Shadow Mystogan Uchiha: Thanks, and you will just have to wait and see.
Merendinoemiliano: Thanks. And just to be clear Minato and Itachi have taken Naruto and Sasuke's place, so they are the reincarnations of Ashura and Indra. I'm just mentioning this since in "A Fresh Start" you mentioned you never liked that whole power up thing Naruto and Sasuke got in the end of the cannon story line.
MearnT: Thank you, and here you go!
Anyway, so we still need some suggestion for characters whom should be aged altered and if they are going to switch places with anyone. So far, we have considered Killer Bee, Yugito, Darui, Kiba, Hana, Hanabi, Konohamaru.
Okay, let's start the chapter!
The one team that was left in the classroom, was none other than Team 7. Minato, Itachi and Kushina. Minato was looking bored as he was resting his chin on his desk while wiggling his head back and forth while pouting.
"Would you stop that!" Kushina shouted at the blond.
"But I'm booooooooooored!" Minato sulked.
"It is annoying that our Sensei is late, I will agree to that." Itachi said emotionlessly as he was sitting patiently and waiting for their Sensei to arrive.
"Huff!" Kushina pouted annoyed, getting tired of waiting. She then spotted the chalk eraser sitting on the teacher's desk and a smirked.
"What are you doing?" Itachi asked as Kushina opened the door slightly and placed the chalk eraser, stuck in the open corner.
"Punishing our Sensei for being late." Kushina replied with a cute smile. And Minato blushed a little seeing Kushina's smile, thinking she was adorable.
"His a Jonin there is no way that he will fall for-" Itachi said when suddenly the door opened and a man with spiky silver hair that was oriented to the left side, his forehead protector went over his left eye and his right eye was dark grey, and he had a mask covering the lower half of his face. He wore a green flak jacket, dark blue pants and a long-sleeved shirt, and fingerless gloves with metal plates. And the chalk eraser fell on top of his head. "… I stand corrected." Itachi said with a sweat drop while Kushina was trying to hold back her giggle and Minato was gapping thinking they were in trouble.
"Hmm, how should I take my first impression of all of you?" The masked Jonin hummed placing his right hand on his chin. "I hate you all."
"Oh no, he hates us." Minato said as his eyes turned teary making the Jonin sweat drop.
"If it makes you feel better, I don't dislike you." The masked Jonin said feeling a little bad, and Minato instantly recovered.
"How the hell will he make it as a shinobi?" Kushina questioned with a deadpan expression, seeing Minato as a goofball.
"His more skilled than everyone in our class actually, well maybe with the exception of myself." Itachi said emotionlessly.
"Your joking, right? I mean, look at him!" Kushina said not seeing Minato as anything special.
"He gets completely different once he gets serious, other than that he acts like a goof normally." Itachi said increasing Kushina's curiosity.
On the rooftop
The Jonin teacher sat on the edge while facing his new three-man cell team. "Okay, why don't you tell me something about yourself?"
"Like what?" Kushina questioned.
"Oh, I don't know, your names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams for the future and such." The masked Jonin said sounding bored.
"Well, why don't you start? Seeing as you're the Sensei and all." Kushina said.
"Oh, fine. My name is, Kakashi Hatake. I like somethings, and dislike a lot of things. My hobbies are, none of your business your too young for that anyway. And my dreams… I don't feel like telling you them." The masked Jonin known as Kakashi said and everyone sweat dropped at that introduction.
'All we learned was his name…' They all thought in unison.
"Okay, mister sensitive." Kakashi turned to Minato.
"My name is, Minato Namikaze! I like my mom, Itachi-kun, and Kushina-chan! I dislike rude and mean people! And my dreams for the future is, to become Hokage!" Minato introduced, Itachi had a small smile while Kushina seemed a little annoyed.
"Okay, you miss tomato." Kakashi turned to Kushina.
"I'm not a tomato!" Kushina shouted angrily at their sensei, ready to pummel him to the ground.
"Yeah, Kushina-chan's hair is beautiful!" Minato said.
