Boys of Hidden Villages

By: Asagi Tsuki

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Chapter Five – Of teamwork, disguise and advice

It was the middle of the night. The moon was up high and howls of the wolves could be heard throughout the small thick forest at the edge of the Fire Country that none had ever thought existed, yet, it existed. Why, you ask? Because they hadn't known the power that all author possessed –insert a maniacal laugh here-.

Noises of hammer contacting with glass surface was heard followed by cracking noises. They came from the hut in the middle of the thick forest where a witch currently lived happily with her wolf, far from the threats of the nin that swore to kill her when he saw her. And she was thankful for that.

I mean, come on, she was doing him a favor, and this, is what he gave to her as a thanks? Surely she had hoped better than that. He could at least spare her some of the Uchiha's wealth to help her buy some game CDs or new drives for her computer and maybe the newest playstation… that wouldn't hurt.

If we take a closer look, we'll see that the witch was currently squatting on the floor next to several crystal ball, hammer in her right hand while nails were seen held between her lips. All in all, she looked like a carpenter would.

"Hwhah?" she asked, nails flinging up and down as she asked, looking rather pissed off. She was giving up her sleep time to work.

"She knows that if she worked in the morning, then it wouldn't be finished without skipping some important scenes around the Uchiha boy," Byaku commented as he played with a crystal ball that hadn't been worked on. "Well, are you wondering what she's doing now?" he asked as he stood on the crystal ball like a sea lion.

"I'm planning on making a screen made from crystal ball," the witch said, taking the nails out of her mouth after some minutes of fearing of having tetanus –yes, she is paranoid-. "That way I could lean back and watch, my spine hurts from having to lean forward all the time," she reasoned, "And if it's in the form of big thing, it won't be easily broken," she added, grinning smugly to herself.

"She thinks it's a smart thing to do," Byaku commented, "But I still bet that by the end of day, it'll be nowhere to found in this hut," he added as he jumped down onto the floor.

"Byaku, would you stop commenting and try to make yourself useful?" the witch asked irritatedly. She was working hard there, and there her wolf was, sitting beside her with amusement in his eyes. Why couldn't they swap places for a change?

"Oh, and people who liked romance," Byaku started, completely ignoring his master who was cursing loudly at the background, "From the next chapter on, there'll be lots of romance, so worry not," he nodded his head, walking over to the kitchen to fetch some foot.

"Dammit Byaku! Make yourself useful by getting me some as well!" the witch shouted and was followed with a scream of agony as she hit her hand with the hammer.

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"Finished!" she exclaimed as she threw the hammer up, resulting a broken part on the wooden floor, and stared proudly at the flat screen which was made from ten crystal balls.

"Finished?" the silver wolf asked as he looked up in awe. He didn't expect her to finish it so soon. He had expected that she would finish it at noon, and it was only seven in the morning.

"Yes, not the best, but still okay," she managed to sound cocky even for a bit, "Now we get to see what they're doing!" she exclaimed happily.

Soon, the both of them were seen sitting on the floor cross-legged, staring at the big flat screen made of crystal as images started to form in it.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

"We'll have to think of something if we want to get him out," Naruto said as he and the other ten nins stood outside of the Uchiha mansion the morning after their little sneaking –which had failed ungracefully-.

"Think, Naruto? I even thought you did not know that word," Shikamaru retorted back rather sarcastically.

"Hey! I think most of the time!" Naruto protested.

"It's because you did not understand what other people meant," Shikamaru stated flatly, crossing his arms behind his head as he leaned on the trunk of the tree.

"I have to agree with that," Neji nodded his head. He was leaning on a tree outside the Uchiha mansion as well. They had decided to have a meeting among themselves –kicking Kisame out in the process- to devise a plan of how to make everything fair between them.

Actually, it was a plan of how to make they all get at least a chance to go out on a date with him without being disturbed. Of course they had made a pact –they even played jan ken pon to decide who goes first-, but how to get him out was the problem here.

