So, another new poll is up, but this time it is just kinda like a 'which 10 do you like out of the 20 I put up here' kind of poll. Those I won't even think about writing until I finish the ones in the other poll lol so take your time in taking it...whoever wants to take it.

Thanks to:

GarrasMyBoyzz - Right...Well, the first issue - the 100 million yen - I was planning on doing something with that later on in the story. It plays out with the fued with Iduna's uncle and the confusion with the aunt. And...secondly...yen and ryo are the same thing. Well, when I looked up the equivalency, like ten sites I went to said that ryo and yen are the same thing...so...*shrug*

Elemental Dragon Swordsman - So, yeah, since I'm going by the manga I didnt want to just fuse two chapters together...so you're left with a cliffy. =D Blame the manga and not me, but I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. Oh! And a shakujo is an actual weapon...well, instrument. Monks used them to ward bugs off the road (to save their lives) 'cause it was sometimes fashioned to have different tops with things jingling on them and not a crescent blade. Warrior monks used the one with the crescent blade...as far as I know.

Chapter Six

Pride Goeth Before a Fall

As soon as the word 'Go' left the silver haired Jonin's lips, everyone jumped away…except for Naruto.

"The basis of all shinobi arts is to become invisible…eradicate yourself." Kakashi murmured to thin air. He looked around, noticing that three of his students had hidden themselves well and Saiki was lazily flying overhead. Kakashi ignored the ice dragon, however, because he recognized the tactic from Kaze. Become a distraction since you can hold the enemy off and then have your partner attack your opponent while they were busy. It was very useful, but he had experienced this tactic before.

He ignored the dragon that was effortlessly floating in the sky, instead turning his attention to the chakra signatures of his students. Iduna had hidden up in a tree, losing sight of Sakura and Sasuke. She was hoping that her dragon companion could distract Kakashi, but she knew that the silver haired Jonin was most likely going to anticipate something along those lines. She needed to work together with someone, but she was an independent person. The only one she had ever relied on, besides Iruka, was herself. This task was going to become difficult. Plus, there were only two bells…

Iduna could handle not becoming a shinobi – she would either give her bell to Naruto or Sasuke of all people…but she thought that the pink haired shinobi needed to focus her mind on other things. Perhaps if Sasuke succeeded and Sakura failed, it would motivate her to do better?

Other than Iduna hiding in the trees, Sasuke was hiding in a bush and Sakura was lying on her stomach near the general vicinity of Sasuke's hiding spot. Naruto, however, managed to hide himself for a few moments before deciding he wanted to fight the silver haired Sensei one on one.

"Oh, Naruto…" the white haired kunoichi sighed before signaling to the dragon to distract the Jonin as soon as Naruto started to fight him.

"It's time for the match to begin!" the blond shinobi shouted quite loudly. Iduna winced – Naruto might as well be dead if they were on a mission. "Let's make it a real match, worthy of the greatest warriors!" Naruto declared, excitement lacing his voice.

Sasuke watched from the bushes, flinching slightly when Iduna appeared beside him.

"Sasuke-san, the best way to win is to work together. I'm willing, but are you?" she questioned, cocking her head to the side with a serious expression. He sneered at her and turned back to observe Naruto. She may have come from a powerful clan, but she was still a girl. In Sasuke's mind, girls were weak when it came to fighting. That was the mindset of an Uchiha.

Iduna glared at the dark haired shinobi. She couldn't read his thoughts, but somehow she could tell that they weren't very polite.

"Sasuke-san. Don't be stubborn." She tried again, but the raven haired shinobi uttered his thoughts.

"Females are weak." He spat, "I'll get a bell on my own." he growled, once again returning his attention to the battle before them.

"You may be thinking of the wrong kind of match." Kakashi told Naruto as the blond boy easily slid into an offensive stance. He whipped out another kunai and charged towards the silver haired Jonin.

"The only thing wrong here is your hairstyle!" Naruto shouted. Iduna gasped and whistled sharply, letting the icy dragon know that it was time to set their plan into action. Both she and Naruto halted, however, when Kakashi reached towards the pouch that was on his thigh. Iduna, fortunately, was still hidden by the brush. Saiki cooed from above, letting Naruto that he was there to assist.

"Let me teach you…your first ninjutsu skill!" Kakashi explained nonchalantly as he looked towards the sky, "Taijutsu…the art of the trained body." And with that Kakashi's hand slipped into the pouch that was on his thigh. Naruto grimaced, wondering if the silver haired Jonin was going for a weapon.

