Author Note: We are back! It has been a long month waiting for the next installment of The Doom of Konohagakure, but your wait is over. Enjoy heatstroke in the desert! Remember reviews are food for the souls, so nourish the authors' souls and review. Enjoy chapter 15.

RAFT tip of the day: If you are ever lost in a desert with a villain, disguise a cactus as you, with luck, the villain will succumb to heatstroke and mistake the cactus for you.

Sandstroke

"No Alex! Bad! Damn it Lee she's still doing it!" Lee looked back over the dune they had crossed back at Alex and Charlie. Alex was still trying to claw her way back to the Sand Village to be with Gaara. Charlie was currently dragging her by her feet, trying to get on with the survival test.

"Don't worry guys I can still see him." Alex was now holding a pair of binoculars staring at the village.

"Lady Alex, you must concentrate at the task at hand. The desert is a dangerous place; we must be on our guard at all times." He took her binoculars from her and grabbed her hand and led her over the dune, explaining that she couldn't be with Gaara until she finished the test. Charlie glared.

"Oh sure just leave me back here, yeah that's real nice. 'Oh Charlie you're such a great help.' Why thank you, yes, yes I am." She blinked when she noticed Lee and Alex staring at her. "What?"

"Umm, nothing. You feeling okay? Heatstroke got you yet? See any mirages?"

"Yeah I see a mirage, you two tap dancing to Chicago. You're the crazy one, not me! I almost miss Sai."

"No you don't Charlie Sai makes bad pancakes. Pancakes that try to kill us."

"Lady Alex pancakes cannot kill. Miss Charlie may I please have a drink?"

"A drink of what?"

"Do you not have the canteens?"

"Oh, um, yeah….those ones that you told me to fill with water? Yeah, funny story…."

"What do you mean?"

"Well I got a craving for popsicles, but when I put them in the mold it didn't freeze, so I threw them away."

"The popsicles?"

"Um everything."

"So we have no water now?"

"Charlie why?"

"You wouldn't be complaining if we had popsicles right now." Lee sighed.

"We will not last long in the desert without water. We have two choices. We can find another team, or find an outcropping of shaded rocks." They looked at him strangely. "If we dig there is a possibility we could find water."

"Okay then, onward!"

3 hours later…..

"Lady Alex, Miss Charlie how are you two doing?" Lee looked back at the girls, who seemed to be wearing eye patches and had parrots. Lee blinked and looked at them again, they were dressed normally. "I fear I am succumbing to heat stroke."

"Oh Mister Hatter I would love a spot of tea thank you." Lee looked at Charlie who was sitting on a rock having a tea party with a cactus. Lee looked over to Alex to see if she was alright.

"What a lovely spot for a swim." Lee saw Alex preparing to dive into the sand, and before he could stop her she was off. "Oh guys come in the water's fine!" Alex then proceeded to do the backstroke through the sand. This was not good.

"Do not worry! We will soon find water, we must find shade and rest before going on, and I will…..Gai-sensei?" There he was, waving at him from on top of a dune, giving him a thumbs up. Lee's eyes filled with tears. "Gai-sensei!!!" He ran over the top of the dune and out of sight, leaving Alex and Charlie.

"What did you say Mister Hatter? Really he's come to visit me? What a kind thing to do. If you'll excuse me I must be off. Good day." Charlie walked off in the opposite direction Lee went. "Oh don't worry Shino, I'll find you." Meanwhile Alex had found a pair of rocks, and believing them to be goggles, was now preparing for the hundred meter stroke.

"Alejandra takes to the board, she is aiming to beat her pervious time and take home the gold, and there's the start." Alex jumped back into the sand and started swimming.

Not too far away…..

"Okay, well we should go north, because---"

"No! The finish line is south! We have to go that way!"

"Guys, I don't think that's----"

"Hey, do you hear something?" They all stood silent for a second.

"Nah, I don't hear anything. Hey, do you think if we go this way…."

"Guys, why did it suddenly get shady?" Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon turned around slowly, and looking up in the sky they saw a shape blocking out the sun. As the shape descended it was clearly a person. They attempted to get into a battle position, but it was too late.

