I wanted to give recognition to two great people. Number one is the fan fiction writer Novrier because he has helped me improve my writing ability. The second is another fan fiction writer known as IIIIIIIIII. His story, 'Into the Realm of Magic' was the first fan fiction I read that used the breaking system I currently use.
Academy, Some Time Later…
Group 7 had been waiting an hour for their teacher to show up.
"He's late." Naruto angrily said
Sakura said, "Naruto, sit down.'
"How come our teacher's the only one who's late? I'm ready to roll, believe it. The other groups already took off probably on some adventure and Iruka Sensei is gone." Naruto said impatiently
"What are you doing!?" Sakura hissed.
Naruto was wedging an eraser at the top of the door to prank their new Sensei.
"This is what he get's for coming late." Naruto replied with a smile.
Sasuke closed his eyes and said, "Our teach is a Jonin. Do you honestly think he'll fall for something so juvenile?"
"I have to agree with Sakura." Daichi said no mater how much he wanted to disagree with her.
At that moment, a man Daichi recognized from his tour with Might Guy came through the door taking the eraser to the head. Naruto burst out laughing.
Sakura apologized. "I'm sorry Sensei. I told him not to do it."
"Honestly, it could have been worse." Daichi reasoned.
Kakashi took moment to think before he speaking. "How can I put this? My first impression of this group is that you're a bunch of idiots."
All of the Genin's faces fell when he said that.
Konoha: Roof
The Genin sat on some steps across from Kakashi who was leaning against railing.
Kakashi said, "Now let's have each of you introduce yourselves."
"How does it work?" Sakura asked.
Kakashi replied, "Tell me things you like, hate, dreams for the future, hobbies. Things like that."
Naruto asked, "Why don't you tell us about yourself first, so we can see how it's done?"
"Very well. I'm Kakashi Hatake. Things I like and things I hate, I don't feel like telling you. Plans for the future? I've never thought about it. As for my hobbies, I have lots of hobbies." Kakashi said, being as cryptic as possible.
"He didn't tell us much." Sakura said.
Kakashi said, "Let's start with you on the right."
"Believe it, I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I like instant ramen in a cup and love the ramen Iruka Sensei gets me. I hate how long you have to wait to eat the instant ramen after it's done. My hobby is eating various types of Ramen. My dream is to be the greatest Hokage then people will have respect me." Naruto said while messing with his headband.
"He's grown up in a very interesting way." Kakashi thought.
"Alright next." Kakashi said.
Sakura tried to go, but she kept fangirling over Sasuke. It didn't exactly take a genius to figure out that every category involved Sasuke in some way.
"And, what do you hate"" Kakashi asked, trying to get something out of the pink haired ninja.
"Naruto!" Sakura clearly exclaimed.
Naruto was completely shocked and frozen by what Sakura said.
"Seriously Sakura. You think she'd cut him a break one in a while, but it just never ends." Drake thought sighing.
Kakashi thought, "She's more interested in boys than training."
"Next." Kakshi said.
Daichi said, "My name is Daichi Ryu. I like helping my friends and training. I hate feeling powerless to protect those closest to me. My hobbies include reading, training, and hanging out with friends. My dream is to surpass my father in strength and become a great Shinobi."
"He could be a peace maker of the group, but he doesn't seem to like Sakura all that much. Could be trouble for the team work aspect." Kakashi thought.
Kakashi said, "Last one."
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream because I will make it a reality. I will restore my clan and destroy a certain someone." Sasuke replied seriously.
For a moment, everything was silent as everyone was looking at Sasuke.
Naruto was a bit terrified as he thought, "I hope he doesn't mean me."
"Sasuke's so hot." Sakura thought.
"That's kind of dark." Drake thought surprised.
"Just as I thought." Kakashi thought.
Kakashi said, "Good, you're each unique with your own ideas. We'll have our first mission tomorrow."
"What is it?" Naruto excitedly asked.
Kakashi replied, "It's a task that the 5 of us will do together."
