Hello~

I'm thinking of shortening the name of the Time Jutsus that Kyoko has cause a lot of them are really...wordy aha

Anyways, it's the bell challenge!

Let's see how they do

~.~

Last Time:

Kakashi appeared behind him. He was holding the book between his hands, which were in the seal of the tiger.

"Naruto! Run away! He's going to kill you!" Sakura shouted, giving away her spot.

I wondered if Kakashi was planing to hit Naruto with a powerful attack, but of course I was proven wrong.

"Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu," Kakashi said, jabbing his fingers into Naruto's ass, sending the ninja into the lake.

"A Thousand Years Of Pain!" Kakashi shouted, then got back to his book.

'...we have two major idiots,' I sighed.

Naruto got out of the river and growled at Kakashi.

"You look pretty wobbly for someone who's going to surpass the Hokage one day," Kakashi mocked.

"Well, I didn't eat breakfast! How am I suppose to defeat you with an empty stomach?" Naruto asked.

I heard silent growls of hunger from two other teammates.

'Haha, suckers,' I smirk.

'Breakfast? I didn't even eat dinner, this was not a good time to start on a diet,' Sakura sighed.

"You just caught me off guard! Believe it! I'm so hungry, I don't have any strength to fight anymore, but that's not gonna stop me," Naruto encouraged himself.

He used his famous Shadow Clone Jutsu and went for Kakashi.

I decided to move, lay some traps while Kakashi was distracted.

As I was placing the past trap, I was startled by Naruto's screams. Something about Sasuke going too far, and Shurikens. I quickly rushed back and looked through the bushes to see Naruto, dangling upside down, his foot attached to a rope, and Kakashi on the ground, covered in blood with Shurikens and Kunai on the sides of his body.

'...three...two...one,' I counted in my head as Kakashi's body turned into a log with throwing weapons impaled into it.

'Substitution Jutsu,' I thought, 'Now we know Sasuke's location.'

I heard Sasuke immediately move from his spot when the log appeared in Kakashi's place. I stared at Naruto and sighed. I risked giving my location by throwing a shuriken at the rope, cutting him free. I then focused on my next move.

'Time Jutsu: Looking Glass,' I thought, closing my eyes.

I was now able to see what Kakashi was going to do.

Sakura went looking for Sasuke, but Kakashi approached her. He did some kind of Genjutsu and disappeared. I switched over to Sakura.

"...what was that?" Sakura wondered out loud.

I heard another voice.

"S-Sakura..." Sakura whipped her head around.

"Sasuke?!" She smiled, which instantly dropped.

There was Sasuke, impaled with throwing weapons, like Kakashi was earlier, blood was all over him.

"S-Sakura...h-help me...please.."

I saw right through the Second Ninjutsu Tactic: Genjutsu. It was obviously fake. But, of course, Sakura didn't see through it and screamed, then immediately fainted.

'Kakashi, you might have overdone it,' I sighed.

I cancelled the Jutsu and looked over at Naruto, I had freed him...but he got caught in another rope trap. I sighed. I threw a kunai and cut the rope for him.

"Huh? Who was that?" Naruto asked out loud, looking around.

I didn't say anything so it wouldn't let my location be known. I continued to stay in place, but my location wasn't a secret anymore, as a certain book lover appeared.

"Oi Kyoko, you ask me questions and don't use the answers to your advantage?" Kakashi sighed looking at me.

I was trapped. Bells were right there, but I'm in a dangerous spot at the moment.

'Might as well try,' I thought.

Before he did anything, I swept my feet across his ankles, making him fall. I immediately reached for a bell. Of course, nothing was that easy. He kicked my stomach, pushing me away. I manage to just touch the bell.

"Shit," I cursed, but at least I pushed away from him, giving me an option for an easy escape.

"Are you even trying, Kyoko?" Kakashi asked me, "I was expecting a little more."

I jumped and threw some senbon needles at him, making him dodge backwards.

I kept a straight face as I pulled out kunai knives and threw them at him.

"Come on, Kyoko, this isn't enough to pass," Kakashi told me, trying to make me loose my cool.

