The next morning, I got ready alone before going to the training grounds. Kakashi was already doing what he did best, and I knew he wouldn't show up until much later, but I still left and arrived on time.

"Morning," Naruto yawned as he seemed to be lead to our meeting spot.

"Morning," I greeted while Sasuke was silent.

We waited for hours, Naruto even fell asleep again, before Kakashi finally showed up.

"Morning everyone. Ready for your first day?" he asked us.

"Hey! You're late!" Naruto shouted angrily.

"Well, a black cat crossed my path, so I had to take the long way," he lied with a grin on his face. Naruto just growled at him and the obvious lie. "Well..." Kakashi cleared his throat. "Let's get started."

"Huh?"

"Here we go," Kakashi said placing a timer on a stump and setting it. "It's set for noon."

"Huh?" Kakashi held up two bells in front of him.

"Your assignment is very simple. You just have to take these bells from me. That's all there is to it," He told us jingling them again. "If you can't get 'em by noon, you go without lunch." Naruto screamed in shock. "You'll be tied to those posts, and you'll watch while I eat my lunch in front of you." I sighed sadly. So that's why he didn't want us to eat breakfast.

"There are only two bells and three of us," I noted.

"Well, that way, at least one of you will end up tied to the post and ultimately disqualified for failing to complete the mission," Kakashi explained. "That one goes back to the academy. Then again, all three of you could flunk out, too. You can use any weapons, including shuriken." I tensed at that thought. "If you're not prepared to kill me, you won't be able to take the bells."

"Can't we use training weapons so we're sure we don't hurt you?" I asked him.

"Especially since you couldn't dodge that eraser," Naruto laughed.

"Class clowns are usually the weakest links," Kakashi told him. "You can safely ignore them- lowest scores, losers." Naruto groaned in annoyance. "When I say start, you can begin." Naruto pulled out a kunai and spun it on his finger before attacking Kakashi. Kakashi grabbed Naruto's hand and pointed the kunai at the back of his head. Of course, Naruto hadn't moved far from his spot. Kakashi used a jutsu to transport himself behind him. "Don't be in such a hurry. I didn't say start yet." Naruto growled at him in annoyance. Kakashi released him and Naruto rubbed his now sore wrist. I'd never seen Kakashi move that fast before. "But you came at me with the full intention of destroying me, so- How can I say this? I'm actually starting to like you guys. Get ready... and, start!" We all jumped to hide surrounding him.

"Ninja must know how to conceal their movements and hide effectively." I was sitting in a tree staring down at my older brother and sighed lightly at the blond idiot.

"You and me! Right now! Fair and square! Let's go!" What was that idiot doing?

"You know, compared to the others, you're a little bit weird," Kakashi told him.

"Oh, yeah? The only thing weird here is your haircut." Naruto attacked him with a battle cry and I rolled my eyes. What kind of attack is that? Kakashi slipped his hand into his weapons pouch and Naruto immediately jumped back.

"Shinobi battle techniques, part one. Taijutsu- the physical art." Then why's his hand in his weapons pouch? He whipped his hand out with his book and I nearly fell off my tree branch. He really brought that thing with him?!

"What the-?" Naruto asked confused.

"What are you waiting for?" Kakashi asked him. "Make your move."

"But- I mean, why are you reading that book?" Naruto asked him.

"Why? To find out what happens in the story, of course. Don't let it bother you. With your weak attacks, it doesn't really matter if I'm reading or whatever."

"I'm going to crush you!" Naruto shouted angrily as he attacked. Kakashi blocked his punch then dodged his kick. "Now you're mine!" Naruto tried punching Kakashi, but Kakashi disappeared from in front of him and appeared behind him.

"Don't let your enemy get behind you all the time," Kakashi told him. Was that a hand sign while he held his book? Is that the sign of the tiger? What the hell is he thinking?!

"Naruto! You have to get out of there!" I shouted at him.

"Too late," Kakashi said with a glint in his eye. "Leaf village, secret finger justu! A thousand years of death!" Kakashi stuck his fingers up Naruto's butt and the blond flew into the air. So... not a hand sign then. I quietly moved from my branch to the forest floor so I could stay hidden as Naruto fell into the lake. "Okay, where was I?" Kakashi opened his book and continued reading. There was no way for us to match his strength alone at this rate. That was when it dawned on me. We couldn't do this alone! Was that the secret to this mission? Do we have to work together in order to get the bells? Suddenly, two shurikens came out of the water but were caught by Kakashi's two fingers. Naruto came crawling out of the lake groaning as he did. "What are you doing now?" Kakashi sighed. "You know, you won't get lunch unless you take a bell by noon." Should I help Naruto? But what if I was wrong?

"I know, I know!" Naruto asked angrily. "You told us already!"

"You look pretty wobbly for someone who's going to surpass the Hokage."

"You told us not to eat breakfast! How can I fight when I'm starving to death?" Naruto asked him. My stomach growled and my face flushed. I knew I should have grabbed that apple this morning. "That's all it was. Believe it! I'm so hungry, I don't have any strength. But I can't let that stop me. I've got to get one of those bells no matter what. I'll find the strength somehow. Believe it. I'm going to pass this test, and I'm not going back to the academy. I will become a ninja!" Something lept from the water and I was stunned to see so many Narutos! "You're overconfident, Sensei! That's why you weren't ready for a shadow clone attack- my best jutsu!"

"So the stories are true," I heard Kakashi say. "He can create Shadow Clones." Shadow Clones? Seriously? "Great technique. But I don't think you can maintain it for very long. You talk like you're the best, Naruto, but you're still the worst student. You can't beat me with this jutsu." Suddenly, one of the Narutos got behind Kakashi and placed him in a firm hold.

"Didn't you say don't let your enemies get behind you? Good advice Sensei. Believe it. I had one of my clones come out of the river, then sneak up behind you super quiet." The Narutos dogpiled Kakashi as one jumped in the air for an attack. "Now, this is for nailing me in the butt earlier!" Naruto yelled as he fell through the air. "You're mine and so are those bells!" Naruto punched where Kakashi should have been, but it was only another one of his clones. Well, that's the end of that moment. "It's you! You're Kakashi-sensei, aren't you? You transformed into me using a Jutsu!" Naruto then started to attack himself and I groaned watching him. What an idiot. Naruto undid the jutsu and it revealed only himself. Naruto looked at the ground and I saw something shining. Was that...? "A bell...? I must have gotten him with my attack. He dropped a bell!" Naruto laughed. He went to pick up the bell but before he did he was thrown into the air by a trap hanging him upside down. As Naruto continued trying to reach the bell, Kakashi walked over and picked it up.

"Think before you use a jutsu," Kakashi instructed. "Or else your opponent might use it against you. Oh, and also if the bait is obvious, don't take it. A ninja must see through deception."

"I... get... it!" Naruto told him angrily.

"I'm telling you this because you don't get it. You think you get it, which is not the same as actually getting it. Got it?" Kakashi asked him. "Won't you ever learn?" Suddenly, Kakashi was attacked by multiple shuriken making me gasp at the sight of my brother falling to the ground.