Konoha's Wild Warriors
"Spoken"
'Thought'
"Summons/Demon speaking"
'Summon/Demon thought'
A/N: Alright everyone it's time to start a new chapter. This one will be long because I'm doing team placements and the bell test. Also I was informed that fox's don't have great eyesight, but to be honest this isn't going to make Naruto's eyesight worse or better because quite frankly I'm already going to give someone horrible eyesight. You'll find out who it is later in this chapter.
It was nighttime in the village of Konoha, but ninja of chuunin rank and higher had been ordered to find Naruto Uzumaki, because he had in his possession the forbidden scroll. Said blonde was in a clearing deep in the forest leaning against a tree, with the forbidden scroll tucked under one arm. He was waiting for his sensei Mizuki to come and evaluate his 'make-up exam' and the barefoot child was bored out of his mind. 'Come on you silver haired punk, I have things to do' the blonde grumbled to himself.
"Naruto!" called out a voice. The fox boy turned to stare in surprise at where the voice came from. 'Shit! Please don't be him, pleas don't be him…' prayed the blonde. Suddenly out from the leaves burst none other than Iruka. The brown haired chuunin had an extremely worried look on his face.
"Naruto what are you doing with the forbidden scroll?" Iruka questioned the fox like boy. "The entire village is searching for you! Do you even know what you've done?" Iruka practically screamed at the boy.
Naruto was panicking at this point. "Iruka trust me this isn't what it looks like," the blonde told Iruka quickly. Before he could continue he heard the whistling of kunai. With surprising speed Naruto tackled his sensei to the ground, narrowly avoiding several kunai.
"Good job Naruto, now just give me the scroll and you pass," Said Mizuki, appearing on a tree branch with two fuma-shuriken strapped to his back. He had an obvious fake smile on his face and was staring at Naruto with a power hungry look on his face.
"Naruto don't give Mizuki the scroll! I don't know whats going on here but you can't trust him!" Iruka shouted to the blonde who was staring at the silver haired ninja with an impassive look.
Naruto didn't listen and tossed the scroll to Mizuki, much to Iruka's horror. Mizuki grinned and was about to catch the scroll when the 'scroll' disappeared in a poof of smoke. Before the surprised nin could do anything a fist slammed into Mizuki's jaw. Causing him to fall to the ground in crumpled heap.
"Well that was disappointing," growled out Doku, who had henged himself into the scroll. He turned to an amazed Iruka and raised his hand and gave a lazy "Yo,"
Mizuki, sat up rubbing his jaw and glared at the red-eyed boy. He reached for his shuriken only to be stopped by the feel of a kunai against his throat. Turning his head around he was met with the piercing grey eyes of none other than Tsuuro Yoku.
"Don't even think about it or I'll slit your throat," the boy said in a cold voice.
"What is going on here?" shouted a confused Iruka.
"Simple sensei, Mizuki's a traitor. He tried to convince Naruto into stealing the forbidden scroll saying that if he did, Naruto would be promoted to genin," Doku said lazily. "Fact is, Naruto has been suspecting that Mizuki was a traitor from day one. So he told us and the hokage about it, saying that if he was right then we got rid of a traitor and if he was wrong then nothing would happen and he'd go another year at the academy as punishment for suspecting a fellow Konoha shinobi of treason," at this point Doku had a smirk on his face and was staring at Mizuki, daring him to try something.
Mizuki was about to say something when he felt Yoku press the kunai against his throat, drawing some blood. Needless to say the silver haired nin stayed quiet. Naruto smirked and helped Iruka back to his feet.
"Wait, Naruto is this all true? Does the hokage really know about this?" Iruka asked glancing at Mizuki, who had just gotten a small gleam into his eye.
"Don't listen to him Iruka! Remember what he is!" screamed the silver haired man, ignoring the blade at his throat.
"And what is Naruto exactly?" inquired Doku. All three boys seemed curious as to what he would say.
"Mizuki don't! You know its forbidden!" Iruka cried with a desperate look in his eyes.
Mizuki ignored Iruka. "12 years ago, the Kyuubi attacked and everyone was told that the fox was killed by the fourth but that's not true because no one could kill the fox!" he said with a crazed smile "Instead he sealed the beast into a child, a baby born on that very day," here he paused, staring at his captive audience with a psychotic gleam in his eyes before they rested on the blonde. Here his smile got even bigger.
