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for the reviews! I know I've been taking a really really realllllly
long time to update, but I really am doing my best! Let it be known that this is
probably the chapter I had the most fun writting! Warning: Major O.O.C.ness!
Enjoy-right after the recap!
Recap
Everyone on the
Island:
"And now my
fellow, Konoha ninja's," Jiraya-sama said, an amused and somewhat devilish
grin on his face as he dumped naruto's body onto the heap of other unconscious
subs, "It is time. Here it is, the moment we've all been waiting for since
becoming Jounin-level ninja's, The Powder Test! Let the fun began!"
"Hai,
Jiraya-sama!" Kakashi, Asuma, Gai, Iruka, and Kurenai-sensei all chorused,
before each snickering evilly and whipping out their own pouch of the custom
made powder. Custom made for this particular test/mission..
Day 10: The Powder Test: Part 1: Blue
Disclaimer: I own
nothing in 'Naruto'
The senseis, now wearing
their 'heavy-duty-S.W.A.T.-we've-just-launched-a-nuclear-poisonus-gas-bomb' gas
masks which covered their whole face, each took one last look at their
subordinates before they were 'powdered'. After they had sprinkled some blue
powder on all of the students-particularly on top their upper lips beneath their
noses-the six senseis, having finished their job for the time being, sat back
for a moment. Not just to take a break, but also to allow the subs to inhale the
stuff. It would take a little while for it to start working so Iruka-sensei took
the chance to voice a question that had been nagging at the back of his mind.
"What does this blue
powder do?" he asked Jiraya. "I don't remember it being here last year
or the year before or the year before or the year before or the-"
"Okay, okay! Sheesh, I
get it already!" Jiraya replied hastily trying to shut up his Chuunin
friend, sweatdropping as he took notice to the fact that the blue powder had
taken effect on Iruka simply because he was near it. He puffef up his
chest proudly. "I invented this powder. It is the second most dangerous
powder being used in this test. It's effects, like all the others, last for 24
hours. What this powder does is-"
"Oooh.." Sakura
moaned as she came to."Huuuuuh?"
"Iruka, Kakashi, Gai,
Asuma, Kurenai, let's go!" Jiraya said, a huge sweatdrop forming on his
head as his expression turned from 'arrogantly proud know-it-all' to
'nervous-breakdown worry'. Iruka knew it must really be urgent since Jiraya was
only serious in times of great peril. "This is a time of great peril!"
They all quickly took heed
and jumped into the trees. Once they had settled themselves comfortably in their
tree-hiding-places, Jiraya-the-keen saw, out of the corner of his eye, Kakashi
whip out something and his one visible eye was shifty-looking. Jiraya's eyes
popped open and he quoted Neji.
'Bakana! (No way!)'
he thought. 'Kuwitsu...(This guy...)' In Kakashi's hand was...a
ready-to-be-eaten-extra-large bowl of popcorn! With butter yet!
"Oi, Kakashi, pass it
over this way!" he hissed urgently as though it were a matter of life and
death.
Kakashi sweatdropped
slightly and looked straight ahead instead of at Jiraya. 'Surly he doesn't
mean the..popcorn?' he thought. 'And he looks so serious..Nah, I'll just
pretend I didn't hear him.'
"Kakashi, the
popcorn!" Jiraya hissed more urgently this time, drooling as he reached out
towards Kakashi to receive the bowl. He thought for sure it would work this time
since he had used an illussionary technique to make it seem like he was a man
dying from thirst in a desert in the middle of nowhere and Kakashi's popcorn was
the only water that could save his life (of course Kakashi was still holding
it). He even changed his tone to desperate mode and gasped raspily for effect.
"..Hayaku!..(..Hurry!..)"
Kakashi really sweatdropped
this time. 'This is the Great Jiraya-sama? One of the legendary Sannin?
Asking for my popcorn?-! He's even using an illussionary technique! I guess it's
been a while since he earned that title...' he thought 'Hmm, maybe I can
still get out of this...'
Kakashi turned his head
toward Jiraya, who had by now drenched half of Kiba's unconcious body in foamy
drool, widened his eyes as he took notice of that, squealed "EWWWWWW!"
and coughed an 'Ahem..' before finishing what he had started.
"What is it,
Jiraya-sama?" He asked, his eyes back to their usual lazy state and his
sweatdrop cleared from sight. "Did you say something?"
"Wha..?" Jiraya
said, caught off guard since he had given up on the popcorn promptly after
Kakashi's squeal. He realized that Kakashi was messing with him and muttered
"Curse you, Kakashi!"
"Pardon?" Kakashi
asked not reacting in the slightest. 'I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that last
remark, sir."
"Never mind, it's
nothing important." Jiraya said, in a ho-hum tone even though he was
seething inside. 'So, Kakashi ,you want to play?-! Let's play!'' He was
about to jump from his tree branch to Kakashi's when-
"Ugh!" he heard
the now fully awakened Kiba exclaim as Akamaru -completely drenched- whimpered.
"What the! What is this stuff all over me!" Jiraya shrunk back into
hiding immediately. 'I'll get you back for this! You will pay for this,
Kakashi.'' he thought 'YOU WILL PAY! ' Unfortunately, he said
that last part out loud and stood up in the midst of his outburst.
"Hey! Who's
there?" he heard Kiba yell, his head snapping up to the spot where Jiraya
had been split second ago. 'Phew! Just in time' Jiraya thought having
shrunk back into hiding again. 'You will payyyyy!' he seethed quietly
this time.
