A/N: Hello, yes, this is more than 10k words! Skip long flashback if you want to. I wanted to write long flashback, so I can extend this chapter to 10k words. I just feel like I wanted to make it into 10k words lol. Now it's time to say disclaimer.

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Chapter 78: Team 7 vs Kakashi: Bell Test

(Konoha- Men Hot Springs)

Naruto finally enjoyed the taste of long-await Ramen Ichiraku that he had not eaten for two years. He was so happy that he finally ate most delicious ramen on this planet! He was grateful that Ero-sennin paid for him. Jiraiya asked him if he wanted to go to Hot Springs, and he reluctantly accepted his offer. Right now, Jiraiya and he sat in the hot spring. They felt their skins so refreshed inside the hot waters.

Naruto felt so good to be in the Hot Springs, and he loved it. "Ahh! It's too relaxed here!"

"How does it feel to have a hot water flowing into your smooth skins?" asked Jiraiya.

Naruto glared at Jiraiya and frowned, "Eh? Smooth skins?" It was almost as if Jiraiya had touched his skins before. He widened his eyes, and realized, "I knew it! Could you be…?!"

"I could be what?" confused Jiraiya.

Naruto pointed at Jiraiya and shouted loudly, "I knew it! You are Super Yaoi Pervert!"

Jiraiya shouted back immediately, "WHAT! I'm not gay! I only love women in my life! Don't call me that ever again!"

Naruto scoffed, "Liar! I know you're gay! Explain me why you asked me to lift my shirt off, and why you invited me to Hot Springs?"

"First of all, the frog hermit doesn't lie. Second of all, I'm not gay…," replied Jiraiya. He only invited Naruto to Hot Springs because of reason Tsuande wanted to know something. He could not believe Naruto claimed that he's Super Yaoi Pervert, which he was not.

"Prove it to me!" exclaimed Naruto.

Jiraiya closed his eyes, and sighed, "Prove it to you for what?"

Naruto yelled, "Prove to me that you're not gay!"

With his eyes still closed, he shook his head, and chuckled, "And finally, I have tons of proof that I can prove it to you… that I'm only interesting in women. When I say woman, I mean I am only interesting in woman something with a figure that has perfect curve, nice ass, and smooth skins. Not freaky ugly woman or any men… In other words, I am only interesting in sexy babe!"

"Oiroke no Jutsu!"

Jiraiya opened his right eye, and raised his eyebrows, as he was puzzled at the smokes that surrounded the Hot Springs. As soon as he looked up at Naruto, he widened his eyes, and exclaimed in surprise. He could feel his eyes bugled out, and he found himself in front of naked blonde girl, but at least, the smoke covered all of her explicit cover. Oh, how he loved gorgeous woman in front of him, even though he knew that woman was Naruto. It was almost as if he was in heaven right now! What's more, he's in Hot Spring with gorgeous female Naruto in front of him!

Jiraiya reddened his cheeks, and blushed, "Oh, my…"

Naruto winked at him in some girlish way, and blushed, "Hello, my name is Naruko. Please don't stare so much… I'm getting embarrassed."

Jiraiya fired up so much after just witnessing a beautiful blonde woman before his very eyes! 'What… What a cute girl.' Suddenly, he shouted with a huge outburst happily, and gave her thumb-ups. "I like you! You pass!" He held up the sign that had kanji saying, "100 points!".

Naruto sweat-dropped, 'He's an idiot. Oh, well. That proves he's not gay.'

Jiraiya began to check 'her' out, and analyzed her body. "You're my type of girl. What do you call this technique?" He also started to dribble watery from his mouth.

Naruto smiled cheerfully, "I call it Oiroke no Jutsu…"

Jiraiya pointed at Naruto and cheered, "Great idea! You're a genius! I'm starting to think that all adults are weak against this technique. Uh… Regarding your training tomorrow, there's only one condition if you're willing to listen on what I am going to say…" He was too anxious to say something to 'her', and suddenly leaked nosebleed. He stared too much at 'her'.

'She' touched 'her' lips with her finger, and asked, "Condition? What type of condition?"

