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"Last time on Total Ninja Island, 24 ninja trained teenagers landed here at Camp Wawanakwa…soon to be renamed to something less ridiculous…and formed their teams under the two who have distinguished themselves so far, Naruto for the Titanic Toads, and Sasuke for the Howling Hawks. I can only hope both teams are ready, because things are going to get much more intense than a little foot race very quickly." Kakashi laughed evilly here, his orange book nowhere in sight for once.
"Right here, on Total Ninja Island!"
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Kakashi stood in between the two cabins that held the competing ninja, his orange book in one hand and an airhorn the size of his head in the other.
"Well, let's see what everyone thinks of camp amenities before we start today's challenge." Kakashi…either winked or blinked at the camera before pointing the air horn at the cabins and pressing down.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNKKKKKKKKKKKK!
Birds fly from the trees as surprised yells and screams echoed from the cabins as the ninja trickled out of the cabins, dressed for the day but most obviously disgruntled.
"I hope everyone had a good night last night." Kakashi greeted the assembled ninja, chucking the air horn over his shoulder and ignoring the many unhappy faces.
"What's the big idea waking us up with an airhorn, don't you do things normally around here!" Sakura yelled at him.
"Sheesh, check out the lungs on the howler monkey." Kiba snarked as Kakashi completely ignored Sakura's complaints, and Karin and Ino's grumblings to support the bubblegum haired girl. A few of the guys chuckled at Kiba's joke, but most just shifted away from him slightly.
"Your first challenge will be today, but before we begin, I'll be introducing you to the resources you'll have available to you during your time here at camp." Kakashi spoke on, his voice never wavering as he spoke.
"First up we have the training field." Kakashi led the group to the open field and watched many eyes twitch.
"This is an empty dirt field, with absolutely zero training equipment and even a building." Kurotsuchi deadpanned at the host, who pointed at her with probably a smile behind his mask.
"Exactly, what kind of ninja relies on fancy machines or equipment, the best ninjas are the ones who can make something out of nothing!"
"Troublesome…"
"How uncool."
"Yosh! I will endeavor to train to my best in any circumstances!" Lee was enthusiastic despite Shikamaru and Samui's negative comments, and Kakashi led them onwards.
"This is the confessional, a safe space to air your thoughts on camera, give viewers insight to your plans and opinions, and where you will vote before each elimination ceremony."
"Kakashi….This is a porta potty." Naruto deadpanned at the grey haired man, who..either blinked and winked at him.
"I suppose you could use it as one if you'd like, but the cameras remain on at all times, so you have been warned." Kakashi directed the group forward, each eyeing the confessional with a keen eye.
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"Ok, so we get a safe box to complain, I suppose I can see how this would generate ratings." Tenten mused, looking around the wooden outhouse as she spoke into the camera.
"My first impression of everyone…there's going to be a MAJOR thinning of the herd. The ninjas like Sasuke and Neji on the top….and the lazy boy and catsuit cosplayer on the other. Not to mention the fan girls…ugh."
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"Everyone seems alright so far." Naruto said to the camera with a smile, arms propped behind his head in a casual manner. "Except for that teme Sasuke…I'm gonna beat his ass dattebayo."
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"Hnn." Sasuke grunted into the camera emotionlessly. "What a dobe."
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Instead of one of the ninja campers, a duck in a ninja mask was sitting on the closed toilet, sharpening a kunai it was holding in its wing. Looking up at the camera from its work, the duck growled at the camera.
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"What a drag." Shikamaru was flopped against the back wall as he spoke. "I'd just let my team eliminate me first, but then Ino would get on my case about it, something about keeping me around to help her…not to mention the amount of yelling my mother would do when I got home. At least I'm on Naruto's team instead of Sasuke's. However troublesome the bonde seems to be, he'll probably give me less of a hard time about sleeping through challenges."
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"This is our dining hall, serving only the absolute best for our competing ninjas." Kakashi led the group into a basic mess hall, pointing to the kitchen window where an abomination was preparing food."
"KAKASHI!" The man yelled upon seeing the host, slamming the pot he was holding down onto the stove and leaping through the serving window into the mess hall with shocking speed, ripping off the pink heart embroidered apron he was wearing as he did so. "My eternal rival, I have prepared the food for today, challenge complete!" The chef gave a thumbs up at the host, smiling widely as he did so, his teeth sparkling in the light of the room.
