Kakashi tapped his fingers on the table lazily. "Ever since coming to the New World, there's been nothing to do," he sighed. "I kind of miss The Essence. They were a fun bunch to kill."

Azusa smiled pleasantly. "I never killed anyone~" she said.

"I never killed anyone either," Makoto sighed. "They never let me go because they thought I was weak."

"I killed a ton of people," Sasuke bragged. "It was pretty easy."

"Jerk," Makoto muttered.

"What was that?"

"Nothing, oh beloved brother dearest."

Sasuke grunted. Makoto rolled her eyes.

Azusa blinked. Those two have never really been the best siblings…I know! We should play a game to bring the family together! And I know just what to play… "We're going to play Story Evolution!"

Makoto squealed excitedly. "I love that game~!"

"Me too! Kakashi, Sasuke-kun, do you two know how to play?"

The two Naruto World inhabitants shook their heads.

"You tell a story. But you can't tell the whole story, you tell part of a story and then the person next to you tells the next part, and you just keep going for as long as you want!" Azusa explained happily.

Sasuke sighed. "Sounds boring," he mumbled.

"It's not," Azusa promised. "Makoto-chan and I will start. I'll go first, then you, Makoto-chan, and then Kakashi, and then you can go last, Sasuke-kun. OK?"

"Why not."

"Yay!" Azusa clapped her hands in delight. "Now, I'll begin. Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there lived a young princess named Pineapple Penelope. Pineapple Penelope had an evil sister named Penelope. The two were always bickering. One day, a witch descended upon the sisters and said…"

Makoto beamed. "My turn?" she confirmed.

Azusa nodded.

"OK~! So, the witch said, 'do my laundry, you filthy peasants!'. But her plan backfired because Pineapple Penelope and Penelope were princesses and not peasants, so they couldn't do anything but sit in fancy chairs and look pretty. So the witch got so mad that her request hadn't been fulfilled that she buried the kingdom in socks."

Kakashi blinked. "Socks? OK…well. Soon enough a traveling ninja learned of the princesses' predicament and decided to save them from their life of being submerged in socks. So he plowed through the socks using the ninja powers that all cool ninjas have and reached the princesses tower, where he found…"

Sasuke was silent.

"Your turn, Sasuke," Kakashi invited. "He found…"

Sasuke just raised an eyebrow, as if to ask, do you really think I'm going to do this?

"I'll take his turn," Makoto offered.

Sasuke was still silent.

"Please, Sasuke-kun?" Azusa pleaded. "It'll be fun. You'll see!"

Sasuke sighed. "If I play with you, will you leave me alone?"

"Sure~"

"Fine. He found a huge collection of taxidermy heads in a secret room of the castle. Then the witch showed up and explained that the heads were those of men who'd tried in the past to save the princesses. And the ninja panicked and killed the witch."

Azusa grinned. "Yay~! OK, so after the witch had been vanquished, Penelope got upset because she had hoped that the witch would kill her sister, since she didn't like her sister. But since the witch was now dead she plotted to kill Pineapple Penelope herself! And she plotted to do it with…"

"DINOSAURS!" Makoto erupted. "Penelope planned to release a swarm of rabid dinosaurs on her sister! But Pineapple Penelope was too smart to fall for that,so she found the ninja from before hiding in her closet with a skeleton…heh heh…skeletons in the closet…" Makoto broke off and coughed awkwardly before continuing. "And they ran away together into the sunset."

"But their plans were thwarted by the evil Duck Princess Minase Iori," Kakashi finished. "Iori was so furious at the attempt to run away with the ninja she apparently loved-"

"Who is this ninja?" Makoto interrupted. "Because if it's Shun, she'd better get her hands off my man."

"…I didn't know you liked Shun-kun," Azusa mused.

Makoto laughed awkwardly. "I don't. Well, not like that, but he was my big brother for a while. Plus he's really cool and he's pretty hot. So if he's gonna marry anyone, it's gonna be me, is what I'm saying."

Azusa shrugged. "Let's say…the ninja is Toshiro-kun."

"That Bleach World kid?" Sasuke verified. "He's not a ninja."

"Yes, but I think he and Iori-chan would be a cute couple," Azusa trilled.

There was silence.

"I don't know where you get these ideas," Sasuke stated flatly.

"They're a bit of an awkward couple, don't you think?" Kakashi sighed.

"Toshiro is too cute for Iori," Makoto decided.

Azusa shrugged. "Still…"

"Whatever, whatever! Just finish the story!" Makoto ordered.

Kakashi nodded. "After Iori the Duck Princess thwarted the princess's plans, Pineapple Penelope began to cry. Then the ninja fought the Duck Princess, but…"

"Iori killed him," Sasuke said bluntly. "And the princess was so mad that she turned into a glob of fire and burned Iori to the ground."

"Can I be the princess?" Makoto begged.

"No. The princess is Pomegranate Lucy or whatever," Sasuke reminded her.

"Pineapple Penelope," Kakashi corrected calmly.

"Whatever. So anyways, then Iori was dead, the ninja was dead, the witch was dead, and Penelope committed suicide. And they all lived horribly ever after. The end."

There was another long period of silence. Makoto stood.

"We," she began, "are the best storytellers ever. We should write a book."