Quest of the Green Beast:
The Impossible Challenge
Disclaimer: Naruto is the copyrighted property of its creator, whom is in no way me.
Summary: A brilliant idea, shining like the most glorious of stars, descends from the heavens and crosses paths with the ever so beautiful Green Beast of Konoha, or rather, Maito Gai to his friends and rivals. Sometimes, to be a Shinobi, means that there are times when you must socialize with others and there are also times where you must speak more than three words in each sentence. Gai-sensei and his dazzling thumbs-up signs now must tackle the largest challenge in his lifetime: to turn Aburame Shino, Hyuga Neji, and Uchiha Sasuke, into happy, smiling, socializing citizens of the Hidden Leaf Village. Will Gai succeed? Or will his quest be in vain? Read on to find out... or not...
Pairings: There probably will not be outright pairings in this fanfic, although there may be many small hints just to keep readers content.
Also featured in this story: All the other Leaf Genins and their teachers (with similar missions)
Warning: Mild character bashing once in a while, a bit of Gai bashing (but nothing very severe), mild OOCness and mediocre not following the Naruto timeline.
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(Review Responses)
Lob: I'm sorry the chapter ended too fast for you, but I'll try to make them longer! Thank you for reviewing.
Keri2004: Lol! Those are some very interesting suggestions... hm... Thanks for your comment.
Yuen-chan: Aw, please stop flattering me! I'm getting embarrassed!
Northstar231: Rock Lee IS a pretty interesting character and Gai is just hilarious! By the way, I'm a Dudette!
Weirddramagirl: Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad you think so.
Renn: I'm always glad that I can make someone laugh! - It makes me feel needed. Thank you for brightening up my day!
SquirrelOfShadows: Yeah, I thought that part was amusing too! I threw that in there to tell you how Lee was stalking them and because I was too lazy to write in those actual parts.
Hikariko: LMAO! Your reviews are always hilarious, and I look forward to reading them! And I kind of feel sorry for Gai in your review... I hope he doesn't sprain his ankle!
EmptySanity: Yes! YES! I fooled you! MUHAHAHAHA---choke choke--- HAHAHA! Thank you for reviewing!
Kamikakushi: -Concerned- Are you all right? Having a piano jammed on your head... is a very painful experience... now that I know that from personal experience... Thank you for reading!
Night-Owl123: Thank you for your praise! :') It really helps boost my confidence, which is something I really lack...
Blargh: I'm glad you think so! Thanks for the review!
Stizzo: Yes, I think it IS quite disturbing, for one thing, you're vision might be obstructed by your own eyebrows! Thanks for reviewing!
Asagao: Commas? What commas? –Is confused- Well, I'm sorry about them anyway, my grammar isn't really good, since I'm one of the younger members of FFnet and English is my third language... But anyway, I'm glad you find my sorry amusing!
Whew! Done! That took a lot longer than I expected! That was over 15! Sugoi!
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(Key :)
"................." talking
'.................' thinking
--- Beginning/End of Chapter/Change of Scene
(End of Key)
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Chapter 2: Discussion of Placement
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The black-haired Jounin kunoichi stared at the strange creature sitting across the table from her. She took in the unfashionable bowl cut looked like that it was as solid as... solid rock, It had a slightly wrinkled visage that was complemented by a set of brilliant white teeth that shone at uneven intervals. And he also had a signature pair of unbelievably thick eyebrows that seemed to stare right back at her. Blinking her crimson eyes a couple of times, Yuuhi Kurenai leaned back against the back of her spongy chair.
On her left, a tired-looking bearded man sat who was uninterestedly pulling splinters out from the cheap wooden staff table. The ever so present infamous cigar that seemed to be the trademark of the Sarutobis was poking out through his lips, with a thin trail of smoke drifting from the end, floating off, diffusing with the surrounding air particles, on its malevolent quest to give others second-hand smoke diseases...but that's not the point...
