Shippuden Act
"Hey, hey, Imma go ahead, Ero-sannin!"
Jiraiya sighed as his student ran ahead to the village. The sannin shook his head. The blonde has been a bundle of excitement since he received news that they were going back to the village a week ago. Jiraiya smiled, however, he knew the blonde missed his teammates very much. "He's certainly excited, isn't he?"
The certain blonde ran up a pole and stood on top. He took in the familiar scene in front of him. He missed this place! "IIIIIIIIIIII'MMMMMMM BAAAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!! Man, this place hasn't changed one bit, ttebayo!" He yelled in excitement. "Yo, welcome back, Naruto."
Naruto whipped his head around to look for the source of that familiar voice and grinned. "Kaka-sensei! You haven't changed at all!" The silver haired jounin sweat dropped. Couldn't he have said in a more subtle way and not so blunt? It hurts a bit, ya know?
But the jounin was happy to see his third student. They were almost complete. Almost. All that's left was for them to bringher back and they'll be the old Team Seven again. Kakashi remembered the latest Bingo Book.
•Red Flash•Name: ShiraGender: Female.Age: Fifteen.Height: 165.5cm.Weight: 49.2kg.Affiliation: Nukenin of KonohaStatus: AliveWeapons: Chakra Chains, kunai, SpearNinja Status: JouninRank: S (Avoid engaging in battle)Bounty: 5000 000 000
It looked like she was making a name for herself. He was proud of her even though she had been branded as a traitor of their village. Kakashi had always thought it was Sasuke who would stray from the right path but no, he was wrong. Out of the two of them, the person he expected to leave remained in the village.
"Hey, hey, I have a present for you, Kaka-sensei." The silver haired jounin raised an eyebrow and wondered what the blonde got for him. His onyx eye however, widened when he saw what it was. "Th-This is..." Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "This is the latest Icha Icha after three years. You're going to like it, I think."
Kakashi's heart swelled, he was touched. I mean, he's been reading the same book over and over and over again and again and again. He can recite the book word by word if he wanted to. "Thanks a lot, Naruto." The blonde merely grinned at him. "No prob, -bayo!" They jumped down to Jiraiya while Naruto marched forward.
"Next stop, Ichiraku's!!!" He was so excited to eat old man Teuchi's ramen again! The ramen he ate for the last two and a half years didn't compare to the wonderful taste of Teuchi-san's ramen! Because of his excitement, he didn't realize there was a person in his way. Thankfully, he stopped just in time.
He and that person looked eye to eye, him being taller by a few centimeters. Emerald met cerulean. "S-Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked in disbelief. "Eh? Naruto?!" They stared at each other for a while, not making any noise or action. They were surprised by how much the other changed.
"Heh." A voice scoffed from a tree behind Sakura and Tsunade. "You still look like an idiot, dobe." From a tree branch, Sasuke was perched on the lowest one. He was still wearing his turtle neck shirt but he wore a fishnet underneath. He still wore black pants but it reached his ankle now. His hair was a bit longer than before, too.
And he still looked like an arrogant bastard.
"What did you say, teme?!"
"Hard of hearing, usuratonkachi?"
"Get down here so I can pummel you to the ground, you bastard!"
"If you can't get up here, then you're no match for me."
Naruto growled and was about to charge at the Uchiha but flew back when a fist met his face. "SHUT UP, BOTH OF YOU!" Sasuke gulped in response and nodded. From the sidelines, Jiraiya sweat dropped.Tsunade created another Tsunade, huh?He thought to himself.
Sasuke jumped down from the tree and landed beside Kakashi. "Afraid, Sasuke?" The Copycat taunted. The Uchiha side glared at him. "Let's see you go and face her punch, Shishou." The Hatake shrugged his shoulders and said, "Meh." The Uchiha clenched his fist. Seriously, Kakashi aggravated him most of the time and the worst part was that Kakashi made it a habit.
"Naruto-niichan!" Everyone's head turned to face the source of the voice and they suddenly found themselves staring at a naked black haired teenage girl and only a cloud of smoke was hiding her private parts. Kakashi was busy reading his book so he didn't bother with it. Meanwhile, Jiraiya was eyeing the transformed Konohamaru with his nose gushing out blood.
"Ugh, make it stop." Surprisingly, it was Sasuke who said that. The Uchiha was blushing, a trail of blood dripping down his nose and his hands were covering his face buthe was still peeping throughthe gaps between his fingers. Travellingwith a pervert for a year made him a pervert as well.
