The clammer of the studio audience rang throughout the hall, as shinobi from all villages struggled to squeeze through the bleachers. Down below, the "VIP" section was already in plain view, as kages and other high ranking jounin sat. It was in this area where the Kazekage and his siblings sat, seemingly unperturbed by the hustle and bustle of the audience.
"Well, this might not be as big of a disaster as I'd hoped it would be, right Gaara?" The former jinchuriki looked at his brother before letting out an uninterested sigh. Between screaming women, men who wanted to see the infamous Uchiha be publicly humiliated in front of them, and a Mizukage who appeared to be flustered and for some reason, very sweaty; he really did not want to be here. The woman next to him laughed.
"Yeah right. It's complete chaos Kankuro." Contrary to her siblings attitude, Temari actually wanted to be here. Not for a certain Nara, that was for damn sure. As much as she loved her home village, Suna would never do something like this, especially with someone as stiff as Gaara. "Speaking of him," she thought to herself as she turned to him. "So, who're you rooting for?" Gaara ignored her as Kankuro snickered.
"I'm pretty sure we know you're gonna root for Shikamaru, that's a given. He might be smart and all, but I dunno. I think Naruto might win this."
"Naruto is an idiot. This game obviously not only focuses on embarrassing the competitors, but it also wants to test their intelligence, and strength. Naruto does not have intelligence. To be honest, I think the Uchiha will win. Or Hyuuga, but I doubt he can beat him." A cough came from Gaara as he looked at the both of them.
"Don't underestimate Naruto." And that was that.
"Nervous Teme?" Naruto grinned at the brooding Uchiha, who looked as if he wanted to use his Susanoo and obliterate this whole building. But that chapter of his life was long gone. Maybe.
"Naruto, please do not embarrass us further. My clan will be watching, so I suggest you act your age."
The blond stood rigidly, and began to mock the Hyuuga. "Look at me, my clan have sticks up their asses, ho ho ho ho, I'm Neji and I'm so tough and no girl would ever date a prick like OUCH!" Naruto held his aching foot as Neji rubbed his head in exasperation.
"Well. I'm out." The three men looked and saw Shikamaru with a paper in his hand. Sasuke raised an eyebrow before snatching the paper from his grasp.
"Out. As in...you're quitting." Sasuke continued to scan the paper and shook his head. "You actually got Tsunade to agree to this, on paper." Shikamaru nodded. "Impressive, you pussy. Is it really worth getting your paycheck docked being forced to do crappy B ranked missions?" Shikamaru nodded again. "Ugh." Sasuke crumpled the paper and threw it at him while Naruto cackled.
"PUSSY! YOU'RE A PUSSY!"
"NARUTO, WE GET IT. There's no need for you to shout, we know all about Nara's cowardice." Shikamaru placed his hands in pockets and began to walk to the bleachers where the audience were patiently waiting. "This is all troublesome, I'm not going to be humiliated just for some shitty game show. If the Hokage wants to send me on some B rank missions for a month because I didn't want to be involved in this, then hey, that's fine by me. You guys have fun." He saluted the three of them before walking away; a noticeable bounce to his step was noticed before he disappeared. Naruto looked at Sasuke and Neji before placing his fist forward.
"Alright, now it's just the three of us! Let's do this! Repeat after me, We're badass! Ready? One, Two, Three! We're Badass!" His battle cry was promptly ignored, before Karin appeared before them.
"I heard about what happened with Shika, can't say I'm surprised though." She clapped her hands together excitedly before she continued. So hey, listen, the show's gonna start in like, oh I dunno 2 minutes? Yes, that sounds right, and I suggest you start calming your mind and prepare yourselves."
"Calming your mind," Sasuke asked, his brows raised in confusion.
"Well I assume you're going to be a little annoyed when you hear some of the questions, and when you're annoyed, you are prone to extreme acts of violence, which I was well aware of a while back, right Sasu Cakes?" He coughed awkwardly. "What I mean is that you should just breath in and out, and well just calm down. We don't need any more violence, right? Good. See you three soon." And with that, she walked into the center of the stage, ready to show off the guinea pigs, I mean stars of the shows.
But that will be introduced at another time.
Poor Shika, he only lasted one chapter :( I'm not very happy with this chapter, it's rushed and not too much happens. Oh well.
Also, the past weeks of Naruto have been eh, to HOLY SHIT GAI IS AWESOME.
I mean, Naruto is hurt and 2 ladies try to help him. Sasuke is literally bleeding to death, and no one was rushing to save him. So thank Thor for fucking Kabuto, more useful than Sakura I swear. But Gai. Too much of a badass, a shame Madara is going to destroy him, no matter how much damage he takes.