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Naruto Primer Lost Chapter: All
Boats
We've noticed that there are certainly a lot more group chapters in this lost chapter version of the Naruto Primer. And there are also an abundance of chapters that are dedicated to the teachers trying to prove that their students are the best. OH WELL!!
One day, the huge group was down at the beach area that you never see in the comic or the show, but it DOES exist, trust us. We're not going to bother telling you why they're there or how they got there since that would just be repetitive so we're going to cut right to the chase.
"All right," said Kurenai. "Each team has three hours to construct a boat. At the end of the three hours, you must get on your boat and paddle out to the island out there, where we will be waiting. Everyone understand?"
The students said that they did and were just about to tear off and search for supplies when…"All right, we have to assign the new teams." Said Kakashi, whipping out a clipboard and pulling a pencil out from behind his ear.
"This whole competition was my idea!" said Asuma smugly.
"We randomly drew your names out of a hat a little while ago." Kakashi said, trying to ignore Asuma. "And the new teams are as follows; Hinata, Sakura, Chouji and Kiba are on one team. Tenten, Ino, Shikamaru and Shino are on another. And, by process of elimination, Neji, Sasuke, Naruto and Lee are on the last one."
"Your three hours starts now." Said Kurenai. "Synchronize your watches!"
Sasuke immediately synchronized his watch, holding it out so everyone could see it. Everyone marveled at his awesome ninja watch. The teachers then ran off…to go and do…stuff.
"Guys, let's get a bunch of branches and tie them together!!" said Kiba to his team. "It'll be like a raft!! We can't lose!"
"That sounds like a good idea, Kiba!" said Hinata.
"Sounds good to me!" said Sakura with a shrug.
"Whatever." Said Chouji.
Shikamaru looked at his team after observing what just transpired and laughing to himself. "All right, guys." He said. "I have the plans for an awesome boat. All you have to do is do exactly what I say and we'll win this."
"I trust you Shikamaru!" said Ino. "Guys, let's do what Shikamaru says."
"Whatever." Shino said.
"Sure!" said Tenten. "What's the plan?"
Shikamaru then explained the plan to his group and they went off to get the supplies they needed. Shikamaru, on the other hand, was the self-designated paddle maker.
"I HAVE AN IDEA!!!" yelled Lee so loudly that it startled the rest of his team and everyone else that was within a few miles.
"What is it?" Sasuke asked.
"We could get a huge tree and hollow it out!" Lee said, doing little hand motions for hollowing something out. "Then we could all climb inside and make paddles and it'll be like a canoe! What do you guys think?! Pretty good?!"
"We don't have any better." Naruto said.
"We could think some more." Neji suggested.
"No, we're wasting time." Said Sasuke. "Let's just go with the canoe idea. Me, Lee and Neji will go and get the tree. Naruto, you get supplies we need for the boat."
The group broke out, Naruto off to the village and the rest to the forest to find the hugest tree they came across.
Later…
All the groups had all their supplies and everything they needed to start making their boat.
"All right, if you put those trees as the base with the door going across…" Shikamaru narrated as he whittled some paddles EVER so slowly. His teammates tried their best to keep up with Shikamaru and his directions.
"Shikamaru, we need more man power!" Tenten said, wiping her forehead.
"I think Shino is manly enough to fill the gap." Said Shikamaru.
"Don't bother trying to get any work out of Shikamaru." Ino advised Tenten.
"Hey, I got the idea AND I'm making these paddles." Said Shikamaru, holding up a paddle. "Where would you be if everyone was working on the boat and then there were no paddles? Come on, do I have to think of EVERYTHING?"
"Where should we drill the hole to put the sail?" Shino asked, picking up a drill.
"Hello?" Shikamaru said with an exasperated sigh. "The doorknob hole is good enough. There's no sense in drilling more holes in a boat than we need."
Hinata had taken a break from her work to watch the Shikamaru team momentarily and how their boat was coming along. Then she looked back at her boat, which looked like a couple of logs tied together. Ironically, that's exactly what it was.
"You guys, our boat rules SO much!" Kiba declared. "It's because we have five members working on it and everyone else only has four."
