Chapter 2: Day 1 of Preparation

"But Kakashi-Sensei! I don't wanna work with stupid Rock Lee! He's such a showoff!" Naruto yelled once his sensei told them the new mission.

"I know, I know. I don't want to go any more than you do, but the Lord Hokage assigned it so we have to," Kakashi replied glumly.

"But Kakashi-Sensei! I thought you hated Gai!" Naruto's volume only increased.

"I do, but we still have to go."

"But Kakashi-Sensei! Rock Lee's an idiot!"

"Look who's talking," Sasuke replied cooly. He always thought he was so cool.

"WHAT' D YOU SAY!" Naruto yelled loud enough to scare the birds from the trees. All 47 of them. 7 of them pooped on Sakura.

"EW!" Sakura yelled as loud as Naruto.

3 pooped on Kakashi.

27 pooped on Naruto. He was covered in the stuff. Nasty.

None even touched Sasuke. NO he was too COOL for that!

"Well...maybe we should meet back here in an hour. After we clean up," Kakashi replied disgusted.

"Yeah," Sakura groaned.

"Whatever," Sasuke said.

Naruto didn't say anything. He was afraid he would swallow...what was on him.

"ALL RIGHT TEAM!" Gai shouted dramatically, "We're going to out-do my eternal-rival-Kakashi's team in training for this dangerous mission!"

"Yes, sensei!" Lee shouted joyfully.

"Whatever," Neji said bored already.

"Sensei, I don't understand why there are missions for two teams," Ten Ten said in a know-it-all sort of way.

"Well that's simple, Ten Ten," Gai replied. Then stopped trying to remember why it was simple.

The silence only lasted a few minutes before Neji remarked bored, "Why don't we just train or whatever."

"Right! Let's get started team!"

Gai made his team run laps, refresh their memory of their weapons (he did almost 4 times every day), made them run more laps, and go against each other in hand-to-hand combat.

Meanwhile, Kakashi and his team returned to training.

"That's better! Thanks Kakashi-Sensei!" Sakura said cheerfully.

"Yeah, that was disgusting," Naruto replied.

"You were the one who scared the birds you idiot!" Sakura yelled, suddenly angry.

"What are we doing today?" Sasuke asked bored of their arguing.

"Yes, I was just getting to that, if you'll listen," Kakashi said ready to change the subject.

They all turned their attention to their teacher.

"We're going to have a little test. You will be in the woods looking for certain objects. Kinda like a scavenger hunt, except I will be watching you concealed in a special jutsu. I will create difficult obstacles for you using any kind of jutsu or tools. You will have to finish collecting these items by the end of the day. And if you don't...expect the worst."

All three (including Sasuke) gulped.