Chords of Love: Ballad to Various Loves

Chapter 2

Contributor: DragonPony022

Warning: We will be delving off from canon quite a bit in this story. With Naruto things will happen quite differently so everybody is in danger.

The morning at Camp Wawanakwa was peaceful as the sun was just starting to come up and the camp was silent from everyone sleeping….that is until the sound of an air horn being blown through a megaphone blared out, jarring everyone awake.

"Good morning campers! Meet me by the docks in ten minutes for the first challenge of the day! Also be sure to put on your swimsuits because all but one of you will be getting wet" Chris said through the megaphone as the campers all groaned to themselves.

"It's like seven in the morning! Who does he think we are? Farmers?!" Leshawna yelled as the majority of the campers agreed.

Naruto groaned a bit as he got out of bed, being somewhat used to being woken up early but not so abruptly. "Ugh that's definitely one way to be woken up in the morning" Naruto grumbled as the guys around him nodded.

"He did mention we'd have a challenge every three days" Duncan said as he grabbed his suit and headed out the door.

Duncan did have a point, three days of rest in between challenges was nice but then again it didn't make being woken up at the brink of dawn any better. He had actually enjoyed the three days before as he used it to get to know some of the others around camp and even spend some more time with a certain Goth girl that was honestly really nice to hang out with.

As they eventually made their way to the docks there were faced with the sight of their next challenge, which looked simply but quickly made them think there had to be more to it.

On the dock there were 22 poles near the edge with a rope tied around the top of it, green for Gophers and red for Bass, which had five knots in it. Behind the pole, on the very edge of the dock looked to be a small platform.

"Welcome campers to the first challenge of today and while a small one compared to the next it is big as you will be playing for individual immunity. Meaning if you win this and your team loses the main challenge later today you will be safe" Chris said before he motioned to the poles.

"And here is the site of your challenge, which I like to call 'Back Splash'!" Chris said before he whistled and an intern came over. "This is how it will go! You will get randomly assigned to a platform according to your team and stand on the small platform," he said before pointing to the intern who got onto the platform and held onto the rope "where you will hold onto the rope to keep yourself from falling back. Every five minutes though you will have to move your hands past the next knot and will continue to do so until you fall in" he said as they watched the intern nervously move his hands to the next knot before Chris shoved him and made him fall.

"Great, wake up early and get a cold dip in the water and tire out our arms. Sounds wonderful" Noah sighed before Izzy bounced over to one of the poles.

"Oh this reminds me of hiking up the mountain though it was way more vertical" Izzy said as she stood on top of one of the poles.

"Say should we expect more of these personal immunity challenges?" Heather asked as Chris shrugged his shoulders.

"If I feel like it now Izzy get off from on top of the pole and everyone onto the platform so we can begin" Chris hurried them along onto the platforms before Owen held up his hand.

"Um Chris are there any bigger platforms? Mine is kind of small" Owen said with a frown before Chris shook his head.

"Sorry my man, got to keep them all the same" the host said before quickly taking a step back. "Okay remember! Every five minutes this timer will go off and you move down a knot. This time will either stop once everyone falls OR until it gets to where those left standing are perpendicular with the pole" Chris said before he blew his air horn, signaling the start of the challenge.

"This is easy. It'll be no problem at all for me to win this with my awesome skills" Harold said as he readjusted his feet before that brought him off balance, causing him to fall into the water.

Shortly after Harold took a dip Owen and Noah were quick to follow while many others looked on the edge of falling.

"Well you all are looking good so far, save for a few" Chris said as he walked up and down the row of poles before the alarm went off. "And there goes the first timer! Down a knot and lean on back. Just so you all know you only have ten seconds to get past the knot or else you are eliminated" he said, getting groans from everyone as they moved down a knot before Cody, Beth, and Lindsay fell off due to rushing and losing their balance.

Gwen frowned a bit as she wobbled on her platform while carefully adjusting her grip as she looked over to see Naruto, who was about five posts away, seemingly effortlessly keep his balance.

"Gwen is it? How are you hanging in?" a voice asked as Gwen looked next to her to see her teammate Trent smiling at her.

"Yeah. I guess I'm doing okay" she said as shrugged her shoulders a bit before she quickly steadied herself.

She had talked to Trent a bit when around her team and he seemed like a nice guy, and like Naruto, had a musician vibe to him but in a different way with Trent's being mellower. Also while Naruto seemed to check her out more, which was new to her and somewhat interesting to experience, Trent wasn't as forward.

She wasn't exactly looking for a boyfriend or anything but the two musicians somewhat were interesting.

"What about you?" she asked as Trent frowned a bit.