"BILLY!!" The shape had landed on Konohamaru. "Billy why did you go? Oh Billy I didn't mean it!" Konohamaru struggled under the person before he noticed who it was.

"You're that crazy foreign girl! Get off me!"

"Billy why must you be like this?" Alex began sobbing into his shirt. He blinked in shock and looked toward Moegi and Udon, both who had identical looks on their faces.

"What the heck are you doing here? Go back to your team!"

"Billy why? We used to love each other! We used to go for long walks in the park after you took me canoeing and wrote me love sonnets!"

"I'm not Billy! Now go away!" Just then Alex caught sight of Udon and stopped talking.

"Is that her? Is that the woman you left me for? How could you? She is flat chested!" Alex grabbed Udon and held him next to her. "Is she prettier then me? Is that it?" Konohamaru looked flabbergasted.

"Well, wait, stop this! He's a boy!"

"Then what is it Billy?"

"I'm not Billy!"

"You needn't lie to me Billy! I see you are happier with her now! I bid you good day sir!" Alex then proceeded to jump on Moegi. "I'll just take my motorcycle back! And I'll be on my way!" Alex grabbed Moegi by the pig tails and used them as handle bars.

"Wait! What are you doing?"

"I said good day Billy!" Just then, Alex turned around and walked back to him. "I want the pink ones back." Konohamaru looked confused.

"The pink ones. You took them that one night we----"

"OKAY! THAT'S ENOUGH!!!" Udon threw his canteen of water on Alex.

"Hey where am I?" Both Moegi and Konohamaru were staring open-mouthed at Udon, while Alex was sopping wet."

"Did I take a bath? How did you find me? Where's my Sandcastle King?" She panicked and started looking around. Konohamaru grabbed her.

"Hey, you need to get back to your team; we can't have you hanging around with us!"

"You're not Charlie."

"No you idiot. I'm Konohamaru!"

"Oh where's my team?"

"I don't know you popped out of the sand and tackled me!"

"I see you have caused me to lose my team. Hm… you shall have to become my temporary team until I can locate Charlie and Lee."

"We will not be your team!"

"Come Temporary Team Fuzzy Pink Friendship! This way!" Alex started leading the way with Udon and Moegi following her. Konohamaru followed muttering about damn foreign girls.

With Charlie…

"Is it this way? Are you sure? Oh boy I've always wanted to see an oompa

loompa. Oh really? Well that's a very kind offer Mr. Wonka but I'm a ninja. Yes, yes it is hard." Just then she spotted something. "Excuse me Mr. Wonka; I'll be back in a jiffy!"

"Enemy approaching." The three girls looked up as a funny short foreign girl ran up to them and began shaking one of their hands.

"Kiba! Kiba, you must tell me, where is Shino? I saw him with George earlier, but they went swinging off into the jungle. Which way did they go?"

"We should eliminate her. This could be a trap." The blind girl beckoned to her wolf, but was cut off.

"Shino!!!" Charlie ran around the group with open arms, hugging a cactus. "I have found you!" The girls sweat dropped.

"Ummm, I think she's been out in the sun too long. Hey! Stop hugging that, you're going to get all prickly!"

"Shut up! You can't have him, he's my boyfriend!"

"Ayame that's not going to work, let's just leave her here." The tall girl frowned.

"Gee, are you sure?"

"We should keep moving."

"Yeah, Masai is right, come on, Kage will lead the way."

"Okay….good luck with your boyfriend!" She giggled as she and her team walked away, leaving Charlie to kiss a cactus.

With Lee…

"So this mask allows you to see through walls and genjutsu. That is very impressive." Lee was currently talking to a short ninja boy with a feather in his hair. The feathered ninja simply nodded at Lee, instead of actually talking. "I see. It was pleasant talking to you Kos, but I must find my team, have you seen a redheaded princess, and a short ninja in orange?" Kos stood still for a minute, before lowering his head to the ground, hearing the vibrations of the ground. He picked up a handful of sand and smelled it. He then pointed to his left. "Oh thank you. I look forward to fighting you." Kos nodded and walked away.

