For all of those people who read the prologue ("Chapter 1"), it is my great pleasure to announce the real first Chapter of this story. Sorry to keep you waiting. Enjoy!
Act 1: Formation
Section 1: Autumn Leaves
Chapter 1: Stimulate Your Mind
April 24, Year 1
The day was bright, warm even, though you wouldn't know this if you were one of the occupants of 4702 Sycamore. For inside 4702 Sycamore you will find five adult men soundly sleeping the day away, not a care in the world. Well four actually because one of them, the oldest, was nowhere to be found. This was odd in and of its self because these men would rise in the same order every day without fail and the one who was always the third one up was the one who was missing.
8:00 AM
But enough about that because the usual first one up has just woken up. He was a strange one, even by their standards, he was about 6'1", had the haircut of a six year old with the absurdly bright teeth to match. His name was Gai and he didn't even blink or nothing, he just bolted out of bed like it had tried to eat him or something and promptly began to stretch as if he were about to run a marathon. After he finished stretching he bounded down the stairs 3 at a time before rounding a corner and running down a hallway and into the kitchen. Slowing somewhat in the kitchen he went over to the fridge and got out some leftover rice from two days previously.
After eating breakfast he went down into the man-cave and began watching and participating in women's work-out videos. The man-cave was a small 14x22 underground bunker. It had stone walls and a dirt floor. On the walls were at least a dozen explicitly pornographic posters and hand-drawn pictures. In one corner was a mustard yellow reclining armchair, in another sat an old analogue television set on a small stool. Between these there was a pair of 6-foot movie racks. On another side just to the left of the armchair and across from the TV sat a large pasty-gray three seat couch that looked rather lumpy and moth-eaten. In front of the couch and farther to the left sat a rather large black bean-bag chair. In the middle of all this was a large coffee table that had only ever had three things placed on it, Feet, Beer, and porn, the latter of which was never talked about.
After about 10 minutes of working out, Gai's personal time was, as always, cut short by one Iruka Umino. He is the new guy, having only been in the group for about three months versus the nearly twenty years that the others had known each other. He was also, at 23, the youngest in the group by three years. He had a scar on the bridge of his nose, though from what nobody knew.
"Enjoying your work-out" Asked Iruka as he got a movie from the rack.
"Yosh" Yelled Gai. "The flames of my youth have never burned brighter".
"…" Iruka sighed. "I can only imagine"
"I have committed myself to 15 minutes of this work-out video, and if I do not make it to 15 minutes then I will run from here to Kumo and back"
"Uh…Right". Iruka sweat dropped
With that Iruka went over to the TV and took out Gai's work-out tape before replacing it with The Mummy, but not before Gai was able to see his time, 14:57.
11:15 AM
"Where's Jiraiya?" Asked Asuma who had just came downstairs.
"Don't know" replied Iruka.
Hmm, well anyway, I'm hungry so I'll be in the kitchen said Asuma
"Alright"
Where is Jiraiya?' Thought Iruka, He should be here, hell, he's always here, hmm maybe I should ask Gai when he gets back from his morning run, though that won't be for another 45 minutes, and then there's no telling if he knows anything in the first place.
Iruka Sighed than immediately sweat dropped when his stomach gave a rather loud growl.
That's right I never had any breakfast he thought, time to eat!
3:30 PM
"Yo, budge over" said Kakashi, "where's Jiraiya"?
"Who knows, he's been gone all day" said Iruka, Who was currently moving over to the lumpy side of the couch currently occupied by Gai.
"Do you guys have any idea what day it is" Asked a newly appearing Jiraiya.
"Nope" Chorused the four at once.
"Really...Oh come on it's the 24th "
"Oh, Right".
Then Asuma asked "Should I go get it now or should I wait half an hour"?
Everyone laughed remembering the incident 3 months before when Jiraiya had left for 30 minutes to get some last minute inspiration for his book which he wrote in installments while high. However during this particular mission, which was completely unplanned, he had somehow ended up with a semi-permanent Fist-Shaped mark on the left side of his face courtesy a big-breasted blond women's right-hook.
"Get it now, I have enough to work with"
"What do we have here"? asked Kakashi pulling a bottle out of the bag Jiraiya had with him. "A Forty of Jack Daniels, Nice"
"Yeah, I figured we could pass it around opposite the pipe" Said Jiraiya
"Sounds sweet man" said Asuma now with a pipe in hand, "Kakashi you got a light"?
