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Ninja Tickle Endurance Training

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With one clean punch, Sakura knocked down the enormous tree in her path, splintering it into tiny pieces of wood underneath the power-packed force of her small fist. The tree toppled down and crashed to the forest floor with a loud BOOM! sending up a cloud of dust and leaves as it hit the ground. The pink-haired girl smiled at her handiwork and flexed her fingers, popping them as she did so.
   "Takes care a that," she said with a confident smile. The tree had been bothering her for quite some time now, she had desperately been wanting to take it down, but she hadn't had the time lately, what with her busy schedule and all. Now that it was out of the way, she finally had a perfect view of the forest from her bedroom window. Along with a two year supply of firewood! Talk about killing two birds with one stone.
   Ever since she had started her training with Lady Tsunade, Sakura had been amazed at how powerful she had become. She had come a long way from being that big-forehead girl that got angry if a fly landed on her. Now she was calm, collective, and packed with enough power to take on three armies at once! There was no limit to what she could do!
   "Sakura!" called a familiar voice from behind her. Sakura jumped with surprise and whirled around quickly to face the person who had dared to intrude on her gloating. Running towards her at top speed was someone that Sakura knew all too well, someone who had been around for most, if not all, of Sakura's training. Hinata.
   "Hey, Hinata! What's up?" Sakura greeted with a happy smile. She hadn't seen the shy ninja girl since Naruto had returned from his training with Juriah. No doubt she had been watching him secretly as the blonde idiot had gotten reacquainted with all of his old friends that he had left behind so long ago.
   The shy ninja came to a stop in front of Sakura and gave her a friendly smile, her cheeks turning slightly pink as she did so. 
   "Hi, Sakura. Are you busy?" inquired Hinata nervously. The cute ninja girl began shifting from foot to foot and twiddling her thumbs in that way that she often did whenever she was nervous. Sakura could tell by the way that she was acting that something was up. Her suspicion rose, but she managed to keep herself from showing it.
   "Nope. I just finished with my chore for the day. Lady Tsunade went out somewhere, so I'm all by myself today," Sakura explained, returning Hinata's friendly smile. The shy ninja's lavender eyes lit up upon hearing this, obviously she had been hoping that Sakura wouldn't be busy...but why?
   "Oh, good!" she said happily. 
   "Why?" Sakura inquired, not able to control her suspicion any longer. 
   Hinata didn't answer right away. Instead, she looked behind her as if someone might be watching them, she then leaned forward in a conspiratorial way, placing a hand beside her mouth to muffle out the sound to anyone but Sakura.
   "I need your help with something..." she whispered quietly, her voice barely over a whisper.
   "What's that?" Sakura asked, her curiosity was piqued now. She had been worried that there would be nothing to do today without Lady Tsunade around to boss her around and give her jobs to do.
   "Well...it's not just me that needs help," Hinata continued, still whispering.
   "Who else?" 
   Hinata again looked over her shoulder to ensure that no one was listening to them before answering Sakura's question.
   "Temari, too...and Ino...Tenten also agreed..." Hinata replied quietly.
   Sakura was very intrigued now. The other girls were in on this too? Now she definitely wanted to be a part of the action! Sakura hated to be left out and if the others were participating, then she wanted in too!
   "Count me in," she declared immediately. 
   "Really?" Hinata inquired with surprise. Sakura gave a confident nod, putting on her best smile and showing just how sure of herself she was.
   "Definitely!" she answered with a smile of pure confidence. Whatever Hinata need, Sakura could definitely deliver. And if she happened to beat Ino, Tenten and Temari in the process of said delivering...well, would that be so bad? 
   "Great!" Hinata cheered. "Follow me."
   Hinata turned and disappeared from sight, moving at high speed to a place unknown. Sakura smiled and let Hinata get a head start, just to prove how fast she was. Once a minute went by, Sakura sprinted away as well, disappearing from sight and moving speeds that would normally be impossible to reach. At least for someone ordinary. Sakura was anything but ordinary.
   Sakura caught up with Hinata quickly and the two of them were soon running along side each other. 
   "So what kinda help do you need exactly?" Sakura asked as the two ran. She looked over at Hinata curiously and was surprised to see that she was smiling broadly. That was very unusual for Hinata.
   "It's something special," Hinata answered ominously. "Something that only the three of you could possibly help me with. It's not going to be easy, but I know we can do it."
   "Right..." Sakura replied awkwardly. She wasn't sure exactly what was waiting for them, but she knew that they could definitely handle it, Hinata's behavior seemed a bit peculiar though. Since when did she talk so much? Usually Hinata rarely said anything, and she never grinned like she was now. Something strange was afoot. That much was for sure.
   After half an hour, Hinata called a halt on their journey. She and Sakura came to a stop in the middle of a giant forest, far away from the Hidden Leaf Village. Sakura recognized the forest instantly. It was the same one where she and her other teammates, Naruto and Sasuke, the place where Kakashi-Sensei had trained the three of them in combat and thieving. Sakura couldn't help but feel a small amount of nostalgia as she remembered that day. It was quite a funny day, looking back now she could still hear Naruto yelling at the top of his lungs because he had gotten tied to a log and he wanted them to feed him. 
   "Is something funny?" Hinata suddenly asked. Sakura quickly wiped the smile off of her face and shook her head. Her trainee days were private.
   "Nope. So is this the place?" she asked, changing the subject as quickly as she possibly could.
   "Yes. This is where I need your help," Hinata confirmed. She looked around at the forest curiously and a small smile spread across her lips. Sakura watched her intently, looking for signs of falsehood in her appearance. Hinata smiling wasn't that abnormal, but the smile she showed now wasn't the normal delicate, shy smile. No, she was smiling with...self-confidence. Where had Sakura seen a smile like that before?
   "Hey, Hinata! Sakura!" a sudden voice called from behind them. Sakura turned around just in time to a familiar blonde carrying an enormous fan on her back land on the tree branch behind them. Temari.
