I'm glad you guys understood the mishap with the last chapter (Thank you for not killing me:D) However, some people said they'd only kill me if this fanfic was going to end…(Please don't kill me!) But speaking of the ending...it would be cruel of me not to warn you ahead of time that this is the last chapter. I don't want to end this, but all things must come to an end eventually. (And 27 chapters are enough for a story! Oh man…) Thanks for all your reviews for chapter 26 and throughout this story. This fanfic now has almost at 200 reviews, which is pretty flippin' awesome! Now without further ado, I hope you all enjoy the final chapter!
Disclaimer: Holy crap, I finally own Naruto!
...You knew that was sarcasm, right?
In the morning when Sakura awoke, she looked around the tent, expecting to find her team-mates sleeping. Their sleeping bags however, were empty. She clambered out of her sleeping bag, figuring that they must have gone out to eat breakfast. When she left the tent however, they weren't there to be seen.
"Good morning, Sakura." Kakashi greeted as he emerged from his tent. "Are Naruto and Sasuke still sleeping?"
"No, they aren't here." Sakura replied, still looking about.
"Really? That's odd."
"They're probably just down at the lake or something."
"Together, and this early in the morning, you think?" Kakashi questioned.
Sakura thought for a moment before she replied, "You're right. That is too weird."
Suddenly, they heard two very loud screams and angry shouting from not too far off.
"I think we've found our boys." Kakashi announced, looking in the direction where the screams came from.
Naruto and Sasuke had been sleeping soundly until they awoke to a loud scream. This scream came from Tenten, who was staring at them in fear and shock.
"W-what are you two doing in my tent?" Tenten cried. "You perverts!"
Naruto screamed as he registered that something was terribly wrong and Tenten, holding a frying pan, swung it at Naruto's head.
"Run you moron!" Sasuke shouted to Naruto.
But the frying pan hit its mark upon Naruto's head and knocked him out. Sasuke cursed under his breath as he quickly picked Naruto up and ran as fast as his legs could carry him, but not before tripping over a stray sleeping bag.
Sasuke finally clambered out of the tent and saw Lee and Neji running towards them.
"We heard Tenten's screaming! What have you done to her?" Lee cried angrily.
"What are you morons doing here?" Neji growled. "Get off of our turf!"
"Your 'turf'? It's a freaking campsite! How can it be your turf?" Sasuke snapped angrily.
Naruto suddenly regained his senses from all of the shouting. "Sasuke, you idiot! You lead us into the wrong campsite!"
"Shut up and run!" Sasuke shot back as he dropped Naruto and ran away from Gai's campsite. Naruto quickly picked himself off of the ground and scampered after Sasuke.
As they arrived back at their own campsite, out of breath, they collapsed on the ground.
"We heard all your screaming. So what's your story?" Kakashi asked as he saw the two boys collapse on the ground.
"Sasuke the "genius" led us into the wrong campsite and tent last night!" Naruto replied, pointing at Sasuke accusingly. "I'm never trusting your so-called "instinct" ever again!" he added angrily at Sasuke.
"You were the one who insisted that we had to leave our tent in the first place!" Sasuke shot back.
"But I had to go to the bathroom! It was your fault that you led us the wrong way!" Naruto defended.
"It was too dark to see, thanks to you dropping the flashlight down the toilet!" Sasuke reminded Naruto.
"That's because you scared me!"
"It's still your fault that we had to find our way back to the campsite in the dark and stumbled into the wrong tent."
"My fault? You said you knew where we were going when we tried to find our way back last night! You were the one who said that we were in our campsite!"
"Well how was I supposed to know that Gai's team was camping there?"
"You dropped our only source of night-time light down the toilet?" Sakura cut in angrily. "How could you!" Sakura grabbed Naruto by the collar of his jacket, shaking the boy violently.
"Wait, stop! It was an accident!" Naruto cried, trying to pry the angered girl's hands off him.