"Well, so, anyone have an idea?" Naruto asked as he looked around. The others merely stare back at him with a bored expression etched on their faces. "Hey! I'm asking here, damn it!" he shouted.

Shikamaru plopped down on the patch of grass near the base of a tree he leaned on. He licked his thumbs and made two circles on his head using each thumb. He then intertwined his fingers, his thumb connected to each other on top.

"I think I've seen this kind of movement somewhere," Naruto mumbled.

"Well, I haven't," Kiba replied flatly as he stared. He knew that it meant he was thinking –Chouji had told him so- and he didn't dare break his concentration while he was thinking.

"Oh! I know! It's from the comic titled Ikkyu-san!" Naruto shouted excitedly as he jumped around the clearing, but stopped when the other nine glared at him.

Minutes later, Shikamaru finally opened his eyes, and his hands lied beside his sides. He looked up at the ten nins, and motioned for them to gather in a circle. "Here's my plan," he started.

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Sasuke was looking out of the window in his room, and he was a bit surprised to see that none of the eleven nins were present in his yard after last night's incident. He decided not to push his luck and just savor the feeling of peacefulness and calmness while he could.

He walked out of his house, and to the breakfast shop nearby. He was too lazy to make breakfast –he didn't know that the lazy syndrome was contagious- and he decided to just buy himself breakfast. He walked inside, and was not surprised when he saw few people –only one, even- in there, considering that it was only six thirty in the morning.

He stared at the only person there, and was thankful it wasn't one of the Eleven Nins –the name of the group the eleven nins had formed, named by himself-. In fact, it was someone who wasn't affected at all. He sat down on the table next to him, and ordered a quick breakfast.

He fiddled with the chopsticks as he stared into the space, apparently quite bored. As much as he hated to admit it, he missed the loud noises those eleven nins made. It was annoying as hell, true, but it made his life livelier. He stole a quick glance sideward, and noticed that the boy was long since he finished his breakfast.

"Uchiha," the boy called, reaching out his rather chubby hand and tapped on the wooden table, "Do you know why Ino and Shikamaru is so noisy lately?" he asked.

Sasuke merely stared. What should he say? They were chasing him? He'd call him a narcissist afterwards, and it'd add up his list of bad nicknames, such as asshole, bastard… and now narcissist?

"I heard that some of the Konoha nins are hell bent on going out with you," Chouji finally said when Sasuke didn't reply, being smarter than Naruto as he was, "All I have to say is, whatever happens, it's all up to you, so it won't hurt to try," he said. He stood up, and walked out of the shop, leaving Sasuke contemplating what he had said inside.

Meanwhile, when Chouji had gotten outside and had walked a good distance away from the shop, ten nins approached him.

"How does it go?" Shikamaru asked as he looked at him with a bored look. The others –some of the others, actually- eyed him with a strange look, before they eyed the boy with hopeful eyes.

"Freakishly well," Chouji said, and with that said, a poof noise was heard accompanying a little explosion that covered the boy in grayish smoke, who when the smoke dissipated, turned into a boy with long dark brown hair and silvery eyes.

"Yeah! Now, all we have to do is watch, and do not interfere, take turns," Naruto exclaimed and they all nodded their heads at this.

-.-.-.-.-. flashback -.-.-.-.-.

"Give him an advice?" Naruto asked as he narrowed his eyes into slits. He was damn sure that Sasuke was perfectly fine –in physical condition, not in mental one since he was stressing himself a lot- and he didn't need counselor or psychologist.

"Yeah, an advice," Shikamaru nodded. "I'm sure that you know by now that he's unsure whether to accept our offer or not, unless your brain is so small in size that a prawn's brain actually beat yours in size," he explained, "But come to think of it, prawns are brainless," he added with a thoughtful nod.

"Of course I've noticed!" Naruto protested. Well, lying once in a while wouldn't hurt, would it? It surely wouldn't…

"Whatever, so, we need someone to give him an advice to actually accept our offer, and one of us couldn't do it, it has to be someone that isn't in love with him," he explained his plans while the other ten nodded their head occasionally.

