Dark Beauty: New Moon

Chapter 4

"Kurami-chan…" The said girl heard a familiar voice and opened her eyes slowly. Her blurry vision became cleared and Sasuke was sitting at her side staring at her worried.

"Sasuke-kun, he knocked some of my chakra points out with Taijutsu." She mumbled and he helped her sit up. "I couldn't even land one hit on him."

"Well, he is Jounin." He stated and she stood up.

They heard the alarm clock ring and both of them growled at this.

"Shit!" She yelled and they decided to go back to the spot.

Naruto was tied up against the stump whilst Kurami and Sasuke sat next to him. Their stomachs growled loudly as they saw their lunches in front of them.

"Your stomachs are growling, eh?" Kakashi asked with crossed arms. "By the way the results of this training…None of you need to return to the Ninja Academy."

"What? Really?!" Kurami asked. "You hear that guys, we…"

"You guys should quit being ninjas!" Kakashi exclaimed.

Naruto and Kurami's eyes widened at this and even Sasuke looked surprised.

"What do you mean quit being ninjas?!" Kurami shouted.

"We couldn't get a bell, but why do you say we have to quit?" Naruto asked.

"Because you three are just kids who don't deserve to be ninjas." Kakashi stated and Sasuke lost his cool. He got up quickly and ran up to their sensei.

"Sasuke-kun, don't!" She ran after him.

The white haired girl stopped when Kakashi grabbed his arm and tackled him to the ground. He had his arm around his back and had his foot on his head; the Uchiha couldn't move.

"See? You're all just kids." The masked man said.

"Do you think being a ninja is easy?" Kakashi asked. "Why do you think we're training by breaking up into groups?"

Kurami now fully understood what went wrong with what they did wrong. She frowned and looked up with a disappointed look.

"Working together as a group." She stated.

"Exactly, finally someone realised. But it's too late even if you notice now." Kakashi stated. "If all three of you came at me at once, maybe you could've gotten a bell. But that's too bad. In this situation, we select those who can prioritise teamwork before themselves. That was the purpose, but all of you were pathetic. Kurami! You got too cocky and didn't care." She looked down. "Naruto, you did things by yourself. And Sasuke, you assumed that those two were only going to burden you and di everything yourself. It's true that ninjas need well developed individuals abilities, but it's teamwork that is more important. And individual action that disrupts the teamwork will result in danger or even death for the teammates. In every mission, you put your life on the line." Kakashi stood up and walked towards a stone with many names on them. "Look at this…the numerous names carved into this stone. All these names are those praised as heroes in this village."

Before Naruto could say anything, Kurami covered his mouth and shook her head. She knew he would say something stupid.

"Those are heroes who were killed in action." She stated.

"This is a cenotaph. The names of my friends are carved here as well." Kakashi stated and Kurami looked up at him with saddened eyes. He turned around and looked at them. "I'll give you one more chance. However, the battle for the bell will be much harsher after lunch. Eat lunch only if you are up to the challenge But! Don't let Naruto eat. This is punishment for breaking the rules and trying to eat lunch early. If anyone feeds him, the person will immediately fail." Kurami and Naruto looked shocked as Sasuke glared at their sensei. "I'm the rule here. Got it?"

Kakashi left and Sasuke and Kurami started to eat their lunch from their bentos. Naruto's stomach rumbled and he laughed nervously.

"Don't worry, I'm gonna be okay!" He exclaimed and then his stomach rumbled again.

The young girl took some rice and held it up to him. He looked at her and saw her smiling sweetly.

"Take some." She said.

"But Sensei…" He trailed off and she shook her head.

"I don't care!" She pouted.

"Us three can do this. If he gets hungry it's gonna be trouble for us." Sasuke stated.

"Kurami-chan…thanks…" He mumbled.

"Shush and hurry up!" She said whilst stuffing his mouth with so much food. "Chew and swallow! Hurry!" He did so and her food was finished. "There."

"Hey." She turned to Sasuke who gave her his bento. "You're gonna get hungry too."

"What about you?" Kurami asked.

"I'm fine, just eat. You'll need your energy." He stated. Her cheeks went pink and she grinned whilst taking his bento box.

"Thank you, Uchiha." She giggled and ate his food.

Suddenly they felt a gush of wind and looked up. They saw Kakashi with a very angry face and Kurami's eyes widened.

"You three!" He yelled and she screamed. "You three broke the rule. Are you prepared for the punishment?" He made a few hand signs and the sky became cloudy and there was lightning. "Any last words?"

"But….but….but you said!" Naruto exclaimed. "That's why these two…"

"We're a three man team, right?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah, the three of us are one!" Kurami exclaimed. "We did this together!"

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! That's right, dattebayo!" The blonde haired boy shouted.

"You three are one, eh?" Kakashi walked towards them and they stared at him. "You pass!"

"What?!" The white haired girl asked.

"You pass." He repeated himself and the clouds cleared up.

"But why?" Naruto asked.

"People I had previously were blockheads who just listened to what I said. Ninjas need to think beyond the normal. In the world of ninjas, those who break the rules are called scum. But those who don't take care of their friends are even worse that scum."

"He's kinda cool." Naruto cried.

"Training is finished, everyone passes! The 7th group will start doing missions starting tomorrow!" He gave a thumbs up.

"Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun we passed!" Kurami squealed.

"I did it! I'm a ninja!" Naruto cheered.

"Let's go home." Kakashi said and they nodded. Kurami got out a Kunai knife and cut the ropes around Naruto. They then followed their sensei with Naruto cheering, Sasuke smirking and Kurami giggling.