"I think all of this camping is going to our heads." Sasuke groaned as began to realize the anger and tenseness of the group. He turned to Kakashi, "How many more days are we staying here for, sensei?"
"How ever many days it takes us until we can find someone who has gas for Michael." Kakashi replied. "Even if we did have gas, we'd still technically have another day and a half as originally planned."
"How can we still have another day left after all of this?" Sasuke half shouted in frustration.
Sakura trembled before she screamed, "I need a shower now! I'm sick of being dirty and surrounded by smelly males!"
The darkening clouds above suddenly rumbled loudly and rain began to pour down.
"Well, there you go Sakura. Here's your shower!" Kakashi smiled.
Sakura impatiently stamped her foot, "No! Not that kind of shower! Why doesn't anybody understand me?"
"Because your a girl?" Sasuke suggested.
"Because your hair's pink?"
Sasuke stared at Naruto for a moment. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Were you just insulting my hair?" Sakura shouted, her fist ready to slam on Naruto's head.
"I think I might know where we can get some car gas." Sasuke said suddenly. "Gai might have some. We should go ask him."
"A very good idea, Sasuke." Kakashi nodded. "Let's go do that."
"What if they try to clobber me and Sasuke for what happened earlier this morning?" Naruto asked, looking nervous.
"If they try and do anything, I'll stop them." Kakashi replied. "But I doubt they'll try anything. They seem like a pretty forgiving team."
Team 7 left their campsite and walked over to Gai's campsite. Neji and Tenten were sitting at their picnic table, looking quite drenched and miserable. Gai and Lee on the other hand, were looking quite the opposite.
"A little rain is always good for the body! Rain truly makes the youth blossom!" Gai cheered, fist raised into the air as the rain poured down heavily and lightning flashed across the sky. "I can feel the power of youth surging through my body right now!"
"Gai-sensei, you are the coolest!" Lee cheered, also raising his fist into the air as more lightning flashed across the sky.
"Hey Gai. Do you by chance have some car gas on you?" Kakashi asked, breaking the dramatic moment.
"What's this? Chickening out and driving home already, just because of a little rain? You know this will bring you down by a point, Kakashi!" Gai said, teeth shining.
"No, we're not "chickening out" today. We still have one more day to stay here in fact. We've been here for a few days now, so my team and I will need to head back to Konoha tomorrow or the Hokage will be displeased with us for spending too many days off."
"Ah, I see. Of course I have car gas! I shall spare you some, because you are my eternal, yet hip rival who is in great need! So car gas you will have!" Gai cried dramatically, striking his pose. Lee cheered loudly while Neji and Tenten just shook their heads and sighed.
"That's great, Gai. Could we have some now?" Kakashi asked.
"Why of course!" Gai took an empty gas tin and filled it up with some gas from a full tin. "May you use this gas well!" Gai grinned as he handed the tin to Kakashi.
"Well that was easy." Sasuke said.
Thanks Gai, I owe you one." Kakashi smiled.
"That's one point for me now, Kakashi! You must do something equally or more good than I to catch up with me!"
"Whatever, Gai. Thanks again. We'll see you around." Kakashi said as he waved and headed back to the campsite.
"Have fun guys!" Naruto waved back.
Lee cheered back in reply, "Yosh! You bet we will!"
Neji scowled and Tenten sighed and shook her head as the rain began to pour down more heavily than before.
Kakashi poured the gas into Michael as Naruto and Sasuke sat themselves down at the wet picnic table.
"It's so wet." Naruto sighed gloomily as he looked up into the pouring sky.
Sakura shivered, "I'm completely soaked now! I really need to change into something dry."
Sakura headed off into the tent for a moment. Only a few seconds later, a loud shriek emitted from the tent and she ran back outside, looking very flustered.
"Why is there water all over my clothes bag, the sleeping bags, and everything else in the tent?"
Kakashi walked over to the tent to inspect it. "Alright, who left the screen window open on the tent?"
