Chapter 11-Promiscuous Hand At Deception

'Someone's been following me since I left the Hokage monument. Pity I already know who it is. Though I think I can pull this one to my side here, two is better than one after all,' Naruto thought with a grim expression, already knowing that this person now probably knew about a 'thing' called Death Note and him talking to a shinigami named Ryuk.

"Let's go," the whiskered blonde spoke as he walked around the bed to climb the window, sitting there crouched. Just when he was about to jump, Ryuk asked giddily.

"Hey what about the Death Note? You said you will give it back to me."

Naruto however turned his head, gazing at the shinigami with a smirk.

"You know Ryuk, there's one thing about us that makes us humans very interesting...," he started making the shinigami look at him in confusion.

"We can be skilled enough to lie even to the death gods," the blonde finished with a laugh before jumping down the window while Ryuk stood there wide eyed, his mouth open like a gaping fish as his face began to go red.

'That manipulative little...' the shinigami sighed in exasperation as he released a shaky breath, a chuckle escaping him.

'That's the first time I've heard the kid laugh.'

Next Day: 6:45 AM: Training Ground Three

Three figures could be seen walking towards each other amongst the morning mist in a clearing.

"'yawn' Good morning," Sakura muttered, her eyes half lidded while Sasuke and Naruto just nodded at her, both of them fully awake.

"Hey, where is that porn sensei of yours? I'm eager to find out what's in the next chapter!" Ryuk exclaimed, turning his head left and right for any trace of Kakashi.

Naruto had a neutral expression on his face as he turned his head around the clearing, surveying his surroundings.

'So this it huh? Pretty open for laying effective traps...' the blonde thought as he started to walk towards a large tree.

"Hey Naruto, where are you going? Sensei would be here any second now!" Sakura exclaimed in confusion while the blonde just ignored her as sat with his back against the tree trunk, closing his eyes while Sasuke glanced at him with a grim expression on his face.

'Yeah right, its gonna be several hours till he arrives alright,' Naruto thought as he just sat there with closed eyes.

Several Hours Later

POOF!

"Hehehe...oh this is good."

"YOU'RE LATE!" both Ryuk and Sakura yelled, pointing an accusing finger at Kakashi, who just chose to ignore her as the jounin continued to read his 'book'.

"Finally!" Ryuk exclaimed as he flew to stand behind Kakashi, now giggling while reading that 'book'.

"Lets just start okay?" Naruto spoke with a calm expression on his face, now walking towards where Sasuke, Kakashi and Sakura were standing.

The jounin instantly stopped giggling as he closed the book making Ryuk glare at the back of his head.

"So, I see you're all ready for the survival test this fresh morning," Kakashi said with a smile making Naruto give him the deadpan look.

"Survival test?" Sakura asked in confusion making the copy ninja nod with his patented eye smile.

"Of course, didn't I tell you yesterday that all graduates have to go through survival tests to become full fledged genins and that this test has a failure rate of sixty-six percent and also that you're most likely to fail anyway so why bother becoming a ninja? I didn't tell you that?" he asked making Sakura shake her head like a robot while Ryuk sweatdropped at his antics.

"Oh well now you know," the jounin spoke, this time making all of them sweatdrop at him.

"What do we have to do?" Sasuke questioned seriously.

"Its simple really, you just have take one bell from me. The one who takes a bell will become my apprentice. The rest will be sent back to the academy," he uttered making their eyes widen in shock.

"What?" Sakura exclaimed while Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"As I said, the one who gets a bell becomes my apprentice. Due to my busy schedule as an elite jounin of this village, I can't afford a full squad you know," Kakashi verbalized.

"There are two bells here though," Naruto pointed out calmly making Sakura and Sasuke look at his waist.

"Ah, well earlier I had thought about bringing two bells in the equation but I changed my mind," he answered making Sakura sigh.

"Also, if you want a bell, you have to come at me with the intent to kill," he spoke, his expression serious this time as the jounin walked towards the post, setting an alarm clock on it.

