Naruto Primer: Team Gai
Twister
Gai's TRUE rival is Kakashi. Everyone knows this, of course, because it's not like he goes around keeping it a secret. All he wants to do is prove that he's better than Kakashi for whatever reason he may possess, even at something as silly as Rock, Paper, Scissors. Kinda reminds you of Sasuke's superiority complex, don't it?
He had been expected…HOPING that his team would have done a little better in the competition. However, in his opinion, he believed that his team won the most important event, the triathlon, which made him better because Kakashi's team won by far the LEAST important event; the cooking one.
"Team, I feel obligated to discuss the competition with you." Gai said to Neji, Tenten and Lee. "I feel that we could have potentially won all those events if fate had not been teasing us!"
"How so?" asked Tenten.
"Well, you three showed your obvious superiority during the triathlon." Gai began. "In case you didn't notice, our team was the ONLY team that did well in all three legs of the race. And, anyway, I believe that that one should have counted for more than one point. Maybe three points since there were three parts to it. Or maybe even one and a half."
"That wouldn't matter, though, because we still would have lost by a half a point." Neji pointed out.
"Yes, but it would have only been a half a point that we lost by instead of a FULL point!" Gai said. "Continuing, I found the process of the Brain competition to be unfair. Kurenai SAW that we were clearly the superior team and purposely gave you obviously rigged questions!"
"Not to mention the fact that they were embarrassing!" said Tenten.
"You're right Gai!!" said Lee. "If we had a more fair teacher asking us the questions, we would have got them all right because we have known each other for a year longer than everyone else!!"
"That's correct Lee!!" said Gai. "Concerning the last three events…if we had simply paired everyone up differently then the outcome would be completely different! For example, if we had put Lee and Tenten in the three-legged race, then we would have won."
Lee and Tenten coughed in Neji's general direction.
"It's not ALL my fault." Neji kept telling himself but he was in Denial City.
"But that's all in the past now!" Gai said. "Now, for the cooking contest, I can see why you purchased the cake. It was because you couldn't cook. So, if it had been Neji and Tenten in that event then you would have cooked something!!"
"But I can't cook either." Neji said.
"Yes, but it was Lee who suggested buying the cake and, had he not been there, that suggestion would have not even come up!" Gai said.
"I'm so sorry, Gai!!" cried Lee.
"Besides, it's not like you had a chance anyway since Kakashi's team DEFINITELY CHEATED!!" yelled Gai passionately. "That Kakashi, he can't beat me legitimately. He has to CHEAT!"
"Here here!" said Lee.
"Though, I don't even count that event since it wasn't important at all." Gai finished up. "As for the dancing competition…well, even though I changed the groups around, it still worked out to be Neji and Lee. So I guess we could have put Lee in the cooking contest with Neji so that Neji and Tenten would have been in the dancing one."
"But then wouldn't Lee suggest the store bought cake?" Tenten said.
"Yes but Neji wouldn't have necessarily listened like you did." Gai said. "And we would have won the dancing competition, even though that one is also irrelevant, because of Neji's MAD dancing--"
He stopped because he valued his life.
"But moving on!" he said. "If everything had worked out THAT way then we would have positively won every single event. So, in my book, we're the winners!"
"Yeah, how come we didn't split the groups up like that?!" said Lee.
"I don't know." Said Neji.
"Now, since we're the best team EVER, I will only force you to do TWO HUNDRED LAPS!!!" Gai announced.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!" cheered Lee. "And if I can't do the two hundred laps, I'll do five hundred push-ups!! And if I can't do the five hundred push-ups, then I'll kick a log five thousand times!!!"
"And, when you come back from doing the two hundred laps, I have a special surprise for you!!" Gai said, giving them all a dramatic thumbs up.
With that, they all took off to do some laps. Two hundred to be exact. And, within a reasonable period of time, they returned from those two hundred laps to the spot in which Gai was waiting for them with a giant white blanket-type thing with red, yellow, blue and greet dots on it.
"Hi there, students of mine!" said Gai. "Can you guess what this is?"
"A…Twister board?" tried Tenten.
"EXACTLY!!!" he yelled, lying it down on the ground. "We're going to play a few rounds of Twister!!"
"Is that your idea of a reward?" Neji asked.
"Whoever said it was a reward?!" laughed Gai. "I just said it was a special surprise!! Besides, this is a funducational way of improving your ninja skills!!"
"How?" questioned Lee.
"Well, it helps with your flexibility, reaction time, ability to find openings… and, of course, helps you remember the difference between left and right." Gai replied, saying the last part really quickly.
"I can tell the difference between left and right!" Neji yelled angrily.
"Not from where I was standing." Gai said truthfully.
"Me neither." Tenten agreed.
"Same here." Lee said.
"I was just temporarily brain dead." Neji assured them.
Gai cleared his throat. "So anyway, we'll start the game." He said. "Ready guys? I'll play too!"
"Then I'll be the spinner." Said Neji, picking up the spinner.
"No!" Gai yelled, swiping it from him. "I'm mostly gearing this training exercise around you!"
"This is NOT a training exercise, it's a game of Twister!" Neji argued.
"Who's the jounin here?" Gai said. Neji crossed his arms and scoffed. "Am I talking to myself?! That was a question!! It requires an answer!!"
"Gai's mad now." Lee whispered to Tenten.
"Fine, you are." Neji said.
"And who's the genin?" Gai asked.
"Me." Neji replied.
"And who can't tell the difference between his right and left?" Gai said.
"I CAN." Neji insisted.
"Then I phrased it incorrectly." Gai admitted. "Who needs whose tutelage?"
"Tutelage?" said Tenten, Lee AND Neji.
"Yes!!" Gai yelled. "The process of being tutored!!"
"WE DO!!" yelled Lee, punching the air.
"RIGHT!!" Gai said. "Therefore, if I say that a game of Twister is a training exercise, then a game of Twister is a training exercise!! GOT IT?!"
"Yes, Gai!!" Lee said, saluting Gai and getting fireballs in his eyes.
"So anyway." Gai said as he flicked the spinner. "Left hand blue."