Kushina blushed faintly and huffed her head to the side. "My name is, Kushina Uzumaki. I like salt ramen, and pulling pranks. I dislike anything bitter and tomatoes. My hobbies are pulling pranks. And my dream for the future is to become the first female Hokage."
"Okay then, mister emotion." Kakshi turned to Itachi.
"My name is, Itachi Uchiha. I like cabbage, dango and onigiri. I dislike steak among other things. I don't have a dream, I have a goal and I will make it reality. I am going to restore my clan, and find out the truth." Itachi said motionlessly.
"Aha, I see, mostly expected. Okay then, we will not start going on missions until you have completed the genin test." Kakashi said.
"B-But we just did." Kushina said.
Kakashi chuckled. "Ah, silly miss tomato." Kushina gained a thick mark, one more word and she would punch that mask off his face. "That was just to see if you had the potential, the official test." Kakashi looked down to the ground and let out an ominous chuckle. "Let's just say it's less pleasant. With having a 66% chance of failing, more than half of you will be sent back to the academy."
Minato and Kushina's jaws almost hit the floor while Itachi looked at them with a deadpan expression. "Why are you surprised Minato, we knew about this." Itachi said.
"Yeah, but its way more intimidating here in person." Minato replied.
"Anyway, meet me tomorrow at the training grounds at eight hundred hours and bring your ninja tools. Oh, and I recommend not eating any breakfast, or else you might puke. Oh, and don't be late. Ciao!" Kakashi said as he vanished at immense speed. Leaving the three of them in their thoughts, Kushina was so nervous she was sweating bullets, Minato seemed a little terrified, and Itachi had his normal stoic expression.
The Next Day
The team stood waiting on the training grounds with their stomachs growling. And Kakashi was late, Minato had fallen asleep on the grass with some droll dripping from his mouth, Itachi threw some kunai knifes at a tree, and Kushina was twitching her eyes in annoyance. "Where the hell is he?!" She shouted so loudly that Minato woke up panicking.
"I'm awake! I'm awake!" Minato kept saying.
"Relax, his not here yet." Itachi said motionlessly and kept throwing kunai knifes.
"Oh, well then nighty night." Minato went back to sleep and began snoring.
"He tends to fall asleep fast." Itachi said looking at Kushina whom was seriously struggling the urge to punch Kakashi in the face whenever he got here, Itachi could tell she might eventually take her frustration out on either him or Minato. Hench why he had made sure Minato was the closest one within her reach.
"Don't be late he said! Be on time he said! Well why is he late?!" Kushina did end up taking her frustration out on something, although it was neither Itachi nor Minato. She punched a tree making it break in two.
"Good morning class!" Kakashi greeted having finally arrived.
""You're late!"" They all shouted in unison, as Minato even managed to wake up while pointing in the wrong direction at first, until Itachi redirected his arm and head into the right direction.
They then walked into the training grounds surrounded by the forest, and Kakashi over to some tree stumps and placed an alarm clock on the tree stump in the middle. "I've set this alarm to go off at noon. I have here two small bells…" Kakashi held up two bells and the trio looked at the bells in bewilderment as to where this was leading. "Your challenge is to steal these from me before the timer sounds. Anyone who fails doesn't get any lunch. Instead you will be tied to that tree stump, so I can eat your lunch in front of you."
'So that's why you wanted us to go without breakfast!' They all thought in unison.
"All you need is just one bell apiece. But since there aren't enough to go around, one of you is definitely headed for the stump. And whoever that is will be the first of you to fail. One of you is on your way back to school and disgrace. You may, if you choose, use shuriken. Attack as though you mean to kill or you'll never stand a chance." Kakashi informed them.
"Understood." Itachi said motionlessly.
"What? But isn't that dangerous?" Kushina questioned, not actually having any desire to kill Kakashi, punch him sure, but kill him no.
"His a professional shinobi, I think he will be just fine Kushina-chan." Minato assured with a smile.
"Hmm, at least it seems you have decided to come at me with the intention to kill. Mister emotion." Kakashi said as Itachi's eyes were cold and narrowed. "I'm really starting to like you."