I pulled out my katana and ran at him. He pulled out a kunai. Dodging my slashes and blocked my attacks with the kunai.

He went for an attack, using his kunai. I bent backwards, barely dodging the weapon. I stood back up and swung the sword. He continued to dodge.

'I'm not getting any distance,' I thought, dodging a punch.

I threw a kunai to cut the strings of one of my traps. An array of throwing weapons rained down, distracting him, making him dodge.

'Now!'

I stabbed my sword into the ground, quickly getting my balance, I kicked Kakashi in the stomach, kicking him to where I needed him to be.

I threw more kunais at different directions, cutting more ropes, activating my traps that launched multiple senbon needles at him.

I was panting, he was covered in needles, well he would be if he didn't use the substitution Jutsu.

"Tch," I pulled my sword out and looked around.

I activated my Kekkei Genkai.

'Remember, like the sharingan, you can see the next possible attack,' Fuzen told me, 'Slow down time.'

I held two fingers up, looking in all directions. Things were slower, but I could only hold this for a certain amount of time.

'Left? Nothing. Right? No,' My Kekkei Genkai then foresaw an attack from behind.

I let my hand sign down, turned to see Kakashi about to attack. I immediately jumped back to dodge, and quickly made hand signs.

"Water Style: Water Wave Jutsu!" Water spewed out of my mouth, directed at Kakashi.

He was right next to me, so he didn't have a chance to dodge.

Kakashi was swept away, but was still standing after the Jutsu had dispersed.

"You're doing good, Kyoko," Kakashi told me, "But not good enough."
'Water is everywhere,' I thought for a moment, 'State of Matter.'

Using my Kekkei Genkai, I held a hand sign with one hand, while I raised my hand, lifting the water into the air. They were all different shapes and sizes.

I closed my fist and they turned to ice.

"State of Matter: Ice bullets," I said, shooting them at Kakashi.

He jumped to dodge them, giving me a chance for another attack.

Holding a hand sign, I put my other hand on the ground, freezing over the ground.

Kakashi landed, not slipping.

'He's using chakra to keep his balance,' Fuzen informed.

'Like walking on water,' I thought.

'You can't beat him like this, use a fire move and make steam to escape,' Fuzen told me.

'I can use the State of matter to do that?' I asked.

'That makes it evaporate, but doesn't create steam,' They told me.

'I don't know any fire moves!' I got nervous.

I then remembered the time I saw Sasuke master his fireball Jutsu.

'...I don't know if you have enough chak-'

I made a few hand signs.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" I exclaimed, shooting a large amount of fire from my mouth.

"What the-" Kakashi dodged but a fog of steam was made.

I took that moment and escaped.

~.~

'...I thought you were gonna do the Fireball Jutsu,' Fuzen told me.

'I can't,' I told them, 'I pulled the memory of Sasuke's Fireball from the past and used it here. I did the Past to Present Jutsu.'

Fuzen paused, then chuckled, 'That...that was clever. I may have underestimate you,' They said, 'You technically do know it. From the memory. Like the Sharingan, you can copy it.'

'That's something you should have told me,' I told her, 'No matter how much I try, a Genin can't defeat a Jounin. I...but if there's four Genin against one Jounin, then we can beat him. This exercise is about Team work!'

I felt dumb for not figuring it out beforehand.

"Okay...now I need to find the others and tell them," I said, "...after making sure I'm safe."

~.~

I was pretty sure Kakashi didn't follow me...but I wasn't a hundred percent.

'Fuzen, is it really called Eye of Time? Cause that's a mouth full, unlike "Sharingan" or "Byakugan" it's a lot to say and think just to activate it,' I told them.

'That's the long name,' They told me, 'It's also called, Jikangan.'

'...WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT BEFORE?' I exclaimed at her, 'Every time I wanna activate it, I have to think "Eye of Time". What if I said that out loud? That would sound stupid!'

'I was hoping you would, but unfortunately you failed to entertain me,' Fuzen sighed.

'I'm not here to entertain you,' I sighed.