"Well, so who is it?" Neji asked.

"I believe we should use Chouji," Shikamaru said, closing his eyes and sighing.

"Chouji? But how?" Naruto asked, his eyes once again narrowed into slits, giving him a foxy look.

"I didn't say ask Chouji to, Naruto," Shikamaru stated, "I said use Chouji,"

"Use?" Naruto asked dumbly, and the others felt the urge to kick him out of there.

"Simply put, one of us will transform into Chouji, and while in that form, we'll give him the advice," Neji interjected, and Shikamaru nodded. At least there were some geniuses there with him, so he didn't have to suffer alone from the blonde's dumbness. He had always liked solidarity.

"But who is going to do it?" Naruto asked and the others sighed, resisting the urge to smack him upside the head. He really can be dumb sometimes if he wanted to.

"Well, you're out of the question since you're not good at Henge to start with, you could only do that Sexy no Jutsu of yours," Shikamaru said as he pointed Naruto.

"Kakashi-sensei and Ero-sennin are out of the question because they're too perverted for their own health," Naruto said as he pointed the two. "They won't be able to leave him alone,"

"Well, Itachi is out of the question as well, because he doesn't know how Chouji looks like," Kakashi said as he pointed Itachi.

"He's out of the question as well, he's freaky and Sasuke would surely notice it if he got near him," Itachi said as he pointed Orochimaru.

"He's out of the question as well, because he didn't know how that boy looks like, as well," Orochimaru said as he pointed Kabuto.

"Well, you are out of the question because I am damn sure that you're too lazy to do this," Kabuto said as he pointed Shikamaru.

"You're out of the question since you can't get rid of that dog of yours for a minute, and he'd notice him," Shikamaru said as he pointed Kiba.

"He's out of the question because he's too silent," Kiba said as he pointed Shino who merely kept quiet, "And him as well," he added as his finger shifted to point Gaara.

"So that leaves…" they muttered and turned to look at the last remaining member who hasn't been stated 'out of the question' yet.

"What?" Neji asked back as he noticed the stares he received.

"You're to transform into Chouji and gives him an advice," Shikamaru said as if it was the most normal thing on Earth.

"And why does it have to be me?" Neji asked again.

"You're the one suited for this job," the others merely shrugged, "Now go and get ready, he should be out in any minutes," they said as they forced the unwilling Neji to the nearest breakfast shop while he shouted lines of curses and protests along the way.

-.-.-.-.-. end of flashback -.-.-.-.-.

"Well, so we'll only have to wait for tomorrow," one of the boys said –it was not really known who- and the others nodded, "Who gets the first turn tomorrow is…"

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"Yatta! Finished at last! Sorry it take too long to update, I was being stuck and all, and sorry if this chapter isn't as funny as the previous chapters. It'll get better, I promise," the witch said as she jumped up in joy. She was sitting on a small armchair as she stared at the crystal television in front of her.

"The reason why it was made a cliffhanger is," the white wolf started, "Because she wanted you to vote who should have the first turn," he finished.

"That's right, that's right!" the witch shouted in ecstasy, "Submit your vote! Who gets the first turn?" she asked more to herself.

Suddenly, a knock was heard on the door, and it was swung open before she even got the chance to say 'who is it'. Five people dressed in police outfits walked in, carrying a notepad and a pen.

"We're taking this television with us because you aren't able to pay the tax," one of the people said as he wrote it down on the notepad, took the piece of paper out and shoved it into her hand.

"What the-?" she asked in puzzlement as she stared at the four people taking the crystal screen out of her hut. "Hey! It isn't even a television!" she shouted but the polices were nowhere to be seen.

"You know what," the white wolf started again, "Never ever give her any more crystal balls," he said, sighing. "Anyway, vote for the one you think is the most suitable to get the first turn,"

"And if you do enjoy this chapter, please review!"

End of Chapter Five