"That child… was you! That is why everyone in this village hates you! You are Kyuubi no Kitsune reborn in human flesh!" crowed the traitor. He was sure that he had crushed the blonde boy and scared the other two boys, but instead he only heard the laughter of both Doku and Naruto and felt Yoku press his kunai against the man's neck with a bit more pressure, drawing even more blood.
"Whats so funny, demon brat," spat Mizuki. Yoku just used his other hand and turned Mizuki's head to the right. What the silver haired traitor saw made his blood freeze.
There, standing with his head bowed and killing intent rolling off of him in waves, was none other than Hiruzen Sarutobi the third Hokage and nicknamed Kami no Shinobi, and he was pissed. Slowly he lifted his head and sent a glare at Mizuki that would make even the Shinigami himself nervous.
"Mizuki you have broken my law, you are hereby sentenced to death," the old man stated coldly. With a nod to Yoku, the grey-eyed boy slit Mizuki's throat. Mizuki died seconds afterwards with a look of horror and disbelief on his face.
"Looks like you were right Naruto," said the old man to the slightly saddened boy. "Naruto in light of your acts I hereby promote you to the title of genin," said the hokage kindly. "Don't you agree Iruka?"
Iruka got over his shock and tossed his headband to Naruto with a proud smile. "I do indeed hokage-sama, welcome to the shinobi corps Naruto," stated Iruka kindly.
Naruto caught the headband and tied it to his forehead proudly, giving everyone his famous foxy grin. Then the boy did the most unexpected thing and tackled both Iruka and the hokage to the ground in massive bear hug.
"Ack! Naruto! Can't! Breathe!" gasped the hokage while Iruka just laughed along with Doku and Yoku at the blonde's antics. Naruto eventually let go of both men and gave them a sheepish grin.
"Right then, all of you be at the academy tomorrow for team placements, now since you're a genin Naruto I'll have to make some changes to the team rosters," sighed the hokage, mumbling about damned paperwork. Yoku tilted his head at the old man.
"Hokage-sama? May I ask you something?" asked Yoku. Surprised the hokage nodded at the boy. "Ano, why don't you just use shadow clones to do the paperwork?" asked Yoku politely.
The next thing Yoku knew he was in the most bone crushing bear hug he had ever felt. The embarrassing thing was that the old man was shaking him like a ragdoll while saying thank you over and over again with anime tears running down his cheeks. Eventually the hokage let him go and all five left the forest to get some rest for tomorrow.
The next day
All three boys were seated in the back row of the academy room. Iruka was listing off teams as he went but had yet to call any of the their names. Currently all three boys were sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting desperately for their names to be called.
"Finally team 7 will consist of Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno-" here he was interrupted by a shout of joy from Sakura. Clearing his throat he continued "Naruto Uzumaki and Yoku and Doku Tsuuro, your sensei will be Kakashi Hatake," finished the chuunin.
"Wait a minute why do they have five members AND Sasuke-kun?" shouted out Ino, a platinum blonde haired girl in purple with her headband around her slim waist, indignantly to the instructor. She was met with murmurs of agreement.
"The hokage was the one who made these rosters, so if you have a problem take it up with him," Iruka sighed. After last night he was looking forward to the break he'd get before the next batch of genin came in.
"Right then, your senseis should be coming to get you at any moment now, so good luck everyone," with that Iruka left.
Soon the room was vacant except for team 7. Currently all 5 were doing something to occupy their time. Sakura pestered Sasuke for a date while he brooded. Yoku was sitting in a chair reading his archery scroll, while Doku threw a ball against the wall in boredom. Naruto was busy setting something up at the door.
Curious, Yoku peered at Naruto from over his scroll. "Naruto what are you doing?" inquired the archer. Naruto had currently wedged an eraser in the door so that when it slid open, it would fall onto their sensei's head when he walked through.
"Oh just setting up a prank to teach the last bastard that its not good to keep his new team waiting," the blonde smiled cheekily. The blonde was crouched next to the door doing something that only Doku and Yoku seemed to notice.
"Hmph, as if a jounin would fall for such an obvious trap," the Uchiha grunted.
"Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke," the blonde said chiding the raven haired boy teasingly, "Instead of trying to explain something to you that you will most likely ignore, just watch and learn," Naruto replied, before sitting next to Yoku, waiting for Kakashi to arrive.