"A bit difficult but I should be fine for now. Next knot down I'm not sure" Trent said with a chuckle.

By the time the buzzer went off again some campers had fallen off either due to losing balance on the wobbly platform or the grip giving out. From the Bass Courtney, Katie, Sadie, DJ and Tyler had fallen off while from the Gophers Justin, Heather, and Leshawna had.

"Doing great job so far, some of you like Eva, Naruto, and Geoff are doing great while some of you I'm surprised are still on here" Chris said as he smirked at them. "You know the deal, down a knot and lean on back while trying not to let gravity pull you down" he said as the campers slowly started to move their hands down but some lost it on the lean back.

In the end from Bass there were only Naruto, Eva, and Geoff left and from Gopher there was only Izzy left who seemed to be enjoying it by how she was giggling.

"Whoa this is so trippy and awesome" Izzy said as she looked around as they were only two knots away from 90 degrees.

"Nice holding on for this long bro" Geoff said as he smiled over to Naruto who chuckled and tightened his grip.

"You too man. Not too sure though how much longer I can keep up, what about you?" he asked as the party boy frowned a bit.

"Yeah this is killing my arms but I can last a bit longer. All those keg st-I mean all that time in weights class helped" Geoff quickly covered up as Naruto chuckled, knowing what the party boy was going to really say.

"What about you Eva? How you holding up?" Naruto asked as the body building woman a few posts over seemed like she was having absolutely no troubles.

"I can keep this up all day" she said bluntly as she looked ahead of her with a serious look in her eyes.

"Wow, that's some great upper body strength you got to have there. I mean I do a lot of heavy lifting for my job but even this is murder on my arms" Naruto said with an impressed whistle that he swore got Eva's lip to twitch up a bit in an attempted smirk before she stopped it.

Gwen, as she worked on getting dry from her dip in the water, was impressed as she watched Naruto lean back and continue to hold on. She chuckled a bit as Naruto noticed her and sent her a smirk and motioned with his head for her to come towards him before quickly rebalancing himself.

"Having fun there Naruto?" she asked as he looked up at her.

"Barrels of it. You did pretty good holding on as well Gwen" he said while she rolled her eyes.

"Not really but I know my arms are going to feel it for the next few days" she said with a groan as she rubbed her sore arms. "How are yours not on fire?" she asked before he smirked a bit.

"My job helps, I mean these muscles aren't just for show after all" he teased as Gwen faintly blushed, quickly looking away as she found herself staring a bit at his abs.

She was about to say something back at him, asking what his job was before the buzzer went off again.

"Woo! One more down you all and let's see who falls" Chris said excitedly as he honestly didn't expect anyone to get this far and wanted to see if anyone could get perpendicular.

Naruto struggled a bit as he slowly moved his hands down and slowed his lean back to not fall off, not even looking over as, who he figured to be, Geoff fell into the water.

"This is really getting intense here people with just Izzy, Eva, and Naruto left leaning back but from the look on Naruto's face he might be out next" Chris said as Naruto chuckled.

"Gee thanks for the boost of confidence there Chris" Naruto joked as Gwen rolled her eyes.

"Do you really want immunity this badly?" Gwen asked as Naruto merely smiled.

"Nope. Consider this a little exercise. I figure I'm safe with my team right now, I just like the challenge" Naruto said making Gwen chuckle a bit which made Naruto smile before she left him to stand by the others.

Naruto sadly only lasted another two minutes after that before his arms gave out and he fell back into the water. "That was fun! Can someone help me up since my arms are like noodles?" Naruto asked before Duncan and DJ helped pull him up.

"You did really good man, strongest guy in camp for sure" Duncan said with a nod of respect before DJ handed Naruto a towel.

"Thanks but Eva is definitely a beast right now" Naruto said as he and many others from his team were impressed at how solid she still was and how she was showing no visible signs of tiring.

"Izzy is still going strong….though I feel that is just cause she's a bit…out there" Cody pointed out as the orange haired girl was giggling excitedly as she hung back which only made everyone nod along with him.

"Feels like I'm water skiing!" Izzy said as she rose one leg up into the air excitedly before she started to wobble like crazy and she fell back into the water. "Aw man, I was having fun with that" Izzy said with a pout before Eva pulled herself up with the rope.

"And the winner is Eva! Nice feat of strength there," Chris said as Eva shrugged her shoulders "and because of that you have immunity for the next challenge to protect yourself from elimination should your team lose" he said before he tossed her a wooden carving of his head.

