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People talking: 'Hi"
People thinking: Hi
Summon or Kyuubi talking: "Hi"
Jutsu: Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu
Kakashi continued. "It seems that you finally going at me with intent to kill hum. And you acknowledge me too! I am really starting to like you guys. Now, get ready and...Begin!"
And in that moment they disappeared from his front. Naruto and Sasuke went to the same direction hiding in the trees while Sakura went to hide under a bush.
Kakashi was relieved. At least they know that one of the most important skills of a shinobi is to know how to hide yourself and not be on the open. It seems that they are doing well. Wait, it looks like I said that too early.
Naruto was entering the clearing and stand up in front of Kakashi. "I had been waiting to test my taijutsu for a long time. Come Kakashi-sensei." He said as he descended into his basic Uchiha instance.
Does he use the Uchiha style? But that is specially developed to use the Sharingan. Well, let's see how he fights. He then started to search for something in his pouch.
Naruto was thinking about it. Is he searching for a weapon? He then heard Kakashi saying. "Shinobi Lesson Number One, Taijutsu". He was already prepared for a taijutsu fight, but if he said he was going too, why was he taking a weapon??
Then he saw what he had taken. It was not a weapon, instead it was a book. Why would he take a book in the middle of training? He also saw that it was the same book Ojii-san read hidden in his office. "Kakashi-sensei, what is that perverted book for?"
Kakashi smiled with his eye to him. "Well, you see Naruto; I just want to know what happens next. Don't worry, I can defend myself. The book won't make any difference"
WHY HE!!! Relax, Naruto, feeling anger is just going to make you attack reckless and provide and advantage to your opponent. Remember what Itachi-sensei taught. Keep calm. He took a long breath and then ran in the direction of his sensei.
He started trying to punch his face but it Kakashi avoided. Then he tried a kick but it was blocked. He tried a succession of jabs but they were all avoided. He jumped backwards to relax and again tried to hit the jounin.
Each punch and each kick he tried was effortlessly avoided or blocked. He needed to do something if he did not want to lose badly. He tried to send a powerful roundhouse kick but Kakashi ducked and avoided it.
Right punch, left kick, left punch, right kick tow times a right punch followed by a left upper cutter.
Blocked, evaded, evaded, blocked and the in the last he had his hand grabbed and the jounin threw him into a tree. He got up, he refused to give up.
Sakura and Sasuke were watching from different point the one-sided battle. Sakura was awed that her sensei dodged Naruto's blows with such easy and that the blond was an idiot for still trying to fight.
Sasuke was confirming both his and Naruto's thoughts on the matter. The jounin speed and taijutsu was in another level from theirs.
Then Kakashi took advantage from an opening Naruto had left and said. "A shinobi isn't supposed to get caught from behind. Baka." He had his hands in the tiger seal.
Sasuke thought he was going to use a fire jutsu because of the seal and Sakura yelled to Naruto. "Naruto!! Run away!! You are going to get killed!"
Naruto become confused but all become clear when Kakashi, which was crouched behind him, said. "It's too late now. Konohagakure Ancient Taijutsu Supreme Technique, Sennen Goroshi!" And he poked Naruto's ass with the seal sending him into the air.
Naruto was already flying when he dispersed releasing a white smoke. What was that? Sakura thought. It seemed like a bunshin but it was able to land solid attacks. Was it a different kind of bunshin?
Hmm, Kage Bunshin… thought the White Fang's son… Pretty smart. He used the property of the kage bunshin to study my style and see if could have a chance at taijutsu.
Naruto appeared besides the Uchiha. "Sasuke, we were right. We don't have a chance to win him in a taijutsu confront. What do you recommend?"
Sasuke smirked."Let's try combination number three"
Sakura was distracted because her sensei had disappeared after Naruto's bunshin was destroyed and she could not find him anywhere.
So she decided to search for Sasuke-kun to help him. It would be great if she and Sasuke-kun passed and were in a team together. She would finally win against Ino. And too bad for Naruto if he not passed!
So imagine her surprise when she saw Kakashi reading meters from her. She quickly stopped and trying to hide near a tree. I think he didn't notice me.
