Disclaimer: I will say this once and only once. This applies to the rest of the story and all the next chapters. I do not own "Naruto"; it belongs to its rightful owners and creators. Also, I will not be held responsible for anyone that might be upset with the explicitness of language, or groping in this story. Any e-mails/reviews I receive from anyone offended by anything (unless it's reasonable) will by responded with a big finger and a very upset author.

Legend:

"Blah," – Talking

"Blah," – Thinking/mental conversation.

"Blah," – Kyuubi talking

"Blah," – Kyuubi thinking

Xxx – Time/scene change

WARNING: CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF SAKURA-BASHING AND EXCESSIVE CUSSING LATER ON IN THE CHAPTER. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED; SO DON'T BE BUGGING ME ABOUT IT.

Answers to some of the reviews:

To those who thought I made Iruka jounin… Shikamaru is only Chuunin and yet he was in charge of a team. What I'm saying is that you don't have to be a Jounin to be in charge of a team.

Dragon Man 180: Thank you. You will be seeing more of Itachi, but that won't happen for a while yet… and no, he won't be Naruto's jounin sensei. I am glad you thought the way you did of where I hid the ball… enjoy, and read on!

Shadow-Sensei: Thank you.

Puchu-chan: You should be glad that you just gained some distance on me… I'd have to hit you had you been near me. Even suggesting that I put Yaoi in my fic. should be a death sin. Shame on you!

joekool: Sorry to say I've been to busy with this chapter to have had the chance to read your fic… I'll get right on that.

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Masiyuu: I'll see what I can do…

It's story time:

Four years passed since the fateful meeting between Iruka and Naruto. The week after the meeting of the two, Naruto had enrolled into the academy. He had no place to stay, and since Iruka felt sorry for the boy, he let the blonde live at his house. Since then, Hinata had asked the hokage to be assigned to the academy, so she could be with 'her' Naruto-kun. The pair, now 12 years of age, had recently started dating. When they asked Hiashi for permission, the answer was blatantly no, but they really didn't care, so they went ahead and did it anyway.

Naruto had decided that he wanted to stay in the academy until his good friend Uchiha Sasuke would take the graduation test. Itachi was also one of Naruto's friends, and often had a sparring match. It was not often that an ANBU captain would take time sparring with an academy student, but seeing As Naruto helped him fend of Orochimaru, Itachi found him more than worthy of his time.

Through the years Naruto had learned a skill called 'immunity' from the fox. Its effect was just that. It negated the effect of most offensive bloodlines. It was extremely draining and the blonde could only use it twice a day if he was full on chakra. Other than that, as a present on his ninth birthday, Iruka had bought him a set of weights from 5 pounds to 500 pounds, and a suit to have them in. The blonde figured that it would take him years to get to the heaviest weights.

Xxx

The day of the graduation test had finally arrived. Inside the classroom, Iruka was busy briefing the students on the test. To help him judge the exam, another Chuunin by the name of Mizuki, was present.

"As your names are call, you are to go into the next room. The test will consist of bunshin no jutsu," Iruka said. Mizuki on the other hand was busy glaring at the half sleeping form that was Naruto.

"Hey brat!"

"What do you want sensei?"

"That 'assistant' is glaring at you… he might be up to no good. Watch him closely. I know we haven't really touched the subject of bunshins, but I think you can manage,"

"O.K. and thank you sensei, it's not often that you compliment me,"

"Oh just shut up,"

Truth be told, Naruto had neglected the bunshin and dismissed it after he first learned it the first year in the academy. His skills were rusty to say the least. As his name was called, he hoped beyond belief that he remembered how to do it, if not perfect, then at least good enough to pass. Unfortunately, as fate would have it, Naruto only managed to produce one bunshin, which also seemed to be mentally retarded, 'cause it was running around the room making bird sounds.

"YOU FAIL!" Iruka practically shouted.