I heard something and stopped. I looked from the trees and saw Kakashi going up against Sasuke. The Uchiha sent a punch and a kick, which were both blocked by Kakashi's arms. Sasuke had one free arm and was able to touch one of the bells, but Kakashi pushed him off before he could grab one. Sasuke started to make hand signs.

'Horse, Tiger, Serpent, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger,' I read and smirked.

He held his hand to his mouth.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke said, fire escaping from his mouth, forming a large fireball.

Eventually, the fire died down, leaving scorched marks on the ground. But Kakashi was gone. Sasuke started to look around anxiously.

"Where'd he go? Behind me? Above?" Sasuke said, looking around.

"Jikangan," I said, activating my eye.

I foresaw a hand shooting out from the ground.

'...right underneath you,' I thought.

"Where you least expect me," Kakashi drawled, "Right under your feet. Earth Style: Head-Hunter Jutsu."

Kakashi's arm popped out of the ground underneath Sasuke like a zombie movie. He grabbed the Uchiha's leg and pulled him into the ground, neck deep. Deep screams emitted from the boy as he was pulled into the ground. Kakashi appeared in front of him.

"Can't move, huh? That was Ninjutsu, the third Shinobi battle skill. You're right, you do have talent and you are...different, but different isn't always better," Kakashi mocked, "They say the nail that sticks up is the one that get's hammered down."

Kakashi walked away, leaving the Uchiha in the ground. When I was sure our Sensei was gone, I jumped down from the trees and approached the raven-haired Uchiha.

"Here, I'll help you," I told him.

Before I could do anything, Sakura popped out from one of the bushes and froze when she saw the Uchiha. She looked like she was gonna faint, again, but held on. She looked again to see if what her eyes told her was correct.

"Sakura?" Sasuke said, looking at her strangely.

"AH! NOW HE'S A SEVERED HEAD!" Sakura screamed and fainted, again.

Me and Sasuke both sighed.

"She's our teammate," We both sighed.

"I'll help you, then help her," I told Sasuke.

I put my hands on the ground.

"Earth Style: Earth Erosion," I said.

The ground around Sasuke broke apart and became loose. I helped Sasuke out of the hole and went to Sakura. I lightly shook her.

"Sakura, Sakura, Sakura wake up," I told her.

She was out cold. I raised my hand to slap her face.

"Whoa, stop, we wanna wake her up, not put her to eternal sleep," Sasuke told me.

"But she's so much better like that," I joked, "Sakura, come on, wake up."

"She's out cold," Sasuke told me.

"...Sakura, Sasuke's asking for your hand in marriage," I said.

"What?" Sasuke looked at me.

Sakura's eyes fluttered opened.

"It worked," I shrugged.

Sakura's eyes opened, she immediately look at Sasuke.

"Sasuke-kun! You're okay!" She said, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Oi! Get off," Sasuke told her.

"Okay, enough talk, times wasting. If you want to get the bells, then you better follow me," I told them.

"Wait, you're gonna help us?" Sasuke asked.

"It's the whole point of the exercise," I told them, "Okay, where's Naruto."

"Jikangan," I activated my eye.

'Time Jutsu: Looking Glass, Naruto,' I thought.

I saw Naruto trying to eat lunch before the time was up, Kakashi caught him, and now Naruto's tied to a pole. I cancelled the Jutsu.

"Never mind, Naruto is...a little tied up," I sighed, "Okay, um...change of plans."

"Whoa, what makes you think you can boss us around?" Sasuke asked.

"Listen, I figured the point of the exercise," I told him.

"Get the bells, Kakashi told us already," Sakura said in a matter of fact tone.

"That's to put us against each other," I told her, "We-"

"He said if we don't get the bells, we'll be sent back," Sasuke told me, "I'm not gonna waste anymore time," He told me, walking away.

Sakura immediately followed.

I groaned and rushed to Naruto's aide.

~.~

I hid in the bushes as Kakashi scolded Naruto.

'Okay, stick to my plan,' I thought, stepping out of my hiding place.

"Kakashi!" I called out.

Kakashi looked at me.