"Sakura, behind you!"
"Huh?" She turned 180 degrees and saw her sensei crouched very close to her. Sakura saw he made a seal and leaf was starting to rise but then she got some strange sensation like she was feeling dizzy.
When the feeling was gone, the pink haired genin also saw that her sensei was gone too. Inner Sakura was saying in her head: What the hell is going on? She searched all directions and didn't even found a trace of him.
It was that moment that she heard a voice coming from the bush that she recorded in her head. "Sakura"
She smiled. It was Sasuke-kun! He was calling for her. She called him "Sasuke-kun!" and went to the bush to see him.
What she saw completely scared her. Lying against a tree was the boy she loved since she was little. But he was terrible hurt.
He had multiples kunai piercing his body, he was bleeding a lot, one of his legs was strained and the other was twisted to his back. He was also without his left hand. It appeared to be cut off.
He said in a weak voice to her. "Sakura, help me!"
Her mind stopped. She started to cry and the only thing she could do was shout:
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"And then she fainted.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The blond turned to Sasuke and asked. "Did that shout come from Sakura?"
The Uchiha nodded. "Yes, Sensei probably attacked her."
"Shinobi Lesson Number Two, Genjutsu. She easily fell for it" said Kakashi loud enough for them to hear.
They then saw that his sensei was back at the middle of the training ground. "Sasuke, this is our chance!"
The two of the entered the clearing and waited for Kakashi to turn to them.
The jounin looked over from his book and said with a smile. "You two are going to attack me together? Good, but that won't be the sufficient to defeat me and get a bell."
The blond shrugged. "It never hurts to try." And then he said something that caught Kakashi attention. "I think you won't have any more time to read, sensei."
The Elite shinobi saw Naruto raising his arm up and in each hand he was making a half ram seal. He then heard the blond mutter "Kirigakure no Jutsu" and a thick mist invaded the training ground.
How could he have learned this jutsu? They are from Kiri. Thought Kakashi while pocketing his book, he could not read with his normal eye inside this mist. Itachi probably had taught that to him before he committed his act. Oh... now I know why he was using a light blue outfit, its helps him blending into the mist.
"Are you prepared Kakashi-sensei?" the jounin heard his student's voice, which seemed to come from all directions. "You are one of the only people to fight against my recreated Muon Satsujin technique"
Hum, interesting he tried to recreate Kiri's famous style. Let's see at what level he is. "You can come at me with the intent to kill Naruto". Then he had little time to avoid a sword attack.
Kakashi had to work a little harder to avoid all the slashes. They were each gaining speed and strength. He saw that something with Naruto's blade was odd but he could not detect what.
He is pretty good, almost don't make a sound. He could win over some chuunin with this tactic. But he still is a genin and I am a jounin. The blond tried a frontal cut and the jounin blocked with his glove's metal protections. He then heard a crack and saw that his gloves had a deep slash into the protection area.
I see now… so that is what Asuma had taught him."Pretty good, Naruto! You are using fuuton chakra to improve your ninja-to cutting ability."
So he discovered. He is really smart. The blonde still hided in the mist replied: "Thanks sensei." and parted to attack again.
Kakashi smiled, he was content with Naruto's skills till now. But he needed to end this; Sasuke was still in the clearing doing who know what.
He dodged a slash aimed at his shoulder and gave a hard chop to the blond neck, hoping to knock him out. But he was surprised when the blond burst in smoke. He then heard a shout: "Now, Sasuke"
A few second later, a giant fireball was crossing the mist in his direction. He was going to turn around when he heard something coming from behind him.
When he looked to his back, he saw fireball another coming at him at the same time. They would encounter with him in the middle. He did a quick Kawarimi and hide behind a tree.
So Naruto knows the Goukakyuu too. It is a pretty ingenious tactic. He uses the mist so that one can't notice their surrounding and then distracts the opponent with a Kage Bunshin attack. Then, he and Sasuke, taking advantage from the mist, stay in front at each other, in each side of the opponent, and fire the Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu. The opponent will try to evade one fireball and will never saw the other one coming from behind. This should work well against most genin and chuunin but a jounin would never get caught in this. But overall, it is damn effective.
