Third POV

After the Dance, the ninja enjoyed the rest of the day...er night at Lily's house.

Until the next day.

Out of a suggestion made by Zoe to spend the day at Kai's house, mainly because of Ramen, almost all the ninja agreed to go to her house unannounced. Packing swim suits and extra pairs of clothes, Da Squad and the ninja split up evenly amongst Leah, Kate, Zoe, Ryme, and Lily and made a beeline toward Kai's house.

Once the made it to Kai's house, they merely waltzed into her house unannounced, which Kai was surprisingly okay with, along with the rest of the ninja. Exchanging greetings, everyone talked for a little while until they decided to get into the pool at long last.

However, Zoe and Kate had something planned long before they made it to Kai's house.

"Our plan can finally fall into place." Kate said, a sinister smile spread across her face.

"Yes." Zoe agreed smirking mischievously.

"You guys sound like the Akatsuki." Neji input, walking by and eavesdropping in on their conversation.

"Good." Zoe said grinning.

"Let's go in the pool!" Lily yelled walking out of the restroom. She was pumping her fist in the air enthusiastically and had a goofy grin on her face. She also had on a grey v-neck water shirt and red board shorts on.

"That was the plan..." Sakura said slowly and came out of the bathroom in a rose colored bikini. The rest of the girl's followed in suit.

"Where's the bathing suit part of it?" Leah asked coming out of another bathroom. She was wearing a two-piece halter bathing suit that dipped down to a v-neck for the top.

"Underneath...?" Lily deadpanned and soon the rest of the squad filed out. Kate was wearing blue two-piece. Zoe was wearing a dark purple two-piece. Kim was wearing a black bandeau bikini. And Kai was wearing an aqua two-piece.

"I can't wait anymore!" Naruto suddenly yelled and plunging past Da Squad and cannon-balled into the pool without a second thought.

"Watch it dobe." Sasuke hissed unfortunately getting soaked in the process because he was already outside standing in his swim suit, which happened to just a pair of trunks. However, Naruto replied by sticking his tongue out at the ballerina when he resurfaced.

"Sasuke, you're already wet. Just get in." Leah ordered coming outside. Sasuke scowled deeply and brushed her off.

"Hn." Sasuke...well...grunted...maybe, he could've been arguing or agreeing. Nobody really knows until Ryme walked forward.

"Sasuke get in before we make you." Ryme demanded with a smirk on her face.

"H-" He started but was abruptly cut short as Zoe casually walked past and shoved him into the pool. Falling as however graceful as falling into a pool as possible, he landed with a splash.

"Now, stop being a grump and swim before you sink." Zoe demanded when he resurfaced. An I'm-going-to-kill-you look lingered in his eyes although Zoe and the rest of squad merely ignored it.

Since Naruto and Sasuke were in the pool already, everyone seemed to be preoccupied by arguing, yelling, talking, or doing something that has distracted them enough to not notice Zoe and Kate slink away from the group. They began plotting while watching the rest of the ninja took off their shirts and threw them into a pile.

"So, all we have to do is push the ships into each other?" Kate asked mischievously.

"Into the pool more specifically." Zoe corrected in a proper voice.

"Obviously." Kate mumbled. "After we push them in, what do we do?"

"We run before we die by one of their hands." Zoe said.

"Okay." Kate winked at Zoe and smirked getting pumped up about their plan. "Who should we start with?"

"Er...SasuLily, Sasuke's already in the pool." Zoe suggested.

Shikamaru POV

Unintrigued by the current matter of Sasuke and Naruto arguing, I looked over to the girls in the corner, Kate and Zoe. They looked...amused from what I could tell and they had a smirk on their faces. Is that a good sign? I'm not really sure and I looked over to see that Kiba had noticed them too.

"You guys have that look on your face." I said walking over. I shoved my hands into my pockets trying to look nonchalant.

"And you know you love it~" Zoe said looking up at me. Something got caught in my throat and I looked away momentarily.

"What are you smiling about?" Kiba asked smirking walking over with Akamaru.

"Nothing." They said, simultaneously. They tried to 'act natural' and began to glance around in all different directions.

"Obviously you're planning something. The look on your faces says it all." I state obviously.

"Well if you already know we're up to something, you can help us with stage 1." Kate suggested.

"Stage 1 of...?" Kiba asked trailing off. Both him and I slowly raised a brow.

"Our amazing plan." Zoe said, like it was obvious.

"It's full proof." Kate added.

"We've been planning it since we were 13." Zoe finished.

Sounds amusing - wait, what? How could they have been planning something like this since they were - I give up, this takes to much thinking to figure out what's going on in their...unique minds.

"So what is it? What is this amazing plan of yours?!" Kiba asked, getting impatient.

