Author's Note: Not mine. My friend (who contributed to Baka) wrote, I beta-ed. Hence the short author's note.
Iruka-sensei was…unconventional, to say the least. Today was no exception-he had just given the class a strange assignment.
"I want you to write a fairy tale. Together."
"Why something so troublesome?" Shikamaru asked boredly.
"Because. There's a lesson behind it, but I can't tell you beforehand. Now start!"
The class began to work.
Mayhem ensued.
"Once upon a time, there was-"
"-one Ino-pig…"
"You mean one beautiful kunoichi…"
"-a beautiful bag of chips…"
"No, a beautiful bowl of magical ramen!"
"Try adding in an idiotic dobe…"
"U-uh, how a-about a brave, young squire?"
"Yeah, with a brave, young puppy companion!"
"…I don't think Hinata-san was referring to you, Kiba."
"Aww, be quiet, Shino!"
"zzz…"
"They were-"
"Really loud and annoying, trying to interfere between true love!"
"Stuck with an incredibly lazy…oh for Pete's sake, Shikamaru, wake up!"
"Barbeque-flavored…"
"Eaten by a person who was going to become the next Hokage!"
"If he could ever learn a decent jutsu, that is."
"d-determined! Th-they believed…a-and never gave up…"
"Right! With enough persistence, anyone can remove their itchy flea collar!"
"…"
"zzz…snore…"
"Ultimately, what happened was-"
"She was defeated by the power of true love, cha!"
"You know, Sakura-chan, you're really getting to sound like Lee…"
"They were eaten by a pleasingly plump ninja!"
"With their magical, ramen-y power, the shinobi became the best Hokage EVER!"
"Assuming, of course, that 'best' stands for 'Baka and Energetically Stupid Twit.'"
"The squire became the n-noblest kn-knight!"
"But what happened to the puppy, Hinata-chan?"
"It learned that bugs, even fleas, should never be killed with accursed collars."
"But they itch!"
"zzz…oh! Once upon a time-"
"We're done with that part, you lazy excuse of a-"
"In that case, the end. Let me go back to slee…zzz…"
"So what was the purpose of this assignment anyway, Iruka-sensei?"
Iruka sweat-dropped. To instill a sense of unity by combining their values and dreams, the group will demonstrate teamwork and empathy while forming a collective fairy tale. Drat. It sounded so perfect in the manual too.
"Uh…nothing. There wasn't any real reason, Sakura-chan."
Jutsus, training exercises, and tactics, Iruka-sensei learned, were the easiest things to stick to when teaching.
Author's Note: My friend's. So...I guess on her part...please review.