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Camping Together is Fun . . . I Guess . . .

More than half a day had passed after they have decided to make camp. Zoro and Sasuke were out in the woods hunting for dinner. While Naruto and Sanji had just finished collecting firewood. Usopp was fixing the fire, while Nami sat on a fallen log, rubbing her sore feet.

"Geez, how far is it to Konoha anyway? I think I got a blister," said Nami, as she kneaded her tender soles.

"About twenty more miles," answered Kakashi automatically, who was lying against a nearby log, flipping the pages of his favorite book. Nami made a lamented sigh.

"Nami-Swaaan," sang out Sanji, bounding up in front of her.

"Would you make me a happy man, by letting me carry you all the way to -AGH?"

Nami shoved her bare foot onto his face.

"No thanks, I'll be fine," she said simply, and pushed him away with the ball of her foot. Sanji fell back, and then rubbed his face tenderly.

"Aah, Nami-san, your beautiful feet are so smooth . . ." he mused.

Right across from them, Sakura and Naruto were sitting on the grass, snickering at the sight of them. By this time, Usopp had finished setting the fire, and and walked up to the two chuunins

"Oi Naruto, how do you do that doppelganger move?" he asked the blonde boy with great interest.

"It's so cool, you have to teach me how to do it."

Usopp had thought about all the cool pranks he could do if he learned such an ability.

"The Shadow Clone jutsu?" Naruto guessed. Usopp nodded fervently.

"Umm . . . Well, I don't know if you'll be able to . . ." mumbled Naruto scratching the back of his head.

"Usopp-san," Sakura intervened.

"The shadow clone jutsu is very difficult move, and it takes a very high ranking shinobi to be able to conjure it."

"Yeah, yeah, so will you teach me?" said Usopp, completely ignoring Sakura's warning. Sakura sighed, and Naruto grinned with pride.

"Sure, alright," he said, his grin widening. "Let's practice after we eat, though. I'm starving. Oh yeah, that reminds me . . ."

Naruto looked behind Usopp, to see Chopper sitting beside Luffy, who was lying on the ground. His face had turned pale, and his tongue was sticking out of his mouth, breathing irregularly.

"Hey Chopper, how's he doing?" he asked. The little reindeer sighed sadly.

"Still hungry," he answered. Then suddenly his nose started totwitch.

"Hey, that smells like . . ." he trailed off as he sniffed the air. He followed the scent toward the fire where he saw Sanji boiling something in a pot.

"Sanji's Miso Soup!"

"Miso soup?" asked Naruto excitedly

Luffy woke up immediately.

"Soup! Soup! Where? Where?" shouted Luffy, his voice upbeat as he clapped his feet together, his mouth drooling.

"It'll be done in a minute," said Sanji, as he added chopped chives into the pot, and stirred.

"I figured that since that kid and Melon Head are taking a long time getting dinner, that I would start us off with a little appetizer."

Usopp, Luffy, and Naruto all sat together, bouncing and drooling, while they chanted:

"Soup! Soup! Soup! Soup! Soup! . . ."

"Mmm, it smells really good," said Sakura, reveling the aroma.

"Ah, Sakura-swan, prepared to be dazzled when you try "Sanji's Special Miso Soup," he said, as he ladled the clouded broth, poured it into a small bowl, and handed it to her. Sakura eagerly took it. It wasn't too hot, so the bowl didn't burn her hands. She blew on it a little, and took a sip of it. Once the flavor of the bean paste lathered her tongue, her eyes immediately lit up like stars.

"It's delicious!" she exclaimed after the bowl left her lips. She drank some more, only this time she drained the bowl completely.

"More please," she demanded as she oustretched the bowl towards him.

"Of course! Anything for you, my little flower," crooned Sanji.

"Please don't call me that."

"Anything for you, my sweet."

Sakura gave a frustrated sigh.

Meanwhile>>>

Sasuke waited silently by the creek, crouched behind the bushes and pebble in hand. With his sharingan, he could see clearly under the water as the trout swam carefree and oblivious of the predator that loomed above them on land. Sasuke spotted a good size one swimming lazily at the bottom. Then he chucked the pebble toward the fish, though not to kill it, but to startle it as the pebble zoomed close enough to graze off a few of it's scales. The fish did as expected. In a panic, it jumped out of the water, and Sasuke threw his kunai with perfect timing. The black blade punctured the fish as well as pin it against the tree behind it, along with the other nine fish caught victim by the same tactic.

'And that's ten,' thought Sasuke triumphantly. He hadn't seen Zoro come back yet, whom he figured was having a really hard time catching anything with all those swords to slow him down. Sasuke smirked as he imagined the stupid swordsman hacking at the water with all his swords, only to catch nothing but mud. He walked across the surface of the water, to pluck his kill off the trees.

"So how did you do?" a voice called out from across the brook. Sasuke was already across, as he began to pull his kunai off one of the fish.