"I think we should make it a little stronger." Sakura said as she touched one of the sticks and it snapped.
"It's plenty strong!" laughed Kiba. "All we have to do is sit on it lightly!!"
"Sit on it lightly?" Chouji said with a raised eyebrow.
"Sure!" said Kiba. "It's easy! And…hey!" He bent down and picked up a few logs. "We can use these as paddles!"
"How are we going to use a couple of logs as paddles?" Hinata questioned.
"All we do is put the logs in the water and then push forward!" said Kiba as if it was obvious.
While this group was almost finished with their boat, the final team was still waiting for Naruto to return. They had retrieved a hefty sized tree to hollow out, but all they needed was for Naruto to bring them the tools in which they would hollow it out with!
Then Naruto returned.
"I brought all the supplies I could find!" said Naruto as he dropped three items on the ground.
"A…sweater?" Neji said, picking up a sweater.
"A bowl?" Sasuke said, looking kind of annoyed.
"I get dibs on the chair!!" said Lee.
"What good will a bowl, a sweater and a chair do us?!" demanded Sasuke.
"The bowl is for just in case we get hungry, the chair is for sitting on and we'll need to the sweater if we get cold!" Naruto answered.
"When we said we needed supplies, we meant that we needed working supplies in order to make the boat." Neji tried to explain without popping a blood vessel.
"I'LL go and get the stuff we need!" said Lee.
"No, there's no time." Said Sasuke. "We'll just have to hollow out the boat with our shuriken."
"WHIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!" whined Naruto and Lee. Neji whined on the inside but he wasn't about to sink the level of Naruto and Lee.
So the four whipped out their shuriken and began furiously hollowing out the tree to the best of their abilities.
At the end of the three hour time limit, all the teachers returned. The teams had mostly finished up and were waiting for them to tell them to go. First, the teachers went over to the Shikamaru group.
"Tell us about your creation." Ordered Asuma.
"Shikamaru?" said the other three, pointing to Shikamaru.
Shikamaru turned around and looked at the boat. "It's a sailboat." He said. "And I made paddles just in case there was no wind."
"YOU made paddles?!" gasped all the teachers as they kept themselves from fainting.
"That's about all he did." Said Shino.
"And he only made three…" Tenten added.
"We only need three." Shikamaru replied. "I'M going to steer."
"Very nice!" complimented Gai. "I'm rather impressed!"
The teachers migrated to the Neji, Sasuke, Naruto and Lee group as they stood with their canoe.
"It's a canoe!" said Kurenai.
"How did you go about making this?" asked Kakashi. "I don't see any tools around."
"Aha, Kakashi, I've been waiting for the opportunity to say this." Said Asuma. "If you just looked underneath the underneath then you would see that they used their shuriken!"
Kakashi stared at Asuma. "Sorry, that was not a proper use of the phrase looking underneath the underneath." He said.
"DARN!" said Asuma, snapping his fingers.
"WHY did you hollow it out with your shuriken?" asked Gai. "Why didn't you use tools?"
"It was because Naruto didn't bring any tools." Said Sasuke, glaring at Naruto.
"They said SUPPLIES!" Naruto said in his defense.
"Okay…so how are you going to go about moving it?" said Kurenai, looking in the canoe for paddles.
The four students stared at each other silently. They had been so busy hollowing out the canoe that they had completely forgotten about paddles.
"TOO LATE NOW!!" yelled Asuma and Kurenai. They wanted this team to lose because it didn't have any of THEIR students on it. So the two random teachers pulled the two significant teachers over to the last group and their… little…thing.
"I hope this isn't your boat." Said Kakashi. "I hope this is modern art."
"It's our raft!!" said Kiba. "See? I'm going to sit here, Chouji's going to sit here, Hinata's going to sit behind me and Sakura is going to sit over here and then Akamaru will be here and we'll have paddles and—"
"All right, we understand." Said Gai. "What were you guys doing during the whole three hours?"
"…Making the boat?" said Hinata, looking somewhat confused.
"Okay then…" said Asuma with a shrug.
