Thank you to ppl who reviewed! Reviews make me feel very happy. Yes... very happy indeed! So review after you read this, ppl! ...please? puppy eyes lol. Just R&R, k! Oh, and Emily... my anonymous reviewer... yes. I am Chinese. Hehe... I've got Kakashi Gaiden in Chinese... it's sooo cool! Obito goes 'splat' though... sniff
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Nor do I own Pantene Pro-V shampoo. But I use it. lol
Ino, Sakura, Tenten and Hinata stood on the meeting grounds, some20 miles away from Konoha. It was their first day on Top Model, and they had found out there were 9 other contestants. (making up a total of 13 contestants for you people that are too lazy to do the math)
The other wannabe-models stood talking to each other in tight packs of 3's. The model/judge/mentor person stood with her back to the contestants, talking to the manager.
Ino surveyed the competition while chatting to Tenten and Hinata about how lazy Shikamaru gets, how surprisingly annoying Neji can be, and how competitive Naruto and Kiba can get. There were 3 other blondes, 4 brunnetes, a girl with auburn hair, and one with... green hair. Very nice, if they were trying out for the wacko station. Then again, as Ino glanced at her best friend/rival, pink wasn't exactly too common either. Ino sighed a little, and tuned back in on Tenten's rant on Neji wearing her slippers the other day.
Sakura was also eyeing the other girls, sitting on her suitcase. Although she was talking on her cellphone to Lee, who had recently become one of her good friends, she wasn't paying too much attention. She could see that the four kunoichis weren't the only ones with fierce beauty. The three blondes were talking to one another, as were three of the brunnetes. The remaining brown-haired girl was gabbering away to the red head and green-haired girl, and they were all beautiful. Sakura frowned as she updated Lee on Naruto's new record of bowls of ramen eaten in 5 minutes. (25) Competition was BIG.
Tenten was getting rather nervous as she told Ino and Hinata about how hard it is to hit Neji now that he's mastered some new jutsu that allowed him to move even faster than Lee. The other 9 girls were clealy gossiping, their hair as shiny as clear water in the sunset. In fact, some of the highlights from one blonde's hair had made Tenten temporarily blind. Damn. Why didn't she buy that new Pantene Pro-V shampoo? She surveyed her own buns in a mirror. She should let it down for some of the shots. Besides, didn't they say that it was the clothes that frame the body, and the hair that framed the face? If her hair was up in buns all the time, it couldn't possibly frame ANYTHING.
Hinata wasn't feeling very competitive at ALL. As she giggled at Ino's exasperated expression when she started to tell them about how Shikamaru never listens to her, and how much Shikamaru annoys her now, being very troublesome even though he hates troublesome things himself, Hinata shyly looked around. The actual model was still talking to the manager, her straight brown hair catching the light as she occasionally moved her head. Hinata bit her bottom lip, twiddling her fingers. Right now, as she turned back to Ino, who was still complaining about Shikamaru, Hinata was seriously wishing her father had gone against this. She clearly wasn't confident enough! What if she stuttered on television? That would be so embarrassing!
After a little while, Sakura had finished her conversation with Lee, and had joined in on the other kunoichi's conversation. Finally, the model finished talking to the manager, and turned to the contestants. The 13 girls instantly grew silent, warily watching their role-model. (literally. If you get my drift)
The model smiled warmly at the contestants.
"Welcome to Konoha's Next Top Model!" said the model. "My name, as some of you may know, is Tanrei Shihan. Call me Shihan.
"There are 13 of you. You are beautiful, energetic, and most of all, I see that you all have potential. Model potential. I believe in all 13 of you young, lovely girls. Sadly, although all of you have the figure, smile and probablyeverything required for a model, only one of you will get the title, 'Top Model'.
"In the next 13 weeks, 12 of you leave, one every week. I'm sorry. But it has to happen. Now, how about some ice-breakers?"said Shihan.
The 13 girls nodded their heads, not really having a choice. Some of them were shuffling their feet, eyeing the camera that had been set up right before Shihan's speech.
