Naruto Primer: All
The New Teams
"I thought you said we could do whatever we wanted…" complained Kiba to Kurenai now that they were all standing around together once again.
"I lied." Kurenai said.
"This competition is very similar to the triathlon we had in the first competition." Kakashi said, pulling a diagram out and hanging it up on a tree. "First, there will be a swimming event. Then, a brain event. Then a biking event. Then a running event. Then it's over."
"I just want to say that if you participated in the swimming event in the first triathlon, you can't swim again." Asuma explained. "Same with the biking and the running."
"And, another twist!" Gai said. "After the swimmer has finished he or she must continue onward to the brain competition. Then, those two people must continue onward to the biking and then those three must finish off the running event with the fourth person."
"Everyone understand?" Kurenai asked.
"Wait…you just said fourth person." Said Shikamaru. "There's only three people in each team."
"Oh yeah, yet ANOTHER twist!" Asuma said. "We switched the teams around just for fun and to see what would happen to test how well you would perform if you got separated from your regular group and had to group up with a different one!"
"Here's another diagram," Kakashi said, pulling out ANOTHER diagram. "These are your teams. And we gave them team names too."
There were three columns on the new diagram. Under the huge underlined words, 'The Hornets' were the names Sakura, Tenten, Chouji and Ino. 'The Pink Team' had the names Hinata, Naruto, Kiba and Shino. Finally, 'The Puppy Team' had Lee, Neji, Shikamaru and Sasuke.
"Are we allowed to change the team names?" Naruto asked. "I don't want to be The Pink Team."
"Tough." Said Kakashi.
"Um…am I the only one who noticed how incredibly unbalanced the teams are?" Sakura asked.
"Well, it's gotta be balanced because Shikamaru's on the team with Lee, Neji and Sasuke." Said Kiba.
"Hey, he's a chuunin!!" said Asuma.
"Yeah, I'm on the bad ass team because I'm a chuunin." Said Shikamaru. "Then again, I don't think I want to be on the ambitious bad ass team. I'd rather be on the girl and Chouji team. Chouji, do you want to switch?"
"THERE WILL BE NO SWITCHING TEAMS!!!" screamed the teachers.
"Wait, how come I'm not on the ambitious bad ass team?" asked Naruto. "How come I'm on this mediocre Kurenai-ish team?"
"How come my entire team is on the mediocre team?" Kurenai asked, looking at the diagram.
"We went through this already, Kurenai." Said Gai.
"So, you DID purposely unbalance the teams!" said Ino.
"Uh…no…we didn't?" said Asuma extremely unconvincingly.
"All right, go decide who will be doing which event and we'll just sit here idly by until you're done." Said Kakashi, changing the subject.
On the ambitious, bad ass team AKA The Puppy Team…
"Aw man, I'm not allowed to run!!" said Lee angrily.
"Neither am I." Said Sasuke. "And Shikamaru, you're only on this awesome team to do the brain challenge so that leaves Neji to do the running one."
"But I think I want to do the running one." Said Shikamaru. "That way, I'll have to do the least."
"What are you talking about?" Sasuke said, looking annoyed.
"You obviously weren't listening." Sighed Shikamaru. "If I do the brain challenge then I'll also have to do the biking and the running so I might as well JUST do the running. All that other stuff is just too troublesome."
"But we NEED you to do the brain challenge." Said Neji. "When it comes to knowing things about my teammates, I'm ridiculously anti-social so I have no idea about any of them."
"Fine, I'll do it." said Shikamaru. "It's too troublesome to try and argue with you all. Besides, you could all probably kill me."
"Well, if I can't do the running challenge then I want to at least do the biking one!" Lee said, punching the air.
"And I'd rather do the swimming one so I can be in the entire race." Sasuke said. "Just to make sure you guys don't do anything stupid. Especially you, Shikamaru. There will be no just WANDERING off just because you don't feel like racing anymore."
On the Pink Team…
"I deserve to be on the ambitious bad ass team!!" complained Naruto.
"Well, me and Naruto already swam so we can't do the swimming event." Said Hinata, trying to be productive.
"I don't do water." Said Shino.
"That leaves you, Kiba." Said Hinata.
"I can't do water either!" Kiba said. "Me and Akamaru smell! Well, actually, it's mostly Akamaru but still…" Akamaru started barking. "What's that supposed to mean?! Of course it's mostly you!! You're the dog!!"
"Um…we don't really have any other choice…" Hinata said.
"Oh fine." Said Kiba. "But you guys are the ones who are going to have to deal with…Akamaru…smelling."
"I can't bike again." Said Shino. "And I'm too anti-social to know about any of you so I'll run."
"I guess I'll do the brain challenge!" said Hinata. "After all, you're all my teammates so I'll have a better chance of knowing about you than Naruto would. Naruto, is it okay with you to do the biking event?"
"Aw man…I want to be on the bad ass team…" Naruto continued to whine.
On the Hornets…
"I SO do not belong on this team." Said Tenten.
"Neither do I!" said Sakura.
"Neither do I!" said Ino.
"…I do." Said Chouji.
"Well, then I guess the only thing we can do is prove them wrong!" Tenten announced. "So I can't do the swimming event…and neither can you, Chouji."
"And I can't do the running one." Ino said.
"And I can't bike." Sakura finished.
"Well, I want to go first since I didn't get a chance to go last time!" Ino said. "I want to make sure I get to do something so I'll do the swimming event."
"I don't want to do biking or running." Chouji confessed.
"So you do the brain one." Sakura said. "And since I can't do biking again, I'll be the runner."
"I guess I'll bike then." Tenten shrugged.
"Okay, I take it by that slight pause from every group that you have finished deciding who goes where!" said Gai to everyone. "Your positions are now slated in stone because we were listening and wrote down everyone's names where they will be participating."
"It's not like we're going to change them." Kiba Kibaed.
"You might want to when you hear this next twist we added!" Asuma said. "Once you finish your leg of the race, you will be blindfolded upon reaching the next event of the race and shall remain that way until the runner crosses the finish line! If anyone at any time takes off their blindfold during the race, that team shall be disqualified!!"
"Oh that's easy, Neji could just use his Byakugan…" started Lee. "Oh wait. Never mind. You HAD to be the runner, didn't you, Neji?"
"You guys assigned me that place." Neji reminded him.
"You hear that, Hinata?" Kiba whispered to Hinata. "Just use your Byakugan while you're blindfolded!"
"I never would have thought of that!" Hinata said out of all honesty.
"And I'll use my sense of smell!" Kiba said, looking all determined. "Our team will hardly have a blindfold disadvantage!"
"Okay, so let's get you all at your posts so we can start this race." Said Kakashi.