{Disclaimer: instead of prizes, the story involves team members splitting prize money. Plus, I don't own any of the characters, stories, events, or props from either Naruto or Legends of the hidden temple.}
(moves through a jungle as noises are heard, birds chirping, jungle noises, monkey screeching, upbeat music, & gets out of the jungle to reveal a stone head)
Olmec's eyes glow red as he opens the show with "Legends…of the hidden...temple"!
The audience then sees a quick flash of the temple in the background.
Olmec then says "With your guide, Tsunade"!
Tsunade then appears being lowered from ceiling on a climbing rope with a harness.
Olmec continues with"and here she is now"!
Tsunade then unhooks herself from the rope and grabs a microphone from the top step before facing the camera.
She then said "Thank you very much! Thank you! Nice to see you!"
Tsunade turns to face Olmec
"Nice to see you, Olmec."
She turns around and looks into the camera close up.
Now Tsunade begins the show with "Hello and welcome to 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' where the rooms are filled with lost treasures, which are protected by mysterious Mayan temple guards. Only Olmec knows the legend behind each of the treasures."
She then turns towards Olmec to ask "Which one are we gonna here about today?"
Olmec replies with "The legend of the missing eye piece of Deidara".
Tsunade turns back around to face the camera before saying "Ah, Deidara's missing eye piece. Well, one of these six teams will have a chance to retrieve the missing eye piece."
Tsunade then introduces the teams and asks.
"Will it be the Red Jaguars?"
Asuma and Kurenai share a quick kiss on the lips.
"The Blue Baracudas?"
Shikamaru and Temari put an arm around each other's shoulders and wave at the camera.
"The Green Monkeys?"
Lee and Tenten smile at the camera and give a thumbs up.
"The Orange Iguanas?"
Naruto and Sakura double high five each other.
"The Purple Parrots?"
Kiba and Ino bark twice and meow once at camera with fierce looks on their faces.
"or The Silver Snakes?"
Neji and Hinata do the byakugan pose without actually turning the ability on.
Tsunade then continues with "They're gonna have to pass some pretty tough physical and mental tests, and in the end, only one team will earn the right to enter Olmec's Temple. But first they have to cross the moat, and Olmec will tell us how they'll have to do it today".
The camera then turned to the Olmec for a few seconds and to the moat respectively as the slow instruction music starts.
Olmec then explains the rules of the game. "Before you (the players) lay a pair of wet rotating platforms. When Tsunade gives the signal, the first player will jump on to the first platform; then when you are facing the right direction, jump to the next platform. Once you make it across, that will be your partners signal to do the same. If you slip and fall off or if any part of you touches the water, you must go back and begin again. Once both players are across run over and hit the gong."
The camera turned to Tsunade as she rings the silver teams gong as a demonstration.
Then a zoom in on Olmec as he finished the rules with "The first four teams to hit their gongs will go on to the next round." Then the music stops.
Tsunade became excited and asked "Ok then, Lets gets started. Teams, Are you ready?"
The teams all shouted out "YEAH!"
She then turned to Olmec and asks "Olmec, are you ready?"
Olmec replies with "Lets rock the moat, Let's rock the moat baby!"
Tsunade laughed for a second and said "Alrighty then! On your marks, get set, GO!"
The moat music begins to play and the game plays out as narrated by Tsunade.
Tsunade: "Alright, all (Kurenai, Shikamaru, Lee, Sakura, Kiba, and Hinata) reach the first platform. Trying to keep their balance, they wait for the platform to turn around,… and the jump; oh… Kurenai, Hinata, and Lee fall off and gotta go back. Shikamaru, Sakura, and Kiba make the jump and reach the other side. Now Temari, Naruto, and Ino go for the jump with Kurenai, Hinata, and Lee. They all jump and make it, oh kiba losses balance and falls the rest jump and only Naruto makes it to the second platform and reaches sakura. And they hit the gong!"
Naruto and Sakura ran over and rang the gong twice to make sure it worked.