   "Hey, Temari!" Sakura greeted her old friend with a happy smile and a wave. It was good to see the Sand Ninja again after so long, it had been quite some time since she had last seen Temari. Now that Gaara was the Kazekage, Temari was often spending her time with him, therefore she wasn't around much anymore. It was sad, but Sakura's friends from her beginning days as a ninja were slowly started to grow further and further apart. Now they rarely saw much of one another. Such was life though.
   "So where's the danger?" Temari asked, addressing her question to Hinata. 
   "Down there," Hinata said, without even looking back at Temari. She pointed a forefinger down into the woods below them. Sakura followed the direction that she was pointing in, but she saw nothing. 
   "Where?" Temari asked. She didn't see anything either.
   "Follow me," Hinata said without answering. Before Sakura or Temari could say anything, Hinata jumped from the tree and fell down towards the forest floor. ,
   "What's her problem?" Temari asked.
   "I have no idea. Something's up here, keep your eyes peeled...there's something strange going on here," Sakura replied. 
   "Right," Temari agreed.
   With that, the two girls jumped out of their trees and followed Hinata to the forest floor to face whatever dangers were awaiting them. They landed on the forest floor together at the same time and came to their feet. Sakura looked around curiously, but she didn't see anyone...not even Hinata.
   "Where'd she go?" Temari inquired as she walked up beside Sakura.
   "I'm not sure..." Sakura replied in a hushed tone. Something wasn't right here, she could sense something in the air that wasn't right. They were being watched. Sakura shifted her gaze around the surrounding area, moving only her eyes, not her head, that way the person watching her wouldn't think that she was looking for them. She remained perfectly relaxed, not allowing any of her muscles to tense, anyone watching her would merely think that she was waiting for Hinata to come out. They would never suspect that she was actually looking for them.
   "What're you doing?" Temari asked curiously. 
   Sakura winced. Temari wasn't talking that loud, but to Sakura she sounded like a bumbling elephant walking through a china factory. She gave her a sidelong look that said, "Shut the hell up!"
   Temari got the picture and fell silent. Thank God she wasn't a dumbass. If this had been Naruto, then that jabber-mouth would have blown their cover in seconds! Temari suddenly became serious as well, she could now sense that Sakura was alert to something going on around them. She took a slow, silent breath that was barely audible, even to Sakura, she then began flexing her fingers, stretching her muscles and preparing them for the fight to come.
   The attack came unexpectedly. Sakura heard a rustle of leaves, then all of a sudden three kunai came flying out of the trees in front of her. Sakura quickly ducked, then sent a counterattack, throwing four kunai of her own in the direction of the attacker. They were in front of Sakura still, she could sense them now.
   "They're over here!" she called to Temari.
   "No! They're over here!" Temari shouted back. Sakura looked over her shoulder and saw that Temari was fighting off a barrage of her own. She was being attacked by figures that were hidden within the shadows of the trees, throwing kunai and shuriken, trying their best to take Temari down, but the blonde ninja girl was too fast. She was keeping up with them and blocking every attack that was being sent at her, then returning an attack of her own at the enemy. 
   "Don't let your guard down! It's obviously a gr-"
   Suddenly a sharp blow to the head halted Sakura right in the middle sentence. Normally a strike like that wouldn't have even phased Sakura, but this was different. All of sudden her entire body went completely numb, her vision became blurry and she fell forward onto the ground painfully. 
   "She's down," said a familiar voice from above her. Sakura recognized that voice...could it be?
   "The other one ran off," the same voice came from a different direction. What the? There were two of them?
   "I'll go after her!" declared the same voice once again, but this time it came from in the trees high above. What was going on? Sakura knew of only one person that was capable of doing this, but it couldn't be...could it?
   "Right!" the one who had spoken first agreed. "Go after her and bring her back her with the others! I'll take Sakura to join our friends!"
   Sakura's heart-rate increased, they were taking her somewhere? But where? She was beginning to grow nervous now. There was nothing she could do though, she was paralyzed and losing consciousness swiftly. The last thing she saw, was a dark figure standing over her, they reached down for her and began to lift her up from the ground. Before Sakura had a chance to see their face, the world grew dark and she fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.

Sakura opened her eyes slowly and groggily. And was suddenly brought to the reality of a splitting headache. She let out a groan of pain and went to rub her eyes to lessen the throbbing pain in her head, but it was then that she came to a shocking realization...she couldn't raise her hands. She was tied up! Her wrists were tied to the arms of a wooden chair with rope triple-braided rope that felt as strong as iron. But that wasn't even the worst part of it. Sakura's legs were stretched out in front of her and held firmly in a pair of black wooden stocks. Completely restraining any movement of her legs or feet.
   "What the?!" she exclaimed with rage.
   "Not so loud..." came a whiney voice from directly beside her. Sakura looked over with surprise and was shocked by what she found. Sitting beside, tied to a chair in the same fashion as Sakura...was Ino. The blonde girl was just beginning to stir from her own slumber. She opened her bright blue eyes groggily and winced at the brightness of the sunlight as it shined into her eyes. "My head..." she whimpered painfully.
   "Ino?!" Sakura exclaimed with surprise. What was Ino doing here?!
   "Stop yelling..." came another voice suddenly from the other side of Sakura. The pink-haired ninja looked over to her left and found another shocking sight awaiting her. Tied to yet another chair beside her...was Tenten.
   "Tenten?!" Sakura shouted.
   "What?!" Tenten shouted back, giving Sakura an angry glare. For a moment it seemed like she thought that Sakura had just woken her up from a peaceful nap, but as her head cleared of sleep and she sobered up a little, she came to realize what was going on. "Hey, why're you tied up?" she asked with confusion.
   "That's what I was wondering," added Ino.
   Sakura looked from Tenten to Ino, then back down to the bonds that kept her strapped to this chair and the stocks holding her legs. Had they not noticed that they were trapped too? She was about to inform them of this fact, when they both suddenly started struggling and freaking out.
   "Hey! I'm tied up too!" Tenten shouted dramatically as she seemed to just realize this fact.
   "What the?! Me, too!" Ino exclaimed. They struggled for a moment, trying to break their bonds, but they soon realized that they weren't going anywhere. If Sakura couldn't break these iron-like ropes with her strength, then there was no way these two could either! What a couple of dunderheads!