Meanwhile, Sasuke turned to Naruto. "Did we catch him?" the Jinchuuriki replied. "I don't know I will dissipate the mist and them we will see."
When the mist cleared all they say was a stump completely burned in the middle of the clearing. The Last Uchiha frowned. "Damn it, he used a kawarimi! Now where he is?"
"We need to find him quickly, we are at disadvantage now that we are at the open area" the blond completed.
Sasuke was desperately looking around. He is not in the air and neither on both sides. Where he can be? He heard an answer from someone who he didn't want to.
"Below you" then a hand grabbed his leg and pushed him to the ground letting only his head in the air while his whole body was underneath the ground.
Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu. His sensei said to him, He then with high speed level kicked Naruto in the chest sending him deep into the lake.
"And that is Shinobi Lesson Number Three, Ninjutsu. You both made a very good combination attack, but you forgot that as a jounin I have much more experience then both of you together. And also you both did not pay much attention to your surroundings. Remember, you should always look underneath the underneath"
Sasuke frowned. The gap between our levels is too big. Is that what a true shinobi can do?
Then they heard an explosion at the lake and dozens of kage bunshin from Naruto were skydiving in Kakashi's direction. He quickly evaded all of them but that gave the time needed to Naruto dug out Sasuke.
The Uchiha snickered to his 'brother'. "He got us good didn't him?"
The blonde sadly smiled. "Sure he did. That kicked hurt like hell and if it wasn't for me you would still be buried."
Sasuke replied. "Yeah, thank you about that. So what are we going to do now?"
Naruto smirked."I think it is time to try combination number five. It is our only chance."
The black haired genin frowned. "Are you sure you can do it?"
The other genin nodded. "Yes, I have been training a lot that lately. It is better to prepare fast, my kage bunshins cannot slow him anymore."
Sasuke quickly picked something from his pouch and said. "I'm ready. Let's go!" and the two of them ran in the direction where Kakashi was decimating Naruto's kage bunshins.
Kakashi sighed. How many kage bunshin has he created? It seems that every time I destroy one three more appear. Well at least they are almost gone now.
The jounin punched one in the face dispersing it and then kicked another one making it burst, he elbowed another and picked a kunai from his pouch and slashed three at the same time. All of them dispersed.
After a few minutes, he had destroying them all, and the smoke from the last kage bunshin was dispersing in the air, allowing him to see again.
He saw that Naruto was on the middle of the clearing holding a ram seal and Sasuke was besides his teammate waiting for something.
What is he going to do now? It was then that he felt something. He could not move a muscle. He was completely immobile. What was causing him this paralyzed state?
It was then that all went black and the blue eyes of his student were shown on the back of his mind, glowing and emitting a powerful aura.
Honestly, it freaked him out because it looked like they were controlling him. They gave the sensation that he was nothing but a small ant to them. He knew what that was. Genjutsu! But how can he do one this powerful?
While this was happening, Sakura had already waked up and went to the main clearing of the training ground. She saw that Naruto was holding a ram seal and panting. At the same time, her sensei was starting to sweat and stayed immobile while Sasuke was quickly bounding him with wires.
Many questions started to go in her head. Why Kakashi-sensei is not moving? Is Naruto the responsible for that? What Sasuke-kun is doing? Well at least, he is well. That was probably an illusion made by sensei. I am such a fool for falling for that!
Kakashi, with some effort, managed to bit his lips and the genjutsu disappeared. But he saw that there were wires bounding him. He looked higher and saw that Sasuke was holding them while doing some seals besides a panting Naruto.
Damn, it doesn't matter whatever jutsu Sasuke fires at me now, I will receive the hit because of the wires that is bounding me. Kakashi sighed. When he first started the test, he hoped that he would not need to resort using ninjutsu besides that doton.
But the brats did force him into this situation. He did not have a choice. They are pretty good
Sasuke had already finished his seals. He called the technique.
Raiton: Jibashiri. Electric currents were fast travelling in Kakashi direction. Both Sasuke and Naruto could already taste the victory in their lips when Kakashi that was electrocuted.
Sakura was smiling. "Sasuke-kun did it! He managed to hit sensei!"
