Authors note: here's chapter 4 of a new beginning. I'm not getting as many reviews as I hoped I would but I'm very happy with how many people put this story as a favorite or in story alert. I been thinking about another thing. As much as I despise that scum of the earth sasuke I'm not going to do as much sasuke bashing as I originally thought. I'm taking his character in this story in a different direction and I need him to be at least a decent opponent compared to naruto. So to all those who were expecting a bunch of sasuke bashing I apologize but don't worry there still will be some. Now enough with my rambling enjoy this chapter,
Disclaimer: naruto rocks sasuke sucks ass but I still do not own them so don't even try to sue me
A New Beginning
Chapter 4
This is getting tiring naruto thought. Here he was sitting down, relaxing, waiting for his turn at kakashi. It turned out their exams weren't done. Kakashi had sprung a new test on them at the last minute. Much like a cat and dog game. Get the bells before 5, pass the test. Only obstacle? Kakashi himself. Sasuke had the floor now and was fighting with their sensei alone. Though he seemed to not have a effect at all.
Naruto watched as over and over again sasuke was beaten to the floor. It wasn't till the 6th time that sasuke was thrown to the ground that naruto began to get impatient.
"come on, Naruto….Sakura!" Their sensei yelled. "your not going to leave your team mate all alone, are you?" he said aloud apparently to no one, as he continued to fight sasuke, looking almost bored. Sakura sighed.
"you know he's right. As much as I don't like him, we are a team, and we should probably go help him" Sakura said getting up from the ground, "I mean look at him." she said peaking through the bush. "he's getting his ass kicked.
"I know. Its just that brat thinks he's to good to work with us" naruto said, still looking at the fight. "besides he needs to get his ass over here so we can come up with a plan" he finished now scowling.
Sasuke was doing steadily worse. He was taking a hard beating, and kakashi didn't show signs of going easier on him. Finally, with a kick to the abdomen, sasuke was sent flying backwards, across the field and landed with a thud, just beyond the trees. After a minute or so, it was still quiet, meaning sasuke wasn't getting up. Kakashi sighed,
"one down, two to go" he said to himself. "come on guys! Your running out of time!" he shouted to the remanding genin. Kakashi then pulled out a book from his right pocket and began reading, a way to kill time.
"come on" naruto said signaling to were sasuke had fallen. "lets go check on him" He looked up at the sky and guessed it was around 3. They were loosing time, seeing as the test ended at 5.
Maybe I should get the fox's help on this
He thought desperate to pass this test. It wasn't till he remembered that about this time kyubi was in his deep sleeps that nothing could pull him out of. Besides he, naruto, wouldn't want to win that way, not with that kind of help.
They finally reached the other side of the field were sasuke had fallen. They found a very weary sasuke on the ground, struggling to get up.
"you alright?" naruto asked him as he noticed the many injuries he had sustained. "what do you want" sasuke responded in a very cold tone, causing sakura to give him a very cold glare. Naruto turned to stare at kakashi. He was leaning on a tree, indulged in his book. He couldn't help but roll his eyes when he read the title of the book. Ichi Ichi paradise. One of the brand new, adult books that kakashi had been dying to get a hold of.
"look from what you just experienced, there's no way that we can beat him individually," naruto said turning back to face them. Sasuke turned his head in disgust but didn't say anything. "ok" naruto said when nobody said anything, "heres what well-" naruto began before he was cut off by sakura. "Naruto, have you noticed that kakashi has only two bells" she said with a concerned look on her face. "yeah sakura I have" naruto responded to her. "but if theres only two bells and three of us?" she said looking as if she was missing something.
"look, sakura, well cross that bridge when we get there" he said "for now lets just focus on getting those bells" he finished. Sakura nodded and stared intently at him waiting for instructions on their plan.
"now this is what were going to do" naruto began
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"oh kinkera, you naughty naughty girl" kakashi said to himself as he read to pages to his book. Even though his book was just getting good, all around him it was quiet and he was starting to get worried. He hoped that his students hadn't given up. Not this early. Suddenly, he saw something small and black flying at him. He ducked before it made contact with his face. He smiled when he realized who it belonged to. " I was getting worried" he said "thought maybe you guys might have given up" he said staring at the blond in front of him.
