Ch 9: Test of Strength

Sasuke took his stance. "Naruto took his bells in three seconds when he gave us three hours. This guy is underestimating us." Sasuke smirked at this realization. His back foot dug into the ground, and he took off at an insane speed.

For a genin anyway.

"It's like he's moving in slow motion, I hate fighting kids." Kakashi thought. He parried the jab at his solar plexus. He easily got out of the way of the foot stomp. Whack! Sasuke was sent to the ground by Kakashi's blow. "Sasuke, foot stomps make you more immobile, thus making yourself an easier target." Sasuke growled, and took off again. He threw punch after punch, kick after kick, all of which missed. Kakashi yawned and threw a kunai at Sasuke, and he poofed into a log. "Duck butt, to even have a chance at hitting me, you gotta aim for the kill."

"You should have said that in the first place." Sasuke jumped out of the tree line holding a kunai over his head with both hands. As Sasuke neared his Sensei he threw his kunai,and replaced himself with a log. Kakashi lazily ducked under the projectiles just as he felt the heat of the fireball coming his way.

As the fireball dissipated, Sasuke looked on to admire his handiwork. Kakashi sensei was nowhere to be found, just a small patch of freshly turned dirt.

"Crap!" Sasuke exclaimed resorted to the technique he used to beat Naruto

"Raiton: Kaminari Jishin no Jutsu" a web of electricity crackled across the grass, and Kakashi exploded out of his hiding place.

"Dang this kid's good." Kakashi gaze sharpened when he saw Sasuke's hands in a tiger seal.

"Katon: Hanabi no Jutsu" Sasuke shot three medium sized flames out of his mouth. The instant one of them hit Kakashi in midair, all three exploded in a brilliant flash of white light. Kakashi's body however, was not found. Kakashi held a kunai inches behind Sasuke's back. Then Sasuke exploded in an extra big cloud of smoke.

"A smokescreen? Heh, cute. Raiton: Gekitai Suru no Jutsu" the enormous cloud of smoke was forced away from Kakashi. Sasuke struck in Kakashi's blind spot, but The jounin heard him coming a mile away. Sasuke was twice as fast as before, and he had a spinning three tomoe sharingan.

"His attacks are much faster now, he could actually hit me if I don't go all out." Kakashi struck Sasuke with an ultrasonic knee to the jaw, creating some distance between the two.

"Alright Sasuke, I've seen enough. Even though your top speed is amazing for a genin, high chunin level in fact, you still need to improve. I am one of the fastest ninja in Konoha I still have trouble keeping up with my sharingan. Watch this with yours." Kakashi unleashed a blindingly fast, nonstop barrage on a poor, defenseless tree. Kakashi turned around, and the tree crashed into the other trees behind it.

"That's called the ryu rendan, one of my more destructive taijutsu techniques. Imitate that as best you can, but remember to reinforce your hands and feet with chakra." Sasuke went on to practice his assignment.

"Sakura, you're next." She didn't hesitate to go at her full power. At a speed near Sasuke's max, Sakura's chakra enhanced strength obliterated the ground Kakashi was standing on moments ago. Kakashi's eyes went wide as he finished his dodge.

"Apparently I got the super powered genin squad. Oh well, more fun for me, now that I don't have to spend so much time on pure conditioning." Kakashi eye smiled.

"What are you looking at cyclops?" Sakura growled behind Kakashi. Her left hook pulverized the log that Kakashi replaced himself with.

"I will probably be pretty messed up on the off chance that I survive one of those punches. Maybe a genjutsu would work. Yes, a nice safe genjutsu.

"Why is my chakra acting all funny? I must have used more chakra than I thought. No wait, this is a genjutsu. Hmm, might as well end it with a bang." Sakura forced most of her chakra into her fist, wrestling her chakra from Kakashi. Thus the genjutsu broke. Kakashi is sat in his tree, utterly baffled as to how genin of all ninja are giving him so much trouble.