But then the Kakashi who had received the shock burst in smoke.
The two of them frowned. Kage Bunshin. We were so close!
Sakura also frowned. They almost did it. Is that the same bunshin that Naruto used?
Then Kakashi appeared behind the two of them, almost killing them by the fright.
"Wow that almost got me. I have to congratulate you too; your teamwork is top notch! No one had ever before forced me into making a Kage Bunshin. But I have a question for you, Naruto. Was that genjutsu yours? Can you explain me how can you do a genjutsu without having perfect control?"
"Sure, sensei" Naruto then started. "This genjutsu name is Magen: Seigan Eisha no Jutsu. It was created by me and Itachi-sensei because of my poor chakra control. He said he based it in one of the Sharingan's genjutsu. But instead of performing them with the sharing, which I don't have, it works by expanding my chakra into a field around me and that chakra penetrates my opponent tenketsus and consequently their chakra coils disrupting the chakra flow and making them temporary immobile."
Kakashi nodded to the blond continue. So Itachi and he were the responsible for the creation of that technique.
"It also projects my eyes into the mind of the opponent like I was controlling them, destabilizing my enemy. And that is the reason for the name of the genjutsu. I can also send messages to their head. I can perform this genjutsu because it is not a matter of control, just having the needed chakra to do what I want, in that case disrupt the chakra flow of the enemy by entering through their tenketsu. But it takes a lot of chakra to perform. It can also be used against multiples opponents because of the whole field thing but it takes even more chakra. Sensei also said that it could be powered by using killing intent but I don't know how to do that yet."
The jounin understood. This genjustu was made especially for him because he had large chakra reserves and poor control. It required a large chakra quantity but not a lot control. It was a powerful one, and if the blond trained more his chakra control, he could be a force to be recognized with this technique. And it could be even stronger if he uses killing intent, especially from the Kyuubi; he had to admit, Itachi was truly a genius in genjutsu.
Sakura was stupefied. Wow, is he that strong? To have such a strong genjutsu! Had I really underestimated him?
Inner Sakura agreed. It is best if we find out more things about him. We could start by knowing his old sensei; he said his name was Itachi.
Then the clock rang and all could hear the sound.
Kakashi said. "Well, it seems that time is over." Then he made a creepy smile. "One of you has to be tied to the post. Who will be the one?"
Ten minutes later…
"Kakashi-sensei, why am I the one who is tied to the post?" said Sakura in a loud voice.
"Because you didn't even managed to detect a simple genjutsu, Sakura" Kakashi replied. The kunoichi blushed with embarrassment and shame at herself.
The jounin seeing that everyone was paying attention at him was going to talk when he heard pretty loud noises coming from his students' stomach. The two shinobi lowered their head in shame and Sakura blushed again
"You guys look really hungry. By the way, something about the training… Well, there is no need for you guys going back at the academy."
The genin were starting to celebrate because they thought they had passed Kakashi's test.
Sakura was thinking it was too easy while Inner Sakura was shouting that true love always wins when the jounin continued. Naruto was happy that he was going to finally become a true shinobi and Sasuke was thinking he was one step closer to his goal.
It was then that the jounin continued his speech.
"The three of you should quit as ninjas!"
They were all shocked at that. Naruto voiced their thoughts.
"Quit being ninja? What the hell you mean with that?" Sakura completed. "Sure none of us got the bells. But why we have to quit?"
Kakashi made a serious face and said. "Because all of you three are just punk who doesn't deserve to be ninja"
Sasuke was really angry. How can he say something like that! He dashed to attack his sensei but the jounin was faster than him, locked his hands and seated in the Uchiha's back.
"That is why you are punk!" and then he stepped on Sasuke's head.
Sakura, feeling very scared about his sensei action, shouted. "Leave Sasuke-kun in peace! Don't hurt him!"
Kakashi glared at them. "Are you underestimating shinobi? Why do you think you were put on teams and doing this kind of training?"
Sakura was confused. "What does that mean?"
Kakashi proceeded. "While Sasuke and Naruto come closer to it, all of you did not really understand the answer to the test."
Naruto was confused. I got close to the answer? "What answer sensei?"
