room, masking his insecurity and depression with unatural happiness. Is this true? Well, the world will never know. All that mattered at the moment was he looked forward to being with his comrades in another exciting mission.

Ino was just as happy as Sakura. Just her and beloved Sasuke...of course, she would always be pulled to reality with Sakura being in their presence. She will have to deal with her first, then woo Sasuke into love.

Shika found all of this troublesome. He also found breathing to be troublesome, talking, and almost everything. He would like to stare at the stars, but he hoped everyone would leave him alone to do so. He knew the odds, he was going to be disappointed more than likely.

Choji always wanted to try tube food. It would be easier to carry in large quantities. (hey, how do you think he's the strongest out of the genins?)

Asuma was afraid. Very afraid. Because of a very deep fear he held in him made him afraid. Two very deep fears in fact, but one was because of the cigarettes. The nicotine did weird things to his already fucked up head, so he brought more than 5,000 cigarettes to be just in case that fear would come true: not having his fix. He knew his wife could take care of Konohamaru by herself, because she normally did. Why do you think he's such a brat? Anyways, he was terrified. The phobia that he not dare tell anyone except his wife was being fueled because of this trip. Oh the horror...he'll be in therapy for months when this is over...

but then again, who wasn't going to be?

And so, the dreaded hour came, and everyone (excluding Kakashi) met at the Academy. Kurenai had to drag Kakashi back from his house, kicking and screaming once again. And they drove to the shuttle. (hell, if there's a space shuttle, then there's definatly going to be cars!)

"Wow...it's HUGE!!" Naruto proclaimed in awe.

"It's gotta be if it's going to house all of us!" Ino chimed. "I have the room next to Sasuke's!!"

"No, I have the room next to Sasuke's!!"

"Well I have dibs!!" The two girls continued to bicker. Gai and Lee skipped off ahead of the group while Asuma stayed behind with Kurenai, dragging Kakashi as he clawed at the ground desperatly.

"I DON'T WANNA GOOOOO!!!!!!"

"And you think we want to?" Asuma asked while shifting his backpack on his shoulder.

"I don't care what you want!!!"

"Aren't we loved..." Sasuke glared at the world around him while Naruto planned a way to get Sakura next to his room.

"Why don't we all get rooms next to our teammates and teachers?"

"That's a great idea Naruto, for a nice change!" Sakura said.

"NO WAY!!!" Ino snarled at the two. "Every person to their own!!" Kurenai could feel a vein buldging in her forehead.

"Come willingly Kakashi..."

"NEVER!!!" She proceeded to give him a nice kick in the ribs, winding him.

"Or I'll put pictures of you naked in the streets on the internet so every girl and women will remember or realize you hotness and stalk you day and night like when we were kids..." Kakashi and Asuma looked at Kurenai shocked.

"YOU TOOK PICTURES?!?!?"

"Yup. Thank you Verison wireless picture taking phones." Kakashi sighed in defeat and pulled himself to his feet.

"I hate you..." Kurenai stepped out in front of everyone, including Gai and Lee.

"I think we should establish rules before going on board..."

"No, let's not." The genins kept walking.

"DAMN IT, WE'RE MAKING RULES WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!!!" Everyone stared at Kurenai frightened...except Sasuke of course, but you know deep down that's how he felt. "...Alright, first, there will be two different hallways, one for girls and one for boys." Many of them made disappointed notions. "Second, no playing with buttons. Third, I'll make more rules when I come across them, is that understood?" Everyone nodded.

And because Kaki is too lazy to put in idle chit chat, Kaki'll sum up what happens from there:

they go adventure and explore the places. There's the control room, sector A, kitchen/dinning room, sector B, living room, sector C, study room, sector D, and their individual rooms. Then the ship took off and they were on their way to Mars...