Jiraiya quickly looked away from 'her', and blushed deeply, "You must remain in that form whenever you are with me."

Naruto glared at Jiraiya. 'She' never thought that someone like Ero-sennin would dare to tell 'her' the condition. 'She' quickly changed into him. He pointed at Jiraiya and shouted furiously, "Hey! You have proven that you're not gay, but… but… YOU are just a pervert, Ero-sennin!"

Jiraiya growled, "No, I am no ordinary pervert!"

Naruto frowned, "What? Don't play dumb with me!"

Suddenly, Jiraiya erupted up with one of his pervert laughter, and curled his fingers around "I'm a super pervert!"

Naruto twitched his eyes, and mumbled to himself. "Damn it… He said that again. He openly admitted it… twice!"

However, for some reason, some weird seal appeared on Naruto's stomach, in which Naruto had noticed. He stared deeply at Narutos' seal, and thought, 'I see. So this is the sealing system that was used to seal the Kyuubi. It consists of two Shisho Fuin (Four Season Seals)… It must be Hakke no Fuin Shiki (Eight Astronomical Sealing System). It is set up so that the Chakra of the Kyuubi… can leak out from the Shisho Fuin and be converted into his own. For the first time seals, it must be done by the Yondaime Hokage in order to protect him. And the second time seals, Naruto must've also done it to protect himself too, according to his story.'

Jiraiya began to smile, but he suddenly noticed five dots next to his seals. 'But that has been stopped with Gogyo Fuin (Five Element Seal). An odd numbered seal on top of an even numbered seal… His Chakra and the Chakra of the Kyuubi mix inconsistently, so it has become unstable. According to information from Naruto, he also stated that he never fought alongside the Kyuubi when he molded Ki and Chakra together. He sealed the Kyuubi in his own body, and did not get a chance to fight someone that serious afterward, didn't he? He probably hasn't realized it, but he cannot mold Chakra that exceeded his usual Chakra. If he's molding his Ki, Chakra, and Kyuubi's Chakra, he might be more than just that strong.'

Naruto had no clue why Jiraiya continued to stare at his belly. He wondered if there's something wrong with his belly. He nervously asked, "What's wrong, Jiraiya? Why are you staring at my belly so long?"

But Jiraiya ignored Naruto's question, and continued to stare at his belly. 'Someone else must've done it, the system is pretty rough. Must've been Orochimaru. I wonder what he's up to on Earth… Anyways, that's why Tsunade asked me to check up on him.' He placed his hand under the water where Naruto could not see, and placed five Chakra auras on each of his finger.

He finally looked up to Naruto's face from the belly, and demanded, "Kid, put your hands up." Naruto raised his eyebrows in confusion. He raised his hand to demonstrate and smiled, "Just do it, come on. Hands up!"

Naruto was reluctant at first for too long, and finally raised his both hands up. He stared at Jiraiya and confused, 'He gives so many orders."

Suddenly, Jiraiya shouted, "Gogyo Kaiin! (Five Pronged Seal Release)" and slammed his five fingers onto Naruto's stomach, as Naruto reeled backward against the wooden wall before falling on the floor.

Naruto clasped his stomach, and glared up at Jiraiya. He groaned angrily, "Why did you do that…?!"

Jiraiya chuckled, "I just hit some points in your body that relax you. By the way, I think it's about time to teach you how to control the Chakra of the Kyuubi, isn't it?"

"Huh? What're you talking about?" confused Naruto.

Jiraiya climbed up on the ground from the hot spring and grabbed the towel to wrap around his waist. "I already got some plan for your training. I hope you're preparing for tomorrow!" With that, he waved off at Naruto good-bye and walked away out of Hot Spring, leaving Naruto in confusion.

(With Sakura)

Sakura walked past between the towns, and thought about her parents. She was really disappointed in her parents, because they thought Naruto of the Kyuubi itself so much. Sakura knew Naruot was not the Kyuubi! She knew it was not his fault! Right now she started to notice that most villagers mumbled something badly about Naruto.

She could hear them saying such as:

"Did you hear the rumor? It's the demon brat! He's back!"

"Damn! I thought he was gone for sure!"

"We should kill him when we have a chance to!"

