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CHAPTER 4

It was the end of school now as kids flooded around the locker area. 'Troublesome' Shikamaru thought as he tripped over Steve. He took his bag and walked down towards the gym, it was tryouts for football but Gai promised Shikamaru a spot if the pads fit him.

Naruto, Kiba, and Choji all said they would go too, just to make Shikamaru feel better. 'I hope football's good for college...' Shikamaru wondered as he walked down the stairs. He took the easiest route to the gym, and opened up the door. He looked inside and there were mats all over the floor. 'Oh yeah, you get tackled in this...' This was why he didn't play football as a kid...

Gai sensei was handing out pads, and helmets. Sasuke had his already he was being a suck-up and practiced with Gai over the summer. Shikamaru took the gear and headed into the locker room.

Five Minutes Later

"WHAT THE HELL?!?" Shikamaru shouted as he fell to the ground, tangled up in his equipment. He flopped around for a moment until it got too tiresome. "First time?" a voice came, standing over him. He flopped over one more time to see who it was. Sai stood over him chuckling.

"I would ask you to help me out if I wasn't so sure you were gay" Shikamaru said annoyed. Sai laughed again, " I can assure you I'm not"

"Bi?" Shikamaru asked sarcastically. "Well, I'm currently going out with a lady" Sai's grin widened. "Do you know Ino?"

DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUN

Ino and Sai? How...When...Why?

Shikamaru didn't know what to think. He liked Ino, a lot, then Sai comes along... 'I hate Sai' Shikamaru concluded.

Neji finally came along and helped out Shikamaru, nice kid, nice kid. Shikamaru got his pads on, the right way and walked out side the gym. There were a lot of kids here, he spotted Naruto and Choji and walked over to them. "Where's Kiba?" Shikamaru asked. They pointed at the center of the gym where you saw Kiba running around like a little kid running from the closet monster with a football under his arm. Well Shikamaru could understand, it was Sasuke trying to tackle him.

After Kiba got tackled Gai called out, "Loss of 25 yards!" it got a few laughs. Kiba walked slowly over to the sidelines where all the other kids stood. " I'm feeling a little off today" he said rotating his shoulder, "A little?" Naruto asked laughing.

"Naruto Uzumaki!" Gai called up. Naruto walked up, it was one on one running, an offensive player got the ball, Gai yelled, Hike, or something along those lines... And you ran by him. Naruto got set, Sasuke the same, "Stupid Sasuke" Naruto said, this was intense, "Stupid Blond kid" Sasuke responded.

"HIKY0RZ$!"

Sasuke ran at Naruto and Naruto put his hand out to stiff arm him. He held him away for a little bit but eventually Sasuke got the better of him. He pummeled Naruto to the ground and continued crushing him. "Stupid Blond Kid" Sasuke said getting up.

"Gain of 10! First Down" Gai shouted.

That drill was over as the group started to do catching, you had the Corner Back's covering you as you tried to get opened.

Kiba said everyone he was better at catching than anyone else. Covering him was Sai, which Shikamaru thought couldn't end well if Kiba got tackled. "WE NEED A QUARTER BACK" Gai shouted as if he was trying to notify the whole world. "Shikamaru Nara" He read off his clip board.

He sighed as he walked up to the mat. He held the football on the ground, he knew a little about Football, but enough to get him by.

"Hike" Shikamaru said dully as Kiba broke out in a sprint. He ran a cross pattern. Shikamaru noticed Sai running to the back of Kiba. Shikamaru then grinned. He beamed the ball at Sai. It hit him in the face mask and was lodged in there. Shikamaru chuckled.

"Do Over!" Gai yelled as he pulled the football from Sai's face.

" Hike" he said again as Kiba ran the same pattern.

'If I pass it at this distance at a regular speed, Kiba would run by it, So then..."

Shikamaru darted a pass directly where Kiba would end up if he kept running at that same speed. Kiba caught the ball directly at his chest and Sai brought him to the ground. Shikamaru turned away...

The rest of practice finished up as Gai began calling out positions.

"Sasuke Uchiha: Safety"

"Sai (?) : Corner Back

"Neji Hyuga: Receiver

"Kiba Inuzuka: Receiver

"Naruto Uzumaki: Running Back

"Choji Akimichi: Offensive Lineman

"Shikamaru Nara: Quarter Back"

whoooo

"Random Kid #14: Tight End"

"I prefer Steve" He called out.