Sorry I went to Los Vegas with family so I couldn't right anything but I got some ideas along the way. With that said on with the story.


The body of Kakashi was going slowly to the ground and then suddenly

'Poof'

There was a log with clothes on. Sasuke thought 'another substitution jitsu and now he knows where I am, got to move fast' rushing through leaves and branches 'I thought he lowered his guard, but he did that on purpose and I fell for it'

'So that's where he is' thought Kakashi

Sakura moved because she thought Kakashi would start looking for them. Then she stumbled and saw Kakashi. 'Ah hope he didn't hear that'

Kakashi whispered "Sakura over here". Then did a hand sign and got her in a genjitsu.

"Huh… oh my… someone there? I think I felt something. What's going on?" she said getting worried.

"Sakura" came the voice of Sasuke

"Sasuke?" Sakura said. She looked and saw Sasuke beaten with kunai and shuriken sticking out of his body. She panicked and screamed seeing someone die for the first time.

"I think I over did it a bit, but she's got to see through these things." Kakashi said reading his book.

"Hmm? Sounded like Sakura?" Sasuke said.

"Shinobi battle skills #2, the illusion jitsu. Sakura studied it in class but she still couldn't see it coming" Kakashi said.

'Genjitsu, it's just simple mind control. I'm not surprised he caught Sakura with it, but…' thought Sasuke. "I'm not like Sakura and Naruto" he then said

"Say that after you get a bell" Kakashi said teasing Sasuke. Then they battled.


With Sakura...

She was getting up then she remembered what happened.

"Oh no. Sasuke died. I hope he didn't get Naruto. Oh Naruto where are you? Damn it I shouldn't have left." she said worriedly. Thinking about the blonde.


With Naruto...

"Hmm? What's that?" he said looking at the box lunches. "Hey I know what those are. Heh I ninja must see through deception." He quoted his sensei. 'Maybe I should give them to Sakura and Sasuke… I mean they haven't eaten right? So it wouldn't be fair. Alright!' he declared in his mind.


Back with Sasuke and Kakashi…

He lost sight of Kakashi when he did the fireball jitsu. 'Where did he go? Behind me, above?"

"Where… I'm where you least expect me." Kakashi said before he pulled him down to the ground. "Earth style: head hunter jitsu… Can't move huh. That was the third battle shinobi battle skill. You have talent, and you were right you are 'different' than the other 2 but different doesn't always mean better. They say the nail that sticks up is the one that always gets hammered down."

"Uh. Great" Sasuke said.


With Naruto...

"Heh sensei said that if we don't get a bell then he won't give us lunch but if I get the lunch and hide it so that I can give it to Sasuke and Sakura then there's nothing he can do about it.

"Hi there" Kakashi said startling Naruto

"Um. I was just kidding sensei." Naruto said.

"Nice try" Kakashi said.


With Sasuke…

'He's stronger than I am. I can't get around that' Sasuke thought. Then Sakura came running out and stopped. She looked at his face and her expression changed from confusion to terrified.

"Sakura?" Sasuke said

"Ahhhhhhhhhh. SASUKE'S HEAD WITHOUT A BODY IS TALKING" she screamed then fainted.

"And that's my teammate" Sasuke said.

Moments later she woke up with Sasuke looking at her. "Huh Sasuke. Your ok" she said touching him to make sure it wasn't a dream.

"Hey stop that… hey… cut it out. Cut it out!" he said struggling to get away of the worried. Then she stopped and he stood up.

"I have to get a bell before lunch" he said

"Sasuke you're still trying to get a bell?"

"Back there I touched one, next time I'll get one"

"That is really great. I can't believe you did that. You're amazing" she said sarcastically although he didn't notice.

'I can't believe it. He touched a bell! I'll never get one which means he's ganna pass and I'll fail stupid, no good, show off!' Inner Sakura (I'm ganna call her I.S., no… Izzy, no… can you help me think of a name for inner Sakura?)

"RIIIIIIIIIIIING!" the bell rang well I guess you can tell obviously.

"Uh. I wasted too much time" he said.


Now back at the 3 posts…

3 stomachs were growling. (Naruto sure gets hungry fast doesn't he?) Naruto was tied up to a post.

"Uh oh stomachs growling huh? That's too bad. Oh by the way, about this exercise, I've decided. I won't send any of you back to the academy." Kakashi said.

"What? I passed? All I did was faint. Do you get points for that?" Sakura said. Then she started jumping for joy.

