It was a sunny summer day in Konoha. All the ninja students were outside, in the same general area. Today was the day they would all train under their respective sensei together. On break, they would be allowed to interact with the members of the other teams. Ichiraku's was sponsoring the event, and so everyone could have free ramen during breaks. Everything was set up and ready to go. All of the sensei were there. Well, all but one.
Team 7 sat alone on the grass as the other teams began. Kakashi hadn't shown up yet, as usual. Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto were quite used to this. Kakashi was always late. They relegated themselves to waiting for him to show up.
Two hours later, when Kakashi STILL hadn't come, the members of team 7 decided to just screw it, and trained with team 8. Kiba, Shino and Hinata were cool, and Kurenai was an okay sensei, but it wasn't really the same.
Finally, dusk fell and everyone but team 7 had gone home. They sat on the grass once more, eating leftover ramen and waiting for Kakashi to come give some explanation for his absence. After a while, Kakashi did show up. He strode up to them in his usual manner. Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto seethed.
"Hey, guys." Kakashi greeted them. "What are you all doing out here?"
Naruto gritted his teeth. "Today was the group training event! Why didn't you show up?!"
"Oh, that was today?" Kakashi said. "I completely forgot. Guys, I'm so sorry."
"Sorry doesn't cut it," Sasuke said bitterly. "We waited for you all day. Why can't you ever be on time?"
Kakashi sighed. "I don't know," he said. "Look, I'll try to make it up to you guys somehow. I'm sorry." And with that, he took off.
Naruto fumed. "Man, I am so sick of this!" he yelled spastically.
"I'll say," growled Sasuke.
Sakura said, "He is completely useless." Naruto and Sasuke turned to stare at her, and the irony of what she'd just said. "What?" she asked.
"We'd be better off with any other sensei," Naruto declared. "Anyone!"
* * *
The next day, everyone assembled outside again. This time, Lady Tsunade had an announcement. And this time, Kakashi was actually there. His team still wasn't speaking to him.
"Attention all ninja students and sensei," Lady Tsunade began. "This week, we have decided to have you experience something unique; something we have never done before. Starting today, all teams will have their sensei changed."
Everyone started buzzing about the last of what she'd said. New sensei! Some ninja seemed excited, but others wore expressions of dread.
Lady Tsunade continued. "This change will last for six days. On the seventh day, each team will return to their original sensei. We think that by doing this, you will learn more about your teams, and about yourselves. I will announce which team goes with which sensei, and the change will begin right now."
This shocked every ninja student and sensei there. Everyone was speechless. Team 7, although unable to speak, looked very happy about the news. Kakashi looked distraught.
Lady Tsunade began reading off a list. "Team 6, you will go with Asuma. Your training will begin immediately." Neji, Ten-ten, and a stricken Lee silently walked to where Team 10 was standing. Shikamaru, Ino and Choji stepped aside.
Great, Asuma thought. Instead of team glutton, loud-mouth and slacker, I get team bun-head girl, asshole and douche bag. Sighing, Asuma walked off with his new team.
"Team 10, you will go with Kakashi." Shikamaru, Ino and Choji went over to Kakashi, and the four of them left to begin training. Shikamaru could be seen mouthing "What a drag."
"Team 7, you will go with Gai." Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura all gaped in open-mouthed shock. Lady Tsunade couldn't be serious. They slowly made their way to Gai, who was grinning insufferably at them. Lady Tsunade's voice droned in the background, reading off the other team's sensei. One thing was for sure: This was going to be a long week.