"You know, Iruka, he did make a bunshin, even if it did 'malfunction' so to speak. Not to mention his amazing stamina, we could let him pass," Mizuki said in a gentle voice, but loud enough for Naruto to hear it. He had already planned what to do. Mizuki knew Iruka was stubborn when it came to this type of thing, but that didn't mean he had to come of as a bad person too. Naruto's hopes soared when he heard what Mizuki said, only to fall plummeting back down after Iruka replied with:

"Mizuki, I can't pass him. All the other kids made at least three bunshins, and I know Naruto can do better than this. I have to fail him,"

Xxx

A little while later, all the kids were out side telling their parents how they passed. Naruto however, was sitting by himself, on a swing, approx. 50 yards from the other kids.

"That kid… he's the only one who didn't pass ain't he? It's a good thing too, considering that he is," a bystander said

"Shhhh. You know we aren't supposed to talk about that," another one in the crowd said

"Anyway, the day that… that thing becomes a shinobi… I don't even want to think about it," the first one continued.

Mizuki was inwardly jumping for joy. His plan might go through. He'd frame the Kyuubi child, and kill him. Not only would he come out a hero, he'd get revenge on the very thing that killed his friends and family. He even knew what crime to frame him for, but before anything, he had to talk to the boy.

"Hey Naruto… Let's go talk somewhere," Naruto looked to his side to see Mizuki standing by his side. Silently nodding, Naruto joined him. A while later, the duo sat on the roof of a tall building looking over the village.

"It's not that Iruka hates you,"

"Then why? I only wanted to pass the exam…" Naruto was now reciting Kyuubi's exact words.

"Well I suspect that it's because he too was an orphan… he wants to make sure you are strong enough to take care of yourself," Mizuki inwardly smiled as everything was going according to his plan. Little did he know that a large fox was doing and thinking along the same lines.

"But I really wanted to pass!"

"Well then, I guess I have no other choice,"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"Naruto I'll let you in on a little secret," He couldn't believe how lucky he was.

Xxx

Knock.

Iruka awoke to a knock on his door.

"Hey Iruka, get up! Something terrible has happened, the Hokage is holding a meeting right now!" Mizuki shouted through the door trying his best to sound devastated.

"Mizuki! What's wrong?"

"It appears that Naruto has stolen the scroll of seals!"

"He has what! Let's hurry!" Iruka said as they legged it towards the Hokage's office.

Xxx

As they arrived, they saw a bunch of people with concerned and angry faces and a stoic Hokage.

"I want Naruto found, NOW! GO!" with that all the shinobi scattered.

"Where can he be?" Iruka thought to himself.

"I'll try the forest!"

Xxx

In the forest, Naruto was sitting and reading the scroll. He was still working on the first technique, the kage bunshin. Next after that, was a technique called Shunshin no Jutsu. That was a technique that the fourth hokage himself had added to the scroll. It was there for his son, since only people of their blood could learn it. A family technique, not like a bloodline, but a technique so special, that unless you were of a certain blood you couldn't not learn it… at least not to its fullest potential.

He read both techniques thoroughly, and wrote down every last detail on the Shunshin no Jutsu on an empty scroll he had in his pouch. At the end of the jutsu, there was a seal. It said that if the heir to the fourth read this, he should take a drop of his blood and smear it on the seal. He did so, and when it was activated, it revealed another scroll, though it was remarkably smaller. There was one detail that Naruto noticed. It had his name on it. He decided that he would read it later so he put it inside his coat, and continued to practice his Kage bunshin.

Just as he managed to get it down, and decided to take five, a shadow came up from behind. It was Iruka.

"Naruto…" he said in the most terrifying voice the blond had heard, including the fox'.

"Just what the hell do you think you're doing with that scroll?" Iruka continued, his voice not changing.

"Oh you mean this," Naruto said as he pointed to the large scroll he had previously been studying.