"Oh, looks like Itachi-kun is getting serious. Then so will I." Minato smirked and brought out a triple-prong kunai.
"Heh, looks like you're in the same boat now, mister sensitive." Kakashi smirked. "What about you, miss tomato?"
And that was the last drop. "Okay! That does it! I'm going to break every bone in your body!" Kushina cracked her knuckles.
"Well, how about that. I think I'm starting to like all three of you." Kakashi smiled underneath his mask. "And now… ready… steady… go!" Kakashi said and they all spread out across the field.
Kakashi was standing by a lake, having already located them. "The basis of all shinobi is to become invisible. Eradicate yourself." Kakashi said and looked from the corner of his eye at each of the three hiding spots. 'They are all well-hidden.' Kakashi thought, as Itachi was hidden in a tree covering himself with the leaves on the tree branches. Kushina had hidden herself behind a tree with some bushes around her, while Minato was hidden behind a few bushes.
'A shinobi waits for the perfect moment to strike.' Minato thought when suddenly to his surprise Itachi came rushing out from behind some bushes while holding two kunai knifes in his hands.
Kakashi was just as surprised. 'That was unexpected.' Kakashi thought as he avoided the swings from Itachi's kunai, Itachi jumped and swung his body in the air and delivered a kick that Kakashi blocked with his arm, Itachi then used Kakashi's arm like a springboard and leaped back and threw the two kunai knifes at the masked Jonin. 'His quick on his feet.' Kakashi thought and dodged the kunai knifes as Itachi swung his lack down towards Kakashi whom caught it. Itachi then swung his body to the side and threw a punch which Kakashi also caught, he then threw him crashing to the ground where he vanished in a puff of smoke. 'A shadow clone? I see, he was just testing me out. This boy is clever, he made a clone before I said start and had the clone hide somewhere until the exercise began. He then had the clone come from his direction distracting me while he found a better hiding spot. He noticed that I spotted him.' Kakashi thought and was actually impressed.
'As expected of Itachi-kun, I was almost worried there for a while. Hn?" Minato felt Kakashi approaching, Minato smirked as he vanished in a yellow flash.
Kakashi appeared where Minato just vanished from and widened his eyes in confusion. 'Okay, I knew he was just here a few seconds ago. And yet he somehow got much further away. Looks like I have two interesting boys on my hands here, they both already might be high Genin level and approaching Chunin. Or maybe, they already are on Chunin level. I wonder about the girl…" Kakashi vanished from the spot where he stood.
Minato appeared on the other side of the woods on the training field while holding his triple-prong kunai. 'It could still use some work, but I'm getting there.' Minato thought as he still hadn't perfected the Flying Raijin.
Itachi had hidden himself deeper into the woods, just enough to keep his eye on Kakashi while not getting spotted. 'He probably knows where I am. He just takes us lightly because we just graduated. Well, his in for a surprise.' Itachi thought with a small smile.
Kakashi went back to the area where he started, he then reached into his ninja pouch and pulled out a book titled "Make-Out Paradise" Kakashi flipped the book open and began to read. "I've been dying to find out how this story ends. It shouldn't matter the outcome will be the same, considering whom I'm up against."
"Don't take me lightly!" Kushina leaped out from the bushes and threw six shurikens at her sensei whom causally jumped back to dodge them while he kept reading. "That's it!" Kushina charged at him with his fist raised and slammed her fist towards Kakashi, whom jumped back as Kushina connected her fist with the ground making a small crater.
'She possesses such strength, she's not a normal kunoichi. I might be training a very dangerous group.' Kakashi thought as he vanished and appeared behind Kushina with his hands gathered in the tiger seal. "Konohagakure villages' most secret and most sacred technique! One thousand years of death!" Kakashi aimed for the lower back of Kushina. When suddenly a yellow flash appeared before him as Kushina had a strange mark on the back of her clothing. Minato swung his foot towards Kakashi whom leaped back to dodge. "I see, Flying Raijin huh? No wonder you were able to escape that quickly. To think a Genin learned to use it." Kakashi said as he noticed that Minato's expression was different. It was cold, his blue eyes narrowed and calculative.