"But it's good news! At least we have a chance to kill him right now!"

"Agreed! He's better off without this world!"

Sakura clenched her fists, and began to upset that a lot of people treated Naruto like that! 'Is that what you're feeling? You're suffering all those years from them! That's why you strived to get their attention, so they could recognize you and acknowledge you? And that's why you're happy-go-luck kid because you don't want to show your feeling in front of everyone? I understand you now… Naruto-kun… You're very loner wolf… and it makes me want to be… with you more!'

Suddenly, she remembered what she was supposed to do soon. She looked at the clock and it said 11:55am. Five minutes left. She was supposed to meet Kakashi with her two teammates so their sensei could test their Chakra strength. Sighing, she ran off on way to training ground, but she saw her parents getting in her ways.

She stopped running, and frowned at her parents. "Dad… Mom… Look, I don't want to talk to you… So leave me alone…"

Mom looked up at Dad who nodded at her, almost as if he was signaling her to say something, and looked back at Sakura. She sighed, "I want to talk to you regarding your boyfriend."

Growling, Sakura leisurely walked past them, but she stopped. "If you're here to tell me to break up with him, I won't!"

"No… That's not why we're here. Listen to me, Sakura. Dad and I talked about him, and we already have decided…" Mom hesitated to say something for some reason. Sakura waited to hear something from her Mom. "We're inviting Naruto to our dinner tonight. We're hoping that Naruto can come over to our house for a dinner tonight?"

Sakura turned around, and widened her eyes in shocked. "For real?!"

Mother nodded, "Yes, for real!"

Sakura started to smile, and hugged her Mom and Dad. "Thank you! Thank you for inviting him! You will not regret it, Dad, Mom! I promise!"

Mom and Dad hugged her back. Mom smiled, "You're welcome, Sakura. Now you can see Naruto and tell him that we're inviting her to our dinner tonight."

Sakura released them from embrace, and nodded, "Right! See you at dinner tonight!" With that, she left them to rush on way to the training ground.

Just as she went to the training ground, she saw Naruto and Sasuke standing over there next to the fence. First thing she would do was to embrace Naruto. "Hey, Naruto-kun! Guess what?!"

Naruto returned her embrace, and smiled, "What is it, Sakura-chan?" He gently touched her pink hair, and stared at it as it was very beautiful hair in the world.

"My Dad and Mom just spoke to me recently. They wanted to invite you to our dinner tonight. So I wonder if you could come over at our house for a dinner tonight. Could you?" asked Sakura.

Naruto was too anxious, and considered about it. He would not mind to go to dinner with Sakura tonight, but he worried her parents would kick him out if he would do something dumb. He gulped, "Sakura-chan… I don't know if I could go…" Suddenly, Sakura released him from embrace, and frowned at him. "What? Why are you staring at me like that?"

"It's because I know you're afraid that my parents are like rest of other villagers. That's why I'm inviting you there, so they can have a chance to know more about you. Please, do it for me. If you refused, they will hate you forever, and might try to make me dumping you. Please do me a favor," pleaded Sakura. Naruto sighed, and quickly pecked her on her lips. She raised her eyebrows in question. "Is that 'yes', Naruto-kun?" Naruto smiled at her, which made her happy, and hugged him again. "Thank you! You won't regret it, too! I am really looking forward to our dinner tonight!"

While Naruto and Sakura were occupied to each other, Sasuke was thinking about what happened earlier when he fought Paradox. 'Damn that Paradox! He's fighting me like I'm nothing, and throw me away! It was almost as if I was his toy! I can't be weaker than him!'

(Flashback Began)

Paradox emerged from the mist, and continued to fly towards Sasuke. Sasuke angrily fired energy wave at Paradox, who casually evaded it, much to his shock. Paradox nailed Sasuke's face very good, and kicked him in the guts before knocking him down with the Double-Ax Handle. But Paradox was not done with this! He flew down towards Sasuke, and repeatedly kicked him on the stomach before backflip him down towards the ocean.

Paradox raised his both hands, and charged up the purple energy sphere. He shouted, "Die!" Then, he fired a large energy wave down onto Sasuke.