"What…"
"The…"
"Absolute Fuck…"
"Is that!"
Ino, Tenten, Naruto, and Karui all yelled as everyone took in the chef. He had a completely balanced bowl cut of pitch black hair that shone almost as brightly as his teeth. He wore the same green heavy vest as Kakashi, but under that was a bright green jumpsuit that clashed horribly with his orange leg warmers. Worst of all were his eyebrows. They were larger than his eyes and moved every time he spoke, like a pair of massive caterpillars on his face.
"This is Gai, he's our chef here at Camp, so be sure to be polite." Kakashi said, waving everyone forward to the stack of plates while Gai hopped back through the serving window.
"Indeed, it is my responsibility to make sure all of you get only the best food for the competition, to fuel your Flames of Youth to burn brightly this Springtime!" Gai cheered, slamming the pot into the window and twitching in excitement to serve everyone his cooking.
"Food, I am IN!" Choji cheered and he pushed his way forward, snatching a plate and holding it out with a big smile. "I'll take double Mr. Gai, I got a big appetite to fill!"
"Hahaha! Of course, there's plenty to go around!" Gai cheered and plopped two massive spoonfuls of white gurel down on the plate, getting strange looks from the ninja competitors.
"Gai specializes in high protein diets and fitness," Kakashi explained, "So everything he makes is the healthiest possible…on the other hand, it makes chalk taste like a delicacy."
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Choji, barely holding back his tears, held up his full plate to the camera.
"No real food, just protein mush…HOW CRUEL!"
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Lee, also holding up his plate of food, smiled broadly for the camera.
"Yosh! With this I can catch up to Naruto and Sasuke, and also defeat Neji! Truly, this man is a cooking inspiration!" Lee shoveled a large bite into his mouth, cringing as he did so and chewed slowly before swallowing with a loud gulp. "I will just have to get used to the taste before I can fully appreciate the benefits of this magnificent training food!"
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Kurotsuchi silently ate her plate without even reacting to the taste.
"Gramps has had me on a diet of worse, old bat basically had me eating rocks."
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The mess hall was full of low complaints as the campers ate, Kakashi and Gai watching them eat with a watchful eye.
"Seriously, all we're getting is this slop?" Kiba asked, raising a spoonful up to Gai.
"How unyouthful, I'll be sure to add more protein to yours tonight young Kiba!" Gai cheered and Kiba slammed his face into the table groaning.
"There there dog breath, it can't possibly make you any worse than you already are." Sai remarked from across the fang tattooed boy, who's head shot up to glare at the pale smiling ninja.
"And what's that supposed to mean?!" Kiba barked at him, held back only by a restraining hand placed on his shoulder by Omoi.
"Come one dude, don't start fighting now. Kakashi might get mad, and if Kakashi gets mad, then he'll make the challenges worse. And if they're worse we'll probably lose, and if we lose they'll blame us and make us duel to the death for elimination!"
"Shut up Omoi! Your team is losing either way!" Karui yelled at her usual teammate from across the room.
"We're gonna win, just watch us!" Fu cheered to counter Karui's claim, smiling brightly as she did so, extending a thumbs up similar to Naruto and Gai's habit of doing so.
"Well if you all are so excited to get the challenges started, who am I to hold you back. Everyone put on your swimwear and follow me." Kakashi said, walking out of the mess hall, triggering a large exodus from the mess hall behind him.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru complained, resting his head on the table while Choji patted him on the back.
"It'll be alright Shika, it's just the first challenge, how bad could it be?"
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"Holy Fuck!"
The swear echoed on the horizon as the group of ninja in their swimwear stood at the top of a MASSIVE cliff that led down to the water below.
"Welcome to your first challenge everyone, a ninja battle while falling!" Kakashi introduced the activity with a bright look, a clipboard in his hands.
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"What does falling off a cliff have to do with being a ninja!?" Ino whined in a purple bikini. "I'm trained for seduction, interrogation and infiltration, not cliff diving!"