"Mizuki told me that if I could learn just one Jutsu, I would pas the test!" Naruto told him. The best part was that it was true. Kyuubi's suspicions about Mizuki had been correct, and the moment he had suggested that Naruto should steal the scroll, the blonde decided that he would trick the man, as well as learn a few jutsu.

"Mizuki…" Iruka thought as he suddenly realized what was going on.

"Get down, Naruto!" The brown haired chuunin shoved the boy he considered a son out of the way as a rain of kunai and shuriken struck the man with a scar across his nose.

"Good job finding the demon, Iruka, but I'm afraid that I can't let you leave. As for you Naruto, I'll tell you a little secret," Mizuki said with a manic look in his eyes.

"Mizuki! No don't do it!" Iruka begged.

"If it's about Fuzzy, then save your breath I already know," Naruto said, obviously shocking them both. He lowered his head for dramatic effect, while activating the Onigan.

"For what you did to Iruka-sensei, I'll kill you!" Naruto growled as he stared the grey haired chuunin in the face. While trying to overcome his fear, Mizuki threw a kunai towards Naruto, which he easily caught.

"Pathetic! Let me show you a little trick I've picked up; Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" four new Narutos popped into existence. They spread out. The real Naruto dashed towards Mizuki despite Iruka's protest. He faked a punch, which Mizuki dodged, only to be caught by a clone that sent a kick to his head. Skidding along the ground, trying to get up, he looked straight into the Onigan that now resting in Naruto's eye sockets. Trying his best to fight Naruto he jumped back and threw several more weapons which all hit air. As the scared chuunin landed he once again met the glare of the Onigan. This time however, Naruto spoke:

"Let me try a jutsu I've not had the chance to test yet. Fuuin: Nobiru!" the seal on Naruto's stomach spread out and started to close in on Mizuki who now was paralysed in fear. And the seal touched the unfortunate chuunin; he was sucked into Naruto's mind to face the wrath of Kyuubi. Two seconds later Mizuki fell over dead, for to him he had spent over 3 months being mentally killed by the fox, and not once had he died in the same way. The strain on his mind was too great.

Sarutobi had witnessed the whole ordeal through his crystal ball, and went to tell the rest of the pursuers that everything was ok.

Back in the forest, Iruka was stunned at the boy in front of him. He knew he was powerful, but this was insane. A boy, who had just failed his genin exam, had just displayed skills good enough to defeat a chuunin. Left with only one choice, he asked Naruto to close his eyes.

"Can I open them now?" the blonde asked.

"Yes, you can," was the answer. Naruto opened his eyes to see Iruka not wearing his forehead protector.

"Congratulations Naruto, you are now a shinobi of the leaf. Let's go get some ramen," the new genin leapt on his sensei, in an attempt to hug him.

"Ouch, Naruto! That hurts!"

Xxx

Sensei and former student, had spent over 2 hours celebrating at the Ichiraku, and to the owner's delight and Iruka's un-fortune, Naruto had broken his record and had eaten 40 bowls over the 2 hours, which left Iruka broke. Luckily now that Naruto was an official shinobi, he would be able to pay for his own food. During their little two-man party, Sarutobi decided to drop by and pick up the scroll and congratulate Naruto. The time to say goodbye came all to quick for the both of them. On Naruto's 11th birthday, Naruto had moved out of Iruka's apartment. Iruka had planned on adopting the boy, but realized he didn't need to. When Naruto had moved, it was both good and bad. After they had met for the first time four years prior, Iruka had signed up as a teacher for the academy. His schedule immediately was filled up by the busy days of a teacher, and even though Naruto lived with him, they hardly had time for each other.

After he moved out, Naruto had moved in with the Uchiha clan, well what was left of it anyways. The blonde would have preferred to move in with the Hyuugas so he could be even more with Hinata, but Hiashi would have absolutely nothing of it. Hinata's mother had died from a rare disease when the navy-blue haired kunoichi was 10 years old. She had been devastated, but Naruto had been by her side through it. Hiashi became colder at the loss of his wife, and blamed everything from germs to the clouds in the sky.