"My jutsu is broken, and her fist is freaking glowing! This is very very bad." Kakashi started doing hand seals.

"So that's where you've been hiding." It required all of the control the former ANBU had to turn around calmly. Kakashi watched in horror as Sakura raced toward him.

"Raiton: Inazuma Shibari no Jutsu" A field of lightning expanded from Kakashi's body. Sakura's chakra laden fist took the brunt of the shock, but she still had trouble moving afterward. "Sakura your skill is surprising, I certainly did not expect so much strength from you." Sakura grinned cheekily. " As a reward for pushing me up against the ropes as a genin I will teach you a new jutsu." Kakashi made a shadow clone

"Follow me." Clone Kakashi waved Sakura over, and he walked into the trees.

"Guess it's my turn Inu." Naruto cracked his neck, and sunk into his fighting stance.

"Yes, I'm curious to see how you have grown after all these years training in secret." Kakashi revealed his sharingan. Naruto grinned and a gentle breeze swept across the clearing. Leaves from various trees floated over to the blonde, and they began spinning lazily around him, guarding him. Kakashi, already having seen what these leaves could do six years ago, was a little more than a bit disconcerted.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu" An enormous fireball shot out of Kakashi's mouth. It exploded where Naruto stood, incinerating the leaves. Naruto's foot collided with the back of Kakashi's head, sending the jonin sprawling. Though he quickly recovered, Kakashi realized that he had a real fight on his hands.

"He didn't even make a sound when falling through the air, and I don't think I can smell him either. I'm glad this isn't to the death." Naruto then dropped his weights.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" Kakashi was surrounded by clones. They rushed the jonin in teams of three. The first clone launched a wide leg sweep, The second clone went into a flying kick, and the third approached from behind. Kakashi jumped over the leg sweep, caught the flying kick, and flung the kicker into the clone behind him. Using the remaining clone's face as a spring board, he back flipped away.

"Is that all you got? Sure, you're faster than your other team mates, but you've got to move even faster to hit me." Slender arms reached around Kakashi, and soft breasts pressed against his back.

"Are you sure you want me to go faster Inu-chan?" A fountain of blood spurted from Kakashi's nose, knocking him out cold. Naruko burst into smoke, revealing Naruto, on the floor, laughing his butt off.

When Naruto finally recovered, he saw that Kakashi was still passed out. Seeing this rare opportunity, Naruto slowly crept over. He reached for Kakashi's mask. Sasuke and Sakura, both taking a break from training, stared in childlike curiosity.

"Slowly, slowly"

Kakashi's eyes opened suddenly. "What are you three doing? Get back to work."

Sasuke and Sakura got back to work with their respective jutsu. Sasuke was trying to fell a tree in one go, but it took him two or three tries. Sakura was hitting a tree with different parts of her body as if she was testing something.

"Hey Sensei you forgot to give me something to work on."

"Oh, uh, what do you want to learn?" Naruto stared at his sensei in shock. He didn't expect to be able to choose his lesson.

"Why do you use hand seals?" Now it was Kakashi's turn to be surprised. How can the genius who mastered the academy three within a year of discovering his chakra not know what hand seals do?

"They make jutsu easier by making chakra more in tune with what you're trying to do."

"Oh, that makes sense, but that wasn't what I was trying to ask. What does each one specifically do?"

"I don't exactly know, but I do know where you can find out." Kakashi pulled out a piece of chakra paper, channeled some chakra into it, making it crinkle, and wrote something down. Kakashi then handed it to Naruto. "Hand this to the ninja librarian. She'll know what to do."


Raiton: Kaminari Jishin no jutsu: Lightning release: Thunder Earthquake technique

Katon: Hanabi no jutsu = Fire release: Firework technique

Raiton: Gekitai Suru no jutsu = Lightning release: repulse technique

Raiton: Inazuma Shibari no jutsu = Lightning release: Thunder paralysis technique