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"Suddenly, I'm grateful for Auntie Kushina's extreme survival activities." Karin said matter-of-factly, her red one piece swimsuit twisting with her as she turned in her seat.
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"Here's the deal." Kakashi continued, waving his clipboard as he looked over the two teams in their swimwear, eye twitching slightly when he realized Haku was wearing their normal full kimono rather than swimwear of any sort. "I will randomly pair each of you off with a member from the opposite team, except for the leaders who will face one another."
Naruto and Sasuke both turned and glared competitively at one another, both with matching smirks of confidence.
"You will each grab hands with one another, and then you will be dropped off the cliff together." Kakashi pointed to a metal platform that jutted out from the cliff over the water. "Your job will be to make your opponent hit the water first, without letting go of each other's hands. Whoever makes their opponent hit first gets a point for their team, and whichever team gets the most points wins, and the losing team will eliminate a player, any questions?"
"Yeah, how the hell is this safe!?" Sakura shouted, pointing at the metal platform.
"And what the hell does this have to do with being a ninja!?" Ino yeled after her, triggering a glaring match between the blonde and pinkette.
"Ninja battles often involve aerial positioning, and ensuring you land in a manner favorable to you is crucial to that form of combat." Tenten said simply, already stretching in her one piece white and red swimsuit.
"And I guess a cliff fall is one way to extend that split second to catch it on camera." Kurotsuchi added, following Tenten's logic and began stretching herself.
"Sure, we'll go with that." Kakashi agreed cheerily, before pointing at the platform. "Naruto and Sasuke, you two are up first, captain lead from the front after all."
"Bring it on Teme!" Naruto challenged in his neon orange board shorts, his uncovered chest revealing a large tribal tattoo on his abdomen and another in the shape of a three pronged kunai on his left bicep. He stood in a ready position like a sumo wrestler and held out his hands for Sasuke to grab.
"Like you stand a chance, Dobe." Sasuke countered, his own tattoos showing in the morning light, a pair of red eyes with three tomoe marks covering his upper back, readily taking Naruto's hands in his own.
"Ready, Set, GET ON TOP!" Kakashi called, hitting a button on his clipboard and the floor from under Naruto and Sasuke fell away, leaving them plummeting down to the water below. Almost immediately, Sasuke threw his weight forward, shifting their position so he was directly above and looking down on Naruto, who didn't even flinch at his maneuver. Instead, Naruto continued the rotation by tucking in his legs and rotating the same direction as Sasuke, using his upper body strength to position them so they were both falling head first towards the water.
Grunting in effort, Sasuke worked to pull back to his previous advantageous position, but Naruto held firm, kicking at Sasuke and forcing him to use his own legs to block the attacks rather than reposition to his advantage.
Split seconds before they hit the water, Naruto thrust one of his hands above his head, still holding Sasuke's, and positioned it so the back of Sasuke's hand would be the first thing to hit. Grinning cheekily at his opponent, Naruto had a split second to realize that Sasuke quickly copied his maneuver with the other hand, this time angled so the back of Naruto's hand would hit first. A grunt of effort from Naruto brought Sasuke's hand slightly more forward and then the two hit the water with a loud splash.
"An excellent example of the exercise." Kakashi said as the rest of the teams gawked at the display of strength and in air mobility. "Gai, the photo finish please?"
"RIGHT HERE MY YOUTHFUL COMRADE!" Gai yelled, wheeling a TV up the cliff the way they came, teeth glinting in a smile as he ran. "One instant youthful replay!"
Clicking a remote in his hand, Gai played the clip as Naruto and Sasuke dragged themselves out of the water below them. Even going frame by frame, the backs of both Naruto and Sasuke's left hands hit at exactly the same time.
"Well, that makes a team tie impossible at least." Kakashi said with a shrug. "No points for either team due to an exact tie, just like their footrace!" His eye smile got groans out of both Naruto and Sasuke below, who both glared at one another.
"And now onto the random matches, first up, Fu vs Sakura!"
"CHA! Watch me Sasuke, I'll get our team a point!" Saukra yelled down to her team captain, who paid absolutely no attention to her.
"You got this Fu!" Naruto called up at his mint haired teammate as the duo of oddly colored hair kunoichi faced off.