Minato briefly turned towards Kushina and gave her a warm smile. "You should be more careful, Kushina-chan. We are a team, so let's work together." He then returned to his cold calculative expression as he turned towards Kakashi once more.
'So, he can be serious when he wants to be huh? That look is that of a tactician, his analyzing my every move.' Kakashi thought.
"Right, Itachi-kun?" Minato said as Itachi appeared in the blink of an eye next to his teammates.
"I was hoping for a subtler approach." Itachi said motionlessly.
"Well, Kushina-chan seems to think differently. Besides, we all needed to confront him eventually. Why not do it while we have plenty of time?" Minato questioned, and Itachi knew he couldn't argue with that argument.
The young Uchiha sighed and closed his eyes. "I'm going to need a long rest after all this." Itachi opened his eyes that were now red with three black tomoes circling around it with a black dot in the center. "Let's hurry up and get this over with, together."
""Right!"" Minato and Kushina said in unison.
'His already mastered his sharingan huh? Yep, these three… these three will definitely become monsters in the future, just what has Lord Third signed me up for?' Kakashi closed his book. "Looks like I won't be able to read it during this one." Kakashi put his book back in his pouch. 'What's more, those two seemed to have known the true purpose of this exercise all along.' Kakashi thought looking at Minato and Itachi. "Well, what are you waiting for? Do you want your lunches or not?" Kakashi asked mockingly.
Minato then at immense speed formed a few hand seals. 'So, fast…' Kushina thought in awe.
Lighting Style: Lightning Ball!
Minato formed multiple spheres of electric energy and sent them blasting towards Kakashi. Kakashi widened his eyes a bit before jumping back dodging the spheres as they crashed one at a time on each spot Kakashi landed. Making the Jonin keep bouncing around dodging the spheres. Suddenly a triple-pong kunai flew in front of him, and in yellow flash appeared Minato whom blasted Kakashi directly with a lightning sphere. Kakashi was then replaced by a log.
'Looks like he already knows some ninjutsu… not bad.' Kakashi landed on back on the ground. When he then spotted Itachi in front of him with his hands in the tiger seal while he inhaled his breath.
Fire Style: Fireball!
Itachi spitted out a massive ball of fire right at Kakashi whom quickly performed a few hand seals and then slammed his palms to the ground.
Earth Style: Mud Wall!
A wall popped up from the ground decorated with what looked like dog heads formed out of mud. The wall blocked the blazing inferno. Itachi looked down as an arm popped up from the ground and pulled him down creating a cloud of dust. When the dust cleared, it revealed Kakashi bending down to look at Itachi's head which was popping up from the ground. "Not bad kid, better luck next time." Kakashi said when suddenly Itachi vanished in a puff of smoke. "Of course." Kakashi turned around and blocked a kunai with his own, protecting the bells which was Itachi's target.
"Hn. Now!" Itachi shouted.
Water Style: Wild Water Wave!
Kushina spitted out a wave of water directly at Kakashi, washing him away. Kakashi was pushed back by the water until he managed to grab onto a tree branch and leap onto the branch, watching as the water washed away. 'Are they planning to throw ninjutsu at me only?' Kakashi thought.
Itachi smiled a little as he used a kunai to cut a wire as multiple kunai knifes came flying out from the trees around Kakashi and towards him. Kakashi widened his eyes as he spotted the paper bombs attached to the kunai knifes. He quickly leaped of the tree branch as it exploded in a fiery explosion.
'They purposely drove me there, I underestimated them. Kushina is at high Genin level, while Itachi and Minato… Are Mid Chunin at least.' Kakashi thought when suddenly Minato appeared behind him in a yellow flash as a triple-prong kunai was stabbed into a tree branch behind Kakashi.
Wind Style: Gale Palm!