A look of fear, guilt, and shock crossed Naruto's face for an instant before he quickly screwed up his face to look as innocent as possible. Everyone's gaze still turned towards Naruto though.
"…It was hot in that tent last night, okay? I had to open the screen window to get the fresh air in!" Naruto cried as he threw his hands up in the air.
"I can't believe I didn't notice that this morning when I woke up!" Sakura cried.
"Yeah. You're sure stupid." Sasuke nodded.
Sakura stared at Sasuke before she began to cry.
Kakashi sighed, "Alright, I can see that we're cold, we're wet, we're tired, frustrated, and apparently rather smelly according to someone here," he glanced at Sakura at the last statement.
"But you guys really do stink!" Sakura defended.
"And I don't think that this rain is going to stop anytime soon, and with one tent already leaking, it's probably best that we head back to Konoha now before anyone gets sick." Kakashi concluded.
"Yes! Let's do that!" Sakura beamed.
"Sounds like the best plan I've heard on this whole damn trip." Sasuke nodded.
"What? But we still have a whole day and night left! We can't let a little rain stop us! We're ninjas! We can take on anything!" Naruto cried, raising his fist into the air.
"Shut up, Naruto!" Sakura ordered, quickly smacking her hand over Naruto's mouth. "This is our one chance to get back home where it's sunnier, warmer, and most importantly, CLEANER!"
Kakashi shook his head, "Sorry Naruto, but it looks like the votes are against staying here, and so is the weather."
"B-but-"
"Don't worry. We can always come back next year."
"But you said we couldn't because we'd never get another chance like this again!" Naruto reminded him.
"Right...I did say that, didn't I." Kakashi sighed. "Well, it was fun while it lasted, but Sakura and Sasuke really aren't very happy here, and I don't think you'll be very happy either when you have to sleep in a wet, cold sleeping bag tonight and wake up, freezing and sick the next day. It's better if we just head back now while it's light out."
Naruto looked at his sensei in utter disappointment and disbelief.
"Sakura and Sasuke have already put their stuff in Michael and they're taking down the tent now. Go help them out." Kakashi ordered.
Naruto nodded and reluctantly went to help take down the tent with Sakura and Sasuke.
Within 10 minutes, everything had been packed into Michael. Team 7 hopped in as the rain poured down even harder. Kakashi started the vehicle and drove out of the campsite, Naruto looking longingly out the back window.
They drove down the path, passing Gai and his team, and then drove past the crazy old hobo man and his equally crazy old dog.
"We sure met some really weird campers here!" Naruto piped up.
"Well duh! Only weird people think of coming to a place named 'Camp Death'." Sasuke scowled as he glared accusingly at Kakashi.
"Come on, Sasuke. You have to admit that this trip was at least a little fun for you." Kakashi smiled.
"Yeah, it was great!" Naruto said.
"I suppose it was okay." Sasuke replied.
"The best part was knowing that it was finally over and knowing that I get to go home and have a shower and finally do my hair properly!" Sakura grinned.
"Girls..." Kakashi sighed inwardly.
"I don't see why we have to pull out so early just because of the rain though!" Naruto pressed on.
"Well, we suck like that I suppose." Kakashi replied.
"Yeah, we suck!" Sakura agreed.
"We suck! We suck!" Naruto chanted.
They stupidly laughed for a moment.
"You know, I do feel like that we really do suck now." Sakura abruptly cut in.
"Yeah, I do feel kind of bad now..." Naruto agreed.
Kakashi nodded, "Yeah...let's stop now."
"Yeah…"
Sasuke scowled as he folded his arms across his chest, knowing that he would have to sit and listen to 4 hours of their useless chatter with no music device to drown their babbling out.
They drove on for a while before something brown suddenly jumped out in front of them. Before Kakashi could fully veer away, there was a loud 'thump'. Kakashi quickly slammed on the brakes and came to an abrupt stop.
