Author's Note: You know, I've been thinking. It's strange how a story can get so many hits, favorites, alerts, and it can even be added to a C2… but you look at the reviews and there's, like… one. Personally, it drives me a little nuts. Just a tiny bit. So, I'm going to ask that if you read this story, and you enjoy it, don't just favorite or alert it… throw a girl a review, please?

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or 'Come' by Namie Amuro.

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'Come my way,

Kono yami no hotori

Come close to me

Ima akari tomoshi

I'll be with you, I'll be with you

Tada soba ni iru kara

So come my way.'

-Namie Amuro, 'Come.'

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The next morning, at precisely 5 A.M, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Hikari met up, two out of the four looking extremely tired.

"Guess you guys aren't exactly morning people are you?" Hikari teased.

Sakura and Naruto responded to that with a yawn.

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Exactly six hours later, Kakashi greeted his four students. "Hi fellows. Good morning."

"YOU'RE LATE!" shrieked Naruto and Sakura. Hikari smirked.

"A black cat crossed my path, so…" Kakashi trailed off at the grumblings of a pink haired kunoichi and blonde Kyuubi vessel. He coughed and said, "Let's move on."

The four students looked on curiously as Kakashi took out an alarm clock and placed it on an old tree stump. "Alarm set at 12 P.M." Kakashi announced. Then, he pulled out three jingling bells. "Today's topic is to get one of these bells from me. Whoever can't will have no lunch."

"What!"

Kakashi pointed to four posts. "I'm going to tie you there, and eat lunch in front of you."

Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto looked extremely hungry at that precise moment.

'So that's why he said…'

'…Don't eat breakfast.'

"But wait," Sakura spoke up. "Why are there only three bells?"

Kakashi seemed to be smiling under his mask. "Since there's only three, at least one of you will have to be tied to the post. That person will fail because he or she failed to complete the mission. The person will go back to the academy."

"It might be just one, or all three. You may use your shuriken. You won't be able to get these unless you have the will to kill me."

"But that's too dangerous, Sensei." Sakura protested.

"Yeah, you couldn't even dodge that chalk eraser!" Naruto laughed.

Hikari crossed her arms and frowned. "You know, I agree with Sakura. Doesn't that seem a little… extreme?"

"In society, those who don't have many abilities tend to complain more. Just ignore the guy with the lowest score." Kakashi said dryly. Naruto looked at him seriously.

"We're going to begin after I say, 'Ready, start.'"

Without warning, Naruto whipped out a kunai and charged at Kakashi. Kakashi blocked it with just one hand, and soon he had it pointed at the base of Naruto's neck.

"Don't be so hasty. I didn't say, 'Start,' yet."

All the students backed away slightly. 'No way… I couldn't see him at all.'

'So this is a Jounin…'

"But," Kakashi interrupted their thoughts. "It looks like you have the will to kill me now."

'Hm. Like that's going to help.' Hikari thought.

"We're going to start. Ready… Start!!!"

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(A/N: Hikari's point of view.)

As soon as Kakashi yelled out for us to begin, my teammates and I hopped off in different directions. I jumped into the highest tree I could find and hid in the leaves again. I could see everything from my position. I knew staying hidden was important in this test, as did everybody else. I saw Sakura hidden in the bushes just below my tree, and Sasuke was in another tree, a good fifty feet away from me, I'd say. But, I didn't see Naruto…

"Let's have a match fair and square!!!"

'Oh… that's where he is… This can't end well.' I thought, chuckling as quietly as I could.

"Hey, aren't you a little weird compared to the rest?" Kakashi taunted him.

"What's weird is your hairstyle!" Naruto retorted. I couldn't help it- I started laughing. Fortunately, the only one who heard me was Sakura, who looked up and saw me from a space in the leaves.

Naruto charged at Kakashi, but stopped short when his hand reached into the leather pouch he wore.

"Ninja tactic know-how number one: taijutsu. I'll teach you that first."

Kakashi pulled out a perverted novel. I groaned.

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

Thud.

"Well," I began from my position behind Kakashi. "Since you insist." I had kicked out his feet from under him, much to his and Naruto's surprise.

"Wha-what? How did you do that?" Naruto asked, stuttering in shock.

"Well, nobody can handle this job alone. You want some help?"

Naruto grinned, charging at Kakashi. "You bet. But I'm still going to pound him!!!"

I smiled and jumped up into the air so as to get out of his way. Naruto aimed a punch at Kakashi, but he blocked it with his hand and jumped back up, fast as ever. He even dodged Naruto's roundhouse kick!