Why were these people gathered here around the table in the first place? The grey-haired Copy Ninja that always carried a copy of Icha Icha Paradise with him wherever he went should have been sitting on her right. But he wasn't. Therefore, Hatake Kakashi was four hours late again.
Just as the three Jounin instructors were about to plot the painful downfall of Sharingan Kakashi, the door swung open to reveal... Sharingan Kakashi himself, his eyes still glued to his book. "Yo."
"YOU'RE LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!" shrieked Sarutobi Asuma, Maito Gai and Yuuhi Kurenai. Kakashi gave a sigh. It was bad enough that his own students had screeched into his poor sensitive ears that very morning; now his had to get this from his colleagues.
"Well, I was going to be on time, but I forgot to tell my students that I had a meeting so I had to show up at the meeting place, but then I found out that Naruto had accidentally fallen out of a tree and hit his head on a sharp rock and we wheeled him to the hospital. We had to wait three hours for the doctors to see Naruto and when they did take a look, we waited outside for an hour before the doctor came out to inform us that Naruto was unscathed. Then I took off and came here," answered Kakashi.
"LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" came the reply. Steam erupted from the usually calm teachers... minus Gai.
'Kakashi, my eternal rival! How can you be so powerful, yet so bad at lying? And I'm ashamed to know that in truth, you are actually a better liar than I am.' Gai gave a sigh... a manly one of course...
'Hayate, you are so going to pay for making me waste four hours of my life! I skipped breakfast to get here on time!' Kurenai was seething... she was hungry... very hungry... hungry for his blood!!! Or maybe just a sandwich...
'I don't know why I put up with you!' thought Asuma.
Kakashi sighed. Why didn't they ever believe him? Why was it that he always told the truth and other people just automatically assumed that he was lying? People these days! They would believe that a crazy snake-man was able to invent an immortality jutsu and that curse seals could be used to grant you incredible power and transform you into a hideous monster and that crazy nine-tailed fox demons could exist and break mountains just by moving its tail and that all the scenery that the fox destroyed would suddenly reappear. Why was it so hard to believe that he was late because he had to rescue a cat? He just didn't get it. And he was so worried about Naruto too... when the boy didn't wake up; he almost had a heart attack... almost...
"So why are we here again?" Kakashi took the chance to inquire. Hopefully, his coworkers would let his lateness slide. The others took the bait.
"Yeah, why are we here?" asked Kurenai, turning to look at the Green Beast who puffed his chest out to look important.
"Well, my friends, I have gathered us here today, to discuss the antisocial- ness of a couple of our students!" Gai stared each of his associates in the eyes, pretending not to notice when they all cringed at the sight of his brows... or maybe he just didn't notice. "Before we start, are there any questions?" Kakashi raised his hand mockingly.
"Since when was 'antisocial-ness' a real word?" he asked lazily. Gai chose not to answer.
"Any other questions?" he asked, turning to the other Jounins. 'Heheheh! I've just ignored Kakashi in a cool manner!' thought Gai, mentally chalking one up for himself, replacing his lost pride.
Score: 50:53
Kakashi will never succeed in beating him! Gai turned back to see the reaction of his rival but to his utter disappointment, Kakashi did not seem the least bit phased, his attention back on his book. Gai's newfound confidence left him again.
Score: 51:52
Asuma chose to ignore this exciting battle of wits and spoke up, his little cigarette bobbing up and down in his mouth.
"If this is about the 'antisocial-ness' of the students, then what am I doing here; none of my students have this problem, except Shikamaru but he's just lazy, not antisocial!" Asuma waited for an explanation, but no one answered him.
"The students that I was concerned about are none other than Aburame Shino from Kurenai's team, Uchiha Susake from Kakashi's team ("Who's Susake?" whispered the Copy Ninja) and Hyuga Neji from my own team. (---Here Asuma sighed in exasperation---) After some careful monitoring, I've concluded that these three are pretty good ninjas, but if they were to pursue any other career besides that of a Shinobi's, they would have no chance. Right now, I'm suggesting that we try to approach a different method in training them, and teach them some social skills and help them become role model citizens! Now, please speak up if you object to my suggestion!" Gai concluded his speech with a little bow, as if expecting applause. He received none.