He did not have to wait long for soon the door opened and a man with silver hair that defied gravity appeared wearing standard jounin gear, gloves with metal plates on the back, a facemask and his headband tilted so that only his right eye could be seen. Kakashi easily dodged the eraser and gave the new genin a lazy look.
"Did you really thi-" he was cut off when he noticed that his foot had tripped a wire. Before he could react he was hanging upside down by his right leg. Doku laughed at his sensei's predicament while Yoku just smirked.
"Ok my first impression of you all is that I hate you," stated the silver haired nin, deciding to rest his upside down gaze on Naruto who just gave him a foxy smile. "Meet me on the roof for introductions," with that the jounin disappeared while the five genin walked to the roof.
All of them were now seated around their sensei who was leaning against a railing. "Ok, now that we'll be working together tell me about yourselves," said the one eyed nin.
"Um how about you go first sensei so we have an idea," suggested Sakura.
"Fine, my name is Kakashi Hatake, I like things and I dislike things my dreams and hobbies… none of your business," he finished with an eye smile. His students just sweatdropped at his introduction. Doku grumbled, "All we learned was his name,"
"You're up pinky," said the lazy man, pointing at a somewhat offended Sakura.
"My name is Sakura Haruno and I like… my hobbies are… and dreams for the future…" every time she paused she would blush and glance at Sasuke.
"Any dislikes?" sighed Kakashi 'Great I've got a fan-girl' he thought
"Ino-pig, Ero-Doku and Naruto-baka!" she shouted shooting a very angry glare at Doku. The boy in question just wiggled his eyebrows at her with a grin.
"Ok then, how bout you go muscles?" prompted the man to Doku.
"My name is Doku Tsuuro, my likes include my brothers Yoku and Naruto, hand to hand combat, girls, spars and training my body. My dislikes include people who think they're better than someone, cowards and people who think they should get everything handed to them on a silver platter for no reason. Don't really have a hobby and my dream is to fight Tsunade Senju in hand to hand combat!" declared the boy.
'Interesting dream' "Right you're up broody," Hatake gestured to the brooding Sasuke.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I have no likes and many dislikes. My hobby is getting stronger and my dream, no, my ambition is to revive my clan and kill a certain man," stated the last Uchiha. Sakura was looking at him in awe.
"Right, you're up grey eyes," Kakashi said gesturing towards Yoku.
"Hai, my name is Yoku Tsuuro, I like my brothers, archery and strategies. My dislikes are ignorant people and those who treat others as inferior for whatever reason. My hobby would probably be studying medicine, studying the human body along with practicing my accuracy with both thrown weapons and my bow. My dream is to be a good shinobi and protect my precious people," stated Yoku politely.
"Looks like you're the last one whiskers," Kakashi said with an eye smile towards Naruto.
"My name's Naruto Uzumaki, I like my brothers, ramen, foxes, hunting and the outdoors. My dislikes are those who kill animals for fun, ignorant people, and the time it takes to make ramen. My hobbies are roaming forests and pranks, I guess, and my dream is to become a great shinobi maybe even the hokage if I get offered the position," finished Naruto with a grin.
'Ok so I have a brooding avenger and his fan girl, a muscle bound boy who loves fighting, a prankster who acts like a fox, and a polite genius.' Thought Kakashi "Right then meet me at training ground 7 tomorrow at 6 a.m for training and a test, also try to skip breakfast unless you want to puke," with that Kakashi gave them an eye smile and vanished before his students could protest.
A wind blew as all five genin just sat there each wondering just how bad could their training be if it would make them puke. Each genin were thinking about tomorrow and their sensei.
'Puke? How bad is this guy's training' thought a worried Sakura.
'This guy could give me the power I need to beat Itachi' Sasuke mused.
'Hmm, most likely this has something to do with the REAL genin test, I won't know until tomorrow, I suppose I'll just have to wait' concluded Yoku.
'This is going to be fun… Maybe I should get them ready' thought Doku with a grin.
'Hmm… something was off about that guy, I know for a fact he was lying by telling us we could puke' Naruto smirked.
After a while all five left for their homes. Doku, Naruto, and Yoku were walking home when Naruto stopped. Curious the twins stared at their blonde friend.
