Naruto Primer: Team Asuma
That Restaurant That Has the Grill in the Middle and We Get the Food and Put it on the Grill and Then We Cook it Right There on the Table
Asuma is…well, he's pretty random. He's just another one of those teachers that ISN'T Kakashi. Nothing's particularly known about him except for the fact that he practically worships Shikamaru and his great IQ and his chuunin-ness and his skills at playing strategy games.
Asuma had been hoping to prove to everyone that his team was more powerful than they originally thought. You see, Asuma was usually at the butt of most jokes for having a lazy, weak team and was hoping that this competition would prove otherwise. Unfortunately for him, it only seemed to reinforce everyone's assumptions because the only event his team managed to win was the one concerning no physical motion or fighting.
"Well, it's good that you guys were able to look underneath the underneath and answer a few random questions about each other." Said Asuma. "But overall, no one really excelled in that competition."
"Especially Shikamaru." Said Ino bitterly.
"No." said Shikamaru. But he wasn't going to argue further.
"Since it seems to be the most logical thing to do, we're going to go through the entire competition step by step and discuss what we could have done to improve ourselves!" said Asuma. "The triathlon, you guys were…to put it simply… ABYSMAL."
"Hey, I didn't even do anything!" Ino argued.
"Well, I guess I can't hold you at fault there." Said Asuma. "But, Chouji, you really need to get in shape and Shikamaru…uh…I won't even go there."
"It was really annoying that you just decided that you didn't want to do the race anymore." Said Ino.
"I didn't decide I didn't want to do it, I just forgot about it." Shikamaru said.
"Even after I swam that ridiculous distance!" whined Chouji.
"I'm sorry Chouji." Said Shikamaru.
"I forgive you, Shikamaru." Said Chouji since Chouji ALSO worships Shikamaru.
"The Questionnaire Challenge…well, I was impressed." Asuma continued before they strayed from the topic too much. "You three were all able to answer questions that even I couldn't figure out the answer to! Except for that dinosaur one. I knew that one."
"Sure you did." Said Shikamaru.
"You're right, I didn't know that one either." Said Asuma, lowering his head in shame.
"That's all right." Said Shikamaru.
"I expected Shikamaru to do an excellent job in that event but for Chouji to have a come from behind answer…wow!" said Asuma, completely over the fact that he was shamed.
"What about me?" asked Ino.
"You would have gotten them wrong." Asuma said truthfully. "So why should I commend you?"
"I suppose…" Ino sighed.
"As for the three-legged race…" Asuma said.
"We came in second in that one!" cheered Chouji.
"But you only bettered a team that was disqualified and another team that was having some…er…directional difficulties." Asuma pointed out. "You finished almost five minutes after the first place team."
"So?" said the entire team. "At least we finished unlike some OTHER teams…" They started clearing their throat and uttering, 'Neji and Tenten' under their breath.
"But you didn't even finish the triathlon so don't even start with not finishing." Asuma said. "And, while we're talking about you guys NOT finishing, you also failed to complete the dancing competition. You were eliminated simply because you wouldn't dance more!"
"Why do we ninjas need to know how to dance?!" demanded Ino.
"It was a test of stamina and endurance described as a dance contest." Asuma explained. "So you guys technically came in last in THAT one too."
"No because we actually started the competition but the Lee and Neji team didn't start!" Chouji argued.
"Finally!" said Asuma, not wanting to admit that he was wrong. "The cooking contest! You did very well in that. If you had just made rice with your stir-fry then I am confident that you would have won!"
"Shikamaru said that he was going to do that." Chouji said.
"AND YOU BELIEVED HIM?!" yelled Ino and Asuma.
"Fine." Said Asuma. "Well, you guys obviously need some more physical training to work on your stamina and endurance. We'll start with a hundred laps."
Shikamaru cleared his throat and fluffed the collar of his chuunin vest.
"Oh all right guys." Said Asuma. "I'm kind of in the mood for barbeque. How about we go to that restaurant that has the grill in the middle and we get the food and put it on the grill and then we cook it right there on the table?"
"YEAH!!" cheered the team, but Chouji was the loudest.
With that, they proceeded to go to…you know, that restaurant with the grill in the middle where they could cook the food right then and there.