Kurenai looked at Gai, with a thoughtful expression. It WOULD be a lot more helpful if Shino improved at his social skills, for her AND her team. Despite how crazy Gai's idea was, Kurenai decided to give the thick-browed man a chance.
Kakashi looked disinterested on the outside, but secretly, inside, he was doing a lot of thinking on the topic. If Gai ACTUALLY succeeded, then he would probably never have to near another argument from his team ever again! If he succeeded, Naruto would stop yelling at Sasuke for being a 'guy-with-a-stick-up-his---'. If he succeeded, then Sasuke would stop hiding his feelings. If he succeeded, then Sasuke would laugh at his jokes. If he succeeded, Kakashi would be yelled at by Sasuke along with his teammates... If Gai succeeded, then Sasuke won't go to Orochimaru... The possibilities would be endless.
But, what if he didn't succeed? Then he, Kakashi would be able to laugh at them all! Muhahahahahahahahahahahaha! This was a 'win-win' situation, no matter how you looked at it.
Asuma groaned to him. He didn't care what happens, since this has absolutely nothing to do with him. He just wasted over four hours of his already numbered life! Who knew if death would meet him around the corner?
"We accept your... er... proposal..." Kurenai spoke up first while Kakashi merely just nodded his consent, with a careless wave that said, 'do what you want, I don't give a damn'. Asuma just shrugged. Gai beamed at them. He had been certain that they would all see it his way... they all will...
"But wait!" Kurenai noticed something else in Gai's plan, "If you intend to temporarily train Shino, Neji, and Sasuke, than what is going to happen to the rest of their teams?" she pointed out. Gai blinked... he hadn't thought that far into his plan... and who was this 'Sasuke'?
"I guess we'll have to split them up too... into new temporary Genin teams." Kakashi explained this for Gai, and he at once started to plan out the new teams...
"That's a good idea!" agreed Kurenai, sounding a bit more enthusiastic. Now, maybe this time, she'll get a team that could co-operate better instead of Shino and Kiba fighting over the position of leader... well, Shino didn't really fight over the position... he just took it.
Gai was secretly upset that Kakashi was the one to think of this solution... it was originally his idea, but with the way Kurenai reacted, it would seem that Kakashi was the one who had suggested the entire thing.
Asuma put his head onto his arms. He still didn't know why he was here. Gai decided to take charge of this meeting again.
"So let see, if Shino, Neji, and Uchiha are on my team then, Lee, Ten-Ten, Kaiba, Hinita, Narujo and Sakuya are left!" announced Gai while Kurenai and Kakashi face-faulted... well... you couldn't really tell with Kakashi, but we'll assume he did.
"KIba and HiNAta!" corrected Kurenai, carefully stressing the correct letters.
"Naruto and Sakura. And Uchiha isn't his first name in case you're wondering. It's Sasuke," answered Kakashi, very calmly. Gai was secretly ashamed about calling the boy Susake, but he decided to save face by pretending that he knew all along and was just joking about it.
"Oh, I knew all along and I was just joking about it!" Gai answered, attempting to draw attention away from his mistake and more to the matter at hand, "But who should be put into what group?"
And so, three of the four Jounins assembled at the meeting, argued and argued about the remaining arrangements, before finally deciding on the luck of the draw. Asuma decided to do it for them to prevent unfair cheating... although cheating is never fair...
The remaining six Genins had their names put on pieces of paper and were then put in a shoe box. The two instructors reached into the box and took out a paper, once at a time.
"Ladies first," offered Kakashi with a hidden smile. Kurenai took a deep breath and plunged her hand into the box. The papers were all of equal size and were in fact, Post-It notes. Kurenai closed her eyes and hoped for the best. She seized the one in the far corner and pushed it out.
