Naruto: Dilemma
Battle Royale Pt. 1: Big News!

"Naruto-Aniki!" Naruto turned around to see his twin, Naren, running at a breakneck speed toward him. She couldn't stop and ran straight into him, knocking them both to the ground.
"Aniki, you'll never guess what happened," said Naren, sitting up on his stomach. Naruto laughed. "It would probably be easier to guess if I could breathe" he said. Naren giggled and got up, helping Naruto up at the same time.
"Now," said Naruto, wiping the dirt off his pants. "What's up?"
Naren could hardly contain her excitement. "Tsunade-baachan said we could take a whole month's vacation! Isn't that great!?" Naren was positively jumping for joy. Naruto smiled.
"Awesome, but what's the catch?" he asked.
"We have to have to compete in an all out battle royale with all the chuunin," said Naren, positively beaming. "It's so exciting. I've wanted to show off my awesome skills ever since we got home!"
Naruto could barely contain his excitement either. The last time he had fought with the original rookie 9 was almost four years ago during his first chuunin exam and that had been disastrous. He took Naren's hand.
"Come on," he said. "I want to talk to Baachan about this." He and Naren jumped onto the rooftops and made their way to Hokage Manor.

"Are you sure this is a good idea, Tsunade-sama?" asked Sakura. Tsunade leaned back in her chair and nodded. "Yes, I'm sure it is." She said. Shizune stood against the wall behind her, holding the small pig, TonTon. She wore an expression that matched Sakura's feelings of uneasiness.
"What's wrong Sakura?" asked Tsunade. "You don't think they could handle it?"
"I didn't say that, Tsunade-sama," said Sakura, shaking her head. "Naruto and Naren are more than capable of competing. It's just…" Sakura let her words trail off.
"You're worried that their demons will break loose in the midst of a match?" asked Tsunade, as if she knew what Sakura was thinking. "Don't worry about that Sakura. I believe they would have to be in extreme situations for anything like that to happen, and we won't let it get that far."
"But still…," muttered Sakura. "What if?"
"Than we have a way to handle it," said Tsunade. "There's a special jutsu designed to keep the twins contained if they begin to change. Yamato will then use his Mokuton for Naruto, and a seal has been made for Naren."
"H...Hai," said Sakura. But I can't shake the feeling that nothing good will come from this battle royale, she thought.
"Speak of the devils," said Tsunade. Naruto and Naren had just walked through the door. "You know, I just don't think I could get used to this twin thing. It's very odd to see a girl who looks uncannily like you, Naruto," laughed Tsunade. Naren giggled too.
"I'm sure you'll get used to it soon, Baachan," said Naren.
Naruto put his hands in his pockets. "What's this about a battle royale, Baachan?" He asked, watching amused as Tsunade became annoyed with their use of the word "baachan".
"Will you two stop calling me that," growled Tsunade. Naruto and Naren looked at each other. "No," they said in unison. A vein began to pulse in Tsunade's forehead.
"I have decided to have a little tournament between all the chuunin," said Tsunade through gritted teeth. I want my sake, she thought. "The rules are the same as the tournament from the chuunin exam, but, instead of a promotion, the winners get a month off from missions."
"Sounds like fun," said Naruto and Naren together. "But neither me nor Naren are chuunin, baachan," said Naruto.
"As of today, you've been promoted," said Tsunade, clapping her hands together. "Both of you have shown the valor and skill necessary for a promotion from the report of your last mission. I will warn you though, don't take this promotion lightly. Especially you, Naruto."
"Got it," said Naruto, grinning from ear to ear. Naren wore and identical grin.
"Good. You have two days to prepare," said Tsunade.

"Can you believe it, Imouto*?" said Naruto. "We got promoted!"
"Well after what we went through on that last mission, I'd say it's well deserved," scoffed Naren. The two siblings had just gotten back to the apartment they now shared. Naruto slept on a futon in the living room, while Naren had taken his old room. This was the temporary arrangement until they got a bigger home. Naren took off her black and orange, short-sleeved jacket and hung it on the rack by its orange hood next to Naruto's jacket. She flung herself onto the couch, and picked up a book she had found while digging in Naruto's closet. A Ninja's Guide to Ninja Weaponry it was called. Why she found it so interesting, Naruto never knew.
"Well yeah, but I wasn't expecting it anytime soon," said Naruto, sitting down beside her and turning on the TV. There was nothing on so he turned it off.
"This tournament came out of nowhere, didn't it?" said Naruto. "What do you think?"
"I think it's great," said Naren, turning a page. She was half-way through. "Hey, will you buy me a pair of these nun chucks?" she asked, showing him the picture.
"Why do you want nun chucks?" asked Naruto, taking the book to get a closer look.
"Cause they're fun to use," said Naren, taking the book back.
"Why can't you buy them," said Naruto, checking his frog wallet (tehe;p). It was about empty. "I'm broke."
"Because I want them to be a present from my Aniki on my birthday?" she said. "I'm getting you a present to you know."
"But that's not till a month away," said Naruto. "Maybe you'll change your mind."
"Maybe," said Naren, resuming her reading. "But I would like to have them before the tournament so I can use them." Naruto smiled. Maybe he would get her the nun chucks, but just because.

*Imouto means little sister in Japanese
Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto
Naruto: Dilemma © Smash-chan77