Oi! Sorry that I haven't been posting! I have a lot of things going on right now like camp. This is my only free time because of, like I said, camp, and then I have to go to Nashville to visit my family, then I have MORE camp. This chapter might be a little short, so sorry about that. Anyways, enjoy!
I DO NOT OWN NARUTO…. BUT I STILL WISHED I DID!
Chapter 6
The Firsts.
Kai's POV
"Now," the sensei said smirking, "go! They all disappeared as soon as Shi-sensei started the test. Kai soon found himself in the edge of the woods surrounding the training field. Kai got his first good look at his Sensei. He hadn't really been listening to what he was saying the day before because Kai had heard it all before in the anime. Therefore Kai never really thought about how Shi-sensei looked. Instead of have the forehead protecter tied around his right arm like Koto, Shi had just the metal part on his arm. Just like Shikamaru in Shippuden. Shi-sensei had pitch black hair except for a one inch white strip of hair coming over the left side of his head. He had pitch black eyes as well. Kai crouched even lower into the shadows of the trees. He knew what the exercise was about, teamwork, so he had to find Flash and Koto and work with them to complete the challenge. He then heard a thump of a kunai hitting wood aways way. He quickly snapped his head over to his sensei. Shi-sensei had thrown a kunai at an bird thinking it was either Kai or one of his teammates. Kai scanned his surroundings to locate his teammates, he soon saw a little bit of red in some bushes to his right. Kai checked on his sensei's location before moving over to Koto. Kai snuck behind some trees keeping to the shadows. He almost moved right into Shi-sensei's field of vision, but stopped himself just in time. Kai continued to sneak behind the trees over to his red haired teammate. By the time he got over to the bushes he found out that Koto had moved a little north of bushes while Kai was making his way over to him. Kai easily spotted Koto and quietly moved up behind him. Kai gently and quietly put a hand on his teammate's left shoulder.
Koto's POV
Koto disappeared into some bushes right as soon as the training began. All he had to do pass was to get a bell.
"It's just a bell. How hard could it be to grab it? I mean sensei doesn't really seem that strong, I bet that I could take him on all by my self! Forget Kai and Flash I got this!"
Koto smirked at his sensei. He studied Shi's movements and behavior. Hey, he might have been a prankster before but he still did pay attention to Tomoyo-sensei sometimes. He had probably stayed still for about ten or fifth-teen minutes before he had a feeling that he was being watched. He moved a little north closer to the edge of the forest. Koto still had a feeling that he was being watched.
"Could've Shi-sensei made a clone while I wasn't looking?" Koto thought while scratching his head crouching lower into the bushes.
He pulled out a kunai just incase he someone snuck up to him from behind. Koto then felt someone's hand land on his left shoulder. He turned around and sung his kunai at the person behind him. The person then let go of Koto's shoulder, grabbed the kunai causing it not to slice their neck, then put their other hand on Koto's mouth. Koto stared into the eyes of his teammate Kai. Kai let his hand drop from Koto's mouth then let go of the kunai. "Kai!" Koto whispered, "What are you doing here!" Kai answered saying, "Look, this exercise is about teamwork. If we work together to get the bells then well will all pa-" "And what if your wrong Kai? What then?" Koto said cutting his Uchiha teammate off. "Then," Kai replied his face becoming serious, "then I will let you and Flash get the bells while I get sent back to the Academy." Koto blinked at him. "Pff, I don't need your charity. But…. I will work with you and Flash. I think that I saw Flash to my right in a tree." Koto and Kai snuck around the edge of the clearing over to the tree Koto thought that he saw their other teammate in. Just has he had thought Flash was in the tree. Flash saw them then hopped down of the branch next to them. "I guess that you found out what the challenge is really about?" She said looking at the both of them. "Yes," Kai answered, "we did. We need to work together to all be able to pass." "Yeah. Shi-sensei moved over by the river while you guys were looking for me by the way." "Yes. I saw him move not that long ago." Kai said to the blonde girl. "I have thought of a plan to get the bells too."
Flash's POV
As soon as the training began Flash disappeared onto a branch of a high tree on the edge of the clearing. She examined her sensei closely seeing if he had any weaknesses. She saw that he had a small limp on his right leg. If she hit the back of Shi's right knee then it would probably cripple him for a few seconds. A few seconds was enough to give him a hard blow to the back of his neck, or steal the bells. As Flash was thinking she noticed that Shi-sensei had moved. She started hopping to other tree branches until she came to the river. Shi-sensei stopped there and started turning his head towards the tree that Flash was in. Seeing this Flash quickly hid behind the trunk of the tree.
"Shit shit shit! Did he see me? Please tell me that he didn't see me!"
Flash put a hand one of her swords ready to draw it whenever she had the chance. She heard a little rustling from some bushes a little deeper into the woods. She took a peek at the river and saw Shi still scanning the area. The noise must have came from either Kai or Koto, she hopped to a further branch and looked at the ground beneath her. She saw both Kai and Koto together and not fighting. She smirked. Flash then hopped off of the branch and landed next to her teammates. "I guess to found out what the challenge is really about?"