"Right here"
"Alright let's do this"
20 Minutes Later
We find 5 happily stoned people. Iruka is lying flat on his back spread-eagled on the floor. The Biggest stupidest looking grin plastered across his face, Mouth hanging wide open. Gai can be seen prancing around the room in a very pixie-ish manner, occasionally making airplane noises. Jiraiya was writing a book. He was also heavily pink in the face. Kakashi and Asuma had their arms wrapped around each-other's shoulders, congratulating each other on just being that awesome and periodically making toasts to odd things such as; To all things which fly and to the makers of Cheese-Its. And now…
"To the flaming Omelet"
"Hey Man why do snort those, oh man i'll never look at snort nipples the same way again man". Iruka cut in following several seconds' silent laughter.
"How Come"? Asked Jiraiya without looking up
"That" Pointed Iruka. The Nipples look like, look like, look like"
"That's-"
"-FUCKED UP, WHAT DID THE NIPPLES EVER DO TO YOU" Bellowed Gai
"No man just snort look at those nipples man"
I AM AND ALL I'M SEEING IS A FINE-ASS PAIR OF TITS"
"Those nipples man"
"You know there are some really nice tits up there" said kakashi
"Yeah don't insult a nice pair of tits when ya see them" said Asuma."Even if the nipples do look like Jiraiyas"
"They do not"
"HE'S GOT A POINT YOU KNOW"
"See, even Gai can tell those nipples bear an uncanny resemblance to yours Jiraiya" said Kakashi
"Not you too, those do not resemble mine"
"Okay, look at your nipples then look at those nipples"
"Shit"
"Yes snort"
"Hey you should be glad you don't write picture books, they'd never sell" said Asuma
"Yeah, pictures one after another of jiraiya's nipples" laughed kakashi
"Ha, we are the nipples who don't do anything" sang Asuma. Everyone roared with laughter, even Jiraiya.
"Hey we should start a band" said Jiraiya out of nowhere
"Hey that's not a bad idea" Asuma Agreed
"I'm down"
"Sure man"
"WOO-HOO"
"It's a wrap then" said Jiraiya "we'll worry about the details tomorrow, now who's up for one last hit?
"WHRRRR"
Noon: The following day
"Fuck" Groaned Iruka
"Morning sunshine" said Jiraiya "How're you feeling"?
"Like Shit"
"Yeah, I'd imagine, you've been lying there in the same exact spot for over twenty hours now."
"Really"
"Yep"
"Lovely"
"Thank You"
"Shut Up"
A Few minutes silence followed then…
"Hey, Can you give me a hand here, I can't get up "
"You can't be serious"
"I'm not so get your ass over here and help me up"
"Alright alright, just chill out a second"
Jiraiya offered out an arm which Iruka took. After a few minutes practice, Iruka was able to walk around again without too much trouble.
"Where are the others"? He Asked
"Gai's out jogging, Asuma's getting ready for work and Kakashi's cataloging his instruments" Answered Jiraiya
About fifteen minutes later Gai came in looking unusually Gai-like quickly followed by Asuma.
"He says he'll be down in a minute" Said Asuma, answering Jiraiya's unasked question of 'how long will Kakashi keep us waiting'.
About 5 minutes later
Once Kakashi finally came in they began discussing the finer details of starting a band. First, it was decided that, while they could all sing decently well, that Asuma was to be lead vocals owing to the fact that his voice and ability were by far the best among them. Second, since it was the only instrument he knew how to play Jiraiya was stuck playing an upright bass. Third, Iruka for the same reasons as Jiraiya would be playing a keyboard. However, unlike Jiraiya, he was quite good with the keyboard, not that Jiraiya was bad or anything just that Iruka was a lot better. Fourth, Gai volunteered to be the percussionist, in other words the drummer because he did in fact have a drum set, though it was currently locked deep within a storage room. This left Kakashi to play the guitar, violin and almost any wind instrument they would need. He had them all and was highly skilled in most of them. At this point they adjourned because Asuma had to leave for work.
"Yo, where'd you say that storage place was again" Asked a bored looking Kakashi
"13107 SW Tobirama Freeway, Why"
"Because we're gotta get your drums from there, that's why"
"right, let me get the key"
1 Hour Later
The city of Konoha was massive. It had over a million people not counting suburbs and was very spread out. The Tobirama Freeway, which was named after the previous mayor, made a complete circle 30 miles in diameter around the city. The Storage House was a 20 mile journey across town with the added benefit of lunchtime rush-hour traffic involved.
"Here" Gai Called Out as they reached the storage house.
Kakashi pulled in and stopped. "What number is it?"
"37 "
Kakashi drove around while counting doors, 13… 25… 37. Maneuvering around so that the bed would be near the door he backed it up to within 30 inches of the door and placed it in park. He and Gai hopped out and while Gai unlocked the door he brought down the tail-gate.
"Alright, open it up" said Kakashi
Gai opened the door and lifted it up and outta the way.
Moving in Kakashi saw inside for the first time. He felt his jaw drop.
Alright I hoped you like it and please review. Thank You. Peace Out.
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