The next day when they got to the school everyone looked at them with awe in their eyes. They were early so the only people who there were teachers. They praised Sasuke and Sakura, but they still glared at Naruto. Whispers like, "I bet he's taking credit for what those two did," and, "There's no way that demon could catch a traitor like Mizuki," were heard behind them as they walked, but when Sasuke and Sakura were about to turn to yell at the teachers Naruto grabbed their arms and shook his head so they both clenched their teeth and balled their hands into fists to stop themselves from lashing out at the stupid people.

When they reached the classroom where they would once again be assigned teams Naruto was met with a huge bear hug from Iruka. "I'm so proud of you Naruto. You were able to trick Mizuki, and, with the help of your friends, you were able to catch him," Iruka praised.

Naruto was so happy that his gloomy face turned into a large grin. "Thank you Iruka-sensei," he said hugging his favorite teacher back.

Sasuke and Sakura smiled, though Sasuke's was only barely visible, and together with Naruto they went to sit down. Sasuke was next to the window, Naruto was to the right of him, and to the right of Naruto was Sakura. They were surprised to find that, other than Iruka, they were the first ones in the room. They hadn't thought that they left that early.

As students began filing in all the boys gave their congratulations as they passed their desk, and all the girls, except for Hinata who gave a stuttered congratulations to Naruto before running off to sit somewhere else, all ran straight to Sasuke and praised him about his excellent achievement and told him that they had not expected any of him. As their praise continued Sasuke began to become annoyed with them, and Naruto and Sakura were laughing their butts off. Finally, it stopped and one of the evil fan girls turned to Naruto and said, "Move. Sasuke doesn't want to sit next to you. You might just rub your stupidness off on him." That's when Sasuke finally pulled out the famous Uchiha glare, and Naruto didn't have time to feel upset because he had to laugh at the scurrying fan girls who, despite their fear of the Uchiha, still found seats as close to him as they could. That was when class began.

As the list of teams was read out loud Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura listened closely for their names. "Team 7," said Iruka and they leaned forward in their chairs, "Uchiha Sasuke," they crossed their fingers, "Haruno Sakura," they bit their lips, "and Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto and Sakura cheered and Sasuke smirked beside them as the news that they were still in the same team reached their ears. After that they hadn't listened to the rest of the teams, though they did hear that Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji were still on the same team, and Kiba, Hinata, and Shino were still on the same team. "Now please wait here until your new instructors come to pick you up," said Iruka as he left their rooms.

So there they waited until all the students had been picked up by their own senseis and then they waited some more until finally Naruto said, "It's gonna be two more hours before Kakashi arrives. Can we just go wait up on the roof since he's gonna tell us to go up there anyway when he gets here?" Sakura and Sasuke nodded so they went up to the roof.

Kakashi arrived at the classroom expecting a prank from his new students as he had every year, so when he didn't get one he was very surprised. He looked around and was surprised to see that his students weren't even in the room so he widened his senses, and searched for his students. He felt there chakra signatures on the roof so that's where he went. When he got there he was again expecting a prank, but again it never came. Instead he saw his students sitting together with their backs turned to him. Sasuke and Sakura were both sleeping quietly on either sides of Naruto and he was stroking their hair in a soothing manner that, though only a ninja would have noticed, was also very protective.

Kakashi smiled before saying, "Alright children, time to wake up." To his disappointment they woke up slowly and rubbed the sleep from their eyes. Kakashi sighed as he thought of how much he'd probably have to teach his students. He walked in front of them and leaned against the railing as he pulled out the infamous perverted book of his. "Alright why don't we introduce ourselves," he said past his book.

Sakura nodded and said, "Why don't you go first, sensei so we know what you want us to tell about ourselves?"

"Alright," he said, "My name is Hatake Kakashi, I like many things, I hate very few things, and my dream is none of your business. Now your turn Pinkie."

Sakura smiled sweetly and said, "My name is Haruno Sakura, I like my friends and my medicine, I hate it when I can't save someone in time, and my dream is to become the best medical ninja ever."

Kakashi raised his one visible eyebrow in curiosity before pointing to Sasuke, "Now you."

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I like my friends and being strong enough to protect them, I hate not being able to protect them and having to watch them die, and my dream is to become the ANBU captain."

Before Kakashi was even able to point at Naruto he said, "My name is Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto, though I'd prefer it if when you introduce me to anyone else that you introduce me as Uzumaki Naruto, I like my friends and ramen and reading and well many things, I hate comparisons and people who underestimate others and not being able to defend my friends, and my dream is to become Hokage."

Kakashi gasped as he heard the name of his sensei's son, but pulled himself back together as he asked, "Why do you hate comparisons?"

"When people compare one person to another they don't know how either of the lives have gone and can therefore not really compare them correctly."

At this Kakashi nodded. "Okay tomorrow I want you at the bridge at sun rise for a new mission," he waited for a moment to see if any of them would become excited at the thought of a mission, but when they didn't he said, "and don't eat breakfast because if you do you will not be able to keep it in your stomach." He waited again for their surprise and this time he was surprised when it didn't come, but he just shrugged it off and left thinking, "They'll see tomorrow." His three students watched him go before heading to Sasuke's house to train.

When morning arrived they all stayed in their beds and slept in until it was at least 11:30. Then they woke up and got dressed and ate their breakfasts and then they went to the bridge to wait for their sensei. When there sensei arrived 15 minutes he began with his usual excuses for his tardiness. "I'm sorry I'm late," he said, "but as I was on my way here a black cat crossed my path and I had to take the long way around."

"That's all right Kakashi-sensei," said Sakura without any hint of anger.