   "Calm down," Sakura said in diplomatic voice. The last thing they needed to do was lose their heads. Sakura wasn't sure who had kidnapped them, or for what purpose, but she was very confident that they could get out of this if they just put their heads together and thought for a moment.
   "Calm down?!" Ino exclaimed dramatically, giving Sakura a sidelong look of anger. "We're tied up! Tied up! And you want us to calm down?!"
   Sakura took a deep breath to control her temper. Ino was such a hotheaded moron sometimes. If there was one thing she had learned from her training with Kakashi-Sensei, it was that you should never freak out in a situation. Apparently Ino hadn't got the memo. 
   "Sakura's right," Tenten said calmly. Sakura smiled over at her friend, at least someone was being smart in this situation. It was just like Tenten to be smarter than Ino. Good old Tenten. 
   "Thank you," Sakura said with a grateful smile. She then became all business again. "Now then, we're gonna have to find a way to get free of these ropes. Then we'll find the jerks that kidnapped us and take them down a few pegs!"
   "And how do you propose we do that?" Ino inquired skeptically. "In case you haven't noticed, we can't break these damn ropes!" She stretched the rope around her wrists to emphasize her point.
   Ino was really lucky that Sakura was tied up right now...or else she would have strangled the bleach blonde out of her! Sakura was just about to state this fact, when a sudden voice from the woods interrupted her.
   "Glad to see you're all awake," came a familiar voice. The same voice that Sakura had heard earlier...no way.
   Sakura didn't want to believe it, but there was no denying that voice. It was a voice that she knew extremely well, one that she would recognize anywhere. A voice that she had been her savior many times in various battles...Naruto.
   "Naruto?!" shouted Ino with rage. Her cheeks turned bright red and Sakura thought that she might explode. She was seriously pissed! Who could blame her though? "You little son of a bitch! You come down here and untie me this instant! When I get my hands on you, your 'Grandma' Tsunade won't even know which part of you to sew your lips back onto!"
   Before Ino could shout anymore words of abuse at the unseen nuisance. Someone suddenly stepped out of the shadowy forest directly in front of them. Sakura recognized them instantly, but she still couldn't believe her eyes.
   "I got the last one," Hinata declared with a small smile as she walked into the clearing with a familiar figure draped over her shoulders. Sakura recognized the slumped form of Temari instantly...she had been captured too.
   Sakura was about to scream at Hinata for tricking her into coming here, but before she could manage to get the words out. Someone jumped down from the treetops high above and landed in front of Hinata. He had his back to Sakura, but she still recognized the blonde, orange-jacketed boy. Naruto Uzumaki.
   "Good work! You go tie her up with the others and I'll get started on our...'guests'," he ordered. Hinata nodded and walked off out of the clearing with Temari still on her shoulders. Once she was gone, Naruto turned around and gave the three bound girls a devious grin. Seeing that grin again sent a shiver up Sakura's spine...this wasn't gonna be fun.
   "Wh-what is this Naruto?!" Ino demanded, her voice quivering with nervousness. At least Sakura wasn't the only one that had a bad feeling about this. Naruto raised an eyebrow at them curiously, for a moment he just stared them, sizing them up it seemed. Finally though, he broke out in a big grin once more and walked forward towards them.
   "You'll see," Naruto replied ominously. He walked straight up to Sakura and leaned forward so that his nose was mere inches away from her own. Sakura felt her cheeks grow hot with anger. If she hadn't been restrained, then Naruto would definitely have lost a few of his teeth just then. He stood there for a moment, his blue eyes gazing into Sakura's green eyes. Finally though, he drew back and continued in a devious tone. "To start things off, I'm gonna need to ask you girls a question."
   Sakura opened her mouth to say "Go to Hell!" but before she could get the words out, Tenten interrupted her.
   "What would that be?" the pretty brunette inquired.
   "Well..." he trailed off purposely. Sakura saw a devious glint flash through his eyes and another chill ran up the length of her spine. She had known this maniac long enough to know that this was very bad.
   Before Naruto could explain what his plans for them were, there was a sudden rustling in the woods behind them. Someone was coming. Sakura caught her breath, half-hoping that it would be someone here to save them. Sadly though, her hopes were dashed as she saw Hinata emerge from the trees, dragging along another pair of wooden stocks with one arm and a tied up Temari over her free shoulder. Damn. 
   "She's ready, Naruto," Hinata said shyly as she placed Temari's stocks next to Ino's. 
   "Good work, Hinata," Naruto replied with a happy grin. It was obvious that his plans were going just as he wanted. Hinata had somehow been brain-washed by this blonde freak! Oh, the humanity! Either that...or Hinata's giant crush on him had once again impaired her better judgment...that seemed pretty likely. Whatever the case though, Hinata was definitely an enemy in this situation. Sakura silently cursed herself for not seeing it sooner. What an idiot she had been! She vowed that if she ever got out of here, then she would train herself to be more alert...right after she got revenge.
   "Start on these two, will ya?" Naruto suddenly said, pointing at Ino and Sakura. Hinata looked up from where she had just finished strapping Temari into her stocks and gazed at Sakura and Ino intently.
   "Ok," she agreed simply.
   With that, she climbed to her feet and made her way over to the two ninjas. Sakura glared at her as she knelt down in front of their sandaled feet. Traitor! That's what she thought of Hinata, but she couldn't say it out loud. In truth, Sakura knew where Hinata was coming from. If this had Sasuke asking Sakura to kidnap her friends...then she would probably do it. Sasuke might have been a rogue ninja psycho that used his powers for evil...but he was still her Sasuke. She couldn't denounce Hinata for what she was doing.
   Ino, on the other hand, felt no such grief.
   "Back off sister! I'll knock you into next week!" she shrieked at Hinata angrily. Sakura gave her a sidelong look and had a sudden vision of a barking dog. How obnoxious. Hinata looked up at the two of them emotionlessly and asked a simple, strange question that took them both by surprise. 
