AN: Well everyone welcome back to another chapter of The Time We Have. We have seen Naruto come home and is already being tested. We have seen small moments between Naruto and Hinata. All I can say is I think things are already turning interesting. Of course that's just me. Well for right now I like to welcome you to The Time We Have.
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"Taliking"
'Thinking'
Chapter 3
Naruto and Sakura stood in front of Kakashi. Naruto and Sakura were stretching while Kakashi read the book he got from Naruto. Kakashi looked up from his book to look at his students. He spoke in his usual cool voice. "Well I thimk a refresher wouldn't hurt. Well the rules are simple."
Naruto interrupted before his sensei could continue. "We know the rules sensei. We have to get the bells before sunrise."
Sakura put on a black glove on her right hand. She continued where Naruto left off. "And if we don't strike to kill. We'll never get the bells."
Kakashi smiled as he said, "Well I guess you know what you're doing. This will almost be like old times." Naruto looked down at the ground in sadness.
Naruto said in a sad tone, "Key word: Almost." Sakura looked down in sadness as well. Even Kakashi showed a small sign of being sad.
Kakashi spoke in a depressed tone. "That's right. Back then we had Sasuke." As quick as a blink of an eye, Naruto and Sakura were sitting on the ground. Their knees to their chest and a gloomy aura surrounded the two teens. Kakashi had a small embarass look on his face. He thought to himself, 'I think Sasuke's has become taboo for them.'
Hinata was watching from a tree near the training field. Her heart nearly fell out of her body when the person she loved grew depressed. She always loved his care free spirit. The way he never gives up. The way insipires everyone he meets. When he was sad the whole world seemed to go dark.
FLASHBACK
Hinata was walking through the hospital. She finished visiting her teammate Kiba. He and the others came back after the failed attempt to bring Sasuke back. She was on her way to see Neji. He had some serious injuries from the mission. She wondered how intense hs battle was to get those wounds. She was glad ti hear that he was recovering well after surgery. Hinata stopped for a moment and looked at one of the hospitals room doors. She knew who was on the other side of that door. Her long time crush Naruto Uzumaki. Neji's room was close to Narutos room. So everytime she went to visit Neji, she'd past by Naruto. So many times she was tempted to go to that door and knock. Unfortunatly her shyness would always stop her from even walking to the door.
This time was different however. She willed herself to walk to the door. Her mind shut down as she stood in front of the door. She couldn't raise her hand to knock on the door. She was about to walk away when she herd something on the other side. She put her ear on the door to listen more clearly. She herd something so shocking she had to hold back tears. She herd Naruto Uzumaki crying. She had never herd or wanted to hear Naruto crying. He was talking to himself as he cried. "Sasuke...I tried to save you. I-I tried to stop you from going to that snake. But...(sniff) you wanted to go kill Itachi even at the cost...(sniff) of your life. Well I won't give up. I'll bring you home." He continued to cry in his room. Hinata couldn't help but shed tears of her own. She wondered why he had to suffer. She wiped the tears off her face. She looked at the door with a new mission in mind.
'I promise you Naruto. I'll do whatever I can to find Sasuke.' She walked away from the door and went to Nejis room.
END OF FLASHBACK
Ever since then she trained to enhance her Byakugan to the limit. During training and missions her vision became more and more adcanced. They were beond the normal limits of a normal Hyuga. When ever she was on a mission sometimes she'd use it to search for Sasuke. Even though her vision was enhanced she couldn't find Sasuke. She wouldn't get discouraged as she was determined to find Sasuke. She and Sasuke were not close friends to each other. After all they were from rivial clans. But Naruto treated him like his brother. So Hinata had to try to find Sasuke. So Naruto would never get sad over the lost of his friend.
Back on the training field Kakashi held two silver bells attached to one piece of red string each. He said in a confident tone, "Don't tell me your too depressed to take these from me. You don't want to fall behind Sasuke do you?" That seemed to get their spirits up. Naruto and Sakura jumped back to their feet.
Naruto shouted in excitement, "No way! We'll get those bells from you! Right Sakura!"
Sakura put another balck glove on her left hand. She slammed her right fist into her left palm. She gave a nod as she said,"Yeah." Hinata was glad to see Naruto cheered up.