"Then, then, then, that means all 3 of us, all 3 of us-" Naruto said eagerly before getting cut off.

"Yes all 3 of you are being dropped from the program permanently.

"Drop us from the program? That means we can never become ninja. You said if we can't take the bells we would be sent back to the academy. You can't just change that. Why would you do that?" Naruto yelled.

"Because you don't think like ninja. You think like little kids. Like brats." Kakashi said. Then Sasuke got up and rushed him. He was pinned easily.

"You think it's all about you… You don't know what it means to be a ninja. You think it's a game huh? why do you think we put you on squads? Did you consider that question for one moment?"

"I don't know what you mean." Sakura said and at the same time Naruto whispered "Teamwork". Nobody heard him so he decided to keep it to himself.

"I mean you never realized what this exercise is all about. Not even close."

"What... it's about?" Naruto said trying to act like himself again.

"Yes that's what determines whether you pass or fail."

"But that's. I mean I wanted to ask you that from the beginning." Sakura said.

"Tch use your head. We put you on a squad why do you think we would do that… it's basic. TEAM WORK?" Kakashi said getting to genin shocked and an expression he couldn't make out because he had a cloth on.

"If all 3 of you had come at me, you might have been able to get 1. Anyway it's over"

'Wait a minute' "You set it up with 3 people but only 2 bells. If we worked together and got the bells, only 2 would get them and that would lead to group conflict and the squad would break up." Sakura said

"Exactly, I purposely got you against each other" he said. "I wanted to see if you would overcome that and see if you would put the squad ahead of yourselves. Genin should have a natural feel for teamwork. But you, it never even crossed your mind."

"SAKURA. You obsessed over Sasuke's death while Naruto was right in front of you to help him" he said making her feel useless.

"Naruto. You do everything on your own. Everything. And you Sasuke, thought the others were so far beneath you they were worthless. Arrogance. Ninja missions are carried out in squads. Of course you need individual skills but teamwork is the most essential element. Every shinobi understands this. When individuals put themselves above the squad this can only lead to failure and death. For example Sakura kill Naruto or I kill Sasuke." He said pulling out a kunai and placing it next to Sasuke's neck.

"That's what happens on a mission. The enemy takes a hostage and you got an impossible choice and someone ends up dead." He said putting his kunai back in his pouch. "On every mission your life is on the line."

"Did you look at this stone?" he asked walking to it. "The names in graved on it. They are all ninja who are all heroes that are honored in our village."

"That's it. I decided that I'm going have my name in graved in that stone" Naruto said

"They are a special type of hero."

"Huh what type of hero are they"

"They are all K.I.A."

"Oooo. That sounds really cool Naruto said while thinking 'I shouldn't have brought it up.'

"It means killed in action. They all died" Sakura said.

"This is a memorial stone. The names of my closest friends are in graved here" he said. "Alright I'm going to give you one more chance, but I'm going to make it harder for you. You're going to get 3 hours before you get the bell. Eat lunch now to build up strength, but Naruto doesn't get any."

"Grrr" Naruto said.

"It's your punishment for breaking the rules and having breakfast" He said. "And if anyone try's to feed him, that person will immediately fail."

"I make the rules you follow them. Got it." He said in a threatening tone.

They started eating then they stopped when they heard Naruto's stomach growl.

"I can take it. This is no big deal." He said then his stomach growled again.

'Damn it dobe. Quit acting so tuff' "here" Sasuke said putting his boxed lunch in front of him.

"Sasuke?" he said.

"What. No Sasuke you can't do that you heard what sensei said." Sakura said looking out for Kakashi.

"Kakashi is gone. We need to get those bells as a team. If Naruto is hungry he'll be weak and useless. That hurts the team and jeopardizes the mission." He said.

'Yes I get to feed Naruto, but I can't let him think I like him just yet.' Sakura thought. Then she gulped and put the boxed lunch in front of him.

'Sakura' he thought then Sakura smiled warmly. "Ok thanks he said."

"Don't thank me. just hurry up and eat" she said 'damn it hurry. C'mon take off that thing already.' Thought looking at his cloth

"But isn't that your lunch"

"I-I'm on a diet. I-I mean I don't eat as much as Sasuke so JUST TAKE IT NARUTO" she said

'Is she implying that I'm fat? What the fuck' Sasuke thought "Hurry up he could come back any minute" he said I little irritated.

Then she almost took off his mask when all of a sudden Kakashi appeared in smoke and said "YOU. You broke the rules. I hope you're ready for the punishment." He said then did hand signs and there was a bunch of dark clouds "any last words." And the genin were all shaking.

