A/N: Dude, new dragon18...if u haven't noticed...n to the readers too, you could probably tell who wrote which chapter. ^___^ my co-writer's work is more of a ... well, different way of writing...XD. Sorry that we haven't updated as much as I used to...so new dragon18 and I have come to the conclusion...well I haven't called him yet. XD We have come to the conclusion that we will update this once a week. There, I've said it. *sigh* I have three other stories two other stories to work on...Dangerously Sixteen and What a Girl Really Wants. Lately, I've been spacing out lately.... I apologize for the days' delay especially for my other stories. Please enjoy!! Read and Review!!

new dragon18: well THAT was a long author's note there...*sweat drop*

lakergurl262: so what?!?!?! I want my readers to be informed.

new dragon18: "informed" oouu...biggie word!! XD

lakergurl262: *bonks new dragon18 with a mallet* baka.

new dragon18: you know no japanese...

lakergurl262: ... neither do you!!

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lakergurl262: *sings "Here comes the Bride"* da dum da dum...

new dragon18: NOOOOOOO!!!! *runs to a corner and hides*

(daydreamer5290 appears out of nowhere)

daydreamer5290: HEYLO!! *looks at lakergurl262 who has an evil grin and a scared new dragon18* o.O

lakergurl262: poor Kaveh. He's got cold feet!

daydreamer5290: Sad, sad...well the wedding's coming!! Da dum da dum!!

new dragon18: well going on...and moving on...

lakergurl262 and daydreamer5290: Oh yeah...enjoy our third chapter!!!

new dragon18: WHAT THE--- *bonks daydreamer5290 on the head* THAT'S EVA'S AND MY STORY!! Go finish your survivor and pain of love story...

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lakergurl262: moving on...

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Disclaimer:

new dragon18 and lakergurl262: WE DO NOT OWN NARUTO!! NOW...HAPPY?!?!?!?!?!

lakergurl262: I want my Kakashi plush doll!! *pouts*

new dragon18: Hinata...*drool*

both of them: ENJOY!! XD

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CO-WRITTEN BY: "THE SHORT ONE" AND "THE TALL ONE"

new dragon18: wtf?!?!

lakergurl262: it's true...*tear*

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"Are We There Yet?"

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The tapping of the footsteps could be heard a mile away while the audible sound of Naruto's bickering could be heard MILES away...

"Are we there yet?" Naruto held his belongings and was walking besides Hinata and Sasuke.

Sasuke answered, "No, idiot..."

A few seconds later, "Are we there yet?"

"No,"

"Are we there yet?"

"No,"

"Are we there yet?"

"No,"

Sasuke then began to get irritated while Hinata just smiled at Naruto's stupidity. XD. "YOU IDIOT, WE'VE JUST BEGAN WALKING 10 MILES FROM THE HOUSE, AND YOU THINK THAT TOKYO IS RIGHT ABOVE THAT ROAD?!?!?!?!?!" Just then, the person ahead of the line, Shikamaru, stopped.

"What's that?" he pointed out towards them. It looked like a very busy city with sparkling lights and honks and horns of cars were buzzing into the streets.

"Are we there yet?" Naruto broke the silence.

Shikamaru walked closely up to the sign and it said, "WELCOME to Kyoto...IF you are looking for Tokyo...go for x amount of miles," at this everyone fell down after a long ten miles of walking on barefoot.

"x amount of miles?" Naruto whimpered, "...so when are we going to arrive there?"

"If you stop your bickering we will arrive there in about two days, idiot..."

Ten-Ten looked to her side and got out a canteen and poured water on herself to keep herself cool from the hot blazing sun's rays. ((Lee drooled at this moment XD))

"Concentrate Lee!!" Sakura slapped him on the side of his head, while the group resumed on their walking. She heavily carried her belongings as they continued down the rough road.

After a few hours of walking, the group then decided to stop to take a rest, since Naruto's yelling and whining made them succumb to it. "HEHEHEHEHE!!!" Naruto plopped himself down beside Hinata and took out a box of food. Everyone knew that he was going to eat his Ramen, but instead...there was no more food left in that container.

"Naruto-kun...remember? You ate it five minutes after we took off," she blushed as everyone was sweat dropping at the incident, "here...have some," Hinata handed Naruto some of the sushi she had made before they left for the walking trip.

Near the shades, Neji and Sakura were both eating their meals quietly, while Ten-Ten and Lee were behind them...since a big oak tree divided the two couples. XD.

Shikamaru rested himself near a pond and calmly stared at the crystal water as if he was thinking of a way to get to Tokyo. From a few feet away, Ino looked up to see how Shikamaru was doing. The blonde then ignored him as she went back to her eating with Sasuke and Temari and Gaara. ((huh))

"All right people, lets go!!!" Naruto stood up and pointed to the road. Sakura then stood up and pointed at him in stupidity, "NARUTO!!! You idiot!!! That was the road that we came from!! It's..."

