Chapter 3: The Bus Rides!
And I don't own any Naruto characters!
It's been an hour since the bus moved from Konoha gates and it made most of the passengers bored.
Tsunade was reading a medical book, Shizune was playing with Ton-Ton, Jiraiya and Orochimaru were playing a little guessing game, Sakura and Ino were again, quarreling about something, Chouji was trying his very best not to make Diedara angry and as the result, he was sharing his food with Diedara on the other hand, Neji was playing a stray lock of hair in front of his face and his seatmate was making a sand castle cause of the boredom the both of them were feeling. Kiba and Hinata were both sleeping in there seats quietly. Shino was trying to freak his seatmate out of his seat by making his bugs come out anywhere they please and Kankuro was making some funny faces at the sight. Kimimaro and Kabuto were debating about something. Haku was leaning on Zabuza's shoulder, snoring and Zabuza was reading a novel that he borrowed from their boss. Sakkon, out of boredom, was playing with Tayuya's patience and as for Tayuya, she was continuing on her nonstop cursing for her seatmate. Jiroubu was trying to stop Sakkon from annoying Tayuya and Kidoumaru was trying to calm Tayuya from Sakkon. Ten-Ten was polishing her kunais and Lee was staring out of his window. Shikamaru was watching the cloud on the way while Temari was hugging his arm and was snoring her daylights out. Sasuke's eyes were starting to sting from reading his book and Naruto was starting to doze off, opposite the both of them, Itachi activated his sharingan and imitated a vampire accent.
"I am Count Von Itachi and I am here to suck all of your blood!" he said to Kisame. "A ha ha ha ha!"
Kisame sighed and peered at his partner, shaking his head and stared out of the window.
"Mou iiada! I can't take this boredom I am getting!" he whined like a kid and turned chibi. Because of the whine the Oldest Uchiha made, all heads turned to him, all the sleeping shinobis were awoke suddenly. "Huh? What? It's true! Don't tell me that you guys are not bored!" he said again. "Can't we do something fun?" he suggested.
Closing her eyes and shut her book. She massaged the bridge of her nose and sighed. "Well, Itachi-san has a point there, can't we do something, Kakashi?" the oldest blond asked the silver jounin.
Thinking deeply for a while and asked nodded. "Okay, I think I have something that could make them alive." He crinkled his visible eye to Tsunade. He stood and went in the middle. "Okay, people, people, listen up!" all heads turned to him. "I don't know if you would like this one, but this is just for taking your boredom away." He said. "Okay, we used to do this every time." Now all were giving all their attention to him. "This game is called "Related Words" all you have to do is give to give something related about the first word then to the second and so on and so forth." He explained. "Now, if one of us can't say anything about the previous word in a minute, then there is a punishment." He continued the condition. He clapped his hands once. "Okay, I'll give the first word and Jiraiya-sama would say the second then to Tsunade-sama. The passing of the next will be from left to right." He explained the passing and all nodded in response. "Okay, then let's begin the game." He said. "Okay, the word would be…Blood." He said and looked at Jiraiya.
Jiraiya thought for a while. "Red." And he looked at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru scratched his head for a while and brightened up. "Gamabunta!" he recited and grinned a cheesy grin at Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya-sama." Shizune brightly answered. "Tsunade-sama?" she looked at Tsunade who blinked in response.
"San-nins." She said answered.
"Sandaime-hokage-sama." Sakura answered after a long wait and smiled.
"Konohamaru." Ino snapped.
"Kid?" shrugged and all nodded at her and she smiled at Shikamaru.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru rolled his eyes.
"Naruto!" Kiba answered proudly and received a bump on his head. "Ouch." Hinata giggled at Kiba and smiled after.
"Hmm…what's related about Naruto-kun…" she said quietly and thinks. "Sasuke-kun." She said blushing. Kiba raised an eyebrow and she ducked her head. "Aaa, iie, Sasuke-kun is connected to Naruto-kun, right?" she looked at Kiba, still blushing and Kiba smiled at her.
"About Sasuke, that would be easy." Neji suddenly said out loud. "Sasuke's related to a…" he paused for a while. "Umm…he's related with…" he looked at the said person who was giving him a dangerous stare. "He's connected to Itachi!" he said proudly.
Gaara's sand castle suddenly collapsed and returned to its jar. "Sharingan." He answered.
