A forest was the obvious answer. A deep thick forest that stretched out in all directions. The only visible landmark was the clearing they were in and the piece of paper that held something that looked like a summoning seal.
"This isn't the ramen shop," said Naruto as he noticed their surroundings.
"ARGH!" said Sakura, punching Naruto for good measure. Though she thought a moment later that maybe she should have waited until he'd put Hinata down first. "We've got to get to class! Today we get team assignments! Sasuke will go on someone's team!"
"You're not going without me!" exclaimed Ino as she took off after Sakura. To be fair, if both of them hadn't been quite so obsessed with the thought of Sasuke, neither of them would have been quite so blinded to events. They weren't thinking with their heads though.
"...but," said Naruto as the two stalked off into the woods.
Hinata, it turned out, had hit her head on a rock when Naruto had been knocked on his butt by Sakura's punch.
Fortunately there was a stream nearby and he could wet a hankerchief to use as a cold compress.
"Hmmm?" asked Ino to herself as she bent to examine a plant. "This isn't right. Konoha is in a cold temperate area. So why is a plant like THIS growing here?"
That having penetrated, Ino turned her attention to the other foliage around her and quickly cataloged things. There were a number of plants she didn't know. Those she DID know were of an entirely different climate than the one in which Konoha was located.
She waved away a cloud of small gnats who had apparently decided her floral shampoo's scent was intriguing, and considered her findings. "Sakura? I think we're not close at all to the village? Sakura? Oh bother. Where'd she go?"
"It's beginning to get warm," noted Naruto as the sun climbed. Wherever they'd arrived, it had been early morning. As the sun climbed, so did the temperature and humidity.
A good thing he'd packed a big lunch with a few of those protein bars. "Ninja Snax - For Ninjas On The Go." or so the advertising said.
A rustling in the bushes caught Naruto's attention as something sniffed the air a few times before stepping out into the clearing, revealing itself as:
(Posted Wed, 06 May 2009 20:33)
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