Until he appeared at the Uchiha mansion asking for shelter, and have it granted by Itachi, he hadn't really spoken to Sasuke, but over the past year, the two had become best friends. Sasuke was cold, and had only two things he claimed to live for; one was to rebuild the clan, and the second was to kill Orochimaru. He barely remembered Naruto from the fateful night, but he thanked him for preventing the maniac from killing his parents and brother. After that, he felt he had repaid a debt and continued to be cold. However after about three months, he had seemed to open up around Naruto. The Uchiha head and his wife, or Omura and Taka grew to like the blonde, like most others who took the time to get to know him instead of dismissing him as a demon.

Now that Naruto was a Genin, he felt he had to get his own place to live, and because he didn't want to intrude more than what was necessary. So he moved again. He found that the Apartment he had used once upon a time was still vacant, so he used it for shelter until he could afford something better.

The next day was the time for the team selection meeting, and as Naruto arrived, a lot of confused looks met him.

"Didn't you fail the exam? Only those who passed are supposed to be here!" a boy who was petting his dog said.

"Naruto, who had his forehead protector where it should be, around his forehead, pointed to it and replied:

"Does it look like I failed to you?" after he said that he found a seat next to Sasuke.

Five, ten even twenty minutes passed before Iruka announced that the teams were about to be read. He read them one by one, and when he hit number 7 he read:

"… Team seven will be Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke," after hearing this Naruto was relieved that he would be with his friend, but at the same time royally pissed of that he had to be with someone as weak as Sakura. He decided not to comment… yet. Sakura on the other hand, was jumping for joy since she was on Team with Sasuke, and Sasuke was like Naruto annoyed that the most annoying girl in his class had to be on his team.

"Team ten will be Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Chouji," Iruka paused to let the groaning of Shikamaru and Ino die down.

"Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino will be trained by their family and will not be assigned to a team," Iruka then finished with saying:

"You will meet your Jounin sensei in 3 hours. Until then, do as you please.

Right there and then, Hinata chose to enter. Upon sight, Naruto ran down and latched himself onto her, something he would never have been caught doing six months prior, but it seemed that she rubbed off on him, as much as he rubbed off on her.

The pair decided to have a lunch, which was 25 bowl of ramen; 24 for Naruto and 1 for Hinata. The amazing this was that they finished at the same time. After that, they spent the remaining time, surveying the village from atop of the hokage monument, more precisely the third's head. They sat and discussed everything and nothing. The time of the 'introduction to jounin' came, and Naruto left.

Xxx

Back at the academy, his two chosen teammates were waiting for him, and their sensei. That seemed to be all they were doing, waiting, and some more waiting. Finally three hours after the agreed time, a 'lazy looking, grey cactus haired baffoon' as Naruto put it, came walking up the hallway that lead to the classroom that team seven currently was situated in. The mischievous part of Naruto that came from having the fox in him for so long, was begging to revenge all the 'potential Ramen and Hinata time' the blonde had been robbed of. However, Naruto decided that he would just kick his ass later on. After feeling the killer intent oozing from all three genins the Jounin came to one conclusion, which he opted to say out loud:

"Well… My first impression is… I don't like you," to which the three sweat dropped.

"Meet me on the roof," he continued and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Five minutes later, the trio arrived only to witness their sensei already there and reading a book with an orange cover. Noticing that his students had arrived, He tucked away book, look at them.

"Ok. Introductions are in order. Who's first?" The jounin asked.

"What do you wanna know?" Sakura asked.

"How about… Your likes, dislikes, your dreams for the future, hobbies… you know, stuff like that," the jounin shrugged

"Why don't you go first to give us an example, sensei?" Sakura continued.

"Ohh… Me? My name is Hatake Kakashi. I have no desire to tell you guys about my likes and dislikes. Dreams for the future…? Hmm…Well I have lots of hobbies,"

"So… all we got to know was his name?" Sakura whispered just loud enough for her teammates to hear.