"What the challenge is really about?! When did I figure that out? It seems like I always knew though. But why? Why do I know that it is teamwork? Maybe I'm wrong."
"Yes we did. We need to work together to all be able to pass."
"I WAS RIGHT?!"
"Yeah. Shi-sensei moved over by the river while you guys were looking for me by the way." Flash replied. Kai looked straight at her. "Yes. I saw him move not that long ago. I have thought of a plan to get the bells too."
Shi's POV
He saw his students disappear as soon as he gave the word. He scanned the area looking for any sign of the kids. The Uchiha and Himura should be a little bit of a challenge to find, but the Shintaro shouldn't be that hard. About ten minutes later he heard some rustling coming from some bushes next to him.
"Bingo! One down two to go! I believe that's Koto." He smirked. "He should be more careful when he's trying to stalk an enemy nin."
He started scanning the are for Kai and Flash. Shi walked to the other side of the clearing looking for any sign of life in the surrounding forest. He heard some rustling of leaves in a nearby tree and threw a kunai there because of instinct. He heard the sound of his kunai hitting the trunk of the tree and then saw a bird fly out of the leaves.
"Oh. Just a harmless little mockingbird." He almost felt a little bad.
Shi continued walking to the other side of the clearing. He saw a couple small animals like squirrels running around the first floor, every once in awhile coming into the clearing. When Shi came to the other side he started walking towards the river. He got the feeling that he was being watched. His eyes went over the are around him. When Shi detected nothing he continued walking. He came to the river and looked down at the water. He watched his reflection ripple because of the waves. He smiled. It reminded him so much of his childhood, training with his father, complaining over his daily chores, playing with his brother, the quite house, the broken possessions, the blood, the bodies of his dead mother, father, and brother. His thoughts just took a dark turn. Shi shook his head clearing his thoughts. That was the night when he got his knee injury. He has changed since then. He was more carefree now, not as cold as he used to be. Usually when someone loses their family they go from carefree to cold. But for Shi it was different. He thought he had heard something in the trees next to him. Shi glanced over towards the forest. He could've sworn that he'd had seen something or someone on the branch.
"Theres to many birds in this forest." He thought sighing turing back around.
Shi sat down on the grass. The wind blew the grass causing it to brush up against his hands. It was almost sundown and his students were running short of time. He sensed three chakras all in one place.
"They must be making their move very soon."
Shi stood back up alert, his eyes scanning the area for any signs of sudden movement. A few moments later something jumped out of a tree. Shi turned to see Koto coming at him holding a kunai with both his hands above his head. Shi jumped away from the attack. Koto rushed at him then jumped in the air bringing his left leg up to kick his sensei in the side. Shi grabbed Koto's leg, spun him, and then threw him against a tree. When Koto's body hit the tree it turned into smoke.
"A shadow clone?!" Shi's eyes widened.
Less than a second later a huge fireball came from the woods behind him. Shi dodged the attack by jumping in the air and then as soon as he landed a shuriken struck the back of his injured knee, and a kunai with an explosive tag on it stuck to the ground next to him. Shi turned his head and watched in slow-motion as the tag exploded. He was able to jump a little to the side avoiding any major damage, but not enough to not get thrown back. While in mid-air, Shi turned his head to see a blur of yellow and back rush past him. A few seconds later his body hit a tree hard. The impact jarred his spine and skull, and made him cough up blood. Shi wiped the blood off his face, pulled out the shuriken, and slowly lifted up his head to see Flash standing a ways in front of him kneeling with one of her swords in front of her the tip pointing to her left, and then the other one behind her with it's tip pointing to her right. He saw that the two bells were on the the tip of the sword behind her.
"So they did it. They found out what the exercise was really about, eh?" Shi smiled at that. He was proud of them. Shi slowly stood up to see Kai and Koto running over to Flash, by that time she was back on her feet.
"Oi, Flash did you get the bells?!" Koto yelled before him and Kai stopped in front of her. She smiled and showed them her sword. "Yeah I did." They then all tured around to look at their sensei. "Congratulations, you pass!" Shi said smiling. Then Koto started jumping in the air celebrating, Kai smiling with a hand on his right hip, and Flash closing her eyes. Shi thought that he could see a smile under her mask.
"Their the first ones. The first ones to pass this test. The first ones to figure out the true meaning of the test. The first ones to become my students," Shi smiled and closed his eyes then opened them back up, "and these firsts have a long, hard road in front of them."
OK OK OK OK! I'M SORRY! This would've been posted a long time ago but as soon as I finished by stuff my baka sister spilled water. ALL. OVER. MY. COMPUTER. So I then had to go out and buy a new computer. Soooo yeah. Anyway hoped you enjoyed this chapter of The 3rd Brother! Remember to review! See ya!