Tsunade would continue with "Alright, one team is in, and Kurenai finally makes it across and so does Hinata. Now Asuma, and Neji make a jump for it. Asuma over shoots the jump while Neji hits the first platform. Lee jumps fast over both platforms without slip and now Tenten can try to cross. But Neji just hit the second platform and jumps into Hinata's arms. And they hit the gong."
Hinata hurried to the gong and rang it as Neji walks up to her.
Tsunade moves along and says "Alright 2 down, 2 to go. Now Temari and Ino are in a race for the other side and they both slip off the front of the second platform. While Tenten lands ass first of the first platform and struggles to get up, but does and makes the jump to the next platform. And Lee extends his hand to guide her off the platform and to the gong."
Lee and Tenten rang the gong simultaneously.
Tsunade concludes with "Only one more spot for the next round remains. Now it's up to Asuma, Temari, and Ino. They all make the first platform. They wait for a turn and jump again. Temari slips off and has to try again while Asuma and Ino make another jump to the gong and… Ino sliped out of kiba's arms and Asuma makes it to Kurenai and the last gong is rung."
Asuma tossed Kurenai toward the gong and she rang it 3 times with Asuma right behind her.
Then all the music stopped and Tsunade is shot on camera standing with the Silver Snakes.
Tsunade reports the results by saying "And there we have it, going on to the Steps of knowledge are the Silver Snakes, (applause) and the Orange Iguanas, (applause) and the Green Monkeys, (Applause) and finally the Red Jaguars (applause). The Purple Parrots and the Blue Barracudas put up a hell of a fight but they won't go away empty handed as they each will split $1000!"
During prize promo, the Blue Barracudas and Purple Parrots collected their $1000 each from Tsunade and left the show.
Tsunade now proceeded to line up the teams on the steps of knowledge.
the instruction music started up again.
Tsunade then explained what happens next before round 2 begins. "Teams, it is now time for the steps of knowledge. Olmec is now going to tell the story behind the legend but pay attention because your knowledge of the legend will bring you one step closer to the temple."
Olmec then tells the story behind the legend. "Among the Akatsuki was the most feared explosive men of all time, Deidara. Deidara was an expert in combining fire and thunder chakra to form the explosive element, which he would incorporate with his clay creations to form what he called "explosive art". His clay creations were born after deidara would spawn them from the mouths on the palms of his hands as the result of a stolen kinjutsu scroll. Sometime after joining the akatsuki, he would aid his partner Sasori in capturing Garra, the 5th Kazekage in order to extract the tailed beast within. Shortly after his plan succeeded he would try to escape from the leaf villages ninja squad by faking his death and would run into Sasuke who wanted to know where Itachi was hiding, which is why Deidara had his special genjutsu resistant eyepiece on his left eye for protection and long range sniping with explosives. Shortly before he would meet his death at the hands of Sasuke, he would commit suicide by self-explosion in a last breath attempt to kill Sasuke; which would fail. After Deidara died from the explosion, his eyepiece would be blown into the wind and make it's way into the temple. Your quest is to find the missing eyepiece and bring it back here."
All music then stops.
Tsunade then asked "Ok, so tell us where is the eye piece?"
Olmec answers with "The missing eye piece of Deidara can be found in the Tomb of the Headless Kings."
The camera shot the item in the lap of the right skeleton king for a few second before going back the steps.
Tsunade now explained the rules. "Ok, teams. You are now standing on the steps of knowledge. In a minute, Olmec will start asking questions about the legend. If you think you know the answer, stomp down on the ancient marking in front of you to buzz in, and I will call on you to answer if you buzz in first. If you're right you can move down to the next step. If you're wrong or run out of time (3 seconds), I'm gonna give one of the other teams a chance to answer." Tsunade walked down the steps while saying "The first 2 teams to make it to the bottom step will be one step closer to the temple. Let us begin. Olmec, we're now ready for your first question."
Now the Steps of Knowledge music started.
Olmec asked "When using explosive chakra, Deidara fused fire with what other element? Water, Thunder, or Earth?"