"SHH!! IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP, THEY'LL KNOW SOMETHING'S HAPPENING!!" Zoe whisper-yelled while slapping a hand over Kiba's mouth.

"Then tell us the plan!" Kiba mumbled through her hands and deadpanned.

"Okay, okay. Just shut up so we don't draw any attention." Kate said glancing around at the still arguing ninja.

"Stage 1: Operation OTP." Zoe said.

"The plan is..."

Shino POV

I was standing in a shaded corner of Kai's back porch. Being her before gave me a little time to know where there was shade. Glancing around, I have to say that it was interesting to see my comrades and squad argue about who's getting in next.

The only problem I could see though is that Kate and Zoe were nowhere to be seen at the moment. Putting those two together meant more pranks and possible danger. Gazing off for a moment, I was brought back by a loud splash, followed by a loud shriek. I quickly stood up from my leaning position on the wall and turned my attention back to the pool. I saw Zoe and Kate standing at the edge of the pool laughing triumphantly as they hovered over Sasuke who had Lily in his arms.

I have to admit, it was hard not to laugh at the moment. But I never laughed. Never. Except for that one time, but that does NOT count.

I'm getting off topic.

Glancing around again, I looked to Zoe, who bolted into the house, as well as Kate. Knowing that they were planning something now that I caught a glimpse of Deidara, I stayed on guard, hoping they weren't going to target me.

"SQUAD! WATCH YOUR BACKS! THEY'RE AFTER US!!!" Lily suddenly yelled, fidgeting in Sasuke's arms embarrassed.

"Stop squirming." Sasuke grunted finding it hard to hold onto her.

"Let me down then!" Lily retorted blushing.

"Who's the - f***!" Leah suddenly cursed loudly as she felt Kate push her in from behind which was followed by Kiba shoving Sai in as well - with some trouble since Sai kept protesting. However, since Sai was the first to hit the water since he was shoved in first, he was the first to surface, followed Leah who came in after which plunged them both underwater again.

After a few seconds though, both of them resurfaced together with Sai holding Leah on his back. Leah though, had an unsettling, pissed expression on her face as her eyes followed Kate and Zoe back inside. Opening her mouth to scream at them, she choked on the water she must of swallowed.

"Kiba's with them too? WE'RE SCREWED!!!" Ryme yelled since she was watching.

"Who else are they allied with?!"

"I don't know! Everybody hide! Out of the pool!"

"You can't escape from us~" The two sang from inside the house.

Should I hide? Do I have really anything to worry about?

Suddenly, I heard a splash and saw Naruto poke his head out from the water, a slightly pissed look on his face too.

"Hey! I was going to flip into the water!" He shouted to nobody in particular.

Then Kiba came out, using his arms to block Hinata from going back inside. This was followed by her nearing the edge of the pool, pleading Kiba to let her go back inside for some excuse. As she took her last step toward the edge, she squeaked and slipped in with Naruto, who was behind her, frantically splashing around to catch Hinata. Luckily for Hinata, he did and an obvious blush crept onto Hinata's face.

What is wrong with these people? I questioned in my mind.

"What's going on?" I asked rhetorically and saw Gaara slowly inching towards to pool. His eyes were slightly wide and toward the ground and I followed his line of vision curiously. Looking down, I realized he didn't want to be pushed in, he was struggling to turn away from what I could tell.

"That's the Shadow Possession...now we're really screwed." Ino scoffed from behind a chair and Gaara fell in the pool with a splash.

Then, Ryme followed out after, shouting something incoherent, most likely curse words as she too was shoved into the pool with the Shadow Possession Jutsu.

I watched as she fell in beside Gaara and what surprised me most was the fact that Gaara actually went under water to get her because after they surfaced, Gaara was holding her above the water.

I sighed before I saw a shadow coming towards me and quickly jumped out of the way. As long as I can avoid his jutsu, I'm safe. I thought and I landed on the other side of the pool. However, my body felt like it's been paralyzed and I struggled to look down. My shadow was darker and was running through the pool toward-

"Shadow Possession Jutsu complete." Shikamaru said smirking and he walked out from the side door.

Shit.

I should've known.

But why was Shikamaru helping them? Shikamaru? Of all people? I thought he'd be too lazy to...wait...he was probably forced into it by Zoe. Oh god no, that means...

Before I finished my thoughts, my movements were mirrored by Shikamaru's and since I was closer to the pool, I fell in, in oppose to Shikamaru. Great, and I'm wearing a trench coat too.

Once I resurfaced, I heard a loud shriek and I looked up. Kai was right above me and I quickly moved out of the way as she landed beside me in the water.

Out of reflex, she used her legs to push back up to the surface and apparently she wrapped her arms around the closest person's neck, mine.