"You have until noon to get a bell. The one you fails gets tied to this post while others would eat their lunch. Also, he or she would be sent back to the academy," Kakashi finished with a smile as he walked to stand in front of them.

Sakura had a wide eyed look on her face, thinking how she would be separated from her 'Sasuke-kun' in this for sure.

'The only way would be if both me and Sasuke-kun fail. But there's no way Sasuke-kun would fail in this,' she thought nervously while the Uchiha clenched his fists, a confident look on his face.

"Well kid, looks like you're in a tight spot here," Ryuk commented while Naruto had a small smirk on his face.

'I'm impressed...man, that Nara really is a genius. He sure knows how to play his cards alright,' the blonde thought as he outwardly sighed to himself lightly.

"Alright you three, get ready. One..." Kakashi started as immediately Sasuke and Sakura were on their guards while Naruto continued to stand there with a neutral look on his face.

"Two...Start!" the jounin exclaimed when the three genins disappeared in blurs, taking their positions among the forest surrounding the clearing.

"Shinobi battle skill one- A shinobi must be able to conceal himself effectively," Kakashi spoke loudly as a light breeze swept over the clearing.

'Hm...they've hidden themselves well. Though its not a surprise that I can't sense Naruto-kun at all,' the jounin thought as he took out his book making Ryuk's eyes brighten as the shinigami flew towards him from where Naruto was hiding.

'Again they are doing this really well. Just like before, they are hitting two birds with one stone here,' Naruto thought with a serious expression as he took out a kunai from his thigh pouch.

'Having the three of us fighting for one bell, they are daring me to control someone here and get the bell to pass the academy since I'm the most desperate one here. And in case I'm Kira, which I am actually, they've deliberately made things simpler for me in this just so that I use the death note to pass myself. They know that if I use the death note, most probably I'm gonna control Sakura. By doing that, her questionable behavior under the death note's control can be put under the excuse that she deliberately wanted me to pass so that she could be together with her 'Sasuke-kun' in the academy, and hence I would pass. They're tempting me here, they have deliberately created this situation so that I, or in case Kira is controlling me, get myself or himself busted by them later checking Sakura's memories. And if they find blanks in her mind, most probably they'll check my mind cause this will be a hardcore proof against me. This way, either they'll get to know I'm Kira in case I'm caught by surprise in this or they will know that Kira is controlling me. If they find blanks in my mind, meaning if they deduce that Kira was controlling me during the test, they'll get to know Kira's motives that he wants me to become a ninja. This will make KISSI be on their guards, they'll think that Kira wants to achieve something by me becoming a shinobi, hence most probably jiji would be forced to drop me from the shinobi program for the security of the village. This, I definitely can't allow. Besides, there's a limited number of times I can forfeit the death note's ownership and then get it back, I have to careful in this. On the other hand, according to them, if Sasuke passes, they'll check his memories for blanks since jiji hasn't put restrictions on checking his memories yet. In this case, they'll know that I'll try my best to pass the test using my ninja skills. Since they know I'm holding back, they'll get to know about my real skills. Really, now that I've realized it just now, they're killing three-four birds with one stone here. Damn, I'd earlier planned to create another fake identity of Kira so that KISSI would concentrate less on me and more on catching the non existent Kira which I made for them to believe his existence. Now they're concentrating on me even more than before,' Naruto thought, concealing his presence as he tried to patiently think of a plan.

Kakashi however stood there in the clearing, not making a move as he kept giggling while reading his 'book'.

'That pervert! Even now he can't take his eyes off that disgusting material!' Sakura thought in fury when she felt someone tap her shoulder.

"Psst, you gonna sit here all day Sakura?" she snapped her head for her eyes to get wide.

Both Naruto and Sasuke turned their heads upon hearing Sakura's scream echoing throughout the area.

"That's one down," Kakashi muttered to himself with a smile while Ryuk was just lost in the erotic pages of Icha-Icha.

'I have to try and get the bell. I can do it with that jutsu, but I don't want to reveal it now,' Naruto thought as he readied himself.

"Hehe...damn you Jiraiya-sama," Kakashi mumbled with a giggle as he turned over a page.