"Attention!" Kurenai called, standing on top of Naruto's chair. "Everyone has to put their boats in the water and when we say go, you all have to go as fast as you can to that island! Whoever gets there first wins!"
"Guys, what are we going to use for paddles?" Neji asked as he and his team picked up their boat and moved it over to the water.
"Our hands I guess…" Lee said.
"Um…I'm going to use my bowl!" said Naruto.
Sasuke looked Naruto up and down and then picked up the chair that Kurenai had jumped off of. With that, he smashed it right over the boat's side.
"MY CHAIR!!!" wailed Naruto.
"I know Naruto's annoying but you didn't have to smash his chair." Said Lee.
Sasuke didn't answer, he only picked up the two pieces and handed the seat to Neji and kept the back for himself. "I'll use this for my paddle, and you use that for yours."
"What about me?!" demanded Lee.
"You can be the motor." Sasuke assigned him.
"YES!!" cheered Lee. "THE MOTOR!!! THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB OF ALL!"
"Kiba…it's coming undone!" said Sakura as she desperately tried to grab a stray stick that was floating out from underneath her. They had all climbed on the raft and were pretty much under the water.
"I'm wet." Said Chouji.
"That's okay, let's just tie it back together!" said Kiba as he grabbed some stray rope and tied the stick back on.
"I don't think the weight is balanced." Said Hinata, noting the fact that Sakura and Chouji were both under the water while Hinata and Kiba were above it.
"Hinata, I'm the second heaviest so I should be in the front!" said Kiba. "It only makes sense!"
"All right!" cheered Ino. "We have the best boat!! We're going to win! All thanks to Shikamaru!"
"Naturally." Said Shikamaru.
"I'm going to be sitting the middle." Said Shino as he got up and sat in the very middlest of the boat. "I don't want to get any water on me. I don't do water."
Everyone knew why so they didn't want to have to ask.
"Well, even though Shikamaru did nothing in the actual construction of the boat, I have to admit that most of our success was because of him!" Tenten said.
"Most?" said Shikamaru.
"All right, all right, all." Tenten said, rolling her eyes.
"ON YOUR MARK!!!" yelled all the teachers. "GET SET…GO!!!"
AND THEY WERE OFF!!
The Canoe Team got the biggest start. Even with their ghetto paddles, they pulled ahead the fastest. It was also because Lee was able to walk along the ocean bottom until he couldn't touch anymore and then was there to vigorously push them along.
The Sailboat Team opened up their sails and caught the wind. It was awesome. Ino and Tenten paddled for a moment or two, but then they realized that it was kind of pointless so they picked the paddles out of the water and just sat back to enjoy the ride.
As for the Raft Team…
Well, they were going pretty slow. With their logs for paddles, they had pretty much…uh…not gotten ANYWHERE.
"I am practically under water right now." Said Chouji who was currently up to his waist in water.
"That's strange!" said Kiba who was about a foot out of the water. "I thought I calculated the weight perfectly!"
"We need to balance the weight better!" Sakura complained since she was under water as well.
"I'll move up a little bit!" said Hinata as she started to scoot forward but slipped on the slippery sticks and slid backwards instead. The entire back of the boat was completely submerged underwater and Kiba was sent up into the air, only to sink a few seconds later along with the boat and the rest of his team.
With the Canoe Team…
"Do you guys feel like we're getting…lower?" Neji asked, turning around to face the rest of his team. He was sitting in front of the canoe with Naruto in the middle and Sasuke in the back. Lee was pushing out of the boat.
"Come to think of it, the boat IS getting heavier." Said Lee.
"Come to think of it…we're sitting in water!" Naruto yelled.
Everyone looked down to see that there was a good few inches of water in their canoe.
"There's a leak somewhere!" said Neji frantically. If they sank now then everyone would find out that he couldn't swim! NOOOO!!
"A squirrel hole!!" Naruto yelled, pointing dramatically at a hole at the bottom of the boat.
"We should have noticed that!" said Lee. "That would have been less for us to have to hollow out!!"