Minato clapped his hands together, sending a powerful gale of wind crashing into Kakashi's back, sending him flying forwards towards Itachi and Kushina, whom were ready with kunai knifes. Kakashi narrowed his eyes, and once he landed his feet on the ground right in front of Itachi and Kushina, he quickly leaped up dodging the two of them. He landed behind them and skidded back a bit. 'Maybe I should try a little harder…' Kakashi thought looking at these three kids, these three shinobi in front of him.
"I'll take the lead, you two attack when you find an opening." Itachi said acting as team leader and went charging head on towards Kakashi.
"Why is he in charge?" Kushina asked.
"Nah, I don't know he just got this aura around him that makes me feel confident in his abilities as a leader." Minato replied with a small smile as his eyes remained narrowed.
'These two really are the best from our class? I always knew Itachi was good… but Minato? He always acts like such a goof I never thought that much of him…' Kushina thought when she remembered Itachi's words in class while they were waiting to meet Kakashi for the first time. "His more skilled than anyone in our class actually, well maybe with the exception of myself."
Itachi used his sharingan to dodge all of Kakashi's moves and even managed to copy his fighting style. They both threw a punch and grabbed the others fist pushing them closer to each other. Itachi glared into Kakashi's eyes with his sharingan rotating. 'This one… might be the most talented Uchiha I have ever meet with maybe the exception of Shisui Uchiha. This boy might be able to surpass Shisui at some point even…' Kakashi thought.
"No wonder my genjutsu is not working… this is a Shadow Clone." Itachi said as Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke. "The real one is below." Itachi leaped up as two arms popped up from the ground beneath him trying to grab him.
Fire Style: Fireball!
Itachi spitted out a ball of fire down at the ground were Kakashi's arms popped up from. The ground burned in a blazing inferno and Minato performed some hand seals and spitted a wave of wind at the fire making it burn more intensely. Kakashi then popped up from the ground a few feet away from the blazing inferno. "That was close." Kakashi said carelessly. "You almost burned of the tip of my hair." Behind Itachi leaped up another Itachi holding three kunai. 'His fast with his hands, I didn't even see him wave the hand signs for a Shadow Clone.' Kakashi thought as the second Itachi threw the kunai knifes at Kakashi stabbing them into him.
"N-No way! Itachi you killed him!" Kushina shouted worriedly and then Kakashi turned into a log.
Itachi noticed in the corner of his eye that Kakashi was behind him, Itachi won't be able to dodge in time. Then a kunai flew between them and Minato appeared in a yellow flash, grabbed onto Itachi and they both vanished in a yellow flash. They both then appeared next to Kushina. "You okay, Itachi-kun?"
"Yeah, thanks." Itachi replied motionlessly as Kakashi stood in front of them with his hands in his pocket.
"You sure are troublesome children. But your still no match for me." Kakashi said.
"Itachi-kun, I have an idea." Minato smirked.
"Let's hear it." Itachi said and Minato whispered into Itachi's ear. "Aha, I see. Interesting," Itachi said and they turned to face Kakashi.
"I assume you already have a plan of your own as well?" Minato asked looking at Itachi in the corner of his eye.
"Of course." Itachi replied.
"Care to tell?" Minato asked.
"No." Itachi replied.
Kakashi formed a few hand seals when suddenly a small gush of wind blew around them, blowing leaf's around them in a circle. "Wh-What the?" Kushina questioned in bewilderment.
"This is-" Minato said.
"Genjutsu." Itachi finished and widened his sharingan, while Minato formed a hand seal.
Kushina closed her eyes as the wind blew some of her hair into her eyes. When she opened them again in front her was a field of Minato's.
""Kushina-chan!"" The Minato's said with a goofy grin simultaneously.
Kushina blinked her eyes in bewilderment at first, then she smirked devilish. "Oh, I'm going to enjoy this!" Kushina cracked her knuckles. She then began punching various of the Minato's beating them all to a pulp. "Yeah! Minato-kun do you want me to punch your stupid face harder?!"
Meanwhile in reality. Kushina screamed in pain at first that later resulted in this as she was on the ground. "Mm…ah… Minato-kun… harder…" Kushina uttered the few words from her genjutsu.