However, while Sasuke took a hit by Paradox's large energy wave, he managed to push the blast a little before falling down into the lake, as the large energy wave exploded three islands, and the water erupted up into the sky.

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

Sasuke was floating inside the ocean, and was in disbelief for a while. 'No way! He's only henchman and yet, I lost to him! Damn it!'

He could hear Paradox's laughing voice even though he was inside the water. Paradox laughed, "Hahahaha! I highly doubt you would survive this! Not just him, I also destroyed three islands!" After that, Paradox's voice now had gone silent. Apparently, he had left the battlefield.

Sasuke clenched his fists, and bared his teeth in furious. 'Damn! He talks too much! He brags too much about destroying three islands!' He decided to swim all the way to the surface, so he could drown there. He finally crawled onto the small island nearby, and growled, "Dammit! To think I'd be beaten like that! I-I-I refused to die… until… I kill… my brother…" He had fallen into unconscious due to lack of blood.

(Flashback Ended)

Sasuke clenched his fists, and started to boil up with the rage inside him. 'I'm really that weak? Am I still weak? Am I not strong enough? I won't be that weak! I must be stronger, so I can show Itachi how much stronger I am!' Even though he thought about that, he also knew that he was stronger than Itachi right now. But he was not satisfied enough! As long as there's someone out in the universe that was still stronger than him, he must be stronger than that! Until he knew that he was stronger in the universe, he would show this to Itachi, and made his brother's legs tremble before him. Yes, that would do. He would love to see the fear in his brother's face. If Paradox could beat him almost as if he was nothing, then he would have to train more in order to become stronger and defeated Paradox someday!

"SASUKE! SASUKE!" yelled Naruto.

Sasuke snapped out of his thought, and glared at Naruto. "What do you want, dobe?"

Naruto sighed, "Teme, you were spacing out for a while. Sakura and I were crying for your name like five times! What's the matter with you, Sasuke?!"

Sasuke looked away from him, and grunted, "Hn…"

Naruto glared at him almost as if he was looking into Sasuke's mind, and frowned, "By the way, if you're scowling while you were spacing out, it means you're obsessing with the past. If you are clenching your fist, it means you wanted to kill someone so badly. If you're very angry right now, it means something happened lately. Don't tell me you're thinking about your battle against Para-whatever-guy earlier?"

Sasuke scowled, "Shut up! It's none of your business! Leave me alone!"

Naruto shrugged, "I'd suggest you not to think about the past. Whatever happened in the past is past, because obsession is not good for your healthy, anti-social bastard!" Sakura slapped her back head harder, hurting him. "Ouch! If you keep hitting me like that, I think I will have an ugly head, Sakura-chan!"

Sakura chuckled, "Maybe only if you stop provoking him, I would not hit you. It's best for us to leave him alone. It might not be good time to provoke him, Naruto-kun."

Naruto scratched his cheek lightly, and sighed, "Well, I'm more concern about him killing Kakashi-sensei by an accident."

Sakura frowned, "Speaking of Kakashi-sensei, where the hell is he? It's been 30 minutes already!" Naruto suddenly grabbed her hand, and dragged her to the tree, so they could sit under the tree. "Huh? What're you doing?"

Naruto smiled, "Kakashi-sensei hasn't changed after all. He's going to be late and says his bullshit excuse something like 'Sorry, the black cat crossed my path, so I had to walk around the other way and…' or 'Sorry, I just saw an old woman who needed some help' or some excuse. Then we would shout at him 'Liar!' or 'No Excuse!' Right?" Sakura giggled at his jokes. Hey, it was true after all. That was so Kakashi every time he was late. "While we're waiting, we should have some fun to do until he gets here." Sakura agreed with him. With that said, Naruto and Sakura kissed, chatted, and sparred each other, etc.

(Three hours later)

Finally, Kakashi showed up on the fence above Team 7, and waved at them cheerfully. "Yo!"

Sasuke said nothing, but glared at Kakashi. Naruto and Sakura shouted angrily, "YOU ARE LATE!"