"Hey guys I'm gonna sleep in the forest tonight," stated Naruto.
The boys nodded and continued towards their shared apartment. It wasn't unusual for Naruto to sleep in the forest. The blonde would always say that sometimes he just needed to sleep out in the wild. When asked why he just said it felt natural. The Tsuuro brothers knew Naruto would find them easily with his nose.
Racing off our blonde hero headed towards the training ground where his team would be meeting. Once he arrived he noticed that it was a clearing with a small river and surrounded by forest. There were three posts and a memorial stone with names of all sorts.
First Naruto did a quick check to see if anyone was nearby. After double-checking to make sure no one was around Naruto closed his eyes and meditated, using the technique Kyuubi had taught him.
Slowly he felt the changes. He felt his nails harden and his hands shrink. Slowly he felt a falling sensation and dropped down on all fours, a feeling of warmth shooting all along his body and the sensation of something erupting from his lower back, but not in an unpleasant way. Soon the fox like boy opened his eyes and raced into the forest in search of a place to sleep and some prey.
The next day
It was a beautiful morning with the sun just starting to peek over the horizon. The animals were starting to awake and the birds were beginning to sing. It promised to be a beautiful day, but the beauty was lost upon one Sakura Haruno as she stumbled into the forest clearing.
Soon an obviously annoyed and tired Sasuke, followed by Yoku and Doku who didn't seem to care that it was 6 a.m and they hadn't eaten, joined her.
"Morning Sakura-san, Sasuke-san," greeted Yoku with a polite smile, while Doku gave his usual lazy wave. All they got was a grunt from Sasuke and an amazed stare from Sakura.
"How are you guys not tired like Sasuke-kun and I? And where's Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"Well to be honest, Doku, Naruto and myself are all used to waking up at this hour so it wasn't that big of a deal, also Doku and I had a very large dinner so we wouldn't be as hungry in the morning," explained Yoku simply.
Sasuke and Sakura both mentally slapped themselves for not thinking this, after all they were the top graduates in their class.
"So where is the dobe?" Sasuke asked, annoyed that he hadn't thought of eating more last night.
"Don't call Naruto a dobe! As for where he is we don't know, he said he wanted to sleep in the forest so he did, for all we know Naruto could be on the other side of the village," stated Doku, glaring at Sasuke.
"He's sleeping in the forest? Why on Earth would he want to do that?" screeched the pink haired girl.
"Because I like the feeling of sleeping out in the wild," stated a voice startling everyone.
They looked to see Naruto sitting in a tree with his sweatshirt acting like a pillow. He grinned his foxy grin and gave them a wave. Yoku gave him a warm smile while Doku returned the wave. Sasuke just glared at the blonde while Sakura wondered at how the blonde could be comfortable sleeping outside at night. The three genin then waited for their sensei to show up.
After an hour of waiting their sensei still hadn't shown up. Both Sakura and Sasuke were having trouble staying awake and their stomachs were growling. Yoku looked at them with pity. He went up to Doku and whispered something in his brother's ear. Doku nodded.
The Tsuuros then approached both Sasuke and Sakura with smiles on their faces. Before they could ask what was going on Yoku had finished doing some hand seals while Doku took out some food pills. Suddenly both Sakura and Sasuke hit the ground, out like a light.
"So what did you do to them?" asked Naruto trotting up to the twins. He noticed that Doku was making the unconscious forms of the Uchiha and Haruno swallow the pills he had produced earlier.
"I put them under a genjutsu that, when released, will have them fully awake. They really won't be any use if in their current state if this test is what I think it is," Yoku explained.
"And that test would be?" inquired Naruto.
"The genin test of course," Doku grunted standing up, "Yoku doesn't know what we'll have to do but he does know that it is very likely we could fail if none of us are at our best," explained the red eyed boy. Yoku nodded, confirming what his brother had said.
"So you knocked them out so they could get some rest and Doku gave them some food pills that should cure them of the worst of their hunger, though they'll still be a little peckish," summarized the blonde. Contrary to what his grades said Naruto was actually quite smart. How else could he make such great pranks and traps? Hell he was even a natural at fuinjutsu, something that even most jounin had trouble with.
"We'll wake them up in an hour. From what I learned, Kakashi is late for everything besides missions and orders to be somewhere by the hokage himself, also he has the nickname 'Copy Cat Ninja' I don't know why but I can only assume that Kakashi-sensei has a way of copying techniques," Yoku informed.