"The answer that helps you pass this test." The jounin replied still seated on Sasuke.
"So you are going to tell the answer, sensei?" the kunoichi asked. Naruto was becoming impassive. "Just tell the damn answer already!"
Kakashi said in a strong voice "It is teamwork."
All of them were shocked at this. Teamwork?
"The three of you had to work together to try and get the bells."
Sakura remembered that there was only two bells and asked. "What do you want from us? There are just two bells! Even if we worked together, one of us would still have failed. How this is teamwork? This is just us fighting each other!"
"This is obvious. This is test is purposely made to you fight amongst yourselves. The purpose is to see whether you can forget your own interests and work together as a team under all adverse circumstances."
The genin were starting to understand.
"Yet… you guys… Naruto and Sasuke, while I have to admit that you too have a really good teamwork between yourselves, both of you never thought about calling Sakura to help you too. And you Sakura, before I beat you with the genjutsu you were only thinking of help Sasuke."
They were ashamed of themselves. Konoha prided teamwork over all things and they just disrespected it.
"The duties are done by the team. Of course, having superior shinobi skills is also very important. But teamwork is even more important than that. Individual action that goes against the team's dynamics can put your teammates in danger. And can even get you killed. For example…" Kakashi picked a kunai and put it at Sasuke's neck.
"Naruto! Kill Sakura or Sasuke dies!"
The blond did not know what to do and Sakura was very scared.
Kakashi took a long breath. This was very tiring to him. "You see now? If a hostage is taken, you will have to choose between very tough options and then will die. You will be risking the lives of your comrades when in duty." He then walked till he stopped in front of a monument.
"Look at this. The numerous names carved in this stone. These were the ones that Konoha considered heroes of the village. But they aren't just normal heroes?"
Naruto asked, paying intense attention to the stone. "Sensei, what kind of heroes they are?"
The silver haired shinobi said in a sad tone. "They are all heroes who died on duty. This is a memorial. My best friend's name is carved here."
His students had a somber expression. The jounin spoke in a normal voice again. "I will give all three of you just one more chance. Those that want to try again stay here and eat lunch. But I have one rule. Don't give Sakura food."
Sakura had a confused expression in her face.
Kakashi explained. "It is a punishment for her not even trying to fight me. If anyone gives her food, they will immediately fail. I am the one who gives the rules here. Understand?" All three of them nodded and the jounin left with a shunshin.
Sakura in a fake cheerful voice said. "Don't worry about me. I don't need any food" But her stomach contradicted her and growled. She blushed at that.
"Here" said both Naruto and Sasuke at the same time while they handed their box with bento to Sakura. She was surprised; both of them were going to give her food.
"But Naruto, Sasuke-kun, Kakashi-sensei said that …" Sakura started but was interrupted by Sasuke. "Don't worry. I can tell he isn't near here."
Naruto completed. "We will work to get the bell together the next time. If you don't eat you will be too weak to fight."
Sakura smiled. "Thank You!"
Then, a big explosion occurred next to them. Naruto and Sasuke took kunais from their pouch before Kakashi shouted with an angry voice:
"ALL OF YOU…."
They all prepared for the worse when Kakashi finished his phrase in a happy tone:
"Pass"
Everyone had surprised faces and the only sound they could let out was. "Uh?"
Sakura was the one who managed to manifest their thoughts in words. "Pass? But why?
Kakashi smiled. "You were the first to pass." Seeing their confused faces, he explained. "Everyone before just did whatever I said to them. They were all idiots. As I had said before: 'A shinobi must know to look underneath the underneath.' Those who broke the rules are trash, but those who don't take cares of their comrades are lower than trash."
Naruto recorded those words in his minds. Kakashi-sensei is so cool. He is like a lazy and perverted book of Itachi-sensei.
The jounin finished. "The training ends now. Congratulations, you passed. Team Seven will start doing missions tomorrow."
Naruto thought: Just watch, sensei, I will become the best! While Sasuke was thinking: Now, I am one step closer to my revenge. And last, Sakura. I did it! I'm in the same team of Sasuke-kun!
But then she noticed they were leaving the training ground. "Hey, please, don't leave me here!"
