A talkshow thing I did when I was bored, the first chapter has been rewritten.

"Lights!" Cameras!" a directors voice calld throughout the haze of darkness on the set, "Action!" Bright lights spotlighted an apparently empty chair. Looking closer one could see the shaking ball of fabric that blended into the chair.

"The lights are too bright, damn it!" the ball of fabric yelled at the director, who signaled the lighting guys to turn them down. As the lights dimmed a head popped out of the fabric. Dark eyes glared at the director through chunk black glasses, "Told you so!"

There was the sound of a head meeting a hand as the ball of fabric, now revealed to be a teenage girl with a hooded sweatshirt, unraveled itself. The girl move around in the chair getting comfortable, confusing the audience before her.

"Now, then. To begin," The girl said matter-of-factly, "Welcome to the Next Generation Show!" A neon sign came to life behind her with the words 'Naruto Edition' flashing. The girl once more glared at the director, lifting her hood up, "Are you trying to give me a seizure?" The sign immediately turned off and the girl lowered her hood, "I am your host, Ray!"

There was a scattering of applause at first. And then Ray set her eyes on the audience like a knife and they erupted in applause. She nodded in approval and smiled, letting them go on for a mere minute before silencing them with a narrow look. It was apparent that the girl was quite sensitive to light and sound, the audience found this strange given what she was doing.

"Our first guests will be none other than the newest team seven!" Ray announced, giving a flourish with her hands to the side of the stage where three fifteen years old walked on stage. The two girls elbowed each other trying to be in the center of spotlight that was shining on them. The only boy was shaking his head as he walked around them and took a seat.

Eventually the girls followed, glaring menacingly at each other as they took the two remaining seats. Sadly, the seats were next to each other.

"So…why don't you three introduce yourselves? Tell us a little about who you are, ranks, et cetera…" Ray asked cheerfully, eyeing the two girls with a sparkle in her eye like she could not wait for them to start fighting.

"I'll start," the boy sighed, flicking his pink hair out of his green eyes, "My name is Haruno Saru. I'm the eldest son of Haruno Sakura and the only known child of Uchiha Sasuke." The last part had Ray raising an eyebrow, and Saru quickly added, before Ray could ask, "They weren't married, he's dead. My mother later married and had children with another man."

"Oh…" Ray and the audience murmured together in understanding. Ray's eyes flashed suddenly and then she smirked, "What man did Sakura marry?"

Saru grumbled, glaring at Ray as he folded his arms. It was obvious that he did not want to answer. So his teammates did it for him, simultaneously they spoke, "Rock Lee."

Ray's grin grew like only the Grinch had ever managed before, "Interesting, and how many siblings do you have Saru?"

"Three."

"Boys? Girls?"

"Two boys and a girl."

Ray sighed, knowing she could not get any of the information she wanted, "So what rank are you?"

"I recently took the Chunin exam, the last part is next week," Saru explained calmly, happy with the change of topic.

A finger pushed Ray's glasses up as her eyes turned to the two girls, "And who might you lovely ladies be?" A snort came from Saru when he heard the term 'lovely ladies' being applied to his teammates, lucky for him – they did not hear it.

"I'm Uzumaki Hina!" the first one said, stating what many already knew to be true. After all, with her long blonde hair tied in pigtails and her blue eyes it was hard not to tell who her father was. Not to mention she was wearing a very familiar stle of jumpsuit. "My parents are the 6th Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto, and the Hyuuga heiress, Hyuuga Hinata. I'm currently still a genin, but once I kick Saru's ass in the final I'll become a chunin." Hina, it seemed, was just as much a ball of energy as her father.

"And I am the amazing Nara Inora," the second girl introduced herself dramatically, gesturing to herself like she was a prize on a game show. Her blond hair was loose just below her shoulders, her long bangs framing her soft face. Her dark eyes were the color of chocolate and she wore a familiar shade of green with her white headband tied around her waist. "The daughter of Nara Shikamaru and his wife Ino."

Ray nodded gleefully, an idea forming, "Who would you each consider your rival?" Almost immediately the girls were glaring at each other, and Saru was raising an eyebrow at Ray.

"I'm out of here," Saru grumbled as he stood, walking off the stage haughtily. Ray made faces behind his back as he went, much to the amusement of his teammates and the audience. And then, as if on cue, a girl with dark hair tied into twin buns fell into Saru's seat.

"Nice show," the new girl told Ray, grinning at her, "I'm Hyuuga Elevine." The girl had the traditional Hyuuga white eyes and wore a white Chinese top with black pants – just to distinguish herself from the other thousand or so Hyuuga members.

"Eh?" Ray muttered in confusion, "What are you doing here?" Looking up from where the Elevine had come from she added, "You didn't break my studio did you?"

"No, no, of course not," Elevine waved off the concern and then turned to look at Hina and Inora, "You two didn't tell her the most important fact about yourselves, so I have decided to do it for you." The fifteen year olds paled, looked at each for a second, and then lunged for the sixteen year old Hyuuga. She jumped up and then landed gracefully on Ray's armrest.

"Do tell, Elevine," Ray's glasses shined as she adjusted them with a malicious smile, "And not just about them, tell us about yourself as well."

"Hmm? Well, I'm Hina's cousin. Neji and TenTen's daughter if it wasn't obvious. Chunin, youngest of two children," Elevine listed nonchalantly, avoiding attacks from the two genins as she went, "My brother is a bore. And Uzumaki Hina and Nara Inora are betrothed."

For a second, crickets chirped, and Ray looked like she may just fall out of her chair in surprise. As she recovered from shock the two genins froze awkwardly as the camera zoomed in on them. Inora blushed profusely and Hina tried to hide behind her…fiancée…

"So…you two are…" Ray began, piecing it together as she surprised a Cheshire Cat grin. Elevine was right there nodding, an identical grin on her face. "How did that happen?" Ray asked Elevine excitedly, hanging on the girl's every word now.

"Two words: Lady Tsunade." Elevine declared, sticking her tongue out at her cousin, "Everyone thought that Hina would be perfect for the Nara boy. Too bad he turned out to be Inora."

"This…is awesome!" Ray giggled, drawing confused eyes. She pulled a laptop from underneath her seat cushion and started typing like crazy. "The fanfiction!" Ray laughed evilly, muttering to herself, "Zai will find this hilarious."

The three ninjas looked at her like she was insane, backing off the stage slowly. And the camera zoomed in on the host as the director coughed not-so-subtly.

"Oh…" Ray said, looking at the camera like it had just gotten there, "That's all for now. See ya next time!" And the lights dimmed to black to the sound of Ray's keystrokes.

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