The piece of paper was scrunched up in her fist which shook slightly in anticipation, summoning up the courage, Kurenai opened it. The other teachers leaned it subconsciously to have a closer look.
Hyuga Hinata.
Kurenai let on the breath that she didn't realize that she was still holding. Safe!
Kakashi reached over and drew out another. His visible eye scanned it briefly before he held it out.
Uzumaki Naruto.
Kurenai pulled out another one.
Haruno Sakura.
Kakashi took his next turn and frowned a bit. This might pose a bit of a problem. Two hot-heads on the same team...
Inuzuka Kiba.
'This is it', thought Kurenai, 'it's either me... or him...' she glanced at her opponent. 'If I don't draw the one, I'll be toast!'
She hesitated...
And cracked her knuckles...
Kakashi narrowed his eyes, visible one and Sharingan one.
Kurenai reached out...
She placed her hand into the box...
She found both remaining pieces...
She held them both for a second...
This was it!
She grabbed for the left one...
But then she dropped it and went for the right....
Then dropped that one and grabbed the left...
Kurenai pulled her hand out of the box and as a last second decision, grabbed the one on the left...
The yellow Post-It note was clenched in her fist, her knuckles white because of how tight she was gripping the piece of paper. She lifted her fingers off the paper, one, two, three, and four...
The Post-It opened up and a single name was written on it.
Ten-Ten.
Relief, warm, glorious relief, flooded through her body...
Kakashi stared at the last piece of paper.
Rock Lee.
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....
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Asuma still didn't know why he was here.
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Announcer: Next time, on the Quest of the Green Beast, Sasuke, Neji, and Shino are now under the tutelage of Maito Gai. Naruto, Kiba, and Lee now train under Kakashi and Sakura, Ten-Ten and Hinata are now students of Kurenai.
How will they fare against this new turn of events?
What was Asuma doing there anyway?
Find out next time!
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A/n so there is the third chapter! I'm sorry if nothing much happened this time. I had a whole bunch of other ideas, but I'm planning to save them for the next chapter.
Ja na!
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Frontier of Darkness
The Impossible Challenge
Disclaimer: Naruto is the copyrighted property of its creator, whom is in no way me.
Summary: A brilliant idea, shining like the most glorious of stars, descends from the heavens and crosses paths with the ever so beautiful Green Beast of Konoha, or rather, Maito Gai to his friends and rivals. Sometimes, to be a Shinobi, means that there are times when you must socialize with others and there are also times where you must speak more than three words in each sentence. Gai-sensei and his dazzling thumbs-up signs now must tackle the largest challenge in his lifetime: to turn Aburame Shino, Hyuga Neji, and Uchiha Sasuke, into happy, smiling, socializing citizens of the Hidden Leaf Village. Will Gai succeed? Or will his quest be in vain? Read on to find out... or not...
Pairings: There probably will not be outright pairings in this fanfic, although there may be many small hints just to keep readers content.
Also featured in this story: All the other Leaf Genins and their teachers (with similar missions)
Warning: Mild character bashing once in a while, a bit of Gai bashing (but nothing very severe), mild OOCness and mediocre not following the Naruto timeline.
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(Review Responses)
Lob: I'm sorry the chapter ended too fast for you, but I'll try to make them longer! Thank you for reviewing.
Keri2004: Lol! Those are some very interesting suggestions... hm... Thanks for your comment.
Yuen-chan: Aw, please stop flattering me! I'm getting embarrassed!
Northstar231: Rock Lee IS a pretty interesting character and Gai is just hilarious! By the way, I'm a Dudette!
Weirddramagirl: Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad you think so.
Renn: I'm always glad that I can make someone laugh! - It makes me feel needed. Thank you for brightening up my day!
SquirrelOfShadows: Yeah, I thought that part was amusing too! I threw that in there to tell you how Lee was stalking them and because I was too lazy to write in those actual parts.
Hikariko: LMAO! Your reviews are always hilarious, and I look forward to reading them! And I kind of feel sorry for Gai in your review... I hope he doesn't sprain his ankle!
