"Argh! This is all your f****** fault, Kazu!"

"Look who's talking."

Both boys were carelessly hanged from a branch of a big tree. They are around 2 meters high up, but still have difficulty in trying to go down, and if they're not so careful in moving about, both could fall in any minute.

"If you didn't cheat, none of this would've happened!"

"Cheat? I never f****** cheated! Maybe it was you who did so!"

"Well, let's try to remember, shall we?" said the dark-haired lad.

FLASHBACK

"So this is how you guys will do the game," said Shikamaru, "both of you just needs to reach the other end of the stream, grab the flag, and swim back to me."

"But," said Chouji, "there is only one flag, so only one of you could come back. He then shall be declared the winner."

Team 10, or more specifically, Chouji and Shikamaru had been chosen to train the two Akatsuki members. Their primary goal is to enhance the swimming skills of both boys. Ino has been busy lately, for no one could watch over the flower shop but her, and Kakashi said that he had something important to do.

"That's it? Jeez, b******! It's too f****** easy!" cried Hideki. He was too confident for he knew that he has a lot of skills when it comes to swimming. Even the hokage couldn't get those talents from him.

"Don't rush, boy!" shouted Shikamaru. He was getting more frustrated by the minute. "Just remember, that there are no rules when it comes to what swimming style you'll use. The only important thing is that you give us that flag from the other side."

Chouji nodded and faced the two. "But, if you lose against the other, you would receive a punishment."

The two little Akatsuki boys looked at them with nervous eyes. But deep down, they were not worried at all.

"There is not a f****** thing that this guy can't stand! Bring it on, a*******!" thought Hidan.

"Let's just get this over with… please…" thought his partner.

"That punishment won't be stated until you finish the task. So, are you guys ready?"

Hidan looked straight into Chouji-nii's eye.

"I'm ready, d********!"

"Yeah, what he said," mumbled Kazu in a bored tone.

"Alright kids…" said Shika-nii. "Go position yourselves over there, and tell me when you're ready."

They did as they were told.

"Let's not do anything reckless, okay, hideki?" whispered Kakuzu.

"Whatever b****."

Once they arrived at their starting point, the silver-haired boy gave his niichans an 'okay!' signal.

Shikamaru then started their activity.

"Boy, this is too troublesome."

"On your marks…"

The two made a pose, and both were ready to charge in the raging waters.

"Get set – "

Kazu, even though he himself hasn't noticed, was actually getting tense, and a bit excited. He never experienced a swimming contest against his partner. Meanwhile Hideki –

SPLASH!

"What the – !" thought Kazu.

"GO!" shouted Chouji, while placing his hands into his bag of junk food.

SPLASH!

"Jeez, that moron cheated!" thought the boy, while struggling in the waters. "Bah, I should've known that he'd do something like that!"

"Hehe, see ya, glubglubglub sucker!" shouted while swimming as fast as he can.

The seniors were watching intently from where they were standing.

"Whoa… munch munch… Hidaki-kun munch is so fast in munch this skill!"

"Yeah, looks like his talented when it comes to swimming… but he has a very big weakness though…"

"Really?" asked Chouji.

"Yeah. He's lame when it comes to the most basic ninja skill – kunai throwing."

"Well, I guess you're munch munch right…"

SPLASH! SPLAH! WHOOOOOOOSH!

"I'm almost at the f****** end!"

"I'm going to kill him for this!"

Finally, after much struggle, Hideki reached the other side.

"Aw, YEAH! Oh, I'm SO F****** AWESOME!" he said as he motioned his hands to fix his hair. There seemed to be a bunch of glitters that created an awesome background, and the effects of the water dripping down from his naked body was just too much… ah, if only he were older right now.

"Oooooooh… he's sparkling…" said an amazed Chouji.

Shikamaru just stared wide eyed.

"In your face b****! I'm just naturally better than you – "

SPLASH!

"I'm coming, you moron!" shouted Kakuzu, as he jumped from the waters.

"F***!"

Hideki ran towards the flag, but Kakuzu was still able to grab hold of his pants.

"Hah, thought you could get away from me?" said Kazu in a taunting tone. Even though he got him, the little boy was strong, and hard to keep stable.

But Hidan just struggled to reach for the flag, which was around 5 centimetres from his grasp.

"Just a bit more…"

"This is bad…" thought Kazu as he held on to Hidan. "Looks like I'm going to have to do this!"

He pulled down the silver-haired kid's pants.

And his soul was revealed.

"AAAAAH!" screamed Hidan as he looked down. He stared at it for a long time, and so did Kazu, Chouji and Shikamaru.

Then he faced Kakuzu with an annoyed face.

"I'm not yet f****** circumcised!"

His partner just stared at him with a blank face.

Kakuzu: (o_0)

"What… WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

Hidan just smirked at him, grabbed the flag, and pulled his pants back and rushed to the waters.

"Gotcha, b****!"

SPLASH!

The boy left was still a bit stunned, and took him about 5 seconds to recover and realize his situation.

"Huh… What the… YOU MORON!" he screamed as he charged to the river.

In the end, Hidan won their little contest.

"Haha, beat ya, suckah! OH I'm so AWESOME!"

"No fair!" screamed the 'losah' (as Hidan would have said it). "He cheated, Shika-nii! I saw it with my own eyes!"

Shikamaru just picked the little boy up, and jumped to reach a branch tree. Then, he placed the unsuspecting Kakuzu.

"What the… PUT ME DOWN!"

"That's your punishment…" said Shikamaru, in an emotionless tone.

"HAH! That's what you get, losah! You SO lose because I'm so awe – "

Chouji picked up the littled Hidan, and did the same as Shikamaru did to Kakuzu. He hanged him on a branch, not far from the dark-haired boy.

"-some…. HEY! WHAT THE HECK?"

"That…" said Chouji. "… is for cheating."

Hideki just stared at them with an annoyed face.

And they just stared back.

"Well Chouji… I guess it's time to go…"

"Yeah."

And with that, they left both boys hanging from the branches.

"Wait… what about me?" asked Kazu.

"Me?" said Hidan as he stared intently at his partner.

"Yeah, just me. I don't care if anything happens to you. Go die or something."

"Heh… your such an annoying bastard."

"Yeah, what you said."

"Is it okay to leave them like that, Shikamaru?"

"Don't worry about them, okay? They're going to be fine…"

"You know? Just because they looke like THEM doesn't mean that you have to treat them like that - "

"They'll be fine, okay?" said Shikamaru in a harsh tone. Because of this, Chouji thought that it'd be better to shut up for a while.