Whoosh!

The jounin ducked, without looking up as a kunai passed where his head was. Kakashi's eyes however widened a bit upon noticing an exploding tag on the kunai. He jumped in a blur when...

Boom!

A small explosion took place making him turn his head from where the kunai had been launched.

'Well, he sure is serious about the intent to kill part,' the copy ninja thought as he put the book back into the pouch whereas Ryuk came out of the smoke while coughing.

"N-Next time warn me you bastard!" the shinigami yelled towards where Naruto was sitting.

"Futile attacks such as these give out your position!" Kakashi stated as he launched several shuriken into a dense tree from which the kunai had sailed towards him.

Poof!

'So it was a shadow clone...' the jounin thought when several shuriken hurled through some of the bushes where Kakashi had just thrown a shuriken.

This time all the shuriken had paper bombs attached to them with the help of a wire going through the hole in the middle.

"More paper bombs?" Kakashi asked as he jumped back to skid on the ground while the shuriken hit the ground. His eyes though narrowed when they didn't explode.

CHHRRR!

He lifted his head upon hearing the rustling of leaves, his eyes widening when about fifty shadow clones of Naruto jumped through the bushes towards him.

'What is he planning?' the jounin thought as he readied himself while the clones approached him. All of them went for the frontal attack as they reared their fists.

Kakashi dodged the first punch easily, his eyes narrowing in slow motion when all the clones smirked at him as they made the ram seal. One of the clones opened the zipper of his jacket to show him a paper bomb attached to his chest making the jounin's eyes widen.

'Impossible!'

BOOM!

Sasuke however was currently staring at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

'Naruto...' he couldn't believe his eyes, was this the same deadlast of their class?

He just stayed in his position as the large amounts of black smoke slowly cleared to show a crater with no one present there.

Naruto however jumped out of the bush to land near the crater, searching for Kakashi.

His eyes however widened when he felt someone grab his legs.

KHDRRR!

The blonde was pulled into the ground as Kakashi jumped out, a serious expression on his face.

"That was a really impressive move Naruto-kun," he uttered when the clone smirked at the jounin.

"I'm not done yet," he muttered.

POOF!

Kakashi's eyes widened when the blonde puffed into smoke.

POOF!

The shuriken embedded into the ground which were earlier thrown by the jinchuriki puffed into smoke to reveal several Naruto's as they leaped at Kakashi, the bell specifically.

The jounin reacted just in time as he elbowed one Naruto on the back neck making him puff into smoke. Kakashi went for a kick towards the approaching shadow clone who momentarily got covered by the smoke.

'What the...' the copy ninja thought when Sakura came out of the smoke instead of the clone with a kunai in her hand.

His eyes widened even further upon hearing the sound of bell behind him.

"Its over sensei...," she spoke with a smirk making the jounin sigh as he noticed a bell missing from his waist while the standing Sakura puffed into smoke to reveal Naruto who dispelled along with the other clones.

The jounin turned back to see Naruto standing there with a smirk on his face, a bell in his right hand.

"Looks like I pass sensei," the blonde spoke making Kakashi smile.

"So you first threw those tagged shuriken with fake paper bombs to make me dodge when those shuriken were your transformed clones. Then using the smoke from your dispelled clone, you had your other clone deliberately enter the smoke screen, transform into Sakura and surprise me. Using that moment, you took the bell huh?" the jounin spoke making the whiskered blonde nod.

"How did you plant bombs on all those clones? When did you have time to do so?" he asked.

"Well you did arrive three hours late, that and I was bored. So I set some traps here and there just in case," the blonde graduate answered with a shrug.

'Such cleverness admidst a battle is exceptional, its an extremely rare trait. He's overcoming his shortcomings in his shinobi skills by showing ingenuity with simple academic jutsus and primitive tools like paper bombs, kunai and shuriken. And the week break given by Hokage-sama, he used it to his full advantage it seems. He's almost completely mastered the shadow clone technique in this seven days span, I can't tell the difference between the real him and the clone without possibly using the Sharingan. Also, to think up of plans like these in a matter of seconds, he really is some kind of a genius,' Kakashi thought as he smiled at the blonde jinchuriki.

