The Ultimate Konoha Idol!

By Tru and Neko

Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto or any Idol show.

Neko: So, this is our random Naruto Idol story! Hope you like it!

Tru: We hold no responsibilty for mental scarring, or spontaneous combustion of your brain. Enjoy :P

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CHAPTER 1: A Brilliant Idea!

It was a normal day in Konoha, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. The sun shone brightly down on the bustling village, citizens and ninja alike. The spring morning was warm and clear, not a cloud to be seen in the sky. The four youngest genin teams had a week's well-deserved break from missions, and so they took this day off to train.

All in all, according to one particular junior ninja, it was a very boring day.

"I'm bored!" whined Naruto for what must have been the 100th time that morning, trudging along with his team to their favorite training ground.

"We know," groaned Sakura, resisting an urge to hit her idiot teammate over the head. "Can't you shut your overlarge mouth for one minute?"

"Nope!" Naruto declared happily, doing a skip and tripping over a stone in the process.

"Dunce," muttered Sasuke, the third member of the cell, with a roll of his eyes as the team continued ahead.

"Hey! Wait up!" Naruto shouted after them, scrambling to his feet.

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A few minutes later, the ninja team arrived at the training ground to see it was already in use.

"Hey!" Naruto complained, having eventually caught up to his team. He pointed to the three ninja already practicing. "What are they doing here?"
The two ninja who had been dueling looked up. "I was about to ask the same thing!" growled Kiba.

"Arf!" agreed Akamaru, his loyal dog.

Shino, his opponent, said nothing, as usual.

"Oh…h-hi, N-n-naruto," stuttered Hinata, who had been watching her friends practice. She immediately flushed and looked at her feet.

"Hi, Hinata," Naruto consented, before returning his attention to Kiba. "We're here to train, so you'd better move out."

Kiba snorted. "We were here first! Go find somewhere else to play."

"Why you-" Naruto growled, balling his fists. As he took a step forward Sakura hit him over the head.

"Stop making things worse!" she yelled at him. Naruto shrank back; Sakura had a scary temper. Taking a deep breath, Sakura pasted on a smile and turned to face the other team. "Now, there must be some way we can work this out…" The dangerous glint in her eye remained, warning, You'll let us train or else!

Kiba was about to reply when a singsong voice called from the bushes, "Ahoy my youthful friends! Today seems to have brought out the youth in us all!"

The two teams momentarily forgot their feud. Kiba blanched; Akamaru cowered behind him and let out a low whine. Naruto moaned, "Not Bushy-Brow!"

A freak, sorry, boy in green spandex sauntered into view, his bowl-cut black hair shining in the sunlight. He smiled, and his pure-white teeth flashed blindingly. "My youthful friends! Why, it seems the youthful think alike on this day! We have all come to train…together!"

Kiba coughed. "No, actually we were just…leaving?" he ended waveringly as Lee embraced him round the shoulders.

"What a brilliant idea! We shall train TOGETHER! And the youthfulness in our hearts will SHINE!" He smiled as if to demonstrate this, and Kiba saw spots for a moment until Lee retreated from his face.

"Lee!" called a new voice. "Stop scaring the kiddies!"

Tenten, Lee's teammate, stood at the edge of the clearing with her arms crossed. Neji appeared reluctantly by her side a moment later.

The other two teams were so relieved to see Lee put distance between them that they almost forgot what Tenten had said. After a moment's processing, Naruto turned to her angrily.

"Hey, we're not kids-"

"We're only a year younger than you!" interrupted Kiba.

"Whatever," said Tenten. "We're here to train. We're still older than you, so that gives us superiority. Get lost."

Kiba and Naruto snapped at this; before they could charge, however, Hinata and Shino leaped on Kiba, and Sakura tackled Naruto while Sasuke stepped in front of him. Naturally Kiba and Naruto started thrashing, attempting to throw off their teammates. Doing so, Kiba accidentally body-checked Hinata, who flew into Naruto, who then stumbled and tripped up Shino and Kiba.

With a couple of shrieks and yells, they all toppled over onto Sasuke, forming a huge dog pile. Akamaru alone was unharmed; he sat beside the struggling mass of genin, tail thumping and tongue lolling in amusement.