I landed beside Sakura's hiding place just as she jumped up and shouted, "Run, Naruto! You're going to die!"

I whipped around just as Naruto flew into the air, screaming. 'Oh Lord… We need more help.'

"Sakura, quick. You have to help fight Kakashi with us!" I whispered, dropping down into the bushes as she did.

"How can I do that? He's a Jounin!"

"But still! If every single one of us works together, we can get the bells, I'm sure of it! Just trust me on this one, please!" I begged, putting on a puppy face.

Slowly and reluctantly, Sakura nodded. "I guess I could try… what do I have to do?"

"Not yet," I murmured. "First, we have to get Sasuke to help, too. But, we'll have to impress him first…" I got an idea.

"I know!" I exclaimed in a whisper. "But where is-"

I stopped my self when I saw shuriken fly out of the pond where Naruto must have landed after flying through the air. 'Crud.' I thought when Kakashi stopped them with his fingers.

"Naruto, wait!!! You won't be able to beat him alone! We have to work together!" I shouted, jumping over and grabbing him by the collar. I dragged him to another hiding spot nearby Sakura. "Look, I know you're hungry, but working together will help! Understand?"

Naruto looked at me curiously before agreeing with a nod of his head. 'At least he's more willing to comply than Sakura was. And Sasuke's going to be even harder to convince… And we need to work together, otherwise we'll fail just like they did the first time.' I thought, remembering when I had watched them perform the bell test on their own. Naruto failed immediately, Sasuke failed anyway, and Sakura was just pitiful.

"Look, stay hidden until I jump back here. I've got a plan, just wait." I ordered, jumping up into the air again.

"Hey, Sensei!" I shouted. If I wanted Sasuke to cooperate, I'd have to be just as good as him. Since I knew he was watching everything, he'd definitely see this. 'It's a good thing I have the power to be able to do this, otherwise I might kill myself.' I thought, performing some hand seals. I gathered up as much chakra as I could and shouted,

"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"

I exhaled and watched as one giant fireball made its way towards our sensei, who was looking pretty shocked at the moment. However, Kakashi just dodged it in the end.

'Perfect.' I thought as I landed behind Sasuke. He turned and glared icily at me, but I didn't care.

"So, you going to help, or do I have to fry your hair off with another fireball?"

"… How can you perform the Grand Fireball Jutsu?" he asked. After all, it was pretty advanced.

I shrugged. "I have to be able to fight with something, don't I? You're not the only one who's good at fire element jutsus." I looked up and spotted a huge, thick tree branch right above us. "Look, I have a plan on how to get those bells from Kakashi. Wait up on that tree branch for Sakura, Naruto, and me. I'll explain then."

I paused as I was about to jump off the branch. "If you don't listen, I'll make sure it's you tied to one of those posts out there."

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"So, Hikari, what's the plan?" Sakura asked me, once we were completely hidden in the trees.

"Okay, I want all of you to listen real closely. We only have half an hour left before noon, so this has to be done well, got it?"

Everybody nodded, and I began to explain my plan.

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(A/N: Normal point of view.)

"Hm." Kakashi muttered. "Those kids have twenty minutes left, and I haven't seen them. What are they doing…?"

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Kakashi's eyes widened as he looked up to find seven Naruto's diving towards him. Right behind the shadow clones, Kakashi spotted Sakura and Sasuke diving down as well. 'Kage Bunshin no Jutsu…? That means those clones are real bodies…'

Kakashi put away his perverted novel and flipped back out of the way of the shadow clones. To his great shock, he felt something wrap itself around his ankle and give a sharp tug. Kakashi fell to the ground once again, but not before kicking the thing around his ankle away.

"Sasuke, Sakura, now!" he heard a voice behind him yell. Glancing back, his single visible eye spotted the golden eyed Hikari. 'Again? That's the second time she got me… That girl is fast.'

Looking up, Kakashi spotted six kunai flying straight at him. All six struck the ground around Kakashi.

Chuckling, he announced, "You guys have bad aim."

Naruto and his shadow clones grinned. "Guess again, Sensei."

Kakashi's visible eye widened, and he discovered that the kunai hadn't missed their mark at all. Grunting with effort, Kakashi found that the kunai had been embedded in his sleeves and pant legs quite deeply, pinning him down. "It appears I underestimated you guys. But it's not over yet."

The Kakashi that was pinned down by the kunai disappeared with a puff of smoke. A log was left in its place.

"Replacement jutsu!" Sakura cried out.