Unlike when Sasuke and Naruto fell, Fu easily took control of their fall as the spiraled downwards, slamming Sakura's back clean into the water before even a drop got on Fu herself.
"Point, Toads!" Kakashi announced and the Toads cheered while Saukra sulked, ignoring the faces Ino and Karin were making at her from above.
"Aerial combat specialist reporting for duty captain." Fu cheekily saluted at Naruto as she swam out of the water, getting a whoop of encouragement from her captain.
"Next up, Kiba vs Kankuro!"
"Like I'm going to lose to a guy still wearing his pajamas." Kiba scoffed, ignoring the fact that everyone was looking anywhere but at him because of his choice in swimwear….a speedo.
"Just wait and see." Kankuro smirked as he took a ready position, and when both oddly dressed ninja were set, Kakashi dropped the floor out from under them. The second they began falling, Kankuro raised his right leg as hard as he could into Kiba's….kibble bits…leaving the confident boy groaning in pain the whole way down, making it an easy win for Kankuro.
"Point for the Hawks off Kankuro's nut shot, love to see it!" Kakashi announced, and while they got the point, no one on the Hawks seemed particularly happy by the method they got the point.
"Guess you lost to me after all, dog-face, take that!" Kankuro bragged while Kiba hauled himself onto the beach, holding his junk gingerly.
"I'll get you back for that one." Kiba growled at Kankuro, who shrugged off the threat and began wringing out bits of his cat suit and wiping off his running makeup…warpaint. It was definitely war paint.
"Lee and Sai!"
"Yosh! I shall retake our lead!" Lee cheered.
"Unlikely, given that you are a loud baboon." Sai countered calmly.
When floor gave out under them, Sai tried for the same move as Kankuro, going to a direct nut shot, but unlike Kankuro, his kick was easily countered by Lee's own, which blew through Sai's strike and landed a direct blow to the pale ninja's chin, dazing him and making it easy for Lee to send Sai into the water first.
"2-1 Toads, back and forth we go!" Kakashi announced, "Chojuro and Choji, you're up next!"
"Yosh, I have succeeded for my team!" Lee cheered from the water as Choji and Chojuro wordlessly got into position. When they dropped, Choji did his best, but his bulk worked against him, and Chojuro had a easy time rotating them so Choji landed back first into the water.
"3-1 Toads! Samui and Neji, you're both up next!"
"Gender equality, cool." Samui said, facing down a glaring Neji.
"Equality does not matter, you are fated to lose here to me." Neji took his stance, and when Kakashi dropped the floor, Samui used her core muscles to rotate them so Neji was heading down to the water back first, but Neji shot his own hands forward at Samui, still holding her own hands, but with his fingers extended, jabbed her multiple times in each shoulder. Samui was powerless to do anything as both her arms went completely numb, and Neji flipped them around so Samui landed in the water first.
"3-2, Temari and Kurotsuchi, get over here!"
"Bring it on." Temari challenged the dark-haired girl, who grinned right back at her.
"I might not be one for aerial combat usually, but I've got a few moves." Kurotsuchi countered with a smirk of her own.
When the duo dropped, Kurotsuchi tried to use her legs to rotate them similar to what Naruto did, but found that Temari had complete control of their descent, using her arms to counter Kurotsuchi's every attempt them flip them, keeping them falling feet first at the same pace. Seconds before they hit the water, Temari flexed one last time, pushing her arms downwards and forced Kurotsuchi's feet to hit the water first.
"And that's why I'm an aerial specialist, looks like captain blondie got lucky when he was picking his team." Temari gloated, high fiving Fu as she swam ashore, Kurotsuchi grumbling as she climbed out of the water herself.
"It isn't over yet." She tried, looking up at the cliff and going over who was left. Karui, Tenten, and Haku all had good chances against the remaining Toads, but it would all come down to the last few matches even if all three of them won, they were still down 4-2 after all.
"Omoi and Haku, you're up next!"
"Please can you tell me if you're a boy and a girl, I don't want to do something wrong and hit you inappropriately and…" Omoi trailed off and Haku ignored his request. Omoi was still going on his tangent when Kakashi hit the button, resulting in an easy win for Haku, bringing the score to 4-3 in favor of the Toads.