"I'll plug it up with this sweater!!" said Naruto as he shoved the sweater in the hole. Then he stopped paddling and began bailing with his bowl in order to get all the water out. "Ha! Take THAT Sasuke! We ended up using all my stuff!"
He turned around and looked at Sasuke who looked completely unfazed and was furiously paddling as if nothing had happened. He was so in the zone that nothing could surprise him now.
With the Sailboat Team…
"Shikamaru." Said Ino as she hit Shikamaru on the shoulder. Shikamaru looked down from his current cloud admiring.
"What?" he asked.
"If you're going to steer, you have to pay attention." She said.
"Oh right." Sighed Shikamaru, looking down to see that he was holding onto the rudder.
"I think we're catching up with Neji and Lee!" said Tenten.
"AND Sasuke." Ino corrected.
"Right!" said Tenten.
"I think we have a chance at winning this one!" said Ino as she turned around and hit Shikamaru again. "If Shikamaru would keep the boat going straight!!"
"What?" said Shikamaru. "Geez. This is so troublesome."
"If it's too troublesome to steer then I will!" said Tenten.
"No, I'll take care of it." Shikamaru replied.
With the Raft Team…(or the…um, Lack of Raft Team…)
"Come on!!" said Kiba. "We can still catch up with them!!"
The team of four was currently clinging to a log and kicking with their feet, moving at an incredibly slow pace.
"Sorry, Kiba, I don't think we're EVER going to catch up with them." Said Sakura who had long since given up on the kicking.
"I think we should just enjoy the water." Said Chouji. "It would be faster if we just swam back to the shore."
After a moment of argumentation, everyone eventually ended up agreeing. It was four to one with only Kiba wanting to continue forward. "Some friend YOU are, Akamaru!" Kiba growled under his breath as everyone turned around and headed back towards the shore.
With the Canoe Team…
"This is BORING!!" complained Naruto.
"Don't stop paddling." Said Neji, turning around and noticing that Naruto had dropped the bowl on the bottom of the boat and was now leaning back and stretching.
"Can't we take a little break?" he said.
"No, the other team will catch up with us!!" yelled Lee, stealing a glance behind him to see big sails off in the distance.
Naruto got a devious grin and grabbed both sides of the boat. Then he started rocking it back and forth. "ROCK THE BOAT ROCK THE BOAT ROCK THE BOAT!!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.
Neji immediately dropped the seat of the chair in the boat and grabbed the rims. He turned around. "Stop that!!" he commanded.
"Stop what?!" Naruto yelled, continuing to rock the boat. "These waters sure are treacherous!"
"You shouldn't rock the boat!!" said Lee. "It's hard to push!! And you guys might fall in!!"
"Must…win…" Sasuke said as he continued paddling as hard as he could to make up for the fact that Neji and Naruto had stopped.
"Naruto…I'll give you to the count of three before I do something drastic." Said Neji as water started splashing in the boat.
"Oh I'm really scared." Said Naruto in a mocking tone. He knew he had beaten Neji in the tournament. He had beaten him then and he could beat him NOW! Mwa ha ha!
After that last comment, Neji could tell just by looking at Naruto's eyes that he was thinking about the fact that he beat him in the tournament. So Neji didn't even bother giving Naruto to the count of three. He just grabbed his 'paddle', spun around and smacked Naruto over the head with it. Naruto went flying out of the boat and skid across the water before sinking, obviously unconscious. Lee and Sasuke both stopped their motion.
"That certainly was drastic." Lee said.
Sasuke dropped the back of the chair. "Great job, Neji." He commented, sounding annoyed. "If we're lucky, we might come in second now."
"He was rocking the boat." Said Neji.
"I know." Sasuke replied. "But now he's not even in the boat. Well, since you did it, you have to go and get him."
"Me?" Neji said nervously. "Lee's already in the water…"
"No, you have to get him." Said Sasuke, pointing out in the water.
"Lee's already in the water." Neji repeated.
"Yeah!" said Lee quickly, giving the thumbs up. "I'll go!!"
Lee swam out to where Naruto was sinking, dove down and resurfaced with him, returning to the boat in record-breaking time. Though, it wasn't quite enough because, by the time he got back, the Sailboat Team had caught up with them and was now sailing by.
