Chapter Eleven: The Bell Test

I was woken up harshly from my sleep when my body impacted the ground below me. I groaned in exhaustion and slowly opened my eyes. Sasuke stood above me with a smirk on his face and Kunai in his hand. It doesn't take much to figure out that he just dispelled the Shadow Clone Bed.

"TEME!" Naruto yelled out beside me in anger. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?"

Sasuke glanced at Naruto. "You won't wake up so I dispel you clones." He told him.

I stopped Naruto from lunging at Sasuke. "Not now okay? We need to save our strength." I told him. Then I looked behind me and saw a certain Jounin walking towards us.

"YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto and I yelled out in annoyance.

Kakashi gave us an apologetic eye smile. "Sorry, sorry, you see there was a black cat on the road and I have to take the long way around to avoid bad luck." He told us while I repressed the urge to skewer his face with dull Spork.

Then he took out an alarm clock and set the time to noon. "All right, now listen closely." He took out a couple of bells from his pocket. "For this exercise, you need to get these bells from me." Then he pointed at three tree posts in the middle of the clearing. "If you don't get the bell I will tie you on that tree post and eat lunch in front of your face."

I looked beside me and saw Naruto and Sasuke looking at me gratefully for that Tuna Sandwich earlier. Then I looked at Kakashi and realized that there are only two bells. "Let me guess... At least one of us will get tied on that post no matter what?"

Kakashi nodded. "Yes, at least one of you will get tied to that post and sent back to academy."

Wait, WHAT?! "EH?" Naruto exclaimed in disbelief. "You mean if we can't get the bell you will send us back!?" He waved his hand in frustration. "You can't do that!"

"Send you back or make you quit the Ninja Program entirely." Kakashi replied with an eye smile. "Are you ready?"

I observed his expression closely. It doesn't take much to realize that he's playing us a fool. "HA! Jokes on you! I know what you're doing!" I exclaimed once I realized what's going on. "You're trying to pit us against each other don't you? Well guess what? I will gladly sacrifice my position and quit the Ninja Program entirely. They can have the bells and they don't even have to fight each other for it!"

Kakashi looked at me with steely eyes. For a moment, I thought he's going to kill me dead right away.

But then he suddenly gave me an eye smile. "Here!" He threw one of the bells at me and I caught it instinctively. "Congratulations! You pass the bell test Haios." Then he looked at Sasuke and Naruto before wiggling the bell around his hand. "Now, which one of you will pass and which one of you will fail?"

I looked at the bell in my hand. "Huh... I did not expect that... I did not expect that at all..." I muttered to myself. "So... I don't have to do the test?" I asked him.

Kakashi shook his head. "Of course not Haios, you don't have to do anything." He pointed at a black stone with a flag at the end of the clearing. "I've prepared you a lunch in that monument over there. Go ahead, eat all you want. I'm sure that Sandwich you eat earlier isn't enough right?"

Wow... A free pass for the test! I don't even have to do anything! "Thanks Kakashi san! I'll be going now!" I looked at Naruto and Sasuke. "Good luck you two! May the best ninja become the Genin."

Hmm... Something fishy is going around here. I don't know what exactly it is, but something feels off. Is there anything in my food?

I looked at the closed bento in my arms and saw some good old sushi and katsu. Nothing suspicious at all really, they don't seem to be poisonous that much I can tell. Maybe because of the fried fish something felt fishy? I dunno...

Then I looked at Sasuke fighting against Kakashi. The Uchiha's movement is quick, powerful, and lethal. The jounin doesn't even have time to read his book. I smiled and cheered at him from the sidelines. "GO SASUKE!" I yelled out. "Kick his ass and get the bell!"

I can see Sasuke smirking after hearing that. I enhanced his speed a little with my power and he starts overwhelming the Jounin.

Kakashi quickly jumped back to get some breathing room. A dozen or so Kunai flew towards him but he substituted himself with a log nearby. I saw him sneaking near a tree nearby and I gently nudged Sasuke's head to tell him.

The Uchiha made some quick hand signs and shot out a volley of fireballs at the Jounin. Kakashi who saw it coming dodged everything with relative ease. Then Sasuke wasted no time running towards Kakashi and hitting him with everything he got.

Then, Sasuke made a feint at Kakashi's neck. The Jounin blocked it and Sasuke took it as a chance to grab the bell. I can see his hand gripping the bell and was about to pull the string off Kakashi's belt.

"NOT SO FAST TEME!" A Giant Shuriken soared towards the two of them. When it gets close, the shuriken transformed into Naruto and the blonde kicked Sasuke away from Kakashi. "I am not letting go of my dream just like that!"

Ohoho! A new challenger has entered the arena. Naruto Uzumaki the Son of the Yellow Flash! "Go Naruto! Show him what a dead last can do!" I exclaimed as five more Naruto appeared from every corner of the clearing.

