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DISCLAIMER : I DON'T OWN NARUTO AND EVERY OTHER ANIME THAT WILL MENTION HERE

CHAP.11 : TEAM 7 & BELL TEST

A week later I was finally out of the hospital and resting on my precious bed. I don't know if I could have stayed in the hospital any longer.

Mikoto scolded me pretty much every day and went on for hours, talking about my stunt, how stupid it was and exactly what she would do if I ever dared to repeat it. Thankfully the doctors told her that she couldn't punish me physically. I may have been healed the very next day but after hearing that piece of information there was no way in hell that I would tell them about my accelerated healing. Although I had a readymade excuse for it in the form of ki.

Once I was cleared to go home I directly went to the mirror to check if I was actually left with a scar, and lo and behold there it was- a scar and a pretty big one too. I thought that gamers body will make sure that my body wouldn't have any scars, but as it turns out I was wrong. Well, I don't care anyway, chicks dig scars right?

The doctor did say that he was pretty fascinated with my natural healing, he said any other person wouldn't even able to stand up just after get injured that bad. But I gave the same answer that I give to the Hokage a week ago: It is one of the unique traits of my clan and I am sticking to that excuse till everyone accepts it as the truth.

Moving on, the Hokage visited me again 2 days after the initial visit. He said that the mission regarding Mizuki was assigned A-rank and he will put it on our Shinobi record. We were even getting A rank mission pay. And boy! who would've thought a single A rank paid you 100,000 Ryo. Now I had enough money to buy Crescent rose and a few ki base skills.

But I held off on to that and decided not to buy any skills as of yet. After all, I still needed to deal with D rank chores. I could save up all of the mission money and buy more skill later. Well at least until the wave mission. If nothing doesn't change.

And also about my team, they visit me 3 days after the incident. I met Kakashi for the first time, I still didn't know where the hell he goes although I came here 4 years ago. I check the memorial stone every once in a while and I never met him, but I shrug it off because there's nothing I could do about it.

He said there will be another test for us after I'm healed, and that meeting is tomorrow morning. He also told us or more like suggested not eating breakfast,.I already know it will be about the bell test so I already knew what to do.

Naruto visited me pretty much every single day after which he went and trained by himself. He said he wanted to get stronger so that I don't have to protect him anymore. He also told me about the tenant inside his stomach. I simply told him that he is still the Naruto I know so nothing really changed. I also teased him regarding Hinata. Naruto and Hinata are pretty much already a couple at this point. Just a little bit of push and they'll be dating.

Naruto is just scared that she will reject him, and Hinata is still too shy to ask Naruto. Well, I might need to step up and arranged a date for both of them. If both of them stay like this, then they will probably end up just like Tsunade and Jiraiya.

From the anime I could guess that Jiraiya and Tsunade are in love with each other, but because Tsunade is too prideful and Jiraiya too scared of confessing and being tied down they end up never telling each other about their feeling. They will probably keep quiet till it is too late or in this case till Jiraiya dies.

And I don't want that to happen with Naruto and Hinata so I will be acting as mediator from them, probably help with Jiraiya and Tsunade too when I meet both of them.

Sakura only came to meet once. She simply told me to get better soon and gave me a flower. Nothing I could say about that.

Ino, on the other hand, blasted into me about what I had done when she visited me just after team 7 left my room. I found out that Iruka was the one who revealed what happened to me and explained it to all of the graduating students, I honestly hadn't expected the anime, Iruka didn't tell anyone about Mizuki fiasco. It is something that differs from the anime. I need to be prepared now that things are changing without my conscious input.

Ino ended up giving me another scolding about what happened and told me that I owed her a date. Well, I did owe her a date and I told her that I will visit her home after my team meeting. In all honesty, I do have a few feeling about her. I grew fond of her while I spending so much effort into making her a true kunoichi. I wanted her to be one and she did become one through sheer effort. I will probably ask her to formally date me on our date.