"I swear, I'm going to murder them." She muttered not knowing she was holding onto me since she was still blinded by water and I mentally sighed.

However, I wanted her to get off as soon as possible and I jabbed her in the side. This was followed by a little squeak and a flinch but she didn't let go.

I sighed. Oh well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to let her hold on for a moment.

Who else was left? How did all of these connect?

Neji POV

Now that we knew Shikamaru was part of this, I kept my guard up. I looked at the sensei's, who were sitting at the table outside, watching the chaos...amusedly? They could've at least tried to do something about it.

Keenly, I kept a lookout for Shikamaru's shadows using my Byakugan to my advantage. I looked around carefully and saw that TenTen had just fallen in, being pushed by Kiba. Curse you, Kiba. Who would they possibly be wanting to push in with her?

While we're on the topic of being pushed in the pool, how dare they push in Lady Hinata? Especially with NARUTO of all people.

I didn't really care about anyone else. Except maybe the Kazekage. How could they do that to someone with that high of a rank? Do they not fear destiny?

Suddenly, I spotted a shadow coming towards me, and quickly jumped out of the way. So they're after me now...wait, who are they pushing me in with?

You really are blind aren't you. A small voice rang in my head but I ignored it.

Heading toward the small basket ball hoop, I looked for shadows as I neared the ground. No where to be seen, good.

However, as soon as I landed, I thought nothing of Kate and Zoe as they shoved me into the pool. I should of been paying more attention.

Well damn.

Screw destiny.

As soon as surfaced, I was about to snap at the two girls until I saw TenTen treading water beside me. She had a bright smile plastered to her face as well as a blush. I finally realized how cute it was and I felt heat rising to my own cheeks. I was about to smile back but it was ruined by laughing.

"Hah! You fell for something as stupid as that!" Naruto bellowed but lost his footing against the slippery mosaic and slipped underwater.

"Are you guys done yet?" Sasuke asked irritably, still holding Lily in his arms.

There was no answer from the group of 4 in hiding until they came out. The first two of them had a triumphant look on their face.

"Behold Operation: OTP has been completed." The two said. "And thank you to our lovely assistants..." They spoke as Shikamaru and Kiba walked out as well with smirks on their faces, obviously proud of their work.

"All four of you are dead." I said, glaring at them with my Byakugan.

"And that's our cue to run." Kate said, and they all dashed out of the pool area, through the house, and out the front door. The sound of a car engine signaled that they had left with Leah's car most likely.

"How did they get Shikamaru to agree to this?" Naruto asked cluelessly as he resurfaced. Now, we all made our way to the shallower end so we could stand and regain our breath.

"ShikaZo, remember? That's how they got Kiba too." Lily explained after Sasuke put her down beside him although they stayed close together.

"I feel like Kiba didn't need much pressuring." Shino reasoned with Kai still on his back. Her arms were around his neck and she was practically just dangling there.

"Wait a minute! They took my car! I just saw it dash by!" Leah exclaimed. "And where'd they find the keys?! Even I don't remember where I put them!"

"Hey! I know how that feels! I've done that a lot." Kai added.

"You do realize you're on Shino's back...right?" Ryme asked.

"He's the only thing that's keeping me afloat right now since he's the tallest here." Kai countered.

"Thing? You're lucky you're in water." Shino muttered.

"I am aren't I?" Kai asked rhetorically.

"Can someone get her off?" Shino asked no one in general.

"OOH I CAN! Kai, I found a corn snake over there!" Lily exclaimed while pointing to a bush.

"WHERE!" Kai immediately let go of Shino, and hopped out of the pool to find the snake.

"How many times is she going to fall for that?" Shino sweat-dropped seeing her dart out the door.

"Oh no I wasn't lying that time..." She trailed off and the screen door clicked open again.

"Look at him! Isn't he cool!?!?" Kai asked while examining the snake coiled in her hand.

"How'd you catch it so quickly?!" Naruto shrieked.

"I have a thing with snakes." She smiled happily as she sat down at the pool's edge.

"Yeah..." Lily just swam away from her.

"Are you afraid of snakes?" Sasuke asked while raising and eyebrow.

"No. I'm just not very fond of snakes cause my friend had a couple once...and long story short they didn't like me." She explained, while twiddling with her hair.

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Third Person's View

"Food's ready!" Lily called out to the teens. Lily and Kai were both holding bowls of ramen for everyone.

"YOU HAVE RAMEN?! IN THIS WORLD TOO?!" Naruto shrieked happily. Quicker than any ninja could see, Naruto shot out of the pool and snatched a bowl from Lily's hands, leaving her stunned.