"Gomen Naruto-kun, it isn't over yet," he verbalized making the blonde's eyes widen as the copy ninja puffed into smoke while the bell in his hand turned into stone.

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he clenched the stone tightly in his hands.

'Yeah, this isn't going to work,' he thought when he heard a voice behind him.

"Never let your opponent get behind you," Kakashi spoke, currently crouched while forming the tiger hand seal making the blonde turn his head.

The jounin brought his index fingers towards the blonde's rear part as he exclaimed.

"Sennen Goroshi! (Thousand Years of Death)"

POOF!

'Dammit!' Kakashi inwardly exclaimed when Naruto puffed into smoke, indicating that he was a shadow clone too.

'So it seems he hasn't come out of his hiding place since the test started. It's quite the surprise as to how much he was holding back during the academy,' the copy ninja thought as he stood up.

"Katon: Goukakyou no Jutsu! (Fire Release: Fireball Technique)" Sasuke exclaimed, standing several meters away from Kakashi as he fired a human sized fireball from his mouth at the standing jounin.

'As I suspected, fighting against nii-san is futile. He is the famed Sharingan no Kakashi after all, the shinobi who has copied over a thousand jutsus,' Naruto thought, currently hiding in the bushes as he watched Sasuke and Kakashi fight when his eyes widened slightly in realization.

'Oh wait...there is a way!' he thought with a serious expression as he sneakily moved through the bushes.

Sasuke was currently standing in front of a crater which had been formed due to the fireball, searching for the jounin. The Uchiha's eyes widened in realization as he jumped suddenly, dodging two hands which had burst out of the ground just in time.

"Nice, just witnessing this technique once and you were able to dodge it," Kakashi spoke when he heard Sakura shout.

"Sasuke-kun!"

'What?'

His blood ran cold upon noticing several shuriken sail towards an unaware Sasuke. Removing all restraints on his speed, Kakashi disappeared from Sasuke's view as he tackled the Uchiha just in time to dodge those shuriken.

POOF!

Kakashi's eyes widened when a pebble laying on the ground near them puffed into smoke to reveal Naruto.

...

...

Thud!

The duo fell on the ground as the jounin turned his head to notice Naruto standing there with a bell in his right hand, currently staring at Sakura.

Kakashi stood up along with Sasuke as he narrowed his eyes while Sakura came running towards them.

"Sasuke-kun! Are yo-"

"Why did you attack Sasuke?" Kakashi asked in a stern voice while the Uchiha stared at the pink haired graduate with cold eyes.

"I..I don't know, I didn't want to...It's like my body moved on its own! I swear I didn't meant to harm you Sasuke-kun!" Sakura exclaimed in a shaken up voice while Naruto stayed quiet as he kept staring at her.

"Hey, is this your work?" Ryuk asked, coming from above. It seems he was observing the fights from above. Naruto however ignored him.

'Is this again Kira's work? It could be that he made Sakura throw a kunai at Sasuke, taking both of us by surprise leading to me saving him, and hence giving Naruto-kun the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Or it could be that due to her infatuation with Sasuke, Sakura threw the shuriken on purpose so that Naruto could pass. Either way, we'll have to check Sakura's memories now,' the jounin thought as he sighed to himself.

"Well, it seems Naruto here has passed the test," he muttered making Sasuke grit his teeth as he clenched his fists.

"Its not my fault that she interfered!" he growled while pointing a finger at Sakura making her lower her head.

"Neither it's my fault that you were unaware of your surroundings," the jounin spoke calmly making the Uchiha grit his teeth.

"I wasn't expecting an attack from my own teammate," he said sternly in a low tone making the copy ninja sigh.

"A Suna puppet user during a war attaches chakra strings to Sakura's arms and makes her fire a much more destructive attack than just those shuriken, then? You still going to complain that you weren't ready for your teammate to attack you?" the jounin questioned with a serious expression making the Uchiha lower his head, his fists tightly clenched by his sides.