"Gaara and Karui, you're up next!"
"We'll tie it up here, and all you'll have left is lazy and the pair of fan girls." Kurotsuchi gloated, but both Temari and Kankuro shot her looks.
"Just wait and see…" Temari said, watching her youngest brother mutely take his place across from the loud and muscular Karui, who was glaring down at her silent opponent. Like Kankuro and Haku, Gaara was still dressed in his normal clothes rather than swimwear.
"Gaara will win, I've never seen him lose before, no matter what the challenge is." Kankuro said from Kurotsuchi's other side, wringing out his cat eat cap, revealing the russet brown hair underneath.
"Is he really that good?" Kurotsuchi asked as she watched Karui and Gaara begin falling.
"No…he's better." Kankuro said, watching with no surprise as Gaara's legs shot up and wrapped around Karui's left shoulder even as their arms were still connected. Giving a swift turn and pull, Gaara completely pulled Karui's arm from its socket, and the pain distracted the falling girl enough that Gaara forced her into the water first with ease.
"He's a lot more in control now, but Gaara used to shatter the bones of everyone he fought against, he's not the most diverse ninja in skills, but in terms of brutality, I'd say he tops all of us here.
"5-3 Toads is the score!" Kakashi announced from the top of the cliff, looking over the remaining six ninja, the Hawks need to sweep these last three otherwise it's off to elimination for them!"
"You think we have a chance?" Karui asked as she ahuled herself out of the water, clutching her arm tight to her chest until she could put it back in its socket.
"As a team we are fated to win, but with Hinata yet to take her turn, fate may have other plans for us." Neji said, directing his glare up at his cousin still on the cliff.
"That's harsh don't ya think, of all the people here you can support your family, I have full faith in Karin winning this for us!" Naruto challenged Neji, glaring him down, getting a scoff in disdain from him.
"Your belief matters not, only fate decides the future."
"Why I outta…" Naruto trailed off as the next pair got onto the platform, Ino and Tenten.
"I hate to be the one to make his team lose, but winning here should get Sasuke's attention on me." Ino said to Tenten, who rolled her eyes at the blonde.
"Keep talking wannabe, we'll see who comes out on top." Tenten punned with a smirk, and when Kakashi dropped the floor, Tenten whipped her arms upwards, sending Ino upwards in a motion she wasn't expecting, and with far superior upper body strength to the blonde, Tenten kept using Ino as a human fan, waving her up and down as they fell, finally slamming her belly first into the water and scoring another point for the Hawks.
"And that's how a real ninja does it blondie." Tenten smirked as the few vocal members of her team cheered in approval.
"Our penultimate matchup, Shikamaru vs Shino!"
"Troublesome…I was hoping I could get out of this." Shikamaru complained as he lined up opposite of Shino, who was the last remaining ninja still dressed in their normal outfit rather than swimwear.
"An illogical assumption. Why? You are discounting the strength of our team." Shino spoke for the first time on the island, and most people had to hold back shudders at how creepy it was, like a bug crawling down your spine.
"It's called wishful thinking, ugh…what a drag." Shikamaru complained, getting into position against Shino.
The drop was one of the less exciting ones, and after an initial attempt to get Shino to rotate midair to land back first that failed, Shikamaru just seemed to accept his loss and landed back first into the water, resulting in a tie game.
"It seems I was right, fate has decreed our success this day, for none can beat the Hyuga in close quarters, even if Hinata is the weakest among us." Neji…complimented his team while also putting down his nervous cousin, getting odd looks from most of the others and a glare from Naruto.
"Would you just stuff it about fate already?" Tenten smacked Neji lightly in the back of the head, getting a harsh glare from the long haired boy. "Just trust in your cousin…or at least be assured she'll beat a fangirl like Karin."
"YOU GOT THIS KARIN, U-ZU-MA-KI!" Naruto cheered for his cousin, and Lee and Fu were quick to join in, even though they weren't family like Naruto was.
"With this kind of support, I'll take you on easily." Karin gloated to Hinata, who was nervously poking her fingers together, glancing down at the glaring Neji before settling into her own ready pose.
"I-i can still do my b-best." Hinata stuttered out as she and Karin clasped hands.