Kakashi smiled under his half mask, and pointed over the yonder, "Sorry, sorry. I'm late. Actually, while on the way here, I saw an old woman who needed some help—"

Naruto and Sakura shouted, "Right! That's a lie!" Sasuke shook his head, and knew that something hadn't changed at all. Kakashi's late, and Naruto and Sakura always shout out loud 'liar' to Kakashi, and Sasuke was always being quiet, even when someone's late.

Kakashi smiled. He smiled because he was very happy to see his beloved students again. He was happy that his beloved students did not die. He remembered when he found out that they were missing out during the Chuunin Exam. He was in shocked to hear such news. Now they were here right in front of him. Now, Kakashi was leading Team 7 into the training ground with three logs.

Naruto stared at three logs especially the middle one, and smiled, "This place is kind of nostalgic." He remembered when Team 7 was first formed as team together, and their first time here on this place.

(Flashback Began)

Kakashi picked up two bells, and explained, "The point of this exercise is for you to get these bells from me before noon. If you don't get one from me, then you don't get any lunch!" He pointed at the middle log. "You'll be tied up over there and forced to watch me eat a bentou.'

(Flashback Ended)

Kakashi looked up from his orange book, and nodded, "Now that you mention it, this was your first training area, wasn't it?"

Sakura also remembered this place. It was indeed their first training area. She nodded, "We were Team 7, and are still Team 7."

Naruto grinned, "This is the same training ground we first learned about the teamwork! But having you here, Team 7 is now reunion! It won't be, and will never be Team 7 without having you here."

Kakashi gave them an eye-smile, and nodded, "That's right. Your teamwork was a failure back then." Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke frowned, remembering how terrible they were back then.

(Flashback Began- Training Ground)

Sakura immediately noticed that there were only two bells. "But wait, why are there only two bells?"

Kakashi chuckled, "Since there's only two, at least one will have to be tied to the log. That person will fail since he failed to complete the mission." He waggled two bells around, and continued, "The person will go back to the academy. It might be just one, or all three. You can use your shuriken. You won't be able to get this unless you have the will to kill me."

Sakura shocked, "But that's too dangerous, Sensei."

Naruto folded his arms behind his head, and laughed, "Yeah! You couldn't even dodge that chalk eraser!"

Kakashi sighed, "In society, those who don't have many abilities tend to complain more. Just ignore the guy with the lowest score." Naruto glared at him. "We're going to start after I say, 'Ready, start'."

Naruto did not like how Kakashi treated him like that. 'Guy with the lowest score… Blockhead…' Enraged, he picked up one of his kunai, and charged towards Kakashi with the killing intent. However, in blink of eyes, Kakashi immediately got behind him, and turned Naruto's wrist to point the kunai behind at Naruto's head. Naruto sweatdropped in anxious while Sasuke and Sakura were in shocked.

"Don't get so hasty." Kakashi reminded, "I didn't say 'start', yet." Kakashi released Naruto's grip as Sasuke and Sakura backed off away from him. Naruto had to relieve the pain in his wrist because Kakashi strangled it too hard.

'No way… I couldn't see him at all,' surprised Sakura.

'So this is a Jounin…' thought Sasuke.

"But, it looks like you have the will to kill to me now. I think I can finally start liking you three," admitted Kakashi. "We're going to start. Ready, start!" Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke immediately disappeared as soon as Kakashi yelled start!

At first, Kakashi was impressed that they were able to conceal themselves. But he spoke too soon, because Naruto showed himself in front of jounin-sensei. Naruto declared loudly that he was going to be Hokage, and he would not need to hide like a coward!

It pissed Naruto off how much Kakashi was mocking him, especially when Kakashi was reading his book while fighting him! Enraged, Naruto attacked Kakashi with Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Kakashi was even surprised that Naruto was able to pull such a high-level jutsu.

Luckily, Naruto was still an idiot.

A clone then grabbed Kakashi's back and all the other clones grabbed Kakashi's legs to hold him still while the real Naruto could attack Kakashi. Kakashi evaded Naruto's attack with his favorite jutsu, Kawarimi no Jutsu, leaving Naruto to fight his own clones.

Once again, Naruto still pulled such an idiot move.