Kakashi had a confused expression, while Minato had a blush on his face, and Itachi had his normal stoic expression with a raised eyebrow. "What's going on?" Itachi questioned.
"Wh-What are you doing to Kushina-chan's innocence?! Ero mask!" Minato pointed at Kakashi accusingly.
"I have no idea! She was supposed to see her worst fear!" Kakashi defended himself.
Minato then bend down and placed his palm on her forehead and focused his chakra into her, breaking her free from the genjutsu. Kushina opened her eyes and spotted Minato, thinking she was still in the genjutsu she punched Minato in the gut. Minato looked like his eyes were going to pop out as he clenched his arms over his gut and fell over. "Wh-Why did you do that… Kushina-chan?" Minato uttered trying to catch his breath.
"Oh, wait I'm back in reality?" Kushina questioned innocently.
Itachi let out a deep sigh. "Minato, get back up already, and walk it off." Itachi said harshly.
"Y-Your acting too harsh… Itachi-kun." Minato managed to get back up while still clenching his arms over his gut.
"I only act harsh when we have to complete a mission. Now get up already, it can't be that bad." Itachi said, although he knew what Kushina was capable off considering she managed to punch a tree and break it in half, and create a small crater with one punch as well.
"Let her punch you in the gut, then we will decide." Minato said glaring at his best friend.
"I would rather not experience unnecessary pain thank you very much." Itachi said motionlessly.
"Aha! So, you admit it's painful!" Minato shouted.
"I never said it wasn't painful, just that it couldn't be that bad." Itachi said with a deadpan expression. "Anyway, get back to the task at hand, please." Itachi said as they still had to take the bells from Kakashi. Minato huffed and returned to serious mode, Minato formed a few hand seals.
Shadow Clone Jutsu!
A large puff cloud of smoke appeared around Minato, when the smoke cleared it revealed at least five hundred identical clones to Minato. Everyone had a surprised expression at the amount number of clones Minato was able to create. Even Itachi was surprised by this. "It's my dream all over again!" Kushina said.
"You were violated by a group of Minato's?" Itachi questioned.
"Huh? No, I beat up a bunch of him to a bloody pulp." Kushina replied.
Itachi sweat dropped and made sense of the words she uttered earlier. "Makes sense… although it's easy to have it confused with something else." Itachi said as Kushina gained a confused expression.
"Attack!" The army of Minato's charged at Kakashi.
"Huh." Kakashi let out a sigh and began punching Minato after Minato and they vanished in a puff of smoke, he grabbed a clone by the wrist and swung him into another, ducked from a kick from another and grabbed another clones fist, elbowing the one that tried to kick him in the gut, and kneeing the one that tried to punch him in the gut, and they both vanished in a puff of smoke.
All the Minato's leaped up with a smirk as they all held out a triple-prong kunai. "I-Is he going to…" Kushina said with wide eyes in awe.
"Yep." Itachi replied.
Kakashi quickly realized what situation he was in and threw multiple shurikens around him, hitting various of the clones making them vanish in a puff of smoke. However, it was not enough. "New technique, Secret Ninja-art!"
Multi Flash!
All the Minato's threw the triple-prong kunai knifes into different directions and they all in an instant vanished, and reappeared at the spot their kunai knifes were. Kakashi was surrounded as all the Minato's clapped their hands together.
Gale Palm!
Kakashi was bombarded with waves of wind crashing all around him. Once all the dust cleared it revealed Kakashi with some of his clothing torn, and then three triple-prong kunai flew around him and three Minato's appeared in a flash, reaching for the bells. Just when they grabbed them Kakashi was replaced by a Minato clone. "Not bad sensei." Minato grinned as Kakashi had managed to replace himself with one of Minato's clones.
Kakashi was standing by the lake, looking carefree as he read his book again. "Oh damn, and I was hoping to get more reading time." Kakashi put the book away, when suddenly he felt a lot of chakra being infused into the lake. He turned to the side seeing Kushina with a hand seal.