"Both ninja ready, this one is for all the marbles. You fail now, you're probably the one on the chopping block for your team you know?" Kakashi asked, and Karin gave a quick determined nod while Hinata gave a slower nod.
"Alright then, GET ON TOP!"
One last time, Kakashi dropped the floor out from under the dueling ninjas, and Karin quickly heaved her body weight over Hinata, putting her back down towards the water with a determined grin.
Confident in her victory, Karin never saw Hinata's feet coming. In a strange hybrid of Gaara, Neji, and Naruto; Hinata continued the momentum of Karin's flip, lashing out with each foot one at a time, smashing her toes into each of Karin's shoulders in knife like strikes, and just like when Samui faced Neji, Karin lost all feeling in her arms.
Just as the duo hit the water, Hinata finished the flip, meaning it was the back of Karin's head that hit the water first.
"Victory- Hawks! What a comeback, that means the little Toads have to send someone home tonight. Oh well, you lot have the rest of the day to figure it out, we'll meet up at the campfire tonight at sunset for the voting." Kakashi called down from the top of the cliff as the Hawks celebrated their victory and the Toads sulked, Naruto supporting a dazed Karin at his side.
"All good cuz, she just had some mad footwork on you, nothing to be ashamed of." Naruto reassured his cousin, who smiled at him weakly.
"Even as the weakest Hyuga, and using a move unfit for the Hyuga fighting style you managed to cheat a win, fate must be smiling upon our team today." Neji looked down at Hinata even as the rest of the team celebrated her win, most in a subdued manner, but celebrated nonetheless.
"Prick." Kurotsuchi checked Neji out of the way and met Hinata's eyes. "Ignore him, you won it for us today, so take pride in that."
"O-ok." Hinata muttered, and with that, both teams began the trek back to the cabins and dry clothes.
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"In games like this, there's a pattern." Kurotsuchi sat in the confessional in a thinking pose, "With everyone so new to each other, votes are likely to be scattered unless someone messed up massively, or pissed everyone off tremendously. The little voting blocks of two and three are actually deceptively strong. So if you want to control the voting as a single player, you just have to get someone to put their foot in their mouth."
Kurotsuchi grinned to herself, standing up and moving to leave, "And I know the perfect candidate on the Toads."
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"Hey, Kiba." Kurotsuchi beckoned the fang tattooed boy over as he exited the shower, still toweling his hair dry.
"Kurotsuchi, right?" Kiba asked, looking at her, giving her a once over that Kurotsuchi easily ignored. "What's up?"
"You didn't hear this from me, but your captain is worried about his little cousin being the one to leave, and is pushing a few other members of your team to vote you off instead of her, just thought you'd like to know. Give you a chance to defend your case and all." Kurotsuchi told him quietly, watching the rage quickly form on Kiba's face.
"And here I thought Naruto didn't care for all that political stuff. Thanks for the heads up Kurotsuchi, I owe you one." Kiba said as he stalked off, his eyes burning.
"Oh, you owe me nothing." Kurotsuchi chuckled. It was an easy formula really. With his personality and a target like Karin, Kiba would wind up saying something wrong in front of all the Toads and he'd be the one gone rather than one of the weaker competitors like the worry wart, either of the fan girls, or the sloth. "All in a day's work."
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In the mess hall as everyone was eating, the mood was a lot more subdued than that morning, and not because they were being fed high protein chalk-mush.
"So, the best strategy should be cutting the weakest link, which is either of the fan girls, or the human sloth over here." Temari said to the assembled table of Toads, jerking a thumb at the dozing Shikamaru as she spoke.
"She's right that we need to consider all those who lost, but isn't just us three, it's also Samui, Omoi, and Kiba." Ino chimed in in her own defense.
"Oi, I get hit with a cheap shot, don't include me in this!" Kiba interjected, growling at Ino.
"And Lee defended himself from the same cheap shot, therefore, you're weaker than Lee." Karin shot back.
"Hey, why don't we all calm down right now, we can figure this out calmly. We're a team." Naruto tried to play peacekeeper while the Hawks watched the debating Toads from across the room, a smug grin on Kurotsuchi's face.
"Naruto is correct, we can settle this as a team!" Lee added in his usual loud voice.
