Yippee! Go three comments and 109 hits! (Sad I know, very sad) My last chapter had a very weird thing in it, ATTEMPTED HUMOR! I know no one will get what I mean when I had Gai saying Chouji was a black hole that couldn't be satisfied and Kakashi said give him a Snickers. It's like the Snickers catch phrase! Snickers satisfy your hunger (or what ever it really is) I know, very bad, but what the hay I liked it.

On with the story (cue me and Lee taking good guy pose) Naruto: That's really creepy, Me: I just scared myself, Annie (my hamster): Chew chew burp munch.

Disclaimer: Yeah I don't own Naruto or any of the characters', sorry I forgot to put this in the previous chapter!

Thought

Change in setting

Flashback

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"Naruto will die in seven days."

That way the only sentence spoken from the group and not surprisingly it came from Neji. Despite all the respect Neji had for Naruto (after Neji got his butt whooped by the blonde in the Chuunin exams) he still hated Naruto's incompetence.

Shino stool a quick glance at Neji and had to hold back a scoff as he noticed a few clumps of bees wax and honey still stuck in his long black locks.

Flashback

The large group of male ninja meandered through a thicker part on their forest trial.

"Naruto be careful, although there aren't many dangers in this part of the forest, poisonous animals are common." Asuma grunted out as he lifted himself over a large tree trunk.

"How come we're not shooting from branch to branch? Why are we traveling this slowly?" Shikamaru asked.

"Excuse me, but I see no reason for us to travel quickly. We've averaged one mile in twenty minutes and we've been at that pace for five hours. After a half an hour lunch break we should be expecting to reach our destination sometime soon. Besides, this isn't a serious mission so I believe Naruto sees no reason to hurry." Shino let the words slide out of his mouth and made this information sound clear as day light. "Am I correct in my assessment Naruto?"

"Huh? YES! Shino, thank you for explaining it for me!" Naruto chirped and looked in the bug user's direction. Thank you for covering for me Shino! Naruto prayed that Shino got his thanks and didn't think he was ungrateful. From the slight nod of his head Naruto figured Shino got the message.

Now he can't kill me for being ungrateful! Shino thanks for the cover, your still a good friend but, still you freak me out. Naruto thought to himself and then decided he should pay attention to the map and trial more.

That's when it happened. Naruto jumped over a fallen tree hit a branch with his hand.
He had done this just out of pure boredom and to see how high he could jump, he didn't know that the consequences would be unimaginable.

A bees' hive hung daintily at the end of the branch, the destruction of a bad storm earlier in the week had taken its toll on the poor insects'. Because of Naruto's minor movement the hive swung to and fro. Out of the corner of their eyes Naruto, Shino and Lee all saw the hive snap and fall. As though in slow motion it plummeted until in was mere inches away from the Hyuga genius's head. Activating his Byakugan at the last moment, Neji let his chakra rapidly flow out of his body and used Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin.

The smirk he had on his face quickly vanished when he realized that when he struck the hive the bees', the honey, and the honey combs all ripped apart from each other and attack the ninja.

"Everybody run for the hills!" screamed out Chouji.

Even though all of them were professional ninja none of them were too eager about the idea of getting stung so they ran like insane rabid squirrels away from the arthropod infestation attack scene. They only forgot one thing, Neji.

After about five minutes Neji emerged from the woods to see the other nine ninjas standing around waiting for him.

"What happened?" questioned Shikamaru, he wondered, Why did I even ask, all he's gonna do is ignore us or yell. But from the slightly disgusting look of Neji Shikamaru was going to bet on the second one.

Although Neji had been able to take care of the bees' the honey and honey combs were another story. When he tried to swat the honey out of the way it only stuck to him and flung it's self onto other parts of the boy. Then the honey combs broke into smaller and smaller pieces until all he could do was let them settle and hope he didn't look to stupid.

As Neji was about to respond Naruto quickly sputtered out, "Sorry about having the hive land on you but hey look the campsite is just over that ridge so let's go!"

Without a word of protest Neji just glared at Naruto and began to walk with the group.

End of Flashback

(AN: Wow long flashback, sorry)

"Alright everyone, listen to Naruto as he tells you what your jobs are!" Kakashi barked out.

Everyone turned expectantly towards Naruto and a waited what he had to say.

"Umm, ah oh yeah! Alright, Asuma and Chouji set up the tents, Lee, Kiba and Shino get fire wood and make a fire pit also could you guys start the fire? Then Kakashi, Gai, and Shikamaru look for food and prepare it. Um then oh Neji, please go find some water and wash off! You're attracting flies! Oh yeah and I'll go gather water with you some we can boil it! I got everybody right?"

Yes Naruto you gave everyone a decent job, your doing well." Asuma spoke in a reassuring tone. "I'll help you out by washing the dishes for everyone tonight alright?"