Sakura chimed in. Tsunade: "Orange Iguanas?"
Naruto answered with "Thunder." Olmec responded "Correct". An applause sounded.
Tsunade said "alright step on down, (Team stepped down) next question."
Olmec asked "On which eye did Deidara wear his eye piece? Left eye, right eye, or forehead eye?"
Tenten chimed in. Tsunade: "Green Monkeys?"
Tenten replied with "Left eye". Olmec replied "Correct". An applause sounded.
Tsunade then said "good call (team steps down). Next."
Olmec asked "What substance would Deidara infuse his explosive chakra into? Rocks, Mud, or Clay?"
Sakura chimed in. Tsunade: "Orange Iguanas?"
Sakura answered with "Clay." Olmec revealed "That is correct." An applause sounded.
Tsunade then said "Well done, (Teams stepped down) come on down. One more step for orange to make the temple games. Next Question."
Olmec asked "According to Deidara, what were his explosives viewed as? Art, magic, or music?"
Neji chimed in. Tsunade: "Silver Snakes?"
Neji shouted out "Art!" Olmec shouted just as loud "Correct!" An applause sounded.
Tsunade said "Nice move, step down (team stepped down). Next."
Olmec asked "What was the eyepiece used for-" Kurenai chimed in early.
Tsunade: "Red Jaguars?" Kurenai replied with "Sniping with long rang explosives"
Olmec then said "That is not one of our 3 answers and therefore incorrect. The full question is 'what was the eye piece used for protection against?' Taijutsu, genjutsu, or ninjutsu?"
Naruto chimed in. Tsunade: "Orange Iguanas?"
Naruto replied with "Genjutsu." Olmec said "That is correct." A Big applause sounded.
Tsunade then said with excitement "Yes! (The team stepped down and hugged) We have our first team going to the temple games, which is the Orange Iguanas! There is still time for one more team to catch up, but which team will it be? The silver snakes, the red jaguars, or the green monkeys? Next Question."
Olmec asked "According to our legend, how did Deidara meet his death? Murder, Suicide, or exhaustion?"
Hinata chimed in. Tsunade: "Silver Snakes?"
Hinata answered "Suicide!" Olmec then said "Correct." An applause sounded.
Tsunade replied with "Good call. Step down (team steped down). One more step for silver. Next."
Olmec asked "Who was the Kazekage that was abducted by deidara? Garra, Sarutobi, or Yagura?"
Lee chimed in. Tsunade: "Green monkeys?"
Lee said "Garra" Olmec revealed "Correct." An applause sounded.
Tsunade then said "Alrighty then. (Team stepped down) Now green and silver are tied but red still has a chance to catch up if they act now. Next question."
Olmec asked "What was the name of Deidara's partner? Itachi, Sasori, or –" Asuma Chimed in early.
Tsunade: "Red Jaguars?" Asuma said "Sasori" Olmec replied "Right". (Applause)
Tsunade continued with "Now red is on the board! (Team stepped down) still a little more to go. Next."
Olmec asked "Who was the ninja that almost killed Deidara before his suicide? Itachi, Madara, or Sasuke?"
Hinata chimed in. Tsunade: "Silver Snakes?"
Neji answered "Sasuke" Olmec said "Correct." A Big applause sounded and the team stepped down and did a double high five.
Tsunade would proclaim "These 2 teams are going to the temple games! It will be the nimble Orange Iguanas vs. the mighty Silver snakes! (Tsunade gathered the other 2 teams on the middle step.) Sadly the Green monkeys and the Red Jaguars gave it their all but it wasn't enough. But don't worry I have your consolation prize of $5000 for each team. Enjoy it. (A Quick promo would play & Tsunade gave the teams the cosolation prize before leaving. Then shot of tsunade with Silver and Orange teams.) These 2 teams will be playing for the right to enter Olmec's temple, and the'll do it right after this."
The camera would do a close up of dark forest tree before commercial w/ 'to be continued music'.
[which team will make it to the temple? How many pendants will be won? Find out in the next chapter!]