EmptySanity: Yes! YES! I fooled you! MUHAHAHAHA---choke choke--- HAHAHA! Thank you for reviewing!
Kamikakushi: -Concerned- Are you all right? Having a piano jammed on your head... is a very painful experience... now that I know that from personal experience... Thank you for reading!
Night-Owl123: Thank you for your praise! :') It really helps boost my confidence, which is something I really lack...
Blargh: I'm glad you think so! Thanks for the review!
Stizzo: Yes, I think it IS quite disturbing, for one thing, you're vision might be obstructed by your own eyebrows! Thanks for reviewing!
Asagao: Commas? What commas? –Is confused- Well, I'm sorry about them anyway, my grammar isn't really good, since I'm one of the younger members of FFnet and English is my third language... But anyway, I'm glad you find my sorry amusing!
Whew! Done! That took a lot longer than I expected! That was over 15! Sugoi!
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(Key :)
"................." talking
'.................' thinking
--- Beginning/End of Chapter/Change of Scene
(End of Key)
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Chapter 2: Discussion of Placement
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The black-haired Jounin kunoichi stared at the strange creature sitting across the table from her. She took in the unfashionable bowl cut looked like that it was as solid as... solid rock, It had a slightly wrinkled visage that was complemented by a set of brilliant white teeth that shone at uneven intervals. And he also had a signature pair of unbelievably thick eyebrows that seemed to stare right back at her. Blinking her crimson eyes a couple of times, Yuuhi Kurenai leaned back against the back of her spongy chair.
On her left, a tired-looking bearded man sat who was uninterestedly pulling splinters out from the cheap wooden staff table. The ever so present infamous cigar that seemed to be the trademark of the Sarutobis was poking out through his lips, with a thin trail of smoke drifting from the end, floating off, diffusing with the surrounding air particles, on its malevolent quest to give others second-hand smoke diseases...but that's not the point...
Why were these people gathered here around the table in the first place? The grey-haired Copy Ninja that always carried a copy of Icha Icha Paradise with him wherever he went should have been sitting on her right. But he wasn't. Therefore, Hatake Kakashi was four hours late again.
Just as the three Jounin instructors were about to plot the painful downfall of Sharingan Kakashi, the door swung open to reveal... Sharingan Kakashi himself, his eyes still glued to his book. "Yo."
"YOU'RE LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!" shrieked Sarutobi Asuma, Maito Gai and Yuuhi Kurenai. Kakashi gave a sigh. It was bad enough that his own students had screeched into his poor sensitive ears that very morning; now his had to get this from his colleagues.
"Well, I was going to be on time, but I forgot to tell my students that I had a meeting so I had to show up at the meeting place, but then I found out that Naruto had accidentally fallen out of a tree and hit his head on a sharp rock and we wheeled him to the hospital. We had to wait three hours for the doctors to see Naruto and when they did take a look, we waited outside for an hour before the doctor came out to inform us that Naruto was unscathed. Then I took off and came here," answered Kakashi.
"LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" came the reply. Steam erupted from the usually calm teachers... minus Gai.
'Kakashi, my eternal rival! How can you be so powerful, yet so bad at lying? And I'm ashamed to know that in truth, you are actually a better liar than I am.' Gai gave a sigh... a manly one of course...
'Hayate, you are so going to pay for making me waste four hours of my life! I skipped breakfast to get here on time!' Kurenai was seething... she was hungry... very hungry... hungry for his blood!!! Or maybe just a sandwich...
'I don't know why I put up with you!' thought Asuma.
Kakashi sighed. Why didn't they ever believe him? Why was it that he always told the truth and other people just automatically assumed that he was lying? People these days! They would believe that a crazy snake-man was able to invent an immortality jutsu and that curse seals could be used to grant you incredible power and transform you into a hideous monster and that crazy nine-tailed fox demons could exist and break mountains just by moving its tail and that all the scenery that the fox destroyed would suddenly reappear. Why was it so hard to believe that he was late because he had to rescue a cat? He just didn't get it. And he was so worried about Naruto too... when the boy didn't wake up; he almost had a heart attack... almost...