"Kyoko! Help me!" Naruto cried from behind.

I ignored him, "Alright, I'm gonna get a bell this time."

"Alright, but you're wasting your time," Kakashi told me.

I send a punch to Kakashi's gut, but he dodged and kicked my side. I fell and slide across the ground. I ran towards him. He was about to land a hit when I disappeared. I appeared behind him and went for a kick. Kakashi caught my leg and swung my into a tree. I used it as an advantage and pushed of the tree with my foot, pushing myself up into the air. I threw some throwing weapon at him, he threw some of his own, canceling each other out. I landed on the ground, out of breath. I took a deep breath, I raised my Katana and went after him, he dodged. I smirked and cut Naruto's binds.

"Okay, Naruto, you're free, let's work together and get the bells," I told him, "I have a plan, first-"

"If I'm gonna get a bell, I'm doing it on my own," He said, he made another reckless move against Kakashi.

"Naruto!" I shouted, running after him.

Kakashi attacked but I immediately blocked his move with the hilt of my katana.

"Use your Shadow clone Jutsu!" I told him.

"I-right! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He made multiple shadow clones.

"Okay, now-" I got punched in the gut, cutting off my words.

"Shouting your plans out loud isn't very smart-" Kakashi's sentence was cut off when I was replaced with a log.

"Where?" He wondered, looking around.
I was behind the real Naruto, whispering a plan to him.

"Okay, now are we gonna work together or not?" I asked.

"Believe it, I trust you," Naruto told me.

"Okay," I said, "Jikangan," I activated, "Shadow Clone Jutsu."

Multiple clones of myself appeared among the Naruto clones.

"Let's go," I said.

Naruto's clones would attack Kakashi, one by one. Every time Kakashi would destroy a clone, one of mine would sent an array of throwing weapons at him. We went back and forth, pushing him back to the pond. The real me was waiting in the pond.

Once I saw him near, I brought the water up, raising it out of the water with me on top.

I made hand signs.

"Water Style: Tsunami!" I shout, sending the water down, engulfing Kakashi.

The real Naruto had already taken cover in the trees.

I held a hand sign up, "Ice Prison Jutsu!"

The water froze, trapping Kakashi in the ice from the neck down.

I was breathing heavily.

"...it worked..." I said while panting, "...Naruto it worked!" I shouted, deactivating my Jikangan.

"Yeah!" Naruto shouted.

We both ran over to Kakashi, about to dig into the ice where the bells were.

Once we got close enough, I noticed.

"He's not in there!" I shouted, backing away.

'Another substitution Jutsu!' I looked around.

"Naruto?!" I shouted, looking around.

"You almost got me," I heard Kakashi's voice.

I turned around to see him leaning on a pole that Naruto was tied up at, again.

"I'm impressed," He told me.

"Damn it," I was tired, almost out of chakra.

"I'm sorry, Kyoko-chan," Naruto told me.

"Once more, different plan," I panted, "I'm lucky to get at least one of you to team up with me."

I ran at him with my katana once more, but all tension was gone when the timer started to ring.

"..." I dropped my sword and fell to my knees, "...we failed..."

~.~

Eventually, Sasuke and Sakura got to where we were. Sasuke and Sakura sat on either side of Naruto. I leaned against the pole he was tied against. Angry as hell. Everyone's stomach's growled loudly, except mine. I was hungry, but not as much as they were.

"Stomach's growling huh? That's too bad. Oh and by the way, about this exercise, I've decided that I won't send any of you back to the academy," Kakashi told us.

"Huh?" Naruto questioned.

"What? I passed? All I did was faint and fall over, do you get points for that?" Sakura asked.

Sakura started cheering. Sasuke gave a small grin.

Me and Naruto exchanged looks, thinking the same thing.

'We couldn't get everyone to work together.'

"...does that mean that all of us?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, all of you," Kakashi started, "Are being dropped from the program, permanently," Kakashi told us.

I looked down in anger and disappointment. Not at myself, but at my group. I wasn't mad at Naruto, he actually listened. But only cause I intervened and got his attention.

