Another fanfic I couldn't keep bottled up inside! Of course, this maymake my updatinga bit slower, but...meh. It's okay! This fanfic's updating will be based on reviews! If I don't get over three reviews on this fic, I won't update. The reviews will start to increase once this fic gets better known, but I'm gonna need your reviews! Especially for the plot of the story. Know why? All right,I have to put this up because some people are too lazy to read the Author's Notes. They're there for a reason, you know!
IMPORTANT! READ PLEASE!
Because YOU (yes YOU) will be voting for thenominees! Yep. Oh, and in case anybody doesn't remember, Suzume is that black-haired lady with the glasses that taught Ino and Sakura's flower-arranging class thing...not that it really matters. She's just there.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
"Welcome to the Shinobis Choice Awards," Suzume announced. She had a microphone and was wearing a nice dress. She walked onto the red carpet where the ninjas were continuously walking across. "I'm Suzume, and this is Umino Iruka, a fellow teacher of the young Ninja Academy!"
Iruka waved. He was in a tuxedo and also had a microphone. "Thanks, Suzume! It looks like everyone's here for this tonight! A night where enemies settle their differences again for this time of the year! Oh look! Here comes Team 7, consisting of the famous Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, and Uzumaki Naruto! They were all chosen by the three legendary sannin! I'm glad Sasuke made it! But it looks like they're Kakashi-less!"
"Who would miss this?" Suzume laughed. "Oh! Uchiha Sasuke, over here!" Suzume exclaimed, stepping in front of Team 7. "I hear that Uchiha Itachi is coming to the Shinobis Choice Awards again this year! After last year's catastrophe, do you think you can keep your cool through the Best Uchiha Award?"
"I'm not obliged to answer," Sasuke said, crossing his arms.
"He won last year, and you were awfully—"
"It was a fluke!" Sasuke shouted, storming past Suzume and Iruka. "Naruto! Sakura! Move it!"
"Oh Sasuke-kun…" Sakura said worriedly shaking her head.
"He's in denial. Itachi's much cooler," Naruto said to Iruka as he and Sakura ran after Sasuke.
"And here comes the rival of Team 7's Hatake Kakashi and his students!" Iruka said. "Maito Gai! What are your thoughts about the Best Teacher Award?"
"I will win this year!" Gai declared as his eyes turned into flaming fireballs of youth and passion. "Even though I am older and Kakashi won again last year, I am more youthful than my cool and hip eternal rival Kakashi! Not to mention Kakashi doesn't stand a chance against my students' youthfulness! More than half of his students grew up in tragedy, and between you and me, they still are!"
"But what about your students? From what I heard, Rock Lee and Hyuuga Neji had a pretty tragic life, hadn't they?" Suzume asked.
"We're right here," Neji said, annoyed. He was in the traditional Hyuuga garments.
"NONSENSE!" Gai boomed. "My Lee is as youthful as I am!"
"Thank you, Gai-sensei!" Lee said, sprouting tears. He was wearing a bright green tuxedo and his orange legwarmers, a mirror image of Gai. "And we are going to defeat our opponents and win all the awards! Yeah!"
"That's pretty youthful," Iruka commented.
"Yes! And I feel that Neji has seen the light and will be almost as youthful!" Gai said, looking hopeful at Neji.
Neji just stared.
"C'mon, we have to get good seats," Tenten urged, moving her team along. She was wearing a dark green Chinese dress.
"Tenten! Do you feel that you will be a good candidate for the Best Kunoichi Award?" Suzume asked. "Last year you didn't even place in the tope four nominees!"
"Well," Tenten said, keeping her cool. "I think I will this year. The other girls seem to be dropping in their ninja career, in my opinion of course."
"WHAT?"
"Oh! Here comes Team 10!" Suzume exclaimed.
Ino stomped over to Tenten and pointed a finger at her. "Listen here, girl! No one is going to win that award except me!" she said ambitiously.
"Yamanaka Ino, what makes you so sure Sakura won't win this year too?" Suzume asked.
"Sakura?" Tenten and Ino said at the same time.
"Oh please," Ino said. "I've been working so hard this year and there's no way Miss Billboard Brow will win again. If you ask me, that envelope was rigged or something, because he doesn't do anything at all!"
"Enough with the gossip," Shikamaru groaned. "Let's just go in. Staying here is troublesome and these flashing lights are irritable."
"Yeah," Asuma said. "Listen to Shikamaru. Let's just go inside before the crowds show up."
"Fine," Ino said. "Chouji! Don't bring those in, there'll be lots of gourmet food inside!"
"But I never go anywhere without my chips!" Chouji exclaimed, munching on his bag of chips. I mean chips. Not bag.
Team Gai and Team 10 left.
"Who're those ninja walking down the carpet?" Suzume asked.
"Why, it's Team 8!" Iruka exclaimed all too happily. "How are you doing, Team 8?"
"Yahoo! We're feeling awesome!" Kiba cheered. "We're gonna win! Team 8!"
"We-We're f-fine Iruka-sensei," Hinata whispered.
Shino just stood there.