"MY SEAT!" Leah jumped up out of the pool and sat at a heptagon shaped glass table, on the patio. The rest of squad followed her. While taking their 'designated' seats, Lily sat down on Leah's lap.

"Where are we sitting?" Naruto asked, holding his bowl of ramen. He glanced around seeing that all the chairs were taken.

"Anywhere." They answered simultaneously with ramen in their mouth.

"Except for here!" Zoe screamed, swallowing the noodles that were previously in her mouth.

"Or here!" Kate yelled before eating more.

"I thought you guys left...you know, with my car?" Leah questioned setting down her ramen cup. The last few words she inquired were malicious, showing she wasn't exactly happy at the moment.

"Well, people change, ice cream melts, cars crash, etc., etc." Zoe said, rocking her shoulders back and forth.

"YOU CRASHED MY CAR?!?!" Leah screeched, slamming her hands on the table, not enough to capsize it, and jumping, she circled the table to the side where Kate and Zoe sat, therefore pushing Lily off her lap.

"Let's not get too violent!" Lily yelled, alarmed as she scrambled back into the seat.

"We didn't crash your car." Kate said matter-of-factly.

"B-But Zoe just said..." Leah trailed off, pointing at Zoe and looking at Kate.

"I said 'cars crash,' not yours specifically." Zoe informed, suddenly taking up a smart demeanor.

"Then whose car crashed?"

Zoe coughed, "Hey look Ramen!"

"Zoe, whose car crashed?" Ryme asked.

"Kai's neighbor." She answered sheepishly.

"MY NEIGHBOR?!" Kai shrieked, shocking some of the people there since she rarely screeched.

"You could have just said that!" Leah suggested waving her hands around.

"But this was more fun!" Zoe whined.

"Is Alen okay? Did he die? He's the neighbor I told you about that though I had mental problems because I sang Blood Red Roses!" Kai said quickly.

"Alen's perfectly fine...his car...um...lets just say that didn't survive. Oh, and to be clear, Alen wasn't even in the car when it crashed." Zoe clarified.

"Then how'd it crash...?" Kai asked.

"In Neutral." Kate answered.

"Who puts their car in Neutral when it's in a driveway? I mean, it's just common sense to keep it parked isn't it?" Ryme asked nobody in particular.

"I guess Alen does." Lily sweat-dropped.

"I want to learn how to drive." Deidara said looking up from his bowl of ramen.

"Well, here's some facts. Many, many, many people die a year due to car crashes. Do you really think we'll let you drive?" Kai asked.

"If you don't, I'll blow you up." Deidara threatened. By now, all the ninja had their shirts on much to Zoe, Kate, Leah, and Ryme's dismay.

"ABSOLUTELY NOT HERE! I don't care if it's somewhere else but absolutely not here." Zoe said loudly. "This house is bigger than my social life, actually it's bigger than all of our social lives and its the only place with unlimited ramen."

"Oh and Deidara, I'm pretty sure you don't have your detonating clay either, you have Play-Doh last I checked." Kate informed but Deidara merely smirked as he pulled out some grayish clay.

Shit! Where'd he get his damn detonating clay from?! Ryme shouted in her mind.

How the f**k did he find it?! It was under the freaking sink?! No one looks there! Leah thought.

Deidara quickly shaped it into a small spider. Kai squeaked almost inaudibly (at the sight of a bug/arachnid) and shot away from the table while the rest of squad followed

"Katsu!" Deidara shouted and everyone closed their eyes.

Silence.

"Katsu!" Deidara shouted again watching his spider flop onto the table.

Silence again.

Everyone opened their eyes slowly to peer at the small spider on the table. Almost all of squad walked to the table, minus Kai, to investigate the spider.

Kate was the first to make it over and poked the spider. Setting her gaze to Deidara, an amused look set itself upon her face. Deidara gave her a questioning look.

"Katsu!" He shouted making the hand sign again. A tick mark appeared on his forehead. "Katsu! Katsu! KatsuKatsuKatsuKatsuKatsu!" He repetitively shouted but much to his dismay, nothing happened.

"Deidara, nice try but that's Play-Doh." Kate pointed out picking it up.

Dumbfounded, Deidara snatched it out of her hands and began to mold it into different shapes.

"Shit." Deidara muttered under his breath and searched for his real clay in his pouch.

This time, he got a slightly darker shade of grey clay out and quickly molded it again.

"This is the real clay. I feel my chakra infused with it." Deidara smirked again.

Quickly, he chucked it at Kate and it landed on her shoulder. Shrieking, she tried to flick the clay spider off.

"Katsu!" Deidara shouted once again.

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Silence.

"What the hell is going on?!" Deidara shouted looking at his actual detonating clay again.

"I think you lost your chakra." Ryme stated.