"Because you guys don't think like ninja, you think like kids," Kakashi answered, "Like brats."

That ticked off the Uchiha, Sasuke ran towards our Sensei. He ended up on the ground, on his stomach. Kakashi sitting on his back, his foot on Sasuke's head, and held the Sasuke's arm back.

"Doing that just proved Kakashi's point," I told Sasuke.

"No! Let go of Sasuke! You can't step on him like a bug!" Sakura cried out.

"You don't know what it means to be a ninja, do you think this is a game?" Kakashi asked.

Sakura was taken back, she didn't know what to say.

"You guys didn't realize what this exercise was all about, why do you think you guys were put on squads?" Kakashi asked.

Kakashi faced me.

"You guys really think that one Genin can defeat a Jounin?" I asked, "You're delusional if you think you can do that. But what about four Genin against one Jounin? More possible than one on one," I told them, "The point to this was Teamwork."

"If all of you came at me at once, you would have a chance at getting the bells," Kakashi told us, "But it's too late now."

"Wait a minute, you had only three bells, and there were four of us. Even if we did get the bells, only three out of four of us would get the bells, which would create group conflict, thus breaking up the squad," Sakura told him.

"Well if it was like that, it would be easy for us to figure out that we needed to work together. He put us against each other so we would think more. To see if you would put the squad ahead of our selfish needs" I told her.

"Exactly," Kakashi said.

"Sakura, you were so obsessed over Sasuke. You went looking for him even though you didn't know where he was and Naruto was right in front of you. Sasuke, you thought everyone else was so beneath you that they were worthless. You wouldn't even let me explain what I had figured out. And if you walked off, Sakura is sure to follow," I scolded, "Naruto, you did everything by yourself. But, I can't be completely mad at you, since you were the only one who gave my plan a chance and made sense of the situation."

"..." The team was silence.

"Kyoko-chan," Naruto started, "Thanks for saving me all those times. I should've pair up with you from the start."

"I didn't figure it out immediately, Naruto," I told him, "It doesn't really matter now...we failed."

"Well," Kakashi started, "You understood the exercise, helped everyone when they were in need, and tried make everyone work together," Kakashi said before turning to the rest of the team, "If she had managed to get a bell without any help or bother to help afterwards, I wouldn't have passed her."

"..." I didn't know what to say.

'...does that mean I pass or not?' I wondered.

"Ninja missions are suppose to be carried out in squads. Of course you need individual skills, but teamwork is the most essential element. When individuals out themselves above the squad, this can lead to failure and death. For example," Kakashi pulled a kunai out of his pouch and put it against Sasuke's neck, "Kyoko, kill Sakura or else I'll kill Sasuke and Naruto."

My team members tensed up.

I knew Kakashi wouldn't actually kill them, but I decided to play along.

"In a real situation," I said drawing my sword, "If I had to kill one to save two, its a hard decision but I might have to."

"Noo! I don't want to die!" Sakura cried out, shielding herself with her arms,

"Kyoko, don't go too far with your jokes," Kakashi told me.

'Like the Genjutsu thing you did on Sakura?' I thought.

"Sorry," I said, putting my sword away.

"That's what happens on a mission," Kakashi said, removing the kunai, "The enemy takes a hostage. you've got an impossible choice, and someone ends up dead. On every mission, your life is on the line."

Kakashi got off Sasuke and walked over to the K.I.A. Stone.

"Have you seen this stone? It's called the K.I.A stone, names of ninjas engraved on it, are honored as heroes of our village," Kakashi said.

"That's it! I wanna be on that stone!" Naruto said happily.

"Naruto, 'K.I.A' means 'Killed in Action'," I told him.

"This is a memorial stone, the names of my closest friends are engraved here," Kakashi told us.

The atmosphere dropped. We all looked down, not knowing what to say.

"Alright, I'm going to give you guys one more chance," Kakashi told us, "But I'm going to make it much harder on you. You'll get three hours to get the bell. Eat lunch now to build up strength, but don't give Naruto any."

Naruto frowned.

"It's your punishment for trying to eat by yourself before everyone, and if anyone gives Naruto food, they'll immediately fail," Kakashi warned.