"I did well." he said, his voice slightly tinted with arrogance, as he turned to see the swordsman.

"Much less than I could say about yo-"

Sasuke's words had left him. His jaw dropped when he saw Zoro, holding two dead boars in each arm, a large basket on his back completely filled with fish, and he held another smaller basket in his mouth, filled with lemons.

"Wha-wha-?" stuttered Sasuke, dumbstruck. Zoro cocked an eyebrow.

"Well, if you got something to say, then say it," he said with impatience. Sasuke's eye twitched.

"Wh-where did you get those lemons?" he asked.

"Huh, oh these?" said Zoro, acknowledging the lemons.

"I found a lemon tree about a mile from here."

"You don't say," said Sasuke with a glare. Zoro was oblivious to the antagonism in the young boy's voice, as he adjusted one of the boars in his arms. Sasuke looked questioningly at the plentiful load that Zoro was carrying.

"Why do you have so much?" he asked. "It's not like we're going to feed the whole forest with all that food."

"Are you kidding?" scoffed Zoro. "This is just barely enough."

Sasukebecame confusedat the statement.

"That, is 'barely enough'?" he questioned slowly.

"Yeah, but I think if we add your little catch, we'll be okay for the night," said Zoro, as turned to leave.

"Well, we better get back, before somebody dies of hunger," he said, while walking away from the seething Uchiha. Sasuke turned back to retrieve the rest of the fish, murnuring death threats behind the swordsman's back.

"Oh, you won't die of hunger. I'll give you something worse . . ."

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Naruto and Luffy simultaneously drained the warm miso broth and licked up the remaining drops, and sighed with contentment as the warmth flooded within their empty tummies.

"More please!" they said, outstretching their bowls toward Sanji, with wide grins.

"Sorry guys. It's all gone, you finished it all," said Sanji showing them the inside of theempty pot. Naruto's face fell, and Luffy fainted again. Chopper immediately ran to his side.

"Nooo! Luffy, stay with me!" said Chopper frantically slapping the rubber man's face with his hooves.

"Ooh, so hungry . . ." he groaned once the slapping stopped.

"Me too," wailed Naruto. Sakura aggravatedly socked him on the head. "Ite!"

"What do you mean, you're still hungry? You just had ten servings of soup!" yelled Sakura at the pained chuunin.

"You didn't even leave any for Sasuke-kun."

"B-b-but Sakura-chan . . ." He stuttered as he tried reasoning with his huffed partner.

"Well, look who's just arrived," said Kakashi looking up at the distance, as he closed his book. Everyone turned their heads to see Sasuke and Zoro walking into the camp with dinner.

"Well, it's about time," said Nami huffily. Zoro became agitated at the comment.

Sasuke looked disgruntled as he carried along his catch of fish, and Zorowith his heavy load. Naruto immediately jumped up and pointed an accusing finger at Sasuke.

"Sasuke-teme, what the hell took you so long?" he shouted. Usopp decided to join the fray, and pointed at Zoro.

"Yeah, it's about time you got back here, Luffy has been fighting for his life this whole time!" he yelled. "Do you want our Captain to die?"

Sasuke and Zoro cocked an eyebrow at thier accusation.

" . . . It was only twenty minutes," said Sasuke coldly.

Zoro dropped the two dead boars in front of Sanji, and took the basket of lemons out of his mouth.

"There," he said as he shrugged the basket of fish off his back, and let it fall to the ground. Sanji looked at the basket of lemons questioningly.

"Where did you get the lemons?" he asked. Zoro sighed.

"I found a lemon tree, alright?" he said frustratedly. "And if you're not satisfied, I'll tell you how I found them . . ."

FLASHBACK>>>

Zoro sped through the trees chasing the boar. The boar squealed in panic, as it scuttled within the bushes into a clearing in the forest. Once Zoro got close enough, he slashed the boar down right on the spot with a single sword slash. The creature let out a long dying squeal, before it slumped to the ground. Zoro sheathed the sword as he walked up to retrieve the animal. Just as he bent down to pick it up, he felt something hard collide against the top of his head.

"What the . . .?" he said in surprise, as he looked down to see what hit him. By the aid of the moonlight, he was able to see something small, round, and yellow. He picked it up and sniffed it. The scent was bitter with citrus. He looked up and saw branches and branches of green leaves mingling with the yellow orbs that were similar to the one in his hand.

"Hey, a lemon tree," he observed.

END FB>>>

"There, are you happy now?" asked Zoro with exasperation. Sanji raised his curled eyebrow.

"Uhh . . . you didn't really have to tell us what happened," he said uncertainly. Zoro grunted and plopped himself next to the dying Luffy, clearly annoyed.

Sanji shrugged, and put the lemons away with the rest of the food.

"This is going to take a while," he muttered as he placed a fresh cigarette into his mouth. He rolled up his sleeves and began to prepare dinner.