Sadly, I am still stuck here inside my room because Mikoto will literally castrate me if I step one foot outside and Naruto has gone who knows where in order to train himself. I am bored to death right now. Well, I could watch youtube on my phone but then what? I couldn't train because again Mikoto doesn't allow me to do that. I could go to Uchiha library and probably learn something there.

I just sighed and go to Uchiha library, when I enter I look around to see any jutsu or book that caught my interest. But then I just realize something that I should have thought since I came here, what the heck is my chakra affinities? Well, fire definitely in because technically I'm an Uchiha, pretty much all Uchiha have fire affinities. but what else? Do I have another affinity? I probably need to buy chakra paper and see what my affinities are.

I carry on searching for anything that might catch my interest. I keep searching and searching and finally, there's a book that I am interested in. The history of Madara Uchiha. Now that I think about it I never really found out what Madara was like. I mean his past and everything was still a little vague in my opinion based on what I saw in the anime. This book will probably tell me about what kind of person Madara was, although he would probably not be much different from the anime. But hey when you want to act like your ancestor (besides the arrogant and cold attitude of his) you need to know him first. After taking the book I go to the living and sit there and calmly read the content of the book.

(2 hours of reading later)

Well, that was some informative history, Madara really hated Senju clan after Tobirama Senju who is better known as the 2nd Hokage or Nidaime killed his younger brother Izuna Uchiha. And his rivalry with Hashirama Senju the 1st Hokage or Shodaime was really impressive, especially the battle where Madara used the kyubi to fight Hashirama. But one thing was for sure about Madara at least according to this book. He was the definition of a prideful person. He always believed that he was the best and didn't like failure, also he loved war.

I don't know how should I feel about this. I definitely don't want this guy to be my ancestor. And here I am his last remaining descendant, and I look exactly like him. I am definitely won't become a prideful person like him, and surely don't love war. Well, I like war genre anime but loving wars literally is a definite no. Hell no.

Anyway, I just realized that it is almost dinner time. Mikoto and Naruto will be back shortly. I should probably tidy up the house before dinner and rest for tomorrow. Tomorrow I will officially become a member of team 7.

(Next morning)

I woke up in the morning and while I was eating breakfast, Naruto told me that I shouldn't eat breakfast after all Kakashi told us so. But Mikoto thought nothing of it and forced him to eat as well. I would have eaten anyway, regardless of what Naruto said. I ain't gonna go out without breakfast plus Kakashi just suggested it, not ordered it.

After 15 minutes of breakfast both me and Naruto together went to the training ground 7 where we are supposed to meet Sakura and Kakashi. Well, I believe we will meet Sakura only at first because knowing Kakashi he will no doubt be late for at least 3 hours.

Naruto was no longer wearing his godforsaken orange jumpsuit as Mikoto forced him to change to more appropriate clothes because wearing that much orange practically drew a big target on his back. And Naruto with some tears in his eyes said goodbye to his lovable jumpsuit.

Now he is ironically wearing clothes wich Sasuke wore originally in the anime. The only difference being an Uzumaki swirl on his back rather than the Uchiha fan symbol. He is taller than he was supposed to be in anime, also more muscular. Well, I am still taller than him, I am guessing I am currently 5'5" while Naruto probably around 5'2" more or less. He is more muscular because I and Mikoto forced him to cut down the amount of ramen he normally eats and make sure he eats more healthy food like vegetables and fruits. He created more fuss for the ramen than the jumpsuit.

But thanks to that he is not as pathetic as he was when I first met him. Well, he was not exactly skinny, with the amount of ramen he ate there was no way he would become skinny. But there was almost no muscle on his body and he had a borderline unhealthy body density. Had he continued to eat just ramen it would have negatively affected him, but now he is taller and stronger. He is still among the shortest in our class but at least he is taller than Hinata.

We didn't talk much on the way to the training ground 7, well at least until we arrived. I saw Sakura already there. Waiting while sitting on the grass under a tree, nothing visually changed about her really. Still wearing the pink dress like in the anime and the same long hair, I am still contemplating whether I should tell her to cut her hair or just tell her to at least tie her hair like Ino does. But for now, let's just greet her first.