Suddenly, Kakashi pulled a book from his bag titled 'Icha Icha Paradise.' Iduna gasped lightly, recognizing the title as one from the dirty books Iruka told her to stay away from.

"Is something wrong?" Kakashi asked, "I thought you were coming for me." he droned, obviously already absorbed into the book.

"But…you…I mean, I…I…mean…why are you…that's a book!" Naruto spluttered in complete surprise. Iduna sighed. She wondered about the boy's intelligence at times. Sasuke simply glowered at the appearance of the book and Iduna didn't really care what Sakura was doing. She, and the rest of them, needed to focus on the survival exercise.

"Of course it's a book. I've been dying to find out how this story ends. Carry on." Kakashi waved, not caring that his student was standing right in front of him. Obviously, it was kind of an insult.

"It shouldn't make any difference in the outcome, considering who I'm up against." The silver haired Jonin continued, nose still buried in his book. Yeah, Iduna decided, it was definitely an insult. Naruto blinked for a second before becoming enraged.

"I'm going to flatten you!" the blond shinobi screeched, rage building from the insult. He pushed up his sleeves before attacking his sensei once more. His punch was intercepted without a second glance and Kakashi swiftly ducked underneath Naruto's roundhouse kick.

"Charge! Alright! That's it!" Naruto was getting even angrier by the minute. He went to punch the silver haired Jonin once again, but he stopped short when Kakashi disappeared and reappeared behind the blond boy. Naruto was confused – where did Kakashi go?

"Showing your back so many times is very poor ninjutsu…dunce." Their sensei calmly said, placing his hands in the seal of the tiger despite the fact that he was still holding his dirty book. Iduna's eyes widened. It was too advanced a technique to use against her best friend. What was their sensei thinking?

"Naruto! Get out of there!" Sakura screamed, "You'll be killed!" and it was then that Iduna whistled sharply again, but, despite the blast of cold and icy pain that erupted in Kakashi's face, he completed his technique. Naruto didn't have any time to react.

"Konohagakure Village's most secret and most sacred technique!" the silver haired shinobi exclaimed as he stabbed his fingers up his student's ass.

"One thousand years of death!" and with that, Naruto went flying into the water. Iduna took this chance to attack. Saiki flew down to claw at Kakashi's face while the white haired kunoichi released her shakujo from her back. With a flick of the wrist she released the chain and the crescent moon went soaring towards her sensei.

Sakura was still scoffing at Kakashi's last jutsu, comparing it to just shoving something up Naruto's ass…which just so happened to be correct.

Kakashi easily dodged both Saiki's claws and the crescent blade of the shakujo, but what he didn't expect was for her to twist the blade around so that she was launched into the air. Iduna kicked at him, missing, but flicked her wrist again to recall the crescent blade while twirling around so that the flat blade on the other side slashed at her sensei's stomach. Iduna wasn't really aiming for Kakashi's stomach, however, but the bells. Although she was still clumsy with the weapon – she hadn't touched one since the last time she was at the Ryuujin Compound – she managed to sever a bell. Her eyes narrowed when she picked it up. It had been too easy.

Sakura and Sasuke looked at the fight with wide eyes. Iruka hadn't been joking when he said that the white haired kunoichi excelled in taijutsu. In time, the shakujo would be like an extension of her spirit and body. The white haired female continued to frown when a bad feeling shuddered through her body. She turned and glared at her sensei when she heard Saiki hiss in anger.

"Drop the bell or I'll rip Saiki's wing off." The silver haired Jonin hissed, pushing his student to her limits. He had the dragon in a vice grip, ready to rip his wing off if the situation called for it. Iduna wasn't going to give up that easily. She dropped the bell and when he released the dragon, her hands went into a flurry of hand signs despite the fact that she was still carrying the shakujo.

"Baisuu Hiryuu no Jutsu! (Multiple Flying Dragon Technique)" she exclaimed as Kakashi was surprised. He jumped back as several small dragons assaulted his face. It had actually caught him off guard – he had never seen a summoning technique like that before. But, he was not a Jonin for nothing. As the white haired kunoichi dove for the bell, Kakashi shot his hand out and disarmed the girl. He then took the shakujo and sealed it inside one of his scrolls. She was pushed back into the tree behind her, but she had gotten the bell…but now she was disarmed.