"Bloodline Limit." Haku brightly answered.
"Byakungan." Zabuza replied lazily.
"Hyuuga Clan." Chouji replied as he pilled some chips in his mouth.
"Hiashi-sama." Diedara answered while picking some of Chouji's chip.
The game was still going on, even though that there wasn't someone who was being punished, all of the passengers were enjoying giving descriptions, names and etc to each others.
Kakashi looked at his wristwatch and stared out on the window. He recognized the place. "People, we're near for the first bus stop!" he announced and cut the game. "Now, there would be another six hours before we arrive for the next bus stop, so anyone who wants to use the restroom, use it, you'll need it."
So, at the first bus stop, they ate for breakfast and after thirty minutes they returned to the bus and went to their way again.
They're second bus stop was in a ship. They took a ship to cross the ocean.
Naruto stretched his numbing limbs and inhaled the sea breeze. Calmed by the sight, he relaxed and leaned on the railing of the ship.
After declining politely all the invitations he received from his friends for lunch, Sasuke followed Naruto and joined him on sightseeing the ocean and the islands that they pass at.
The both of them were watching the scenery with peace and quiet. Watching the small waves appear and the fishes that jump once in a while. Both of them were enjoying the trip, even though that they were just watching, they still enjoyed it. The calm sea, colorful fishes and corals and the cheerful afternoon, for them, nothing can beat it.
"Hey! It's a romantic scenery, how come nothing's happening?" Naruto's and Sasuke's ears twitched at the hushed toned voice.
"Shut up! They'll here us!" another voice scolded the one who whined.
Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other and followed the arguing voices.
"No they wont, we're talking in a hushed tone, don't worry about it!" again it said.
Sasuke and Naruto looked at the back of a big chair and saw Itachi, Haku and Zabuza. "Hey, what are you three doing back there?" Sasuke and Naruto asked in union.
The trio blinked and stood at the same time. "Ahahaha, nothing, nothing, we were just passing by." Itachi explained nervously and scratched the back of his head and Haku and Zabuza nodded in agreement. Noticing the suspicion of the two boys, "Oh, I think I am hearing Hokage-sama calling us." Itachi reasoned. "Haku, Zabuza, let's go! See you, Otouto, Naru-chan!" he bowed and ran away together with Haku and Zabuza.
Naruto and Sasuke blinked again at the sight then looked at each other. The both of them laughed and returned to sight seeing on the railings.
"Hmm…Naruto and Sasuke sure are serious about each other." Tsunade observed the two from the window of the cafeteria.
"Hmm, is this envy I smell in the air?" Jiraiya sniffed the air and slyly looked at Tsunade. Tsunade raised an eyebrow and glared at her childhood friend.
"What are you trying to imply, Kero?" Tsunade gave an irritated stare at the Toad Hermit.
"Well, Jiraiya's still available; he's still single, maybe the both of you can be…" Feeling the murderous intent around him, Orochimaru stopped and stared at his childhood friends. "I mean…don't worry, the both of you are still young and you'll find the right ones for you." He quickly spoke up.
Tsunade and Jiraiya were crackling the bones in their hands with glare. "Young yourself, Hebi!" they implanted their knuckled on the head of the Snake Master. "That's what you get from insulting us." They clapped their hands clean and looked at each other.
Tsunade and Jiraiya blinked at each other and stared at each other's eyes. Blush rose on their cheeks and they both broke their eye contact.
Excusing herself and pretending that she needed the girls' powder room, the Godaime made her way exiting the cafeteria.
Staring at the retreating figure, Jiraiya sat unconsciously at his previous seat and stared at the cafeteria door. Subconsciously rubbing his cheeks where a blush is present. "I wonder what happened?" he asked himself.
Rising from his previous unconscious position, Orochimaru noticed the gazed Jiraiya that was rubbing his blushing cheek. "Hey, did I miss anything?" he asked lousily.
"Keep sleeping." Jiraiya punched Orochimaru square on the face.
"Why me?" was all Orochimaru could say and was knocked unconscious again.
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Together with the Shikamaru, Kakashi was watching the clouds on the top of the ship. Both of them were in complete silence. All that could be heard was the waves of the water and the chirping of the birds.