"Oh shut up." Kiba turned on Naruto. "You're just trying to cover for your cousin, not my fault the damn bitch is in heat, can't see a real alpha male when she's too busy drooling over pretty boy on the other team to actually bother winning."
Silence rang through the mess hall as everyone looked at Kiba, who didn't seem to realize what he had just said, and who he had said it to.
"Well then, I think we all know what we're doing tonight." Ino said stiffly before she marched out of the mess hall, the rest of the Toads except Kiba following behind her with their own mutters.
"Uncool."
"Troublesome."
"This is why I don't talk, because if I do then…"
"What, I'm right aren't I?" Kiba asked the retreating backs of his teammates, not sure what everyone was bothered by.
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Kurotsuchi was almost preening, "Too damn easy, even I didn't expect dog boy to go that hard either, I'd smack him myself if I hadn't just set him up."
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"It's always the loud rude one first." Shikamaru was slouched forward in the confessional, his fingertips pressed against one another in a thinking pose.
"So I can be as lazy as I want as long as the louder ones are around drawing attention to themselves. Just have to deal with Ino nagging me nonstop…what a drag."
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"Welcome my little ninja competitors, to the campfire ceremony." Kakashi greeted the assembled Toads, a platter of marshmallows in his hand. "You've all cast your votes, and the unfortunate ninja will be the one not getting a fluffy piece of freedom."
The Toads all shifted slightly on their log seat, more than one eye finding Kiba as he hunched over in his seat and stewed.
"The safety marshmallows go to: Naruto, Lee, Fu, Temari, Samui, Omoi, Gaara, Chojuro, Ino."
One by one Kakashi flicked marshmallows to each ninja as he called their names, leaving Karin, Shikamaru, and Kiba all sitting without one, two marshmallows left on his platter.
"All three of you lost your matches today, I wonder who could be safe…" Kakashi taunted, the three remaining ninja all sitting unflinching on their logs. The only ones affected by the tension Kakashi was building was Lee, Naruto, and Fu, who were all comically looking between the three ninjas.
"Shikamaru, you're safe." Kakashi tossed the next marshmallow to the lazy ninja, who just let it bounce off his face and into his lap.
"And then there were two, will it be Karin, or Kiba that is the very first ninja eliminated?"
"And the marshmallow goes to…..Karin."
Karin easily caught the marshmallow and shot a smirk at Kiba, who growled in displeasure.
"You're all a bunch of morons, eliminating me over the wimpy fangirls or the human sloth. Good luck keeping up with the other team with them dragging you down!" With his piece said, Kiba stomped off to the dock where Gai was waiting in the driver seat of a beat up boat.
"This is the dock of shame, where eliminated ninja are shipped away never to return, so if you would, I believe you have a voyage ahead of you Kiba." Kakashi motioned for Kiba to get on the boat, which he did with another growl, shaking a fist back at his team as he was sailed away by Gai.
"Good riddance." Temari scoffed as Kiba was shipped off, Ino and Karin nodding in agreement with her.
"Very uncool." Samui agreed, and with that, the Toads filed back to their cabin, only two noticing the shadow who had been watching their elimination ceremony.
**Camera Static**
"All in a day's work." Kurotsuchi dusted off her knuckles, smirking as she did so. "Keep this up, plus a few people who would be willing to work with me, and I'll be set to cruise to the finals."
**Camera Static**
"And with that, we wrap up our first elimination, but be sure to come back for more next time on TOTAL. NINJA. ISLAND!" Kakahsi smiled behind his mask into the camera hovering over him at the dock of shame, waiting until the camera light went off before whipping out his orange adult novel and walked off, giggling the whole way.
"Oh Himiko, be careful! He's got a snake in there!"
Guess who lost track of the days because of Easter and now this is almost a week late :) Well nobodies perfect, least of all me.
But yeah, Kiba gone. Trying to not bash, let Kurotsuchi manipulate rather than just having Kiba being blatantly sexist like Ezikiel was. Trying to do what the Naruto main series didn't and give all the characters some personality. Pretty sure Chojuro is the only one I'm completely failing at, he's kinda invisible honestly.
Hope everyone is enjoying, Happy Reading -Centurion Africanus