"Oh my gosh!! They're merging into our world!" Leah shouted and grabbed Sai's wrist. "Come with me." She said dragging him over to the water. "Now walk!" She ordered.

Sai gave her a questioning look and stepped out onto the water expecting nothing but the usual when he walked on water.

SPLASH!

Sai went straight through the water and plunged to the bottom...and right after he had dried off.

"AAAHHH! They're changing! They can't walk on water anymore!" Zoe shouted.

"Then that mean...I can't use the Rasengan anymore!" Naruto shrieked as he made the shadow clone jutsu hand sign. No clones appeared beside him and Naruto sunk down to his knees.

Meanwhile, Lily was intently watching Sasuke as he tried to use the Chidori. Much to his dismay though, not even a spark of lightning appeared in his hand and he gained a pissed look.

"I can't use my Chidori either," Sasuke replied rather calmly, or at least he tried to act calm. Internally, Lily could see he was pissed.

"Hah! Now this would make me the strongest ninja here!" Lee shouted. "I do not practice Ninjutsu or Genjutsu and I am a Taijutsu master!"

"Lee...shut up." Neji snapped glaring at him with his now only lavender hues.

"Well, at least I still have my buddy Akamaru." Kiba smiled a toothy grin and patted Akamaru's head which earned him a small bark.

"Woah, what about me?" Kate asked crossing her arms.

"And I have you too." Kiba smirked.

"Wait, this means you can't attack me anymore with your bugs!" Kai shouted happily.

"No it doesn't." Shino shot back and lifted his hand. A few bugs filtered out.

"Ship." Kai muttered and fell into the pool on purpose to avoid him.

"Okay okay okay! Who here can use any their previous skills?" Lily asked over everyone. Everyone looked toward her and then to each other and then back to her.

"I still have my sand." Gaara said.

"I still have my bugs." Shino said.

"I'm pretty sure we all have our Taijutsu skills and weaponry." Naruto answered dumbly.

"Like that wasn't obvious enough." Sakura backhanded Naruto's head.

"Itai!" Naruto shrieked.

"Well, now that we don't have our jutsu, what are we going to do?" Neji asked.

"We could get back in the pool." Lily suggested already on her way to fall in. Before anyone could protest though, they were cut short with a splash. Now both Lily and Kai were in the pool.

"Well, now that we don't have our catra-"

"Chakra."

"Chakra, how about we play a game?" Naruto asked.

"Game?" Ryme asked.

"LETS DO A CHICKEN FIGHT!" Leah shouted.

"Whats a chicken fight?" Kiba asked.

"Um, the people who are the smallest, and participating, will sit on the taller person's shoulders. From there, you fight another person and try to push the other person off. Whoever falls loses." Lily explained treading water.

"LETS DO THIS! Come on Hinata, you're my partner!" Naruto shouted grabbing her wrist. An enormous blush crept into her face as Naruto was about to jump into the pool.

"WAIT!" Zoe shouted. Everyone stopped what they were doing, beside Kai and Lily who were treading water, and looked to Zoe.

"Guys, take off your shirts." Kate ordered. Everyone gave her a questioning look and she sighed. "Take your shirts off before they get soaked because if they're soaked then you'll have nothing to wear afterwards." She explained.

A ripple of agreements traveled around the group and the guys took off their shirts, setting them in a 'neat' pile somewhere dry.

Except Naruto, who happened to drop it in a puddle.

Zoe and Kate nodded in satisfactory and they each took a small pile of the clothes and walked inside.

The two of them exchanged mischievous looks.

"Operation Gray-sama can begin." Kate whispered walking into the bathroom. Inside, there was a small closet for towels, which was obviously empty since everyone needed one, and the two shoved the shirts into there.

"Do you really think this is the best place?" Zoe asked closing the door quietly.

"Yep, Kai said everyone has a towel and that no one would look for them." Kate said triumphantly.

Walking out as stealthily as possible, Zoe and Kate made it into the pool unnoticed that they had left.

"Me and you, Sasuke." Lily said, giving him a determined glance.

"Come on, Sai!" Leah yelled, jumping into the water close to Sai, who hadn't yet climbed out of the pool after falling in.

"Shikamaru?" Zoe asked, looking at said teenager.

"It's a drag, but sure." He said, smirking.

"Come on, Kiba!!!!" Kate yelled, pushing him into the water.

"I guess that means Ryme is stuck with Gaara." Leah said, smiling to herself.

Weirdly enough, Gaara didn't argue this and allowed Ryme onto his back in the water.

"Who am I with?" Kai asked, standing in the shallow end of the pool and staring quizzically at Squad.

"You know what the answer is, Kai." Zoe reasoned.

"No." Shino said, walking away from the pool.

"No." Kai said too staying in the pool.

