"You may start" signalled Kakashi

Naruto did his signature shadow clone jutsu and 20 Naruto's then appeared around Kakashi

"The numbers still somehow surprises me" commented Sasuke

"Yeah but they aren't meant for combat they are meant for distraction or espionage" said Sakura as she had chakra cover her hand as Sasuke seemed to disappear

Kakashi was having a harder time than he had expected against Naruto's clones he only managed to get rid of two, Kakashi was then kicked up by a couple of Naruto's clone up into the air

'Uzumaki Barrage? all I have to do is block' thought Kakashi as he saw a Naruto above him getting ready for a kick

However another Naruto appeared from underneath with the leaf shadow dance technique, he then grabbed Kakashi in a tight hold and began to spin him down similar to the primary lotus but instead of like a tornado he spun him horizontally so it would be hard to tell who was going to hit the ground first

'A mix between his Uzumaki Barrage and the primary lotus, we both spin this way so I won't know who's going to hit the ground first but since he's using clones he could retract his clone whenever he wants so it's almost a 100% chance I'm going to get hurt' thought Kakashi analyzing his technique

'Not only has his clones timing got better but also his Taijutsu he's around my skill he might even better than Lee' thought Sasuke from afar waiting for his time to strike

Naruto as he was spinning he saw Sakura ready for her chance right underneath them, he then used the momentum to throw Kakashi down even faster towards Sakura was readying a chakra enhanced punch, but Kakashi as he was falling had noticed this and performed the substitution jutsu just before Sakura hit him

"Damn so close" said an upset Sakura as she punched the ground since her momentum kept her going towards the ground, the impact tore up much of the landscape around them even dispelling Naruto's clones

'Scary' thought Naruto

Kakashi had fled towards the pond nearby as he tried to search for Sasuke who didn't take long for him to appear as Sasuke took out his sword to try and slice Kakashi who dodged easily

'The sword is a problem since he'll have an easier time getting the bells because of his reach' Kakashi thought as he brought out a kunai to block Sasuke's attacks

As Sasuke and Kakashi were in their kenjutsu duel, Sasuke threw his sword at Kakashi who had dodged it as it embed itself in a tree, Sasuke then went through some hand seals and lightning covered his hand

'Chidori! But it seems different'

"Chidori current"

Chidori current when he uses the lightning from the chidori and sends the lightning across the ground in a small general area

Kakashi once again substituted once he realized what the technique was however he had substituted into Sakura area which was by a river

Kakashi got on the opposite side of the river as Naruto and Sasuke rejoined Sakura

"Well you all have improved but it time to show you all my specialty" said Kakashi as he flew through hand seals

A water dragon then erupted out of the water with Kakashi's Water Dragon Jutsu, Team seven dodged the dragon getting only slightly wet, Kakashi then used earth style headhunter jutsu on Sasuke to drag him underground besides his head, then followed up by using Fire style Fireball jutsu to push away Naruto and Sakura

Naruto used Water style raging waves to counter the fireball which create steam which allowed team seven to retreat for some regrouping

"Water style then Earth style followed quickly by fire style how do we beat someone who can throw jutsu out so fast" said Sakura

"He has to have a weakness but he is the copy shinobi" said Sasuke "He's as smart as Shikamaru, has better senses than Kiba, his sharingan is around the same level as mine and his taijutsu is better than Lee's plus he has had more experience than all of us combine"

"We already know his weakness" said Naruto reassuringly as he put his hands on each of their shoulders

"We do?"

"Remember when he went against Zabuza the first time" said Naruto as he watches his teammates nod "Kakashi-sensei passed out from over using his sharingan, so all we have to do is strain his eye to the point where he can't keep up any more"

"He's right unlike me he's not an Uchiha so the sharingan drains more than usual plus it's only in one eye so his other eye won't be as strong on the right side" said Sasuke more confident in their abilities

"So we need strain his sharingan how do we do that" asked Sakura

"We just keep him busy whether it's with direct attacking or laying traps around there's three of us so we can take turns if we need to but we can't allow him to rest any longer" said Naruto as he started forming a rasengan in one hand

Naruto launched himself towards a tree about 7 meters away and drilled the rasengan into the tree revealing Kakashi behind it who had jumped away into the clearing only to be engaged in combat with both Sasuke and Sakura

'Well they found out my weakness which is stamina but can they wear me out before the time limit' thought Kakashi

Half an hour later

Kakashi was sprawled out on the floor semi-unconscious as team seven held the bells

'They completely wore me out' thought Kakashi as he watched his former students chatting amongst themselves about their victory

Tsunade, Shizune, Jiraiya along with the rest of the rookie nine along with Asuma and Kurenai had appeared before them

"Congratulations you guys, you took down Kakashi-sensei" said Kiba with Akamaru barking

"Thanks but we already knew Kakashi-sensei so we already knew how to beat him at least get the bells from him" said Naruto being more modest than usual

'I didn't think they would exploit Kakashi's weakness like that now I still don't know what they can do to the fullest potential' thought Tsunade upset at the fact that she didn't get what she wanted 'I already know about Sakura's abilities since I trained her but Naruto and Sasuke are still a mystery, I now know that Sasuke upgraded his chidori and Naruto used a water style attack but that's it, I have no means of seeing how much they have improved'

"Naruto I want to fight you right here right now" declared Sasuke

"Sure I've been meaning to have a proper fight with you anyway" responded Naruto as the two entered their fighting stances

"Where did that come from?" Asked a confused Choji

"I might understand" commented Jiraiya

"Enlighten us" said Asuma

"Sure, ever since the academy Sasuke had been better than Naruto but Naruto improved far quicker than Sasuke to the points where they considered themselves equals even if Sasuke didn't admit it, And since Sasuke apparently lost their last battle, he wants to fight again to see where they currently stand"

"So Sasuke wants to prove who's stronger him or Naruto" Hinata said clearing up any confusion

"Ah!" a lot of people had said

'This could be a good way to see how strong they are' thought Tsunade "Alright you can fight at the chunin exam stadium this way we can clearly see who's stronger"

"Hn" Sasuke grunted in agreement

"Alright" Naruto agreed