"B-b-but you said." Naruto started

"Yes"

"You said that there were 3 of us and that's what you said… so Sakura and Sasuke" getting quieter towards the end.

"We're all in this squad and we're all in this together" Sasuke said after. Then Sakura got up.

"Yeah. We gave our lunch to him because the 3 of us are 1" She declared.

"The 3 of you are 1? That's your excuse?" Kakashi said "You pass" then the clouds disappeared.

"Huh?"

"You… Pass. The other teams before you always did what I said and they never thought for themselves. In the ninja world those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." He said.

"You know, he's k-kinda cool" Naruto said "Hey Kakashi-sensei where can I get a mask like that one?"

"Oh, well just head over to the recon district and you'll find a weapons shop tell them I sent you then ask them what you want ok"

Everyone started looking happy. "The exercise is over. Squad 7 starts its first mission tomorrow." Kakashi said giving them a thumbs up. "Let's go home "Then they left. 'Hmm… I feel like I'm forgetting something.' they thought in unison.

Naruto was struggling 'damn it I knew they would leave and forget about me'

'Well they're not here you could use your spider powers' Kyuubi said slyly.

'Heh yah I could. Hey! Can you work on a way for me to get you out here?'

'Hmm. Yes I would like to feel free again. I'll see what I can do'

Then he cut the ropes with his new venom like whip, of course a new invention. Then he headed over to the recon district.


At the recon district...

As soon as he saw the weapons shop he went in. when he got there he heard a ring and noticed a bell hanging at the top of the door. Then a man looking very buff asked "How can I help you?"

"Well Kakashi told me to come here to get what I needed, so I was wondering if you could give me a mask like Kakashi's" he said

"Um yeah, hold on let me see if I have them in stock. You see not a lot of people buy them so we don't make many" he said

"Ok" he said then he heard a ring and noticed a girl with 2 hair buns, a pink shirt and green pants.

"Hey dad, I'm back from training!" She yelled

"In a minute!" he yelled back.

"Oh a customer how can I help you" she said

"Oh um… well you see that guy is already helping me" He said as he recognized the girl as Tenten. He thought of her as cute the year before when he failed.

"Hey, you look familiar… Have we met?" she said.

"Oh um I don't think so" He said trying to cover it up. She now recognized his voice and was surprised to see him with a new style.

"Oh I remember you. You're Naruto that guy who failed last year" she said

"Uh heh… Yeah that's me" He said sheepishly.

In the other room Tenten's dad was listening 'hmm Naruto… Naruto… oh yah Naruto Uzumaki. Boy's had a hard life hmm… maybe I should modify it to be a little more helpful' He thought. He was one of the people who had enough of seeing Naruto get hurt and had stopped it once by calling the Hokage.

When he came out they were talking like friends and Tenten was feeling happy. "You're in luck this happens to be my very last one. Oh and it's on the house seeing as this is your first time. come back some more so you can check out the latest designs for new weapons and pre-order them.

"Um… yah thanks. I really appreciate it" he said bowing his head down.

"Well Naruto see you around ok" She said.

"Yeah see yah" then he left.


With Naruto heading home...

Kiba was having a really bad day. Then he bumped into Naruto.

"Hey watch where you're going! Huh… oh hey Kiba" he said.

"Grrr… I'm not in the moo-… you look different" he said because he didn't see the new clothes Naruto had when they were calling out teams. Naruto made his eyes look like upside down U's (I'm ganna call them his eye smile)

"Heh what are your thoughts on the new duds?" he said

"What is this some kinda ninja fashion show? Cuz if it is I got some black and brown tights that'll put you to shame" Kiba said sarcastically and pissed off.

"What, not a fan of the new me? Heh" he said teasingly

"First of all you smell like shit. Second, you look like one of those emo kiddies they got all over the internet, jabbering about how hard their life is when they've never even known how hard ninja training is."

"Oh my god… you have a 'My Face' page. Don't you?... Ha. Dork!"

"I do NOT!"

"Ha you so totally do!"

"Shut up. So annoying"

"Will you add me as a friend? I'll poke you and you'll poke me back" He said teasingly.

"I said SHUT UP"

"Well later Kiba" Naruto said dashing off. 'Heh annoying Kiba. Success.'

"Grrr… Naruto get back here"


Well that's it sorry again I was at Los Vegas so yeah any way, if you didn't know what I meant by Short harem or major harem then it's like this.

Short harem 3-7

Major harem is 7-12