"Kakashi-sensei, are you there?" Kurenai climbed the stairs to the top. "Ah, Kakashi-sensei, I finally found you, I was looking…" but she was cut off when she saw Shikamaru, "oh, I am sorry…I'll just talk to yo…"
"No, don't worry, you can talk to him, Kurenai-sensei, I need to go find Chouji after all." The Nara picked himself up and climbed down the stairs.
Kurenai blinked at Shikamaru's back for a while then shrugged. "Kakashi-sensei!" she called again and joined Kakashi. She sat beside the silver jounin. "What are you doing, Sensei?" she curiously asked. Kakashi didn't reply, Kurenai raised an eyebrow and stared at the clouds too. "Wow, now I know why Shikamaru loves watching the clouds." She said happily.
Kakashi slid a stare at the female jounin and smiled. "You think so?" he said and caught the cheerful jounin's attention.
"I think so!" she said in reply and gazed back to the clouds. "Watching those fluffy things makes my body relaxed and refreshed." She reasoned out and stretched. "Aaaah, kimochii!"
Smiling, Kakashi reminded her about what she wanted to talk about. "Umm, Kurenai-sensei, a while ago, you said you wanted to talk to me, we can talk about it now." The copy ninja crinkle his visible eye.
Kurenai looked at Kakashi then blushed. She twiddled her fingers and watched her twiddling fingers, avoiding Kakashi's gaze. "Umm…about that…well I just want to know…."
"Aaah, Kakashi-sensei!" Gai ruined what Kurenai was about to say. "Oh, Kurenai-sensei, you're also here!" he said happily. "Joyful!"
Kurenai laughed sadly. "Yeah, joyful." She said and sighed. "Well, Kakashi-sensei, just forget about what I was suppose to say, okay?" she made a pleading hand. "Never mind it, okay?" Kakashi shrugged and agreed. "Thank you." She said gratefully and looked at Gai. "So, Gai-sensei, what brought you here?" she asked and Gai joined the two.
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"Yo!" Kiba raised a hand and greeted his friends. "Have anyone of you seen Naruto?" he asked concerned then noticed that Gaara, Neji, Kankuro and Temari was together with Shino, Shikamaru and Chouji. "Oh, hello, Neji, Temari, Kankuro, Kazekage-sama." He said. "Hey, what are you doing here?"
"Kankuro's a friend, that's why." Shino reasoned with his low voice and Kiba stared for a while and shrugged.
"Well, we can't find Naruto and Sasuke." Neji spoke up.
"As if. We don't want to disturb that two for today." Gaara said the truth. "But if you don't like us here, then maybe." Gaara was ready to leave.
"No, I don't mean it that way." Kiba called back. "I am sorry if what I said offended you." He scratched the back of his head. "Sorry, Kazekage-sama." He said.
"Just plainly Gaara, I am not used to it yet." He said.
"About Temari…" Shikamaru looked at the blond girl who was staring at him, "she said that all of her siblings are together with us so she joined." He explained.
"Oh, okay." Kiba nodded and pulled a chair and sat. "Anyways, I am worrying over Naruto, I wonder where he is?" he looked around.
"Don't worry, he's with his Sasu-chan don't worry about it." Sakura suddenly joined the group. "Hi guys!" she waved together with Ino.
Ino noticed Temari staring at Shikamaru. Noticing that there was a chair vacant in the middle of the two, she took her seat. "Shikamaru, is there someone sitting on this chair?" she asked dangerously.
Shikamaru scratched his ear, confused why Ino's tone was like that. "Umm, nobody." He said lazily.
"Then I'll seat here, okay?" she said and glared at Temari and Temari glared back.
The whole table was staring at the two blondes. Feeling the intensity between the two, Kiba started annoying Shikamaru about being a lady's dream boy.
"Hmmm…anyway, what's up guys?" Sakura greeted again with a smile on her friends.
"Oh, nothing, we're just bored on this ship trip." Neji was swaying on his chair like a kid. "How 'bout you, Haruno?" he looked at the pink haired girl.
"Nothing much, too, I am kind of bored too actually." She said sincerely. "Wonder when we will arrive?" she stared looked at the blue green sea.
The sea trip took an hour before shoring back in land. When they set foot on land again, they continued their bus journey.
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The trip was an overnight and at the time of 9 pm the lights in the bus were dimmed, telling the passengers to sleep, but the AC was too cold and the spaces were so limited and the others have difficulties on it and other more problems.
