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Swapped!
"Hmm…Where shall I head now?" After that short break, Ino had thrown herself into finding somebody else to practise her jutsu on. There were plenty of civilians around but she didn't think it'd go down great with them if she asked them their name before completely changing their personality…
If the jutsu worked, that was.
Well last time nothing happened with Hinata…There must be a reason why. She put a finger to her chin, face lighting up when she came to a conclusion. It must be because Hina-chan's so shy! Maybe if I tried it with somebody possessing a…stronger personality, I'd get a better result!
"Naruto!" She exclaimed, dashing towards the ground where team seven usually trained. Naruto would either be at one of three places - his apartment (which was unlikely since it was just after midday, and even Naruto couldn't sleep that long); Ichiraku Ramen; or the training ground. She was hoping her intuition was correct and that he was slugging it out with a tree stump.
Battle cries filled the air as she approached, and the blonde jogged forward only to be met with…
"Gai-sensei?"
The green jumpsuit clad teacher turned at the sound of his name, grinning in that slightly scary way he did when somebody called. "Ino-san! What is such a youthful nin doing here of all places? You should be spreading joy and-"
"Yes, good afternoon to you too, sensei," she greeted dryly, swiftly cutting over his proclamations of 'youth'. "I was wondering if you'd seen Naruto around?"
"Naruto-kun? Let me see…" He paused for a couple of seconds. "I am sorry Ino-san, but I'm afraid I have not seen him! Perhaps he is skipping round the village being youthful-"
"Uh, yeah…I seriously doubt that," Ino added quietly, sighing.
"A sigh? Ino-san, what's wrong?"
"Oh nothing much. I just needed to see Naruto about my jutsu…I thought he could help me practise."
Gai gestured to himself, that freaky grin back. "Ah, but that should be nothing to worry about when I, Might Gai of Konoha am here!" With that he did his infamous trademark - the 'good guy' pose. Although she'd seen Gai and his favourite student, Lee, pull this one before, her reaction remained the same.
Still goggling at the teacher, she replied, "So you'd let me perform the jutsu on you?"
"Of course! What exactly do I have to do?"
"Nothing, just let me concentrate." With that she brought her hands to her temples, closed her eyes and focused her attention on the letter 'G'. This time, she'd get a result!
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"Sensei, do you feel any different?" she asked, opening one baby blue orb.
"Nope! I am still as youthful as I was before! Maybe even more so!"
"Damn it!" The Yamanaka cried, angrily stomping a foot. "I tried so hard this time! Why won't it work?"
Gai hovered for a moment, unsure of what to do. "Don't worry Ino-san! I'm sure you'll make it work! Unfortunately I cannot help you further as I must go meet my most youthful student!" Bushy-brow-sensei then ninja-jumped away, shouting, "Don't worry Lee! I am coming right away!"
Ino stared after him, dumb struck. The guy seriously was insane.
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee- Lee, please let go of me. This is rather awkward."
The abrupt change in tone did not go unnoticed by everybody's favourite green beast. "Sensei? What happened? You do not sound as youthful!"
Gai looked down at his student with an impassive expression. "…I see," he said, although he really didn't. "Well, why don't we train?"
"An excellent idea sensei!" Lee punched the air in excitement.
"Yes, well…There's no need to get so worked up about it."
Rock Lee ceased his show, anime tears filling his eyes and spilling down his cheeks. "Sensei? Are you unwell? I shall take you to the hospital!"
Gai raised an eyebrow. "The hospital? Don't you think that's a little overdramatic?"
This finally managed to tip Lee over the edge who looked up at the sky and shouted, "NOOOOO!"
(Meanwhile, in Sunagakure…)
Gaara sat, listening to the elders talk in turn about the state of the village. It was pleasing to note that everything was going well, and that the meeting was progressing calmly.
A sharp pain seared across his head and he put a hand to it.
"Kazekage-sama, is something the matter?"
The red head stood in an instant, bursting into boisterous laughter. "Why would anything be wrong?"
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"…What on earth-"
"Kankuro, my youthful brother! Will you join me in a race around Suna?"
His older brother twitched. "Gaara, what the hell are you on?"
"Nothing!" He sped to the nearest window and yanked it open, leaning out. "Can you see all the joyful people out there? Hello everybody, it's me! Your youthful Kazekage!"
Those who had heard Gaara's 'greeting' walked that extra bit faster to get home, some muttering, "It's…The Shukaku? But I thought Kazekage-sama wasn't a jinchuriki anymore…?"
"I shall join the wonderful people and also enjoy the day!" Gaara leapt through the open window, rapidly jumping away.
Kankuro grabbed his puppet scrolls, whirling to face the elders. "Send back up as soon as you can, I'll try to wear him down!" Crap, Temari's gonna kill me if she finds out something happened while she was gone!
Yet again Yamanaka Ino had unintentionally ruined several people's lives.
End
O_o Oh God.
Tell me about it T_T…I'll definitely have nightmares now!
Ya think? Gahhh Gaara D:
Thanks to Taii Namikaze, Echo Uchiha and Neko Morie. Sorry you waited so long! ^^'
I would join my apologies but I'm too busy being traumatised 0_0
Well, okay. Please review! By the way, I'm officially sixteen (well, ten minutes away from when I wrote this, but eh, that's passed now).
*Rocking in a corner* B-Bye!
:D