Summary: The ninjas complete the first round of these so-called experiments/tests, which is just getting to know one another

Note: I would totally love to write down everyone's experiences but there's like 12 couples and 4 rounds. It would most likely get boring so I only did a few and tried to make them interesting! Let me know what you think!


"So for the first round, you all will be assigned four numbers. There are papers with numbers attached to tree posts, cabins, rocks, etc. You are to go to your assigned posts. Someone else will also have those numbers. They will not have all four but they will have one. You are to talk to them in a small duration of time. First, try casual conversations like names, ninja ranks, hobbies, etc. Then try to gather sexual information about them as you share your own. Good luck ninjas!" instructed Kurenai.

Sakura looked down at the piece of paper that Kurenai had just put in her hand – 13 4 6

After hearing Gai yell "start!" she walked to the tree with the #13 on it. After waiting for a few seconds, a taller blonde figure came into sight. At first, she was about to go and jokingly embrace the figure, thinking it was Ino. But as the person came closer, it turned out to be none other than Deidara, the dangerous S-rank Akatsuki member. She had to put her hand over her mouth to contain her gasp.

"Uhh hello." He greeted her, unsure of how to approach this unusual type of experiment.

"Hi, I'm Sakura," she smiled.

"Deidara….un"

"Um, what village are you from?" Although it looked extremely familiar, she couldn't recognize the symbol on his forehead protector because a some of his luscious blonde hair was covering it.

"Iwagakure, it's kinda far. You're from Konoha, yeah?" he said tapping the symbol on her own forehead protector, with his finger.

"Yeah, so are you umm…" she struggled to find the words.

"Experienced? Yeah. Are you?"

"Probably not as much as you are," she blushed and diverted her gaze to the ground, a little embarrassed.

"That's nothing to be embarrassed about. Innocence is art too, yeah" he offered her a genuine smile.

Suddenly Sakura felt comfortable, "You really think so?"

"Yeah. Also, do you mind if I ask you a question?"

"Um, not at all. Go ahead."

"Is that your natural hair colour?"

"Yes," she blushed even deeper than before. Did he think it was ugly? Would Sasuke think it was ugly?

"Amazing! It's pure art, un." He said in awe of her cherry blossom pink hair, making her worthy of her name.

"Haha, thank you," she smiled.

….

Itachi impatiently waited, tapping his foot near the stream.

Please don't be Deidara. Please don't be Deidara. Please, thought Itachi. Deidara was one of the only two people, the other being Kisame, who knew that Itachi was still a virgin and would sometimes bribe Itachi to buy him things in return for keeping the secret. The last thing that he wanted right now, was to be teased.

"Are you Sasuke's brother?" an excited voice asked.

"Yes," he smiled. Aw a cute girl, he thought.

"Hi! I'm TenTen," she introduced herself.

"Itachi Uchiha," he responded, politely bowing his head just a little. His parents raised him well and old habits die hard (just like his parents lol)

"It's nice to meet you Itachi-san."

"You as well," Itachi replied warmly.

"So umm, how do you feel about the experiment?" she asked, unable to think of a better question.

"The objective of the experiment as a whole, is to see how many gay ninjas we have, in order to start creating the new bodies and seeing which babies from heterosexual families will be the strongest. I don't think I even want kids so it doesn't really affect me. How about you? What's your opinion?"

"I think it might be fun. It's kind of good to have a break from training," TenTen confessed.

"I see what you mean," Itachi lightly laughed. This girl is nice and I feel so at ease around her, he thought.

….

14 - Pein looked down at the number on the white paper, in his hand. Ah the paper reminded him of Konan. How he'd love to pair up with her, just to talk about regular things that didn't involve work.

"Um, hello?" a feminine voice startled him, bringing him back to reality from his daydreaming.

"I am God but you can call me Pein," he said.

"I'm Ino," the blonde smiled.

"Uh, how old are you?" he asked.

"18. You?"

"23" he was relieved a little, sure there were five years between them and she looked way too weak for him anyway. But at least she was 18 and not a child.

"Did those hurt?" the blonde curiously asked, referring to the several piercings on his handsome face.

"No, I have suffered far more pain to be bothered by such small fractions of it."

"Ah, I see. I want to get my nose pierced but my mom won't let me till I move out," the teen confided.

"Well you might not be able to bear the pain right now. Do more missions and get stronger first." Pein advised her.

"Yes, Pein-sama," She replied, respecting his obviously higher rank.


Round 2

"Sakura-chan!" exclaimed Naruto as he waved to his crush.

"Hey Naruto," she waved back with a nice smile.

"So what's up?"