After everyone received a job they piled all their stuff up and started their jobs. Using Neji's Byakugan him and Naruto easily found a nearby stream and collected water. When Neji refused to wash off in such cold water Naruto pushed him in ran off. Neji made his way back to camp all the while picking crude out of his lengthy hair. Kiba had Akamaru dig out a fire pit while he lined it with stones and found kindling. Shino and Lee went off to find fire wood, Shino came back with an arm full while Lee came back three times, each time he made a trip he was carrying at least fifteen logs. Kakashi sent Gai out to go hunting and he had Shikamaru boil the water that Naruto had brought back (easy enough job). Kakashi then got busy cutting up fruits and cooking vegetables, along with an assortment of other trial mix type foods. Eventually Gai came back with fish after Neji had to show him where the water was. Finally we get to Asuma and Chouji. Chouji busily set up two tents and Asuma set up the last one while he "organized" the tent buddy lists.

When Asuma was finished he looked onto his list with pride. He had made the list up by having three people to a tent. The lists went like this:

Tent 1:

(The teachers)

Asuma

Gai

Kakashi

Tent 2:

Chouji

Shino

Shikamaru

Tent 3:

Neji

Naruto

Kiba & Akamaru

Why do I have to write the stupid dog's name? Geez, if this kid was my student I have him go through some major therapy. Does he even know that he's not a dog? Asuma thought tiredly.

Asuma sat down on a nearby log, all the while rubbing his temples, what was he forgetting? Neji silently walked up behind him and looked over the list, he seemed pleased and nodded his agreement but then he spoke in a worried tone, "Hey Asuma, you forgot Lee."

Asuma jumped off the log out of total surprise and grabbed his chest. "Thanks for letting me know, but I don't think he'll fit in any of the tents, the sand group is bringing their own tent and I forgot we had an even number of people, so yeah." He said speedily.

"Don't worry sensei; I'll take care of it." Neji muttered in a matter of fact one.

How's he gonna manage that? Asuma thought, getting more and more amused by the second.

"Hey Lee, come over here."

Lee quickly sprinted over, looking more enthusiastic than usual. "You asked for me Neji?"

"Yeah, I have an idea, how long can you sleep in a tree?"

"What?!"

"You heard me, how long can you sleep in a tree?" Neji whispered in a competitive tone. Asuma could tell after the first few words Neji had already won the conversation and he was in the clear. He walked off to get dinner; it didn't smell too burnt yet!

"Well I've never tried Neji so I won't know." Lee spoke cautiously.

"I think you can handle it for one night, right?" Neji questioned innocently.

"Well, I should think I could but-" Lee was quickly cut off by Neji.

"Alright, it's settled then tonight you'll be sleeping in a tree, thanks for offering your services, much appreciated!' Neji walked off, proud that his communication classes at the Hyuga compound were paying off.

"Ah, okay?" Lee spoke completely dumbfounded.

After a while Lee regained his giddy composure and settled down to dinner with the rest of his friends and eternal rivals. Once there everyone enjoyed a mix of fish and vegetable melody, fruit salad and some super watery punch. But by the end of the meal everyone was happily full or at least temporarily content and Asuma quickly gathered the group's dishes. He went into the forest a few yards while all the boys got ready for bed by changing, brushing teeth, ect. After all the boys had finished doing what hey needed to do they were about to pile into their tents and, in Lee's cause, tree, when all of the sudden Gai yelled out, "Stop, I have to tell you boys something. Just for tonight you will all have to go directly to bed, no talking, playing games, reading, nothing. Just for tonight, alright?"

Without asking for a reason all the boys, even Naruto, quickly whispered or mumbled, "Rodger." They then ducked into their appointed tents and fell asleep quickly. Lee managed to find a comfortable looking pine and climbed into some of the higher braches. Once there he crudely wove some of the braches together and laid his sleeping bag out, once he got somewhat comfortable he instantly fell asleep.

When the teachers heard the chorus of the young ninjas' snores they then decided that it would be best if they took turns guarding the camp and arranged time intervals that said when each person would switch. Also they came to the conclusion that if 'they' showed themselves Asuma would take the adolescent ninja away while Gai and Kakashi held 'them' off. Without saying a word they all knew that none of them should ever talk about that subject again, unless one of them had reasonable belief that a plot for Naruto's demon was underway.

Kakashi and Gai finally went to bed, for once Gai even seemed in a solemn mood. The little chat all of them had had was depressing but needed, none of them wanted to continue this mission without a plan, even if continuing the mission meant, well none of them even dared to think about that. Weren't these types of mission supposed to be fun?

Somewhere near camp

"Can't we attack yet Itachi?" asked a rather perturbed Kisame.

"No, we can't attack any time soon. We are only supposed to collect date on the nine-tailed boy, don't forget how important this is!" Itachi harshly whispered. He too was rather agitated about the lack of action but he decided to stick to the main plan of action.

Maybe soon we will be able to make our first move. The two thought in unison, maybe very soon.

What will happen next? I only sorta know, so leaving your ideas in a review would be great! Sorry that this chapter took forever to be uploaded and that it's so seriuos right now, don't worry! The next chapter will be very funny though (alright, I mean I'll try to make it funny!) Well please leave a review! I'm not uploading the nest chapter until I get at least seven (I'm evil, I know!)

Naruto: Please leave some nice things for us to do in this story! This chick has gort some evil things up her sleeve! I'm scared!

Everyone in the story: Help us!!!!

spazygrl25: Wow, I haven't even done anything evil yet and their terrified of me! Go me!

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