Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the lovely characters, just my OC's.

"Kakashi!" Asahina screamed, "What are you doing here?!"

Kakashi seemed to be a very aloof character, "Survival exam."

Kori wasn't surprised to see Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura there with him. Asahina was extremely displeased, "I told you that I was going to use this spot. Get out of here!"

"Let's share." Kakashi didn't really seem to be asking.

"Why would I do that?"

"Conduct our exam together?" Kakashi suggested, "It'll be fun."

"Uhh… No."

"Bell test." Kakashi's voice was relaxed even though she was practically screaming at him.

"Not that again…" She frowned as if it wasn't the first time she had done it.

"You were going to do it anyway." Kakashi gestured toward the bells attached to her belt.

"Shut up!" She turned towards her squad and announced, "We're going to do the survival test with Kakashi's group!"

Naruto jumped up in a friendly way, "This'll be fun. Just like Academy times."

Kai smirked, "That's not a good thing for you."

"What did you say?!"

Toshizo was fast on his feet and split the two up immediately, "There's no need to waste energy before the survival exercise."

"You'd think it was a workout but those guys keeps saying exam." Kori jerked her thumb toward the older shinobi.

"Well aren't you a sharp one." Kakashi voice was almost teasing as he displayed his bells for the group to see, "I'm holding two bells and Asahina has two. All you have to do is steal these bells from us by noon."

Asahina gestured to the alarm clock sitting on the stump behind them, "You can get them from me or Kakashi but if you don't get them from us by noon, you'll be tied to the stump and I'll eat your lunch in front of you."

"Anything goes." Kakashi's voice was really relaxed for someone who was saying something dangerous, "You can use all your weapons and you should come at me with the intention to kill or you won't be able to get the bells."

"What?" Sakura shrieked, "Sensei that's dangerous."

"Then you can starve." Asahina has a smile that said it all, "If you're worried about the enemy, you'll just starve."

"That's right. There are only two bells." Kai was sharper than most, "You said this was an exam. If we fail what happens?"

"That's right." Asahina was practically singing sadistically, "There are four bells total. Two of you will ultimately be tied to the stump and be sent back to the Academy. I've studied you kids last night and none of you has the skill to get a bell so you'll all probably go back to the Academy."

"In your dreams, lady! I'm the future Hokage!" Naruto boasted, "I'm not going to fail!"

"Then try me." She smiled, "You may all start!"

The smarter Genin shinobi choose their hiding spots well. Naruto, on the other hand, seemed to enjoy being an idiot. Asahina sweat dropped, "Your friends seem to understand they can't win by just fighting us head on… What are you doing?"

"Leave this one to me." Kakashi sighed.

"Alrighty then… I guess I'll go after… You!"

"What?" Kori spun around and slammed her palm into Asahina's fist. No doubt the woman was fast.

"Hmm… Juken?" She smiled and nodded in approval, "You're a Hyuga after all."

Kori gasped and flipped backwards when the woman aimed a blow at her face. Asahina was astounded by the girl's next actions and ended up diving out of the way as a blast of water whizzed by, "Suiton: Teppodama (Water Style: Liquid Bullet)."

"Hmm..." Asahina nodded her approval before flipping out of the way as shuriken flew passed her.

"Saizo?"

"You're in my way." The blonde jerked his arm forward is a punching motion, letting out a stream of lightning that seemed to take the shape of a beast, "Raiton: Raiju Hashiri no Jutsu (Lightning Style: Lightning Beast Running Jutsu)!"

Asahina flipped out of the way again, a light bead of sweat running down her forehead, "This is bad."

"You're the one in my way." Kori flashed passed the boy and slammed her palm into the ground where Asahina had been just a second ago.

"You're pretty fast." Asahina laughed, "Jeez. Kakashi just had to say 'Come at us with the intention to kill'."

"Move." Kai's fist connected with Asahina's back but in a puff of smoke, she was gone, "What?"

"Suiton: Teppodama!"

Kai froze as the blast of water rushed by his face. Asahina growled in frustration, abandoning her attempt at stabbing the boy in the back, "You're not half bad."

"Kai! You're in my way!" Kori wiped away the water on her lips before clapping her hands together again, "Suiton: Teppodama!"