"I hope they are alright. Do not worry Lady Alex, I will find you!" With that he dashed away. He ran for a few miles, before something caught his eye. He blinked and jumped onto a rock, peering curiously. His eyes widened and he took off toward the horizon, the scenery changing to a sunset near an ocean while he ran. Suddenly…

"LADY ALEX!!!" He grabbed her and swung her around before hugging her and sobbing epically. Alex blinked.

"Petey? Oh Lee! I have found you! Wonderful! Good job Temporary Team Fuzzy Pink Friendship."

"We're not your temporary team."

"What did you say temporary Charlie?"

"I said we're-"

"No need to say you're welcome temporary Charlie. It is not needed. I can see by the look in your eyes that you are happy to have helped me."

"Lady Alex-" Alex suddenly put her hand up in order to quiet Lee.

"Hush 'Sai' evil is approaching."

"Lady Alex how do you know?"

"The moon has told me so."

"The sun's still up! How could the moon tell you anything?"

"Quiet temporary Charlie. Our enemies are coming."

"You stupid foreign girl nothing is going to attack-" Before Konohamaru could finish his sentence he was attacked from the back for the second time that day.

"I told you so." Lee looked around and noticed they were surrounded.

"Do as we tell you to or I will kill this one." A ninja was currently holding a kunai up to Konohamaru's throat.

"Well darn." Alex suddenly grabbed Udon and held a stick to his throat.

"Oh yeah, well if you move I'll kill him." All the ninjas gasped and dropped Konohamaru, who grabbed Moegi and looked at Alex.

"Hey wait a second, that one's one of yours!" Alex gasped and dropped Udon.

"AHA! So you have seen through my clever plot! Well I say this to you!" She waved her stick threateningly at them, before it broke. "Awww."

"Bhahaha! You fools are screwed!" Lee stepped up, and moved Alex behind him.

"I'll take it from here Lady Alex."

"Hey, don't forget about us!" Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi posed behind Lee.

"Bahahahah we have twice the ninjas you do! You fools will not live to see the end of this day." The battle was about to start, when off in the distance an odd sound was heard. Alex looked up confused.

"No way Anko-sensei said they didn't have them."

"Are you fools trying to scare us with your demon sounds it will do no good. Attac-" The poor ninja never got to finish his command because suddenly Charlie appeared from over a dune, careening in the sky and landing on him, in a…dune buggy? Yes, it was a dune buggy. Before anyone could move a muscle Charlie started driving her dune buggy running over all of the enemy ninjas. Beside her was seated the cactus she was hugging earlier.

"Hahahaha! Run my pretties! Run! All quake in fear of my awesome dune buggy, Ted! Drive Ted drive! What was that Shino? Oh thank you I almost missed him." Charlie then veered to the left and ran over the last remaining ninja that was trying to escape with his life, before stopping in front of Alex and everyone else.

"Yay! Charlie where did you find it?"

"Shino found it for me! Wasn't that nice of him?" She patted the cactus seated next to her, wearing a pair of sunglasses.

"What the heck is that thing?"

"Dune buggy. Hop in; Shino says he knows where we can get some ice cream nearby!"

"Uhh, Miss Charlie, I think you should drink some of this." He handed her his filled canteen, given to him by Kos, and watched as she sniffed it suspiciously, before shrugging and drinking.

"I say, Shino, would you like a drink? No? Alright then." She drank some more, before handing the canteen back to Lee. Everyone stared at her. There was no change. She blinked.

"Well, what are you waiting for? We don't have all day people." Alex just shrugged before moving 'Shino' and sitting in the front seat. Lee, having decided that if Lady Alex thought the odd contraption was safe, then it must be, also climbed into Ted. Udon and Moegi soon followed, leaving Konohamaru staring at the weird machine and everyone in it. Before he could state his opinion Alex grabbed him and tossed him in the back seat. Charlie then started the engine, she put on a pair of sunglasses and her driving scarf and drove off into the sunset with her dune buggy, Ted.

"How is it moving? What if we---"

"Konohamaru shut up."