   "Where are you most ticklish?"
   Say what? Did Hinata really just ask that? What did tickling have to do with- Uh-oh. Suddenly a terrifying thought flooded Sakura's mind and she began piecing things together. The stocks, restraints, and Hinata. All of these were apart of Naruto's evil plan. Hinata's Beakugan would definitely allow her to see the weak points in their bodies, but judging by her calm expression, she wasn't using it at the moment. At least not yet. She was giving them the option of giving in so that she wouldn't have to search for their weak spots. Knowing the power of the Beakugan, Sakura was tempted to give in.
   "Why?" Ino asked suddenly. What a dumb question. Why else would Hinata wanna know their most ticklish spots? She wanted to tickle them of course! Ino was such an idiot.
   "It's a test," Naruto answered for Hinata. He was now sitting beside Temari's unconscious form that was slumped in the stocks. His eyes glimmered with deviousness as he watched the two girls with wolfish eyes. That demon gaze of his always gave Sakura the creeps. 
   "What kind of test?" Sakura inquired suspiciously. She didn't like where this was going and she feared the answer that she would receive.
   "A tickle test, of course!" Naruto replied with an amused grin. "All of you have to pass it! You're gonna have to withstand being tickled for as long as you can so that we can test your endurance. Grandma Tsunade says so."
   "Lady Tsunade...?" Sakura asked in disbelief. Could that be true? Lady Tsunade had actually told Naruto to do this? If that was the case, then Sakura was obligated to do one thing and one thing only...
   "My...feet...that's my worst spot..." she confessed. Ino looked at her in shock, her mouth wide open. 
   "Sakura!" she shouted angrily. Sakura kept her gaze firmly set on her tied up hands. She wasn't ashamed, she was obligated to do what her master bid her. Lady Tsunade had a reason behind everything she did, Sakura knew in her heart that this was no different.
   "Hinata. Will you do the honors?" Naruto asked with a smile. 
   Hinata nodded and reached up gently and grabbed Sakura's sandals. With a quick slip of her wrists, she pulled them off of her feet and gazed at them curiously. Sakura scrunched up her toes with embarrassment and a small blush appeared across Hinata's cheeks and nose.
   "Sorry about this..." Hinata whispered quietly. Before Sakura could reply, the shy ninja girl reached up and started slowly raking her sharp nails along the soles of Sakura's feet.
   "Nnngh! Hehehe! Mmnnnn!" Sakura bit her bottom lip and clenched her fists. This was torture already! She refused to laugh though, laughing would mean that she had failed the test. Lady Tsunade had ordered this test...so Sakura would endure.
   "They're so...soft..." Hinata said with the hint of a smile. She was enjoying this?!
   "Hehehehe! Nnngh! No! N-not gonna lahahaugh!" Sakura declared through gritted teeth. She was determined not to give in without a fight.
   "You're pretty tough, Sakura!" Naruto smirked as he watched her with great interest. He was enjoying this too! That little troll! When Sakura passed this test, she swore that she would throttle him for this!
   "Don't give up, Sakura! Keep 'em distracted!" Ino cheered her on. Sakura wished that she could punch the stupid girl, but with her hands restrained there was no chance of that happening.
   "You got this! It's just tickling, it's nothing!" Tenten agreed. They're cheering was annoying, but it was actually helping distract Sakura from the insane sensations flowing through her body. She could do this! She was actually beginning to get used to the feeling of those claw-like nails raking up and down her soles and driving her insane.
   It was that moment, however, that Hinata decided to increase her tactics. Just as Sakura had thought she was going to pass this little test...Hinata went for her toes. The evil ninja girl shot upwards to Sakura's toes so fast that she didn't have time to even prepare herself and the sudden onslaught of her toes brought the laughter that was building up flowing out of her.
   "AAAH! Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hehehehehehehehehehehe! Stooooohohohohohohohohohohohohohop! I give! I gihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihive!" Sakura squealed and giggled like a little schoolgirl. It was so embarrassing! But she couldn't help it, it really tickled!
   "You give up? Do you admit defeat?" Hinata inquired, without stopping her tickling.
   "Nohohohohohohohohohohohohohoho! Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe! Nnngh! Never!" Sakura got a hold of herself and stopped the flow of giggles in it's tracks. She had unraveled, but only briefly, she had only giggled...not laughed. She was still in this! Just as Sakura was psyching herself up again and preparing to endure the tickling for hours to come...it suddenly stopped.
   "Break," she said simply. "Moving on."
   Hinata drew her hands away from Sakura's feet and looked over at Ino. The blonde ninja gulped fearfully at the sight of those cold, focused eyes, but Sakura didn't care. She was just happy to be able to breathe again...what a relief. Hinata got to her feet and walked over to where Ino's sandaled feet were sticking out of her stocks, she knelt down in front of them and smiled slightly. 
   "H-Hinata! Y-you'd better not even th-think about it!" Ino threatened nervously. She struggled against her bonds as well as the stocks and desperately tried to break herself free of her restraints. Her struggles proved fruitless though and she got nowhere at all. Poor Ino, she must have been very ticklish. Hinata wouldn't have any trouble at all breaking her.
   "Where is your most ticklish spot?" Hinata inquired, still showing no emotion.
   Ino bit her bottom lip and looked at Hinata nervously, she knew as well as Sakura did that if she didn't tell Hinata, then the ninja would surely just figure it out for herself. After a moment's hesitation, Ino made a smart decision. One that probably saved her a hell of a lot of tickling.
   "R-ribs...my ribs..." she admitted with a bright red blush spreading across her cheeks. Hinata seemed disappointed to hear this, as if she had been hoping that she would get to tickle Ino's feet. With a small nod, Hinata got to her feet and made her way up so that she was kneeling beside Ino.
   "Very well. Let's start," she said, placing her hands on either side of Ino's ribs.
   "W-wait, I- Ah! Nohohohohohohohohohohohohohoho! Nnngh! I wasn't reheheheady! Hmmnn! Oh my gohohohohohohohohod! Nnngh! Stop! Stop!" Ino tried her best to hold her laughter in, but Sakura could tell by the look on her face that she wasn't going to last ten seconds. It made her feel better about the fact that she had lost her cool too. At least she had lasted longer than ten seconds! 