"Kurenai, how are you feeling this year?" Suzume asked.
"What do you mean by that?" Kurenai asked, cracking a forced smile.
"Well, last year no one on your team received any awards," Suzume said. "And they were all beat out by Hatake Kakashi, including you. I mean, in each award—"
"Yes, yes, I get it," Kurenai said hastily. "Kakashi obviously gets more than he's worth, I can tell you that. And I'll have you know, my students placed in all the nominees."
"But Hatake Kakashi—"
"I don't want to know about Kakashi," Kurenai interrupted angrily. "And I bet if his team wasn't being trained by the three legendary sannin, they'd be close to nothing!" She stomped away as everyone cleared the pathway.
"Er…I-It was n-nice t-to see you two again," Hinata stuttered.
"TEAM 8 RULES!" Kiba shouted. Akamaru barked. "Oh yeah, and hi mom."
"I'm Shino," Shino said.
The three left after their sensei.
"No wonder they didn't win squat," Suzume muttered.
"Suzume! Look who decided to show up this year!" Iruka exclaimed. "The Sand Siblings!"
Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, and Baki were walking down the carpet menacingly. Everyone stopped their flashing cameras after Gaara hadgiven them all a decent death glare.
"Er…." Suzume and Iruka stood to the side to let the Sand Sibs through.
Kankuro and Temari waved slightly but Gaara and Baki just walked silently.
"Well, I guess we didn't get anything out of that," Suzume sighed.
"Yes, but maybe we'll get something out of the Akatsuki!" Iruka said optimistically.
"OMG!" Suzume exclaimed. "Here comes Itachi, Kisame, Deidara, Zetsu, Sasori, and the Akatsuki Leader! And…Tobi? I though he wasn't an Akatsuki…"
"Please, Zetsu-san!" Tobi said as they walked towards the two academy teachers.
"No," Zetsu said. "It isn't my place to—"
"But Tobi is—"
"A good boy, I know," Zetsu said, annoyed.
"Itachi! You're brother has said that your win over the Best Uchiha Award was a fluke. What do you have to say about this?" Suzume asked eagerly.
Itachi just sighed. "Of course my brother would say such an untrue statement. He, of course, is too weak to defeat me. Even over something as simple as an award."
"NOT TRUE!" Sasuke hollered, running out of the building where the awards would be given. He pointed dramatically at Itachi. "Itachi! Fight me now!"
"Foolish LITTLE brother," Itachi said uninterestedly. "This, as you know, is the Shinobis Choice Awards. Everyone is at peace. No fighting is going on at this time."
"Argh!" Sasuke exclaimed as some ANBU ninja grabbed him from behind and pulled him back in. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
Itachi shook his head. "Tsk, tsk, little brother," Itachi said.
"Akatsuki Leader," Iruka said. "Will your identity be revealed tonight? Everyone's been dying to know!"
"Ha," the Akatsuki Leader who will be known as Al (lol) said. He was wearing a big overcoat and mask. "There is no way you will ever know. I have the shadows on my side. Which reminds me, there is a dark side of the room, right?"
"As always," Iruka said.
"Excellent…" He snapped his fingers and the others followed him. "Come! I wish to get a table before Orochimaru steals our spot like last time…" They left.
"Speaking or Orochimaru, here he comes with Kabuto!" Suzume announced.
Orochimaru came running across the carpet when he was stopped by the teachers.
"Orochimaru! It is an honor to have you here this year again! You worthless peace of scum!"
"Yes, yes," Orochimaru said, trying to get past. "Sasuke's in there, isn't he? He told me that he'd wait for me outside the lair, the little brat!"
"Taught him everything he knows, you did," Kabuto reminded him.
"Oh yeah."
The two made their way into the building.
"We should be getting in there too!" Iruka said.
"That's right, and not to mention there will be some special guests here as well! Like Zabuza and Haku, the Hokages, and more!" Suzume said.
"How is that possible?" Iruka asked excitedly.
Suzume shrugged.
"The world may never know!" They both laughed at their little coincidence and sighed.
"Let's go in after the cheesy opening number," Iruka said. "I don't feel like watching the ANBU, jounin, and examiners sing again."
"Oh yes," Suzume said. "But Ibiki has a surprisingly good singing voice."
"That he does," Iruka nodded. "That he does…"
Theawards for the next chapter will be...the...:
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Sorry. Had to do that. The...:
Best Dressed Award- The Shinobi with the best-looking clothes! Who wants to go around ninja-ing in hobo clothes?
Nicest Shinobi Award-The Shinobi with a solidgold heart!Not allninja are total jerks, you know.
Best Hair Award-The Shinobi with thegreatest hair in the world!A Shinobi not only needs good clothes and a good head on their shoulders, but they need good hair on that good head.
Best Weapon- The Shinobi with the best weapon, usually located on their back!Fans, Gourds, Puppets, Swords, the possibilities are endless!
BestGlare-The Shinobi with the best glare that givespeople ascare! You can't be an intimidating ninja without an award-winning glare!
That's all for now, folks! Let's see how THIS fic will go along. There ARE such things as failures...until next time!
-TTF