An hour later, Yoku broke the genjutsu and Sasuke and Sakura were awake, but they didn't seem to remember being put to sleep. At the moment all five genin were doing something to occupy their time until their ever-tardy sensei arrived.
Yoku was inspecting his bow for any damage and testing the string to make sure it wasn't loose. Doku was punching the air, practicing his taijutsu. Naruto occupied his time by inspecting the clearing, sniffing at the trees and air. That was until he decided to chase after falling leaves. Sakura was trying to get Sasuke to talk while the brooding avenger just sat there and, well, brooded.
After three hours of waiting a sudden poof of smoke heralded the arrival of Kakashi Hatake. "Yo," he said with an eye smile. "YOU'RE LATE!" screeched Sakura. "Sorry I got lost on the road of life," Kakashi responded. His students just sweatdropped at his excuse.
"Anyway it's time I told you what this test is about," stated Kakashi, earning the undivided attention of his students. "This test will determine if you are to become genin, and before you protest the genin exam you took was to weed out those who had potential to be shinobi and those who didn't," Kakashi explained. "Now this test has a 66% failure rate, meaning that only a third of you will pass this test." This was met with shock from all the genins.
The one eyed jounin then produced two silver bells. "Now all you have to do to pass is get one of these bells from me. Those who don't have a bell by noon will fail and be sent back to the academy," said the man with an eye smile.
"But sensei, there are only two bells," said a confused Sakura.
"Correct, that means at least three of you will be sent back to the academy," the genin all took on determined looks at this "You have until noon to get one and if you want a bell come at me with the intent to kill, the test begins… NOW," the jounin announced right after he hit the start button on a timer.
Immediately the five genin vanished and hid them selves in the surrounding foliage. Yoku watched his sensei closely, his mind a torrent of thoughts.
'This doesn't make sense, there have always been 4 man cells, three genin and one jounin sensei' thought Yoku 'It would make more sense if there were three bells, at least then two genin would fail but the cell would still consist of four members' the grey eyed boy sighed in frustration. Then he felt someone leap next to him, but he didn't panic.
"So what do you think bro?" Doku asked keeping his eye on Kakashi who had yet to move.
"It doesn't make sense, there have always been four man cells not three," Yoku said to his twin.
"Well there haven't been 6 man cells either," Doku pointed out.
"Yes, but there are only TWO bells. It would make more sense if there were three bells, the only thing I can assume is that Kakashi made this test to put us against each other," reasoned the archer.
"Why?" asked Doku.
"He wants us to attack him on our own, at least that's what it seems like," Yoku explained.
Doku snorted, "That's stupid, none of us could take on a jounin by ourselves, not even Naruto and he has a freakin demon sealed inside of him,"
Yoku's eyes widened in realization "Of course! Doku we need to find the others, the only way to get those bells is to work together. I'm almost positive this is what the test is about," he explained excitedly to his brother.
"Hmm, ok but first let's see what our sensei is capable of," said Doku with a devil may care grin. With that he leaped into the clearing and charged his sensei.
Doku cleared the distance and swung at Kakashi with a right hook aimed for his head. The jounin caught his fist and was surprised at the power. Kakashi had easily slid back several inches. Quickly he threw the attacking genin away.
Doku landed on his feet a few feet away and was about to charge again when his instincts told him to halt. The boy stopped and stared at his sensei while the man reached into his back pouch. He immediately readied himself for anything his sensei might throw at him.
To his surprise and confusion Kakashi just pulled out a little orange book and was now reading it. Curious the boy dropped his stance and cocked his head to the side at the masked man.
"Um sensei? Why are you reading a book?" asked a confused Doku.
"I want to know what happens next," Kakashi said simply.
Curious Doku walked over to his sensei and peered over Kakashi's shoulder to read the book. Now it was the silver haired man's turn to be confused.
"Shouldn't you be attacking me?" he asked the savage looking boy.
"I will, but first I want to see what book you're reading. Must be interesting if you carry it with you all the time," Doku explained
Soon both males were reading the book and giggling in a perverted way. Later, Doku tapped his sensei on the shoulder. Curious the jonin looked to see a fist coming straight at him.
