Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke came to the training grounds at 5 A.M. Everyone, except Sasuke, looking very tired.

"Good morning..., " Sakura greeted sounding tired.

"Morning, " Naruto mumbled, half asleep and with salvia in the corners of his mouth.

They waited for a good forty minutes before Yuuki showed up. Both Naruto and Sakura asked why she was late, both rather rude, she didn't answer though. Instead, she jumped up in a tree and settled herself, knowing it would be awhile before Kakashi showed up. She didn't tell the others though; I Don't want them to get suspicious...

"How come you don't have a headband, Yuuki-san? " Naruto asked her curiously. She didn't answer that either, didn't even bother looking down at him. She closed her eyes, trying to get some sleep, and ignored the following comments and questions...

"Yeah, you can't become a Genin if you didn't pass the graduation exam! " Sakura commented bitterly. Yuuki wondered for a second what she'd done to piss off the pink haired girl, but chose to simply not care.

"Hey! You, why don't you have a headband like the rest of us do! " Naruto yelled angrily. He seemed to take the headband deal pretty serious - maybe because he almost failed at earning one?

"I'm talking to you! Did you lose it? " Naruto yelled towards her as she lazily glanced they're way through her half-closed eye.

"Did you forget it at home? "

"Why are you here anyway? " Sakura commented, again, bitterly, "we're supposed to be a three man squad, not four. What was your score anyway? Was it as bad as Naruto's, is that why you joined Sasuke-kun's team too, huh? "

"And why were you late? " Sakura added.

Sasuke, tired of their loud yelling and stupid comments, spoke with an aloof tone,

"Hey, Naruto, Sakura, don't you think she would have answered you by now if she was ever going to? Idiots, so annoying..." he growled, not looking at either of them.

Yuuki mentally thanked the Uchiha, though she felt her very center shiver as he spoke with such a familiar tone. The younger Uchiha sounded arrogant and angry, but he had the same kind of voice nonetheless... Yuuki shook off the memories, buried them with all the other crap that she had been through the past years, and hoped that she would, somehow, be able to get everything together in the end.

The main reason she was late though, was because she and her father had realized that she had no real fighting clothes fitted for survival training. So, Kakashi had taken her combat clothes shopping in the morning, and so she ended up with brand new combat clothes (Click to see)
Even though Yuuki had weapons herself - kunai, shuriken, a katana and some other tools - Kakashi had insisted that she used Hatake Sakumo's tantō knife too. He had given it to her as a present, but after understanding the history of the weapon, she refused to keep it. She would deliver it to the male in the night, wether he liked it or not.

Twenty minutes later, and now an hour late, Kakashi greeted his students. Yuuki jumped to the ground and greeted her father with a nod. He gave her an eye-smile, as well as a nod.

"Hi fellows. Good morning." He said to the others like nothing was wrong.

"You're late! " Sakura and Naruto yelled while pointing at him angrily.

"Yes, well... a black cat crossed my path so..., " he said while pointing at the direction from which he'd come, "let's move on..., " he said awkwardly and cleared his throat. He then went to a clock, pressed it and announced,

"Alarm set to 12 PM. " Then he took out two bells from his pocket, "todays mission is to get one of these bells from me, " he said while moving the bells, making them ring.

"Whoever can't, will have no lunch, " he said and pointed at four logs placed some feet away from them, "I am going to tie you there and eat lunch in front of you, " Kakashi explained.

Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke and Yuuki all looked skeptic, upset and hungry when they realized the purpose of his 'don't eat lunch' pep-talk the other day. Luckily, Yuuki ate her snack while sitting in the tree, which had given her some strength. She also had some berries, but in truth, being hungry wasn't new to her... She'd often gone days, weeks even without eating much; it was part of the 'travel alone and with no money' concept.

"But wait, why are there only two bells? " Sakura asked.

"Since there's only two, at lest two of you will be tied to a log, " Kakashi said, smiling with his eye, "they will fail since they failed the mission. They will go back to the academy. It might just be two of you... or all four, " Kakashi said, swinging the bells again. "You can use your shuriken, " he said, "you won't be able to get these unless you ave the will to kill me. " Sakura protested, saying that it was too dangerous, to which Naruto gave a comment about Kakashi not even being able to dodge the chalk eraser. Kakashi looked bored and said, "In society, those who don't have many abilities tend to complain more. Just ignore the guy with the lowest score, " Kakashi said, referring to Naruto, who gave him an annoyed look.

"We're going to start after I say 'ready, start', " Kakashi explained, meanwhile, Naruto was still mad about the comment of his low score.

Suddenly, Naruto drew a kunai and charged at Kakashi. Then, without Sakura or Naruto being able to see what happened, Kakashi was behind Naruto with his kunai pointed towards the boy's head.

"Don't get so hasty, " Kakashi said, "I didn't even say 'start' yet. "

Both Sakura, Yuuki and Sasuke stepped back as Kakashi let go of Naruto. Sakura was in awe, since she didn't see didn't even see the Jounin move at all, Sasuke narrowed his eyes, thinking of the challenge as well. Yuuki, half proud of her father, half studying his moves, reached for her tools, ready to begin.

"But it seems you have the will to kill me now, " Kakashi said to Naruto, "I think I can finally start liking the four of you. "

"We're going to start, " Kakashi announced, "Ready... Start! " Yuuki, Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura all scattered into different directions.

A basic for a ninja is to conceal his presence and hide, Kakashi thought, good - everyone is hiding nicely... Just then he noticed Naruto standing out in the open, yelling, "Let's have a match, fair and square! " While looking very proud of himself.