Water Style: Water Dragon!
Some water from the lake rose up and formed into a giant bubble that later turned into a Chinese dragon made out of water. The water dragon charged at Kakashi whom was surprised by Kushina being able to pull this kind of jutsu at her age.
Kushina panted and looked like this was her finishing move, her last resort so to speak. She let out a war cry as the water dragon was about to attack Kakashi. Kakashi then had lightning flickering between his palms, he sent a wave of lightning that wrapped itself around the water dragon, strangling it and crushing it to the point where it exploded and water rained down on them. 'These kids… are definitely not ordinary…." Kakashi then widened his eyes as he could feel bloodlust coming from behind him, he reacted like any shinobi and turned around and stabbed a kunai into this person's gut. He then widened his eyes in shock and terror seeing it was Itachi that looked at him with sharingan. 'No, damn it!' Kakashi thought when suddenly Itachi's body turned into a murder of crows. 'He caught me in a genjutsu!' Kakashi thought and quickly formed a hand seal, focusing his chakra forcing himself to break free from the genjutsu.
Once he was back in reality he saw Itachi inches away from cutting one of the bells, attached to Kakashi's pants, away with a kunai. Kakashi grabbed Itachi's wrist and swung him to the side. Itachi landed with his back turned to Kakashi, he then turned around with a smile on his lips. "Hn." Itachi held in his hand one of the bells.
"Wh-What?" Kakashi looked at the bells, as one of them faded away showing only one left. 'He placed me in a weaker illusion the moment I broke free from the first one which was a distraction, to make it look like I still had both bells. This is the first time a genin actually managed to steal one of the bells.' Kakashi thought when he dodged a punch from Kushina. "Two of you left then." Kakashi said as Kushina threw multiple punches out of frustration. Just when Kakashi stepped to the side a yellow flash appeared and a kunai cut of the last bell. As Minato used the Flying Raijin mark that he had placed on Kushina. 'Scratch that, two genin.' Kakashi thought surprised.
'Now it's my time to show Kushina how much of a gentleman I really am.' Minato thought and gently kicked the bell so it landed in Kushina's hands. "Oh no, I accidently dropped the bell. How clumsy of me." Minato said, in a tone which made it too obvious he was faking. Once he landed on the ground he looked at Kushina with a grin. "Guess you win, Kushina-chan-!" Minato said when suddenly Kushina threw the bell right in his face with so much force it left a red mark and Minato almost fell over.
"I don't need your pity! Dattebane!" Kushina shouted while clenching her fist.
"Wh-What are you talking about Kushina-chan? Here just take the bell you caught it." Minato said holding the bell.
"You're the one who got it! I don't need you pity you beat me fair and square! So, keep that stupid bell!" Kushina pushed Minato's hand with the bell back.
"But I want you to have it." Minato said.
"Well I don't want it!"
It's yours!"
"No, yours!" They kept going back and forth.
"How about I give one of you mine?" Itachi asked with a motionless expression.
""We don't want it either! You keep it!"" They both said in unison.
Kakashi stared at this scene and let out a small chuckle. "This is the first time anyone has taken the bells from me, I never expected you three to argue on who's going to have them." Kakashi continued to chuckle as the trio looked at their sensei. "You all pass!" Kakashi declared with a smile.
""Huh?!"" Minato and Kushina said in unison.
"Minato, again we knew this." Itachi said with a sweat drop.
"I know but I don't want to make Kushina-chan feeling left out." Minato whispered when suddenly his crush punched him upside the head.
"You were faking your reaction?! Who does that, seriously!" Kushina shouted.
"Me I guess…" Minato rubbed the spot on the top of his head.
"Pfft!" Kushina began letting out a laughter which Minato thought was the cutest laughter ever. "You really are weird you know that?"
"She's not wrong you know." Itachi said with a warm friendly smile.
"Anyway, since I was left out. Why did we all pass if I didn't get a bell? I thought only two of us would pass?" Kushina questioned in confusion.