As Naruto noticed a bell lying under a nearby tree, he fell for a snare set by Kakashi, leaving him hanging upside down. Kakashi recovered the bell and lectured Naruto about falling for obvious trap. At that time, Sasuke attacked his sensei with shuriken and kunai knives, but Kakashi evaded young avenger boy with his other Kawarimi no Jutsu. He then sneaked about Sakura who was more concerned about Sasuke more than the survival training. He casted Genjtusu onto Sakura, who fell for such an obvious genjutsu (Illusion technique) because she saw something terrible happened to her Sasuke-kun.

Kakashi fought Sasuke for a while. He was impressed that Sasuke did good job. However, he was also disappointed in Sasuke because young avenger did not care about his other two teammates, but himself. Sasuke claimed that he would be able to grab the bell easily.

However, it turned to be very difficult for Sasuke to handle. Kakashi was able to evade Sasuke's most powerful jutsu called Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu, and then dragged Sasuke down into the earth, which made Sasuke looked like an incapacitated head. As soon as he left the scene, he could hear Sakura's screaming. He would bet that Sakura saw Sasuke as an incapacitated head. He shook his head and disappointed in three of them. It was really a terrible teamwork. Naruto was too loud ninja who did not deserve to be ninja after all. Sasuke was too cocky to fight Kakashi, so he thought he would not need to team up with Naruto and Sakura. Even worst, he called them a useless ninja. Finally, Sakura did not show concern about Naruto, but only Sasuke. Kakashi believed they should not even deserve to be ninjas.

Before the alarm rang, he caught Naruto in an attempt to steal some lunch. He tied Naruto to the bell as a punishment.

Kakashi folded his arms and smirked under his half-mask. "Your stomachs are growling, eh?" He lifted his one finger up, and began, "By the way, about the results of this training… None of you need to return to the Ninja Academy."

Sakura confused, "What? But all I did was faint. Was that okay?"

Her Inner Sakura cheered, 'Love prevails, damn it!' Sasuke smirked proudly of what he had done lately in this training ground, while Naruto and Sakura cheered!

"Does that mean we three…?" asked Naruto excitedly.

Kakashi eye-smiled at them, and nodded, "Yeah, you three…" Suddenly, his tone changed into serious tone. "Should quit being ninjas!" Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were in shocked.

Naruto asked angrily, "Quit being ninjas? What do you mean? We couldn't get a bell, but why do you have to say we should quit?!" He struggled to escape the rope but he could not because Kakashi tied him to the rope tightly.

Kakashi placed his hands on his hips, and sighed, "It's because you three are just kids who don't even deserve to be ninjas." Sasuke was outrageously pissed off, and charged towards Kakashi with his killing intent, which left Naruto and Sakura in shocked.

Sakura cried, "Sasuke-kun!"

Kakashi quickly took Sasuke down onto the ground, and strangled Sasuke's wrist around behind him in just one instant where Naruto and Sakura could not see. "See? You all are just kids."

Sakura screamed angrily, "Don't step on Sasuke-kun!"

Kakashi looked up at Naruto and Sakura, and asked, "Do you guys think being a ninja is easy?" He could see Naruto and Sakura's face. They were confused at his question. "Why do you think we're training by breaking up into groups?"

"What do you mean?" asked Sakura.

"In other words, you three don't understand the answer of this test," said Kakashi.

Naruto confused, "The answer?" He could not even pick up the answer to that question.

Kakashi nodded, "That's right. The answer to determine whether you pass or fail."

Sakura frowned, "We've been asking what that is…"

Kakashi felt the urge to face-palm at their idiotic, and sighed, "Geez, are your brains empty? You don't understand why you're all in a group?"

"So what about three people being in a group?" demanded Naruto angrily. He was very frustrated that Kakashi did not get to the point, and be done with it! He hated Kakashi already. He immediately placed Kakashi-sensei to be the most asshole in the whole village next to Sasuke!

Kakashi simply answered, "Teamwork."

"You mean, cooperate with each other?" wondered Sakura.

"That's right. But it's too late even if you notice now. If all three of you came at me at once, maybe you could have gotten a bell." Kakashi shrugged, "But that's too bad."

