I seem to be unable to write long chapters, sorry XD; Anyway, um… You'll find out who the girl is next chapter, though I'm sure it's pretty obvious.

Giving up on getting around the immediate boulder, Sasuke decided to see if he could walk around to the other side. He also found that if he sacrificed a bit of his dignity he could get around faster on all fours. As silly as he felt, it was much easier this way. He shoved his way through two hamsters that were clearly blocking the way past, shouting "Move it!" and laughing sardonically when one of them (he thought it was a male, but he couldn't tell) leapt upon the head of the other(this one's gender was impossible to figure out). Jumping on the logs leading the way up the hill, he finally reached the top clearing. There was a tree stump on the edge of the cliff, and next to it sat someone bawling their eyes out. Completely ignoring the sobbing figure, Sasuke clambered up onto the stump and stared out over the horizon. There was another hill (mountain, more like it, Sasuke thought) aways away, but there was a silhouette jumping up and down.

"Hey…hoo…!" it cried, sounding very distant. Sasuke wondered if that was one of the Ham-thingies he was supposed to write down. He took out the book from its hammerspace and scribbled down the word dutifully. (Well, okay, he was chanting the more I write, the faster I get out of here over and over under his breath, but regardless.)

"Hey…!" the voice called again as Sasuke stepped off the trunk. "Where…are you…going?"

Sasuke didn't answer. He was about to pass the crying mess of a hamster when he took a closer look. This one looked like Chouji.

"Chou…ji?" Sasuke said awkwardly, wondering what kind of a name Chouji would have. Said hamster stopped crying long enough to say "It's Oxnard! Oh, I'm so bluhoo!" before bursting into tears again. Sasuke(after grumbling and writing down this new word) sighed and walked off again. He also decided not to comment on the broken heart he saw floating above Chouji's head.

On the other side of the boulder was…another boulder. Sasuke would've torn out his bangs in frustration had a bystander not been there. As it was, the raven-haired boy(hamster, he kept forgetting) glared murderously at said bystander, who took no notice whatsoever.

"Hey, you." He ground out. The hamster looked up.

"Oh. Hello. Are you looking for something?"

"Someone. A girl."

The hamster laughed. "Aren't we all?"

Sasuke stared irritably at him.

"But I digress. It wouldn't happen to be the one who's trapped behind that boulder, would it? Yeah… you could pakapaka all day and get nowhere."

After hastily noting the pakawhatever, Sasuke growled and looked around. There, at a small dock, a boat sat patiently waiting.

Bingo.

Without thinking of the consequences, Sasuke leaped into the toy craft and gnawed the rope holding it to the dock in half. Of course, just his luck, the boat didn't have power; he sailed down the stream with no control. The waterfall was blocked off, and he was going in the opposite direction of it, though, so no worries. The girl, who looked oddly familiar, watched with a horrified expression as he went past, leaving her to burst into tears again. He sighed and rolled his eyes before the boat eased its way to the final stop. Deciding the boat wasn't going anywhere, he stepped off. To his left was another hamster, but this one wasn't looking at him. He jabbed it in the waist with his finger, but the hamster took it all in stride and just turned and waved(much to Sasuke's dismay).

"Oh, hi! Um… I don't think I know you. What's your name? Sasuke? Okay, cool. Hey, you see that boat? I think it'd be fun to drive. Don't you? Look's like it's missing something. You'd have to putput something, like a battery."

Sasuke didn't even have a chance to answer before the (one-sided) conversation was over. He logged the Ham-whatever in his book and moved on. As he passed the stream again, though, he noticed something swimming in it. It appeared to be a potty training seat. Sasuke grimaced, but was content to throw rocks at it until a hamster head appeared. It had the strangest bowl cut and big, bushy eyebrows.

Oh, god.