"That is the McLean Statue of Immunity. It only works for you and keep it around as I will ask for it back after the challenge is over" he said while Eva rolled her eyes, wishing she could throw it away, before she pocketed it and he turned towards the others.

"Okay I want you all to get back into your normal clothes and meet me back in front of the cabins again in ten minutes for the real challenge of the day" Chris quickly said as the campers groaned.

"Come on Chris, our arms are dead from this. Are we really doing it immediately after?" Leshawna asked as Chris nodded.

"Yup! You'll see why once the challenge is revealed now hurry up and get changed. We are burning daylight here" he said before walking off leaving them to quickly dry off and get changed to continue on to the next challenge.

"Man he really is working us hard today" Naruto groaned as he walked beside Gwen who sighed and nodded along.

"Yeah and if he's not willing to let us rest then I have a real bad feeling about the next challenge" she muttered while Naruto frowned and nodded.

"Well whatever it is I doubt it'll be that bad as this is the start of things and I feel he wants to work up to the really bad stuff" he said before Gwen rolled her eyes.

"Oh joy so we have worse things to look forward to" Gwen grumbled out before they headed into their cabins to quickly change and meet back up with Chris out in front for the rest of their challenge of the day.

"Now wasn't that a nice warm up first thing in the morning but you can't rest yet as the first part of the main challenge today is….a 20 kilometer run around the lake!" Chris yelled as everyone groaned from a mix of tiredness and soreness.

"You must think you are real funny!" Eva growled out as she, while not sore from the first challenge, did not like being woken up early like this before she stomped her way towards Chris before Naruto and Geoff struggled to hold her back.

"Easy there Eva I know you want to murder him, as we all do right now, but don't get kicked off right after you won immunity for a well-deserved punch" Naruto said, talking down Eva before she seemed to calm down a bit and relax.

"Fine. I'm fine. Might as well get this over with" Eva grumbled as she walked off.

"Wow, Eva really needs to work on her anger" Courtney said with a frown while Naruto shrugged his shoulders.

"I think it's mainly her not being a morning person, as most of us aren't. She'll calm down the more she wakes up" Naruto said, defending Eva as sure she was a sort of upset and angry a lot but it normally presented by her not talking to others or slightly glaring so it wasn't that bad.

"Yeah but in the last three days she's thrown her suitcase out a window and broke a bathroom lock" Courtney said as Naruto shrugged his shoulders again.

"Look I already asked her about that when I was helping her pick up her luggage and it was more her mad at herself for forgetting something important. The bathroom lock thing was more likely her just in a rush to pee as I don't know about you but I've kicked open a door once or twice due to really needing to pee" he said as Courtney was about to say something before he held up his hand to stop her.

"Basically what I'm saying is yeah she might have anger issues but bringing them up and mentioning them to her won't do anything but make her angry since none of us like to have our flaws pointed out" he said as Courtney stared at him in shock.

"Wow that's…..really mature" Courtney said before Naruto chuckled.

"I know right? You wouldn't picture it given my rocker vibe right?" he asked as Courtney blushed embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that" she said as he waved her off.

"Relax the only reason I'm this mature about it is because I have a friend who dealt with anger issues and I was there to help him. Any other topic and I'll be as dense as any other guy but I'm good at what I have experience with" he said with a smirk, patting her on the back before he and Courtney joined the others as they lined up for the 20 kilometer run.

Naruto smirked as he stood next to an upset looking Gwen. "I am so not running this long this early in the morning right after that arm killing challenge" she droned out as Naruto chuckled and smirked at her.

"Want me to carry you?" he asked as she rose an eyebrow at him.

"You just want a reason to hold me, don't you?" Gwen asked as Naruto looked down at her, his hand on his chest in mock hurt.

"That isn't true….but yeah it's a good amount of it" he said with a laugh while she just rolled her eyes.

"Thanks but no thanks you goof" she said as at times she found the blonde haired teen she considered a bit of a friend so odd. From the prank stories he told her about and the odd songs he knew how to play on his guitar he was quite the oddball.

"Okay campers, enough talk! Your run starts in 3….2….1….Go!" Chris counted down and yelled before firing a starter pistol and the majority of campers started running and the few who weren't just started to walk.

"Well if you don't want to run then I guess I'll see you at the mess hall" Naruto said as Gwen nodded and he started to run ahead of her and the others who weren't running.

It didn't take him long to catch up to Eva, who had a good lead compared to the rest. "Wow not even tired from the last challenge? You really are a fierce competitor….I'm just glad you are on my team" Naruto said with a chuckle as Eva frowned and looked away from him.