   "Wow, she's a really ticklish one, huh?!" Naruto snickered as he watched Ino squirm around and try her best not to laugh.
   "Ino! Don't let them get you that easy!" Tenten scolded. 
   "Shut up! Nnngh! Not the rihihihihihihihihihihihihibs! Plehehehehehehehehehehehehehehease! Tickle Tenten! Mmmnnnn! She deserves ihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihit! Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe! Stop!" Ino squealed and pleaded as her delicate, bare sides were tickled by Hinata's perfectly manicured nails. Sakura watched with interest as her old nemesis struggle against her ticklish torture and couldn't help but feel kind of bad for her. Ino's ribs were completely bare, due to the fact that she always wore that purple top that left her completely exposed. Poor Ino. Oh well though, better her than Sakura!
   "Do you give up?" Hinata inquired as she continued her enjoyable teasing of Ino's delicate ribcage.
   "Yehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehes! Stoooohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohop! Pleeeehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehease! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaa!" Ino gave in quickly. Her cheeks were bright red and she had tears streaming down from her bright blue eyes. Yeah, she was done. Sakura could only hope that Hinata wasn't going to come back to her feet again. Sakura wasn't sure how much more tickling she could handle.
   "Very well," Hinata replied. She then stopped her tickling onslaught of Ino's delicate ribs and climbed to her feet once more. Ino slumped forward immediately, breathing hard and trying her best to regain her lost oxygen. What a drama-queen. 
   "You're...so...going...down..." Ino panted while trying to catch her breath. 
   Hinata completely ignored Ino's threat and turned her emotionless gaze on Tenten. Thank goodness...it wasn't Sakura's turn again. That was kind of a mean and selfish thing to think, but this was a deadly situation that they were in. Survival of the fittest.
   "Bring it," Tenten said with a confident smile. Sakura stared at her with astonishment, Tenten actually wanted Hinata to tickle her? Was she crazy?! Or maybe Tenten was just tougher than either Sakura or Hinata... No way! 
   Sakura was about to speak up against this and take Tenten's place. Nobody was tougher than Sakura, even when it came to something as simple as tickling. Nobody! Sakura opened her mouth to declare this fact, when something quite unexpected happened. Temari woke up.
   "Mmmm...what...? What's going...on?" she suddenly muttered. Hinata, Ino, and Tenten looked over at the cute blonde with surprise and saw that she was just starting to stir. Her dark green eyes opened groggily and she looked over at Sakura and the others. At first she didn't seem to register the fact that she was tied up. After a moment though, her eyes suddenly grew wide and she looked down with shock and began struggling against her bonds frantically. "What the?! Guys! What's going on?! Who tied us up?! Hinata, help us!"
   Hinata ignored Temari completley and instead looked behind her. Sakura followed Hinata's gaze as best she could, trying to see what the girl was looking at, but being tied up made it a little bit difficult. She finally managed to turn her body just enough to where she could see behind her...and what she saw made the blood freeze in her veins freeze. There, standing behind Hinata were...five different Narutos. 
   "You know what to do, Hinata," they all five said at the exact same time.
   "Right," Hinata agreed. She then turned and ran off into the woods, disappearing the way she had come when she had brought Temari back with the stocks. Where was she going? 
   Sakura didn't have time to worry about that right now though. Her main concern was the five Narutos. What was Naruto doing summoning his Shadow Clones. Sakura had a feeling what he was going to do...but she didn't like it.
   "Now then. Let's begin the real test!" the Narutos declared, each one wearing a deviously demonic grin. Each chose a girl and stood in front of them. One clone in particular stood over next to Temari and watched with enthusiasm, his arms folded across his chest and a happy grin on his face. Sakura knew immediately that he was the real Naruto. Coward. 
   "So, it was your feet, right?" the clone standing in front of Sakura inquired suddenly, drawing her attention back to him. She glared at him and refused to answer. Did he really think she was just going to tell him? No way! This test might have been ordered by Lady Tsunade, but Sakura wasn't going to be some helpless little damsel that told her captors everything. No. If they wanted information, then they'd just have to figure it out for themselves.
   "Your ribs, huh?" inquired the clone that stood beside Ino. The tired blonde looked up at him and glared, she wasn't going to tell him anything either. At least she wasn't a total sell out.
   "What about you? Where are you most ticklish?" the clones standing in front of Tenten and Temari both asked simultaneously. Temari stared at her clone with confusion, but Tenten just narrowed her eyes and smiled at the challenge.
   "Under my arms. That's my worst spot," Tenten answered immediately.
   "What're you talking about? Untie us!" Temari demanded angrily. The poor girl still had no idea what type of situation they were. Sakura wished that she could tell her, but she didn't have the heart.
   "Tell me...or we'll find it for myself," Temari's clone threatened. Temari narrowed her eyes at him and strained the ropes that were keeping her wrists tied down to the arms of her chair. She was getting angry.
   "Is that a threat?" she inquired in a dangerously quiet tone. Sakura was even slightly intimidated by the fire that burned bright in Temari's eyes. Naruto really didn't know who he was messing with. 
   "Suit yourself," the clone shrugged. "I'll just have to...search for it."
   Sakura's eyes were riveted on the scene as she watched the clone kneel down in front of Temari's feet. She wanted to see what happened, however, her show was suddenly interrupted as she felt fingers rake up the bare soles of her feet.
   "AH! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! No! No dohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohon't! Nnngh!" Sakura burst out giggling at the sudden tickling to her feet. She wasn't ready! So not fair!
   "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! No! Plehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehease! I quihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihit! No more! No more! Stohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohop!" Ino squealed and giggled right along side Sakura. The blonde ninja was having her delicate ribcage tormented once more by her own clone. Ino had obviously already thrown in the towel and given up. The clone didn't seem to care though, he was grinning evilly and continuing to tickle her without pausing.
