Buried Treasure

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"WOW, this place is cool!" Yelled a blonde ninja as he jumped around eagerly.

Shino sighed, "Don't run off Naruto. We were hired to search this place and get samples not play around."

Naruto pouted, "Ok, fine. Spoilsport." He grumbled as he helped Kiba, Neji and Shino set up camp. Shikamaru finished hooking up the monitors so they could communicate with the scientists who hired them. Sakura and Ino would deliver the samples everyone collected to the scientists waiting on the boat nearby.

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It was a beautiful newly discovered island ...

Hundreds of exotic plants that were never seen before ...

New species that are getting their first glimpse of humans ...

"This place is fascinating." said Neji as he carefully put specimens and samples into a container, "Here, Naruto. Take this back to the beach."

Naruto broke his gaze from an enchanting waterfall and took the container, "Sure, be right back. Hey Akamaru, want to come with me?" He asked and the big dog barked happily before following the blonde as he ran off towards the beach.

Shino sighed, "Now, it's too quiet."

Kiba twitched and glared at the bug user, "He's mine so back off." but Shino ignored the dog ninja in favor of collecting an insect.

"As if you can handle him." scoffed the Hyuga

The dog nin glared, "What was that-"

Shikamaru twitched, "Will you guys knock it off! We don't even know if he swings that way."

The dog nin sulked and continued looking around, "Hey, guys! Those mushrooms down here look interesting." Yelled Kiba and the others came down into the ditch and tried to dig up a few samples, but ...

Well, they should've been more careful ...

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Naruto ran onto the beach with Akamaru hot on his heels, "Hey, Sakura, Ino here's another batch of samples!"

Sakura glared and snatched the container, "Don't be so rough, idiot-eep!" She yelped when Akamaru growled at her for yelling at Naruto, "Stupid mutt!" She huffed before stomping away.

The Uzumaki patted Akamaru on the head, "Good boy."

Ino shook her head as she watched her former friend put the samples away, "She'll never change ... I told my parents."

"How'd it go?" Asked Naruto as Akamaru looked back and forth between the blondes wondering they were talking about.

"It was just as you said. They had no problem with it. If anything they were hurt I didn't confide in them sooner about me being gay," Laughed the mind walker. The canine's jaw dropped in shock "Dad was really happy, of course. He's not an Uchiha fan so it's no surprise ... so did you tell the the hokage?"

Akamaru leaned in to listen closely, "Yep, she was happy that I didn't actually like ..." He glanced at Sakura, "Kakashi-sensei didn't mind, but they both wanted to know if I was dating, which I'm not."

The Yamanaka smirked, "You know Shikamaru likes you, and I think Neji and Kiba too. You should ask them."

Naruto blushed slightly, "I-I can't do that ... someone like me-"

Ino rolled her eyes, "Yes, you're a demon container, but that doesn't mean you aren't allowed to date. My Dad said none of the clans hated you so you should try."

"Alright, alright." He sighed in defeat with a hint of amusement. A beeping sound caught the blonde's attention. "Hey, there's a message." He said catching Ino's attention so she could look at the message being she was the passcode to open it.