Hey guys, here's another chapter of Phantom Assassin. Sorry if it feels a little crappy in some parts. I'm still learning how to make fight scenes and such.

Anyway hope y'all enjoy it. R&R.

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Last Time

He pulled out two bells. "You see these bells?" He told them.

"Sensei, there's only two of them." Sakura said. He nodded and said, "Good you can count. There's two bells because two of you will graduate while the other gets sent back to the academy."He said happily.

Naruko narrowed her eyes. 'He's lying.' She looked at the other two. 'It looks like they believe him. Never believe what you're told otherwise it could just lead to complete bullshit.'

Sakura looked nervous and had beads of sweat rolling down her face. 'That means I won't pass with my Sasuke-kun unless I get a bell.' 'Cha we need that bell!' Inner Sakura said.

Sasuke looked just as nervous as Sakura except there weren't any beads of sweat rolling down his face. 'I must pass otherwise I won't be able to kill him.' He looked over his teammates. 'Naruko, Sakura, you better not get in my way.'

Now

He took the alarm clock he had in his pocket and checked it to make sure it went off at noon. After he was sure it was set to go off at noon he set the clock on the top of one of the three logs present.

"So the chronically late sensei does have a clock, who would've thought." Naruko said mocking him. 'There's a reason for my tardiness.' Kakashi thought.

"This clock…" He pointed to said clock, "…is set to go off at noon. If one of you doesn't get a bell from me, then you will tied to one of those logs and you get no lunch." Sasuke's and Sakura's stomachs growled again. Naruko shook her head. 'They should've known that fighting on an empty stomach can get you killed.'

"Now before we begin, I need to tell you three something." He paused, checking to make sure he had their attention which he did. "The only way to get one of these bells, is to come at me with the intent to kill."

"But sensei, you'll be hurt." Sakura said worried. He eye smiled. "Nonsense, I'll be fine." He said happily.

"We'll start in 3…2…" They tensed up. "…1 Go!" and they disappeared into the fauna around the clearing. He looked around the clearing. 'They've hid themselves well…' He closed his eyes. '…they forgot to suppress their chakra. That's expected of genin.' He looked at a bush. 'Sakura is under the bush… Sasuke…' He turned his attention to a tree. '…is in that tree… and Naruko is…' His eyes widened. '…I can't sense her.' He narrowed his eyes. 'It seems she knows how to hide herself well.' He sighed. 'Might as well start with Sakura…'

He disappeared and a few seconds later there was a scream. 'I think I may have over did it.' He shrugged.

Suddenly several shuriken flew from a tree. Kakashi quickly pulled out a kunai and deflected the shuriken. He saw Sasuke jump out of the tree and land in front of him. A group of leaves blew in between them before Sasuke charged Team 7's sensei. He engaged the Jonin in a taijutsu battle which only lasted a minute.

"Your different then the other two." Kakashi said looking perfectly fine while Sasuke looked a bit winded. "That's because I am." And he saw the genin go through a series of hand seals.

His eyes widened. 'No genin should be able to do that jutsu! It takes too much chakra." Sasuke blew out a fire ball while exclaiming, "Fire style: Grand Fireball jutsu!" Kakashi quickly did some hand seals before he disappeared into the ground.

Sasuke thought he had got him but only saw a scorch mark of where his sensei used to be. 'What, where is he?' He looked frantically in every direction but as soon as he looked down he felt his leg gripped and him being pulled down.

"Earth style: Head hunter jutsu." Kakashi said looking down at the now stuck in the ground Uchiha. Sasuke struggled to get out but he quickly found he couldn't move.

Elsewhere

Naruko watched Kakashi stand there next to Sasuke who was stuck in the earth with only his head sticking out of the ground. "If there's one thing you shouldn't do in front of a sniper…" She smirked. "…it's giving them a clear shot." She pulled the trigger.

The casing was ejected and landed in the grass just a few feet away. At the same time, the bullet left the barrel and traveled at several times the speed of sound. A loud bang followed after. Through the scope she could see Kakashi get hit with the bullet she sent, only for said bullet to impact a log from a Kawarimi (1). He knew her position. Oh well. Looks like she'll play cat and mouse.

With Kakashi

He barely escaped that attack. He still felt the after effects of being shot in the back, even after using the Kawarimi. The good thing was, he knew where his last student, who had yet to be taken down, was likely at.

Sometime later

He had been playing a game of cat and mouse for a while now and he was the mouse. When he got to his student's former location he was only met an RPG rocket to the face which he had quickly pulled off yet another Kawarimi to save his life. When looked back at the log all he saw was a burning log that was broken into many pieces.

After that he had playing his part as the prey while Naruko was the hunter. By the time he was back at the clearing, he was a literal mess. He was singed from head to toe from the rockets from Naruko's RPG. Needless to say, he wouldn't want to be hit by those otherwise he was a dead man.

His only saving grace was sound of the clock ringing loudly.

Kakashi stood in front of the stumps, two which were occupied, looking at his team. "Pathetic." Was all he said. A bit harsh, but it was to teach them something. What that was, only he knew. "You're the worst batch I've had in years." He said.

"The only one that even showed any skill was Naruko." Sakura and Sasuke glared at their teammate who was the only that wasn't tied to a stump. "I don't think your cut out to be a team…" He looked at each of them and sighed. He was being too harsh on them, wasn't he?

"Since I'm in a good mood right now, I'll give you another chance at passing." They looked at him with hopeful eyes. He decided to throw in the curve ball. "After lunch. Naruko, since you're the only that isn't tied to a stump you aren't allowed to give your teammates any lunch. I'll be back in a bit." He disappeared in a puff of smoke. However he didn't go very far, only about a few meters away from them.

Naruko sat there looking at the bentos with stars in her eyes. She had worked up quite an appetite. But then she thought of her teammates, who were looking at the bentos. Their stomachs were growling. She gave a sigh and held out two bentos.

"What?" They said. "Eat." She said. "But what about what sensei said?" Sakura asked worriedly. Naruko sighed. "Forget what he said. It's no use in fighting on an empty stomach. Just eat." They looked at her for what felt like a minute. There was a puff of smoke and Kakashi appeared in front of them and he looked mad.

"YOU…" He said his voice raised. "…pass." He eye smiled. They looked at him until it finally clicked in their minds. "EHH!" They shouted.

Another chapy is out. Hope y'all enjoyed and sorry if it this was too short.

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Kawarimi (1) – replacement technique