   "Nnngh! Hehehehehehehehehe! Not there!" giggled Tenten suddenly from the other side of Sakura. The pink-haired ninja girl turned her head to her left while still resisting her own tickling as best she could. Tenten was grinning like a madman and squirming around in her chair, her toes were scrunched up and her hands balled into fists. The clone was standing on the other side of her and grinning broadly as he wiggled his fingers underneath Tenten's arms, tickling the poor girls worst spot. Tenten wouldn't last very long.
   "Hey, what're you- Ah! Nnngh! Mmnnnn! Nohohohohohohohohohohoho!" Temari's giggles suddenly erupted from the right. Sakura looked back over and saw that the blonde was now undergoing her own torture. She was grinning just as broadly as Tenten and struggling against her bonds like her life depended on it. Her sandals had been removed and her bare toes were being tickle tormented by the wiggling fingers of the Naruto clone who knelt there. Temari wouldn't last either. This was awful!
   Sakura tried her best to continue resisting the tickling, but it was just too much for her to handle. The clone was almost as good as Hinata whenever it came to tickling! When he went for her toes...Sakura finally snapped.
   "AAAAH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP! I GIVE UP! I GIVE HAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP! PLEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE!" Sakura burst out laughing. How embarrassing, she had broken. Sakura had failed the test! Lady Tsunade wouldn't be pleased.
   "There it is!" taunted the clone tickling Sakura's feet. "It took you long enough to finally give up!"
   "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SHUT UP! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP! I GIVE UP! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! PLEHEHEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOOOP!" Sakura laughed in reply, losing control completley and giving herself up to the ticklish sensations that flooded through her entire body. Resisting was too hard, she had been bested, now all she wanted was for the tickling to stop! But the infernal clone just continued to tickle her toes with one hand while raking his nails up and down and side to side on both of her soles simultaneously, driving the poor ninja insane. If this didn't stop soon, then Sakura felt certain that she would pass out!
   "Did she give up?" inquired the clone tickling Ino with a devious smile.
   "Yep!" the clone tickling Sakura confirmed.
   "I'm still working on this one!" added the clone tickling Tenten.
   "Same here!" agreed the clone tickling Temari's feet.
   Was Sakura the only one that had cracked so far? How humiliating! She tried her best to stop the flow of laughter that was pouring out of her, but it was no use...it was too much for her to handle.
   "Hehehehehehehehehehe! Ah! Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Stop! Plehehehehehehehehehehehehehehease!" Ino pleaded through her giggles. Her clone ignored her though and continued to tease her ultra ticklish ribcage expertly. Seeing that his tactics so far weren't working to make Ino completley cave, he decided to do something else...something that gave Sakura chills as she watched through her tear-filled eyes. The clone leaned down, without missing a beat, still tickling Ino's ribcage and placed his mouth over her exposed bellybutton. For a second nothing happened...but then...
   "AAAAAAAAH! AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! ANYTHING BUT THAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAT! PLEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE! AH! GET YOUR TONGUE OUTTA THEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHERE! STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP!" Ino suddenly burst out with hysterical laughter as the clone expertly tormented her bellybutton and ribs. That was just cruel.
   "Wow...I wanna try that!" the clone tormenting Sakura's feet exclaimed with joy. 
   "NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! DON'T YOU DAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHARE! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Sakura demanded through her laughter. There was no way she was going to let him lick her feet! The little sicko!
   "There's nothing you can do to stop me!" the cloned sneered. Then, without waiting for Sakura to reply, he stuck out his tongue and placed it on the sole of her right foot. Sakura's eyes grew wide as she felt the warm, slimy tongue slide up her foot. For a moment she fell silent, her eyes wide and her mouth agape. Only for a moment though...then...
   "HAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH MY GOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOD! STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP! PLEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEEEEEASE! PLEASE! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! ENOUGH! ENOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOUGH! STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOOOOP!" Sakura screamed with laughter as she lost all sense of control and released every ounce of laughter she had inside of her. Never before had she felt something like this! It was torture that she wouldn't wish upon her worst enemy!
   "Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe! Sakura! Nnngh! Don't give up!" cried Tenten beside her. Easy for her to say! She wasn't undergoing the worst form of torture in history!
   "AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOT IN THE BELLYBUTTON! PLEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE! STOOOOOOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP!" cried Ino as she too was driven insane by the tickling she was undergoing. Why wouldn't the stupid clones stop?! They had already given up, there was no need to continue the test any further!
   "Haaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Stohohohohohohohohohohohohohohop! Plehehehehehehehehehehehease! I give up! Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe!" giggled Temari hysterically as she continued to wiggle around in her bonds. The poor girl had never had a chance. Who could have thought that there was actually somebody more ticklish than Sakura? Certainly not Sakura!
   "Already?" inquired the clone tickling Temari's feet. "We're just gettin' started though!"
   "Hehehehehehehehehehehehe! Stoooohohohohohohohohohohohohohohop!" Temari giggled in reply.
   "Alright," the clone groaned, obviously disappointed. The clone stopped tickling Temari's feet and looked over at the clone that was still tickling Tenten. Sakura followed his gaze and through her tear-filled eyes, she could see that Tenten was still resisting the laughter that was without a doubt building up inside of her.
   "Nnngh! I wohohohohohon't laugh!" Tenten declared through gritted teeth. It was quite apparent that she was the toughest one here. Sakura had broken first...so did that make her the weakest one here? How humiliating!
   "Alright guys, that's enough of that," the real Naruto suddenly ordered. Instantly the Shadow Clones vanished in puffs of smoke. The tickle torture ended abruptly, but it couldn't have been at a better time. Sakura had honestly been about to pee herself! Now that the evil tickling clone was gone, she could finally breathe easy again. She slumped back in her chair and breathed in deeply, enjoying the sweet, sweet oxygen that filled her screaming lungs.
   "Ha...finally...it's over..." Ino breathed with relief. Sakura couldn't help but agree with her old rival. This had been a truly awful experience, Sakura had been through tortures so demonically painful that she couldn't even stand to remember them, but this...this was torture put the others to shame. Sakura would hold a mental scar of this day for as long as she lived.