"Uh oh…" Hikari muttered, looking around quickly. When had he done that? When she glanced up, her eyes widened. "Sasuke, Sakura, above you!!!"

Sasuke was the first to react. Jumping forward, he grabbed Sakura's wrist and jumped aside with her. A large crash sounded throughout the training ground, and dust and pieces of earth flew everywhere.

'Kakashi punched the ground and nearly got Sasuke and Sakura... Going to have to be more careful.' Hikari thought, running forward.

"Naruto, I need your shadow clones to help!" she shouted, jumping high into the air.

"You got it!" six of the Narutos cried out, jumping into the air as well.

"When I say now, dive for the ground and punch it as hard as you can! Sasuke, Sakura, and the real Naruto will jump into the air so they won't get knocked back. Ready? NOW!"

Six Narutos and Hikari flew down fast as a bullet, their fists in front of them ready to deliver a harsh blow to the ground. Just as they connected, the real Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke jumped up as high as possible for them.

As more pieces of the earth flew in all different directions, a silver haired Jounin was tossed into the air by the sheer impact of the punches. 'God… what is with these kids? I didn't expect them to work together so flawlessly. And especially so quickly.'

Kakashi was so wrapped up in thought that he didn't notice a black blur streak right by him and up into the air.

Landing on his feet swiftly, Kakashi stood up straight and looked around. Naruto's shadow clones had disappeared, and all he saw was the real Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke staring up at the sky intently.

It was only when he heard a faint jingling sound did he look up. Three tiny objects rocketed towards the students of his that were on the ground, all of them looking stunned. One by one, they raised their hands and one jingling object flew safely into their hands.

'Impossible…' Kakashi thought, squinting up at the sky. A clear, ringing laughter could be heard as the silhouette of his fourth student was seen flipping down towards the ground.

Landing gracefully with a thud, Hikari laughed just as an alarm went off, signaling that it was noon. "So, Kakashi-sensei, did they pass?" Hikari asked breathlessly.

Kakashi blinked, looking at his students. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura stood there, staring in shock at the tiny bell in each of their hands. After Hikari had swiped them from an unsuspecting Kakashi, she had immediately thrown them to her teammates, not even keeping one for herself. When Kakashi looked at Hikari, he saw a grinning child who was close to laughing with joy. She was obviously proud of her teammates, because she looked at them with admiration and happiness.

'The fact that they all worked together is one thing, but this girl… There's something special about her. She put her teammates above everything else, including herself. Not to mention, she performed an advanced Fire Style jutsu.'

The skin around Kakashi's visible eye wrinkled, and Hikari knew that he was smiling. With a chuckle, he announced, "You all pass. Congratulations."

Hikari's eyes widened, along with everybody else's, and Hikari's grin widened. "Yeah, YEAH!!!" she shouted, jumping up and punching the air.

Kakashi sighed. "I have to say, I'm surprised. I didn't think you guys would make it. Four different kids with completely different personalities. It doesn't exactly make it easy to work together. That's why I thought you would fail. This test wasn't to prove who was better than the other. It was to prove whether you could or couldn't work together as a team. Teamwork is the key to a successful mission. If you don't have teamwork, you have nothing."

Sakura smiled, but then asked, "Wait, why do we need to use teamwork if there are only three bells? We all worked to get one, but in the end, Hikari was the one who had to bite the bullet."

"Well," Kakashi started. "That was it. This test was meant to pit you four against each other. In this situation, we select those who can prioritize teamwork before themselves; those like Hikari. That was the purpose, but all of you managed to work together instead of fight each other."

Kakashi looked up at the sky. "You know, in the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum. But, you know what's worse than breaking the rules?" Kakashi asked.

"What?" Naruto piped up.

"Those who abandon their friends." Kakashi looked at Hikari. "I hate people like that, too."

"The training ends here." he called out. "Everybody passes. Team Seven will begin doing missions starting tomorrow!"

"Yes Sir!!!" Sakura called out, grinning from ear to ear.

Sasuke smirked.

Naruto jumped up and down, his grin wider than Sakura's. "I did it! I'm a ninja, ninja, ninja!!!"

Hikari grinned. "Uh uh. We did it!"

Kakashi chuckled. "Let's go home."

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Author's Note: Chapter three is done! Sorry if the action scene where they got the bells wasn't too good, I'm not all that awesome with scenes like that. My poor brain…

Anyways, in the next chapter, we feature the journey to the Country of the Wave! One of my favorite Team Seven adventures!

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