A lot of you folks who read the Naruto Primer every day probably noticed that there was no update yesterday. From now on, because of complications, we are no longer able to update on the weekends. But don't worry. We'll update Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but just not on Saturady and Sunday. I hope that's all clear and sorry about that!! Enjoy!

Naruto Primer Lost Chapter: Carnival

Team Kurenai

Gee whiz. Do you guys have any idea how close to submitting one million words we're are? UNBEARABLY close.

"YAHOO!!" cheered Kiba. "I'm so glad Kurenai gave us the day off so we could go to the carnival! I love carnivals! Do you guys love carnivals?" Akamaru barked to show he agreed.

"Yes!" said Hinata, nodding eagerly.

"No." said Shino.

"Well that's okay." Said Kiba. "You probably just never went on the right rides. But don't worry! We'll make sure you do the best and scariest rides!"

"It's not like I didn't like a previous experience I had with carnivals." Shino said. "I've just never been to a carnival before."

Kiba and Hinata gasped. "Never?" Hinata asked, sounding apologetic.

"Never." Shino answered.

"Have you ever had fried dough?" Hinata asked.

"As in bread deep fried in fat?" Shino said. Kiba nodded. "No."

"Well, I think we need to get Shino some fried dough." Kiba said to Hinata.

Hinata agreed immediately. "Where is the fried dough?" she asked.

"I guess the only way to find it is by looking!" Kiba said. "So let's start looking."

"Oh, and I also want to go to the Ferris Wheel!" said Hinata. "Maybe there will be some fried dough on the way to the Ferris Wheel!"

"Good idea, Hinata!" said Kiba. He stood up on his toes and shielded his eyes from the sun. "That's on the WAY other side of the park! We have to get past all the games…"

"What's wrong with that?" Hinata asked.

"Well you know those game guys at carnivals!" said Kiba. "They'll do ANYTHING to suck you in to play their rigged games! All we have to do is not make eye contact and keep walking!"

The three of them started walking through the crowds and past all the games until they heard some commotion. Even though their plan was just to run by as fast as they could, they couldn't help but be drawn to the large mass of people.

"I swear that those openings are smaller than these baseballs!" Lee yelled since he was at the center of it all.

"Please, stop…" said the man behind the counter. "Here, I'll give you the prize if you just go away…"

"It's the PRINCIPLE of the thing!!" Lee yelled.

"Lee, just shut up." Said Neji, rolling his eyes.

"What's going on?" Kiba asked Neji since he was closest.

"Lee is outraged because he didn't win." Neji replied. Then he held up a tiny stuffed animal. "And I did."

"And me." Said Tenten, holding up her stuffed animal as well.

"Oh." Said Kiba. "You just shouldn't play those games at all! Let's go guys!"

The three of them continued their journey to the Ferris Wheel. They hardly traveled at all before stumbling across more commotion, only this time it concerned Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura.

"Hey guys! What's going on over here?" said Kiba, walking over.

"This man here says that I don't get a prize because instead of knocking over his milk bottles, I shattered them!" Sasuke said, sounding more and more appalled by the minute.

"Well that's too bad." Said Kiba. "You should know that the games here are rigged. We bumped into Lee, Neji and Tenten having a really similar problem on our way to the Ferris Wheel! Isn't that crazy?"

Kiba didn't even bother waiting for a response because he felt that was enough, especially since he had just caught sight of a fried dough stand. "There!" he yelled, beckoning Shino and Hinata to follow. They all went over to the stand that was selling fried dough.

"Aren't you excited, Shino?" said Hinata.

"About what?" Shino asked.

"The fried dough!" Hinata answered as if Shino was silly for not being excited about standing in line and receiving friend dough in a matter of MINUTES!

"Um…I guess." Shino replied.

Just then, Shikamaru, Ino and Chouji came walking away from the front of the line looking disappointed.

"Guys, don't bother." Said Ino to Hinata, Kiba and Shino. "There's no more fried dough at this stand."

"What?!" demanded Kiba. "No fried dough?! We have to get Shino some fried dough!!"

"We're going to check other stands." Said Shikamaru.

"I'm SO hungry!" complained Chouji. The three of them left.

"Well now what?" Hinata asked Kiba.

"We'll have to do what they're doing and check other stands." Kiba replied. "But, since we're practically at the Ferris Wheel now, we should go on that. Then we'll find fried dough."

"Kiba, you're so nice!" said Hinata. "You're going on the Ferris Wheel for me and you're getting fried dough for Shino and you warned us about the games so we wouldn't waste our money!"

"I'm just doing what ANYONE would do…" said Kiba. Then he cleared his throat as Akamaru started barking something under his breath. "Shut-up, Akamaru. Come on guys, let's go get in line!"