"Shino, you don't have a choice. We need another person." Lily told him, staring at him like her intentions were innocent.

"There are many other people here." He argued, looking around at all of the other ninja there.

"They aren't playing." Ryme said simply, content on Gaara's back.

"Actually, I-" Deidara started, but was cut off by Zoe saying, "You don't count."

"Fine." Shino reluctantly agreed.

"YES!" Kate fist pumped into the air.

"Who's first?" Lily asked, climbing onto Sasuke's back.

Everybody looked over the competitors, noting that Shino and Gaara didn't look to want to be competing in this. Sai simply looked confused. Kiba had a smirk on his face, and Shikamaru had a tired but strangely determined look on his.

Sasuke, however, tried to look calm and bored on the outside, but on the inside, he was ready to kick some ass. With or without his chakra, he was still an arrogant git.

"How about we start with SasuLily versus SaiLe?" Kate asked, staring down each team.

"That's not fair. Lily will die. And Sasuke isn't going to try." Naruto said, crossing his arms and making a face.

"Actually, I'm rooting for SasuLily. Sai has absolutely no idea what's happening, and Leah is just really bad at...athletics." Zoe argued.

"I agree with Zoe." Kate and Ryme said simultaneously.

"How about you, Kai?" Kiba asked, looking at the only one who wasn't on a side.

"I'm not siding with anybody." Kai said, which meant, in Kai language, that she was siding with Lily but didn't want to hurt Leah's feelings.

"Wow, I really feel the love." Leah spoke sarcastically, preparing herself for battle.

"Are you ready, Sai?" She asked, smiling.

"Er...no..." He answered honestly.

"Good-wait, no?! I want a different partner!" Leah yelled, but it was too late, as Kisame had just started the match.

"FIGHT!"

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"SASULILY WINS!" Kisame called out.

Lily and Sasuke high-fived, and smirked at the fallen Leah.

The fights continued, until it was up to:
-SasuLily
-Kaiba
-ShikaZo

Tobi and Deidara tried to join but they didn't know what hit them....
Anywho, the girls grasped each others hands to begin the fight.

It was intense, that's for sure.

Water splashing, hands slapping, and endless arguing.

In the end, they all lost. All 3 girls had pushed eachother at the same time, and they fell off of their partners shoulders and into the water, and came back up to the surface laughing.

"Okay, I think it's time to go back inside..." Kurenai said once everybody had climbed out of the buttery water.

Kate and Zoe darted into the house, which worried all of the ninja and non-ninja there.

Everybody began grabbing towels and cover-ups, and the guys all grabbed their shirts-...well, they tried to, at least...and it's the thought that counts, right?

Wrong.

"WHERE THE HELL IS MY SHIRT?"

All of the boys stormed into the house, where Kate and Zoe were laying on the couch. The two girls turned around once they heard the ninja's voices.

"You know, Kate, they don't look too happy right now." Zoe mocked.

"Yeah, I wonder what could be bothering them." Kate played along.

"Yeah, it couldn't be the fact that their shirts are missing." Kai commented, walking into the house.

Suddenly, Ryme, Leah, and Lily joined Kate and Zoe on the couch, and together, they fawned over the guys.

"Alright, I know how much of a treat it is to see me shirtless, but that is one of my favorite shirts, so do you think you could, you know, return that?" Kiba asked.

"We could-"

"-but what's the fun in that?"

Kate and Zoe high fived.

"What?!" Kiba practically shrieked. "Give my shirt back!" He demanded.

"You know, he looks pretty upset Kate." Zoe commented.

"He does. Should we tell him where they are?" Kate inquired.

"We could, if only I didn't forget." A sly smirk etched its way onto Zoe's face as they watched Kiba storm off somewhere.

CRASH!

"What was that?!" Kai shrieked.

"Kiba! What the heck?! This isn't even our house!" Naruto shouted.

"I'm sorry, I'm just going though all the cupboards because they hid our shirts somewhere!" Kiba retorted tripping over a pan that had fallen out of place. It clattered to the ground harshly.

"Kiba!" Kai sobbed. "You dented my rice pan."

"Rice pan?" Lily asked.

"Yes, I cook rice in this pan every time." Kai said.

"That's a little different." Ryme commented.

"We're all different here." Kai said looking between all the members in squad. Quickly scooping up the pan, Kai managed to shove it back in the cupboard and shooed Kiba out of the kitchen. "Okay, I know full well the shirts aren't in the kitchen. Please if you would, look somewhere else."

"Wait, you know where they are?" Kiba asked beaming.

"I-I never said that!" Kai stammered.

"She knows!" Kiba shouted but Kai kept a straight face.

"No, I don't." Kai frowned and she caught sight of Lily. She was fidgeting in her spot and knew she knew where they were hidden.

