Naruto Primer Lost Chapter: Carnival
Team Asuma
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"Do you think Asuma will be mad that we blew him off to go to the carnival?" Chouji asked as he, Shikamaru and Ino walked around in the carnival, searching for a fun activity.
"Well, he was being retarded by scheduling our training session at the best time to go to the carnival!" Ino said. "So I say we shouldn't let it bother us since we'll probably see him hanging around the carnival with the other teachers ANYWAY."
"If we were going to blow Asuma off, did we really have to come to a carnival?" sighed Shikamaru.
"Excuse us for not being as unbearably lazy as YOU are!" said Ino. "But we like to go out and have some fun once and a while!"
"Then why did you have to take me along?" Shikamaru asked.
"Because if just Chouji and I went then it would look like we're a couple which we're NOT!" said Ino. "But if you're here too, everyone will just assume that we're doing this as friends and team bonding!"
"Or they might think that you have TWO boyfriends." Shikamaru said.
Ino laughed. "Yeah right." She said. "Like I'd pick either of YOU two to by my boyfriends."
"I'D pick me to be my boyfriend." Said Chouji.
"Does it really matter what random people think?" Shikamaru asked. "I'm going to go home."
"No!" said Ino, grabbing Shikamaru's arm before he could leave. "If you leave now then I'm going to…um…"
"Come on, Shikamaru, it'll be fun." Said Chouji.
Shikamaru sighed. "I don't want to have to go on any rides though." He warned.
"Not even any slow rides?" Chouji asked.
"No." Shikamaru said. "Because if I want to go on a ride then I have to wait in line and then I have to actually RIDE the ride and that is just WAY too troublesome."
"Shikamaru, you are quite possibly the biggest party pooper I have ever met and ever WILL meet in my entire life." Said Ino.
"Okay." Said Shikamaru, not knowing what else to say to that.
Then Chouji's stomach rumbled. "Aw man…" he said. "Guys, can we get some fried dough?"
"I love fried dough!" said Ino. "Come on, let's get in line somewhere…"
The three journeyed long and hard until they finally stumbled across a nice fried dough stand that was near the Ferris Wheel. They waited in line for quite a long time and couldn't help but observe that people were walking away from the front empty handed.
Finally, they were in front. "Shikamaru, did you say you wanted some?" Ino asked Shikamaru.
"Fine." Said Shikamaru with a shrug.
"Three please." Ino said to the woman behind the counter.
"What about you guys?" said Chouji.
Ino gave Chouji a look and then turned back to the woman.
"We don't have any fried dough." Said the woman. "We ran out a little while ago."
"What?" said Ino. "Don't you think you could make an announcement? We've been waiting in line for a half an hour!"
"A slight exaggeration, but we have been waiting for a while." Shikamaru intervened.
"Sorry, but we don't have anymore." Said the woman with a shrug. "You can check other stands."
"You'd think that the people coming away from the front could tell the other people in line that there's no more fried dough!" Ino said, sounding angry as they walked away. She had hardly finished saying that when she saw Shino, Kiba and Hinata towards the back of the line. "Guys, don't bother." Ino told them. "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. They knew that when Chouji got hungry, they had to get him some food. So, without saying another word to the team they had just met up with, they quickly hurried off to find another stand.
Instead of journeying long and hard, this time their journey took them far and wide to the nearest fried dough stand.
"Here we go!" said Ino as she quickly got in line before some other people could take her spot.
"After fried dough, what are we going to do?" Chouji asked.
"Let's go on a fun ride…" Ino said, looking around at all the awesome rides that all the other girls were most likely too afraid to go on.
"You two shouldn't go on a ride right after you eat." Said Shikamaru. "We could have a disaster on our hands."
"Come on, Shikamaru, no one ACTUALLY ever barfs on rides!" said Ino.
"You can believe that all you want, Ino." Said Shikamaru. "But you'll see just how wrong you are."
"Are you threatening me?" said Ino.
"No." said Shikamaru.
"Um…fried dough!" said Chouji. "YAY!!"
"Nice job, Chouji." Said Shikamaru.
"Chouji, why do you always do that?" Ino asked. "Whenever Shikamaru and I are trying to have a conversation, you always interrupt with something pointless!"
"I would NEVER interrupt a conversation to say something pointless!" said Chouji. "I use my pointless comments for whenever you and Shikamaru are arguing because I HATE argumentation!"