The Sandaime had gathered all jounins-sensei. He wanted to know what teams passed and what teams didn't. It was a normal thing he did.
Again, they were all waiting for Kakashi, many didn't complain anymore because they got used to it but there were still ones who complained about his tardiness.
But for everyone surprise the elite jounin was just ten minutes late. Sarutobi started. "Now that all of you are here I want each one of you to tell if yours team passed or not, what test you applied, how they went and the reason for your decision. First you, Raidou"
And that went for a better part of the meeting. All the jounin before had failed their teams because they failed the minimum teamwork skill needed to be a team. When it came to Team Seven time the Hokage coughed.
"Because you arrived late, Kakashi, you are going to be the last one to give your report. Go on Kurenai."
They all knew that Kakashi had failed all teams before this one and that the Hokage just made this decision because this one probably failed too.
Kurenai started. "Team Eight passed. I gave them a test to find me in the middle of the forest. They united their tracker skills and together found me. I passed this team because with training they can be an excellent tracker team."
Sarutobi nodded. He was expecting this team to pass. "Now it is your time, Asuma."
The jounin put out his cigarette and said. "Team Ten passed. The test was to capture me for five seconds. First Ino and Chouji distracted me throwing kunais and using taijutsu blows so that Shikamaru sued his Kage Mane no Jutsu and could capture me which was what occurred. I passed them because they have already a good teamwork and have the potential to surpass their fathers"
Another team the Hokage expected to pass. "Now Kakashi, go on."
Kakashi lazily said. "Team Seven passed."
Everybody in the room were shocked and started to discuss with each others. He did not pass a team till now, what was the difference between this team to the others?
The Hokage coughed to call everybody attention. "Explain Kakashi"
Kakashi smiled. "I made my typical bell test, Hokage-sama. There, while Sakura was knocked out with a simple genjutsu, Naruto first used his kage bunshin to know my taijutsu abilities. After he knew that they had no chance against me in a hand-to-hand confront, he and Sasuke proceeded to perform what they call combination attack in one of them they even obligated me into making a kage bunshin to not take an extensive damage."
The jounin again started to discuss with each other. They made Kakashi, one of the strong jounins in Konoha use Kage Bunshin to not take a serious hit.
Sure, he probably was not going all out, but still it was quite an achievement.
The Hokage understood. That was one of the reason for the advice he gave Kakashi yesterday. He had helped Sasuke and Naruto develop those combination attacks but it seemed they improved it. He was proud for their skill level.
"After that I still told them they failed because they did not include Sakura in their plans and teamwork has to be with the whole team. I tied her to the post and ordered them to not give her any food. They still gave her food and that is why I passed them. After all, those who broke the rules are trash, but those who don't take cares of their comrades are lower than trash."
The jounins knew about Kakashi's mentality about team work and were quite surprised to know that the team with the Last Uchiha and the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki had met his standards.
Sarutobi was proud of his two 'grandsons'. "To finish, Kakashi, why have you pass them?"
Kakashi looked serious. "I passed them because if they train their teamwork, I know that they will have the potential to surpass the Sannin"
Now, the gathering was in a real uproar. To one team surpass their fathers, the Ino-Shika-Chou, was one thing. But to surpass the Sannin, the best ninjas Konoha had together with the Hokages, it was practically impossible.
"Calm down everyone" the Sandaime said in an authority voice. "We will wait and see how they will act as a team. If they have that potential it could be wonderful for the village. I now consider this meeting ended. You can go now."
The jounins left discussing with each other if team Seven had or not the potential to surpass the Sannin. Kakashi was questioned by all his friends and was lazily answering all questions.
Sarutobi looked to the Hokage Mountain while he thought about the new Team Seven. I hope you are right, Kakashi.
That's it! The bell test is over!
I had this chapter planned in my head for a long time but I don't know if it had the same quality when I typed it.
Thanks for your reviews and for spending your time reading my story.
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Dictionary:
Raiton: Jibashiri - Lightning Release: Earth Flash
Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu - Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique
Magen: Seigan Eisha no Jutsu – Demonic Illusion – Soul Eyes Projection