   "I...win!" Tenten cheered tiredly. She was just as worn out as the rest of them, no doubt she had been about to break as well before Naruto had called a stop to their torture. Why had he done that though? Sakura had been so relieved that the tickling had ended that she hadn't even thought about why Naruto had stopped his clones. Had they passed the test?
   "Are you ready?" Naruto asked suddenly. Sakura jumped with surprise and looked over to her right to find that Naruto was standing right beside her! 
   "What?!" Sakura exclaimed in surprise. What did Naruto want with her now?
   "Are you ready?" Naruto repeated himself.
   "Ready for what? I thought were done!" Sakura replied nervously. She couldn't take anymore tickling! Naruto had said that they were finished with the test. That little liar!
   "We've still got one more competitor in this test," Naruto answered her ominously. "I'm gonna need your help to get the laughter out of this one...trust me."
   Sakura stared at Naruto with shock and confusion, what was he getting at? There was no one else here. The toughest one here was Tenten. Sakura looked over at the brunette ninja sitting beside her curiously. Tenten looked right back at her, her pretty caramel brown eyes were filled with fear at the prospect of going through the dreaded tickling again. Could Naruto mean her?
   "No, not you, Ten," he assured the frightened ninja. Tenten breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in her chair again. It was good that she could relax. Sakura was still in this though, what exactly did Naruto want her to do?
   "Can you just let us go?" Temari put in suddenly. Sakura had actually almost forgotten that she was here, she looked past the still panting Ino and saw that Temari was glaring at Naruto with annoyance, her green eyes filled with the fiery rage of Hell itself. Uh-oh. It was good thing Naruto was fast, because once he released them from their bonds...he would have to run.
   Sakura expected Naruto to deny Temari's request of being set free, but instead he did something extremely unexpected...he smiled and nodded.
   "Sure," he said. "You guys all passed the test. You're free to go now, but you wanna pick a bone with somebody, then go after Grandma Tsunade. She's the one that told me to catch all of ya and make you do this test! Don't shoot the messenger!"
   "We wouldn't last ten seconds against her!" Ino exclaimed angrily.
   "Well...sucks to be you!" Naruto smirked. Sakura glared at him angrily, she was definitely gonna knock his teeth out once he released her! 
   Naruto smiled at the angry glares that all four girls gave him. He was really pushing his luck! 
   "Let us go already!" Ino demanded. She struggled against her bonds even more and gritted her teeth angrily at Naruto. Ino might have been a loudmouthed blonde, but she could do some damage whenever she was pissed off.
   "Fine, fine," Naruto said with a smile of amusement. With a quick swipe of both hands in either direction, the ropes binding the girls' wrists were suddenly sliced in half and fell away from them, releasing them. 
   "Finally!" Ino exclaimed with drama. She quickly leaned forward and cut through the lock on the stocks restraining her feet and threw them off. She then climbed to her feet, picked up her shoes and turned to leave. Before she vanished, however, she turned around and gave Naruto a quick punch in the arm, flicked him off, then disappeared in a puff of smoke.
   Tenten was next, she got to her feet, stretched her arms and flexed her fingers. She then pulled out a small mace from the pouch on her side...and slammed it into Naruto's head!
   "Don't ever do this again!" she whispered angrily. She withdrew her mace from Naruto's head and vanished as well.
   Temari came next. She got to her feet, glared at Naruto for a moment, but then just shook her head. 
   "You're not worth the effort," she said with derision. She then turned and vanished along with the others, leaving Sakura and Naruto all by themselves.
   Naruto rubbed the knot on his head and looked down at Sakura with a smile of amusement. Sakura was planning on knocking him across the forest, but she refrained, she still needed to know what he wanted her to do. Apparently she wasn't done just yet and if it was Lady Tsunade's wish for her to continue this test...then she would oblige.
   "Now that they're all gone...it's time for our toughest competitor," he said with a devious grin. Sakura didn't reply, she merely stared at him with a blank expression, she wasn't going to let him know that she was curious. When Sakura didn't reply, Naruto shrugged and turned his attention to the forest behind her. "Come on out!"
   Sakura heard a sudden rustling of leaves behind her and jumped to her feet swiftly. She spun around and prepared herself for a fight, she wasn't sure who Naruto was bringing out, but if they were as tough as he had said...then this would truly be a difficult fight indeed. The tree branches shook for a moment, but then someone unexpected stepped out and Sakura caught her breath at the sight of them.
   "I'm here," Hinata said with a shy blush.
   "Hinata?!" Sakura exclaimed with surprise.
   "Our toughest competitor," Naruto confirmed. Hinata's blush grew bigger from Naruto's praise of her toughness and looked away from the two of them shyly.
   "Th-thank you..."
   Naruto smiled and made his way over to Hinata, he draped an arm over her shoulders and quickly guided the shy ninja over to the stocks that had previously held Sakura. Hinata sat down in the chair without question and placed her feet gently into the stocks, where Naruto quickly locked them in. He then quickly tied her wrists to the arms of the chair and stood back to admire his handiwork. Hinata was now completely immobile. At the their mercy.
   "You ready?" Naruto asked Sakura with a devious grin. He knelt down in front of Hinata's bare feet and smiled at them. 
   "I'm ready," Sakura replied emotionlessly. She wasn't enjoying this, but she knew that it was Lady Tsunade's orders, therefore she would follow them without question.
   Naruto smiled and nodded towards Hinata's upper-body. Obviously he wanted Sakura to tickle Hinata's upper-body. With a sigh, Sakura made her over to Hinata and knelt down beside her. She placed her hands on Hinata's sides and prepared to start tickling her old friend.
   "Go!" Naruto ordered. He swiftly started to tickle Hinata's bare feet, causing a reaction that both startled and shocked Sakura at the exact same time.
   "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THAT TIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHICKLES! NARUTOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!" Hinata immediately burst with laughter. Sakura stared at the shy ninja with surprise, wasn't she supposed to be the toughest out of all of them?