But he wouldn't admit it to anyone. Especially not Naruto. Absolutely not Naruto. Sasuke quickly wiped away the trail of blood before anyone could see it. Of course, Jiraiya's eye didn't not notice it. The Toad Sage's eyebrows wiggled.Oooh, I see what's going on...
Konohamaru undid the jutsu. "How was that, Naruto-niichan? It was a drool of ajutsu, eh?!" Naruto chuckled lowly. "Konohamaru, I'm sorry but I'm not a kid anymore. You shouldn't use that jutsu anymore either." Sakura's and Sasuke's eyes widened. Naruto, he... he...
"SUCH A JUTSU IS NOW MEDIOCRE, DATTEBAYO! BEHOLD, THE NEW AND IMPROVED SEXY JUTSU! HERE WE GOOOOOO!" Sakura smiled. Naruto has really grew u— "IMPROVED SEXY JUTSU!? YOU PERVERTED UZUMAKI!" The pinkette yelled and sent another punch to his face.
The blonde flew a feet back while Sasuke snickered and thought, serves that idiot right. The Uchiha suddenly stiffened when he felt Sakura's eyes on him. "AND YOU! Don't think I didn't see your face when Naruto said that!" Sasuke quickly put his hands up. "W-Wait a minute, Sakura. Wh-What are you—"
He was cut off when Sakura's fist dug on his abdomen, sending him to his knees. "I can't believe the both of you, Sasuke-kun. Just two and a half years. JUST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. Unbelievable..." Sasuke shakily stood up, his hand nursing his possibly bruised abdomen.
"Savage woman..." The Uchiha muttered under his breath. Sakura cracked her knuckles, making him stiffen. "Did you say something, Sasuke-kun?" The Uchiha gulped. "N-No." The dark aura around Sakura disappeared. "Good." He sighed in relief. Sakura was more violent than before and it was actually terrifying.
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Once the trio gathered together with Sakura shaking Naruto back and forth yelling about how the blonde hasn't changed one bit. "... right. The nostalgia ends here. Kakashi." Tsunade spoke as Kakashi shut his book close. "It has been a while, hasn't it?" The trio looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"From now on, the three of you will come withme on Team-Related Missions. It's different than before. It's no longer a teacher and pupil relationship. Starting today, we'renow equal Konoha Shinobis." Kakashi informed them. He got something from his pocket and raised it up.
The items jingled and the three of them were staring at three familiar bells. "Well, first... I'm a bit curious as to how the two of you developed and how your self-training for the past year went along, Sasuke. The rules are the same as before I met the three of you." The Hatake smirked.
This was goingto be fun, he just knows it.
"If you don't come at me with the intent to kill, then you'll never get the bells!"
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At Training Ground Three"The rules are the same as before. No matter what, try to get the bells from me. You guys have until sunrise tomorrow." Kakashi said while the four of them looked around. "Wow, I missed this place." Naruto said in nostalgia, a small smile lingering on his lips. "Yeah." Sakura said with saddened eyes.
Sasuke remained quiet. This place always made him quiet. "Ah, that's right, this is where you guys first trained, right?" The silver haired jounin just wanted to make small talk. His students— er, comrades suddenly got quiet. "Yeah"
"The four man squad..."
"Hn."
"That time... Shira-chan was around too, wasn't she?" Kakashi could remember it just like it was yesterday. There were still four of them, four annoying genins that he didn't really want to teach at all. The Copycat suddenly flinched when he saw their faces.
They were suddenly on their knees, sniffing. They looked to be on the brink of crying. Kakashi sweat dropped.I knew Shira-chan's name was taboo for Sasuke, I didn't think it will also be taboo for those two. Honestly, were they really teens? Kakashi shut his book shut, gaining their attention.
"Well, then, shall we begin?"
"He he, you won't do it while reading, Kaka-sensei?"
"Finished already?"
"Don't tell me you're scared, Shishou."
Kakashi chuckled. "I get the feeling I have to be serious, too. I'll take the enjoyment later." He said and raised his hitai-ate up, revealing his Sharingan. The four of them stared at each other for a while when Naruto suddenly threw shurikens towards Kakashi s direction.