"oh come on kakashi-sensei you know me better than that" naruto said grinning. Suddenly there was a loud explosion from behind kakashi. If he hadn't sensed it right before the explosive tag that was connected to the kunai ignited, he, kakashi, would probably have had the exposed part of his face torn up. Before he could recover naruto charged at him aiming a punch at his face. He barely managed to block the chakra charged punch with the fore arm of his hand. Naruto instead grabbed his hand and using it as support jumped up and used both his feet to kick kakashi on the chest. Kakashi jumped over naruto, before naruto's feet made contact with his chest avoiding a very painful attack. At the same time naruto turned and threw a couple more kunais, some attached with explosive tags at kakashi. Kakashi did a series of movements, making him able to avoid all the kunais. There were a series of explosions that went of in front of kakashi, destroying the trees planted there. They both turned to face each other.
"So how come your holding back?"
Kakashi asked knowing this was not nearly the full extent of naruto's abilities.
"how would you know?" naruto said not even a little tired. "well considering that I had a hand in training you when you were young, I think I would know your full potential." kakashi responded and saw naruto smiling.
"Your right" naruto said and charged at him again. Except this time he slid down between kakashi's legs and forced him to flip over. Just as simple as that he had a kunai to kakashi's throat, taking advantage of this, naruto reached down to kakashi's belt to grab the two silver bells, but kakashi grabbed his arm and kicked him off.
Damn
And they went at it again. Both fighting at an incredible speeds and giving off intense vibrations when they blocked a punch or kick. You couldn't tell who was landing the most blows or who was leading the fight. Naruto back flipped to avoid a hit from kakashi, and kakashi managed to pin him to the tree by the throat pointing a kunai at his chest.
"your still holding back" kakashi said at the slightly panting genin. Something didn't feel right though. "wait a minute" he said something clicking in his head. He plunged the kunai into where naruto's heart would be. There was a poof of smoke and naruto disappeared.
"good diversion, naruto!" kakashi yelled "I didn't even notice that it was one of your shadow clones" he said to himself. He then turned swiftly and grabbed the kunai that was flying to his head. In front of him sakura and sasuke were standing side by side. Kakashi smirked.
"so finally working together?" he asked. The pair didn't answer but charged at him. Even with both of them fighting kakashi, they didn't even cause half the damage that naruto caused. Neither of them could get the bells. They were now way off from were the fight had initially started. They began in a open field surrounded by trees but now they were in the dense forest were it was much darker. Kakashi uppercut sasuke and kicked sakura in the chest at the same time, both being sent back by the force of the attacks.
Sakura while in the ground looked up.
"NOW!" she screamed apparently to no one. Kakashi stared at her puzzled but found his answer a second later. A huge log 10 times the size of him was swinging down on him, a certain blond riding it. Kakashi, not expecting it, couldn't dodge it, so instead grabbed it with both hands, trying to slow it down but in vein. Naruto, knowing this was his chance, jumped of it and before he had to roll out of the way, or he too would get smashed by the log, he reached up to get the bells. They were right there, at the tip of his fingers but kakashi, determined not to loose, with all his might, managed to flip over the log, before it crashed with the tree behind him. Naruto, cussing, rolled away next to his team mates panting.
"damn" he said in frustration. He turned to look at his sensei who was just to good to beat. He was kneeling trying to catch his breath but after a second got up.
"whoa, you almost got me" kakashi said smirking. "not as fit as I used to be but I can still kick your ass" he said while rubbing his aching shoulder. He then checked his watch.
"too bad. You only got 5 minutes left and when that's up your all getting sent back to the academy"
Naruto scowled and hit the ground in frustration. He wasn't going down, not this way. What ever it took he was going to get those bells before 5, one way or another. Recklessly naruto charged at his sensei again.
"round 2?" kakashi said silently. They went at it again. Naruto charging up his leg with his chakra high kicked kakashi aiming at his head, but he caught that. Not wasting time he threw a punch at him, but kakashi caught that in time too. He used his free hand and placed it on kakashi's shoulder using it to free himself and flip over kakashi. He went low swinging his foot across the ground that kakashi was standing on trying to unbalance him but kakashi back flipped to avoid it.
This is it
While kakashi was in midair he reached up to his belt, but kakashi aware at what he was doing grabbed hold of the bells, he landed, back facing naruto.
"almost but didn't get it" kakashi said looking at the bells in his hand, and knowing there was about a minute or so left.
"actually" naruto said "I did" kakashi scowled "blue fire ball jutsu!" he heard naruto say and he, kakashi, turned to face him. The scene before him was horror. There in front of him naruto was standing one hand holding what appeared to be a orb of blue fire at the palm of his hand, not burning him at all, and on the other his Ichi Ichi Paradise book. Kakashi's eyes widened as he franticly searched his pockets for his book, but it wasn't there.
