Disclaimer: I don't own any characters.
A/N: Oh my god...I totally suck now!! My computer busted and I'm glad I was able to travel up to my grandma's house four hours away...I'm using my brother's computer now...
(Words)- actions
Italicized sentences -thoughts
"I DON'T WANT TO BE EATEN YOU STUPID IDOIT!!" The camel spoke in a harsh voice...
"Did the camel...just speak...?" Sakura stared blankly at the camel.
Chapter 17 – A Flashback
"Stop moving you fat moose!" Naruto yelled. Naruto was frustrated that he couldn't get the moose, or what he thought was a moose, and stomped up and down in irritation.
"Moose...? How can that thing look like a moose?" Kakashi sighed with his right hand covering his right eye.
"Oy...Naruto..." Sasuke slapped Naruto in the back of the head roughly.
"What!?" Naruto turned around with red fiery eyes and he clenched his right fist in front of Sasuke.
"Aren't you surprised that a camel talked?"
"Who cares? I want to eat that stupid thing and move on! That's how life is anyways! Eat and die!"
"Ano...Naruto...I don't think that's all to life..." Sakura scratched her head.
"He is definitely the number one ninja at surprising people..." Kakashi chuckled.
"Hey listen you old man! I don't want to be eaten! You got it!?" The camel stood up in its hind legs.
"I'm not an old man!! I'm only 16!!" Naruto changed into defensive stance because it seemed like the camel was going to attack him, though it seemed impossible for an animal to attack a human on its hind legs.
"Are you kidding!? By the way, I am a real human!!"
Team 7 stared at him and the word human echoed in their ears. "Human...human...hummannnnnn...."
"How can an animal like you be a human?" Sakura smiled nervously as if it was all a joke. She ruffled her hair and laughed out loud while staring up at the baby blue sky.
Kakashi began to clean his ears to make sure he heard correctly and asked, "Pardon me...would you care to repeat that?"
"I am a human all right? I just can't change back...since I am cursed..."
"What happened?" Kakashi sat down in interest. "Bah, like I care," Sasuke scoffed although he was already sitting down Indian style on the floor.
"Well...this is what happened...My name is Kaneko Tasuki...It all began when..."
---Flashback---
Tasuki had short brown hair with faint highlights that reached his shoulders. He just finished dressing into his ANBU uniform and carried his cat-like mask in his left hand. He stood by the door with the carved designs creatively made by his wife.
His wife had purple hair tied into a braid with sea water eyes that made your knees wobble. She always had a smile on even when there was trouble, or in other words she was optimistic. "I'm off to work now darling!" Tasuki yelled to his wife. She tried to straighten out the wrinkles on her dress before replying to her husband of five years.
"Honey, be careful out there...you might not know when ninjas may attack...after all being in the ANBU is dangerous..." She managed to straighten the wrinkles and wrapped her arms around Tasuki's neck. "I don't want anything to happen to you, you know how worried I get! Like you used to say, people may look strong on the outside, but they can collapse any second of any emotional causes...Take care okay?" She gave him a peck on the cheek.
"I always am careful...but being in the ANBU means to protect everyone in this village even if the cost is my life. But if something does happen to me, I want you to know-" Tasuki's mouth was cupped by his wife's smooth delicate hand and she continued his sentence, "that I will always be here in your heart thought I am not here physically...right?"
"You know me well...Well...I'm off now! Ja na!" Tasuki gave her a light kiss on her pink full lips. Tasuki ran backwards waving at his wife continually until she was out of sight.
"I'm really lucky to have her as my wife..." he chuckled at himself while walking to his position in the forest.
"Oy Tasuki!" Tasuki's friend named Akamatsu Hanshiro waved. "Hey Hanshiro! You're here early today! That's rare! What happened? Wife kicked you out again?" Tasuki grinned jokingly.
"Hey! She told me to work seriously today instead of goofing off with a clown like you!" Hanshiro stuck his tongue out. "Well...today we have to keep watch in the desert...Ugh I hate the desert...the hallucinations and illusions appear easily...Actually, I was wondering why the Hidden Village of Waterfall is near a desert..." Hanshiro put his mask on and wrapped his black cloak around his shoulders.