"It's getting old." Asahina's foot slammed into Kai's side and he flew forward to get a mouth full of dirt, "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu)!"

"What?" Kori flipped out of the way as her technique collided with her teacher's creating a cloud of steam.

Kai flipped passed her and into the brush behind them. Kori followed his lead and ended up crouching beside the boy. He spat out a load of dirt and growled, "You're in my way so just stay here."

"That's funny cause the one who took a mouthful of dirt was you."

"Because you were distracting me!"

"Wel-!" Kori was cut off by an ear-piercing scream, "Wasn't that… Sakura's voice?"

"Who cares?" Kai shrugged off the question coldly, "We're going to be next if you keep getting in my way."

"Kori-san, Kai-san." Toshizo peeked around the tree and finally decided to join them, "I know I might just slow you guys down but if I can help in any way just tell me."

"Not necessary." Kai caught a glimpse of their teacher's crimson colored hair from the corner of his eye and smirked, "Raiton: Raiju Hashiri no Jutsu!"

"Kai-san!"

"Tch. Suiton: Teppodama!" Kori clapped her hands together and blew out as much water as possible and in the confusion, managed to pull Kai out of the steaming area.

Kai turned a glared onto the blue-haired girl, "Mind your own business."

"That's not how you say 'thank you'!" She shot back.

"Kori-san, Kai-san. If we don't stop arguing we won't be able to take the bells." Toshizo made an attempt to calm the two.

Kai glared at the meeker boy, "There are only two bells. There is no 'we'."

"What is your problem, Saizo? Toshizo's ju-! DUCK!"

The three Genin pressed their bodies to the dirt as a flurry of shuriken flew just above them. A burst of radiant red light caused the three to panic. Kori jumped to her feet and clapped her hands together to intercept their teacher's next jutsu with her own but it wasn't needed.

"Asahina!" Kakashi held a kunai to the back of the female jonin's head, "They're just kids."

The woman froze mid-breath and clamped her mouth shut, steam escaping from her lips as she stifled her technique, "I got angry. My bad."

Kakashi sighed, "It's noon."

Asahina dusted off her pants, "Alright then, kids. Let's regroup."

Toshizo sweat dropped as the two more talented members of the group instantly glared at each other. He could've sworn he saw some sort of flames between their eyes but he didn't feel like calming them down if they were just going to turn that fire onto him. The three plopped down in front of the stumps, ignoring Naruto's screaming. Sasuke and Sakura sat on the ground like they did but Naruto was tied to the stump. Toshizo gulped, "Sasuke-san… Did you manage to get a bell?"

Sasuke glared at him, "Hn."

"There was no way for you to pass this test without working together." Asahina pulled a scroll from her flak jacket and unrolled it with a flick of her wrist and snatched Kakashi's book from his hand, "Confiscated."

He sighed, "Those boxes are for the five of you. No matter what you do just don't give Naruto any since he broke my rules and tried to eat it ahead of time. Think about what you've done and after lunch we'll try again if we have to."

"I'll give this book to you until after lunch." Asahina handed the book to Kori without looking up from her scroll of information on the genin, "Iruka says you're the most reasonable of the bunch and you'll probably see it my way."

When Kori took the book from her teacher's hand, Asahina finally looked up and smiled, "Just don't read it. That book is practically pornography."

"Yes ma'am."

"We'll be back~" Asahina sang, "Enjoy your lunch."

Toshizo watched their teacher drag Kakashi off without a word but as soon as they were gone he turned towards Kai, "Kai-san. I think we should really work together."

"I told you there is no 'we'."

"Saizo." Kori glared over her bento at the boy, "It wouldn't hurt any-!"

Kai pointed his chopsticks at the girl's nose, "You're stupid, aren't you? There are only two bells, either way one of us is going back to the academy. It won't be me."

Kori glanced towards Naruto's group and then back at Kai and remained silent.

"You see it my way now." With a smirk, Kai lowered his chopsticks.

"Kai-san, there are four bells." Toshizo whispered.

"Sasuke's score on the graduation exams were higher than mine. Do you think we have the skill to out play Sasuke?" Kai sneered.