A FEW HOURS LATER

"Sugoi! It's a feast!" screamed Naruto with delight. As he stared, amazed at the large portions of food being passed around. Luffy regained his energy again, as he stuffed his face with the pieces of grilled boar meat, and some lemon zested fish.

"I never had fish this good," said Kakashi after instantly cleaning his plate. Usopp, Zoro, and Sanji kept an intent eye on the silver haired man as he ate.

"Did you see anything?" whispered Usopp aside to Sanji on his left.

"Nope, nothing," said Sanji.

"What about you, Zoro?"

"Me niether," he said from Usopp's right.

"How is he able to eat that fast?" asked Sanji.

"I don't know, but he looks kinda wierd with that mask on," observed Usopp.

"I know what you mean. What do you think it's for?" said Zoro looking over at Usopp.

"Maybe he's hiding some hideous birth defect or something," he said rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

"I wonder what he really looks like behind that mask?" said Sanji, making the same expression as Usopp, Zoro did the same as they all hummed simultaneously in deep thought.

"What are you three talking about over there?" asked Kakashi looking there way. All three of them tensed, and rapidly shook their heads at the same time.

"Nothing!"

"Nothing at all!"

"You must be hearing things!"

They each said seperately with a half-hearted laugh. Kakashi didn't move his gaze. Usopp began to feel anxious as a drop of sweat fell from his brow, then the masked man blinked.

"Oh, okay then," he said passively, before his expressionless eye looked at Sanji's direction. "May I have some more fish?"

Sanji slightly jumped when noticed he was talking to him.

"Oh-uh, sure. Heh, here you go," he said, handing him another plate of grilled fish with a sliced lemon wedge.

"Ah, arigatou," he said cheerfully, gratefully taking the food from him.

"No problem," said Sanji with a grin. Kakashi placed the plate of fish on his lap. Usopp, Sanji and Zoro kept their eyes on him again just as his finger began to tug against the fabric of his mask.

"Oi Sanji! MORE MEAT!" shouted Luffy directly at the three of them, blocking thier view of Kakashi

"GET OUT OF THE WAY, MORON!" they shouted simultaneously, before Sanji kicked him aside on the head, but it was too late. The lemon had already been drained of it's juices, and only the fish bones were left on Kakashi's plate.

"Aah, that tasted much better than the last one," he said contentedly as his eye formed an upside down grin.

"You really are a good cook. Wouldn't you agree Naruto?"

The blonde boy was at a loss for words, as he was stuffing his face with fish and began to gnaw at the boar meat straight from the bone. After swallowing it, he took a long swig of tea out of a cut bamboo trunk, before answering:

"Less talking, more eating."

And began to attack his third helping. Sakura on the other hand, was trying not to finish her food. She wanted to watch her figure for Sasuke, but the food was so delicious, she couldn't keep her self from eating everything.

'Oh the hell with it! . . .' her inner self said. With that thought, she inhaled her fish, and demanded a second.

"Anything for you, my beautiful rosebud!" Sanji cried out, before serving her.

"STOP GIVING ME PET NAMES!" she yelled irately, as she socked him on the head. The impact of her hit sent Sanji soaring across the camp, and his back slammed against a nearby tree. He slumped to the ground grinning in a daze.

"Ah, Sakura-swan, your knuckles are so soft . . ." he mumbled. No one seemed to have noticed the flying cook, as they were all too busy eating to care about anything else. Sakura was beginning to take a liking to smacking the blonde chef around, for it gave her a sense of power. But her sensible side opposed it, after all he did cook this delicious feast for them. Sasuke didn't even touch a thing, his dark eyes were giving Zoro a stone cold glare, as the green haired man downed some wine he had bought with him from the ship. He seemed oblivious throughout dinner of the boy's angry eyes. Naruto had been enjoying himself. Just as he was about to bite down on his new helping of boar meat, it suddenly vanished, and Naruto nearly cracked his teeth from biting air.

"Nani, hey, where did my meat go?"

Usopp was about to take a bite of fish, when it also vanished at mid-bite.

"Hey!" he said with annoyance, as he glared at Luffy. More cries of missing food were uttered, until they all noticed that only one of them was growing bigger like a balloon through excessive eating.

"LUUUFFYYY!"

Tada! There you have it! Happy? I hope you are. heh heh heh . . .

The lemon thing is once again random. I know that lemons don't usually grow in Japan, but I was sucking on lemon drops while writing this (Mmm . . . lemon drops). I'm thinking of getting some more, and maybe I'll might write some additional lemony chapters (NO, NOT THAT KIND OF LEMON!). Anyway, next chapter will probably come around December, I have been very busy with college and stuff.

To that person who called me a retard: And yes, I am now aware of Zoro's "rice ball" move, and mispelling Luffy's rubber attacks, but the english subtitles are usually messed up in the DVDs, and I got bad information from this website about Zoro's moves, so sorry about that.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, bye!