Naruto Primer Lost Chapter: Team Kakashi
Sorry
(Just in case you're curious, NO, the chapter in which Ino puts make-up on Shikamaru does not ACTUALLY exist. As far as we know anyway.)
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were all sitting in Sasuke's living room playing a rousing game of…"Sorry". You get me, I'll get you back.
"I'm blue!" Naruto announced.
"And I'll be yellow." Sasuke said.
"No, I want to be yellow!" Naruto said, just trying to be controversial.
"Too bad." Said Sasuke. "I'M yellow. You can be blue."
"And I'll be green!" said Sakura.
"But I want to be yellow!!" yelled Naruto. He was at the point in which he had convinced himself that he actually DID want to be yellow and was not just trying to annoy people.
"Too late for you." Said Sasuke as he set up his four little yellow pieces on the board.
Naruto let out a loud groan of frustration and put his blue pieces on the board.
"Guys, how about you try to get along for just an hour so we can play a nice game?" Sakura asked as she set down her green pieces. "Do you think you can do it?"
"Sasuke's the one who started it!" said Naruto.
"Started what?" Sasuke said with a raised eyebrow. "If anyone started anything, it was you."
"See?!" Naruto said. "There he goes again!"
"Okay…so youngest player goes first!" Sakura said, looking at the rules that were written on the inside of the box.
"YEAH!" said Naruto. "Those dice are all mine! I OWNED you Sasuke."
"Yeah, Naruto." Said Sasuke, rolling his eyes. "You own me at being born AFTER me."
"WHAT?!" Naruto yelled. He let it fester inside him for a moment. "Well, at least I'm going FIRST!"
"Last is always best." Said Sasuke. "That way, I get to see how everything plays out so I can make smarter and more strategic moves."
"There's no strategy in this game!!" Naruto said. "It's all the luck of the dice!"
"Sure, Naruto." Said Sasuke. "YOU may rely solely on the luck of the dice, but I use strategy. This is why you'll always be dead last."
"I'll show you!!" said Naruto as he rolled the dice and got a nine. "HA! A NINE! Watch this!" Then he moved his piece nine pieces and dropped the dice in Sasuke's hand. "Beat that!"
"Hey…it's my turn…" complained Sakura but Sasuke had already rolled the dice.
"Oh…" said Sasuke in a very mocking tone. "Is that…a ten?"
"Nice job, Sasuke!" said Sakura.
"It's luck!" said Naruto.
"What did I say before?" Sasuke said. "If you rely only on luck, you'll always be a step below me."
"Just take your turn." Said Sakura, getting a little annoyed.
Sasuke started moving his piece.
"Don't even THINK about bumping me!" said Naruto.
"Naruto…" said Sasuke. "Not only am I on the complete opposite side of the board as you, but the object of the game is to bump the other people and snidely say, 'Sorry' and continue on your way as they're sent back to the beginning."
"Whoa Sasuke." Said Naruto. "Nice run on sentence."
"NOW it's my turn!" said Sakura, clearing her throat as she picked up the dice and dropped them on the board. "A two! …Okay…" She moved the piece and counted the squares as she moved. "One… two… I guess my turn's over." She gave Naruto the dice. "Here, it's your turn."
"Sasuke, I am only thirteen spaces away from you!" said Naruto.
"Good thing the dice goes up to twelve." Said Sasuke.
"I'll get you in the NEXT turn!" said Naruto as he dropped the dice and they came to a stop at a total of seven. He angrily moved the piece only seven squares and Sasuke took the dice.
"I'll be out of your reach this whole game…" Sasuke said as he rolled the dice and got an eleven. "…As always."
"I hate you Sasuke!!" yelled Naruto.
"Better watch out, Naruto." Said Sasuke as he placed his piece in its resting place. "I'm only eight spaces away from bumping you."
"I'll bump you off first!!" threatened Naruto.
"I'd like to see you try." Said Sasuke.
"Guys, you're making this WAY to competitive." Sakura said as she picked up the dice and rolled them. "All right! A six…"
She moved her piece and counted as she did so.
"One…two…three…four…five…SIX!" said Sakura. She was really just trying to prolong her turn so that the two males would be quiet for just a few minutes longer.
"My turn!" Naruto said as he swiped the dice up off the board and started shaking them vigorously. "Come on twelve! Let's go twelve!" He threw the dice half way across the board and, when they rolled to a stop, he was devastated to find that they were only a one and a two. "AH!"
"Nice twelve." Said Sasuke.
"Shut up!" said Naruto as he moved his piece three spaces and, when he THOUGHT Sasuke had looked away momentarily, he moved his piece an extra square.
"Since when are threes and fours interchangeable?" Sasuke asked.
"What are you talking about?!" demanded Naruto. "Are you implying that I cheated?!"
"…Yes." Said Sasuke.
"I saw it too!" said Sakura. "As much as it annoys me that this is going to inevitably start another battle, you should gracefully accept your low numbers!"
"Even though I didn't cheat, I know you guys will cry if I don't go back one square!" said Naruto. "So I'll do it just because I'm reasonable! Besides, Sasuke has to get either an eleven or a twelve in order to bump me and there is NO chance that that'll ever happen!"
"I don't play with CHANCE, Naruto." Said Sasuke. "I play with skill."
He rolled the dice and they landed as…
TWELVE!
"NOOO!!" screamed Naruto as he slammed his hand down on the board and sent it hurling across the room, splattering against the wall and all the pieces clattered to the floor. "You were cheating!!"
"You weren't?" Sasuke said sarcastically.
"So you admit it!" yelled Naruto.
"I didn't admit anything." Sasuke said. "I hope you plan on picking up that game, though. This isn't your house."
"I DON'T plan on picking it up!" said Naruto, crossing his arms.
"You don't expect ME to pick it up, do you?" Sasuke said, standing up.
"Actually, I DO." Said Naruto as he got all in Sasuke's face.
"Guys…please…" said Sakura.
"Stay out of this, Sakura!" said Naruto. "This is a man to man battle!"
"Naruto, a man to man fight would imply that there are TWO men in the room." Said Sasuke.
"You're right!" said Naruto. "I'm going to have to go and find myself a worthy opponent!"
"Well…" Sakura said. "At least we each got a few turns this time around…"
Who knows? Maybe next time they'll even get someone in the goal area without the board getting destroyed or a fight getting started.