Tenten, Lee, and Neji stared open-mouthed in shock at the whole scenario, which had taken less than five seconds to unfold. Well, Tenten and Lee were openmouthed; Neji just kind of stared impassively.

As the younger genin tried to fight their way free of the tangle obliviously, footsteps could be heard coming down the path. A moment later, Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino appeared in the clearing.

"…"

There was silence for a few seconds; then Ino ran toward the pile, screaming, "You're crushing poor Sasuke!" She tried to shove aside the mass of limbs on top of her beloved crush, but unfortunately this did not go without protest. An elbow to the knee and Ino was suddenly a part of the struggling mass.

"I'll help!" cried Choji, and with a mighty leap he landed on top of everyone. There came a groan and a few shouts of "Get off you idiot!" from below, before the whole pile continued to shove for freedom or just to push off Choji's weight.

Shikamaru sighed. "How troublesome."

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Meanwhile, four jonin were relaxing in their tower, enjoying the rare free time they had with no duties, training, or missions.

"I wonder how the genin are faring without us," commented Kurenai, leader of team eight (which consisted of Kiba, Hinata, and Shino).

"They are rejoicing in their YOUTHFULNESS!" cried Master Guy (it should be obvious which team is in his charge).

"Hn," said Kakashi, absorbed in his book.

"The break must be good for them, after all their work for the chunin exams," observed Kurenai.

"They have been training very hard lately," concurred Asuma, exhaling a cloud of cigarette smoke. He was commander of cell ten (Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji).

"They have all developed so much from when they left the Academy," continued Kurenai. "The improvement in their ninja skills is amazing."

Kakashi finally glanced up from his book. "What are you getting at, Kurenai?"

The female ninja leaned back against her chair, frowning slightly. "Well…lately I believe all of our training has focused on our students' ninja abilities: taijutsu, ninjustsu, and the like…"

"And?" Asuma raised an eyebrow.

"There are other skills, life skills, that they need to learn as well, if they wish to succeed as ninja," she said. "With my team, I made sure to emphasize teamwork and friendship – as well as my students' individual abilities - from the beginning. I want my students to become not only strong shinobi, but well-rounded individuals."

"Those skills do have importance," Kakashi nodded. "But why bring this up now?"

"All of our students have been granted the week off by the Hokage, correct?" Kurenai glanced around at the others, who all nodded. "I was thinking…perhaps we should do a joint training exercise which has nothing to do with ninja ability. Just for something different…to see what other skills they may have."

Asuma stroked his beard. "Very interesting idea, Kurenai."

Guy leaped to his feet. "My students are, of course, the most youthful! Their youthfulness will shine as a beacon for the others to follow!"

"Are you saying your students are better than ours?" Kakashi asked mildly.

"But of course they are! They are YOUTHFUL! And I lead the competition 50-49," he winked.

"I'm sorry," Kakashi said, "I must not have heard you correctly. Team Seven is obviously superior to yours. Did you not see Naruto defeat Neji during the chunin exams?"

"Touché," said Guy, deflating. "50-50."

Kurenai quickly stood between the two quarreling ninjas. "Alright, you two, stop it. Kakashi, must I remind you this isn't about our students' fighting abilities. It's different."

"But it is still a competition!" Guy proclaimed with the blaze back in his eyes. "That my team shall surely win, as we always have!"

Kakashi smirked, although this was unseen by the others due to his mask. "Don't underestimate Team Seven. We still have quite a few surprises up our sleeves."

"And don't forget Team Ten!" Asuma jumped to his feet. "I am confident in their abilities to give you two a run for your money!"

Kurenai watched helplessly as the males all glared at each other.

"I told you-" she began again, but this time Guy interrupted.

"Tell us the nature of this competition, so that my team may win it!"

"But-"

"Team Seven won't back down so easily."

"Team Ten will be there."

Three determined gazes stared her down.

Kurenai threw up her hands. "All right! Calm down! We'll have teams Seven, Eight, Guy, and Ten competing against each other…"

She paused, seeing the competitive glares exchanged. Boys, she thought with an inward roll of her eyes.

"…in a singing competition."

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