The latter ducked and threw his own Shuriken. Naruto dodged it but Kakashi threw another three. Naruto created a shadow clone and let it throw him aside, dodging the incoming projectiles. Naruto landed on his knees and henged his shadow clone to a fuma Shuriken but froze.
A burst of smoke covered the Shuriken as the shadow clone appeared behind Kakashi with a kunai pointed at his back. The Hatake was holding the original captive in his hands. Thecopycat was impressed. Naruto really had improved.You've matured, haven't you, Naruto?
Kakashi smiled. "Alright, let's start for real!" Kakashi disappeared with a puff of smoke. Sakura looked at her left, right, above and behind.If he's not anywhere, then... She looked beneath her. "BELOW!" She recoiled her arm back and punched the ground.
Naruto and Sasuke jumped back with dumbfounded looks, a hint of fear swimming in their eyes. "Eh?" They uttered out. Meanwhile, Kakashi was sweating buckets like there was no tomorrow... and there was a certain possibility that he wouldn't even make it until tomorrow at this rate. What insane strength! The fifth... didn't just teach Sakura medical ninjutsu, did she?!"Found you, Kaka-sensei."
The way her eyes twinkled in delight sent shivers down the boy's spine.
I should stop playing around with Sakura-chan! She could kill me!The blonde thought in pure fear.
I shouldn't really let Sakura know I have a stash of Icha Icha back at home. She's gonna kill me!The raven haired teen thought in fear.
Sasuke snapped out of his thoughts. "Sakura, go and hide with Naruto!"
"Got it!"
The Uchiha sent a fireball towards Kakashi's direction and it was only encountered by the same technique. Sasuke landed a few meters away from Kakashi with his Sharingan activated. "Lightning Release: False Darkness!" A spear of lightning shot towards Kakashi, who barely dodged just in time.
The silver haired jounin readied himself and summoned a reserved tanto from his storage. He summoned it just in the nick of time to block Sasuke's katana aiming for his arm. The two started swordfighting, their speed was incredible and Kakashi was having a hard time keeping up. It seems like Sasuke found his own sword style. Kakashi thought, impressed by the Uchiha's improvement.
Sasuke performed another fireball and escaped through the chaos. Kakashi countered the fire release with a water release jutsu. "Hm, this ought to be fun." Kakashi muttered.
The trio were hiding, tired by the day's event. It was already night time and they still haven't got the bells yet. "Ne, Sasuke-kun, doesn't Kaka-sensei have any weakness or something?"
"Hm, there is but we can't afford to do it. The Sharingan takes up a lot of stamina and chakra but considering this is Shishou, he can still beat us even if he's tired." Sasuke informed them. The pinkette sighed. "Doesn't sensei have anymore weakness?"
"Ah, I got it!" Sasuke and Sakura looked at Naruto, who was grinning at them. "Kaka-sensei has another weakness!"
"Really?! What is it, Naruto?"
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"No." Sasuke deadpanned.
"Why not?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"You're just jealous you didn't think of it, teme! Hahaha!" Naruto exclaimed.
Sasuke's we twitched. "That's not it, you moron."
"Then, what's the matter with Naruto's plan?"
Sasuke discreetly gulped. He can't possibly tell Sakura that he doesn't want to know what the truth is behind the series. Nuh uh. He wants to read the entire book rather than a spoiler from that idiot. Think. Think. Is there another way?!
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No, there isn't. "Fine, we'll do it." Sasuke grumbled under his breath.
Kakashi pondered if he should spy on his opponents. But stopped when he caught a whiff of their scent. The three of them charged out of the bus, shocking him.Are they serious?! They're going to attack directly?!
Though, he raised an eyebrow when he saw Sasuke turning off his Sharingan and had earmuffs on his ears. "Now, Naruto!!"
"The last joke in Icha Icha...! The truth about the main character is that...!" Kakashi realized what Naruto was saying and what made Sasuke cover his ears. Kakashi's hands shot up to his owners and covered them but only to realize he could read Naruto's lips.
He shut his eyes closed and waited for a blow, punch or a katana slicing him up but it never came. Instead, he heard a jingle. When he opened his eyes, he realized that the three of them were each holding a bell. "A ninja must look underneath the underneath, right, sensei?" Sakura said with a mocking tone.
She seriously found this amusing. Now, Kakashi realized why Sasuke covered his ears and deactivated his Sharingan.
He sighed.
Team Seven: 4Hatake Kakashi: 0
Couldn't they just stop hurting his already small ego?!