A Couple of Minutes Later

"Why do I have to be tied like this while they eat their lunch sensei?" Sakura screamed with a frustrated expression on her face.

"Because you didn't do anything except fall for a weak genjutsu. Aren't you supposed to be good at genjutsu?" Kakashi asked making her blush in embarrassment while Naruto and Sasuke were currently sitting beside her on each side, quietly eating their lunch.

"Hmm...tell you what? You three seem to be pretty interesting ones, so how about we retake this test to give you all three another chance?" the jounin offered with a smile making Sasuke snap his head upwards while Naruto kept his head lowered, clenching his chopsticks tightly; a calm expression on his face.

"Really?" Sakura asked with hope while Sasuke too was eager now making the jounin nod when he turned to a quietly eating Naruto.

"What about you Naruto? I was expecting an outburst from you over this?" the copy ninja asked while the whiskered blonde kept his head lowered.

'So that's how you wanna play huh? It seems KISSI had already planned this in case I would pass. They know me being desperate to pass this exam, retaking this exam would definitely get a reaction out of me. Well tough luck Shikaku, I was a born actor,' Naruto thought while Sakura and Sasuke were looking at him for a reaction, expecting him to burst at any moment.

"It's not fair to me...," the blonde spoke as he continued to eat while Kakashi opened his eye.

"But it wasn't fair to Sasuke either," he muttered making the Uchiha's eyes widen while Sakura bowed her head in shame.

'Your parents would be proud at how fast you've matured Naruto-kun,' the silver haired jounin thought with a smile.

"Well, that's definitely a surprise coming from you Naruto," Kakashi verbalized with an eye smile when the blonde jinchuriki lifted his head slightly to gaze at the jounin.

"A lot of things in my life weren't and still aren't fair, so I'm pretty used to it," he uttered as the copy ninja's smile dropped instantly with Sakura having a confused expression on her face while Sasuke was sporting a solemn look.

The whiskered blonde then started to eat again.

"Who said the world of shinobi was a fair place anyway," he further spoke, shocking Sakura with his maturity.

"Rubbing it in their faces, huh kid?" Ryuk asked with a chuckle.

"I'm confused about one thing though, why are you allowing us to eat lunch if you're retaking the test? And second, why are these lunchboxes so small, they seemed to be packed for six years old kids," Naruto asked, his box already half empty while Sasuke had barely eaten it due to him 'brooding' earlier. Kakashi however smiled in amusement at the blonde.

"Well, I think you'll perform better after getting your stomachs filled. As to why the lunchboxes are small, you see, I was walking on the road of life when I saw these kids playing with each. So I-"

"And you think Sakura will perform better with an empty stomach?" Naruto asked, interrupting the jounin abruptly making Ryuk sweatdrop while the jounin just smiled.

"Well that just depends on you guys, you're a team after all, teammates support each other right?" he articulated when Naruto's breathing hitched, instantly realizing what the jounin was implying while Sasuke continued to eat his lunch.

"I have a quick errand to run, so I'll be back in a few minutes. Be ready for the test when I get back though," the silver haired jounin stated with his patented 'eye-smile' as he shunshined out in a puff of smoke.

Silence filled the area as a light breeze continued to ruffle the trio's clothes and hair.

GRRNNN!

Sakura blushed furiously in embarrassment as her stomach growled loudly while she coughed loudly to cover it.

"I...I think I'm a bit sick now," the pink haired spoke in between her coughs, trying to make them believe that it was the 'cough' and not her stomach speaking. Sasuke rolled his eyes at the pathetic excuse, silently eating while Ryuk sweatdropped.

"Are we seriously supposed to believe that?" the shinigami asked no one in particular as he sighed to himself.

'That, or I'm used to Naruto's intelligent aura,' he thought before glancing at the blonde to notice him staring forward with somewhat wide eyes.

"Hey, you okay? You're not eating. You should finish before porn-sensei gets back," the shinigami spoke, shaking Naruto out of his trance like state as he began to eat slowly, a frown on his face.