"You aren't too shabby either since, you know, you lasted pretty long as well" Eva said as she honestly didn't hate this one teammate of hers or was angered by things he did. He seemed to help her if anything. It was odd as most people just stayed away from her.

"I mean I do workout and stay in shape but not as serious as you do" he said as Eva glared.

"What! Are you saying I have no life?!" she yelled as Naruto shook his head, not sent away by her anger.

"Not at all. Your strength is really amazing that's all. To get this strong this early in your life is an amazing feat" he said as she was a bit shocked by his words and how he didn't yell back or anything like she was used to when it came to talking to others.

"Say I really want to race you, you up for it?" he asked, bringing her out of her shock before she smirked a bit.

"If you can even keep up" she said before she started running faster, making him chuckle and push himself to keep up with her.

The run, now that they had someone to race against, went by rather fast for the both of them as they were easily the first to arrive at the Mess Hall and by a large margin.

"Huh, guess you aren't as weak as the others" Eva said, slightly panting as Naruto hunched over the table, catching his breath before he smirked up at Eva.

"Thanks, I strive to impress" Naruto panted out giving her a wink before sitting down while they waited for more people to finish up. It took a while considering how fast the two of them raced but eventually everyone arrived with the last remaining members of the Killer Bass showing up last.

"About time you all show up! We just lost the challenge" Courtney yelled as Harold walked in.

"I think I'm having heart palpitations" he said before wobbly making his way to the table.

"Wait that means we win!" Heather said while she and the rest of her team cheered until Chris held up his hand.

"Hold your horses' guys. That wasn't the challenge as I said earlier the race was the first part and winning it doesn't earn you anything" he said, quickly deflating the Gopher's joy before he grabbed a cord that was attached to a nearby curtain.

"Now who's hungry!?" Chris aid as he pulled at the cord, opening the curtain and revealing a long table stacked with a Thanksgiving style dinner. He didn't even have time to say anything else as many of the campers rushed the table.

"Man, reminds me of dinners at home" Naruto said with a smile as he enjoyed a drumstick, mashed potatoes, corn, and a bunch of other things on his plate.

"You have feasts like this at your place?" Katie asked as she and Sadie shared a plate nearby him.

"Yeah my mom tends to go overboard whenever I'm home since my job keeps me away a lot making it where every time I come home I get stuffed" Naruto said with a chuckle as DJ nodded.

"I understand since my Mama does the same thing. Man makes me miss her cooking even more as nothing can compare" DJ said as he gained a nod of agreement from Naruto and a few others while they all enjoyed the feast.

The food though didn't last too long as with Owen going back for seconds with the size of his servings it wasn't ever really going to be leftovers. Though because of Owen's rather large appetite it caused Chris to have to placate him with several cans of baked beans that he had 'just in case'.

"Are you all filled up? Good!" Chris said, taking the groans from the campers as them agreeing "You better be because it's time for the actual challenge!" Chris said as he pulled out his megaphone again.

"Seriously? What challenge could involve us killing our arms, running around, and then eating a feast?" Trent asked before Chris gained a grin that screamed 'I'm glad you asked'.

"Your challenge is called the Awake-a-thon!" he yelled into the megaphone with a massive smirk.

"The what-a-thon?" Owen asked as he finished up his beans, tossing the empty can over his shoulder to join the mountain he had formed behind him.

"Don't worry, this is an easy one! The team with the last camper standing wins invincibility. You fall asleep and you are out!" Chris yelled as Gwen rubbed her temples.

"So everything up to this was an attempt to make it harder for us to stay awake?" Gwen asked as Chris nodded with a 'cat that ate the canary' grin.

"Yes now move on out of the mess hall!" Chris yelled as they made their way out.

"So how long do you think before everyone is out cold? Some of these people don't look like they are too good at staying up for long stints" Naruto said as he stood next to Gwen, waiting for everyone in front of them to file out.

"About an hour, give or take….maybe less" she said as both of them watched an already half-awake Owen walk past them.

"Say Chris are we allowed to bring out things to help ourselves stay awake? I'm not talking like caffeine or anything though" Naruto said as Chris frowned a bit, debating it in his head before shrugging his shoulders.

"If it prolongs the game or makes things harder for others to stay awake then go for it. Meet us by the campfire when you're done" Chris said as Naruto smiled, deciding to go and grab it real quick as it was more or less his ace in the hole.

It didn't take him long to grab what he had in mind and arrive at the campfire with a smirk as Gwen looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Really your guitar?" she said before she widened her eyes. "Wait you're planning to use your music to keep your side awake or something aren't you" Gwen added as Naruto nodded and sat down on an empty stump next to her.