"That way," Shikamaru looked up from his meditation from the water...his eyes were facing towards another open road. He stood up and gathered his luggage and then started off...letting everyone file up behind him like flies.

"Sure...you knew where to go eh?" Naruto scoffed at Sakura as she picked up her pink suitcase and Neji helped her with her other stuff.

"Leave her alone," a frightening stare from Neji silenced the two.

As the group carried on their long journey which is yet to be accomplished, Naruto caught up with Shikamaru and Sasuke. The same as always, the blonde was sweating from the hot sun and then opened his mouth, but Sasuke's hand covered his mouth.

"Don't...you...say...that...sentence...again," a vein was visible near his throbbing temple.

When he let go of his hand, Naruto sighed. "Are we there yet?" Sasuke was going to hit Naruto, but Hinata went in the way and stopped him.

"Please...I don't want anyone hurt," her soft voice seemed to make everyone stare at her. Sasuke let out a grunt before turning around and going on his heel.

~*~

Another hour passed, and the sun was about to go down...Shikamaru looked out toward the horizon and then turned to the others. "The sun's going to go down soon, we need to make up a campsite...Sasuke, go get some wood...and Naruto...stay here...and Lee and Neji...go set up the tents...and you girls...stay here,"

"HEY!! Are you calling me a girl??" Naruto held his hand up in defiance.

"You'd look hot if you were a girl..." Shikamaru playfully joked...and then made a disgusted face at what he just said, and then turned around.

Naruto rolled his hands into two fists and grumbled as he looked at the girls he was stuck with. "Don't worry, we're girls..." Temari snickered.

"I'm not a girl!!" Naruto pouted while Hinata went over to comfort him.

In a group...for some miracle...Sakura, Ino, Temari, and Ten-Ten, and Hinata...they looked at each other and they knew they were thinking the same thing. The girls went over to Lee and Neji who were fixing up the tents.

"Hey guys...leave it to us..." Temari stepped forward and grabbed some poles from Lee while Neji gave her an icy glare but softened when Sakura came.

"We girls decided-," but before they could finish Shikamaru came up from behind the girls and looked at them.

Ino blushed but grew angry, "Don't look at us as if we're the weaker sex!!" ((wow))

Shikamaru, "I didn't," he smiled.

Feeling her cheeks getting hot, Ino then shot out a good idea, "If you guys think that girls can't make tents...well you'd better prove us wrong!!"

"I think that we should have a competition...the gender that makes the best campsite gets the glory of being better of the other...AND they get to carry their luggage the rest of the way," Ten-Ten smiled as everyone agreed.

"All right, let's start...ON YOUR MARKS...GET SET...GOOOOO!!!" Ino yelled out as if she were a cheerleader ((^___^))

Neji hastily passed Lee some poles while Sasuke quickly ran to find some firewood. Shikamaru and Naruto just stood there. The girls were just standing there looking at their vacant area with some question marks on their heads.

"Where does this pole go?" Sakura asked. Startled by Ino's yells and cheering, Sakura immediately threw the poles at Hinata...and then started going for the wood while Temari and Ten-Ten unfolded the sheets and looked for some animals to eat. ((sad...sad...))

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU GIRLS ARE DOING?!?!?!?!?!HURRY UP YOUR ASSES!! WE GIRLS ARE NUMBER ONE DO YOU HEAR?!?!?!?!?!?!" Ino had a microphone in her hand...where did she get that??

"You are soo annoying Ino," Shikamaru folded his arms sighing at Ino.

"WELL AT LEAST I'M DOING SOMETHING YOU LAZY-BUM!!"

Amidst the yellings, Sakura paced herself on the tree branches looking for some good wood, she then looked down and saw some pieces of branches already broken...

"Someone has been here," Sakura whispered as she looked around to see her opponent lurking around...

Back at the campsite, Hinata was trying to steady the poles as Ino blurted out her words.

"HINATA!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING??? OH...YEAH THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY!! HEHE...MY BAD!! YOU GO GIRL!! GO GO GO GO GO!!!" Ino kept yelling into the microphone as Naruto lounged himself watching Lee and Neji were working on the tents.

"If you have any consideration, you could at least help us with this," Lee wiped his forehead against the sun.

"I'll go find some wood...I don't want Sasuke to get all the glory just for getting wood," Naruto then ran off.

"HINATA MOVE THAT POLE OVER HERE TO MAKE LIKE A 45 DEGREE ANGLE...WAIT...UH...YEAH, PUT IT THERE...WHERE THE HELL IS SAKURA?? WHAT IS TAKING HER SOO LONG?!?!?!?!?!" Ino felt her veins popping out of her temples all ready.