"Sakura, I told you to lean on the window so you could sleep!" Ino said sleepily at Sakura.
"But I keep on bumping on the window glass! I can't sleep! My head's bonking and bonking!" she protested and received a stare at Ino. "Why don't you try it, so you would know how I feel!" she insisted.
The long blond shook her head. "I don't want to bump my head on that hard thing!" she pointed at the window and curled into a ball on her seat.
Sakura puffed her cheeks and crossed her arms against her chest. "You're so unfair!" she muttered and looked for a position where she could sleep properly. But to her fate, she can't find any. "Why me!" she said hopelessly.
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"Temari! Don't snuggle too much! I am falling out of my seat!" Shikamaru scolded the blond sand nin. "And why are you snuggling me? Stay away, you're too troublesome." He said lazily and scratched his head.
"But I can't sleep without anything to hug!" she protested "and it's too cold, I don't have any blanket to cover me up." She said sadly.
"Go hug your big fan and if you're cold, ask the driver to lower the temperature." The Nara instructed but Temari shook her head. "Why?" he asked.
"I cant hug my fan, it's too big it wont fit, and I asked the driver to lower the temperature, he told me that it's already the lowest temperature." She reasoned out.
"Ask your brother to exchange seats and why don't you ask him to turn it off."
"My brothers are already asleep and they look so cute to bother so I cant and I cant ask the driver anymore, I don't want to bother him anymore." She said with a sad smile and bowed. "Well, it looks like you really don't want me to be your seatmate; I'll just sleep in the middle." She stood from her seat and was ready to sleep on the bus floor.
"Aaaa, mendokuse!" Shikamru cursed. "Temari!" he called the blond. "Fine, you could hug me if that's the only way you could sleep." He said avoiding Temari's happy face. "But don't hug me too much!" he reminded.
"Oh, thank you, Shikamaru!" she lounged herself to Shikamaru that made him bump his head on the window glass and knocked him unconscious. "Oh, he slept…" she blinked for a while then smiled and slept.
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Jiraiya was happily sleeping when he suddenly felt something fell on his lap. He broke an eye open and saw that Orochimaru was sleeping on his lap. Shiver run through his spines and threw Orochimaru on the ground. "Hey, if you want to sleep on my lap, go turn into a beautiful woman!" he said angrily at the sleepy snake-looking man.
"Huh? Oh, I am so sorry, I didn't mean to…" he crawled back to his seat and sleep back.
Orochimaru was sleeping only by leaning on his seat. Because the bus was moving, the slipping out of position is not impossible and again, he slipped back on Jiraiya's lap.
"Orochimaru! I didn't know you like men! Stay away from me!" he pushed the pale man again on the floor, and thank his luck; the snake man was not awaken and slept on the floor. "Now, this is better!" Jiraiya stretched himself on the seats and slept happily.
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A nudge woke Kisame up. Staring red orbs welcomed him; he blinked and retuned back to sleep. Again a nudge woke him up.
"Kisame…" the voice dragged his name.
"What is it, Itachi-san?" he asked his partner who turned chibi and was playing a hem of his cloak. "What is it?" he asked calmly.
"Kisame…I can't sleep! Tell me a bed time story?" he asked eagerly.
Kisame slapped his forehead. "Is this punishment for hitting you on the head from this past years?" he muttered and looked at the chibi Itachi. "I don't know I am not really familiar with bed time stories." Kisame tried to escape.
Chibi Itachi brightened up "Don't worry about it! I have a bed time story book!" he said and was pulling something out of his bag. "Here you go!" he handed Kisame a book and smiled childishly.
Kisame sighed and stared at the book. "Itachi-san… I don't know…"
"Please, Kisame?" Itachi gave a puppy eyed plea. "Pleeeeeease?" he blinked cutely.
Kisame couldn't say no to that childish look. "Fine, but just one story!" he gave a condition and the sharingan user accepted. "Here goes nothing." Kisame inhaled and started to read the story for his childish partner.
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"Sakkon, if you won't beep stop beep annoying me, I am beep beep beep telling you that you wont beep beep witness the next beep beep sunrise!" Tayuya rapidly warned Sakkon. "Let me beep beep beep sleep, will you!"
Sakkon wagged a finger and clucked his tongue. "Tsk, tsk, Tayuya, is that the right way a girl should talk?" he scolded the red haired.