"Uh nothing too interesting," Sakura answered, "just meeting new people. How about you?"

"Me too!" beamed the yellow-haired ninja. "Have you found anyone that interests you?" he curiously asked, secretly hoping that no one had stolen his crush's heart.

"It's too soon to tell," she confided, "but I'm keeping an open mind."

"Well, do you think anyone here is cute?"

"So far, I've met Deidara and he's pretty good-looking," the pink-haired kuniochi confessed, "not to mention really nice too."

"Hmph," snorted Naruto, "I think what makes him really attractive is his hair colour. Yeah, that's it. It looks like liquid gold."

"Really? I think it might be more than that."

Naruto smirked, "Yeah, girls love blond hair! It's what makes a man sexy. But the blue eyes also help! I heard that blue eyes are so in this season! Like they're so stylish. Black eyes, like Sasuke's, are so last season. You gotta keep up with the trends!"

"Huh?"

"Too bad there's only one more man in this forest with such nice blond hair and blue eyes," he shrugged, subtly referring to himself. His plan was to convince Sakura that the definition of attractive was him and he thought he was doing a good job too, until….

"Naruto," she raised an eyebrow.

"Yes?" he asked, excitedly.

"Eye colour is not a trend or fashion statement," she explained while rolling her green eyes, "they're a part of your genetics. You have them for the rest of your life, baka."

"Oh," he nervously chuckled, "I knew that!"

"Mhm, I'm sure that you did" she replied sarcastically.

"Ino," monotonously greeted Sasuke as he rolled his eyes.

"Sasuke-kun!" she exclaimed, embracing him in a forceful hug.

"Hn."

"How are you?" she beamed.

"Good."

"I'm good too," she didn't care that he didn't even ask her, "Especially since I have experience. I already know how to do these adult things" She flipped her glorious blonde hair, sending him a flirty wink.

"Hn."

"So, you and Sakura, huh?"

"What about her?"

"Are you guys gonna hook up? Or would you rather hook up with a real woman, like me? You know, they say blondes have more fun!"

"Hn."

"Sasuke! You can't 'hn' as an answer to my question!" she shrieked, frustrated at the Uchiha.

"Hn."

"Ugh," Ino's blood was boiling,

"When is thing over?"

"You're probably gay," she said with her arms crossed, staring him down, "Any other straight man would fall for my womanly charm."

"Hn." Sasuke could care less about what others think of him.

"You can't just 'hn' your way through life, Sasuke-kuuuuuun!"

"Hn."


Round 3

"Hello," Sakura greeted her new partner.

"Hello."

"I'm Sakura Haruno."

"Sasori No Akasuna."

"You work with puppets, right?"

"That is correct."

He's not much of a talker, is he? The female ninja thought to herself.

"Naruto," Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"Sasuke," Naruto snorted, making a grossed-out face at his long-time rival, first kiss, and occasional on-and-off friend.

"I'm not gay!" – They both exclaimed at the same exact time, in perfect unison.

"Pfft, whatever," Naruto rolled his eyes.

"You're the one who touched me, dobe."

"Yeah, and you're the one who enjoyed it!" yelled Naruto, in defense.

"Hn," Sasuke replied, "That's what you think."

The two of them just stood there, glaring each other down and not saying another word. The tension filled the air.


Round 4

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura walked towards her long-time crush.

"Sakura," was all he said back.

"You look a little tense," she pointed out.

"That's because my brother is here and I have to resist the urge to kill him."

"Oh," replied Sakura, "is he really that bad?"

"Yes, he ruined my childhood. I despise Itachi."

I just hope I don't ever have to meet this Itachi character, thought Sakura, if he's so evil that even Sasuke's concentration is broken and his mood is affected, he must be really bad.

"Ugh, why do I keep getting paired with guys?" cried out Naruto.

"Don't complain," replied Itachi kindly, his new partner, "these are the Hokage's orders. Show some respect for the authority of your village." His words were stern but his expression was soft.

Naruto snorted in response, "Whatever! At least you're better than Sasuke-teme!"

"Sasuke?" questioned Itachi, "what's so bad about him?"

"He's just cocky, that's all. He gets all the girls but I'm pretty sure he doesn't even like girls," Naruto started to ramble, forgetting who he was talking to, "He even pretended that he didn't like it when I touched his –"

Naruto, realizing who he was talking to, quickly covered his mouth.

"You may continue," said Itachi, attentively.

"Um, when I touched his hair!" lied Naruto, "he hates it when girls do it but he didn't flinch when I touched it."

"Right," replied Itachi with a single raised eyebrow, in skepticism.