"Ok, your turn you guys. From the right," he said pointing to Naruto.

"Name's Uzumaki Naruto. I like Ramen… and Hinata-chan… and the Uchiha family. I dislike that flat chested bitch, Sakura, over there," he paused while pointing to the pink haired Kunoichi, and resulting in her screaming as she launched her Anti-Naruto attack. It was futile, as Naruto calmly dodged all incoming attacks. He then continued:

"I mean she's so pathetic, she's gonna get herself killed on a d-rank mission. Dreams for the future? To marry Hinata-chan, and become the Hokage! … Just like dad," he whispered the last part so only Kakashi could hear him. My hobbies are to train, eat ramen, be with Hinata-chan, and playing pranks I guess…"

"Interesting," Hatake thought

"Ok next one," Kakashi said.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I like my family, my friend, Naruto, and training. That's it. I dislike all else but things that a necessity. I wouldn't say I have a dream; it's more of an ambition. To help my brother resurrect the clan, and kill a certain man,"

"Hmm… I saw that coming a mile away… he's an avenger, I'll have to keep a close eye on him," the grey haired Jounin noted mentally.

"And last, the girl,"

"I'm Haruno Sakura. I like…" She glanced at Sasuke. "I dislike Ino-Pig and Naruto… And perverts! But most of all Naruto,"

"Ok, ok! I've heard enough from you. I already know what you are gonna say… Uhh indicate that your dreams and hobbies are, which would be Sasuke, so save it," Kakashi was inwardly befuzzled that such a lovesick girl was able to pass the genin test.

"This just isn't my day… everyone seems to be mad at me," Sakura thought.

"It's all Ino-Pig and that Damn Naruto's fault!" Inner Sakura screamed.

"Yeah! It's Naruto's Fault!" Sakura shouted out loud without realising it.

"Hey, Whore-uno! What the hell are you blaming me for? Probably your own fault anyway,"

"What did you just call me?" Sakura screamed.

"Was I not clear? What I meant to say was: Get Off My Case You Boob-Less Good For Nothing Whore!"

That shut Sakura up for good.

"Is he telling the truth? I am really just worthless?" She thought.

"Hell no! We'll work hard and make him eat his own arrogant word; just you wait!" Inner Sakura joined in.

"Hell yeah!" The pink haired kunoichi replied in her mind.

Back with the sane, Kakashi was talking about the day after.

"Tomorrow is the day where we find out if you are truly cut out to be shinobi. Before you ask, the academy test was to find out who was capable of participating in the real genin exam. Meet me at Training area 7, tomorrow morning at 5 AM. Bring all your shinobi tools. And don't eat breakfast, as you'll just throw up. Any other information you might want is right here," Hatake said as he gave the three one flyer each.

"By the way, this test has a 66.66 failure rate," With that, Kakashi left in a puff and a cloud of smoke.

Xxx

After the meeting, Naruto had been trying to find a place where he could read the scroll that was addressed to him. A while and some mindless wandering later, he found himself back in his cave in the forest of death. He proceeded to open the scroll. First off in the scroll was the reason behind why Naruto was chosen, but since he had heard that from the fox, he skimmed past it. Second were details on their family jutsu, which were all speed or time related, which made them excellent assassins. The only fault to this was that it also made their blood speed up, and therefore could easily give the users the advantage of being hyper and loud. There were no jutsu to counter that drawback however; it had to be done through hard self-discipline training. Again the fox had forced that into naruto's systems so that were no longer a big problem. Third in the scroll was a bank account number where Naruto's parents had put away a little money for him. And last an apology for whatever troubles the sacrifice had caused Naruto.

Naruto cried himself to sleep after reading the scroll, only to wake up during the middle of the night. What would normally be the start of a good day, was interrupted by an over dimensional demon fox.

