A/N: Nothing to say… just read my note at the end of the chapter…. Enjoy! Oh I do have something to say! G'day Mate! I would like to dedicate this chapter to Tidus221 for adding the story a long time ago and to the 111 hits for this story. Voila!
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Mushimoto-senpai (I mean Kishimoto-senpai)
The group of shinobi filled the living room in an unusual way. Near a corner, Sai and Kiba sat on the floor with a note pad in front of them as they played a hideous game of Pictionary. Chouji, along with Sasuke, sat in the middle of the couch with a bag of chips on his lap while watching TV. Sakura, Hinata and Ino were sharing a couch as they started a conversation while both Shikamaru and Neji leaned against the wall staring at the empty space in front of them. In the middle of the room, Naruto, Shino and Lee were seated at the coffee table with four decks of cards as they constructed a house. Tenten was reading a weapon catalogue and glanced up as she saw Himawari walk towards the group at the coffee table. The guys were so keen in building their house that they didn't notice her towering over them. Naruto looked behind him and yelped as the almost constructed house fell apart.
"Huh? Who are you blondie…" Himawari walked around Naruto and stared at him for a while, "you look like an idiot on the outside but a pretty normal functioning ninja on the inside." Naruto stared at her as veins started to form on his forehead.
"What makes you think I'm an idiot?" Naruto agitatedly yelled as everyone burst into laughter, "That's not HELPFUL you guys!"
"Sources told me that you were an idiot ever since you graduated from the academy." Himawari smiled with three needles in her left hand. "Besides, that hideous outfit of yours already proven you are an idiot." More laughter could be heard as Naruto pondered into the kitchen in fury.
"Are you sure she's related to you?" Kiba whispered to Tenten as Himawari now started to speculate Sai, "cuz I swear to god she seems the total opposite of you, well only the attitude." Tenten turned from Kiba to Himawari as she watched her sister's behaviour. She also stole a glance at the other people and noticed them gaping with shock.
"You know how she's an assassin and a spy, right?" Tenten asked as Kiba nodded while drinking his juice, "she kinda doesn't have a lot of angry thoughts since she has to act a bit…" She trailed off as she heard her sister's next victim, Ino, who was screaming her head off. She glanced at Shikamaru and Chouji who were shaking their heads at the racket. She moved her glance towards her sister as she stood up from her couch, "Himawari, wanna get a drink?"
"Oh, sure!" HImawari beamed as she pushed her finger at Ino's forehead, "later gators!" She took one swift turn on her heels and went into the kitchen. Tenten turned around and shrugged to the rest of the shinobi before she went into the kitchen.
In the Kitchen…
Himawari entered into the kitchen and noticed Naruto pouting in the corner. Before she could do anything, Tenten quickly grabbed Naruto and pushed him out of the kitchen.
"What the hell?" Naruto yelled as Tenten pulled out a kunai wrapped with an explosive while giving a glare. He gulped as he quickly ran back into the living room while Himawari laughed. Tenten watched her sister get up on the counter as she turned on the water.
"So," Tenten began as she filled the kettle with water, "What's with your behaviour? And quite the acting, will ya?" Himawari looked up from the kitchen tiles as she quickly looked around for danger. She got off the counter and quickly went towards her sister stealthily.
"I didn't come back for a family reunion," Himawari's voice changed as she whispered into Tenten's ears, "All I need right now are two lives." Tenten shuddered as she placed the kettle onto the stove and turned the gas on. She warily crossed her arms as Himawari whipped out her bingo book from her pouch.
"And whose lives would that be?" Tenten asked annoyed that her sister was disrupting her so-called "team work training". Himawari stopped flipping the book and tossed it towards the brunette. Tenten read through the details and dropped the book onto the tiles. She grabbed a shuriken from her pouch and threw it at Himawari only to hit the wall on purpose.
"You are not killing anyone in my house." Tenten replied furiously as she grabbed the kettle and a bunch of cups towards the living room. Himawari gave a low sigh and picked up the bingo book.
"Oh not today sis," Himawari said, "I assure you it won't happen in here."
In the Living Room…
"Man," Shikamaru began as the latter started playing card games on the floor after they dismantled the card house, "I never knew that Tenten had relatives." He took two cards from his pile and slapped it in the middle of the circle. "Two jacks."
"LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!" Naruto grabbed the cards which revealed a five and a seven, "you suck at cards, you know? For a person who is super smart you should learn how to play proper games instead of shogi. Three queens." Shikamaru glared at Naruto as he took his cards back while Chouji and Ino snickered.
"Liar!" Lee yelled only to find a heart queen, a spade queen and a diamond queen. "No fair, why does it always have to be me?" Neji sighed as he watched Lee grab the remaining cards from the center.
"Lee, the main purpose is to catch someone who is substituting the card with another," Neji began as he picked up a novel from his bag and flipped through the pages, "and it isn't necessary to shout 'Liar' every single time."
"Easy for you to say," Ino grumbled as she doodled on the worn-out note pad, "you have Byakugan which means you win EVERY SINGLE ROUND!!!" Everyone winced as she broke the pen she was using. Hinata embarrassingly lowered her head into her jacket and slowly moved away from the group.