"And I knew that." Said Shikamaru. "It was obvious."
"Shut up, Shikamaru!" said Ino. "You think you're so smart just because you're a chuunin only because you're smart!"
"Ino, you're not allowed to talk anymore." Said Shikamaru.
"YAY!" cheered Chouji. "It's our turn!!"
"We'd like three fried doughs." Said Ino.
"Sorry, we just sold our last one." Said the woman.
"What?" said Chouji.
"We don't have anymore." Said the woman.
"Where can we get some fried dough around here?" Ino said, sounding annoyed.
"Some other cart?" said the woman unhelpfully with a shrug.
The three of them left the stand with their heads low. Ino's Sasuke senses started tingling so she raised her head to see Sasuke getting in line for something else that was far, far away.
"I think I'm in the mood for a caramel apple…" said Ino.
"Caramel apple?" said Chouji. "Where?"
"Let's go get some caramel apples!" said Ino as she grabbed Chouji and Shikamaru and dragged them towards the line that Sasuke was in. "Hi Sasuke!"
"Back off, Ino!" said Sakura, coming out of nowhere. "Sasuke isn't feeling well!"
"Well enough to get a caramel apple!" said Naruto.
"I want a caramel apple." Said Sasuke. "But then I'm leaving."
Then he got to the front and picked up a caramel apple and paid. "That was the LAST caramel apple!" said the man behind the counter as he slammed the window shut so no one else could come.
"Aw man!!" said Chouji. "I'm SO hungry!!"
"Chouji, can't you survive for ten minutes without eating?" said Ino.
"No!" said Chouji.
Ino looked around to see that Sasuke was gone! "Great!" she said. "Now Sasuke's gone! Thanks a lot Shikamaru!"
"Me?" said Shikamaru. "What did I do?"
"Nothing, but I can't yell at CHOUJI!" said Ino.
"Yes you can." Said Shikamaru. "He's right there."
"Oh Shikamaru!" said Chouji.
The three of them stared at each other for a moment.
"I'm still hungry." Said Chouji.
"Let's try one more place." Said Ino. They went off to find another place to get some food and found a French fry stand. But the line was EVER so long. But look! Neji, Lee and Tenten were up towards the front!
"Let's ask them if we can cut." Said Chouji.
"Yeah right." Said Ino. "They'll probably kill us. Or Neji will anyway."
"Just ask." Said Shikamaru. "But you shouldn't say 'cut'. You should say 'get in line with' because then it doesn't sound like we're cutting them even though we are."
"Okay fine." Said Ino. "But you both owe me!"
"Why do I owe you?" said Shikamaru but he was ignored as Ino went up to the three TEENAGERS.
"Hey, do you think we could get in line with you guys?" Ino asked, using Shikamaru's advice. Neji, Tenten and Lee turned around and looked at them curiously.
"Do we even know you?" said Neji.
"It's us!" said Chouji. "Ino, Shikamaru and Chouji!"
"Chouji, don't bother." Said Shikamaru. "Let's just go to the end of the line."
"Fine…" said Ino and Chouji sadly as the two of them followed Shikamaru to the end.
"Shikamaru, if you knew they would NEVER let us in line with them, why did you bother making me ask them?" said Ino.
"I didn't." Shikamaru said, looking annoyed.
When they finally got to the front of the line, they found to their dismay, the French fries had recently been…SOLD OUT!! NOOOOO!!
"I can't believe this!" said Chouji. "I'm STARVING!"
"Yeah and I just saw Neji throw his French fries away…" Ino said, leaning over a trashcan.
"Really?" said Chouji. "Are they still okay?"
"Ew, Chouji, don't pick French fries out of the trash!" said Ino.
"This is the worst carnival I have ever been to." Said Shikamaru. "No doubt all these rides aren't safe either. Besides, those French fries looked nasty anyway."
"So what do we do now, Shikamaru?" asked Chouji.
"I'm all for just LEAVING." Said Shikamaru.
"We haven't even done anything yet, though!" said Ino. "All we've done is go around looking for things to eat only to be disappointed!"
"Then I guess, technically, we HAVE done things." Shikamaru said. "We've looked for things to eat and then we've been disappointed."
"Oh Shikamaru, it's impossible to argue with that logic." Said Chouji.
"I can't hang out at a carnival with ONE guy, and I most certainly can't hang out at a carnival ALONE!" sighed Ino. "Fine…"
And with that, the three of them took off into the night.