"Hey brat, get yourself something to eat before you die, that sensei of yours is probably gonna be late anyways. There is no way that someone who 'forgot the time' for three hours, is going to be on time. So if you don't eat, you'll have to go through that test on an empty stomach and won't be able to perform at your best, which will in turn cause you to fail. Oh yeah, before I forget, I'll get you for calling me fuzzy, just you wait,"

Naruto wanted to complain, but decided not to, as he wanted to eat as soon as possible, and that didn't mean after having a huge fight with the furry entity. As the sun started to rise, Naruto legged it towards the 7th training area of Konoha, but not before stopping by the Ichiraku for some breakfast

Xxx

Ten minutes later, he arrived, only to find himself being alone. He decided to try using the Shunshin. He got the scroll where he had written the instructions, and started reading:

"Shunshin no jutsu, or body flicker technique. This jutsu increases the speed of the user to incredible levels. It does so by both slowing down time around the user, and increasing the speed of the blood running through the user's body, making him more agile. When in use, the Shunshin leaves the opponent to think that the user disappeared, only to be on the receiving end of an attack less than a millisecond later. Ways to improve the effect of this jutsu is endurance and speed training. To activate the Shunshin, simply let the chakra flow freely in your body, while focusing on the desired effect, before releasing it in a constant stream, making a barrier around you, where if everything goes as it should, time will slow down. This requires extreme chakra control; otherwise you might speed up time and reverse the effect. On a more positive note, this jutsu does not require handseals."

If he messed up, it would mean that he'd give the opponent the advantage he was supposed to have, and that would leave him open to most anything. After three tries, he figured he'd try again later on, because he noticed Sasuke approaching, closely followed by a lovesick lunatic by the name Sakura.

Xxx

Five hours and a lot of moping later, Kakashi arrived with some sad excuse. None of the current team seven bought it, so he decided to go over the details.

"This timer is set to noon. Your job is to get these two bells," he Jingled two bell in his hand.

"If you can't get them, you fail. You have to come at me with intent to kill if you are going to succeed. Begin," again he disappeared after finishing the speech.

Naruto was the first to try and find the Jounin, and so he did. He found a clone, and he knew it, but what the clone didn't know was that he had also located the real one.

He threw a kunai at the clone, but it was dodged. The Kakashi copy got out his orange book and started reading. This however didn't go to well with the blonde who now charged the alert Jounin. On instinct the Shunshin was activated, and his speed increased enough to land a solid punch on the jounin, thus making him dissolve on contact.

"Come out, come out wherever you are," Naruto said, while making his voice as creepy as possible. Gathering chakra to his nose, he caught his sensei's scent coming from the bushes to his right. His improved hearing caught the sound of something that reminded him of a schoolgirl giggling. First he thought of Sakura, but when he remembered his run-in with the perverted man a couple of years prior, he recognised the laugh as a perverted one. He didn't mind perverts, as long as they stayed out of his way, and his sensei being perverted during his training time, well it didn't make things better. This made the fox in Naruto suggest several ways to express his disappointment through mischief.

The blonde used a demonic jutsu he had learned called 'Kage Heigou' or 'shadow merge'. The effect of said jutsu, allowed the user to melt with the shadows around you, and travel trough them. Having his chakra masked, he re-appeared behind his sensei, and performed the Kage bunshin. Next he preformed his infamous Oiroke no jutsu, thus creating a new jutsu that he called harem no jutsu. His perverted sensei had jets of blood coming out his nose, and with such speed it ripped his facemask. Unfortunately for Naruto his sensei was propelled away before he had got a hold of the bells.

Recovering from massive blood loss was a messy business, but a blood-replenishing pill did the trick, and luckily he had a spare facemask in a pocket on the jounin vest.

Kakashi noticed Sakura in some of the bushes near him. She had apparently been to caught up in Sasuke to notice him falling from the sky. The scarecrow, let out a non-audibly sigh, before sneaking up on her.