"We've only just arrived ourselves," said Naruto with a bright smile.

"You see my mom stopped me before I could head out to congratulate me on becoming a ninja and then she took me on a shopping spree, and there was no way I could pass that up," said Sakura.

"My alarm clock didn't go off this morning so I woke up late and just as I was about to leave Iruka came to the house to offer me ramen, and I had to go. Then when we got there Teuchi-san offered me free ramen so I ate as much as I could," said Naruto.

"My father had to stop me to give me a lecture on how I should be more like Itachi, and then my mother wouldn't let me go until she told me how proud she was of me," Sasuke joined in.

Kakashi's visible was as wide as a dinner plate as his students smiled innocently at him. "Don't you take this seriously?" he suddenly growled at his students, "A ninja could lose his life by being so carefree as you three are."

His students looked at him strangely for a moment before Naruto said, "but Kakashi-sensei we were earlier then you were and our excuses were much more credible then yours."

Kakashi pulled himself together and motioned for them to follow him as he moved to the training grounds. "Since you think you're so smart I'm sure you'll have no problem passing my next test," he mumbled angrily. They all just watched him waiting for his test rules to come out. "This alarm will go off in an hour at 12:00," he said as he set the alarm clock down, "You have to get these two bells before the time goes off. I want you to come at me with whatever you got. Whoever doesn't get a bell will fail and they'll be tied to one of those posts and they will go without lunch."

Sakura decided that she might as well play along so she said, "But Kakashi-sensei there's only two bells."

Kakashi smiled under his mask and said, "That's right so one of you will fail. Anymore questions?" they shook their heads, "All right. Ready, set, go!"

As the last word was spoken each of them went off to hide. Kakashi pulled out his book as he widened his senses to try and feel for their presences. He felt one to his left, one to his right, and another directly behind him. He smiled, "Well at least they are able to hide from average genin, but I am no average genin." He was about to go for the person to his right, but before he could that person jumped out from their hiding place. He was surprised to find that it was Sasuke. He had expected Naruto to be the one to show himself. Then the person to his left showed themselves. This person was Sakura so that only remained that Naruto was still in the bushes. That meant that he was too cowardly to face Kakashi. Not a good trait for a ninja.

Before he could think any further on the subject he had to block two kick to his side. Both of his attackers flipped back and stood exactly the same amount apart. Then they came at him again and again. He was upset to find that he needed both of his hands to defend himself and therefore could not read his book. He placed it back in his kunai pouch and again had to defend himself from two more attacks. His two opponents moved together as they fought opposite of each other. It was almost as though it was an intricate dance between the two of them that Kakashi was in the way of. "These two are attacking at the same time," thought Kakashi as he watched them, "No…Sasuke is copying Sakura's moves. He's behind Sakura by a couple of seconds. It's not much of a difference, but it's enough of a difference for any shinobi to take advantage of, and I am a shinobi."

For the next half hour Kakashi watched Sakura's moves and defended himself from her while at the same time defending himself from Sasuke by using every one of Sakura's moves to predict his. At first he had looked back at Sasuke just to make sure that he wouldn't try anything different, but after a while Kakashi grew tired of it since Sasuke never did anything else. However, after a half hour had passed and Sakura aimed to hit his face with a punch and he had brought both hands up to cover his face, he felt a hard kick to his gut. He gasped as he flipped backwards and landed on his feet while holding his stomach. Sasuke and Sakura were looking angry and as he ran towards him he realized why. He hadn't gone close enough for Naruto to attack him. Naruto wasn't being a coward he was being a trap. Both Sasuke and Sakura rushed forward and again they fell back into a deadly type of dance, but this time it did not match. They never did the same thing twice in a row, and it made Kakashi think on his feet. After a moment he realized he was being pushed back and jumped behind them. They growled and again tried to force him to go towards Naruto and he just kept jumping behind him.

Another 15 minutes passed by before Kakashi said as he jumped over their heads once again, "You're plan has failed you should have thought of a backup plan," but just as he finished saying this felt himself get caught in a net of intricately woven ninja wire that had a little bit of chakra running through it. Not enough to hold him for long, but enough to give the two of them the chance to grab the bells. They did just that before jumping back.

"You shouldn't underestimate your opponents," Sakura said sweetly as she waved the bell around.

"Look underneath the underneath," mumbled Sasuke.

Kakashi was surprised. "Alright you two pass, but Naruto," he said as he raised his voice so Naruto could hear, "You fail."

Naruto came out of the bush and walked over to stand in between his friends. "That's incorrect Kakashi-sensei," he said with a smile. Kakashi raised his eye brow in question and waited for an answer. "You see Kakashi-sensei I have 15 minutes left to obtain one of these bells to make it so I don't fail."

"You're going to take one from your teammates?" he asked as he finally got out of the wires.

Naruto shook his head before reaching both his hands forward and grabbing both of the hands that held the bells. "Now all three of us hold the bells so none of us failed."

Kakashi gasped. Not even he had thought of that when he took this test. "You think that's right?" Kakashi asked Sakura and Sasuke, "That he gets a share of your winnings even though he has done nothing to deserve it."

"Those who stray from their mission are scum, but those who leave their friends behind are worse than scum," said Sasuke as he quoted his sensei's own words.

"Besides, Naruto was the one who thought of this whole plan," said Sakura.

"Well then you all," said Kakashi, "pass." The three of them smiled at one another just as the alarm went off to signal it being twelve o'clock.

i just wanted to let you all know that my chapters might take longer to come out because both of the computers i use, that's right both of them, are broken. so i can only use my mom's computer that she needs for work so anyway that's all i wanted to say