Surprised the jounin caught the fist and was once again pushed back by the power behind the punch. Doku followed up his attack with a barrage of fists that had Kakashi blocking and dodging. One hit however got through and landed a solid blow to the one eyed man's chest.
The silver haired man flew through the air on a collision course with a tree. Before he hit though, a log replaced Kakashi and shattered against the tree.
Nodding as if satisfied, Doku leapt back towards his brothers hiding spot. Kakashi appeared in the clearing once again only this time his book was gone and he was holding his side.
'That kids punches are almost as strong as Gai's. I think he actually bruised several of my ribs' Kakashi mused. 'I wonder what my other students are capable of?' with that Kakashi leapt off into the forest, curious to find out how good his students were.
Meanwhile the Tsuuro brothers were trying to find their blonde friend. It was proving to be quite difficult since Naruto was somewhat a master of stealth; he had to be in order to pull off some of his best pranks and avoid ANBU afterwards.
"Man where the where the heck is he?" Doku wondered.
"Where's who?" asked a voice
Doku jumped a bit and Naruto appeared from a bush. "Hey guys," he said cheerfully, "I assume you're looking for me right?" he asked.
Yoku nodded, "We need to get Sasuke and Sakura as well, after watching Doku fight Kakashi I can safely say that its going to take all of us to get those bells," the grey eyed boy explained to Naruto.
"I figured as much, Kakashi is an ex-ANBU and the only one besides Iruka to find me after some of my better pranks," Naruto stated.
"So what have you been doing?" Doku asked.
"Sensei has a pretty good nose for tracking scents so I've been wandering all over the forest leaving my scent trail everywhere so it would be hard for him to find me," explained the blonde, "In any case lets see if we can find Sasuke and Sakura,"
Just as he finished talking, a scream tore through the air hammering on the boys ears quite painfully, "Speak of the banshee," muttered Doku annoyed. The three leapt off to find the source of the scream.
The boys soon found both of their teammates in a small clearing some meters away from their original starting point. Sakura was a blubbering mess due to her infatuation's current position. Sasuke was nothing but a growling head on the ground; the rest of his body was trapped underground. Needless to say all three boys found this pretty amusing.
"Relax Sakura, Sasuke is fine he's just stuck underground," Yoku reassured the pink haired girl. "Besides I have an idea on how we can get those bells,"at this the girl ceased her blubbering and stared at Yoku curiously.
"As if I need your help!" snapped the trapped Uchiha, "I touched those bells and next time I'll get them, so just stay out of my way," Sasuke said. He was pissed that he had been trapped.
"And you plan on getting that bell how? You're nothing but a head who could be mistaken for a black duck ass from behind," teased Naruto, eliciting a growl from the raven-haired boy.
"He's right Sasuke, I'm not helping you unless you agree to helping us," Doku said.
"I told you I don't need your help! I need to get one of those bells and I can't afford to fail!" Sasuke growled.
"Look Sasuke you can have one of the bells if you want one so bad, but its obvious that you need our help in getting out of there," Yoku stated firmly.
The brooding teen grumbled to himself for a minute before grunting "Fine, I'll help you but one of those bells is mine," with that he gave a glare to Yoku.
Yoku nodded at the boy then gave Doku an expectant look. Doku grinned and plunged his fist into the earth in front of Sasuke. Before the Uchiha could say anything he was ripped from the ground in one powerful motion with Doku gripping onto the front of Sasuke's shirt. The red-eyed boy then dropped the Uchiha and walked over to his brother.
"Right then, here's my plan," Yoku then proceeded to explain his plan on how to get the bells.
Kakashi Hatake was once again waiting in the main clearing with his book out. Though he wasn't really reading it. Instead he was mulling over his students. 'I must say I'm disappointed in Sakura, she was said to be the smartest in her class yet she fell for a very simple genjutsu. Doku is incredibly powerful and his taijutsu is very good but he needs to work on his speed from what I saw. Sasuke lived up to his rookie of the year status but in the end he ended up losing. I know for a fact that Naruto has been hiding but I can't find him because his scent is all over the place, though I should expect a surprise from him any minute now. As for Yoku, the only thing I know about him is that he most likely attacks from a distance and is a strategist. If he can figure out the test and get the others to work with him then he should be able to make a good plan of action.' Kakashi mused.