Kakashi looked around him in alert before taking out a couple of Kunai. He sliced every single Naruto that came towards him into smoke before kicking away the real one away from him. But I can spot a shadow clone substituting himself with the real Naruto.

The real Naruto jumped away to create some distance. He took out a handful of shuriken and smirked. "Take This!" He exclaimed, throwing all of the Shuriken straight at the Jounin.

Kakashi sidestepped one of the Shuriken and caught four of them with his hands. But then, the Shuriken exploded and turned into Naruto's Shadow Clone. I can see Kakashi's eyes widening in surprise when four Naruto suddenly struck him all at once.

However, when Naruto was millimeters away from getting the bell, a Kunai soared through the air and dispelled them all. Then, Sasuke came rushing in from a distance with a determined look on his face. "Out of my way dobe!" He exclaimed before moving in to attack Kakashi.

Five seconds into the battle and Naruto tackled Sasuke away. "Back of teme! That bell is mine!" The blonde yelled.

Sasuke gritted his teeth and kicked Naruto away. "Don't slow me down dobe!" He exclaimed.

It's pretty obvious what happens next. They both start fighting each other and Kakashi watched them in amusement from the sidelines. But it feels odd in some way.

I mean, don't get me wrong. Naruto and Sasuke fighting? That's a second nature to them. But this time, it felt wrong in some way. Like they aren't supposed to fight each other at all. Is it because of the reason they're fighting?

I don't think so, they fought for the most stupid reason. Just yesterday they fought because Sasuke dismissed Ichikaru Ramen as a Junk Food during lunch time. So why does this feels wrong in some way? Fighting after the bell; that's the point of this exercise right?

Right?

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'OH SHIT! Haios you IDIOT! He's pitting them against each other! Oh my god what time is it? Eleven forty five!? Oh my god we are so dead! We are so dead!' I thought furiously in realization.

I quickly soared towards the fighting boys and erected a powerful force to stop them in their fight. "All right you two, LISTEN UP!" I yelled out with the most threatening tone I can muster. "This whole test is a trap to make you fight each other!"

Naruto looked at me in confusion while Sasuke's eyes widened in realization. "Okay, look, you can't get those bells if you don't stop fighting each other." I told them. "We need to work together or none of you will pass!"

Sasuke nodded in realization. "You're right, we have to work together..." Then he looked at Naruto. "Dobe, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I can't do this without you. As for who will pass or fail, we can figure it out later."

Naruto nodded in determination. "Yeah! Together we can kick Kakashi's butt all the way back to the Academy!"

Finally... Thirteen minutes left, oh no... "Okay, Naruto, we need some diversion!" I told the blonde. Naruto nodded and created a hundred clones and send them after Kakashi. "You two, follow me!"

I took them flying towards a hidden spot near the woods. "Okay, so here's the plan..."

Ten minutes left, Sasuke and Naruto came running towards Kakashi from different direction. The Jounin doesn't even seem to be fazed after fighting against a hundred Naruto. He dodged a shuriken from Naruto instead of catching them before blocking a strike from Sasuke.

He moved his attention towards Sasuke and start fighting against him. "Hmm... I admit, you are much better than Naruto..." Kakashi said as he sent a barrage of punch at Sasuke. Of course, Sasuke is smart enough not to block them and decided to keep on dodging them.

Then Kakashi ducked down under a shuriken and send a roundhouse kick at Sasuke. 'Puff' He exploded into a puff of smoke in contact. "Shadow Clone?" Kakashi whispered in disbelief. "Impossible, you can't have nearly enough chakra to do something like that!"

Suddenly, Naruto came rushing in and threw a handful of Kunai. It landed on the ground around him and Kakashi jumped away, expecting it to be a Shadow Clone. Then, Naruto threw a Demon Wind Shuriken (Yeah, it's that big one) and Kakashi took out a Kunai thinking that he can dispel it.

The Kunai was knocked out of his hand the second it made contact with the Shuriken. Kakashi quickly substituted himself with a log nearby to escape. "I see... You're not holding anything back aren't you?"

"We're not!" A voice exclaimed right behind him.

Kakashi turned around and saw Sasuke and Naruto running towards him side by side. He took out both of his Kunai and start holding off their collaborative attack. At first, he thought the attack would be one sided, but both Sasuke and Naruto is able to match each other's speed easily.

Naruto start off with fast kicks and punches at him. Then Sasuke moved in towards any gap to get the bell. When that failed, they switched role and try again.

I checked the time and realized that it's only five more minutes. "FIVE MINUTES! PLAN B, PLAN B!" I yelled out in slight panic.

Sasuke nodded and made a hand sign. About ten more Sasuke appeared beside him and I can almost see Kakashi gaping his jaws in disbelief. He looked behind him and saw Naruto running towards him with determination.