"So why are we here again?" Kakashi took the chance to inquire. Hopefully, his coworkers would let his lateness slide. The others took the bait.
"Yeah, why are we here?" asked Kurenai, turning to look at the Green Beast who puffed his chest out to look important.
"Well, my friends, I have gathered us here today, to discuss the antisocial- ness of a couple of our students!" Gai stared each of his associates in the eyes, pretending not to notice when they all cringed at the sight of his brows... or maybe he just didn't notice. "Before we start, are there any questions?" Kakashi raised his hand mockingly.
"Since when was 'antisocial-ness' a real word?" he asked lazily. Gai chose not to answer.
"Any other questions?" he asked, turning to the other Jounins. 'Heheheh! I've just ignored Kakashi in a cool manner!' thought Gai, mentally chalking one up for himself, replacing his lost pride.
Score: 50:53
Kakashi will never succeed in beating him! Gai turned back to see the reaction of his rival but to his utter disappointment, Kakashi did not seem the least bit phased, his attention back on his book. Gai's newfound confidence left him again.
Score: 51:52
Asuma chose to ignore this exciting battle of wits and spoke up, his little cigarette bobbing up and down in his mouth.
"If this is about the 'antisocial-ness' of the students, then what am I doing here; none of my students have this problem, except Shikamaru but he's just lazy, not antisocial!" Asuma waited for an explanation, but no one answered him.
"The students that I was concerned about are none other than Aburame Shino from Kurenai's team, Uchiha Susake from Kakashi's team ("Who's Susake?" whispered the Copy Ninja) and Hyuga Neji from my own team. (---Here Asuma sighed in exasperation---) After some careful monitoring, I've concluded that these three are pretty good ninjas, but if they were to pursue any other career besides that of a Shinobi's, they would have no chance. Right now, I'm suggesting that we try to approach a different method in training them, and teach them some social skills and help them become role model citizens! Now, please speak up if you object to my suggestion!" Gai concluded his speech with a little bow, as if expecting applause. He received none.
Kurenai looked at Gai, with a thoughtful expression. It WOULD be a lot more helpful if Shino improved at his social skills, for her AND her team. Despite how crazy Gai's idea was, Kurenai decided to give the thick-browed man a chance.
Kakashi looked disinterested on the outside, but secretly, inside, he was doing a lot of thinking on the topic. If Gai ACTUALLY succeeded, then he would probably never have to near another argument from his team ever again! If he succeeded, Naruto would stop yelling at Sasuke for being a 'guy-with-a-stick-up-his---'. If he succeeded, then Sasuke would stop hiding his feelings. If he succeeded, then Sasuke would laugh at his jokes. If he succeeded, Kakashi would be yelled at by Sasuke along with his teammates... If Gai succeeded, then Sasuke won't go to Orochimaru... The possibilities would be endless.
But, what if he didn't succeed? Then he, Kakashi would be able to laugh at them all! Muhahahahahahahahahahahaha! This was a 'win-win' situation, no matter how you looked at it.
Asuma groaned to him. He didn't care what happens, since this has absolutely nothing to do with him. He just wasted over four hours of his already numbered life! Who knew if death would meet him around the corner?
"We accept your... er... proposal..." Kurenai spoke up first while Kakashi merely just nodded his consent, with a careless wave that said, 'do what you want, I don't give a damn'. Asuma just shrugged. Gai beamed at them. He had been certain that they would all see it his way... they all will...
"But wait!" Kurenai noticed something else in Gai's plan, "If you intend to temporarily train Shino, Neji, and Sasuke, than what is going to happen to the rest of their teams?" she pointed out. Gai blinked... he hadn't thought that far into his plan... and who was this 'Sasuke'?
"I guess we'll have to split them up too... into new temporary Genin teams." Kakashi explained this for Gai, and he at once started to plan out the new teams...
