Naruto Primer: The Teachers

Competition

"So what have your students been doing during this vacation that we have randomly given them?" Kakashi said randomly as they drank tea and ate scones with his three friends, Asuma, Kurenai and Gai.

"I don't think many of them are training." Said Asuma.

"Well I know MINE are!" said Gai.

"No way, Neji's too busy doing the Macarena." Said Kurenai.

"And isn't Tenten at the beach?" questioned Kakashi.

"And I saw Lee the other day standing around in front of a café for a couple of hours doing nothing." Asuma finished.

"Well I saw Kiba AND Naruto on a shopping spree the other day." Gai retorted. 

"I know this is kind of a jab on myself but I have seen Hinata at Build-A-Bear WAY too much…" Kurenai admitted.

"And every time I see Sasuke, he's either sitting around thinking or eating something." Asuma said.

"You're one to talk about your student eating too much." Said Kakashi.  "Or sitting around doing nothing for that matter.  You've got Shikamaru AND Chouji."

"Shikamaru is a chuunin." Said Asuma.  "I must have missed it when your students passed the chuunin exam."

Everyone gave Asuma a cold stare.  That was going WAY too far.  That was like a personal jab.

"I don't need to PROVE that my students are better." Kakashi said finally.

"Yes you do." Said Gai, clearing his throat.

"Hey, I know my students are worthy." Said Kakashi.  "They are the first three I have ever passed in my history of being a teacher.  That's got to mean something."

"Well Shikamaru is a chuunin." Asuma repeated.

"I think we need to settle this a different way." Said Kurenai.  "This is just like talking to three brick walls."

"Yeah, YOU guys are the brick walls." Said Gai.

"Maybe we should have some sort of competition to prove that my group is by far the best." Said Kurenai finished.

"I think that's a little unfair considering I've got a chuunin on my team." Said Asuma in a cocky tone.

"Well I have a Hyuuga genius on mine!" said Gai.

"I have a Hyuuga on my team too!" said Kurenai.

"And I've got the only member of the Uchiha family that's NOT evil." Kakashi said.  "And the possessed fox demon child.  Oh, I own you guys."

"Well your girl does nothing." Asuma pointed out.

"Neither does yours." Kakashi replied.

"All right, we're just going in circles again." Said Kurenai.  "We should just ACTUALLY throw this competition instead of hanging around here all day trying to decide whose team is the best.  And, actually, I have an entire plan written out since I've been wanting to challenge you all to one of these for the longest time but the situation has never presented itself!"

With that, she pulled out a huge piece of paper with diagrams drawn on it.

"You see, this competition will test all sorts of skills!" she explained.  "It's composed of five events, two of which will be completed by the entire team and the other three which will have two people from each team perform in.  Meaning one DIFFERENT person will sit out of one of the last three events."

"What sort of events?" Gai asked curiously.

"First of all, there's the triathlon to test their endurance." Kurenai began.  "That's the first race.  Second, it's a brain test to see how well they know each other.  The third is an obstacle course and then, the fourth and fifth events, are surprises!"

"Surprises?" said Kakashi.

"Yes!" Kurenai said.  "So what do you guys say?  You in?"

"Well, even though I don't NEED to prove that my team is the best considering I have a chuunin, I suppose I shouldn't lose the opportunity to kick your butts!!" said Asuma passionately.

"Yeah, but your chuunin…well, never mind." Said Kakashi.  "I'm in."

"So am I!" said Gai.

With that, they all jumped up and punched the air.