U--Oi, naruto.

Wake up. Wake up right now.

Wake up stupid.

N--Gah! Eh? Urochi?

U--Yeah, stupid. Me.

N--Hey! Who are you calling stupid?!

U--You, idiot. Sigh. You're so troublesome when you just wake up...

N--Urochi...you sound like Shikamaru...

U--Hm? Oh! Hey naruto.

N--...? Um, Urochi are you okay? You kind of spaced out for a second there.

U--Oh, yeah. I just space out a lot, it makes me feel free and happy. Sigh...

N--...Yeah...Urochi, you really are starting to sound like Shikamaru.

U--Oh, well... I'm happy either way. Acting or not as Shikamaru.

N--I guess to each their own, right? -;

U--Yep...

N--Yeah...

U--...

N--...

N--Well, gotta get back to training, y'know?

U--Oh yeah! Naruto! I was gonna ask you, can I train with you? I'm pretty much bored, so I thought, 'hey! Why don't I train?' And who none other than you, Naruto, to train with, hm?

N--What, what kind of question is that? Of course you can train with me! It's never fun to train with yourself alone, anyway!

U--Good! What shall we do?

N--Um...how about throwing practice?

U--Yeah! That's a good idea! I bet I can beat you in number of bullseyes!

N--You're on!

-At the hyuga house-

Hi--neji, it's time for your training.

Ne--Hai.

K--Hm, when is hinata coming out?

S--She'll be here soon.

tap tap

H--huff, huff, sorry I'm late everyone.

K--Hey! No big deal!

H--So what's the training with Kurenai-sensei going to be like today?

K--I think she's making us do tree practice today.

S--No kiba. Kurenai-sensei told us that we were going to work individually on our techniques today, then practice our techniques with each other the next day.

K--You can actually remember all that stuff? All I hear are the days that we train on.

H--Well, it's all fine to me.

K--Yeah, hey, hinata, why doesn't your father ever practice with you?

H--...I... I think that... he still thinks that I'm a failure...

K--What?! That's crap!

H--Which is why I'm grateful that you're helping me train.

K--No problem, Hinata! We're you're teammates and friends we wouldn't shove you off as if you were an annoying fly!

A--Arf!

H--Thank you Kiba-kun, Akamaru-kun, Shino-kun.

K--Oi, Shino. What's with you? You only spoke once and that was when you were telling us about the training that we have planned for today. Eh? Shino?

S--...Kiba...Kurenai-sensei also told us that she would give a signal for us to train. But, I haven't seen or noticed it yet.

K--Actually, I heard something about that too...where is it?

they all looked around

H--Isn't that Naruto and Urochi over there?

K--Hey, it is! Oi! Naruto! Urochi!

Urochi and Naruto turned their heads to look at them

U--Hey guys! Care to join us?

K--We're waiting for Kurenai-sensei.

U--Well then, you're going to have to wait a long time! I think she was in the hospital, last time I heard!

'What?!' all three said in unison

-a few moments later, at the hospital-


K--Kurenai-sensei, what happened to you in one day?!

Ku--Hm?

Oh, I had an early mission that I thought would give me no problems. Apparently I was mistaken.

S--What happened?

Ku--I was ran over .

H--B-by what?

Ku--By...

U--Oh! Oh! I know this one! You were ran over because you got in between the end of school bell, and the entrance to the academy, right?

Ku--...how on earth did you know?

U--It happened to me once, it left me emotionally scarred and traumatized for a lllooonnnggg time.

Ku--...

K--And she says this with a smile...

-Hyuga House Residence-

Hi--Neji, let's take a break.

Ne--Hai.

Sigh...

Hi--Something troubling you Neji?

Ne--I don't know, ever since the fight with Naruto, and you telling me about my father, I feel a little empty...

Hi--Hm...?

Ne--Er, I mean, just a little...

Hi--Sigh I know what you mean, Neji.

Ne--?

Hi--Ever since that day when your father felt to take that huge sacrifice, I've felt very different.

Ne--Hiashi...-looks down- well, -smiles- we better get back to training, right?

Hi--Very well, Neji. We will continue...

U--Well, Naruto, we better get back to training.

Oh! Yeah!

You guys willing to join us?

K--Sure! We could do some sparring with each other! I'll beat you this time Naruto!

N--In your dreams, loser!

U--Sigh guys can be so tedious.

If we're going to spar...

Everyone: Hm?

U--Then we should invite others to fight with us.

N--Yeah! That's a great idea! Believe it!

U--Ok, then. If we're going to invite people I'll gather them up. You guys go on over to the area.

N--Urochi, you know this isn't a mission.

U--Have you ever seen how many people make a huge fuss out of these types of things?

N--...

U--Trust me, I'll get a lot of other people to come. In the meantime, Why don't we make this a bit more interesting?

Eh?

U--Why don't we make this a tournament?

Eh?!

U--Yeah, it'll be great. Whoever the champion is of the whole tournament, will get a prize!

S--Hm. I can see that.

N--Yeah! Let's do it!

N--I'll bite!

H--M-me too.

U--Then let's make this the best tournament ever!!

Everyone: Yeah!

N--Believe it!

-Several minutes pass-

U--Ok, we'll need to get the prizes.

N--Prizes?

U--Yes. You know, first, second, and third?

N--Oh, yeah! The prizes...

U--Then we'll need permission from the fifth.

And we also need some volunteer prizes.

N--I'll work on the information from Granny Tsunade.

K--Shino and I will get the prizes.

U--And, obviously, I, get the people to come.

H--Er... what do I do?

U--Hm? Oh Hinata, um. Why don't you get the tournament set up?

H--Hunh?

U--You know, like, building the area, getting paper sheets stuff like that.

H--But...!

U--Don't worry we'll come by to help you when we're done! Ok?

H--O-ok...

U--Then...let's get this thing started!!!!

Yeah!