   "Go on, Sakura! It'll take everything we've got to make her give up!" Naruto shouted over the loud laughter coming from their friend. Sakura stared at him for a moment in confusion, what was he talking about? Hinata was laughing already, she had obviously already given up, so why would they need to continue?
   "HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! NEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEVER! I WOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHON'T QUIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIT! AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Hinata declared defiantly through her hysterical laughter. All at once it dawned on Sakura, Hinata was laughing...but she wasn't giving up! 
   "Hurry!" Naruto ordered with a happy grin. He was obviously enjoying himself quite thoroughly. Creepy little bastard.
   "Fine, whatever!" Sakura shouted back and quickly started kneading her fingers into Hinata's delicate ribcage and belly. This achieved maximum output from Hinata.
   "AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! NOT YOU TOOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOO! SAKURA! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!" Hinata's laughter increased exponentially and grew greatly in volume.
   Sakura looked up at her friend with surprise and lessened her tickling onslaught slightly, she didn't want to hurt Hinata. The look on Hinata's face, however, told Sakura that the shy ninja was far from giving up. Hinata's cheeks weren't even red, her eyes were closed, but there no sign of strain...it was as if they weren't even doing anything to her. Amazing.
   "I told you so!" Naruto said with a devious grin. "She's tough as nails! Pick up the pace, Sakura, go for her bellybutton!"
   Sakura hesitated for a moment, but then nodded and did as he had instructed. She quickly slipped her hands underneath Hinata's jacket and felt the warm-skinned belly underneath. Hinata's skin was surprisingly soft, Sakura quickly found the small hole that was Hinata's bellybutton and swiftly dipped her finger into it, where she then began to swirl it around and wiggle it like a worm. The reaction was instantaneous.
   "HAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! NOT THE BEHEHEEHEHEEEELLYBUTTON! PLEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE! SAKURA STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP! HEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!" Hinata screamed with ticklish laughter as her bellybutton was teased by Sakura's finger. Wow, this must have been Hinata's tickle spot. How interesting.
   "Do you give up?" Naruto inquired with a devious grin.
   "NEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEVER! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOT THE TOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOES!" Hinata laughed defiantly. She really was tough!
   "One last chance!" Naruto said to Sakura. "Blow a raspberry into her bellybutton...I'll take care of her feet."
   Sakura nodded in agreement and quickly pulled Hinata's jacket up and leaned forward, she placed her mouth over Hinata's bellybutton and looked over at Naruto for the signal. She couldn't see his face because he was leaned very close to Hinata's feet. What was he doing?
   "Now!" he shouted suddenly. 
   Sakura wasted no time, she quickly took in a deep breath and then blew into Hinata's bellybutton, making a raspberry that would surely never be forgotten. At first there was no reaction from Hinata, she stayed silent for a millisecond and Sakura though that the raspberry hadn't worked...but then it happened.
   "AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOHOHOHOHOOOOOO! NOT THAT! NOT THAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAT! PLEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE! EEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! STOP! STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP! I GIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIVE! AH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I GIVE UP!" Hinata gave in.
   Sakura smiled with success and drew her mouth away from Hinata's belly. Success! Sakura smiled over at Naruto and saw that him draw away from Hinata's feet and fall back on his haunches with a happy grin. They had won!
   "Oh...that was...torture..." Hinata said breathlessly. Sakura looked up at her friend and saw that her face was now bright red and there were tear stains all over her cheeks. Whoops, maybe they had gone too far.
   "You ok?" she asked with worry. Hinata smiled and nodded reassuringly.
   "Yeah...just winded..." she replied. 
   Sakura quickly climbed to her feet and cut Hinata free of the ropes, she then freed her feet from the stocks and pulled Hinata up onto her feet. The shy ninja was a little uncertain on her feet for a moment, but she quickly regained her head and became surefooted once more. Once Sakura was sure that Hinata was alright, she turned her attention to the blonde boy sitting on the ground in front of her, becoming instantly serious.
   "You little troll," she snarled. 
   Naruto's expression suddenly became fearful and he swiftly started to crawl backwards away from Sakura's rage, but Sakura wasn't letting him get away that easily. She quickly advanced on him, grabbed him the collar of his orange and black jacket and pulled him up onto his feet so that their noses were an inch away from each other.
   "S-Sakura...I was just following orders!" he said nervously.
   "Shut it!" Sakura interrupted his pathetic excuses. He was gonna get exactly what was coming to him! Did he really think that he could just kidnap her and the other girls and force them to endure the worst torture known to man? No way in Hell!
   "But I-"
   "Listen to me!" Sakura interrupted him. "If you ever and I mean ever even think about doing this again...I'll rip you apart! Do you understand me?!"
   Naruto gulped and nodded quickly. Sakura glared at him for a moment more, making sure that the message was clear, she then threw him away from her and ran off swiftly into the forest.
   Sakura wanted to get as far away from this place as she possibly could. As she ran though, she couldn't help but think back to how she had given in so easily to the tickling of that clone. Naruto was truly an evil ninja whenever it came to his skills of tickling. Sakura swore to herself that one day soon, she would get strong enough to resist the dreaded tickling completley. Stupid Naruto. One day she would be strong enough to resist his tickling.
   No matter how much Sakura tried to convince herself of it though, she couldn't stop herself from thinking of how...fun it had been. The tickling had been torturous, sure...but it had also been fun. Sakura should have been able to break those ropes with ease, but she had felt as weak as a puppy, completely helpless. Why had that been? Could it be that she actually enjoyed being tickled? No way! Sakura hated to be tickled...right?


THE END...?
The 3rd request on my list of requests. This one was made by :iconremirtheshadow: he wanted to see the five most popular girls from Naruto getting tickled, but resisting the tickling for a brief period of time. Let me tell you guys, this was hard O.O I'm sick as a dog and I'm pretty sure that's why most of the story is all jacked up. Sorry about that. I hope it's good though, he says it is :D

Anyway, Sakura, Hinata, Temari, Ino, and of course Tenten all get tickled in this very long story O.o can you guess who's the toughest? I guarantee that you'll be surprised :D

Enjoy guys :)
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