"Good morning Sakura/ dattebayo" me and Naruto said.

"Morning Naruto, and good to see you finally better Ryu" she replied.

"Thanks" I said while taking leaning my back to the tree while Naruto just sits on the grass beside Sakura.

"So have you eat breakfast Sakura" I asked just to make sure that the awkward silence doesn't stretch long.

"Um... Kakashi sensei said we shouldn't eat breakfast right?" she replied.

Oh boy no matter how smart she is there is something she missing. Oh well, it's not like I should really be surprised about it right now. She hasn't actually been a kunoichi for more than a few days.

"Sakura he just suggested us not eat breakfast, not ordered us" I said while sighing.

She finally realized it and silently cursed herself for not seeing through it. At least she is not as skinny as she was supposed to be in the anime. She already forgot about dieting a long time ago and trained herself more seriously. Her body has more muscle and more curves, not as good as Ino but close enough.

"Just wait here okay" saying that I shunshined away without waiting for their reply.

I went to a nearby food stand and bought a bunch of onigiris. I will eat again because, in all honesty, I am still slightly hungry and probably Naruto is too.

I shunshined back again startling both of them.

"Here eat this, probably not gonna make you full but at least you have some energy." I said while giving them the onigiri.

"Thanks, Ryu." she said while taking some of the onigiris.

"I am not hungry because I already ate breakfast but what the hell, I can take some for extra energy" Naruto said

I just nodded and take a few and together with both of them silently eat it, Sakura took most of the onigiri because she was indeed hungry. Not that I and Naruto blame her though, and we didn't mind either because I and Naruto already ate our breakfast.

Now where the hell is Kakashi.

(3 hours of waiting later)

I was sleeping. Yes, I was sleeping because I was still sleepy when I came to the training ground and waiting for 3 hours was boring so here I am sleeping without any care in the world. I don't know what Sakura and Naruto are doing but I just want to sleep and rest my body as much as I can until Kakashi arrive.

I was gracefully woken by yelling from our favorite blonde "YOU'RE LATE!"

I got up and saw Kakashi standing nearby while saying "Maa maa, I got lost in the road of life"

I sweat dropped on actually hearing that. Watching it on tv was already lame enough. But hearing it personally got on my nerves.

"Anyway now that we're all here. I think it's time for an introduction, and yes Ryu we haven't introduced ourselves as you were still in the hospital." Kakashi said with lazy tone.

My left eyebrows twitched at that and I decided to just play ignorant and said "why not you go first sensei"

"Hmm... my name is Kakashi Hatake, my likes and dislikes are none of your business... my hobbies... all of you are too young for that... as for my dream... I don't feel like telling you about it"

I can feel my eyebrows twitch violently after hearing that, all we found was just his name. Well, I know more of him but Nah... that will attract too much unnecessary attention.

"Okay blondie you first"

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, not blondie dattebayo! I like ramen, my best friend and brother Ryu, my Kaa-san, and training. I dislike the waiting time to make ramen, traitor, and some vegetables. My hobbies are training and eating ramen also spending time with Ryu. My dream is becoming Hokage!"

Well no much different introduction but that is to be expected.

"Okay... next you pinkie"

"Ugh.. my name is Sakura Haruno I like reading and um.. training and medical jutsu.. my dislikes... I don't know probably traitor too... my hobbies... reading and studying... my dream... probably becoming the second coming of Tsunade Senju"

Ookkaaay... that was unexpected... she already likes medical jutsu... but she somewhat lacks confidence... in fact, she now acts like Hinata... well not exactly but almost like Hinata did before she gained confidence.

"Now last you stoic-face"

I twitched, fuck you Kakashi.

