Annoy the hell out of your relatives! Play a Jingle Punx CD this Christmas! (By the way, who else isn't getting shit for Christmas this year? Raise your hand, don't be shy.)

Naruto: Ninja Burger Chronicles
Scroll Nine Part One: Ninja Games
By Kaori

One would think with all the noise going on up on the rooftop, someone would have come up here to see what was going on. However, since the hotel has twenty floors and no one was staying on the two floors below the roof, the ninja partying there would not be disturbed.

Team 7 stood at the door looking around at the scene in front of them. Instead of a normal-looking roof area you would expect, in its place appeared to be a spacious picnic ground that was larger than the roof itself. This was nothing more than the reality-warping power of so many ninja gathered in the same place.

"Well, well, well. Look who decided to show up!" a jovial voice called out. The trio turned to the right to see Team 8 walking towards them.

"Kiba." Leered Naruto. "Still carrying around that ridiculous thing I see."

"Akamaru is not a "ridiculous thing"." Glared the other boy. "You're just jealous of my cool backpack."

"You named it? Man, how pathetic can you get?"

"At least I don't live in a restaurant!"

"At least I know the difference between a pet and an accessory!"

Sasuke ignored them both, as he checked his watch. He was three hours and three minutes late. He dropped to his knees, raised his head and hands to the sky and screamed. "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Kiba, momentarily startled by the outburst looked in the Uchiha's direction as said boy shook his fists impotently at the heavens. "What's his problem?"

"Hm?" Naruto turned around to look as his male teammate. "Oh, he'll stop soon. He's always doing crap like that. Not sure why." Sakura hit him.

"Don't you talk about my Sasuke-kun like that! You're just jealous because he's a deep, sensitive, tortured genius and you're just a weird-looking dork with no fashion sense."

Before Naruto could retort, there was a high-pitched whine and the sound of someone tapping on a microphone.

"May I have your attention please? The Ninja Games are about to begin. All interested persons should register at the booth next to the bounce house. I repeat. The Ninja Games are about to begin. All interested persons should register at the booth next to the bounce house."

"All right! Shino, Hinata, let's go register! I hear there are some awesome prizes if you win!" Kiba exclaimed, grabbing his teammates by the hand and dragging them towards the bounce house.

"Ha! Like you could ever beat us backpack boy!" Naruto shot back, taking off after him. Sasuke wasn't too far behind, eager to redeem himself, while Sakura was hot on the dark-haired boy's tail.

"Everything is turning out just as I planned!" she thought. "Now I can show him how supportive and loving I am! I'll cheer for him from the sidelines, or maybe we can be partners! Yes! Once he sees how helpful and I am, he'll want to be with me! In your face Ino! Sasuke-kun WILL BE MIIIINE!"

Sakura's elation was short-lived, as Ino and Team 10 had gotten there first. Well, the only reason they were there at all was because the bounce house is right across from a refreshment stand.

"Sasuke-kun! You came!" squealed Ino, launching herself upon the resident emo (1). Fortunately for Sasuke, she was tackled out of the way by an irate Sakura. "What the hell are you doing? How dare you!"

"Me? How dare you!" screeched Sakura, strangling Ino with her own hair. "Sasuke is mine bitch! Miiiiiiiiiiiiine!"

Ino managed to roll over onto her back and headbutt the rose-haired girl. "Like hell he is! Sasuke would never fall in love with a skank like you!" she straddled Sakura and started slamming her head against the ground. "He belongs to ME!"

Naruto sidled over to Shikamaru and Chouji; the former watching the cat fight while the latter munched on popcorn.

"Aren't you going to stop them?" the blonde asked.

"Are you kidding?" Shikamaru snorted. "This is the first break I've had from Ino in a while and I'm not going to ruin it. If you're so concerned why don't you stop it?"

Naruto was about to reply when the sounds of fighting abruptly stopped. He looked over to see if one of the girls had finally succeeded in killing the other and was somewhat disappointed at what he saw. Disappointed, and jealous.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was livid. Ino and Sakura had only stopped fighting in order to properly ogle the one person he didn't want to see right now.

"Itachi." He hissed.

"Hello otouto, I see you decided to come after all. In fact, you're the last group to arrive." The older Uchiha said. "Alas though, it seems I owe cousin Tobi money now; I bet that you wouldn't come."

"Cry me a river." Scowled Sasuke. Itachi flicked him on the forehead.

"Ooooooiiii! Itachi!" an obnoxious voice yelled. Itachi actually looked annoyed as a maniacal looking ninja with rusty brown eyes and slicked-back hair.

"What do you want Hidan?" he scowled at the approaching ninja.

"Get your heathen ass over here! The Ninja Resources from the Kumo franchise challenged us to four on four DDR and we need another player! Deidara, Konan, and Tobi are waiting." said Hidan, grabbing Itachi by the arm.

"Why don't you get Kakuzu?" Itachi frowned, seemingly becoming more annoyed.

"Kakuzu can't dance worth shit! And before you ask, I can't find Sasori anywhere and Kisame is chasing girls. Now come on!"

"Come back god!" wailed Ino and Sakura, pathetically pawing at the air where Itachi had been.

"You never mentioned that you have an older brother." Shikamaru said to Sasuke.

"He's not important." Scowled the young Uchiha, pushing past the lethargic boy in order to get to the sign up booth. "Time to make my parents love me..." he muttered over the sheet.

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow but didn't comment.

1) Resident Emo would be the perfect title for a Resident Evil / Naruto crossover fanfic. Quick! Somebody write one!