Chapter 5

"Well since you guys haven't been properly introduced yet I am Sarran." Sarran said.

One of the other two shinobi pulled off his mask showed his short black hair and his black eyes. "My name is Rahul." The Rahul said. "I'm fought the girl on your team." He said.

The last shinobi pulled off his mask and revealed that he had blond hair and had blue eyes. "And my name is Zachery, but it's best if u just call me Zach." Zach said.

"Alright then I'm Kiba." Kiba said to them. "And this is Akamaru." Akamaru replied with a loud bark.

"He is kind of big for a dog isn't he?" Sarran said.

"Really I don't think he is that big?" Kiba said dumbfounded. They started to laugh.

"I am Hinata, pleasure to meet you." Hinata said.

"And I'm Naruto." Naruto said to them as well.

"Well it is about half a day's journey till we get to the destination point." Sarran said. "And seeing that we just had that fight I suggest we set up camp for tonight."

Naruto then said "Set up camp? Come on we could at least make half of the distance."

Kiba then said to Naruto slightly loud. "Come on Naruto think about this we just had a fight that cost us a lot of stamina and we have was up early to get here anyway and it's getting late anyway. Just think about it like this lets say that there might be more dangerous people out there than these guys we wouldn't last that long and besides we don't know this land that well which would mean we wouldn't be able to get around here easily and could fall into a potential trap. I think for now we should follow what that girl says for now."

Sarran flashed in front of kiba and said, "You know that girl has a name, and it's Sarran and I suggest that u remember it" Then left them.

Kiba then still in shocked said. "Wow sh… Sarran is intense."

"Yea, well at least u didn't have to fight her." Naruto said

"Yea well Naruto help me set up the tent." Kiba said.

"sigh alright." Naruto said to kiba as they started setting up the tent.

Sarran started setting up her own tent and Rahul and Zach started setting up their tent as well.

Later that night…

"Well it seems like we will have a decent journey tomorrow." Naruto said.

"Yea after that you get to meet the person who hired you guys." Zach said.

"So… who exactly is this person?" Kiba asked curiously.

"Well H…" Rahul started to say but then was cut off by Sarran.

"You shall see when we get there have patience." Sarran said.

"Yea I guess I will just have to wait." Kiba said a little impatient

"So, how is the landscape in the earth country?" Kiba asked trying to bring up a conversation.

"Well I guess u could say it's full of mountain paths and hills there are trees here but not as many in the fire country. But don't think of it as a bad thing. Our country provides us the best advantage when it comes to invaders. Allowing us to have to higher ground and surprise attacks." Zach said

"There have been a lot of bandits in the area and they know they land well and are using it to steal from travelers. That is why I told us to camp here for the night." Sarran said

'So that is why.' Kiba thought to himself as he just sat there.

"Oh come on its just a few bandits it shouldn't be that hard to take them out." Naruto said.

"You're right but we have two disadvantages 1st one is that they outnumber us, and the 2nd one would have been that we were weakened from battle giving them another advantage. Oh and another one I thought of since they would have the element of surprise since we wouldn't know when they would strike is another factor." Sarran said calmly.

"Oh, so that is …" Naruto said before being cut off by Sarran.

"A leader should always examine the situation of not only him but the rest of the team. He should take in consideration the other members strengths and weaknesses and use them in a strong elite group that would be at the full potential of the whole team." Sarran said.

"Ok, ok, ok, I get it if we would of continued we would have been off even worse than if we have a fresh start from tomorrow." Naruto said.

"Well at least you are learning." Sarran said as a small breeze went through her hair.

Rahul looked into the sky for a while not paying attention to what the others were saying and then after a while said. "If we plan on leaving early I would suggest that we go to bed."

"Yea… I agree." Kiba said. "Now if we could only get Naruto to understand that." Kiba said and started laughing. Sarran, Rahul, and Zach started laughing as well while as Hinata gave a slight giggle.

"Humph yea, yea, yea." Naruto said with a little annoyance in his tone. "Well smart ass. I will show you and I will wake up before every last one of you do." And with that Naruto went into the tent.

"The day Naruto actually gets up really early is the day I lose my keen sense of smell." Kiba said.

They all continued to talk for a while and then finally decided to turn in.

"Ok guys I'm heading in" Rahul said as he went to his tent.

"Yea I better turn in too" Zach said as he waved and went into the same tent as Rahul did.

"Well I'm tired as well I shall be going now take…" Hinata said then was cut off.

"Hinata if your about to go into that tent with those guys I won't permit it. It would be so much better if you would sleep with me in my tent." Sarran said.

"Oh … um alright." Hinata said as she went into the tent to get her stuff and then went into Sarran's tent.

"Well see you tomorrow kiba." Sarran said as she went into her tent.

"Well I guess I should go in too. And it seems akamaru has already gone and turned in as well." Kiba said as he went into his tent.

Meanwhile in Sarran's Tent…

"Well Hinata make yourself comfortable." Sarran said to Hinata as Sarran took off the rest of the armor that she was wearing. "Phew that stuff is too heavy to sleep in." Sarran said.

"Thank you for letting me sleep in your tent Sarran." Hinata said.

"No need to be shy Hinata, we are girls" Sarran said putting her arm around Hinata.

"Um ok" Hinata said.

"There you go with that shyness again don't worry about anything relax, chill it's just us girls and what do we do when its just girls have girl talk." Sarran said to Hinata. "Now I have a question for you Hinata."

"What is it?" Hinata asked.

"Do you like someone?" Sarran asked slyly.

"What do you mean?" Hinata asked with nervousness in her tone.

"You know what I mean, someone you have a crush on someone you would kill just to go out with them. You know the usual stuff." Sarran said.

"Well… I… um… I…" Hinata said stuttering and her heart began to pick up pace.

"So you do?" Sarran said.

"Well…" Hinata said blushing and it felt to her like her hear was racing.

"Oh you gotta tell me who it is." Sarran said and was close to Hinata's face.

"Well… the…he… um…." Hinata flustered over the thought of Naruto.

"Don't worry about it Hinata." Sarran said "I was only having a little fun with you."

"Oh." Hinata said as her racing heart then started to calm down.

"I will tell you this. I bet you that I will figure out who it is whether you tell me or not." Sarran said jokingly. "Well its best if we go to sleep now… night Hinata." Sarran said as she got in her sleeping bag and fell asleep.

"Night… Sarran." Hinata said as she went to sleep also.

Sorry it took this long just to get this chapter up. Parents found out how low my grade was in history and got banned from the computer. I had to make a deal with my sis just to get this one up. She, being annoying, only allowed me to put up one. Anyway I am able to get on Friday so I have 4 chapters that I will put up then. Until then.