They ran over to get in line for the Ferris Wheel.

"Do you guys ever hear the stories about the Ferris Wheel breaking down and getting all the people stuck?" Kiba asked as if he was about to tell a really scary ghost story.

Hinata and Shino shook their heads slowly, obviously not very interested.

Kiba could tell that they weren't very interested so he decided to MAKE them be interested. "And then all the people died?" he said.

"They died?" Hinata asked, looking concerned.

"Yes." Said Kiba. "Every single one of them."

"How?" asked Hinata.

"Starvation because they were stuck up there so long." Kiba answered.

"Even the people at the bottom who could easily jump off?" Shino said.

Kiba stuttered. "Uh…um…" he started. "Well, except for those people of course! I meant all the people who didn't get off for a whole week!"

"They died from starvation in a week?" Shino asked with a raised eyebrow.

"They were already starving in the first place!" Kiba said quickly.

"Then why were they wasting their money on a carnival instead of buying food for themselves?" Shino said.

"I don't know!" said Kiba finally. "I'm not THEM!!"

"I hope the Ferris Wheel doesn't get stuck while we're on it!" said Hinata.

"That only happens SOMETIMES, Hinata!" said Kiba. "It's nothing you should worry about!" Then he noticed that they were first in line. "Hey, it's our turn now!"

"Um…I don't think I want to…" Hinata said nervously but Kiba pulled her into the gondola and Shino got in too. She clutched onto the bar in the middle as they went higher and suddenly stopped at the top. "It's stuck!"

"No, they're just letting more people on." Said Shino, looking over the edge.

"Hinata, I just made up that story about the people dying!" said Kiba.

"That was obvious." Said Shino.

"Oh really?" said Hinata with a sigh of relief. "I was scared!"

"Yeah, they would get a ladder before they let people starve to death!" said Kiba. "So, what do you guys want to do after we get off the Ferris Wheel? Do you want to get something to eat?"

"Well, we have to get Shino some fried dough." Said Hinata.

"I meant AFTER that!" said Kiba.

"I don't NEED fried dough." Said Shino.

"Oh yes you do, Shino." Said Kiba. "You haven't truly lived until you've had some fried dough."

"We can see the entire park from up here!" said Hinata, her eyes widening.

"Look at that!" said Kiba, pointing at a fried dough stand that was off in the corner and under some shadows. "I bet there'll be some fried dough there because no one knows about it!"

"Good idea, Kiba!" said Hinata.

When the trio had finished their excursion on the Ferris Wheel that, thankfully, did not break down, they ran off to that fried dough stand that Kiba had seen earlier.

"No line at all!" said Kiba as they ran right up to the front. "Two please!"

"I want one too, Kiba." Said Hinata.

"Oh, these two are for you and Shino." Said Kiba. "I don't want one."

"Why?" said Shino.

"Fried dough is gross." Said Kiba. "Come on, fried dough? That just SOUNDS nasty. I'd never try something that was dough only fried."

Then the person in the stand handed Kiba a paper plate with fried dough on it. "Here you go, Shino!" said Kiba. "You should try putting sugar and cinnamon on it."

"You can eat it, Kiba." Said Shino, pushing it back towards Kiba.

"Eww, no way." Said Kiba, trying to give it to Shino as Hinata took her fried dough from the person and put some sugar on it.

"You can't expect me to eat it." said Shino.

"Why not?" said Kiba.

"If YOU won't even eat it then why should I?" Shino said.

"Because Hinata said you'd like it!" said Kiba. "And you have to eat fried dough when you come to a carnival!"

"YOU'RE not." Shino pointed out.

"Shino, I don't count because I'm normal." Kiba said. "You're not."

"That doesn't make any sense." Said Shino.

"It doesn't have to." Kiba said. "Now take the fried dough! It's hot and it's burning my hands and it smells nasty!"

"If you guys don't want it then you don't have to eat it." said Hinata.

"Shino wants it, Hinata, trust me." Said Kiba. "He just thinks he's cool by not eating it."

"Oh gross!" said Hinata suddenly. "An ant just came out of this sugar dispenser!"

"What?!" Kiba demanded, picking up Hinata's fried dough that had an ant crawling around on it. "That's DISGUSTING!!"

"Why?" said Shino.

"Because it IS, Shino." Said Kiba. "Bugs are disgusting. All bugs."

Shino raised an eyebrow.

"Shino, you put this bug in here, didn't you?" Kiba said. "Why would you do that? Thanks a lot for ruining Hinata's time. Now I can't even have fun here at all. I'm leaving."

"Oh good." Said Shino. "Now I don't have to stay."

"You're both leaving?" said Hinata. "Well…I'm not going to stay here by myself…"

With that, the three of them left. Together.