Chapter 2: Team 10

AN: I don't own Naruto. Takes place during the Wave Arc. I don't know if it will be as good as the first chapter, but considering the premise of the story does that mean if it isn't as good as the first one, it's actually better. Anyway, on with the story.

While Team 7 was on there way to Wave, he had one of his ANBU fetch Team 10. Hopefully this time it would turn out better than the last one. Once Team 10 arrived, he briefed them on their mission.

"Alright everyone, I tried to have Team 7 do this but they bombed the mission, so it's up to you to fix their mistakes, and do better than them. Now there are some good fanfiction out there, but there are also bad ones, so we're going to give everyone advice on how to write a good one. So going under the same account I made I want you to write one describing on how to make a good fanfiction that everyone will read. Do this right and you won't have to do D-rank missions for a year."

Everybody's eyes widened when they heard this, all of them thinking different things.

"This is troublesome. If I do this right I'll have less time to look at the clouds."

"With higher ranked missions, I'll get more money. And more money equals more food."

"With higher ranked missions, I'll be stronger than Sakura, and Sasuke-kun will like me more."

"Just something else I can impress Kurenai with."

"Well you have your orders. Dismissed," the Hokage said.

After lazing around for a couple of hours, Shikamaru decided to just get the mission out of the way, so he could go look at clouds again. He then proceeded to give the best advice to everyone on what to do when it concerns writing a fan fiction.

FAN FICTION ADVICE by Shikamaru Nara

Writing a fan fiction is too troublesome. Don't do it.

Ino then showed up and yelled at him on how it wasn't long enough, he didn't try, and it had no advice whatsoever. Sighing, he then redid the paper, while muttering something about troublesome blondes.

FAN FICTION and OTHER ADVICE by Shikamaru Nara

Writing fan fiction is troublesome. Don't write one. Annoying blondes are even more troublesome. Don't date one. Never call an Akamichi fat. It's too troublesome.

Little did Shikamaru know, in a few years he would go against his own advice, that he would not only date a blond, but write his very own fan fiction.

FAN FICTION ADVICE: PLOT by Ino Yamanaka

So now that grammar, pairings, flames, late updates, and Mary Sue's have been taken out of the way it's my turn to give you even better advice, and that's on how to make a good plot. A good plot is something that you need or people won't take the time to look at it. For example, pairing me up with Sasuke instead of Sakura is the start of a very good plot. I'm far better looking than her, I don't have a forehead the size of a billboard, and I wear better makeup than her. So yeah, I'm superior. Just the fact that I'm the heroine of the story will make it worthwhile.

I'll give you a good idea of what type of plot you should have. One day Sasuke-kun was walking down the street, when he saw the most beautiful girl in Konoha. She had long blond hair, had blue eyes, wore purple, and to top it off, she was the strongest girl in her clan. It was love at first sight. For several years they dated, and once they were of age, they married and lived happily ever after. The end. As for what happened during those years, well the readers don't need to know the details. They can figure it out. That's how the story should go.

A bad type of plot would be if he fell for a certain pink haired kunoichi instead of someone like me. After all, I have longer hair, and Sasuke-kun likes long hair.

REVIEWS by Asuma Sarutobi

When you write a fan fiction people may review your fic, or they may not. If they do, they may perform one of several jutsu's. The first is Review Style: Lazy Review no jutsu. You'd get that a lot from Shikamaru. Of course, first he has to put in the effort to actually review, so he probably wouldn't review at all. That's where they write a couple of words saying whether they liked it or not, but not telling you what they liked about it, or what they didn't like about it. The second jutsu is Review Style: Flames no Jutsu.

Now the Review Style: Flames no Jutsu, or flames for short, is when they swear at you, insult you in any immature way they possibly can, and actually consider that a review. However, there is a jutsu that is difficult to master. It's called Review Style: Constructive Criticism no Jutsu, or constructive criticism for short. This jutsu is where they take the time to tell you what they liked, didn't like, and how to improve on it.

Now how you take these reviews is up to you. You should probably take them all with a grain of salt. Especially, the Constructive Criticisim no Jutsu, since that really isn't helpful. I mean this is your story, what do they know?

FANFICTION IS LIKE FOOD by Choji Akamichi

This one isn't for the writers but for the readers. Just like food, you can tell if you'll like the fanfiction based on the title and summary alone. Like food, even if you don't try it, you can figure out whether it's good or not. You're just that good. I mean what's the point of reading their fanfic if you know right of the bat you aren't going to like it? You shouldn't care that the author put their time and effort into this because you know that you will not like it.

But just like food, even if you don't like it, other people might. I really love BBQ meat (ask Asuma sensei, since he usually pays), but would a vegetarian like it? No. Fan fiction is just like that. Some of them are like perfectly cooked meat and are delicious (really good), and others might be under cooked, it just needs some tweaking. Others are burned and need a rewrite, but then you have the vegetables, which is worse. But others might prefer their meat overcooked, rare, or even (shudder) salads.

On a side note Asuma-sensei is taking us out to lunch after we upload this chapter. He says I usually eat too much and nearly bankrupt him when we go out to eat. I don't think I order that much. It's usually just one of everything. Maybe seconds if I'm really hungry. Then there's dessert... maybe I should try to eat less. But it won't happen.

After Team 10 proudly uploaded the chapter, (and to Asuma's dismay, lunch with Choji) they go to the Hokage expecting praise on job well done. They didn't get it.

A/N: So that ends Chapter 2.