Kakashi moved in to finish the clones since he thought it will be easier. But they put up quite a fight too and they don't dispel even after a direct hit. "Hmm..." He glanced at Naruto for a second and his eyes widened in realization. "Henge?"

"Clever." He substituted himself away from the skirmish. Only to find himself in the middle of a Shadow Clone Ambush. He looked at where he was and realized that he just substituted himself with a Shadow Clone Log.

It was quite a sight, seeing a Jounin fighting against hundreds of Shadow Clone. The Shadow Clone was not match against the Jounin.

I smirked and looked a behind me. Naruto and Sasuke smirked back at me and nodded. "Okay, we only got one shot at this..." I build up my power before launching both of them up into the sky.

Naruto and Sasuke sky dived towards the Jounin in the middle of Shadow Clone army. Sasuke threw a bunch of Kunai at Kakashi. When close, the Kunai turned into Naruto's Shadow Clone and moved in to get the bell.

Kakashi is already prepared however. He did a powerful backflip to destroy those clones before punching Sasuke away from him.

'Puff' Sasuke exploded in a cloud of smoke, followed by every single Shadow Clone in the clearing. The whole place was covered in smoke and Kakashi covered his vital area instinctively in alert, expecting another ambush to come out anytime soon.

When the smoke dies down, Kakashi found himself standing in front of Sasuke and Naruto. Each one of them holding a bell in their hand. The clock rang, signaling the end of this Bell Test.

"Hmm... Last I check; there's only one bell left." Kakashi commented while looking at the identical bells Naruto and Sasuke has.

Sasuke nodded. "That's true, but since you can't tell which one of us gets the bell..." He sighed and looked at Naruto. "We can decide who gets the bell."

Naruto shook his head and looked down. The bell in his hand disappeared in a puff of smoke. "You can have it Sasuke... It's obvious that you deserved it, you were the one who almost got it the first time. I was being a jerk for taking it away from you."

Sasuke looked at the bell in his hand. "Stop being an idiot Naruto." He muttered to himself. "I wouldn't have gotten this if it weren't for you clones. You deserve it as much as I do."

"Teme... The only reason why me and my clones stood a chance against Kakashi is because Haios was helping me. When I transformed into you and fought Kakashi, all I could do was just let Haios make me fight."

"Dobe... The only reason why I can get this bell in the first place is because I was hiding amongst your army of clones. So stop thinking like that, you deserve this as much as I do."

Okay, that's it! I am sick of this mind tricks and friendship games. "Look Kakashi, I get what you're saying, I really do. You're trying to teach teamwork and always be ready to sacrfice ourself for our friends." Then I took a deep breath. "So can you please just pass all of us already?"

Kakashi shook his head. "Nope, only two of you can pass."

Naruto and Sasuke looked at Kakashi with a dead serious look on their faces. "If you won't pass the two of us, well then none of us..." I clamped their mouth shut with the force, cutting them off.

"LIKE HELL YOU'RE GONNA SAY THAT! I Am Not Playing His Mind Games Anymore!" All weapons in the arena floated a few meters up. "Naruto, Sasuke, here's a better idea..." I aimed every weapon at Kakashi and handed Naruto and Sasuke a couple of Kunai.

"How about we show him a thing or two about Teamwork?" I asked, making both Naruto and Sasuke grinning in agreement. "Come on guys, let's all TEAM UP and beat the ABSOLUTE HELL out of this Asshole!"

Kakashi gave us a sheepish eye smile and held out his hand. "Now, now, don't be too hasty, I was just joking." He took a few steps back and was about to bring his hands together. But I quickly gripped both of his hands to stop him. "You all Pass! Congratulations!"

Sasuke cracked his knuckles, followed by a five Narutos appearing all around him. Kakashi was about to escape but I held him in a vice grip. "Nope, you are not running away mister or I will take off your mask, take a picture of your face, and rain copies of them all over Konoha. You hear me?" The Jounin nodded in defeat and stopped struggling.

A photo frame rests on table. Inside the photo is four persons smiling together in front of a camera.

On the left side of the photo is a blonde haired kid looking at the Camera with a huge grin on his face. On the right side of the photo is a black haired kid looking at the camera with cool and mysterious look on his face.

In the middle of the photo is a white haired girl smiling sweetly at the camera with both of her arms around the boy's shoulder. Right behind them is a masked white haired Jounin tied on a tree post with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.

Kakashi picked up the photo frame and stared at it with a wistful expression on his face. "Team 7..." He put the photo frame back to its place before sighing a little. "If only you could see us now, Sensei... Obito..."

CN: Well... She didn't fail the bell test... Damn it, I was hoping she did...

Anyway, the next part is D Rank or in another words, Community Service!