"Oh definitely. Plus I do know some softer songs that might make things harder. All's fair in love and war Gwen" he said with a wink as she frowned.

"Come on that can't be fair" Heather commented as she looked to Chris before Naruto shrugged his shoulders.

"I checked with him beforehand Heather but just because I can doesn't mean my team instantly wins. Don't give up or anything as it wouldn't be as fun when we win" Naruto said with a smirk towards her, making Heather somewhat narrow her eyes but smirk back at him.

"Ooo! Ooo! Can you do requests?" Katie and Sadie asked as they both were seated behind him.

"Of course though all depends on if I know the song" Naruto said while he strummed his guitar, tweaking with the volume on his amp that he wore on his hip to make it a nice listening volume.

Naruto enjoyed himself as he played requests from his teammates and even some non-teammates. The time passed quickly as they mainly talked, played some songs and moved around. Before most of them really noticed they had all stayed up for 12 hours.

"Nice going everyone, everybody is still awake at the 12 hour mark" Chris said as mostly everyone looked tired, a few worse off than others.

"Woo-hoo! Stay awake for 12 hours? I can do that in my sleep!" Owen cheered, pumping his fist into the air before freezing and falling forward, loudly snoring showing how he had instantly passed out.

"Well that's one down" Naruto commented while he strummed on his guitar, having made his way down onto the ground and rested his back against the stump he used to be sitting on, before he looked up at Gwen.

"This is the most boring thing I've ever done" Gwen groaned out as Naruto nodded.

"Yeah doing nothing is boring, hence why I have my guitar. If you want I can give you more lessons" Naruto offered before Gwen smiled and shook her head.

"Maybe later when my second wind comes around, if it does. Don't want to accidently drop it or anything" she said before she looked around until she rose an eyebrow as Lindsay was standing upside down on her head.

"What are you doing?" Gwen asked as she looked the girl up and down with a frown as she was just glad that her skirt hadn't flipped.

Naruto though found it hard to look away a bit, more due to the fact her breasts were nearly out of her shirt. Gravity had a way of affecting breasts that big rather easily.

"Trying to get the blood to rush to my head. I think its working" the blonde girl said with a smile as she wiggled her legs a bit to stay balanced.

"Um, Lindsay. Your chest is almost out" Naruto whispered to her, getting her to look confused at him before she looked down – or rather up depending on orientation – at her breasts.

"Oh you're right! Thanks Nate, you're so sweet!" Lindsay said happily as she pulled at her top a bit to where her breasts were more covered and no longer at risk of popping out.

"Not cool man!" a voice Naruto swore was Duncan's yelled out while Naruto rolled his eyes. Sure he liked breasts just like any straight man but the last thing he'd want is for a seemingly sweet girl like Lindsay to suffer a wardrobe malfunction in front of strangers and have it recorded on television – despite it being undoubtedly censored.

"No problem Lindsay, and my name is Naruto" he commented, not really minding too much as from what he had seen from her interacting with other campers it seemed she had trouble remembering names.

At least she got in the same ball park so to speak.

"Can I try?" Beth asked as she smiled down at Lindsay, having walked over a bit into their conversation and had patiently waited.

"Sure" Lindsay said, happy to help others in her own way before waving to Naruto as he walked off, smiling as he waved back to her.

"Lindsay, Beth. Can I talk to you for a sec?" Heather asked as the two girls nodded, got back on their feet, and followed Heather as she left for a bit.

"She is definitely trying for something. Could have been a bit more secretive about it" Duncan commented as Naruto nodded with a smirk after he sat back down.

"Yeah isn't the most subtle I'd say but I don't know if she's going for subtle. She could be trying to be bold you know?" Naruto said as he continued to play his guitar.

"So how long have you been able to play like this?" Duncan asked as Naruto frowned a bit and tilted his head to the side as he tried to remember.

"I think since I was 11 or 12 but yeah either way it's been a while. I guess I got interested after my first rock concert" he said with a chuckle before he frowned a bit as his eyes caught something on the ground near Chris.

"Hey Eva, I think you dropped your mp3 player over near Chris" Naruto said as he had noticed Eva had been frantically looking around with an angry look on her face.

"What! Where!?" Eva yelled as she bolted up from her seat, looking around as she had been furious that she dropped it and, since a challenge was going on, wasn't allowed to leave the campfire area.

"Over by where Chris is standing. At least I think it might be your mp3 player as all I can see is something shiny" he said, watching as Eva darted towards where he pointed at before she skidded to a stop.

"Thank god I found it! I would have torn this place apart to find this" Eva said as Naruto chuckled.