"Okay, so, what do we do until we find our shirts? I mean, there isn't much we can do." Naruto asked. "And I don't exactly mind being shirtless." Hinata passed out.

"Um, well we can't go anywhere that requires a shirt, like shopping, how about the docks. I remember you talking about them and I have yet to go down there." Leah said with a swimsuit cover-up on. Actually, all of them did by now and they ranged from what looked like an over sized sack with a head hole and arm holes cut out to an over sized t-shirt.

"Ooo! The docks sound good. Let's go to the docks. Yeah, that's a great idea." Lily smiled from cheek to cheek and the members of Da Squad just nodded.

"What's the docks?" Shino asked.

"It's basically just a waterway with a bunch of docks where people rent them for their boats and a trail that's usually secluded and free of people." Kai explained walking toward the door. "Who's bringing their phone because last time I almost lost mine."

"Kai, we had to call your phone seven times for you to find it, you did lose it." Zoe reminded.

"Oh yeah." Kai deadpanned.

"I'll bring mine and I'm pretty sure Ryme is too." Leah said watching Ryme walk out of Kai's room with a vice grip on her phone.

"Okay." Kai said. "Let's go." Leading the way, all of the ninja and sensei's walked out of the front door and down the road.

"Woah! I know you said there's a lot of docks down here but I didn't expect this place to be so...big!" Naruto shouted once they came into the...parking lot thing.

Immediately, Kiba, Naruto, Lee, and Suigetsu darted over to the docks. The three of them stood at the edge looking down at the water and the small minnows scattering around once they saw them. That is, until Suigetsu leapt into the water.

"SUIGETSU!" Leah and Kate snapped now running over to the dock.

"How much you want to bet that he's going to get a disease for being in that water?" Kai whispered to Lily and Zoe as they watched Suigetsu being scolded by Leah, Kate, and Ryme.

"I highly doubt he's going to get a disease. I mean, he's already half water." Lily argued.

"Eh, true." Kai shrugged walking over to the water with the ninja following.

Once they came over though, they were meant with a rather unappealing sight.

"My poor eyes..." Kai mumbled and shut them immediately after seeing Suigetsu getting out of the water. Since water doesn't wear clothes...you can figure it out from there, right?

"Suigetsu, put some clothes on." Sasuke scolded monotonously.

"But-"

"Go." Sasuke intervened and Suigetsu got back in the water, grabbing his trousers.

"But it feels great!"

"Suigetsu I have one word for you, Alligators." Lily murmurerd. 

"And I'm out!" Suigetsu said jumping out of the water fully clothed.

After than...event, the girls began walking toward a wide path with the ninja behind them.

"Okay...everybody listen up! This path is home to many snakes...and bugs...so if you end up seeing a snake on the ground, just scream or in my case, I'll most likely scream because of a bug. Got it?" Kai announced while going in between two ropes to go into the path.

"So...just scream?" Sakura asked.

"Yep!" Kai chirped and started walking down the path.

"Is that a logical idea? I mean, didn't you say that there was a camping ground that way too?" Ino asked.

"Well, there is a camping ground but our main goal when Lily, Kai, and I come down here is to scare them so screaming is the most logical idea." Zoe explained.

"What if we see someone down here?" Choji asked.

"Scream." Kai, Zoe, and Lily chorused together and took the lead down the path.

"I'm beginning t-to question your r-rationality." Hinata commented.

"Don't worry." Kai shrugged and they walked down the path. As they walked though, the sound of footsteps only belonged to the six members of squad.

That's strange. I don't hear them. Leah thought. I guess it's just because they're ninja. They're naturally quiet.

"So, should we show them our hideout?" Lily asked.

"Which one? We have three." Kai said.

"The first one. Right there." Lily pointed down the almost unnoticeable opening in the woods.

"Okay." Zoe said and Kate turned around.

"Ahem, although this is the first time I've been down here, we have a problem and might of lost the ninja...some how." Kate said to see that none of the ninja were behind them.

"What?" Lily asked not alarmed until she turned around. "Well, that's certainly new."

"Well, they could-" Kai got cut short.

"SAI! SASUKE! KIBA! GAARA! SHIKA! SHINO! Where'd you all go?!" Zoe shouted rather loudly in everybody's ears.

"They're right-"

"They vanished. Oooo." Lily drawled waving her arms around to mimic a ghost.

"Not helping!" Leah said. "Okay, so they don't have their chakra so they couldn't of gotten far. Any ideas? Wild ones please."

"They're in the trees gosh darn it!" Kai shouted.

"Really?!" Leah shrieked and gazed at the trees. It was true. All of them were the near the canopy of the trees and they all had their eyes on squad. "Why the hell are you up there?!" Leah shouted.