"What!? What!? What?" Naruto asked even more excitedly than before.
Kakashi replied, "A survival exercise
Sakura said, "I thought we were supposed to go on missions not more practice. We already did all that practicing at the academy."
Kakashi said, "This isn't your normal training."
"What kind of training is it then?" Naruto asked
Kakashi chuckled causing Sakura to say, "Hey it's a normal question. What's so funny?"
Kakashi said, "If I tell you the answer, you're not going to like it." Naruto looked confused. "Of the 28 who graduated only a maximum of 10 will remain Genin. At worst, 19 will be sent back to the academy. This is a pass or fail test and the chances of you failing are about 66%."
All four Genin were shocked.
Kakashi said, "I said you may not like it."
"What!? Then what was all that work for? We worked hard to get here. What was that graduation exam for?" Naruto questioned.
Kakashi said, "That was to give us the candidates for Genin. That's just how it is. I will decide if you pass or fail. Be at the designated training spot tomorrow and bring your ninja gear.
Naruto, determined, thought, "I won't be weeded out. People will look up to be some day, believe it."
Sakura thought, "I can't be separated from Sasuke. This is a trial of love."
Daichi thought, "If I fail tomorrow then I have no right to strive towards surpassing my dad."
Kakashi said, "That's it, you're dismissed. Oh, one more thing. You should skip breakfast tomorrow or else you'll puke."
Squad 7's Training Grounds, The Next Morning…
The sun was just rising as Daichi made his way to the field like his fellow teammates. Unlike Sasuke and Daichi, Naruto and Sakura were tired. It was apparent that neither of them had gotten up this early before.
Both Sakura and Naruto were rubbing the sleep out of their eyes as they said, "Morning."
"Hey guys." Daichi replied.
Sasuke didn't say anything.
Few Hours Later…
Kakashi appeared and greeted his student. "Morning everyone. Ready for your first day?"
Naruto and Sakura angrily exclaimed, "You're late!"
"Well a black cat crossed my path, so I had to take a new way." Kakashi replied.
Sasuke was his usual self and decided not to say anything while Daichi had decided not to say anything because it was most likely going to be a trend with their Sensei arriving late..
"Well," Kakashi cleared his through. "Let's get started." He pulled out a timer setting it on a stump. "Here we go. It's set for noon." He then pulled out three bells. "It's simple, you just have to take these bells from me, but If you can't do it before noon, you'll go without lunch. You'll be tied to those post and watch me eat my lunch."
Naruto took the news the hardest, but all of the Genin's stomach's grumbled at this news.
"Wait a minute, there are 4 of us so why are there only 3 bells?" Sakura questioned curiously.
Kakashi happily replied, "That way at least one of you will end up tied to a post and ultimately disqualified for failing the mission. Then again, all four of you could just as easily flunk out. You can use any weapons you have a your disposal including shuriken. You must be prepared to kill me if you want to get these bells."
"That couldn't be the meaning behind this test, could it?" Daichi thought.
Daichi's father had always said that missions in the Shinobi world were sometimes deeper than they appeared. He figured if Kakashi was a decent Jonin, then he'd attempt to prepare his students for that probability.
"Those weapons are to dangerous Sensei." Sakura exclaimed a little frightened.
Naruto laughed and said, "Especially since you failed to dodge that eraser."
Kakashi looked at Naruto and explained, "Class clowns are usually the weakest links. You can safely ignore them. Lowest scores. Losers." Naruto was annoyed. "When I say start, you can begin."
Naruto was angry now. He drew a kunai and charged at Kakashi. The other Genin were shocked to see that Kakashi easily subdued. He had the blond ninja's hands in a position to make him stab himself.
Kakashi said "Don't be in such a hurry. I didn't say start yet."
The other Genin backed away from Kakashi as he let go of Naruto.
"He's so fast that I didn't even see it." Sakura thought amazed at Kakashi's speed.
Sasuke thought, "So this is a Jonin."
"There's no way only one of us can get that bell!" Drake suddenly froze as that one thought got him thinking about everything Kakashi said.