"I know the feeling as being trapped on this island that mp3 player is going to be very important" he said before Eva stomped her way towards him, shocking everyone as she picked him up and hugged him tightly.

As her strength showed in her hug he was thankful he quickly moved his guitar into his right hand as not to be crushed or sandwiched between them.

"Thank you….I guess" she said while he rubbed her back with his one free arm.

"No problem Eva, glad I was able to save it for you" he said with a smile before she set him down and coughed into her fist.

"Yeah well good luck staying up for the challenge" she said before she walked off back to where she was sitting before.

"Whoa dude that was….intense. How did you know she wasn't going to hit you or something" Geoff said as Naruto rolled his eyes with a sigh.

"Oh come on, she isn't some rabid bear. The sooner you guys stop acting afraid of her and understand she isn't going to kill you for the slightest thing" Naruto said before Eva shoved Cody, who was trying to listen to her music away from her, causing everyone to look at him with raised eyebrows.

"What I said she wasn't a bear, not that she didn't have a temper. Plus seriously nobody can say they wouldn't get annoyed if someone tried to get close to them without saying anything like that" Naruto said as he sat back down on the ground with a chuckle while everyone nodded as they understood it a bit.

As the Awake-a-thon continued bit by bit more campers started to fall asleep. By the time the 24 hour mark rolled around from the Gophers Izzy, Leshawna, and Noah had passed out while from the Bass Bridgette, Katie, and Sadie had passed out.

"Congratulations campers! You've made it to the 24 hour mark. Time to take things up a notch with….fairy tales" Chris said as he pulled the sheet off of a stack of books while Chef stepped out beside him, wearing a pink sheep costume with a harp in hand. "Now no headphones in and no music drowning me out for this part" Chris added as Eva growled and pulled out her headphones while Naruto turned off his amp with a frown.

"You are not serious" Gwen said as Chris smirked and opened up the first book.

"I am now shush" Chris said before he cleared his throat and Chef strummed on his harp to add to it as Chris started to read.

The fairy tales were killer as Cody, Geoff, Harold, Beth, and Lindsay all passed out. Though in Cody and Beth's case they were knocked out by Owen's sleep farts - which had also claimed Noah earlier in the day.

Chris's next tactic of playing the Nutcracker's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies wasn't as powerful, due to the lack of remaining campers, but it was powerful enough to knock out Harold and DJ, the latter who had tied himself to a tree in an attempt to stay awake….only to bring down the entire tree when he passed out.

"Just need to keep moving. Got to stay awake" Courtney mumbled to herself as she jogged in place to stay awake, Duncan and Naruto somewhat sneaking peeks at her butt as it jiggled slightly.

"Hey Naruto, want to work out with me to help me stay awake?" Eva asked as she stared down at him and Gwen.

"You still want to work out after the run and arm challenge? I swear my arms are still killing me from it" Gwen said in shock as Naruto shrugged his shoulders.

"Sure, a little work out might help. Plus gives others a view" he teased as he stood up and winked at Gwen who rolled her eyes with a smirk.

"Yeah your chiseled abs will keep me awake, or lull me to sleep. Whichever makes you feel better" she said before Naruto smiled and put his hands on his hips.

"Oh you think they're chiseled do you?" he asked, getting a bit of a blush out of her before she shooed him off which made him chuckle as he and Eva walked around to the other side of the campfire.

"Care if I join you two? A little movement might help as well" Duncan said as Eva shrugged her shoulders.

"Sure, whatever" she said before she got down to the ground and started to do some pushups with them joining her shortly.

Honestly the working out helped but not for very long, although it gave some of the girls something to look at as Naruto quickly discarded his shirt.

"Damn girl that boy is fine, like third degree burns kind of hot~" Leshawna purred out as she sat on a stump next to Gwen and licked her lips a bit as she and the other females stared at Naruto as he worked out. Some were more obvious about their staring while others like Katie, Sadie, Bridgette, and Courtney were a bit embarrassed to stare.

"I-I, I guess if you like the Adonis like men" Courtney stuttered out a bit, her eyes glued to Naruto with a dark blush on her face as she tried to deny it.

"How long can those three work out? I mean I figured Eva wouldn't be too tired to work out but I'm surprised the other two can still go at it" Trent said as he walked over, his eyebrow raised at the sight in front of him.

"What? I got a rep to protect" Duncan said with a slight glare before he continued to work out.

"Naruto doesn't surprise me though as I'm sure you've all seen him on his runs after breakfast" Gwen said as more often than not Naruto took a run after breakfast to show his body wasn't just for show really.

"At least it shows the guy has some nice stamina" Leshawna commented, smirking at the faint pink blush on several girl's cheeks before Chris blew his air horn.