"Seriously...you never paid attention in academy school did you? Geez! This place is full of water because it's an oasis!" Tasuki slapped his forehead.
"Whatever! I'm not as smart as you though I wish I was...anyways hurry up and put your mask and cloak on!" Hanshiro yelled.
"Yeah, yeah..." Tasuki did as he said and they both walked towards the entrance of Waterfall. They opened the gigantic door and stared at which seemed to be an endless desert.
"I wonder if anyone will attack us...this desert is unpredictable..." Hanshiro murmured. "Well...the bad thing is...we have to explore every sound we hear..." Tasuki whispered. "Don't remind me..."
---Hours passed---
Swish! Swish! Tasuki's ears caught the sound. "I'm going to check over there...I heard something abnormal..."
"Shall I accompany you?" Hanshiro cocked his head sideways.
"No...you shouldn't...if it's an enemy and we left the door unguarded...they could easily destroy Waterfall...but if you're here you may be able to warn the other members of the ANBU..."
"Hai..." Hanshiro nodded his head and resumed to watch out.
Tasuki walked around cautiously and his eyes went from corner to corner in rapid rates. Swish, swish! He instinctively turned his head to the right at the sound. "Who's there? Show yourself!" Tasuki prepared to take out a shuriken if they ambushed him.
"Easy catch..." A man about his height, pale face, and long jet black hair appeared. His tongue stuck out and licked a person with an ANBU mask that he held in his arms.
"W-what...? That's...that's..." Tasuki looked at the ruby ring on the hand that was visible. "Hanshiro!! What have you done?!" Tasuki threw shurikens and kunais.
But automatically five people shielded the pale man. "Who are you!?" Tasuki yelled as tears strolled down his cheeks.
"I'm Orochimaru..." Orochimaru smiled widely. "Orochimaru...? O-one of Konoha's three Sannins...? What did you do to Hanshiro?!" Tasuki clenched his fist.
"He's just merely a sacrifice for a technique I have been experimenting for years...and this is the last sacrifice I need...but since you have seen me here... I will allow you to have fun with my subordinates..." Orochimaru turned away with the lifeless body in his arms and walked away.
"You won't get away for this!!" Tasuki ran towards the off guard Orochimaru but was stopped by the quintuples. "Your opponent is us..." a man with white hair reached for Tasuki's neck and rose him up in the air.
"Unghh..." Tasuki coughed. "Sakon...we should torture him endlessly...but it would be fun to try out that new jutsu..." Kidoumaru grinned.
Kidoumaru did a series of hand seals and gave a thrust at Tasuki's heart. Tasuki coughed out a small amount of blood but he felt faint. "Why did you do that Kidoumaru? You have to stop playing around with people and just get rid of them properly..." Tayuya scolded.
"Oh come on! It was just one little game! He'll never live this way anyways...and besides what can he do in this state...? Only a kiss from a girl will help him and no girl would kiss this ugly thing anyways." Kidoumaru laughed.
"Well...you do have a point..." Tayuya wanted to laugh. "Shouldn't we go back with Orochimaru?" Jiroubou asked.
"Yeah Jiroubou...but first thing first...get rid of this fat thing!" Kidoumaru and the three of them began to lift Tasuki up. "What are you waiting for Kimimaru? Help us!" Tayuya yelled.
---End of Flashback---
"And that's how it happened!" Tasuki began to cry on Naruto's sleeve and blew his nose on it.
"Hey! I'm not a handkerchief!" Naruto wanted to brush off the boogers but it looked too nasty to touch.
"Well...how are you guys going to help me?"
"Did you say something?" Kakashi looked up from his Icha Icha Paradise book.
"Haven't you been listening to me at all?" Tasuki yelled.
"Well...I got bored when you started imitating everyone's voices...for example, "Honey be careful out there!" Kakashi scratched his head. "That was the beginning of the story!" Tasuki yelled.
"What kind of teacher are you?" Naruto scoffed. "What kind of student are you? You fall for such obvious traps and you appear out of nowhere when you're suppose to surprise them!" Kakashi grinned.