But you did came at me with the intent to destroy me, so how can I say this? I'm actually starting to like you guys. Get ready, annnd start."
The four members instantly took off to find cover.
Some Time Passes…
Daichi was on a branch high in the trees He had his back to the trunck as he continued to maul over the true meaning of this test. That was soon put on hold as Naruto stepped up to face Kakashi.
"You and me right now, fair and square, let's go!" Naruto challenged.
Kakashi said, "You know compared to the others you're a little weird."
"Oh yeah, well the only thing weird here is your hair cut." Naruto declared charging at the silver haired ninja.
Kakashi put his hand and quickly threw a shuriken. This caused Naruto to stop in his tracks as he jumped back to avoid the attack.
Kakashi said, "Shinobi Battle Techniques, part 1. Taijutsu, the physical part."
Kakashi pulled out a book and opened confusing all the Genin.
Kakashi almost seemed bored as he said, "What are you waiting for? Make your move."
"Why are you reading that book?" Naruto asked
Kakshi replied, "I just want to find out what happens in the end. Though this won't impact my ability to fight since your weak attacks barely need any brain power to guard against.
Naruto angrily charged in declaring, "I'm going to crush you!"
Kakashi easily blocked Naruto's punch, ducked under a kick, and dodged Naruto's next punch. He then appeared behind the blond ninja holding the tiger sign.
Sakura yelled, "Get out of there Naruto!"
Daichi yelled, "Naruto, that's a tiger sign! He's going to destroy you!"
"To late. Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: A Thousand Years of Death!" Kakashi exclaimed, poking Naruto in the butt.
Naruto was sent flying.
"That wasn't a hand sign at all. He just poked him in the butt." Sakura said a bit angry.
"Those two are idiots." Sasuke said.
Daichi's face fell as he said, "He's got some… Interesting techniques to say the least."
Naruto splashed down in the river while Kakashi went back to reading his book. Soon enough, shuriken flew from the same river right for Kakashi. To the rest of the Genin;s surprise, he caught the shuriken on his fingers.
Naruto soon came to the shore panting.
"What are you doing now? You know you won't get lunch if you don't take a bell by noon?" Kakashi asked seeming bored.
"We're never going to get anywhere at this rate. Think Daichi! No food… put on teams… first exercise is to get some bells… not enough bells for everyone. That's It! I've figured out the true meaning of this test." Daichi thought grinning.
"I know." Naruto angrily exclaimed." But I can't let that stop me. I have to get one of those bells. No mater…"
Naruto stopped talking when he heard heard a familiar two pronged whistle. Familiar because there were times when he needed a look out for one of his pranks and got Daichi to signal him with that whistle.
It meant, "Get out of there!"
As for Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke, they had no idea why Daichi had made such a strange whistle.
Naruto knew to trust Daichi whenever he made that whistle, so he entered the brush while Kakashi remained in the open.
"He might have just figured it out" Kakashi thought. "What will you do now Daichi."
Daichi appeared from the brush and rushed at Kakashi., but to everyone's surprise, Daichi merely threw some smoke pellets obscuring Kakashi's view. On top of that, it wasn't even the real Daichi.
Kakashi was kept busy buy the clone that attempted to go for the bells only to fade into the smoke and just out of Kakashi's reach. Three more clones soon ran to the others hiding spots to try an convince them to meet up with Daichi.
Kakashi soon dispelled the clone and left the smoke, but it was to late for him to act as all his students were already deeper in the forest.
"Clever move Daichi. You distracted me just enough for all of you to retreat. I'm interested to see just what will happens next." Kakashi thought as he stood in the middle of the clearing to fend off any attack that might come at him.
Clearing in the Forest
The 4 Genin meet up in a clearing and Daichi's clones dispelled themselves.
"Let me get something straight right now Daichi. I'm only here because you said we would all fail if we continued to go after the bells alone. If your lying, then I'm leaving." Sasuke said with his usual demeanor.
"You tell him Sasuke!" Sakura thought while portraying nothing to the other two Genin.