"Sakura, behind you," he said thus making the pink haired kunoichi jump around only to fall victim to a genjutsu he had prepared. To her, it seemed as though she had only passed out, but she had in reality been put in an illusion that would make her worst nightmare come true. And so it did. She heard Sasuke's voice call her name, and of course she was jumping for joy, but when she looked to where the sound had come from, she saw a bloodied Sasuke, with kunai and shuriken stuck in his body all over. To put it short he was dying and in need of her help. However, Sakura, being the un-talented 'I have someone to protect me' type, only fainted at the sight. In the trees above her Kakashi thought something along the lines of:

"Maybe I over did it a bit…" before teleporting out of there. He arrived back where he had 'fought' Naruto, and he was out for revenge. He found the boy, and snuck up behind him. Forming the tiger seal, he cried:
"Konoha's ancient taijutsu supreme technique; One thousand years of pain!" as he rammed his fingers up the poor un-knowing blonde's asshole, propelling the poor boy into a nearby lake. Now all he had left was Sasuke.

He found the raven-haired boy by having a storm of kunai and shuriken being thrown at him, thus revealing the last genin's location. Quickly using a kawarimi, he escaped unharmed, leaving a pissed off genin, who went looking for his teacher.

Kakashi now stood on an open field, waiting for his last student to come for him.

"You're not ready yet to take me on alone, Sasuke-kun," Kakashi said, leaving him a hint to the answer to the test. Naruto who was in some nearby bushes again plotting against the Jounin heard it and understood. Sasuke however to blinded by his goal ignored his sensei's words, and replied with:

"I'm not like the others," To which his teacher said:

"Show me what you've got,"

Sasuke charged, and tried to kick his sensei, but it was blocked. Using his momentum, he threw a punch, which was also blocked. Following up by another kick that too was blocked, he was left with an opportunity to grab the bells, but Kakashi noticed him just in time to avoid. Sasuke started doing some seals. When he recognised them, Kakashi was shocked.

"No mere genin has the capacity to do that Jutsu!" he thought as he quickly tried to come up with a counter.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!" Sasuke shouted as he blew a large ball of fire from his mouth. When he let the Jutsu go, he noticed that his sensei was gone.

"Where is he? Behind? Left? Right? Above?" the genin thought.

"Below!" Kakashi's voice came, right before a hand came up through the earth and grabbed Sasuke, effectively pulling him into the ground, leaving only his head to surface. Kakashi left him there, as he went back to reading his book. Sakura had by now recovered from fainting, and went to find her precious Sasuke once again. Short after, she saw his head stick up from the ground, and again she fainted, as the thought of Sasuke's head being severed was too much for her. The Uchiha genin sweat dropped at the antics of his female teammate, and denied knowing her.

Meanwhile, Naruto had thought of a plan, but he needed to talk to the others, and lucky for him, they were at the same location. With only thirty minutes left of the test, he hurried to his teammates.

Digging Sasuke up and waking Sakura cost him about five minutes. As the walked back to the timer, Naruto tried to explain to them that if they'd work together, they could do it, but Sakura only fawned over Sasuke, and for that reason, Sasuke had blocked off his hearing so non of the two heard anything Naruto said.

Xxx

"Time's up, you all fail," Kakashi said with a gloomy look in his eye. He really wanted to pass the team this time.

"What! You can't do this! I have to be a genin!" Sasuke yelled as he charged the jounin, with a kunai in his hand. In one swift move, Sasuke was face down on the ground, with Kakashi on his back, while holding a kunai at his throat.

"NO! Don't step on Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled, already over her previous shock as she thought of it as a joke from Sasuke's side.

"That may be true, but still, you don't deserve it no matter how much you want it. You say you 'have to be' a genin, yet you act like an immature punk," Kakashi replied calmly as he ignored Sakura.

"Are you guys underestimating ninjas? Huh? Why do you think you were divided into teams and are doing this training?"

"Huh? What does that mean?" Sakura looked like a question mark.