"My name is Ryu Bushijima, I like Naruto, Mikoto-baa-san, and training until I pass my limits, I dislike traitors, people who don't know the difference between scroll and kunai, and power hungry pricks. My hobbies are training, reading, and learning new techniques. My dream... well I already achieve my dream so I just set a goal. Becoming a Chunin in less than a year"

Yeah, I know Chunin exam is coming in less than a year, probably in next half of the year. I don't know the exact time but I know its less than a year, and I am confident that I could become a Chunin on my first try along with Shikamaru. Probably Hinata too since she is becoming more ruthless. Oh, she is still maintaining her gentle nature but on the battlefield? She is one of the few people I would rather avoid fighting. Gentle fist is not GENTLE AT ALL.

"Hmm... okay so.. " Kakashi said while taking out 2 bells from his pocket.

Before somehow taking out an alarm clock from his pocket and setting it.

"This is your test, take this bell from me before the clock reaches 12. So you have roughly 15 minutes or less"

"But sensei, only 2 bells?" Sakura asked.

"Hmm... yeah because the person who doesn't get the bell will be sent back to the academy"

I could see Naruto and Sakura tense after Kakashi said that while I just raised my eyebrows. I already know this is all about teamwork. But I just keep silent about it, well at least until I see some action from Kakashi.

"So come at me with the intent to kill, or you will never get the bells for me. So..." Kakashi attached the bells on his hip and said "the test starts... NOW!"

With that Sakura quickly went into hiding while both I and Naruto stayed where we were. Kakashi gave us a cursory glance and said

"Your teammate seems to be smarter than both of you despite you guys being some of the best graduates according to Hokage."

"We don't need to hide Dattebayo. We will just defeat you and take the bells." Naruto shouted his reply.

"Plus, if academy graduates can so easily sneak past you then I would rather go back to the academy than learn from you. Hiding is useful but not when we have to approach you for our objective. You could simply stand in a field and we would be beaten without ninjutsu to hide with." I added.

"Oh, but if you realize that then you should know that three genins won't be beating an ordinary chunin, nevermind a jonin." He mused aloud.

"You are right. The only way we could win is if you let us, which defeats the purpose of the test. You could say that it is a test we are not prepared for." I agreed with him.

This finally stopped Naruto who had been jumping on the balls of his feet in excitement.

"Wait, what? You aren't simply giving up, right? Ryu? So what if this is not something we prepared for? We just need to defeat him anyway. I bet this lazy guy is not that strong."

"Of course not Naruto. Don't you know what students do when they aren't prepared for the test?" I suddenly smiled ferally.

Naruto seemed to catch on what I was doing he too started smiling. We both turned towards our sensei and said.

"They cheat" Kakashi who had started looking at us rather than his book jumped away from his position and seemingly kicked the air around himself before shouting kai.

The flare of chakra accompanying his shout seemed to distort the light and then three hunched over forms became visible at the place he just kicked.

"When did you place me under a genjutsu?" He asked while finally putting his book away. Good, he needed to take us seriously or else being his student would be a pain.

He was answered by a kunai coming towards him seemingly from thin air. As he turned towards the direction where kunai came from he saw the same distortion in the air under which his students had been hiding coming towards him from the right. As he fought the two-pronged assault he had to wonder if this team would end up being the one which finally passes his exam.

His nearly invisible assailants had managed to keep themselves out of his reach and had been attacking with a seemingly unending barrage of kunai and shuriken. He suspected that they were shadow clones but those kids didn't honestly expect him to be defeated by just two clones right? They did say something about cheating. Even as he wondered, his hands worked in a blur deflecting the weapons thrown at him in an astonishing display of speed and control before finally catching one of the kunai thrown at him and sending it back towards his assailant who proceeded to disappear in a puff of smoke. The second clone rather than continuing to attack started running away.

"Hmmm... maybe it was not a clone." Kakashi wondered before following it.

Some distance away hidden behind trees with our chakra as suppressed as we could manage, the three of us watched the proceedings.

"See, I told you it would work." I managed to sound smug even while whispering.

Sakura and Naruto simply looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

"So what now?" asked Sakura.

"Now all three of us attack him as soon as he is caught. We don't really have much time left. Probably 5 minutes." I replied.

"But what about the bells. There are only two of them."