Suddenly from the trees burst over a hundred Narutos and all of them were charging straight for Kakashi. Snapping his book shut the one eyed jounin proceeded to defeat the clones one by one. Suddenly he jumped into the air and dodged a giant fireball that had been launched by Sasuke who had apparently been hiding with the clones.
While he was in the air he heard a faint whistling noise. Immediately he twisted his body to avoid the arrows shot at him. Both of them passed by his sides, the tips barely grazing his hips. Thinking the worst was over he prepared to land, though he was confused to what had happened to all the clones. Then he noticed the shadow above him.
Looking up he saw Doku plummeting towards him with his fist cocked back and giant smile on his face. Before Doku landed, one word went through the lazy man's mind.
'Shit'
"Eat this sensei! Yoku Doku Tag Team Attack: Meteor Fist!" the red eyed boy roared. With that he slammed his fist towards his sensei and there was a giant BOOM that sent dust and debris everywhere. When the dust cleared it showed Doku in a large crater with his fist in the ground. Suddenly a buzzer went off signaling the end of the test.
"Very good all of you but unfortunately it seems none of you got a bell," Kakashi said as his students appeared in front of him, but instead of looks of defeat or anger, all of them were wearing giant grins except for Sasuke who had a victorious smirk. "Hm? Why are you all smiling?" Kakashi asked.
Sakura and Sasuke proceed to produce a bell each from their pockets. Kakashi's eye widened and he checked his belt where he had stored the bells on his side. Sure enough they were gone.
"Very good, but how did you get them?" asked an intrigued Hatake.
"It was Yoku's plan sensei," spoke up Sakura, "He had Naruto make a ton of clones then have Sasuke-kun henge himself as Naruto so you'd think it was only another clone. Once you started fighting the clones, Sasuke made a fireball to hit you with," she explained happily.
"I figured you would jump into the air to avoid the fireball, where you would be an easy target for my arrows. So I fired them aiming for the string of the bells, only, one of the arrows was actually a transformed Doku," Yoku said with a proud light in his eyes.
"That's when we got the bells. Sakura dashed in and grabbed the fallen bells while you were busy staring at Doku," Naruto finished.
"Very good, so I am to assume that Sasuke and Sakura are going to stay while you three go back?" Kakashi asked 'A brilliant plan but now to see if they got the meaning of this test' he thought.
All three boys nodded, but Sakura looked a little ashamed. "Wait sensei I want one of them to have my bell, they did most of the work I just grabbed the bells," she said. Sasuke just snorted at this. The black haired boy absolutely refused to give up his bell. Kakashi mentally sighed at this.
"Sakura you can keep it. All three of us refuse to leave the other behind, right guys?" Naruto said while both Tsuuros nodded in agreement.
"Well then I guess you three as well as Sasuke and Sakura," here he paused for dramatic effect. All three boys readied themselves for the worst while Sasuke and his fan-girl looked on in worried confusion. "Pass," said the silver haired man with an eye smile.
For a minute everyone was too stunned to speak. "NANI?" they all shouted at once, causing Kakashi to wince slightly.
"You all passed. This test was specifically designed to pit you all against each other despite the fact that you would need to work together," Kakashi explained "Remember this lesson and remember it well; those who break the rules are considered scum but those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum," the masked nin explained sagely. His students nodded in understanding.
"Now how about we all go out to eat to celebrate?" their sensei suggested. This was meet with cheers and the newly passed team 7 went off to celebrate. Tomorrow they would start their careers as shinobi but today they would celebrate.
A/N: YOSH! I am done with this chapter, which was particularly long, but I persevered and dug deep and ignited MY BURNING FLAMES OF YOUTH!
"YOSH! DANASCA YOUR FLAMES BURN BRIGHT WITH THE POWER OF YOUTH!"-Gai
"HAI GAI-SENSEI! IT IS MY DREAM TO BE AS YOUTHFUL AS YOU AND YOUR HANDSOME STUDENT LEE! IF I DON'T I WILL RUN AROUND THE VILLGA FIFTY TIMES ON MY HANDS!"-Danasca
"THAT'S THE SPIRIT!"-Gai
"GAI-SENSEI!"-Danasca
"DANASCA"-Gai
(Queue genjutsu and tearful hugging)
Anyway next chapter will begin the wave arc and during that mission Yoku will find something… interesting. Remember to R&R!