"What was that?" Naruto cried.
Kakashi quickly hopped out of the vehicle, followed by Sakura and Naruto. They looked at the front of the vehicle to find a deer halfway under the wheels.
"Uh-oh. Looks like we've hit a deer." Kakashi sighed.
"Woah! That was overkill, sensei!" Naruto cried.
"How could you?" Sakura cried angrily. "It was bad enough with the fish and the rabbits, but a deer?"
"Sakura get over that already!" Kakashi scolded. "I honestly didn't want to hit the deer. I couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting it. These things happen on the road, you know. At least it died quickly."
Sakura nodded, tears welling up in her eyes. The three shinobi fell silent for a moment.
"Hey sensei! You should take that deer back to Konoha, mount its head on your wall, and lie to everyone that you shot it on a hunting trip!" Naruto piped up, breaking the silence.
This earned a whack on the head from both Sakura and Kakashi's fists.
Kakashi took the deer's body and put it near the bushes. Sakura, Kakashi, and Naruto hopped back into the car where Sasuke waited.
"So what happened?" Sasuke asked.
"Not telling you!" Naruto replied, sticking his tongue out at Sasuke.
"We hit a deer. Nothing to get to excited about." Kakashi replied.
Sasuke said nothing as he shut his eyes and leaned back into his seat.
They drove on in silence for the next couple of hours before stopping off (to Naruto's delight) at a ramen shop to have their lunch there. They made it back to Konoha before nightfall, all very dirty and smelly compared to all of the other shinobi in Konoha. Naruto was the dirtiest and had a grin plastered to his face. Sasuke still had a sore foot and wore a scowl on his face. Sakura had a tired look on her face and had dirty, tangled hair that she promised herself that she would wash and treat with great care. Kakashi was severely sun burnt on the exposed quarter of his face and his hair was full of twigs and leaves, making it look like a bird's nest.
"That was a great trip! Thanks for taking us, Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto grinned.
"Yeah, thanks!" Sakura briefly smiled before she quickly dashed off towards her house, probably to take her shower.
Sasuke said nothing and walked off towards his house, lugging his gear behind him.
Naruto glanced at Kakashi for a moment before he gasped, pointing at his sensei's hair.
"D-did I just see a squirrel move around in your hair?"
"A what? Oh, maybe. I don't know. I'm too tired to care." Kakashi replied.
Naruto took his camping gear and smiled, "Well, thanks again for the awesome camping tip! We should really do it again sometime! See you later!"
Naruto scampered off to his place as Kakashi took his gear and proceeded to his place, tired but smiling as some passing-by shinobi stared at Kakashi's sunburned face and squirrel-infested hair.
Not to be continued...
(In other words, it's The End, fools.)
I hope that ending wasn't too abrupt and horrible. (That's pretty much how my camping trip ended up last year with the rain suddenly dumping on us and somebody "smartly" leaving the screen window open on the tent, letting the water pour in.)
I'm thinking of writing another camping-themed Naruto fanfic, but with Yondaime, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin this time, so it will almost like a prequel to this fanfic. (Hopefully you've all read the Kakashi Gaiden part of the Naruto manga and know who those characters I mentioned above are.) All your questions will be answered, such as; Did Team Yondaime really play Chubby Bunny every night? How did Kakashi break that old man's boat anyways? Does the Sasquatch really exist? And exactly how insane is the author? The story will probably be shorter, but not too short. It might end up being longer for all I know, but I sure hope not. So what do you guys think? Should I write it? Please tell me if I should or shouldn't, and you can give me ideas too if you wish.
So how did you find this fanfic? I'd love to hear your comments and criticism, and feel free to babble on. Those who have never reviewed for this story, now's the time to do it...please? I would appreciate it very much.
Thank you so much for all of the reviews, as they really inspired me. Many thanks, and I hoped you enjoyed this fanfic as much as I enjoyed writing it!
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