K/F: It's me again and I'm back with another chapter. This is going to dictate Team 7 (and Jiraiya's) trip to Water Country! No, Zabuza and Haku isn't here but Akatsuki sure is!

Kakashi: Will I have to fight Itachi?

K/F: I don't know.

Naruto: I have to do back flips right?

Sakura: If you guys keep on asking these questions then the reader would know everything. Think before asking will you?

K & N: Oh…

K/F: Oi vay. Sakura, do the disclaimer since you're the smart one here.

Everyone: HEY!

Sakura: K/F doesn't own Naruto.

(Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Mushroom, Mushroom…)

We now travel back in time to show you everything that happened when our heroes took the A ranked mission to save Christmas…

"I am SO NOT wearing that stupid little green midget costume!" Sasuke cried with indignation.

"What are ya? Scared?" Naruto said.

"Naruto, don't say that to Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled giving the blonde a smack. "If you don't wear the costumes, be aware that Tsunade-sama will demote us to Academy Students or give is D ranked missions for the rest of our shinobi career! Which is worse? Costume or Demotion?"

"Costume," both replied.

"Oh boy… This will take a long time."

Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Kakashi wasn't too happy about getting into his costume either but he tried to look like he didn't care at all. However, the clever Sannin, also known as Jiraiya, saw right through, but to humor him, he pretended as though he had no idea what he was talking about.

"Why, out of all the people in Konoha, am I chosen to be Santa? Why not Gai? He's happy, bubbly and he even has a little green elf accompanying him! Oh wait, that's Lee." Kakashi cried. If he wasn't so cool, he would have already been bawling and in tears.

"Aw, cheer up Kakashi! It's only for 86,400 seconds, 1440 minutes, 24 hours, or a day long. Take your pick." Jiraiya offered. (K/F: If I miscalculated tell me. I'm supposed to be GOOD at math.)

"The one day option sounds much nicer."

"Good choice. You had better get into that costume of yours or else we'll be late for Christmas presenting."

"I don't wanna." Kakashi pouted. (K/F: O.o)

"Hey, Kakashi-sensei can you hurry up and wear your costume so I can prove to those two that wearing elf costumes isn't that bad?"

"How about… No."

"But, if you don't and they don't then we'll ALL be demoted for sure! I don't want to go back to those horrifying D ranked missions! I still have nightmares about our first one. Rescuing Tora the cat…" Sakura shuddered at the thought.

Amazingly, just at that moment Tsunade had sent a whole hoard of ANBU members to threaten them into wearing those happy costumes. Kakashi and Sasuke considered using the Sharingan eye to copy their every move, intimidate them, and somehow hypnotize them into doing their work for them. It didn't work because the Sharingan required eye contact but all the ANBU were wearing masks. Poor Team 7.

"Hey Sasuke, don't show your face to any little kids in that costume, ok?" Naruto said.

"If I was going to show my face then I would ask 'why not'."

"Well……err….because…..frankly speaking; you look like a hit man elf."

"…"

Afterwards they checked up on the reindeer and they found out another horrifying thing. Since Santa was sick, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph all ran away. OH NO! But Kakashi saved the day. He summoned all his 'cute little nin dogs' to pull the sleigh. Pakkun was Rudolph and to make it more realistic they stuck a red clown nose on his nose. Only Yondaime knows how they kept it flying in the sky.

"Okay, first stop is at the Mizukage's house. Whose turn is it?" Jiraiya asked.

"Whoever loses on a game of rock, paper, scissors?" Naruto offered.

"Fine."

"Rock. Paper. Scissors!" Both men revealed their hands. Kakashi had a paper sign while Jiraiya had scissors.

"So does that mean I have to deliver the presents for everyone in the Water country?" Kakashi asked.

"Just to be nice, you take the first half and I'll take the next."

"Okay, so what does he want again?"

"It says here that the Mizukage wants … AN AQUARIUM WITH GOLDFISH IN IT!" Sakura replied. Mass sweatdropping continued.

Kakashi's first half of the delivering presents went fairly well. The only thing that happened was that Inari woke up to answer the call of nature, while Kakashi was putting the presents and, after answering the call, he wondered why Santa looked like Naruto's sensei. Now it was Jiraiya's turn to be Santa. Unbeknownst to them is the fact that one of the Akatsuki members snuck back home to privately celebrate the coming Christmas.

"We are now heading to Kisame's house. What kind of a person would be named Kisame anyway?" Sakura said.

"You mean the fish dude is here! He's one of the 7 shinobi swordsman and an Akatsuki member too!"

What they all saw when they peeked through the window was very mind boggling. Itachi was there with Kisame but the odd thing was that Itachi was wearing funky glasses and Kisame was holding up two fingers.

"Itachi, how many fingers am I holding up?"

"3?"

"You need work on that. Anyway, I must get back to my practicing."

"Oh god not that again…"

"Ahem…" Kisame cleared his throat and began singing to some weird song he made up while hugging a fish plushie.

"I love my fishies 'cause they're sooooo delicious!" Outside, Team 7 was frantically looking for earplugs.

"Kisame, I'm just going to go to bed now. You're being annoying."

"Itachi, how can you saw that! You need to appreciate good singing!"

"Whatever."

When all the lights were turned off, Jiraiya delivered the presents. Kisame wanted 5 different fish plushies and Itachi wanted a yo-yo, a ping-pong ball, and a mirror. Sasuke made an attempt to murder Itachi in his sleep. Naruto and Sakura tried to reason with him that it was beneath him to kill an enemy in their sleep. That didn't work. What did work was the fact that Itachi sleepwalks, or rather sleep fights, and beat Sasuke up. Naruto wanted to steal Kisame's sword so he back flipped into the room, but was scared away because he found out shortly after he entered the room that Kisame sleeps with his eyes open and sleep sings. He was singing that fish song he made up. Sakura just wanted to see who was in the next room so she went in and saw Deidara. He was sleep dancing…She was stunned and blinded for the next five minutes. Naruto temporarily became deaf and couldn't hear Sakura's angry comments about 'not killing people on Christmas'. Stupid little Naruto just thought that Sakura was exclaiming her love for him. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

During that leg of the trip Team 7 and Jiraiya learned a very important lesson. Several lessons actually.

1. Never listen to Kisame sing.
2. Itachi sleep walks/fights.
3. When one occupant in the room has a sleeping issue, so does the other.
4. The Akatsuki has the 3 Sleep Syndrome.
5. The 3 Sleep Syndrome is when three associates/friends sleep walk, talk, and dance.

(Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Mushroom, Mushroom…)

K/F: Okay. We're all done for this chapter. Next up is Konoha!

Sasuke: Why didn't you do Konoha first? Wouldn't it be easier?

K/F: I couldn't do that. First's the worst and second's the best!

Sasuke: You believe in that a petty child's game. How I pity you.

Naruto: Well you don't so that why you're the child.

Sasuke: Shut up loser.

Naruto: What was that? –prepares for a fight-

Sasuke: Dumb and deaf. I pity you too.

Sakura: Alright you guys, break it up….before someone gets the wrong idea.

K/F: You mean-

Sakura: Yes, exactly.

K/F: -gasp- Anyway, review please and help me get some ideas. Here's a preview of what's going to happen next.

"On the first day of Christmas I murdered Santa Claus!" Gai wailed pitifully in the bathroom.

"Gai, don't worry, I just talked to Santa. He said 'ho ho h-'." Neji began acting and making sounds like he had a heart attack. Tenten promptly smacked him and told him to knock it off.