'How can I overlook such an obvious thing?' he thought in anger, clutching the chopsticks tightly.

'One bell, apprentice, small lunchboxes...it was all a fucking act! I was so concentrated on deciphering KISSI's plan and somehow passing myself that I completely overlooked the hidden motive of the test! It's...' he pondered, taking a deep breath to calm himself.

'It's just so fucking obvious! He's checking our teamwork. I was skeptical as to why he had brought two bells when one was required as he just could've thrown the other one,' he mentally spoke to himself, now remembering Kakashi's exact words at the start of the survival test.

"Its simple really, you just have to take one bell from me. The one who takes a bell will become my apprentice. The rest will be sent back to the academy."

"As I said, the one who gets a bell becomes my apprentice. Due to my busy schedule as an elite jounin of this village, I can't afford a full squad you know."

"You have until noon to get a bell. The one you fails gets tied to this post while others would eat their lunch. Also, he or she would be sent back to the academy."

"Also, if you want a bell, you have to come at me with the intent to kill."

'He never explicitly stated that that only one of us would pass. He just implied it, made it look obvious to us that this test was only about one bell, and that the one who gets a bell would pass. First he says that the one who takes a bell will become his apprentice. Since there are two bells, even though he implied that only one bell mattered, still he never stated that the first one to get a bell will become his apprentice, meaning that if the two of us got a bell, 'we' will become his apprentices. He then says that due to his jounin status, he can't afford a full squad,' the blonde thought as he remembered Kakashi's answer yesterday to Sasuke's question.

"The answer is pretty obvious sensei. The mission is more important than...actually, how many members does the squad contain anyway?"

"Three of course."

'The way he had answered, it was like an obvious fact that a squad consists of three members besides a jounin sensei since an A-rank mission wouldn't be carried out by genins. So its a definite that a squad contains three members, taking out the jounin sensei for a genin squad that is. Now coming back to the real deal, he said that he couldn't afford a full squad, but an incomplete squad can also have two members instead of one. And then he said that the 'one' who fails to get the bell will be tied to the post while 'others' would eat their lunch. Now earlier I thought that the passed candidate and he himself came under this 'others' category but now I'm completely sure that he was talking about the two passing candidates. It's clear that the two bells were always under the equation if I had just listened carefully...but no...its almost impossible to pick such subtle hints, especially when we were anxious about the test, especially when I was concentrating so much on KISSI's plan. I guess Shikaku deliberately made the hints so subtle just so that none of us could pick it up, not even Kira. After all, if I would have deciphered the thing about two bells, I wouldn't have taken the risk with Sakura and they wouldn't have gotten such a reaction out of me. This also allows nii-san to say later that he had given hints all along, that it was us who couldn't 'look underneath the underneath', blaming it on our own awareness as a shinobi. And now that their motive is fulfilled considering Sakura did something extremely suspicious which was in my favor, nii-san now gave me a much more noticeable hint for passing the test,' Naruto thought as he slowly stood up with his half full lunchbox while remembering what Kakashi had said just a minute ago.

"Well that just depends on you guys, you're a team after all, teammates support each other right?"

'He deliberately gave us a hint, a strong one at that. Teammates support each other...it's a dead giveaway to the whole motive of the test. We were supposed to use teamwork to get the bells...or a bell as to what we understood back there. And his yesterday's statement about those abandoning their comrades being worse than trash, its obvious he really stresses on teamwork. That's why he tied Sakura around the post and made us eat lunch in front of her, later saying that he had to run an errand when he wants to see whether we give share our lunch with her or not. That's the reason these lunchboxes are so small. As he knows that we are very hungry, he knew that the two of us would devour a small lunchbox quickly. He's testing us to see if we care enough for our teammate to share our insufficient lunch with her even if we ourselves are hungry. That's what he meant by teammates supporting each other,' the blonde pondered as he brought the chopsticks holding some rice near Sakura's mouth.

"Here...," he muttered as a look of surprise crossed her face while Sasuke looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"B-But sensei said tha-"

"If we want to get the bells, we have to fight him together. We can't take a jounin like him by just one of us," the blonde verbalized as the Uchiha stopped eating, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Sakura nodded as she began to eat quickly.