Naruto looked at Sasuke and was about to say something when Drake placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. Now wasn't the time for fighting. Especially now.
Daichi stepped forward and got everyone's attention. "Look, you need to think about what I'm going to say. We were put on a team just yesterday, yet our first task is something that pits us against each other. That just doesn't make sense."
Sasuke's eyes opened wide as he realized the truth.
"This whole entire exercise was meant to teach us all about teamwork." Sasuke said shocked.
"That makes a lot of sense." Sakura added coming to the same realization.
Naruto was still confused. "I don't get it."
"Think about it Naruto. Kakshi Sensei didn't allow us to eat making it so we were focused on the goal of lunch and so we wouldn't have a clear head to see the truth. It's not about getting the bells because that not what he's looking for. He's looking for if we can work together as a team or not." Daichi explained happily.
"Daichi's right. If we had continued trying to get the bells separately, then we most likely would have failed." Sasuke admitted.
"I get it now, but then how are we going to pass the test?" Naruto asked, realizing what the others had realized a few minutes ago.
Daichi grinned and said, "I have a plan, if you three are willing to listen."
The other Genin shook their heads in agreement and Daichi began to relay his plan.
Squad 7's Training Grounds, 15 Minutes Until the End of the Test…
Kakashi was still reading his book, but he was also paying attention to his surroundings.
"Things have been quiet for a long time now." Kakashi thought as he closed his books and addressed his students
"You do that you only have 15 minutes until lunch! Remember, you either get a bell or you fail!" Kakashi exclaimed, waiting to see if any of the Genin were going to make a move.
That's when Naruto stepped out into the clearing once more.
Kakashi shrugged as he said "If anything, I must commend you on being the one to face me Naruto."
"Just you wait Sensei. I'm going to get my hands on one of those bells, believe it." Naruto declared smiling. "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu."
Hundreds of Naruto's appeared in the clearing.
Kakashi gave a slight smile as he thought, "So he's going to try and over power me with numbers huh. I'm impressed he can make so many, and the fact that he's challenging me after talking with Daichi must mean this is a plan they've all come up with together. They might just pass."
"He turned around and saw multiple copies of Daichi, Sasuke, and Sakura had appeared as well mixing in with the clones of Naruto.
"Impressive. A mix of shadow clones with clones. Some of the shadow clones are Daichi's and have been henged to look like his teammates. On top of that, some of the clones have been henged to look like Naruto." Kakshi thought.
All the clones and shadow clones began throwing kunai and shuriken. Kakashi had to dodge all of them since it grew hard to tell which ones were real and which ones were fake.
He was forced back to the forest edge, and jumped to the right to avoid kunai and shuriken that came from the forest. He could tell that it was trap connected to a wire that he's stepped on.
"That little trap had to be Sakura's doing. Nice try, but it's going to take more than that to get these bells." Kakashi thought, though he was impressed by the attempt at getting the bells from him.
"Now Sasuke!" Daichi declared.
Kakashi landed on the ground as Sasuke and Daichi ran out of the brush and charged at Kakashi. Sasuke was on his right while Daichi was on his left. They each launched a kick that he had to block with each of his arms.
Kakashi could instantly tell that Sasuke wasn't really Sasuke. "Wait a minute. This isn't Sasuke. It's Sakura!"
It was to late for him to react as a Shuriken had been launched the moment Sakura made contact with him. It cut the bells from his waist and Daichi ducked to grab all three bells.
Kakshi was smiling as he stood up though none of the Genin could see it through his mask. "You all pass. You did what no squad has done and as a result have learned what it means to be a team. Starting tomorrow, Squad 7 goes on it's first mission. "
All the Genin had gathered and all of them were happy.
Naruto had tears in his eyes and kept yelling, "I did it!"
Sakura yelled, "Yes!"
"Whoa!" Daichi exclaimed.
Sasuke just let out a, "Hmph." with a content smile on his face.
Kakshi said, "Go home and get some rest. You've earned it."
