(Author's Note: the official chakra natures for the Konoha eleven have been posted on the naruto wiki, and so they will be canon to this story.)
"Alright, when I say start the exercise will begin." Kakashi said calmly. "Ready, start."
With those words Kakashi vanished in a cloud of smoke.
"Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu." Naruto said just as ten clones appeared around him.
I hope Kakashi-sensei doesn't see my new jutsu coming, Hinata thought while jumping into a tree.
Suddenly a water dragon suddenly appeared and blasted one of the Naruto clones.
"Rasengan." Naruto said while forming his jutsu and running towards Kakashi.
The moment Naruto hit Kakashi with his rasengan, a clone appeared in Kakashi's place and disappeared.
"You're still too reckless Naruto, you may have gotten stronger training with lord Jiraiya, but that won't help if you don't think through a situation." Kakashi said calmly just before a shuriken hit him in the leg.
Suddenly all the remaining Naruto's vanished.
"Got you Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said with a grin jumping out of the water.
"Impressive, you set a clone before I arrived. You've definitely improved, unfortunately." Kakashi said before vanishing.
"A shadow clone, you're kidding." Naruto said in annoyance.
"Leaf village's secret taijutsu: a thousand years of death." Kakashi said appearing behind Naruto.
Now, Hinata thought. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu."
What the how can Hinata do that, Naruto asked himself.
"Impressive Hinata, so that's what you've been talking with him about." Kakashi said while jumping over the fireball.
"Wait, you can use the Fireball Jutsu Hinata?" Naruto asked. "Where did you learn that?"
"Sasuke's been sending a clone to the village on occasion to let us know what Orochimaru's been doing, and when I found out I could use fire and lightning techniques I asked if he could help me with them." Hinata said.
"That's awesome, wait you can use fire and lightning?" Naruto asked. "Does that mean you can use that jutsu?"
"No, I can't use that." Hinata said. "Although I do have one jutsu that he helped me with."
Suddenly a single Hinata clone appeared behind Kakashi and struck him in the neck.
The moment she hit him, Kakashi collapsed to his knees.
"Awesome, let's get the bells." Naruto said with a grin before grabbing one of the bells and handing the other one to Hinata.
"Impressive you two, it looks like team Kakashi can officially reform." Tsunade said while walking out from behind a tree.
"Actually would you mind giving me a hand lady Tsunade?" Kakashi asked.
"Oh, I almost forgot." Hinata said before striking Kakashi's neck again.
"That's quite an impressive jutsu Hinata." Kakashi said getting back up. "I'll see you two tomorrow for our first assignment."
"Of course, and we'll pass no problem." Naruto said confidently.
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"It's been a long time since I've been back here, I can't say I'm excited about it." said a hunched over man in a black cloak with a red cloud design.
"It's cool my man, besides we need to get the target anyway so I'll just pop in, take care of things and we can be on our way." said another man in the same outfit.
"Just don't keep me waiting." the first man said.
"Trust me, everything's going to be fine." The second man said before a white bird appeared and he flew into the hidden sand village.
"Deidara, he always overestimates his abilities." the first figure said irritably.
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"Oh, Temari are you heading back?" Kakashi asked.
"Yeah, my work in the leaf is done for now so I'm heading home." Temari said. "Maybe you three can come to the sand village some time."
"That sounds awesome, we'll head over if we get the chance." Naruto said enthusiastically.
"That sounds good, I'm sure Gaara will appreciate seeing you." Temari said with a smile before walking out of the village.
"You two should get some rest, starting tomorrow we'll be getting new missions." Kakashi said before teleporting away.
"Oh, Hinata do you want to get some Ramen?" Naruto asked.
"Naruto-kun, are you asking me…" Hinata started to ask.
"Huh, oh well I mean we both just passed Kakashi-sensei's test and we should celebrate." Naruto said.
"That sounds nice, alright I'd love to go with you Naruto." Hinata said with a small smile.
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"This won't be too difficult, I just need to find him and then capture the one tails." Deidara said calmly. "Still, if the information we have is right, he's the current kazekage."
Suddenly a shuriken made of sand flew past his head.
"A black cloak with a red cloud pattern, you're a member of the akatsuki aren't you?" Gaara asked from a nearby roof.
"Well, I should have expected the kazekage to know about our group." Deidara said. "Of course that won't help you here."
With those words Deidara threw a spider made of clay at Gaara before it exploded.
"My art, is an explosion!" Deidara said confidently.
As the smoke cleared, a dome of sand appeared before floating up into the air.
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"What's going on, wait is someone attacking the kazekage?" asked a sand chunin.
"You're right, lord Gaara is fighting someone." said another chunin. "We need to let Kankuro and Baki know about this immediately."
"Right, I'll go tell them." the first chunin said before running towards the kazekage's mansion.
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"Not bad, I would expect nothing less from the kazekage." Deidara said calmly. Sorry Sasori my man, this may take a little longer than I thought, he thought.
"If you know I'm the kazekage, then you should know that I won't allow you to harm anyone in this village." Gaara said just before a portion of his shield flew towards Deidara at high speeds.
"I see, so this is the infamous ultimate defense." Deidara said while his bird flew to dodge the sand. "I must say, it's rather useful on offense as well."
The moment he said that, Deidara threw a clay bird at Gaara before detonating it.
As the smoke cleared, Gaara was revealed to be fine, with a platform of sand supporting his weight in midair.
"This battle is over." Gaara said calmly.
(Naruto and Hinata managed to pass Kakashi's exercise, but now Gaara is engaging Deidara in combat. Next chapter the fight in the sand village will end. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)
