Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Actually, I only own half of this idea. My friend from dance helped me come up with the dares. She's addicted to this story.
Dedication: I would like to dedicate this story to my cousin David, since this scares him so much. They say you have to face your fears to overcome them. Maybe enough AU will show him that the regular Naruto characters are pretty cool.
A/N: Yes, I was unaware of the whole 'fighting-each-other' part when I wrote this. This is completely off the canon plot line for a growing list of reasons. That's not going to change.
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6:00pm
"Yeah, all done, WE PASSED!" A blonde-haired ninja yelled, jumping around the room of his old school and proceeding to damage everything in his path.
"It feels kinda like when Kakashi-sensai passed us the very first time," whispered a pink-haired girl, watching as her crazed teammate attempted to bounce off some excess energy. The third member of team seven was leaning against one of the walls, waiting for their sensai to arrive so he could leave. Then again, I should be used to this by now. When has he ever been on time? thought the raven-haired ninja.
His eyelids had begun to droop when a loud bang announced the arrival of the rest of the rookie nine. They were all shouting and patting each other on the back. They had all passed! Something none of them had expected to happen. A few minutes later, Rock Lee, Tenten, and Neji walked in as well. Lee was carrying a huge bottle of some clear liquid. His teammate, Tenten, was carrying a hat and several glasses. Neji was carrying his usual frown. Placing the three items on the desk, the team turned to face the rookie nine.
"We are the only teams to pass," said Neji. "Some tradition dictates that we must spend the night in this room. The only items we are allowed to use to pass the time are the hat, whatever's in it, the liquid, which is also the only thing we are allowed to eat, and these cups."
"What!" shouted Naruto. "All night with some of you people could be lethal!"
"You may leave, but they will make you take the test again. This is all they are providing, and there are guards all around the building.
"Actually Neji, Gai-sensai said they bring in food at about midnight, so there's no point in leaving at all," said Tenten.
"Snacks aren't an issue." Finding a chair, Chouji began digging through his bag, producing several bags of chips. "We can do this, easy."
"How about we see what's in that hat. Besides, I'm bored." The comment had come from a medium height boy with brown hair. It stuck out from the back of his head, making the whole appendage look sort of like a pineapple.
"You're always bored, Shikamaru" replied a tall blonde girl. Her hair was pulled back into a high ponytail, except for one part at the front, which never did anything else, no matter how hard she tried.
"You're no better Ino," pointed out Neji. He walked over to the hat and reached in. He pulled out a piece of paper. It read:
Congratulations, you've made great progress! You've discovered the beginning of the end of this ritual! Here are the rules, the steps, and a few warnings:
Instructions:
Step 1: Each person must pull out a sheet of paper from the hat. A name is written on the paper. The drawer must read the paper, aloud, to the person whose name is on the paper.
Step 2: The person whose name is one the paper must do EXACTLY as the paper says.
Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until there is no more paper in the hat.
Rules:
NO QUESTIONS! Do as the paper says, or fail the exam.
All must be finished before midnight.
NO COMPLAINING! Chunins don't complain.
You may NEVER speak of this to anyone whose name does not come out of the hat. Doing so will cause said offender to be reverted back to level of genin, PERMENTLY!
Warnings:
This will involve breaking rules. DON'T GET CAUGHT!
This will involve being condescending (see rule 3)
This will probably result in lose of memory. That is normal; this is not something you want to remember, consciously.
Now you know how to end this, you maybe begin.
When Neji had finished reading the paper allowed he looked around at the others. "Shall we begin?" The group nodded, various annoyed and concerned faces greeting the speaker. "Anyone volunteering to be first?" No one raised their hand.
"Fine I'll go. Let's just get this over with. Dumb ritual…" Shikamaru walked up to the front of the classroom and thrust his hand into the hat. Pulling it back out, he looked at the name on the piece of paper.
"Well, who goes first?" asked Tenten.
A/N: Well, it's a bit improved. And yes, I am doing this in part because I haven't really figured out what chapter five is going to be. It will, however, have the ending of Naruto's dare.