They split up first!

Thread blatantly stolen from Vesvius

"We should split up, to cover more ground." Sasuke said, easily sliding into a take charge roll. "I'll take Kiba and Shino to-"

"No, not a good idea." Naruto said. At Sakura's glare, he waved his hands hastilly. "No, not the splitting up part. We're too big a group now, and we'd just draw attention. But we should split up Kiba and Shino. They're our two best trackers, and one should be on each team.

Naruto and Sasuke glared at each other, a silent contest of wills taking place. Both wanted to be in charge, and neither was willing to back down. The staredown was broken up by Shino, for the first time anyone could think of, spoke up. "Naruto does raise a good point. If we are doing stealth and reconnaissance, sending both Kiba and I would be redundant."

Sasuke, not wanting to argue with the entire group, nodded. "Alright, good point, dead-last." Before Naruto could dispute the nickname, Sasuke looked over the other four genin, as if trying to decide which would be the least troubling. "I'll bring Shino and..." He looked over the girls exclusivly now, clearly not wanting to pick either fangirl, no matter how much it looked like Ino had reformed.

Sakura, however, mistook the look he gave her as him not wanting to hurt either of their feelings. "I'll go with you, Sasuke-kun!" Sasuke sent a look towards Naruto, who shrugged and made an after you gesture.

"Fine." Sasuke said. "I'll go after the-"

Once again, Sasuke was cut off, but this time by Ino. "Sasuke, you picked the teams, so one of us should pick the targets." Sasuke didn't look like he was used to being interrupted so many times in one day, but nodded none the less.

"Dead Last." he said, and Naruto's glare started again. "You pick."

"Alright." Naruto said, trying to ignore the nickname once again. "We'll go after the...