"That idiot, " Sasuke and Yuuki whispered to themselves. Sasuke hid in a tree, Sakura under a bush and Yuuki hid in a tree as well, from where she could see the whole scene.

"Hey, aren't you a little weird compared to the rest? " Kakashi asked, looking very skeptic.

"What's weird is your hair style! " Naruto yelled and charged forward.

Kakashi reached for his bag and Naruto stopped, waiting to see what he was planning to do.

"Ninja tactic know-how number one, Taijutsu. I'll teach you that first, " he told Naruto and reached for something inside of his equipment bag. Naruto wondered if Kakashi was going to use weapons even though Taijutsu was a hand-to-hand combat - without weapons. Though, instead of a weapon, Kakashi took out a book. Flirting Paradise. Surprised and confused Naruto stopped and looked at the teacher, not quite believing his eyes.

"What's the matter? Come and get me. " Kakashi challenged.

"But, um, um, why did you take out a book? " Naruto asked, still confused.

"Why? " Kakashi asked, "I got curious as to how the story is going to develop. Don't worry about it, it's the same whether I read this or not, " he said and began reading.

Now provoked, Naruto charged forward, announcing he was going to punch him. Kakashi easily blocked his attack with his hand, which was followed by a kick, which Kakashi also dodged. Naruto tried to punch him again, but ended up punching the thin air.

"A ninja should not let the enemy get behind him multiply times, idiot, " Kakashi said from behind the boy while forming a the seal of the Tiger. A hand sign usually used for fire attacks, Sasuke thought.

"Naruto run! You're going to die! " Sakura yelled from under the bush (which Yuuki thought was exceptionally stupid, since she just gave away her whereabouts).

And he isn't going to kill the boy, for that matter, Yuuki thought, rolling her eyes at the girl even though she couldn't see or hear.

Naruto looked confused towards Sakura's hiding spot.

"You're too late, " Kakashi said, "Hidden Village of Konoha's secret Taijutsu master art...! " Kakashi yelled and connected his folded fingers with the boys butt, "A Thousand Years of Pain! " After which Naruto flew through the air and landed in the lake.

Oh, it wasn't a Ninjutsu..., Sakura thought, embarrassed.

...Two idiots. Sasuke thought, sweat dropping.

Yuuki didn't quite know how to react... her father seemed kind of... weird?

Two shuriken came flying from the water towards Kakashi. He caught them with his fingers, without looking away from his book. Impressed by her father, Yuuki watched as a coughing Naruto came crawling out of the water.

"What's wrong?, " Kakashi asked, "you won't get any lunch if you don't get a bell by noon. "

"I already know! " Naruto shouted with a tired look on his face.

"You said you were going to exceed the Hokages, but your actions says otherwise, " Kakashi commented.

"Damn it! Damn it! I can still fight even if I'm hungry! " Naruto yelled, followed by his stomach growling. Both Sasuke and Sakura was hungry too, while Yuuki was used to being hungry, so it didn't bother her as much. Naruto, still by the lake, told himself he couldn't lose at a place like this, that he had to get a bell, no matter what. Shortly after, seven other Naruto's came up from the water. Shadow clones. Both Kakashi, Sakura, Yuuki and Sasuke were surprised by the attack.

The seven Naruto's attacked Kakashi head on while the original attacked him from behind.

"A ninja shouldn't let the enemy get behind him, right, Kakashi-sensei? " The real Naruto said, smirking. Whilst Naruto explained his actions Sakura and Sasuke both became impressed by his feint operation. Yuuki didn't quite have an opinion, but she thought it was a good idea. He wasn't able to get a bell though, because just as Naruto was about to punch Kakashi, as payback for the attack on his butt, Kakashi disappeared into a pile of smoke, leaving one of Naruto's shadow replications behind instead. So the one who got punched was Naruto himself.

"You must be Kakashi-sensei! You transformed didn't you?! You smell like Kakashi-Sensei!" Naruto yelled and pointed at the other Naruto's and soon they all started throwing punches at each other, believing the other was Kakashi-sensei. Naruto and co. finally realized that if they just undid the technique, whoever remained were the real ones, and so he released the technique, only to find himself standing alone, all beaten up by... well, himself.

Naruto looks so uncool, Sakura thought.

Idiot... Yuuki simply commented in her mind.

That was the replacement technique, idiot, Sasuke thought, fighting the urge to facepalm.

Then Naruto saw one of Kakashi's bells lying on the ground,

"A bell?! He must've been in a hurry if he dropped a bell, " Naruto thought out loud with a sly smile on his face. However, when he went to pick it up, he ended up hanging from the tree in a rope.

A trap, Sasuke thought, the Jounin showed no unguarded points, even when he was fighting with Naruto...

"Hey! Hey! The bell! " Naruto yelled and reached pointlessly after the bell on the ground, which Kakashi came and picked up.

"Use your techniques after thinking carefully, " he said to the boy, "that's why it was used to your disadvantaged. " Naruto didn't answer.

"Oh, and..., " Kakashi eye-smiled at Naruto, "don't fall for an obvious trap, stupid. Ninjas need to think beyond the normal."

"I get it! " Naruto yelled, angrily.

"I'm telling you this because you don't get it. You think you get it, which is not the same as actually getting it. Get it? " Kakashi said, looking at the boy.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"Your movements are filled with unnecessary motions... " Kakashi lectured the boy.

This is my change! He finally dropped his guard! Sasuke thought and shot six shuriken at Kakashi's back. The shuriken connected with the Sensei's body and he fell onto the ground. Sakura gasped and Naruto panicked while yelling,

"He got hit! Sasuke overdid it! He killed Kakashi-sensei! "