"Yes, but didn't you hear our exchange. The bells are probably not important. He wants us to show what we can do even if might fail." I gave her a reasonable explanation. If I didn't know the truth I would probably believe this theory.

Meanwhile, Kakashi had gotten bored of following what he was quickly realizing was really a clone and decided to end this farce and check on his students. As soon as he got close the illusion dropped.

Only instead of Naruto, it was Ryu underneath it.

"Hello, Sensei. Do you know what art is?" the clone asked with a mad grin on its face.

For some reason the question sent alarm bells ringing in his mind.

"It is an explosion." the clone answered its own statement before exploding violently. Had he not been a Jonin, the clone would have probably injured him.

Just to ensure that he had no respite, Sakura chose that very moment to emerge from her hiding place and attacked him with all the ferocity of a kitten. What? Kakashi had been a chunin by the time he was 6 years old. Talented she be, but Sakura was nowhere near the level needed to take him on.

I and Naruto decided to even the odds by joining her attack. From there all I remember is a bunch of limbs lashing out at every opportunity. The pure taijutsu match with the three of us against him showed exactly why Kakashi was considered one of the best ninjas in Konoha. What really drove the point home that his eyes had already lost interest in the match and yet he fended us off quite easily.

But if I am asked I would still say that it did not truly surprise me. What really surprised me is this.

"Why am I tied to a stump?" I asked while glaring at Kakashi.

"Because you failed to get the bells" Kakashi lazily replied. Keep being smug you lazy ass, I will be having my revenge soon.

"But we all failed to get it. Why am I the only one tied to a stump." I questioned again.

"Because you didn't try to co-operate with your teammates."

"What?" That reply caught me up short.

"I did read your files you know, and you did not use a single fire jutsu in our fight. So although you guys worked together, you were not really cooperating with them were you? or should I say that you were not really cooperating with Sakura." He said. Huh... I didn't expect him to catch that.

But rather than replying straight away I looked towards Naruto who nodded his head. Good.

"Oh, but we did cooperate sensei. In fact, everything went according to the plan." Kakashi finally looked up from his book at that and asked in a confused tone.

"What? The plan had you tied to stump?"

"No. It had me asking you a question."

"What question?"

"What is art, Sensei?"

Boom. The accompanying sound was positively cathartic to me. Naruto who had been stopping himself grinning throughout our exchange finally laughed out and skipped towards our Sensei and picked up the bells before throwing one towards me and Sakura.

As our Sensei got up, I decided to explain the situation to him before he could attack me or worse fail us.

"I placed you under genjutsu during our spar using the sharingan. And then had you lead away from the clock with mine and Naruto's clones. During that time we didn't just talk with Sakura. We also arranged for some exploding clones to hide and changed the alarm time to five minutes early. As you said the that we had till 12, we technically passed." We all grinned towards him as my explanation finished. I am pretty proud of figuring this method out.

"Oh, then who passes?" Kakashi asked.

Well, here was the part where my acting skills would show their magic. As I prepared to bullshit my way, Sakura shook her head and said

"We will do, what we just did Sensei. We will cheat." Saying so, Sakura handed me the bell while still holding on to one end. "As we all are holding the bells, we all pass." She said.

"Are you sure?" asked Kakashi "With just two people, I can concentrate more on you and you will be a step closer to your dream."

"Yes" she replied without hesitation.

As he turned towards me and Naruto, we anticipated his question and said yes.

"In that case, congratulations team7. And always remember those abandon the mission are trash but those who abandon their teammates are less than trash."

And with that cheering filled the grounds.

A/N : another chapter done and thank you sevenvik for editing it. this should be done a week ago but my wifi was down and i accidently delete this chapter and i have to write it all over again. anyway it almost wave mission and i need some opinion. should i save only haku or save both zabuza and haku? and should haku be a girl or dude? in all honesty i'm leaning towards femhaku. haku was too beautiful to be a dude. but i will holding it until next 3 chapter. soo tell me guys what you think. and see you guys again for the next chapter in a month or less. JA NE!