"The real purpose of this exercise, was teamwork. Which you all did perfectly, even when you succeeded you were willing to help your comrade out. So, you all pass." Kakashi replied while smiling underneath his mask.
"Really?" Kushina questioned.
"Why did you think they divided us into teams?" Itachi said.
"That's right. A true shinobi seeks for the hidden meanings within meanings. In a ninja's world, those who violate rules and fail to follow orders… are scum. However… those who do not care for their comrades are worse than scum. Those are the words my best friend once told me." Kakashi said and looked at a stone, a stone with several names engraved in them.
"What's that stone?" Kushina questioned.
"It's a list of heroes within our village… the kind of heroes who died in the line of duty… My best friend's names are even engraved here." Kakashi said as they all gained a look of sadness for their sensei.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Now then, eat your lunches." Kakashi said.
"But there are only two boxes…" Kushina said.
"So, we share." Minato suggested.
"No, you guys take them, I'm not hungry." Itachi said as they all looked at him in confusion. "I already ate before coming here."
"B-But he said not to-" Minato said.
"He advised us not to, not that we weren't allowed." Itachi corrected.
"My, my, aren't you a smart one." Kakashi smiled underneath his mask.
"… I was too afraid to break the law…" Minato uttered as he had a feeling it might be something like that but he didn't want to risk it. Same with Kushina.
"Okay, you two dig in then!" Kakashi said as the two who hadn't eaten anything all morning began chowing down what the lunch boxes contained. Itachi then picked something out from his pouch, it was a bag of dango.
Itachi then looked at Kakashi. "You didn't say that we weren't allowed to bring snacks either." Itachi said with a motionless expression and began munching on his dango.
"Your all an interesting bunch, mister emotion." Kakashi smiled underneath his mask.
"Don't call me that." Itachi said motionlessly.
Kakashi shrugged his shoulders. "We will see if I stop with the nicknames or not." He then looked at the trio and gave them a thump up. "This exercise is now concluded! You all pass! That's all for today, Team 7 your duties will commence tomorrow!"
"I did it! I did it! I'm a ninja! Dattebane!" Kushina smiled brightly and brought her two new teammates in for a big hug.
"This is the greatest moment of my life…" Minato uttered with a sparkle of a tear running down his right eye.
Itachi wasn't sure if Minato meant becoming a ninja, or being hugged by Kushina was "the greatest moment" of his life. Itachi let out a sigh and had a small smile on his lips.
A few days later
The group was gathered in the training grounds once again, this time with a photographer. "Okay, hold still now." The photographer said as his head was covered by a black sheet as he adjusted the camera. "Say cheese!" A glimpse from the camera shined. And now we were left with a photo of Kakashi whom was smiling beneath his mask as he had his hands on top of Minato and Itachi's head ruffling their hair a little, Itachi was on Kakashi's right with a small smile on his lips, as Minato was on the left with a big grin on his face while holding his right hand to his headband that he was so proud of, and Kushina in the middle with Kakashi behind her as she gave a cute little smile. Team 7 was formed, consisting of Minato Namikaze, Itachi Uchiha, and Kushina Uzumaki.
That's the end for now!
So, how did you guys think this chapter went? How was the bell test? I'm sure you all know this but keep in mind Kakashi was holding back so much, not as much as he did in the cannon with Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura, but he still held back. So, we decided on Minato and Itachi being on mid Chunin level for now while Kushina is high Genin level.
Hope some of you don't mind on Kushina being able to use the water dragon jutsu. Since she's an Uzumaki and all she has tremendous chakra and reserves, and she is quite talented, Minato and Itachi may have been able to graduate 1 year after being on the academy, but Kushina could have graduated early to, not as early as Minato and Itachi since they are both the definition on prodigies. And since the Third Hokage came with the law of no one is able to graduate early anymore they all graduated together. Which actually means they were also held back a little bit since they didn't get the opportunities to improve their skills in the battle field, which is why Minato and Itachi is not as strong as they were in their age in the actual cannon.
Also, should Kakashi stop with the nicknames?
Anyway, leave a review!
-Later!