"As much as this is getting us ratings from female viewers you are taking the focus away from the challenge. Now put your shirt back on and girls stop drooling" Chris said as Naruto chuckled and stood up while some girls booed at Chris for making him put a shirt back on.

"Fine, at least it helped keep me awake for a bit" he said as he slid back on his shirt, gently picking up and plugging back in his guitar. He was about to head back over to his seat next to Gwen only to frown a bit as he noticed she was busy talking with Trent now.

'Fair enough as I did get dragged away' he thought as he took a step back, bumping slightly into Justin.

"Whoa, sorry there man" Naruto said before he rose an eyebrow once he gained a closer look at the man's face. "Wait a second, he has eyes painted on top of his eyelid!" Naruto said quickly running his finger over Justin's eyelid, smearing the paint.

"Shut up! No way I got to see this" Chris said as he ran over from where he was standing just as Justin opened his eyes. "Dude that is totally wicked. You're totally eliminated but still it was an interesting plan" Chris said as Justin shrugged his shoulders with a sigh.

Naruto had to hand it to Justin for his interesting strategy, cheating as it may, before he sat down at an empty stump and began strumming on his guitar until someone plopped down on the seat next to him.

"This seat wasn't taken was it? If it isn't do you mind if I sit here?" Heather asked as she crossed her legs out in front of her and smiled at him.

"I don't mind at all Heather I welcome someone to talk to" Naruto said as he stared a bit at Heather's legs since the girl's short shorts only made her legs look even longer.

Though as he stared and talked with Heather he missed out how Gwen looked at him from the corner of her eye, slightly frowning before shaking her head and turned back to Trent.

Time continued to pass as both teams fought to have the last one standing. By the time any of them really noticed they had ended up being awake for 85 hours straight which ended up knocking out everyone but Naruto, Duncan, and Gwen.

"I'd kill for a coffee right now" Gwen groaned out as, sometime after Heather and Trent had passed out she had moved on next to him again. "Seriously how are you not dead looking like the rest of us?" she asked as she was surprised how okay Naruto looked after staying up this long.

"Oh trust me my job keeps me up for days straight sometimes. I think my longest record was five days" Naruto said as he continued to strum on his guitar with a smirk.

"Seriously what job do you have that needs you to stay up this long?" Gwen asked as she, and a few others who had woken back up were curious as he had mentioned this 'job' of his various times.

"We'll see if either of us stick around longer, or get to know each other better, before I tell you" he teased with a wink before Chris came back to the campfire, drinking a cup of coffee.

"Seriously what is wrong with you people? Come on, fall asleep already" Chris said impatiently as he didn't expect them to last three and a half days.

"You got to hook me up man. I'll even eat the grinds. Anything" Gwen said as she tried reaching up to grab Chris' coffee only for him to pull it away from her.

"Alright fine. You three stay with me while the rest of you get up and go get a shower, for heaven's sake. You stink!" he said as various campers woke up and took a cautionary sniff of themselves only to cringe a bit.

"I honestly didn't want it to come to this but you all are too damn strong so get ready for!..." Chris said as he pulled out a large book and cleared his throat "The 'History of Canada: A Pop-up Book'" he finished as he opened the book to reveal a beaver cut out.

"Chapter one. The beaver, national symbol and a 'dam' fine hat" he said with air quotes making Duncan and Gwen groan as Naruto strummed the 'bu-dum-tsh' notes on his guitar with a flat look on his face.

They all honestly lot track of time but by the time he had gotten through half of the pop-up book Duncan had passed straight out on the ground below them.

"Dang, you two are beasts! For that you two get a bathroom break before we continue. Any takers?" Chris asked as Naruto rose his hand.

"Might as well considering there are ten more chapters of this pop-up book" Naruto said as he took off his guitar, carefully putting it in its case.

"Cool, as long as you don't mind company or a five minute time limit" Chris said while Naruto shrugged his shoulders.

"That's fine for a limit and just don't come into the stall and I'll be good with it" the blonde replied as he cracked his neck and popped his joints while he made his way to the bathroom with the camera crew following behind him.

He made his bathroom break very quick, not trusting himself to sit down or else he might pass out. Much to his surprise, as he returned to the campfire, he was able to catch just as Gwen fell over asleep on her stump.

"Finally! We have a winner! Naruto wins it for the Killer Bass!" Chris declared as Naruto held his arms up with a cheer.

"Awesome! Can I sleep now?" he asked with a flat face, feeling the effect of three and a half days awake crashing down on him now. If Gwen hadn't passed out he didn't know how much longer he might have lasted.