Kakashi smiled as he put his book away. He looked at at his students ready to take them on. He pulled his headband off of his left eye. The red colored eye with three extra puipls spun around the noraml one. They stopped in a triangle formation. Kakashi wasn't going to take it easy on them if he revealed his Sharingan. "Well it looks like I'll have to give it my all as well." Naruto tightened his headband ready. He quickly threw three shurikens at Kakashi. Kakashi ducked into a low crouch. Kakashi threw three shurikens of his own. Naruto jumped into the air leaving himself vunerable. Kakashi threw three more shurikens at Naruto.
Naruto made a hand sign as he said, "Shadow Clone Jutsu." One clone appeared on the left side of Naruto. Before the shurikens could reach him the clone grabbed him and pulled him away. Sakura was impreesed by the way he used his clone. They both dropped down to the ground. The clone transformed into a giant shuriken. Naruto grabbed the giant shuriken. He was about to throw it when something grabbed him from behind holding his shuriken behind him. It was Kakashi.
Kakshi thought at how much Naruto had gotten better. 'I'm impressed he has gotten better. He's even got better at making clones.' He looked at a second Naruto smirking with a kunai at his senseis back. "Not bad Naruto you struck to kill. But I didn't say go yet." After Kakashi did say go he disappeared in a poof of smoke. Sakura and Naruto were shocked to see him disappear.
Sakura scowled as she said, "Damn it Naruto I thought you had him!" The sun had begin to set. Sakura looked to the left, right, above and behind. So there was only one place for Kakashi be in an open area. She enfused chakra into her right hand and punched the ground. Naruto lost his balance as the earth shattered under the punch. In a hole revealed a wide eyed Kakashi. Even Hinata felt the tremble of the eath. Naruto, Kakashi and Hinata wide eyee thought the exact same thing. 'What ridiculous strength.' Sakura smirked at her senseis surprised face.
Naruto smiled worrily as he thought to himself. 'I better not pis Sakura anymore. She'll kill me if I do.' (An: You better believe it you moron! Hey you guys she doesn't need a shovel to make a backyard pool. All she has to do is punch the ground. Pool party at Sakuras!)
Kakashi jumped out of the hole he was in. He looked at Sakura with pride. "I guess going underground won't work against you Sakura. well lets see how you guys handle this. He made hand signs so fast his hands were a blur. He stopped on the tiger seal. Kakashi took a deep breath. 'Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!' He blew a giant fireball towards Naruto and Sakura. Naruto and Sakura jumped in different directions to avoid the fireball. They both ran towards Kakashi at full speed. The battle was just beginning.
Naruto and Sakura were throwing punches and kicks at Kakashi. Kakashi would either dodge or block their attacks. Kakashi went on the offensive this time. Kakashi punched Naruto in the face. After that he kicked Sakura in the stomach. Both Naruto and and Sakura poofed away in smoke revealim=ng they were clones. Naruto jumped out from a busch behind Kakashi. He ran as fast as he could to Kakashi. Naruto put his hands to make the tiger seal with an eviel smile. Kakashi was only able to turn his head just in time to see what Naruto was about to do. Naruto shouted out to him, "This is payback Kakashi-sensei! A Thousand Years of Death!" Naruto shoved his fingers up Kakashis butt. Kakashi was sent flying through the air holding his butt. Kakashis eyes were wide as he hit the ground. Naruto exclaimed in victory as he pumped a fist in the air. He herd a voice behind him.
"Whew... That was a close call." Naruto turned around to see Kakashi unfazed. Naruto looked back to see the Kakashi on the ground go poof. Naruto looked at the orignal again as he smirked.
He said, "That's just like you Kakashi-..." Before Naruto could finish he saw Sakura jumped out from a nearby tree. She got ready to punch Kakashi. Naruto was able to jump away in time. Kakashi on the other hand had to block it. Sakura made contact with Kakashi pushing him to the ground and creating a large crater. The earth shook as the crater was formed. Sakura stood in the crater alone. A small log broken in half was under Sakuras fist. Apparently Kakashi was able to do a subsitution at the last second. Naruto jumped into the crater to stand by Sakura. "Man Kakashi-sensei is fast. He just keeps us close but not too close."
Sakura nodded as she said, "They don't call him the 'Copy Cat ninja' for nothing Plus he's copied a lot of Jutsu."