"Saizo, you're only looking at them as individuals but if we think about them as a group then we can win." Kori grumbled, "But I have no intention of going back to the academy either."

Toshizo shook his head violently, "Then we're screwing them over. That's not a good idea."

Kai turned his chopsticks on Toshizo, "We? I think you should be able to see things my way. I was the second highest score in the class, and Sasuke was the first. We have the best chance at survival in this stupid exam. Hyuga, you were in the Top 5. So I'll include you. If the three of us try hard then we'll be able to take the bells. That only leaves one."

Kori raised an eyebrow, "Are you stupid? We tried already. Even if we forget about Toshizo, you and I couldn't beat Asahina-sensei. Even if we try harder, we can't beat her on our own. The one we should forget about is Sasuke. The three of us were put on this team. Sasuke wasn't. Even if we have to screw them over, we should help each other."

"That's a waste. If Sasuke was on this team there wouldn't be a problem. There wouldn't be anyone holding us back."

"You're the one holding us back." Kori slammed her half-eaten bento shut and picked up Kakashi's book, "Toshizo, forget about Saizo and work with me. I don't know if it's enough but if the two of us work together we can get one."

"Eh?" Toshizo, who had remained silent, was finally addressed.

"You heard me. If Saizo hates working together so badly then he can just be a loner and fail. You and I can ask them for help if we need it." Kori jerked her thumb in the direction of Naruto's group.

"Good call."

"What?" Kori pulled a kunai from the holder and turned to face the sly Kakashi, "How the hell did you get there?"

Kakashi pulled the book from her fingers and flipped it open before shaking it at Naruto's group, "You kids, broke my rules but you passed the test."

"What?" Kai glared at the book, "What is he talking about?"

Kori glanced at the bento at Naruto's feet, "They fed him."

"AH!" Asahina shrieked, "You returned his book?! I should just fail all of you!"

Kori snatched the book from Kakashi's light grip and put it behind her back, "What are you talking about?"

Kakashi blinked his one visible eye and clenched and unclenched his now empty hand, "I was getting to the good part…"

Asahina threw her arms around Kori's neck, "I like this one. Your earlier argument was very touching too. You pass."

"Me?" A smile tugged at her lips, "Are you being serious?"

"Of course, dear." Asahina patted the girl's head before twirling around to put an arm around Toshizo's shoulders, "You weren't bad either. The first to suggest working together deserves some credit. You pass."

Kori and Toshizo exchanged looks and smiled, "We passed!"

"You didn't have to say that you would screw my team over." Kakashi grumbled and shoved his hands in his pockets, "Didn't have to snatch my book either."

Ignoring Kakashi, Asahina pointed a finger at Kai, "You on the other hand, continuously refused to work together and I waited as long as I could before coming out to talk to you kids but you never agreed to work with your teammates. You even brought in Sasuke, who's not on our team. I'm not saying there's something wrong with putting both teams together to work together but you implied that you wanted to replace your own teammate with Sasuke. You're way too stubborn to pass. So therefore, I have to fa-!"

Kai's expression was dark, his eyes shaking with an angry fear. Kori sighed, "Sensei. He'll come around. Can't you just pass him?"

Both Kakashi and Asahina turned surprised looks onto the girl, "If I'm not mistaken, you were the one who said Kai holding you back."

"I did, but that was then and the two of us passed so there's no harm done." Kori smirked, "If you don't pass him, I don't get to show him that we don't need Sasuke on our team to be strong."

Sasuke himself glared at the girl, "She'd just rather have Kai than Naruto."

"Want to trade, Uchiha?" She joked.

"Are you serious?" Sasuke already seemed fully prepared to trade if possible.

"No." Kori rolled her eyes, "Could you pass Saizo, Sensei?"

"If you say so…" Asahina and Kakashi exchanged wary but satisfied glances, "I guess."

Kai glared at the blue haired girl, "I guess I owe you one now. You won't regret it."

"Nah. We're even cause I got a good laugh out of your face when you got a mouthful of dirt."

"Well, thanks to Kori. We are now one team." Asahina snatched the book from behind the girl's back, "I'll take this and I guess we'll all meet up for our first mission tomorrow. Good bye, kids!"