"Great!" exclaimed Shihan. "Now, tell us your name, some background information, and a hobby."
Ino stepped up.
"My name is Yamanaka Ino. My family owns the flower shop, and my hobby is to chase Sasuke-kun around, although I've recently found out that bugging Shikamaru is also quite entertaining," said Ino. She stepped back to where her friends were. When she had said the last part about bothering Shikamaru, she noticed that one of the brunnetes had narrowed her eyes and glared at her.
As the green-haired girl stepped up, Sakura nudged Ino. Ino turned to her pink-haired friend, puzzled.
"Why did you blush when you said Shikamaru's name?" Sakura whispered.
Ino looked at her, a 'wtf' expressionon her face. "What do you mean, I blushed when I said 'Shikamaru'?" Ino whispered back.
"There you go again..." Sakura took out her pocket mirror, putting it up to Ino's face so Ino could see her own visage clearly. "Shikamaru..." Sakura whispered.
To Ino's shock, she noticed that her cheeks were tinted pink as soon as Sakura whispered 'Shikamaru'. Embarrassed, Ino pushed the mirror away, still blushing slightly, and told Sakura to shut up and listen to the girl with green hair.
"My name is Ryoku Shoku. My cousin, Ayame, opened the Ichiraku Ramen Shop with her father. I like reading and writing," said Shoku.
"Thank you, Shoku-chan," said Shihan. "Who's next?"
Sakura then introduced herself, saying pretty much the same things Ino said, except her family doesn't own a flower shop, and she doesn't bug Shikamaru, she teases Naruto instead.
Hinata told them that her cousin was Neji (obvious... the girl doesn't want people to know much about her, does she?) and that she liked cooking.
Tenten told them her name, that she had a 100 accuracy when it came to throwing things, and that she liked hanging out with her friends at the mall. (The other kunoichi could tell that Tenten was about to say something like training for a hobby, but Sakura had caught her eye and shook her head slightly... they were not to blow their cover!)
Turns out the blondes names were Touka, Kitai and Winly. The red-head was called Nina. Two of the brunnetes were twins, named Iku and Aku. The other two brunnetes were Teito and Ama. The one that glared at Ino was Ama, and what she had to say was quite interesting.
"Hello, my name is Obiro Ama. My mother is a medic-nin, although I would never dream of being a kunoichi, and... and I have a crush on Nara Shikamaru, along with my 5 best friends."
Ino, Sakura, Tenten and Hinata's eyes widened to the size of saucers. This girl was openly admitting to... well, the world, or whoever was watching Top Model, that she had a crush on the lazy, genius shadow-nin? And dragging 5 of her best friends along into this? What kind of ego does she have? Not an easily bruised one, that's for sure. Plus, what kind of name was... Ama?
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Some 20 miles away, 8 teen boys were gawking at the tv screen, 'wtf' etched clearly across their faces. After a while, one of them spoke up.
"I never knew you had a fan club, Shikamaru..."
Dun dun dun duuuuun! Shikamaruhas fangirls in actual Naruto world! Or, well, my twisted version of it anyway. How will Ino react? Who are the 8 boys? What does Ama really mean?
Read to find out. Rookie 9 guys plus the two from Team Gai. Bitch.
Oh, does anyone read author's notes? If you read my notes, write: "itai itai itai" in your review. I just want to see who actually reads author's notes. Yeah, I'm super random. I just had an idea when I got the idea for Konoha's Next Top Model, that Shikamaru would have a fangirl that was a contestant in Top Model. I like to experiment dangerously with reactions, and I intend on morphing Top Model into something even the people that are most familiar with America's Next Top Model will be like 'omg! wtf is happening?'. In other words. This will be...
SUPER TWISTED!
You might be wondering about the contestant's name's references to FMA. I was getting a major block for names. Even Ryoku Shoku is just 'green' in Japanese. Something along the lines of that, anyway. I really couldn't think of anything. Then I saw the cover for my FMA dvd, and I'm just like... hmmm... FMA... WINLY! NINA! And that, became the contestant's names.
p.s. I HATE TUCKER! Nina was sooo cute!