"Thanks Naruto," she spoke gratefully while he glanced at Sasuke who just sighed to himself as he slowly stood up.

"Fine, here you go," the Uchiha muttered as he offered his food.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura exclaimed with a smile, her eyes turning into hearts making his eyebrows twitch while Naruto smirked at him.

"Hey you think this the right move? He might fail you guys, there's a reason he tied her to the post you know," Ryuk articulated as Naruto continued to feed Sakura.

Two Hours Later

"Where is he?" Sakura asked in a low voice, her stomach growling while she was still tied to the post. Sasuke had gone to sit under the shade of a tree a little away while Naruto was laying on the same spot beside the post, currently sleeping.

The blonde currently had his jacket opened from the front, revealing his black T-shirt as he slept peacefully while a light breeze continued to flow across the area.

'Man, I still can't believe after all the things this kid has been through, he can sleep with such a peaceful look on his face,' Ryuk thought, currently gazing at the blonde when Sakura glanced at Naruto, her cheeks tinted a light shade of pink.

'He does looks cute...when sleeping,' she thought, smiling a little at him.

'After graduating from the academy, he's changed so much. What could've possibly happened that brought about such a change?' she thought in confusion, currently gazing at him.

POOF!

"Yo!" Kakashi exclaimed with a smile making her glare at him murderously, not having the energy to yell at him.

Naruto was still sleeping while Sasuke walked to stand beside Sakura, an annoyed expression on his face.

"Hey Naruto, sensei is he-"

"No need to wake him up, you three have passed already," Kakashi interrupted with a smile making Sakura snap her head towards him, both her and Sasuke's eyes widening in shock.

"What?" the Uchiha simply asked with an expressionless face making the jounin chuckle.

"I said you three pass. We are now officially team seven," he said as they continued to stare at him for any possible explanation.

Several Minutes Later

"So, as you see, this was about teamwork all along. It seems Naruto saved your cute little asses today," Kakashi uttered making Sakura's eyebrows twitch while Sasuke just sighed to himself.

"I think porn-sensei is bi...what do you think Naruto?" Ryuk commented, glancing towards the blonde who was still sleeping.

"Oh your still sleeping," he spoke as a matter of fact.

"Well, tell Naruto that we start doing missions from tomorrow onwards. Meet me here at eleven in the morning," the jounin verbalized, glancing at the blonde jinchuriki before puffing into smoke.

Sasuke however, without saying anything started to walk away making Sakura look at him.

"Hey Sasuke-kun! Don't leave me! At least untie me!" she spoke loudly as he continued to walk. Sakura sighed as she lowered her head.

"Why does he keep ignoring me?" she muttered to herself in a defeated tone before noticing that Naruto was still sleeping.

"Hey Naruto...Narutooo," she called, trying to wake him up while the blonde's eyes scrunched a bit as she continued to call for him.

His eyelids slowly fluttered open as he sat up lazily, rubbing his eyes.

'Cute...' Sakura thought involuntarily as the whiskered blonde stood up.

"Where's Sasuke?" he asked with a yawn making her blink.

"Oh, hey we passed! Sensei had just come to tell us that. And Sasuke-kun just left now," she answered making him nod as he walked around her, untying her from the ropes.

Sakura sighed in relief as she flexed open her arms.

"I see...," he muttered with a thoughtful expression on his face.

'So he never intended to take the test again after all,' he thought when the pink haired genin uttered.

"Hey you don't look so excited, I thought you'd be the most happiest of us," Sakura verbalized making him look at her strangely. She seemed to talking to him like a normal person now, unlike before though.

"No, I'm happy. Just that I don't have the energy to grin like an idiot," he mumbled making her giggle a bit.

'I think all of them should've noticed by now,' Naruto thought as he looked in the direction of the hokage's carved faces.

"Hey Naruto, since you gave me your lunch, I think I should treat you to lunch too!" Sakura said with a smile, excited that finally she was a kunoichi now, snapping the blonde out of his staring daze.