"It's a better view. Why don't you try it?!" Kiba shouted.

"Ha-ha-ha, you're quite funny Kiba...how do you suppose we get up there though?" Kate asked in a semi-sweet tone. "We don't exactly have the physical muscle and strength to do what you guys do."

"Oh right." Kiba muttered although he made it loud enough to them to hear.

Lily shrugged and continued walking through the woods. She began skipping and hummed to herself, she was in her own little world, but she was snapped back into reality like a rubber-band. When she made the mistake of looking at the forest floor where her foot was about to land!

"AHHHHHH!" Lily screamed and jumped back.

"What is it this time Lily?!?!" Ryme asked boredly.

"Corn snake by the looks of it." Lily replied, while crouching down to examine what she almost stepped on.

"Ah that would do it." Ryme nodded her head.

"OOH!" Kai rushed over and scooped the snake up in her arms, the snake then coiled around her arm.

"Hey guys I found a bike!" Leah said while sticking her head in a bush.

"GET AWAY KID THATS MINE!" A gruff voice said from the bushes.

"AHHH PEOPLE!" The squad shouted and ran far far away.

...

..

.

"They do realize we are still in the trees right?" Shino asked no one in perticular.

"Probably." The ninja answered. 

.....

The ninja found their way back to Kai's house, alone I might add.

"Okay, enough games. Where are our shirts?" Shikamaru asked the five girls sprawled out on Kai's couch and Lily who was sitting on a dining table chair next to the couch, which she moved there most likely. 

"Dunno." Leah answered from her spot on the couch, where she was covering her eyes with one arm.

"Ya'll hid them, so where are they!" Kiba whined. 

"Ya'll? Wow you guys really did conform to this word." Lily silently laughed to herself.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny, now where are they?!" Kankuro complained. 

"A place." Zoe retorted.

"..."

"A place that will never be found." Kate added.

"It will be found!" Kiba yelled holding his left arm up, and then began to dig threw piles, chests, and cabinets.

The rest of the guys assisted them, except for one.

Sasuke was intently staring at Lily.

"Dude you're kind of staring at Lily. It's creepy." Suigetsu said.

"Hm?" Lily turned around from her spot when she heard her name.

"You know where they are, don't you?" Sasuke asked emotionally.

"N-no...what makes you think that?" Lily asked standing up.

"You're nervous."

"I'm always nervous."

"You're acting suspicious."

"You're acting emo!"

"You're annoying."

"I know." 

Sasuke stepped closer towards Lily, "Where are they?" Lily turned her head away from his bare chest blushing.

"Costa Rica."

"You're a pain."

"You're a duck." She jabbed the side of his stomach and stomped off.

"You have a way with words, my man." Suigetsu said hitting Sasuke back playfully.

"Piss off."

Lily returned to her friends, "I thought you were going to rat us out." Ryme sighed with relief.

"Would I ever?" She winked.

"I'm not going to answer that." Ryme smiled.

"Wanna ding-dong ditch Jake's house?" Leah asked.

"Yes!" The girls answered and left the house.

....

Kakashi walked into the room to find  the shirtless teenagers sitting on the couch in defeat.

"Did you find them?" He asked.

"What do you think Kakashi sensei?!" Naruto sassed.

"Well I think you guys didn't look hard enough." He sighed.

"This would have been easier with our jutsu." Sai complained.

"Well that's gone now." He retorted.

The boys grumbled angrily, Kakashi sighed then dropped a note on Naruto's lap.

Dear friends,

Sorry I assisted in the capture of your shirts. You will find them in the towel closet in the outdoor bathroom.

From, Lily  

Naruto read out loud,

P.S Sorry again.

P.P.S Sasuke your a butt-face.

Suigetsu laughed at this,

P.P.P.S Don't tell the rest of the girls, they are very scary when angry 

"Noted." Kiba said as he rushed up to go claim his favorite shirt with the rest of them.

......

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"STOP RINGING MY DOORBELL!" Jake screamed, as he chased the girls around Kai's neighborhood.

"BUT IT'S FUN!" Kate called out.

"NOT FOR ME!"

The sensei's watched this scene unfold from Kai's window, with smiles etched on their faces.

SPLASH 

The girls crossed through the neighbors backyard and jumped into the pool.

They began laughing hysterically,

SPLASH 

"Shaun?" They asked.

"I'M HERE CAUSE I WASN'T IN THE CHAPTER BEFORE THIS ONE!" He said.

"Okay whatever you say."

HEllo! Sorry for such along wait! I will update the next chapter asap, I think, Maybe, I really don't know....

ANYHOW  IT"S SUMMER BE HAPPY!

-SAYS THE PEOPLE WRITING THIS BOOK