~*~

Sakura jumped down to the level surface and then looked around for some wood. The energy of Ino's voice could be heard from a far distance and that was what kept Sakura motivated to do. Her emerald green eyes searched the trees surrounding her...and then it landed on a perfect tree.

A few distances away, Sasuke held some bundles of wood already under his arms and was running up the trees and leaping from branches. Sweat was trickling down from his neck as the cool air passed through his clothes to chill him down. For a few minutes he could feel someone's presence just 50 feet away from him. He looked and saw a pink head trying to take some branches and wood. He curled up a smile and then quickly dropped his wood close to the girl and then leapt away.

Some wood fell out of nowhere near Sakura, and she screamed.

"HEY!! You could have killed me!!" she yelled at the person who did that, but he wasn't there...

The pink-haired girl looked up and saw a distinct figure going away and then looked at the ground...bundles of wood already picked up for her... With a smile, Sakura picked it up and then ran back to the campsite.

~*~

"Do you see it?" Temari whispered as Ten-Ten crept up behind her.

"Yeah...it's over there," Ten-Ten pointed to a deer nearby who was nibbling on some grass, "what should we do? It's horrible to even kill that creature..."

"Stop whining, we have to find something to eat...here wait," Temari slowly crept up behind the deer but the animal heard her and then ran off leaving Temari on the ground.

"I GIVE UP!!" Temari slammed her fist on the dirt as Ten-Ten walked up next to her.

"How many deers have we let go?"

"7,"

"Let's go,"

"Ok," the girls then walked off back to the campsite with empty hands.

~*~

"WORK OFF YOUR ASSES PEOPLE!! COME ON, THE GUYS ARE ALMOST DONE!!" Ino yelled at Hinata who was basically doing all the work on the tents. ((poor hinata))

"Got it," Hinata sighed and wiped her forehead with her sleeve when she finally set up the tent, but then it fell down. She looked for her cousin and was shocked that their tent were almost finished.

"DON'T JUST SIT THERE!! KEEP ON WORKING...GO GO GO GO GO GO!!!!" Ino yelled as Shikamaru sighed near some shady trees watching Lee and Neji cooling off for a tiny break.

A minute later, Sakura came running with some wood under her two arms and then placed it a few feet away from the tent, and then lit a fire. She then helped Hinata with the tent as Temari and Ten-Ten coincidentally came back.

"YOU GIRLS FINALLY CAME...NOW MOVE IT!!" Ino yelled out again.

The boys were almost done with their tent and Sasuke finally arrived with some wood. "Where have you been? We figured that you wouldn't take long...but I guess Naruto was right," Lee said.

"Where is Naruto?" Sasuke asked.

"Looking for some wood," Neji answered calmly as he was finishing up on the tent.

"ALL RIGHT GUYS!! WE WON!! WOOT WOOT!! WE PROVED YOU GUYS WRONG NOW!! WE GIRLS ARE NOT THE WEAKER SEX!!" Ino and the other girls gathered around to the guys and their mouths dropped to the floor.

The guys were finished too...

"Wait...who won?" Sakura asked.

Shikamaru stepped up closer to Ino and said, "We won,"

Offended, Ino shot back at him and yelled into her microphone which Shikamaru closed his ears, "No, WE WON!! And besides...isn't a winning team supposed to have all of their teammates in their team when they win??" a smile flashed from Ino's face declaring victory.

"Naruto...that idiot," Shikamaru whispered. Just then, Naruto came running with some wood under his arms and everyone else fell down.

"Oh, heh heh...I guess I'm late?" Naruto smiled as Hinata blushed.

"We'll call it a night," Shikamaru said as he went into the tent.

"All right, but we won," Ino walked away going into the girls' tent.

From inside, Shikamaru and Ino peeped their head out and yelled at each other.

"NO, WE WON!!"

"YOU IDIOT, WE WON...IT'S SOO OBVIOUS, YOU GIRLS ARE WEAK!!"

"WHATEVER, AT LEAST WE HAVE ALL OUR TEAMMATES TOGETHER BEFORE YOU DID!!"

"WE WON,"

"NO,"

"YES,"

"NO,"

"YES WE DID!!"

"NO, YOU DIDN'T!!"

Irritated Sakura yelled at them, "Oh will you two shut up and make out all ready?!?!?!?!??!"

The yelling stopped...

"Let's call it a night people," Sakura then walked over and sat down with her girls next to the fire as Shikamaru and Ino felt their cheeks get hot...either because of what Sakura said...or because of the radiance of the fire...

A/N: PLEASE REVIEW!!!!! XD*