"Teacher? Student? Aren't you the teacher?" Tasuki pointed with his paw at Naruto, "and aren't you the student?"
"Haha that's right! You should listen to me!" Naruto stood up and looked down at Kakashi. "That's right! Look up at me! Your superior! Mwhahaha!"
"Hey...Naruto...you wanna get your ass kicked?" Sasuke yelled, "There's no way I'm following orders with an idiot like you!"
"Idiot? I'll show you idiot!!" Naruto and Sasuke began a fist fight.
---Half an hour later---
"You can't beat me you little Uchiha boy!" Naruto pushed him back.
"Shut up Narutard!"
"Narutard?! I'll show you!!" Naruto punched Sasuke in the face. Sakura's jaw dropped, "What are you doing Naruto!?"
"Huh? What?" Naruto looked at the shocked Sakura. "Y-you...just hit me!!" Sakura clenched her fist in front of his face. "You're just about to have this fist in your face Naruto!" Sakura said evilly.
"Oy!! Not my precious face!!" Kakashi got in front of Sakura. "Who cares about your precious face? My face is more important than yours! It's a mask anyways!" Sakura yelled.
"Just a mask!? It's not an ANBU mask and right underneath is my face!!" Kakashi scolded.
Tasuki stared at them... "What are you guys doing? What's with the "my this and my that" sentences?"
They stopped abruptly and scratched their heads. Kakashi had his index finger and thumb in an L shape under his chin and he closed his eyes facing the sky. "How should we explain this...? Hmm...I guess you can say we switched bodies..."
"Switched bodies!? So who's who?" Tasuki asked. "Well...I'm Kakashi and my originally body is the one with beautiful white hair and masculine body. The one that's in my body is my worst subordinate Naruto and I'm in this short body..."
"Hey!!" Naruto yelled but was quickly pushed aside by Sakura, "I'm Sakura and my body is the one with pink hair which umm...a boy named Sasuke is in..."
"Haha!! You switched with a girl!! That's funny!" Tasuki rolled around on the sand laughing.
"At least I'm not a camel..." Sasuke glared. "Well...you're lucky you're in a woman's body...so how's it like?" Tasuki smiled.
"Huh what do you mean?" Sasuke crossed his arms. "Oh you know...like the body...and the temptations..." Sasuke blushed, "and all that..." Tasuki winked.
"You're stupid!! It doesn't concern you anyways!" Sasuke yelled.
"Enough already!" Kakashi cut the tension between the two. "Anyways how are you suppose to get back to your original body Tasuki-san?" Kakashi sat next to him.
"A simple kiss from a girl..." Tasuki sighed. Naruto and Kakashi looked at Sasuke, "Oh Sasuke..."
"Don't even think about it!" Sasuke backed away. "It's just a simple on!" Naruto walked towards him.
"Noo!" Sakura yelled, "No way is my body going to kiss a camel!"
"And there's no way I'm kissing a guy AGAIN" Sasuke put an emphasis on "again." Tasuki sighed louder, "I guess its okay..."
"Why don't you go back home and kiss your wife?" Naruto asked. "My wife would kick me out...I'm just a camel...and I have been gone for three years already..."
"Don't worry Tasuki! I will definitely find a way to bring you back to your original form" Kakashi patted Tasuki's back.
"We will Naruto right?" Kakashi grinned evilly and Naruto understood his message. "Of course!"
TBC
Yes...it's a boring chapter....I know...next one will be funny! I promise!! Please RR!
Takeshi: (Sigh) this seemed boring...Reviewers are going to kill me...
Everyone: Cheers! (Drinks apple cider)
Tasuki: Awww...I just appeared! Give me a chance!
Kakashi: If we did...you would be dead in the next chapter!
Sakura: She's really evil...for example, do you like puppies?
Tasuki: Yeah! They're adorable!
Sasuke: Don't bring one near her...She kicks them!
Tasuki: (Gasp)
Naruto: And the muffin you're holding Tasuki...
Tasuki: (Looks at the muffin) what about it?
Takeshi: (Laughs maniacally) I DROPPED IT ON THE FLOOR!!
Tasuki: NOOO!!!
P.S. I don't kick puppies! I just needed something funny!!