Sure he had stayed up longer but he had more to do during those five days to preoccupy himself.

"Yes! Sleep up and rest as you definitely deserved it" Chris said as Naruto grabbed his guitar and sluggishly made his way back to the cabin.

He smiled as his team congratulated him before they too went to bed as, unlike the Screaming Gophers, they didn't have an elimination ceremony to worry about.

-Campfire - Later that Night-

"There are only ten marshmallows on this plate" Chris said as he stood in front of the moderately awake Screaming Gophers. "When I call you name come up and grab a marshmallow. The camper that does not receive one must immediately return to the dock of shame, catch the boat of losers, and leave. And you can never come back….ever" he said as he finished explaining the elimination process to the Gophers.

"You all were strong in the Awake-a-thon but one of you made it surprisingly difficult for the rest of you. Even having knocked out a few of your own team members so this was rather unanimous but I'm still going to draw it out" Chris said as various eyes looked over to their oblivious teammate.

"The first marshmallow, for making it to the final two, goes to Gwen" he said as the half asleep Goth girl went up to grab her marshmallow. He continued to list through the names of the Gophers until only Justin and Owen were left with only one marshmallow left on the plate.

"Justin, you were toeing the line when it came to cheating. Sure painting your eyes is wicked but you slept for most the first full day and a half before you were caught…." Chris said, making the handsome teen worry a bit before the host nodded. "But you are safe" he said, making Justin let out a sigh of relief.

"Owen, my man. You noxious sleep farts killed a few of your own teammates and you were even the very first to pass out after only staying up for 12 hours. For that you must board the Boat of Losers and leave" he said as Owen stood up with a frown.

"I'm sorry guys but it was super awesome meeting you all! Good luck and I'll be rooting on my fellow Gophers!" Owen said with a cheerful laugh as, while he might have not helped with the challenge, it was sad to see the friendly oaf leave.

"It was nice meeting you too man and thanks" Trent said as he and a few others waved off Owen before Chef drove him away on the boat.

-Camp-

As the Gophers returned to camp, minus one large loveable oaf, Gwen was surprised to see Naruto leaning against his cabin with him looking straight at her with a smile. "What are you doing awake? They were barely able to wake me up for this damn thing" Gwen said as Naruto shrugged his shoulders.

"I was going to bathroom when I heard the boat fire up and wanted to make sure they didn't vote off my competition. I mean you did last pretty dang long" Naruto teased as Gwen smiled and crossed her arms.

"Naw we ended up voting off Owen" she said while Naruto nodded with a slight frown.

"I'll miss the big guy but you cannot believe how much he farted in our cabin" Naruto said with a shiver before letting out a tired yawn, slightly slumping up against the cabin making Gwen frown a bit.

"Hey if you want to go back to sleep you can as I'm about to hit the sack as well" she said as Naruto nodded.

"I just wanted to let you know I kind of enjoyed this challenge, let me scout my competition pretty well. Now I know who I'll have to keep my eye on" Naruto teased with a smirk as he eyed Gwen up and down, making her lightly blush and smile.

"Just make sure if you keep your eye on me it's above my neck" she teased as he held his hand up like a boy scout.

"No promises" he teased again with a wink, making her blush a bit more before they both laughed a bit.

"I'll see you after we get some sleep, I'm not doing any late night lessons until I unzombify" she said as he nodded.

"Roger that, night Gwen" he said, watching her walk over to her cabin before she looked over to him.

"Night Naruto" she said, smiling as she closed the door behind her, finding herself less annoyed from the challenge.

Maybe she could meet some friends at this hell of a camp….or something possibly more than that.

-Chapter End-

**IMPORTANT NOTE** - As of 5/9/2019 I've decided to change the name of this fic and make it into a harem story since there are just too many amazing girls to not use and its something I can more easily enjoy and write easier.

Hope everyone is okay with that

The reason to eliminate Owen was logical as removing his sleepwalking, which from what I remembered, only happened once he probably would have gassed up some of his team (like he somewhat did Cody in canon).

With Naruto around a lot can change as we feel crossovers with him are supposed to change up canon as without some things changing it's just a Total Drama with Naruto blankly mixed in.

Also the romance has to develop so yeah it's somewhat different than most of the stories on this account (in terms of smut and whatnot) but once they do end up together it'll change.

Killer Bass:

Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Eva, Geoff, Harold, Katie, Naruto, Sadie, Tyler

Screaming Gophers:

Beth, Cody, Gwen, Heather, Justin, Izzy, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Trent

Eliminated:

Ezekiel, Owen

Til the Next Time

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