"That's a good idea!" agreed Kurenai, sounding a bit more enthusiastic. Now, maybe this time, she'll get a team that could co-operate better instead of Shino and Kiba fighting over the position of leader... well, Shino didn't really fight over the position... he just took it.
Gai was secretly upset that Kakashi was the one to think of this solution... it was originally his idea, but with the way Kurenai reacted, it would seem that Kakashi was the one who had suggested the entire thing.
Asuma put his head onto his arms. He still didn't know why he was here. Gai decided to take charge of this meeting again.
"So let see, if Shino, Neji, and Uchiha are on my team then, Lee, Ten-Ten, Kaiba, Hinita, Narujo and Sakuya are left!" announced Gai while Kurenai and Kakashi face-faulted... well... you couldn't really tell with Kakashi, but we'll assume he did.
"KIba and HiNAta!" corrected Kurenai, carefully stressing the correct letters.
"Naruto and Sakura. And Uchiha isn't his first name in case you're wondering. It's Sasuke," answered Kakashi, very calmly. Gai was secretly ashamed about calling the boy Susake, but he decided to save face by pretending that he knew all along and was just joking about it.
"Oh, I knew all along and I was just joking about it!" Gai answered, attempting to draw attention away from his mistake and more to the matter at hand, "But who should be put into what group?"
And so, three of the four Jounins assembled at the meeting, argued and argued about the remaining arrangements, before finally deciding on the luck of the draw. Asuma decided to do it for them to prevent unfair cheating... although cheating is never fair...
The remaining six Genins had their names put on pieces of paper and were then put in a shoe box. The two instructors reached into the box and took out a paper, once at a time.
"Ladies first," offered Kakashi with a hidden smile. Kurenai took a deep breath and plunged her hand into the box. The papers were all of equal size and were in fact, Post-It notes. Kurenai closed her eyes and hoped for the best. She seized the one in the far corner and pushed it out.
The piece of paper was scrunched up in her fist which shook slightly in anticipation, summoning up the courage, Kurenai opened it. The other teachers leaned it subconsciously to have a closer look.
Hyuga Hinata.
Kurenai let on the breath that she didn't realize that she was still holding. Safe!
Kakashi reached over and drew out another. His visible eye scanned it briefly before he held it out.
Uzumaki Naruto.
Kurenai pulled out another one.
Haruno Sakura.
Kakashi took his next turn and frowned a bit. This might pose a bit of a problem. Two hot-heads on the same team...
Inuzuka Kiba.
'This is it', thought Kurenai, 'it's either me... or him...' she glanced at her opponent. 'If I don't draw the one, I'll be toast!'
She hesitated...
And cracked her knuckles...
Kakashi narrowed his eyes, visible one and Sharingan one.
Kurenai reached out...
She placed her hand into the box...
She found both remaining pieces...
She held them both for a second...
This was it!
She grabbed for the left one...
But then she dropped it and went for the right....
Then dropped that one and grabbed the left...
Kurenai pulled her hand out of the box and as a last second decision, grabbed the one on the left...
The yellow Post-It note was clenched in her fist, her knuckles white because of how tight she was gripping the piece of paper. She lifted her fingers off the paper, one, two, three, and four...
The Post-It opened up and a single name was written on it.
Ten-Ten.
Relief, warm, glorious relief, flooded through her body...
Kakashi stared at the last piece of paper.
Rock Lee.
....
....
....
Asuma still didn't know why he was here.
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Announcer: Next time, on the Quest of the Green Beast, Sasuke, Neji, and Shino are now under the tutelage of Maito Gai. Naruto, Kiba, and Lee now train under Kakashi and Sakura, Ten-Ten and Hinata are now students of Kurenai.
How will they fare against this new turn of events?
What was Asuma doing there anyway?
Find out next time!
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A/n so there is the third chapter! I'm sorry if nothing much happened this time. I had a whole bunch of other ideas, but I'm planning to save them for the next chapter.
Ja na!
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