'Whew!' Kakashi
thought 'I thought my ready-to-be-eaten-extra-large bowl of popcorn-with
butter yet! was a goner for a second there! But not you, no no, you're still
here..my precious'
Everyone in the trees
sweatdropped as they saw Kakashi affectionately rubbing his
ready-to-be-eaten-extra-large bowl of popcorn-with buter yet!-while he
repeatedly muttered "..my precious..". Jiraya decided that
perhaps he should 'make Kakashi pay' after the disturbed jounin had
gotten over his..obsession.
Gai was now gushing tears
of joy. "Finally, I'm cooler and more 'hip' than Kakashi! This is truely
'the springtime of my youth' !"
Iruka had started quietly
wailing out a song in an off-key voice, saying the same part over and over since
he didn't know all the words.
Asuma was now deeply
inhaling through his usual cigarette every now and then. It was typical for
him-except that, this time, every time he inhaled he would laugh like some dog
on crack. (A/N: Like Courage from 'Courage the Cowardly Dog Show'-after he had
been beaten, run over, nearly drowned and etc. )
Kurenai, after observing
the actions of all her comerades-with Asuma being the straw that broke the
camel's back-, curled up into a fetal position on her tree branch muttering over
and over "Creepy senseis..creepy senseis.."
Meanwhile,
under the 'Creepy senseis..', the subs awaken:
"Ticks..no..(Shudders)
"
"Must..beat
Neji..to..a pulp..(fire of anger blazes in background) "
"Napkin...boogers..(barfs)
"
"Mnh..(blinks slowly
"
"What
happened?..(scratches head) "
"..Headache!..(groans)
"
"Ugh! It's Drool!(gags)
"
"Naruto..kun..(blushes)
"
"So..troublesome..(sighs)
"
"What the..?-! (looks
confused) "
"Where..my
chips?-!..(freaks out) "
"Ballet..for
you..mother..(stares off into space) "
"Temari..kowaii(scary)..(looks
traumatized) "
"Bugs..no..get
off!..(twitches) "
"Gaara..ballet..(all
shiver except Gaara and those of 'Team Gai') "
( A/N: The speaking order
(although you've probably figured some of them out by now) is: Neji, Tenten,
Lee, Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, Gaara,
Kanuru, Temari. The last remark was by everyone who shivered.)
Jiraya, being the only
normal-ish person around, peeped over out of his hiding place to do his job:
observe and laugh like a rabid hyena when necessary. It would definitely be
necessary...and Sakura was the first to prove it.
"How do you get this
thing off?-!" she asked loudly, tugging at the hem of Gaara's fluffy pink
tutu.
"Back off!" Gaara
said haughtily. He stood up and struck a pose. "You know it goes with my
hair way better than yours."
"You know he's right,
Forehead Girl." Ino added, admiring the tutu, and nodding her head in
approval.
"Ino, stop calling
Sakura forehead Girl!" Naruto interrupted. Then he tilted his head a little
as he looked at Sakura and added, "But then again, she does have a rather
large forehead.."
"Agreed!"
everyone chorused. Then Ino added, beaming with pleasure, "You have no
idea how long I've waited to hear that!"
"Hey!" Sakura
said defensively, insulted beyonds belief. Then she looked hopeful. "Well..well,
Sasuke-kun doesn't think so, do you Sasuke-kun?"
"Yes, I most
definitely do." he replied, without a moment's hesitation. Sakura's lip
trembled before she she started gushing rivers of tears. "And I swear, if
you call me 'Sasuke-kun' one more time, I'll become a perfect replica
of..Naruto!" Sakura and Ino gasped loudly, Naruto gasped even
louder, and everyone else was either too worried to gasp in case that would make
Sasuke change his mind or they were wondering why Naruto had said that and Ino,
Sakura, and Sasuke had gasped-or so it appeared to them.
"Heh," Naruto
said."You could never be a perfect replica of me."
"You wanna bet on
that?" Sasuke asked challengingly.
"You bet!" Naruto
replied.
"No, I asked if you
wanted to bet on that!" Sasuke replied back.
"You bet I do!"
Naruto replied again. Sasuke sighed and shook his head. "Never mind."
"Huh?-!" Everyone
except Sasuke exclaimed furiously as they ganged up on him intimidatingly. They
had all been listening to the conversation and there was no way they'd pass up
the chance for Sasuke to act like Naruto-even though some of them didn't know
thay had switched bodies, they were just playing along for the fun of it.
"Why? What you mean 'never mind'?-!"
"Because!" Sasuke
replied, equally furious, and frustrated, too."And who asked you,
anyway?-!"
"We don't need
anyone to ask us anything!" They yelled back. Shikamaru added,
"Sasuke, you're so..troublesome!" The rest yelled, "YEAH!"
"Fine!" Sasuke
yelled.
"Fine!" They
yelled right back. "Sheesh!" Sasuke muttered. Then they all realized
the horribly reality of what they had just done. "NO! Sasuke, don't do
it!"
Sasuke didn't answer.
"Sasuke..?" They all asked uncertain as to what was going through his
mind. Jiraya, meanwhile, was confusedly watching from his hiding place up in the
trees and wondering what was going on exactly...and what Sasuke would say.
Sasuke opend his mouth,
paused for a moment before replying, and said ".."
What
will Sasuke say?-! What's happening to everyone-senseis included?-! And just
what exactly does Jiraya's special blue powder do?-! Find out in the next
chapter of 'The Switch'! Thank you for reading this! I hope you enjoyed it!
PLEASE REVIEW! I want at least 3 reviews before I update. Buh-bye now! (Grins
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