"Huh? Oh, thanks for the offer but I'll pass. I have some important work to do Sakura," he stated with a neutral expression while her smile visibly deflated.

"Oh...well, see you tomorrow I guess," she spoke with a small smile making him nod. The blonde turned around as he started to walk in the direction of Hokage's monument, waving his right languidly.

"Yeah sure...see you later," he uttered with Ryuk floating by his side.

Konoha: Streets Near the Hokage's Monument

Currently, almost everyone had their eyes glued to the famous monument of Konohagakure no Sato.

"I can't believe it...this is the beginning of a new era."

"Kira...I told you...no one can get away from him."

"He's everywhere, watching us!"

"The guardian of Konoha!"

"The hell! He has insulted our beloved yondaime! Who does he think he is?"

"Hey be quiet! If he's really watching us, he may kill you if you say things like that."

Whispers, exclamations, discussions, predictions...people of Konoha were anxious. Children were ushered to their homes, locked in their rooms, their parents not wanting to see this display of 'brutality'.

Fear and hatred...a sense of security, these were the emotions, the basis on which the population of Konoha could be divided right now.

Streets, balconies, roofs...people were standing with expressions of awe, fear and comprehension on their faces, their eyes fixated on the carved face of their beloved yondaime hokage.

"Hokage-sama, I understand what he means to say...but, what are those numbers. What should we do?" Inoichi, currently standing beside Hiruzen on the roof of Hokage's building spoke with a serious expression.

The old leader sighed, his mind running in full gear.

"We'll leave that to Shikaku, Ibiki and the Cryptographic department. Right now, I think its best if we cover it up with a strong genjutsu and make the place off-limits for anyone except us," he declared, staring at the dead body of a man who was hanging upside down via rope, it being tied to the base of the yondaime's nose.

'Its better if we don't pull out the body or rub the message, we need to decipher it first,' Hiruzen thought with a grim expression, not being affected by the gruesome sight of the blood soaked-naked body, a 'vital' body part of it missing.

"This Kira...really looks like a sadist to me," Inoichi spoke in an uncomfortable tone.

"Well now it looks like he's had some experience in torture and interrogation," Ibiki muttered, standing beside them along with several other jounins while Hiruzen stayed quiet.

THUP!

Landing on the roof of his apartment, Naruto had a serious expression on his face as he gazed at the monument, inwardly though, he was smirking with excitement!

"Hey yo-Whoah! HOLY shit! So this is what you were planning?" Ryuk exclaimed in surprise, examining the 'modified' face of the yondaime like many others.

"When did you get the time to do this? No wait...you made someone else do this bloody stuff for you right?" the shinigami asked making the blonde nod.

Naruto had a small smirk on his face as he swept his gaze over his surroundings, noticing that how all the roofs were filled with civilians and shinobi, their attention caught by this latest stunt.

He shifted his pupils to the large carved forehead of the yondaime, eyeing 'Kira's' message, written with blood- a hint of cold mirth in his deep oceanic pools-

211383221211

4300621

AAACCHBOOOOO!

8

UPON THE FOURTH'S SNEEZE,

1

OUT SWARM RAPISTS LIKE BEES!

11

NO SPERM HIS DICK SHALL HATH,

8910

CAUSE AT 2 AM, HE FACED KIRA'S WRATH!

BEWARE! WRETCHED RAPISTS OF KONOHA!

'Yeah...it's the beginning of a new era.'

HERE! This is where we pause, at one of the major events of this fic. Can anyone decipher Kira's message? Oh, the italics on 'Beware' is just an author preference, it holds no significance to the message.

Anyway, there should be a liiiiitle biiiiit delay in the next update due to some things, so just be a little patient.

Another thing, I'm sure almost everyone now is thinking that Naruto is going to be paired with Sakura later in the fic...nope, not happening. Whatever is happening, it's part of the plot. :)

Hope you're enjoying the story so far, as much as I'm enjoying writing it...or maybe more? Lol

See you guys in the next chapter! :D

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