Day 8: Reactions

Disclaimer: I own nothing in 'Naruto'

'Team 7', '8', '10', and '..'

Kankuru was standing beside Temari in a small clearing. Kankuru was wearing a bright pink, sleeveless, dress, complete with a matching purse and high-heels. He was also packed with make-up: mascara, blush, eye-shadow, lipstick, and anything else girls could possibly stick on their faces. Even behind all the make-up, anyone could see that his face was beet-red.

Temari snickered openly.

Everyone else wanted to up-chuck their latest meals-except for Naruto. He seemed unperturbed by the hideous scene before him. His only expression was of confusion.

"Hey, Temari-chan!" he called loudly. She looked up, scowling at the fact that he had interrupted her moment of glory.

"What?" she asked, sounding very annoyed. Naruto didn't notice, of course.

"Did you scream like this?" he asked, balling up his hands into fists and pressing them to his collar-bone. He let out an extremely dramatic girly scream. Oooh, if looks could kill, Naruto would have died a thousand times over from the death glare Temari sent him. Everyone else sweatdropped-Kiba had two-as they watched curiously. When Naruto finished screaming, he stood normally again and looked at Temari. "So, did you?"

"No. I. Didn't!" Temari answered through gritted teeth, feeling disgusted at the thought of her screaming that way. As if!

"Oh." Naruto said, looking both surprised and disappointed, "Then who did?"

"Well, it wasn't me!" Kankuru mumbled, wanting to keep at least a shred of his dignity, but deciding against it so as not to become the center of attention again.

"Hmph. It was your little Konoha dog-boy." Temari replied in disgust, jerking her thumb in his direction. Kiba face turned bright red as everyone turned to look at him in amazement. Then they all burst out laughing-even Sasuke had the hint of a smile on his face. Now, Hinata knew why the screamed seemed so familiar.

"You mean K-Kiba?" Naruto asked, his face blue with vertical lines coming down it halfway, and his left eye twitching as he pointed at his dog friend. Temari nodded with a smirk.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAH!" Naruto laughed so loud that, 200 miles away, a fisherman and his son looked up in alarm. Back on the island, Naruto pointed at Kiba, his face streaming with tears from laughing so hard. "Kiba, you should try out for the Konoha Opera! I bet that would crack some glass!" He did another girly scream imitation and laughed even harder. Sakura and Ino seemed to be a state of shock; after all, it looked like Sasuke was laughing like a rabid hyena while Naruto tried to hold back. It was like they were in the Twilight Zone.

"Sasuke!" Kiba said angrily, balling his fists. This the first time for me to see Sasuke laugh! he realized, shocked and angry at the same time, But it has to be at my expense! And why does he have to rub it in like that, too? That's something Naruto would..do. Kiba's thoughts trailed off and his eyes widened then narrowed as he realized that Naruto was trying not to laugh, while Sasuke practically died from laughing. Something was definitly not right. His thoughts were interrupted when Naruto-in Sasuke's body of course-stopped laughing abruptly. He seemed to be confused about something again.

"Hey, Sakura-chan?" Naruto was saying, "Who is that new girl with the purple marks on her face?"

"Huh?" Sakura said as she turned to look at Naruto, aware of the heavy feeling she got in her cheeks from laughing so much. “What new girl?"

"The one over there," he replied nodding his head towards a direction, "Standing next to Temari-chan."

"Next to.." Sakura repeated, her words trailing off as she followed Naruto's gaze. "Oh! Temari-chan!" Sakura covered her face in her hands and laughed long and hard as she caught on to what Naruto meant by 'the new girl next to Temari-chan'

"No no." Naruto said, thinking Sakura just didn't get it. "The girl next to Temari-chan." he said pointing...at Kankuru!

"She got it the first time." Temari said coolly."That's Kankuru."

"Kankuru?" Naruto repeated, looking dumbfounded for a moment. Then he grinned proudly, "Oh, I get it now. He's using the "Hengen" technique."

"Baka!" Temari yelled haughtily, afraid that a technique would take the credit for her work. “He’s just dressed like a girl as punishment!" Naruto seemed to ignore the reason completely.

"That's K-Kankuru? Dressed like a g-g-girl?" he spat in disgust as his face turned different shades of green, "CROSSDRESSER!" he yelled suddenly.

"WHAT!" Kankuru, yelled indignantly.

"You're a crossdresser!" Naruto repeated, pointing accusingly at Kankuru.

"No, I'm not!" Kankuru yelled.

"Yes, you are!" Naruto yelled back.

"Am not!" Kankuru shouted, his face turning redder and redder the whole time.

"Are too!" Naruto shouted back.

It went on like that until every one decided they'd had enough excitement to last them a lifetime. Only they were side-tracked by some maniacal laughter coming from somewhere nearby. So they went to investigate...

'Team Gai'

"Here they are." Lee said as he reached the tree were Neji was tied and Tenten waited. “Our special ticklers, a.k.a. 'The Ticks', in mint condition."

"I'm not going to tell you anything." Neji said defiantly.

"Yes, you will." Tenten insisted confidently, "You always do." Neji eyed the little box wearily as Lee opened the it to reveal two short wooden brushes that resembled those of a make-up kit (like the really bushy ones used for blush or something) They seemed, to the untrained eye to be completely normal. Neji's heart sank as he realized that Tenten was completely right. And Lee's input didn't help a bit.

"We've perfected them," Lee informed Neji gleefully, "With Chakra." Neji's eye's widened in horror and surprise. He used his 'Byakkugan' and saw that every hair fiber of the two little brushes, did indeed, have Chakra flowing through it. He gulped nervously.

"We'll have you spilling your guts in no time at all." Tenten added cheerfully. She let out an exasperated sigh and rolled her eyes as she noticed Neji squirm frantically against his ropes and his face going pale at her words. "Neji! That just means we'll have you telling us all your secrets! We're not gonna hurt you or anything!" Neji stopped squirming relaxed visibally as he let out a "Whew!" of relief. Then he tensed again as he comprehended what she had just said. I'm gonna tell them! No!No!N-Stupid fate! Stupid stupid fate! he thought feeling frustrated as he helplessly watched Tenten and Lee each take a 'Tick'. Tenten nodded to Lee and he whipped out a flashlight (don't ask where he got it). He turned it on, held it facing up under their chins, and they both let out their most evil laugh.When they were finished, Lee whipped it out of sight again. He grinned sheepishly, as Neji gave them a look that said: You're so retarded!

"What? It's tradition." Lee said, shrugging his sholders.

"Ok, Lee, you take the left side and I'll take the right." Tenten said. He nodded in agreement. Then they each attacked a rib. Neji laughed himself unconscious. Lee moved out the way so Tenten could stand in front of Neji. There was only one setback to 'The Ticks': Like the Bickouchou bug would look for the first smell it gets, he would answer a question fully and honestly, but only the first one he heard. So, because of this, Tenten worded her question carefully, "What happened, four days ago, that Lee and I were..unaware of?" And Neji began his story.

"After Lee finished telling us about the floating eyeball and I suggested we get some sleep, the two of you fell asleep immediately, but I couldn't because..."