Naruto Primer Lost Chapter: Team Gai

The Turkey Concluded

This chapter was originally Tenten's chapter in the first Naruto Primer.  But we thought were playing a little too much on the Turkey idea and, besides, there was WAY too much Neji and Lee for it to be considered a merely "Tenten" chapter.  So we have decided to make it the "Team Gai" chapter.

Now, a lot happened since Tenten found the turkey in her beach bag.  After standing there in a confused state for a little while, she finally tried to ignore it and enjoy her time at the beach.  A bit of time passed but she couldn't help but continuously think about the fact that a turkey mysteriously found its way into her beach bag.

Lee had said a lot of suspicious things lately.  He seemed to mention turkeys a lot for some reason and then quickly throw his hands over his mouth.  Then he would receive a glare from Neji.

"Tenten, we're going to go and turkey a little." Said Lee.  "I MEAN!  We're going to go and train a little!"

"Lee…" said Neji, slapping his forehead.

"Is there something you two aren't telling me?" Tenten asked.

"What are you talking about, Tenten?!" gasped Lee.  "How could I have possibly put a turkey in your bag?!"

"I never said anything about—" Tenten started.

"I mean seriously!" said Lee.  "How could I, being who I am with the inability to use ninjutsu or genjutsu, be able to put a turkey in your bag?!"

"Thanks a lot Lee." Said Neji, rolling his eyes.

"And it wasn't Neji either!" said Lee.  "I mean… while he is fully capable… just look at him!  Come on!"

"Lee, slow down." Said Tenten.  "How did you know that I found a turkey in my beach bag?"

Lee paused as Neji shook his head.

"Um…!" Lee started.

"So you two DID put a turkey in my bag, didn't you?" Tenten said, putting her hands on her hips.

"It was all Neji's idea!!" Lee yelled, pointing directly at Neji.

"What?" said Neji.

"He did it!" said Lee.  "First, he used his Byakugan and then he stole the turkey from your house and then he put the turkey in your bag!!  If you're going to be mad, be mad at him!"

"Lee, seriously." Said Neji.

"Guys, I really don't care." Said Tenten.  "I'm just a little annoyed because it got my new beach bag all greasy.  Plus, you took the turkey from my house.  Turkeys aren't cheap, you know."

"We know." Neji and Lee said at the same time.

"So I think we have all learned a valuable lesson from this." Tenten said.

"Yes!" said Lee, pointing his finger up in the air.  "Pulling pranks on people who don't deserve it is cruel and unjust!"

"Listening to Lee is a mistake." Neji added.

"And I'll never tell you guys where I'm going on vacation again." Tenten finished up.

They all took a deep breath.

"Wow!" said Lee.  "It's good to have that off my chest."

"Lee, if you can't handle the pressure of pulling a prank on someone and then keeping it a secret, why do you bother?" Neji questioned.

"Because it's fun…" Lee said, sounding a little whiny.

"So Lee, never do it again and you won't have to feel bad." Said Tenten.

"I already told you, Neji did most of it." said Lee.

"Wait, you actually helped him?" Tenten said to Neji.

"He put me up to it." Neji said defensively.

"I would think you would have a little more sense than that." Said Tenten. "I expect something stupid like putting a turkey in someone's beach bag from Lee but I always thought…YOU…"

"It was Neji's idea too!" said Lee.  "HE thought of using a turkey!"

Tenten cleared her throat.  "Okay…" she said slowly.

Neji WOULD have denied it, but as usual, he forgot about lying.

"So what are we going to do now?" Lee asked.  "Should we train?"

"No, I'm going on another vacation since my last one was a little weird." Tenten answered.

"WHAT?!" Lee yelled.  "We ruined your vacation?!"

"No…" Tenten said.

"HOW COULD YOU LET A TURKEY RUIN YOUR VACATION?!" Lee screamed.

"Lee, calm down." Said Tenten, putting her hands on Lee's shoulders and calming him down.

"Sorry." Said Lee.  "I lost my cool for a minute there."

Both Neji and Tenten barely kept themselves from telling Lee that he never had any cool to lose in the first place.  But they restrained because that would just be downright mean.