"Look who's in the bad mood now," Shikamaru smirked as he took two cards from his pile and slapped it in the middle, "one Ace and one two." Everyone stared at Shikamaru and sighed.
"Man you seriously suck at card games Shikamaru," Kiba warily said as he flipped the two cards which showed 2 Kings and tossed a huge pile of cards to Shikamaru, "for once, Naruto is the genius in this game." Everyone turned their gaze from Shikamaru to Sai while Sai stared back blankly.
"What?" he said as everyone continued staring at him. Sakura stood up from the couch, walked over towards Sai and grabbed the cards from him.
"You are supposed to put a card in the middle," Sakura clenched her teeth as she threw three cards, "two threes and one four."
"Liar," Shino finally spoke and used his beetles to lift the cards into the air, "you are right about the threes but you used a jack to substitute the four." The beetles took the pile of cards and pushed it towards Sai.
"I would never want to play a card game with Shino again," Sakura shivered as she went back towards the couch. Everyone dropped their cards at the same time and went back to their original task. Tenten walked into the room with a kettle and a stack of cups.
"Why is everyone so quiet?" Tenten curiously asked as she set the kettle loudly on the table while Naruto gave a loud yelp, "I thought you guys should start training soon and I thought I heard some talking…"
DING DONG!! Everyone jumped at the sound of the door bell as Naruto quickly ran up to the peephole and took a look. The rest of the shinobi stared at Naruto waiting for a reply.
"It's them! It's them!" Naruto jumped happily as he quickly opened the door, revealing the Sand Siblings: Temari, Kankuro and Gaara. Everyone uncertainly stared at Naruto as he dragged the siblings into the living room. "I knew they would come, and you even brought your bag!" Ino noticed Tenten fuming as she went over and rubbed her back.
"Who told them that we were here?" Tenten muttered, "My house is supposed to be the meeting area, not the local hotel…" Hinata came and sat beside Ino as the three of them watched Sakura beating up Naruto for inviting too many people. Shikamaru, who plugged his ears the whole time, got up and starting tapping the wall behind him. Everyone looked at Shikamaru while he cleared his throat.
"I think it's settled that everyone who would be training has arrived." Shikamaru began. "I know that we have unexpected people coming in but I hope that doesn't interfere with the training." Shikamaru pulled out a scroll and passed it around.
"This is our schedule that I have planned out." Shikamaru said, "since we only have a couple of weeks to train, I've divided it so that everyone has a chance to train with everyone. Now that we have the Sand siblings here, you'll all get at least 1 day to train with that person."
"What about you?" Kiba asked, "Aren't you training with us?" Shikamaru took the scroll back.
"Erm… I've got work to do…" Shikamaru replied, not until Ino grabbed his ear.
"I'm sorry? Did I hear someone chickening out?" Ino loudly called out. Naruto and Kiba started snickering.
"Why is it always me?" Shikamaru moaned.
A/N: Welcome back to another chapter of Demonstration Fair. From now on, I'm going to have Kirino and Saya take care of the author's note because I'm too tired to say anything. Kirino! Saya! You may begin.
Kirino: Okie dokie! I'm Chiba Kirino from Bamboo Blade.
Saya: And I'm Kuwahara Saya, also from Bamboo Blade.
Kirino: we are here to take over Evie's job since she needs a break after she wrote this chapter.
Saya: Yep, in fact, she left us a bunch of stuff to read to you guys. *looks at the script* WAAH!!! IT"S TOO LONG!!! *Saya faints*
Kirino: Okay then. Anyways, Evie said that she's sorry for not updating any of her fanfics due to her school assignments, examinations and a bad flu. She also mentioned that's she's going to start updating all of them in the next 2 weeks of spring break, so be prepared for a huge surprise and update. Saya? You're awake now?
Saya: Hai! There's also going to be some changes in both of her Naruto fanfics, "Misson: Rainforest Village Feud" and "Demonstration Fair" so please keep an eye on what was changed in the story. Don't worry, the fanfics will not only be less confusing, but filled with more action and humor.
Kirino: Actually, I just got another note from Evie just now. She said that she just reread this fanfic and found some major mistakes such as the messed up plot, the characters being to OOC etc. She also said that she would keep on ranting on how this fanfic is really cheesy and stupid but she really needs to sit down and rewrite the fanfic carefully. She also mentioned that everyone should expect further editing and maintainance in the fanfic. She also hopes that no one will get mad at her for slighting editing the plot.
Saya: Uh huh. Evie-senpai has created a poll for two of her fanfics: "Demonstration Fair" and "Kendo Spirit". For now, the "Kendo Spirit" poll is up to further promote the Square Enix series "Bamboo Blade" but no worries, as soon as that poll has enough votes, the "Demonstration Fair" poll will be posted. (This has been changed back to the "Demonstration Fair" poll)
Kirino: So yeah, be sure to vote and keep a watch out for upcoming chapters in her other fanfics! And don't forget to review if you want!
Saya: and don't forget to read the Bamboo Blade manga and watch the anime!
Saya & Kirino: Bye Bye!
Evie: hope those two didn't cause you any trouble. Please read and review! Bye Bye!