Kakashi stood outside the crater. He looked at his two students inside. 'They have gotten stronger. I'm barely avoiding thier attacks.' Just as the sun went down completely Naruto jumped out of the crater. Rasengan in hand he headed right towards Kakashi. Naruto thrust the Rasengan towards Kakashi. Kakashi quickly jumped away rom the Rasengan. It caused a small explosion making a small hole. Naruto looked at Kakashi and smirking. Then Sakura popped up right under Kakashi. She gave him an upper cut in the chin. Kakashi was sent flying in the air. Kakashi straightened himself out in the air. He made fast hand signs again. 'Water style: Water Dragon Jutsu.' Out from the air itself a giant dragon made of water was formed. The dragon went down heading towards Naruto and Sakura. Naruto and Sakura were shocked to see a giant water dragon heading towards them. They jumped away as the water dragon came in at striking distance. The water splashed across the area. Kakashi landed on the ground. Naruto and Sakura were no where in sight. Kakashi still had his guard up nonetheless.
Behind a tree far out of Kakashis hearing were Naruto and Sakura. They both were panting from exhaustion. They both used a lot of energy trying to beat Kakashi. Naruto spoke between pants. "This is...getting us...no where. How can we...get those bells?"
Sakura still panting looked at Naruto. " I don't know. He can see and hear us a lot better than we thought. If there was only a way to distract him long enough. Naruto stood deep on thought. What was the best way to distract Kakashi. No sooner than a few seconds did a lightbulb turned on over Narutos head.
He giggled at the thought. He wondered why he didn't think of it before. Sakura looked at him like he was was he gigling in a serious asked, "What's so funny Naruto?
Naruto still struggling to hold back giggles. "I know how to beat Kakashi." After a quick explanation Sakura started to giggle.
"I can't believe I didn't think of that before. We'll get those bells if this works."
Kakashi stood in the same postion where the dragon hit the ground. Kakashi looked around one last time. 'Hm. It's not like Naruto to stay hidden too long. Even Sakura would've wanted to try again with a new tatic. I wonder what they're up to.' Naruto and Sakura jumped from a tree branch right in front of Kakashi.
Hinata still hidden behind the tree when the battle started watched as Naruto and Sakura head towards Kakashi. She thought about what might happen. 'I believe you can do it Naruto.'
Kakashi looking at Naruto and Sakura thought, 'Speak of the devil.'
Naruto and Sakura started to run around Kakashi in opposite directions. Sakura nodded to Naruto with a smirk on her face. Naruto nodded back with a grin and looked at Kakashi while running. "Hey Kakashi-sensei! You know that book I gave you. I'll tell you what happens. You see the hero will..." Realizing what was happening Kakashis eyes went wide.
He screamed in his mind, 'What! No he's spoiling the book!' Kakashi covered his ears tight. Unforuntatly Kakashi could read Narutos lips while the Sharingan was active. 'No! I can still read his lips!' This time he closed his eyes while plugging his ears. After a minute he opened his eyes and unplugged his ears. He looked in shock to see Naruto and Sakura holding a bell each. Both were smiling at their sensei with pride in themselves. Kakashi didn't expect this to happen. Goes to show you never know what to expect.
Hinata smiled seeing Naruto past the test. She knew he could do it. He was resourceful and stubborn. That's what she liked about him. She turned to head to the village. She smiled at Naruto one last time before leaving.
Kakashi looked at his students with pride. They really have gotten stronger. He smiled under his mask. "Well you passed. I look forward to working with you again. This time as comrades instead of sensei and students." Naruto grinned at his sensei. Team 7 was offically back. Sakura also smiled at this thought. Kakashi put his headband back over his left eye again. "I'll have to fill out some paper work later. So you'll have a day off tomorrow. After that we'll be doing missions together as Team 7. So enjoy yourselves while you can." Kakashi waved at them before disappearing again. Naruto grinned at Sakura as he got an idea.
"Hey Sakura lets head to Ichiraku to celebrate." Sakura smiled sadly at Naruto.
"Sorry Naruto, I promised my mom I'd be home when I got done." Naruto dropped down his grin at Sakuras words. Then he put it up again. He wouldn't want Sakura to get in trouble.
He said, "Alright Sakura, we'll try next time." Sakura nodded her head in agreement as she began her journey home. Naruto followed her until they were in the village. Then went thier separate ways. Naruto started his journey towards the ramen stand. He hadn't eaten Ichiraku ramen in three years. His mouth watered as he started to run to the ramen shop. He shouted so loud the entire village could hear him. "Look out Ichiraku! Naruto Uzumaki is heading your way!"
An: I figured since I took my time on Chapter 2. I get Chapter 3 out as soon as I could. But don't get use to the updates being so close to eachother okay? Well that was Chapter 3 I hoped you enjoyed it. Please review and stay tune for Chapter 4.