Raging in flame, "Why I ought to…" but before she could lounge and kill her friend Jiroubu pulled her away. "Let me go, Fatso!"
Jiroubu rolled his eyes. "My goodness, Sakkon, stop annoying Tayuya." He looked at Sakkon. "Kidoumaru, go exchange seats with Tayuya." He looked at Kidoumaru. Kidoumaru was about to protest but saw the glare of Tayuya and Jiroubu. "Now then, let's get some rest. I am beat."
"Good night, Fatso." Tayuya bid goodnight.
"At least bid us politely." Jiroubu sighed.
"Be thankful that I even spared you a bidding." She snapped.
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At exact 5 in the morning, all of them arrived at their destination. Kakashi was the one who didn't sleep the whole night. "Kurenai-sensei, Iruka-sensei, Asuna, Gai, wake up." He shook them.
Scratching his eyes awake, Asuna stretched. "What is it you want? It's only five in the morning." He said sleepily.
Kakashi nodded. "I know, I just woke you because we're already here." He pointed outside the window and the other teachers also looked outside. "Now, go wake all the kids. I'll go and fix things outside." He directed and the other nodded.
Kurenai shook all the girls awake except Tayuya, she's too afraid that she might loose her hand if she shook that sound girl.
Asuma shook Chouji and Shikamaru awake. "Morning, now go wake all you can wake." He instructed and went outside.
Iruka was the one who woke the sound 4's Tayuya and Naruto so as Sasuke.
"Why wake them by shaking? I have a better idea." Gai went straight at front and used the microphone. "Hey, rise and shine people in the bus!" he greeted out loud and received a punch.
"Oh, I thought somebody was going to rob us…" Tsunade blinked and stared at the knocked out Gai. "Gomen, Gai." She apologized at the unconscious teacher. "Oh well, are we here?" she asked and stretched. "Okay, now all wake up?" she stood and looked at the back. All of the genins were awake some were stretching and some were yawning. "Hey, hey, hey, come on, come on! We're here already! Come on now everybody, up, up, up!" she clapped her hand.
The bus door opened and Kakashi's head popped in. "Anou, Godaime-sama, we can leave now." He said politely.
Tsunade nodded. "Okay wait for us then." She said and the copy nin nodded in agreement. "Time to get your things, we're leaving for Kakashi's house!" she announced. "Now, hurry it up so we could sleep again." She yawned. Looking back and saw that everybody was ready she nodded and led the kids out of the bus.
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Vinscent: And Chapter 3 is done! Aaa ureshii!
Kakashi: Wow, you're updating kind of fast, is the world going to split in half later?
Vinscent: Shut up! Hey and is it a crime if I update earlier?
Kakashi: No, don't worry, it's not a crime, I am just not used to it, yet.
Vinscent: Aaaah, sou, don't worry when school days arrive, I'll be busy again and wont be updating recently.
Kakashi: Oh, and when will that be?
Naruto: Aaa, maa, maa, Kakashi-sensei, Vin-chan, maa, maa.
Sasuke: Wow! Hi Vinscent!
Naruto: Nope, she won't hear you; she's too absorbed arguing with Kakashi-sensei. –Sighs-
Sasuke: Oh? Then maybe we can do this part.
Naruto: On behalf of Vin-chan, we would like to thank you all readers for reading the last chapters and this chapter! Thank you very much!
Sasuke: Oh and Vinnie wanted to answer all the ones who asked about Sensei's father. Well, she told me to tell this. "A fanfic is a fanfic so anything I want to happen can happen in my stories." She said. Well I hope that won't offend anyone.
Naruto: Anyways…
All: Thank you and see you in the next chapter!
Naruto: Huh? I thought the both of you were arguing?
Vinscent: Huh? We never argue on anything.
Kakashi: She's right, we were just talking to one another and was discussing about the next chapter.
Sasuke: You were? But a while ago, you two sounded like you're disagreeing on both opinions. You know like in a press conference.
Vinscent: Huh? Are we? –Looks at Kakashi-
Kakashi: I don't know. –Shruggs-
Vinscent: Well anyways, I would want to thankWuppy-sama and HolySorceress-samafor reviewing the last chapter. To answer the questions you threw at me, Sa-chan recited it. I hope nobody will get offended by it.
Kakashi: Anyways…
All: Again, thank you and see you next time in the next chapter!