I spoke up, "Kakashi, am I a part of this or..?"

"No, but you can eat lunch with them, but if they fail this time, it ruins your chances too," Kakashi told me.

"Then don't say that I passed," I told him, "I'm gonna pass, working with everyone on this second chance."

"Alright," He disappeared, leaving us to our lunches.

~.~

"Kyoko, you made this right?" Sakura asked.

"I didn't poison it," I said bluntly, eating my own lunch.

"No, I mean, it's really cute," Sakura told me, holding up the hot dog with her chopsticks.

"...just shut up and eat," I told her, blushing a little, "We should make a plan while eating."

Naruto's stomach growled loudly. I couldn't help but feel a little guilty, he was really excited to eat too.

'He was the only one who worked with me,' I thought, 'He deserves to eat something.'

I held my lunch in front of him.

"Here, so your stomach will shut up," I told him.

"It's no big deal, I can go without eating for days, even weeks, believe it!" Naruto said, his stomach growled louder.

Sasuke held his lunch to Naruto too.

"Sasuke, Kyoko, what are you doing? If Kakashi finds out-" Sakura said

"He won't, plus don't sense him anywhere," Sasuke told her.

I nodded.

"If he doesn't eat, he doesn't have any energy to fight, simple," I said, "He deserves to eat."

Sakura looked at her lunch and held it out for Naruto as well.

"Sakura...but that's your lunch," Naruto told her.

"It's alright, I'm on a diet, er, I mean, I don't eat as much as Sasuke, or Kyoko," Sakura told him, "Just take it Naruto."

"Um...I can't," Naruto said, showing that his arms were tied back.

"Hurry up, he'll come back any minute," Sasuke said.

"Just feed him, not like you have to marry him," I told her.

"Fine, b-but I'm only doing this once, you hear me?" Sakura told Naruto.

He nodded. Sakura fed him some rice. Naruto ate it happily. A giant explosion appeared in front of us. Kakashi appeared from the smoked.

"YOU!" Kakashi shouted.

Sakura and Naruto started freaking out.

"You broke the rules, I hope your ready for the punishment," Kakashi told us.

Sasuke glared at him. I gave a slightly annoyed look. Kakashi made some hand signs, making the clouds turn dark, lightening flashed.

"Any last words?" Kakashi asked us.

"We're all on this squad, and we're all in this together," Sasuke told Kakashi.

"If we didn't feed him, then he won't be able to function properly," I added.

"Y-yeah, we gave our lunches to him because the four of us are one!" Sakura joined in.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! The four of us are one, believe it!" Naruto shouted.

"The four of you are one? That's your excuse?" Kakashi asked us.

We stared at him, determined to take him on. A long silence commenced.

"You all pass," Kakashi smiled.

"...huh?" Sakura and Naruto said.

"You pass," Kakashi repeated.

The sky was sunny again

"How did we pass?" Sakura asked.

"You guys are the first team to disobey me, the other teams did exactly what I said," Kakashi explained, "A ninja must see through deception. In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends, are worse than scum."

Sakura sighed in relief, Naruto looked like he was going to cry, Sasuke smirked. I smacked Kakashi over the side of his head.

"What was all of that? You had to make it really dramatic with the clouds and the thunder and lightening didn't you? Jeez, you're more dramatic than I thought," I scolded.

"Don't start a fight you know you're going to loose," Kakashi told me, "Squad seven passes, we'll start our first mission tomorrow," Kakashi told us.

Naruto and Sakura cheered and started celebrating. I gave a small smile, I had to admit, I was happy I passed.

"Let's go home," Kakashi told us. We all started walking back together.

"Wait! You forgot to untie me!" Naruto shouted.

"I help you too many times today Naruto, your on your own this time," I told him as I walked along with the others, "By the way! You still owe me lunch!"

"You think he'll be able to break through the binds?" Sasuke asked me.

"He'll be fine," I shrugged.

~.~

Alright!

We all know what's coming up~~~

The Zabuza and Haku arc!

Signing off,

Bluebirb