Thanks for the reviews! And out of curiosity, what DOES 'dattebayo mean?
.:Part 2:.
Sakura looked at her watch, wondering why on earth she'd actually joined Elimidate in the first place. Ino had dared her to do it.
Inner Sakura: NEVER do that again!
Kakashi, with a troop of cameramen, hid in the bushes.
"Testing, the rain in Konoha falls during climaxes in the storyline. . ." said Kakashi, testing a microphone.
"Kakashi-san, we're on in five." said one of the cameramen.
"All right. Is my hair okay?" he asked.
"Gravity defying as it always is." said another of the film crew, holding up one of those huge fuzzy microphones that resembled a feather duster.
"Okay. Call in the bachelors."
Sakura was sitting at a bench near the carnival area.
"Ohayo, Konoha!" said Kakashi into the mike. "Here is Elimidate, Konoha Edition! Our young candidate, Haruno Sakura, is sitting over there unaware that our cameras are watching!"
"And now, for those who just tuned in, here are the bachelors!"
Naruto jumped out of the trees behind Sakura, effectively knocking down the bench and catapulting Sakura to the ground.
"I'm gonna win this contest and become Sakura's boyfriend, dattebayo!" he shouted.
"Naruto BAKA! You nearly scared me to death!" scolded Sakura.
"Daijobu, Sakura-san?" said Neji, calmly walking out of the trees. He went over to her and helped her up.
Sakura, blushing slightly from the caring gesture (which is uncommonly seen from Neji) , nodded. Wow. Is this the real Neji?
"SAKURA-SAN!" shouted Lee, whose entrance was similar to Naruto's.
". . . . . I'm fine, Lee. Neji helped me." said Sakura, brushing off some dirt from her dress.
"NEJI!" yelled Lee. "My eternal rival not only in career, but in love! I may not be able to defeat you in sparring but in love I shall. . . . ."
As Lee rambled on, Shikamaru stepped out of the bushes and handed Sakura a gift.
Sakura's eyes widened. "A Sasuke plushie! Thank you, Shikamaru-kun!"
"No problem." shrugged Shikamaru.
.: Hyuuga Estate :.
"Why are we here again?" said Tenten.
"To keep an eye on out male teammates!" said Ino. "Ne, Hinata-chan?"
Hinata twiddled her fingers nervously. She nodded.
Ino switched on the flat-screen tv, and began to search for the channel Elimidate was on.
"Lee, I understand. But Neji? Sakura?" wondered Tenten aloud. I didn't know that Neji was the Sakura type. . .
"Ano, I was wondering that as well. . . ." said Hinata.
"The biggest mystery of all, my friends, is why on earth that lazy Shikamaru would enter." declared Ino. Why her? I mean, she's totally not his style. Sakura's pretty high maintenance. What on earth in Shikamaru thinking?
"Don't you like Shikamaru?" said Tenten.
"Don't YOU like Neji? Besides, I really want to know what Sasuke is doing right now, I haven't seen him in ages. . ." said Ino.
Hinata watched the Naruto onscreen. Naruto-kun. . . .I hope you win this. . .
"Hey, what's that Shikamaru gave Sakura?" said Tenten "A Sasuke plushie?"
"WHAT!" said Ino. He never gave ME a Sasuke plushie, and I'm his teammate! What is up with you, Shikamaru, choosing big-forehead-chan over me!
"Ino, do I sense jealousy?" said Tenten.
"I'm betting you're the jealous one, Neji's never like that at training, is he?"
". . . . . . . He's not."
"Thought so. Fuzzy brows is noisy as usual. . ."
.: Carnival :.
"Hey look, a pie-eating contest!" said Naruto.
"Haven't they heard of Chouji?" said Shikamaru, getting a laugh out of everybody.
Neji inspected the rules.
"It says here, no Akimichis allowed to enter." said the Hyuuga.
"Are you?" said a very familiar voice.
Sakura's eyes lit up.
Naruto groaned.
Neji amd Shikamaru looked at each other.
Lee. . . . . .
"UCHIHA SASUKE! What brings you to the youthful carnival on this fine day?" said Lee.
"Nothing." said Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun!" smiled Sakura.
He ignored her.
"Well, I'M entering." Sasuke proceeded to write his name on the entry form.
"I won't let Sasuke-teme beat me!" said Naruto, who grabbed an entry form and started writing.
"Nor will I!" said Lee, who followed suit.
"Wait, guys—" said Sakura, only to see Neji write his name as well.
"Mendokuse. . . ." Shikamaru followed.
Behind an okonomiyaki stall. . . .
"And so, is the first Elimidate challenge!" said Kakashi. "Will our bachelors beat the object of young Sakura's affection? Will they be able to out-eat each other? What role does Uchiha Sasuke play in all of this? And, the mystery of all mysteries, where in the world is Akimichi Chouji? Find out, after the commercial break!"
"Aaand cut!" said the cameraman. He and the others quickly ran off to find a good spot to set up the cameras.
"That was great, Kakashi-san!" said Iruka, who'd tagged along. "I just hope that Naruto-kun doesn't explode from all the pies. . ."
"You of all people should know, Iruka. And you can ditch the honorifics (examples: -chan, -san, -kun) when it's just the two of us." said Kakashi.
"Oh! Right. Kakashi." smiled Iruka.
"Anyway, if Naruto-kun can eat almost two dozen bowls of ramen on a good day, who knows how many pies he can eat?" said Kakashi, taking out a familiar-looking volume of Icha Icha Paradise.
"Reading that one again?" inquired Iruka.
"You can never reread a book too many times." smiled Kakashi, under the mask.
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A little short, in my opinion, but I'd like to hear yours! Your opinion, I mean. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it!