A/N: Heyy, I'm back. Omg, is it hot in Boston or what? I'm like dying over here. Anyways, here's the latest chapter of Midsummer Night's Dream. I don't remember when I last updated, but I think it was a while ago, so sorry for the wait. Or if it was recently, I don't need to apologize. Haha, I keep seeing the little freshmen walking around with their No Fear Shakespeare for a Midsummer Night's Dream. And then I laugh. XD Happy Reading!

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Act III; scene I

"Keep up!" Ino shouted back at the guys as the climbed the hill to the empty training grounds. Ino was pushed far ahead of her fellow cast members, desperately wanting to get this over with. She reached the field far before the guys, sitting on a spare dummy and staring up at the moon until they reached her.

"How do you walk so fast, Ino?" Kiba said, panting as he reached her. Akamaru sprung out of his coat and sat himself next to Ino, curling into a ball and falling asleep.

"I wish I could do that…" Kankuro said mournfully.

"What's worse? Losing a couple hours of sleep or having the others in the village seeing us practice this stupid play?" Shino put into perspective.

"Losing a couple hours of sleep…"Chouji said, sitting down on the ground hard.

"I don't care." Gaara said, following Ino's gaze to the moon. "Let's just get this over with."

"Okay," Ino said, opening her script. "There's a couple other things we need…but I think we can work it out."

"What else do we need?" Shino asked her.

"A wall…" She said. Gaara suddenly felt every eye on him.

"No." He said. "No, no, no, no, no." He said, sitting on the grass and crossing his arms. "I will NOT use the sand like that."

"Come on, Gaara," Kankuro said. "It's the best way to make a wall without looking like complete idiots."

"I will NOT use the sand like that." He repeated. Kiba practically growled.

"Then what good are you?!?" He shouted at the sand-nin, who looked positively murderous.

"Oh I would not do that if I were you…" Kankuro said, backing away slowing.

"Kiba, if he doesn't want to use his powers for our stupid play we can't make him." Shino said exasperatedly.

"But…in any case…HE NEEDS TO BE THE FRICKIN WALL!!!"

Ino and Chouji sat back and watched as the argument escalated.

"Don't worry, Chouji." Ino said, leaning back to gaze at the stars. "Kiba just gets testy when he doesn't get his beauty sleep." She said spitefully.

"WELL FINE! YOURE ALL FRICKIN IDIOTS ANYWAYS!!" Kiba shouted, storming off into the forest. No one bothered to go after him.

Meanwhile Neji was calmly walking through the underbrush, trying to think up the perfect thing for Tenten to fall in love with. He was thinking more along the lines of a rabbit, or deer or something when Kiba happened upon his trail, murmuring murderously.

"Stupid play. It wasn't even my fault we had to do this stupid thing…okay it sort of was my fault…they're still idiots!" He said to Akamaru, who was peeking out from under his jacket, as usual. Neji smiled to himself. Kiba was perfect. Not only was he an awful thing to be in love with, Tenten would actually see him after tonight, and be reminded of this revenge.

"It's perfect…with one small adjustment…" He mumbled to himself. His slender hands swiftly formed well known seals, and the genjutsu unfolded itself around Kiba. As the wind of the illusion swirled, Kiba was combined with Akamaru. Neji was extremely pleased with his handiwork.

Kiba had his normal body, his normal mind, but his head was Akamaru's. He blinked a couple times, barked, and headed off to the forest, having lost track of what he was doing.

"Okay, I might have affected his mind a little bit…" Neji murmured, as Kiba/Akamaru narrowly avoided hitting a tree. "But it will wear off when I remove the illusion…hopefully…"

"Where is the hell is Kiba?" Ino asked, in a huff.

"He definitely should have returned by now." Chouji said worriedly.

"Don't worry about it." Shino said. "He's probably just gone home, like he does every other time we fight. It's really no big deal." He shrugged.

"Then we should follow his example." Kankuro said with a yawn. "It's not like we're going to get anything done without the boss over there." His mouth twitched as he heard Shino mumble something that sounded vaguely like 'I'm the boss'. Gaara rose to his feet.

"You can use the sand for the play, if you want." He said to Shino. Ino gaped at him.

"Seriously? That easy? And we had to watch them fight for a half an hour, why?" Gaara smirked, something none of them thought was possible.

"It was funny…" He said, walking away. A very disturbed Kankuro followed his brother reluctantly. The other three were so unsettled that they remained at the training fields for another hour, just so they wouldn't meet Gaara on his way home.

In the other training field, just a fourth of a mile away from the ill-fated play rehearsal, Tenten woke up with a start.

"Damn," She mumbled. "I hate falling asleep outside like this. I thought I was in bed…I hate being surprised like this." She got to her feet, rubbing her eyes tiredly. She began to slowly walk through the forest towards her house. Before long, she came across Kiba/Akamaru. He was sitting on a large root of a tree, complaining to himself. He jumped a little at her intrusion.

"Oh, it's just you, Tenten." Akamaru's mouth said in Kiba's voice. "Sorry, you just startled me. I was out here with Shino, Ino, Chouji, and two of the three sand siblings. But they're being so stupid. We have to-"

"Don't talk." Tenten said suddenly. Kiba raised his eyebrows at her.

"Why not?" Tenten felt her cheeks go hot.

"Because I love you…" She said dreamily. Kiba was taken aback for a minute.

"Oh…" He said. A triumphant smile crossed his face. "Cool…"