"That sure was interesting." Said Ino as they cruised on by.
"They have a boat." Said Tenten. "There's no point to half of them being in the water."
"Maybe it was a capsize." Said Shino.
"No, Neji and Sasuke were completely dry." Shikamaru said.
"Whatever, it doesn't matter." Ino said. "We're almost at the island! We're going to win!"
After a little while of sailing, and checking back every once and a while to make sure the Canoe Team was still far behind, they reached the shore of the island where the teachers were waiting.
"Congratulations!" said Asuma. "I knew you guys would win because both Shikamaru AND Ino are on that team!"
"And I noticed that no one on Kakashi's team won…" Gai said under his breath. Kakashi crossed his arms and pouted.
"I was pretty much certain that the Neji, Sasuke, Naruto and Lee team was going to win." Kurenai confessed. "As much as I DIDN'T want them to…"
With the Canoe Team…
"It ONLY makes sense, Neji." Said Sasuke. "Since I dropped my paddle in the water when I was angry at you and Naruto's bowl broke because you hit him, not to mention the fact that he's unconscious, YOU should have to go out and push while I use your paddle."
"No, I think I'll just use my paddle and you can push with Lee." Said Neji.
"This ISN'T a choice, Neji." Said Sasuke. "Now get in the water before I do something drastic to YOU."
"What are you going to do?" said Neji in that offended tone that was all like, "You can't touch me. I was the number one rookie last year. I rule."
"If I remember correctly…" said Sasuke. "You…you lost to…that's right! You lost to Naruto, didn't you? You DID!"
"You lost to Lee." Neji pointed out.
"No." said Sasuke. "I let Lee win. I wanted him to use that move so I could copy it. He didn't REALLY beat me. If I were to fight him now, I would win." Sasuke had probably told himself this story so many times that he actually believed it. Poor child. "With that said, get in the water and push."
"I'm not getting in the water, Sasuke."
"Neji…just get in the water."
"No, I'm not going to."
"How about we fight, then? Loser gets in the water. Fight me now. We'll determine now who's better. Who has the better bloodline, curse seal and is just all around better than the other person."
As much as Neji WANTED to fight Sasuke, he didn't want to do it while they were in a little canoe out in the middle of the water. Then he noticed that they were on the shore.
"YEAH!!!" cheered Lee as he jumped out of the water and showed off some of his mad taijutsu skills. "WE FINISHED!! GO US!!!"
"You were kicking the whole time?" said Sasuke as he got out of the boat.
"YEAH!!" said Lee as he threw some more punches.
"How about that fight now?" said Neji as he got out of the canoe as well.
"No." said Sasuke. "We don't need to fight if we're already on the shore."
"Whatever happened to determining who has the better bloodline and curse seal and who's better?!" Neji demanded.
"Oh, I know I'm better." Said Sasuke. "I only fight people when I'm kind of on the fence on who's better or if I just feel like beating someone but I'm pretty sure that I'm better than you."
Before Neji could explode with anger that would most likely end up with a rant on the Main and Branch Houses, the teachers all ran over.
"HURRAY!!" cheered Gai. "GREAT JOB!!"
"YES SIR!!" said Lee, saluting him.
"I thought you guys were going to win." Said Kakashi.
"We would have but some people can't control their anger." Said Sasuke, glaring at Neji. Neji decided to let that slide since he was slightly relieved that no one found out that he couldn't swim. And if someone found THAT out (besides Lee) then he would DIE. Just DIE, I say.
Finally, with the Lack of a Raft Team…
"Um…do you think they're going to come over here?" said Sakura, looking off in the distance.
"Let's just wait a little longer." Said Kiba as he made a sand castle with Hinata and Akamaru.
After everyone waited quite a long time for each other, the teachers and the rest of the students finally went back to the main land to find the Lack of a Raft Team THERE. There was a little bit of explanation and then everything was hunky dory.
"All right…" said Kakashi. "Let's just note this down as another pointless waste of time and continue going about our lives."
"Sounds like a plan!" cheered everyone else.