I arrived at the training grounds the next morning. I looked at my watch, 6:45.
I'm rather early.
"Well… might as well kill time by training."
I set my things aside. What to practice? Ninjutsu? Nah, that's my strong suit. Even my genjutsu is better that my taijutsu… so I guess that clarifies things.
I stretched quick, then started my usual warm up: 15 squats, 20 push ups, and 3 laps around the clearing. Then I wondered… how exactly was I going to train?
A set of bushes rustled slightly
"I know you're there Chicken Butt… so come out and benefit my training!"
I watched the bushes move some more before the someone burst out laughing. I made a face that screamed "oh my fucking god, I'm so dumb" and sweatdropped.
"Sorry, Naru… I thought you were Chi- I mean…. Sasuke…" I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly. Naruto walked- or rather swayed- out of his hiding place that was the bushes laughing hysterically.
"Why…" he giggled "why do you call him that?"
"Call who what? Oh, you mean Chi-… er…. Sasuke?"
Naruto gave a goofy grin and nodded.
"You mean, ugh… why doesn't anyone else ever see it? I mean, hellOOoo! Have you seen the back of his head?!"
Mumbling under my breath, I pulled out two pictures. One was of the back of Sasuke's head, the other was of a chicken's –you guessed it- ass. "Observe and compare!"
He looked back and forth from each picture to the other. His face turned beet-red as he laughed like a maniac again. I gave a satisfied smile and put the pictures away.
"Anyways, ya wanna spar or something? I really need to work on my taijutsu."
He grinned semi-evily.
"Ok, but don't expect me to go easy on you, just cuz were teammates!"
"Now why would you do that?" I grinned back.
We both slid into a fighting stance. His nose twitched slightly.
He's gonna sneeze!
I took the opportunity and swung my arm out to punch him. He caught it, figures. I swung my leg out and kicked him in the side. He staggered a little bit before charging, I stood there till the last second the stepped to the side. He tried to redeem his balance, but tripped in the process. I pinned him down with my foot.
"Heeeeey!!! Leggo'a me! Get your foot off an' I'll show you how a real ninja spars!"
I grinned.
"Are you for serious?" I laughed as I helped him up. He high-fived me, "how is it we didn't become friends at the Academy?" I asked. He brushed himself off, but didn't respond.
Guess Naru's not in the mood for answering…
I looked over to a bunch of trees where Sasuke was walking over like he always did, a way he and all his fangirls assumed to be "cool" but really just looks like he was hiding a caffeinated squirrel in his pants.
Lagging behind him was the empty billboard herself, Sakura, with a dazed look on her face.
Pfff… probably dreaming about their nonexistent future together.
"Well, were all here, but how much you wanna bet that Kakashi's gonna be late." Said Chickenbutt.
"Quite on the contrary, Sasuke, you and Sakura are the ones that are late…" behind Sasuke stood Kakashi.
Didn't Iruka-sensei say the jounin had a tendency to be late? Whatever, he's here now, that's all that matters…. I guess.
"Well, you're all here, so lets get started. As you know this is a survival exercise, but you could think of it as your first mission. The objective," Sensei paused as he fumbled in his pocket for a moment "will be to retrieve these bells from me. You all just made genin, and I'm a jounin so you probably have a better chance if you came at me like you were going to kill me." I stifled the hysterical laughter that welled up inside me. I must have let some of it get away, because he fixed me with a stern glare. I immediately shut up.
I instead preoccupied myself with studying the bells we were to snipe from Sensei. Pinky noticed the odd thing about them the same moment I did.
"But Sensei!" said Billboard was faster to ask questions than I was "there are only two bells! There are four of us!"
"That means that only two of us pass, doesn't it? Only you wouldn't send half of a possible team back to the ninja academy, so one of us would be…" I paused, letting a huff escape from my lungs. I knew what was happening. "Transferred." I finished the statement, fighting back the liquid gold I knew my eyes would turn if I showed my fury.
"Well done the two of you" Kakashi said in a rather bored tone. "You figured it out. The best three will pass and be trained by me or exchanged with Suna."
Well isn't that all sunshine-daisies-butter mellow... but lets think this thru. Chickenbutt has a huge enough ego that he's gonna do this on his own. Sakura will think she's one step ahead of Sensei and use what she knows. No chance either of them will team up, so there's still a chance that I can say in Konoha. Naruto… well.. lets just face it… he doesn't stand a chance… maybe…
I looked up to find Kakashi holding a kunai to the back of a stunned Naruto's neck.
Nope. He's not gonna team up. He doesn't stand a chance.
"Now" the jounin spoke in an irritated fashion. "we will start the exam in 3-2-1!"
just as he spat the word from his mouth we all had bolted and hid. Well… all of us… except-
"I'm gonna take you on Sensei!!!"
I sighed as I moved quickly deeper into the forest part of the training grounds. The kid was hopeless… loveable… but hopeless.
I settled next to a large tree with a lot of brush surrounding it. I pricked my ears toward the direction I came. Straining my ears still, I managed to hear what I thought to be Kakashi yelling "a thousand years of pain!!!" followed by silence then a defiant yelp from Naru.
I shook my head. I didn't nor did I want to know what happened. From the sound of it though, I could catch a few Z's before I had to face Kakashi. I had yet to snatch one of those bells. In response to the deep thinking I was attempting, my eyes shut tight. I had only drifted of for a few minutes when my cell buzzed.
Who the hell was texting me?! I flipped it open to find that it was from my friend Ashimakase.
::---hey. Im here. Where r u? Thought u needed help---::
Oh… that's right… I had texted her earlier this morning cuz I had that hunch.
Dejavoux all over again.
I quickly tapped out my whereabouts.
No sooner had I pressed the "send" button, my amiga was sitting next to me.
"Well, Monsieur General, what's the plan?" she said with a smug grin.
"Having you equipped with sharpies was the worst idea at a sleep over." I commented. She flashed that grin again.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. You know you love me. So how can I help?"
"Your gonna be part of a dynamic duo that will steal a single jingle bell from a big white haired man."
"Aww, poor sandy clause won't know what hit him! Commence operation?" she gave me another wily grin.
"You got it. Operation Ho ho ho begins!"
few, took long enough, but I finally got the second chapter typed up.
I have chapter three all written out and I'll get on digitizing it for you guys asap!!!
O.O;;
If any thing I suppose I owe you guys a preview huh?
FINALLY! SOME ACTION! But how exactly does this operation pan out?? We'll find out soon enough. And what's this?? A glimpse into Kaji's past? In chapter 3—be prepared for humor, an ass kicking, and awesome powers!