"give me the bells or I fry the damn book" naruto said in a calm voice. Kakashi stared in horror at the thought of his precious book being burned.
"ok, ok, ok" he repeated quickly "ill give them to you, just please don't burn it, that's special edition" kakashi said panic in his voice. Naruto rolled his eyes as kakashi threw the bells and naruto threw him the book. He extinguished the blue fire in his palm and caught one of the bells, the other sasuke caught. Kakashi caught the flying book and, eyes watering, hugged it. Suddenly, a bell could be heard all around the training ground area, signaling the test was over.
"just in time" naruto said to himself happy that nothing was standing in his way now to becoming hokage.
Kakashi eyes sparkling gave his book a kiss and put it in his pocket. He cleared his throat, a way to relieve the tension and looked at naruto.
"wow, wasn't expecting that" kakashi said kind of embarrassed. "when you realized that you couldn't beat your enemy, you analyzed him, found his weakness and attacked on it." kakashi said now approaching the trio. He stopped in front of naruto and looked down at him.
"good job" he said, and one can only assume, smiling. He ruffled the blonds hair showing how proud he was in him.
"thanks kakashi-sensei" naruto said back, with his signature foxy grin.
"now" kakashi continued looking at all of them now.
"looks like….." he said looking from naruto to sasuke to sakura, "your out sakura" he finished.
Naruto's eyes widened and turned to look at her. She, unlike him and sasuke, wasn't holding one of the silver bells, and it was too late, the bell had rung.
'what?" he said aloud in disbelief,
Sakura had her mouth opened realizing what kakashi meant.
"your kicking sakura out?" sasuke asked with genuine concern in his voice. "rules are rules and the rules were you had to have a bell when the bell rings" kakashi said "the bell has rung, and sakura doesn't have a bell" he said turning from them.
"b-but that's not fair!" naruto yelled after him. Kakashi stopped but did not turn around. "sakura worked just as hard as me and sasuke! You cant do this!" Naruto yelled full of rage.
"no" he heard sakura say behind him. "he's right naruto" she said. He turned around to find tears going down her pale face. "I don't have a bell, I loose" she said looking down at the ground.
"but" naruto said trying to find a way to not loose her. He made up his mind.
"if sakura's out then so am I!" he said to kakashi. At the sound of this kakashi turned to face the blond.
"no! naruto don't do that!" sakura said running forward and grabbing naruto's hands tears still going down her face.
"sakura I made up my mind" naruto said smiling at her "its both of us of neither one of us" he said dropping his bell to the ground and turning to look at kakashi. Sakura gazed at naruto. She smiled. realizing he was serious and hugged him "your such and idiot" she said quietly to him. Kakashi raised his eyebrows and turned to look at sasuke.
"what about you?" he asked him "I-" he responded apparently thinking. Naruto turned and glared at him.
Do the right thing
He thought. Finally sasuke sighed. "naruto's right, its not fair. I'm out if she's out" he said him too dropping his bell. Surprised naruto looked at kakashi wondering what he'll do.
"so its all of you, or none of you?" kakashi asked a little surprised. "that's right" naruto said.
Kakashi stared intently at them for about a minute but then too much surprised smiled.
"congratulations! You all pass" he said excitingly. "what!" the trio said together surprised, but as naruto said this something clicked in his head. He smiled looking up at kakashi. Kakashi looked at him knowing he understood. "care to explain?" he said
"I cant believe I didn't see it before" naruto began "the test wasn't to see if we could overpower you, it was too see if we could work together as a team. There was no way we, individually, could get the bells" naruto said.
" though you blew that by getting them yourself" kakashi added. "and once we did that you wanted to see what length we would go to, to protect our team mates" naruto finished.
"exactly" kakashi said " a true shinobi goes to any length to protect their team mate, as you just shown" kakashi said smiling proud at his students.
"so we all pass?" sakura asked still a little timid.
"you all pass" kakashi said smiling down at them.
Whoa that was a long chapter, even to my standard. First I want to apologize I was never good with fight scenes. I just don't have that much imagination when it comes to that, but I think this fight scene came out pretty good. Now next I'm going to start with the land of waves but I'm goanna try and keep it short cuz its kind of irrelevant to this story. One or two chapters, tops. Then well get to the focus of this plot. Trust me after about the 7rh chapter it gets really good so just hold on. And like I always say in every chapter PLEASE REVIEW I need to know if this story sucks or not.
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