And now to bother everyone on my alert list EVEN MORE! Heh heh heh…

Chapter Thirteen: Shino, asleep

Kiba and Akamaru:

"So, how do we get down from here?" asked Kiba.

Shikamaru, Temari, and Chouji:

"I WIN! I didn't think—I mean, of course I win! I'm perfect after all!" said Temari.

"Actually…it was too troublesome for me to move that piece there." said Shikamaru, pointing to a piece. "If I did, I would've won. I let you win."

"And it's not troublesome for you to explain that to me?" asked Temari angrily, a vein popping.

"You really have a lot to learn about Shikamaru," said Chouji, eating chips faster than ever before until he came to the last chip.

"I'm all out…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled Chouji after eating the last chip.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, etc." yelled Chouji, going on and on.

Back to everyone else:

"I was thinking, before we mindlessly send another scout…" said Tenten.

"Shut up, banana freak," said Neji. Now that this discussion didn't involve her, Hinata stayed out of it.

"Yeah," agreed Sasuke and Ino, who liked sending out scouts.

"Why don't we ACTUALLY look for Naruto as a GROUP?" suggested Tenten, disregarding them.

"Shut up, banana freak," said Neji.

"I agree with her…" said Hinata.

"Yeah," said Shino.

"Because we-we'll probably be nominated to be scouts before everyone else," explained Hinata.

"Exactly," agreed Shino.

"Good point," said Ino.

"That's completely true," said Sasuke.

"Which is why we're nominating you right now to save the trouble!" said Ino.

"Have fun scouting, Hinata and Shino!" said Sasuke.

"Good luck!" said Tenten.

"Shut up, banana freak," said Neji.

"M-maybe we'll actually f-find N-Naruto-kun," said Hinata.

"You go on thinking that," said Ino.

"Cold," said Shino.

Hinata and Shino disappeared and appeared under Naruto's apartment's table. They were cramped underneath along with Kurenai and Kabuto.

"Curses!" said Kabuto.

"More curses!" said Kurenai.

"This…hurts," said Shino.

"A lot," added Hinata.

"…It's our hero, Hinata," said Shino.

"Who, me? Aw, you're too nice, Shino, Hinata," said Kurenai.

"Sorry, Kurenai-sensei. Shino meant Kabuto-sama," said Hinata.

"Kabuto?" asked Kurenai.

"Yeah. He saved a fly from Sasuke," said Shino.

"And he saved Sasuke from Shino-kun," said Hinata.

"I would be flattered, but this table really HURTS!" yelled Kabuto.

The four moaned in pain.