"Is that the only technique you know?" he murmured as he read the book once again, "And really. You need to practice with that weapon more." He tutted, making Iduna's cheeks burn in shame. She ripped her hands up, after stowing the bell in her pocket, and went through a flurry of hand symbols.

"Hi Tou no Jutsu! (Ice Sword Technique)" she cried out, thrusting her arm to the side. In a flash of light and ice, a katana made purely of ice was resting in her hand. The hilt wasn't cold, however, it was like she was holding a normal katana in her hand.

"Now this is interesting." Kakashi murmured to himself, but he still didn't put his book down. Iduna knew that Naruto was up to something and decided that she was going to try to distract her teacher for him.

True to Iduna's thoughts, Naruto was formulating a crude plan while he was underneath the water. The white haired kunoichi lunged forward with her ice katana at the exact same moment that two shuriken exploded from the water behind Kakashi. In fluid and graceful movements, he grabbed the katana with one hand, dropping his precious book, and caught the two shuriken with two fingers with his free hand.

He was lucky. If he hadn't been wearing gloves, Iduna's katana would have given him frostbite. He shoved the girl away with enough strength that he shoved her through a tree. She lost her grip on the ice katana and landed on her shoulder awkwardly, but before she could recover, Naruto emerged from the river. He looked like a drowned rat.

"Well? What's the hold up?" Kakashi mocked the blond shinobi, "Get one of these bells by lunch, or you'll have no lunch!"

"Duh! I know that!" Naruto yelled at his sensei as he tried to catch his breath.

"You claim to surpass Hokage-sama, but you've already run out of steam." He said, moving so that the remaining bell on his belt jingled, "And Iduna has already gotten a bell…but she won't have it for long."

"Crap! Crap! Crap! I can fight no matter how hungry I am!" Naruto declared as his stomach gurgled. Iduna blushed as she heard her stomach growl as well, Saiki landing on her uninjured shoulder and crooning to her in sympathy. Dragons didn't need to eat as often as humans did.

"I just wasn't ready that's all!" the blond shinobi shrieked as their teacher turned on his heel to walk away.

"So learn to get ready. Don't they say that chance favors the prepared mind?" the silver haired Jonin questioned as he continued reading his book. Naruto glared at the retreating back of his teacher, watching as he stalked towards the white haired kunoichi. Kakashi was serious about getting a bell back. Naruto's eyes widened as he realized that Kakashi had been serious. He set his plan into action as seven clones suddenly exploded from the water. there were now eight total entities.

"Ha-ha!" Naruto crowed, "My specialty! The art of the doppelganger! Get ready! Now you face a lot more than just one of me!" He exclaimed, still trying to catch his breath. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Iduna recover her ice katana and disappear into the trees with Saiki.

"Not illusions, but actual multiple flesh-and-blood bodies!" Kakashi exclaimed, very slightly impressed, "But at your level you couldn't be strong enough to keep this up for more than a minute. You talk a good game…but you're still only Naruto! You're a one-trick pony who hasn't got what it takes to win!" but as those words left his mouth, he found his lower legs instantly covered with ice. They were frozen to the ground – Saiki had come up behind him and, borrowing some of Iduna's chakra, he had frozen Kakashi's legs to the ground while he had been distracted.

A split second later, one of the clones from behind Kakashi jumped on the Jonin's back.

"Heh-heh-heh…Nice to see your back…Sensei!" Naruto laughed, "I isolated one of my clones…sent it out of the water posing as me. While I circled around you!" The clone said, revealing himself to be the real Naruto.

"Here's payback for what you did to my ass! This must be hard on you, so I'll go easy. One good hit is all I want." He replied.

In the trees, Iduna had a feeling that something was going to go wrong.

"He used the art of misdirection…feinting to distract his enemy before he struck somewhere else!" Sasuke murmured, slightly impressed.

"Relax! I told you, I'm only gonna hit you once!" Naruto exclaimed as he pulled his arm back and let it go. As soon as it made contact with Kakashi, however, the silver haired Jonin replaced himself with one of Naruto's clones.

"The art of substitution…" Iduna whispered, suddenly feeling eyes on her from behind. She turned around and screamed. The sound echoed through the forest as she was send flying through a tree. Her lightly injured forearm snapped under the pressure and she lay on the ground, cradling it to her chest.

"Sorry about that, but I told you I'd get the bell back." Kakashi smirked, disappearing. The other three shinobi froze. They didn't know what had happened, but they did know something horrible had happened to Iduna.