Remember, we're talking about a Sakura who lost a fraction (And not a small fraction) of her friends to Sasuke. He killed her friends… that's enough for hate.
And… she's twenty-three or something in here… well, her body's twelve but you know what I mean. She lost… Naruto… Ino… Choji…And I can't tell you the rest that she lost to Sasuke, it would ruin it.
But I do think that my characters are OOC. And I think I'm iffy on the fight scenes. Sooo... Anyways...
On to the Fic!
Chapter Three: Bell Test
Kabuto awoke with a start. He jumped out of the bed, going over everything that had just happened.
The girl, Sakura hit me… and I'm not dead. Why am I not dead?
He strode across the dark room to the small calendar and even smaller mirror. To say he was shocked was an understatement.
How did that—The date was nearly ten years in the past; his reflection was nearly ten years in the past. Kabuto automatically checked for a genjutsu… and found none. Was it a dream… no… unless this was a coma?
Not a dream, Not a genjutsu, should be dead…He trailed off; the last option was the most unlikely… But if what he thought was true is true, then… he had a second chance to take Kohona… and with all the cards this time around.
Yes… there were plans to be made.
Kakashi sighed. The other one, Sakura, hadn't tried to attack him yet, and time was almost out. I actually thought she might have had some potential… but…if she figured out the meaning of the exercise…
'Bhoom!'
What the—He heard—and felt—the ground shake from some unknown source.
I don't think I should let them die… and whatever they're doing is bound to attract the ANBU. I should just go see what they're doing.
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The source of the quake was Sakura. She was standing in the center of the small crater, fist bloodied, and healing the small cuts that ran up and down her right arm.
Yeah… I don't have the strength or the chakra coils for this yet.
But the diversion had worked. She was sure Kakashi was headed for them right now, and Sasuke would be following him.
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"Sasuke, you follow him, don't attack. And you'll know what Naruto's doing, so stay behind enough for him not to sense you. That's what I mean… you are not to make a move against Kakashi—"
"How is he going to go in that direction? What is the diversion going to be?"
"I'll take care of that. We need him near a place where we can corner him. Now Naruto..."
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Sasuke leapt through the trees, just barely staying out of Kakashi's range…
Sakura made that shaking… that was the diversion she was talking about. She was never that strong, and she shouldn't be that good at hiding things to hide that strength even half of the time. And she's not acting like the fangirl that she usually acts like around me.
Sasuke was turning those thoughts over in his head as he followed the barely noticeable trail that Kakashi left.
She couldn't be taking being a ninja more seriously, because she would've starting acting like this before. She could be an imposter, but…
This was one problem the Uchiha wouldn't be solving soon.
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Naruto was slightly confused.
When did Sakura get that strong? He asked himself, keeping an eye out for Kakashi at the same time. There was a small cliff…thing across from him about a decameter or so; it would be easy to trap him with the teme's help.
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"Naruto, I need you to get along with Sasuke for a while."
"But—"
"Just tell us what we need to do." Interrupted Sasuke, his voice still laced with annoyance at not being the one with the plan.
"First, you trap Kakashi-sensei against the cliff." Sakura continued, " I'll get the bells if you two can keep him there. Now, to keep him against the cliff, I need you to…"-
Naruto had been closer to Sakura than Sasuke had… he had felt the earth shake from the blow she gave it. She didn't hit me today, or call me baka, or any other thing she usually does. She didn't fawn over Sasuke, and she didn't stop me from doing the prank yesterday… she was late. This can't be—
His thoughts were interrupted by a blur approaching. He immediately jumped to his feet, noting the trap he had set just in case Kakashi got by him. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" A wall of shadow clones were stationed along trees, the pathway, everywhere. I have to time this right…
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Sasuke heard Naruto yell the jutsu, he still couldn't believe the 'dead last' could do a jutsu like that. Was his team really better than him—or everyone else—had given the other two credit for?
He sped up. It didn't matter. Kakashi was captured no matter what now.
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NOW!At once, all of his Kage Bunshins leapt into position.
I got you now, sensei.
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Kakashi noticed about a second too late.
A trap, I didn't expect them to do that…it didn't look like either of the boys' style.
He stopped, only to find himself surrounded by Naruto's Kage Bunshins, a small cliff to his back.
But they'll have to do better than this to get the bells.
Naruto attacked… correction—Narutos attacked. From all sides, almost all directions. Up; left; right; forward, even a couple were wedged between him and the cliff now.
His taijutsu's sloppy. His tactics are sloppy. Everything about this kid is sloppy.
He fended off a punch from Naruto 9, and blocked a punch from Naruto 23, and the clones were slowly disappearing. One Naruto threw another at him, and he punched… to find out it was the real Naruto. The rest disappeared, and once hidden in their ranks was Sasuke, who immediately ran forward, the handsigns for a fire jutsu already in progress.
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"You have to synchronize your attacks perfectly, and not let Kakashi-sensei get in a jutsu, okay?""How are we going to get the bells?" Sasuke asked, intrigued now that he heard how the parts of the plan worked together. He couldn't have come up with a better plan at the time, even though he wouldn't admit it.
"Like this…"
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Kakashi leapt back as the fire jutsu almost hit him, singeing his clothes and throwing him slightly off balance. He righted himself in midair, landing on the rocky ground. Then Sakura attacked.
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"I can do the… final blow. This has to be short and sweet, or else we'll lose the element of catching him off guard. He's underestimating us now, but he won't again."
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She came from above, apparently hidden in one of the trees. Her fist was outstretched, and pointing right at Kakashi. He caught the fist, but another Sakura shot up from the ground, and the one he had grabbed disappeared. Two of them can do Kage Bunshins?
He lost his footing as the girl crashed up from the ground, and she brushed past him, landing beside Naruto and Sasuke. She had both bells, and tossed one to the latter. She got both?
Naruto was looking slightly dejected, but not nearly as much as Kakashi would've thought.
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"But… what about the one of us who doesn't get the bell?"
"Don't worry about that Naruto, he wouldn't take apart a team that could get both bells, would he?"
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"I think we pass, right, sensei?"
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Kakashi was annoyed… in fact, he was more than annoyed. Not only did he have to report to the Sandaime that his team passed his test, he also had to tell how. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but he had underestimated the Sakura girl, as well as the teamwork skills between the Uchiha and the Uzumaki.
In a real battle, a slip like that could be deadly.
But he had now come to the conclusion that the earth-shaking move that brought him to the trap had been caused by Sakura. Her strength could rival an experienced Chunnin, and there's nothing in her records to say so…
"I think we pass, right, sensei?"
"We all passed, didn't we? Right?" Naruto begged, trying… and failing…to grab the bell from his teammates.
"H-hai."
He passed them.
Not only did the Haruno show promise, but the other two had chakra capacity and experienced jutsu in their arsenal. But it was the girl that came up with the plan, even if she wouldn't admit it. Nothing there to go against her records.
But, littered around the training ground were small craters, obviously caused by Sakura.
"Hokage-sama, I have… passed my team."
"What is it, Kabuto?" Hissed Orochimaru, annoyed. He was just thinking of how… wonderful…the feeling would be when he crushed Kohona.
"I think you might want to know this information."
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