"Basically… You guys are not understanding the answer to this test,"

"Answer?" It was now Naruto who spoke.

"Yes. The answer that help you pass this test," The jounin replied.

"So, when are you going to tell us?" Sakura voiced her mind once again.

"Doesn't this bitch ever shut up?" all the male members of the team thought simultaneously.

"Geez…"

"Ahh! Damn it! Give us the damn answer already!" Sakura was now frustrated.

"It's… teamwork,"

This single sentence left the three aspiring genin silent.

"The three of you working together would have a chance at getting the bells,"

"But sensei! There was only two bells," Sakura whined.

"Of course! This test was designed to make you fight amongst yourselves. As a team you are supposed to forget about your own interests and work together as a team,"

Seeing no response in the team, Kakashi continued:

"Sakura, you were only trying to find Sasuke, and ignored Naruto who was much closer. Sasuke, you went around alone thinking the others would hinder you. Naruto, you showed the most potential and even picked up the answer to the test. It was not your fault your team-mates didn't listen to you though," Kakashi paused before looking at them. Reaching into pouch on his hip, he pulled out a kunai and held it at Sasuke's throat.

"Naruto, kill Sakura, or Sasuke dies!" Kakashi ordered

"Fine," Naruto replied as he pulled out a kunai.

"What the hell are you doing?" The grey haired jounin screamed.

"Following orders. Besides, if it would save Sasuke who is my friend and a capable shinobi, I'd gladly dispose of Ms. Pink and useless over here,"

"That is not the point here. You all seem to possess some talent, so I'll give you one more chance. You only have one hour to pass the test, and this time, I won't go easy on you," He said as he disappeared in a poof.

Xxx

Naruto led them into a safe haven to form a plan, and with the help of the fox, what he came up with was nothing short of sadistic.

The trio snuck into position. They discovered that Sakura had a thing for Genjutsu, and she knew one that would fit the situation like a glove. To their sensei, it would seem as though nothing was wrong, that was until it was to late. While Sakura activated the jutsu, the boys snuck into position. Sasuke was to take the bells, and Naruto decided to make it personal and was going for the book.

Everything went according to plan. And just as they finished, the bell rung and Sakura undid her jutsu. The poor Jounin was in the verge of tears when he saw his beloved book gone, but the tears soon became a raging fit. The perp. would pay with his life. Back with the timer, Naruto had started to look through the book, and after he turned the first page, a blush was apparent on his face, accompanied with a trickle of blood from his nose. A killer intent almost as overwhelming as that of the fox was approaching at high speed.

"Oy, Kakashi-sensei! I thought you said it was going to be harder this time…" Naruto grinned as he sat engrossed in the book, already understanding what was so good about it. During his Time in the social Konoha, Naruto had heard of a saying:

"Nothing can rival a mothers love... except Kakashi's love for his books,"

"I guess it's true after all," The blonde thought as the jounin appeared 5 yards from the boy's current location.

"NARUTO! Give me back my book this instance or I'll make sure you won't live to see tomorrow!" Kakashi had fire in his eyes.

"Not now, it's just getting interesting," Naruto, said as he waved him off.

"Give it back NOW!" Kakashi roared.

"There is just one thing I'd like to test… I hear that paper and fire doesn't mix well…" Naruto had a grin that could rival the Devil's, and the expression Kakashi sported was the incarnation of fear itself, as Naruto had been racing through the seals of a fire jutsu.

Deciding that the elder male had had enough, Naruto handed him the book back, and when the grey haired jounin got his book back he said:

"Did the bad man hurt you?" As he cradled the book like an infant, all the while glaring at Naruto.

"For that stunt alone I should fail you, but you did organize this and all of you executed the plan to perfection, so I guess you guys… pass…"

A/N: This was a crappy chapter indeed, but it was over 4 times as long as the usual chapters… so will you stop bugging me about the length now, at least for a while? Pretty please?
Until next time, this is Jiraiya saying: Jaa nee, and REVIEW!