Sakura widened her eyes, and just realized that there were only two bells. 'Wait…' She decided to ask that question. "Why do we need to use teamwork when there's only two bells? If three people work hard to get it, one person will have to bite the bullet. A group conflict will occur instead of teamwork."

"Of course. This test tries to put you three against each other."

Naruto confused, "What?"

"In this situation, we select those who can prioritize teamwork before themselves. That was the purpose, but all of you were pathetic." Kakashi had analyzed all of their abilities during the survival mission. He would have to be blunt with them anyways. "Sakura! You cared more about Sasuke than Naruto, even though Naruto was right in front of you and you did not know where Sasuke was. Naruto! All you did was work on your own." He stared down at Sasuke whom was still placed under him. "And you assumed that those two were only going to burden you and did everything yourself." He diverted his attention to Naruto and Sakura again. "Missions are done in groups. It's true that ninjas need well-developed individual abilities, but it's teamwork that is much more important. As individual action that disrupts the teamwork will result in danger or even death for the teammates."

Kakashi's hand crawled into his back pouch. "For example…" He grabbed the kunai and pointed under Sasuke's neck, and threatened, "Sakura! Kill Naruto, or Sasuke's going to die!" Naruto and Sakura tensed up, and trembled with fear. Even Sasuke. "That's what will happen." After Kakashi's kunai left Sasuke's neck, Sasuke and Naruto sighed with relief.

Sakura relieved, "Oh, you surprised me…"

Kakashi stuck his finger into the small hole on the handle of kunai and spun it around his finger. "After getting someone taken hostage, you will be faced with a difficult decision, and someone will die." Finally he put his kunai back into his back pouch, and walked away from Sasuke, as the last survivor of Uchiha Clan returned to his former position.

Kakashi walked to the memorial stone, and continued, "Look at this… The numerous names carved into this stone. All these names are those praised as heroes in this village."

Naruto grinned, and cheered, "I like that! I like that!" Suddenly, he shouted with all of his excitement. "I've decided that I'm going to have my name carved into that! A hero! A hero! I'm not going to die an useless death!"

Kakashi glanced over his shoulder at him, and sighed, "But they're not normal heroes."

"So what kind of heroes were they?" asked a curious blonde ninja. But Kakashi did not answer immediately. "Come on, tell me."

"Those who were K.I.A.," replied Kakashi.

Naruto confused, and did not understand what Kakashi was talking about. He smiled nervously, "K.I.A?" He never heard of that word anyways. He never learned that vocabulary from his Sensei anyways. It was all reason because he skipped most of classes. That's why he did not know all about those words.

Sakura looked at Naruto and frowned, "Those who were killed in action." Naruto's excitement was gone as soon as Sakura told him what K.I.A meant. He frowned, and trembled with fear too.

Kakashi frowned, "This is a cenotaph. The names of my friends are carved in here as well." Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke could not believe to hear such as news. Kakashi's friends were killed in action? He looked over his shoulder at them. "I'll give you one more chance. However…" He turned around. "However, the battle for the bell will be much harsher after lunch. Eat lunch only if you are up to the challenge. But! Don't let Naruto eat." Naruto scowled at that.

Kakashi walked towards them, and explained the reason. "This is punishment for breaking the rules and trying to eat lunch early. If anyone feeds him, the person will immediately fail." Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura gulped at the comment. "I'm the rule here. Got it?" With that, he disappeared in puff of smokes because he said he needed to take care of something.

Now Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were now left alone. Naruto's stomach grumbled while Sasuke and Sakura were eating their bentos. When Naruto grumbled loudly, Sakura and Sasuke looked up at him from their foods.

Naruto chuckled, "I'm okay even if I don't eat! I'm okay!" His stomach growled again. He frowned, "Okay…"

Sasuke stared at Naruto's sad face. He was not sure whether or not to feed him. He would have to gamble the risk, even if he had to break the rule. He handled the bento box to Naruto, and sighed, "Here." Naruto and Sakura looked at him in shocked.

Sakura was surprised that Sasuke was willing to give Naruto a food. "Hey, Sasuke-kun! Sensei just said that…" She looked around her nervously. She would make sure that Kakashi did not watch.

"Don't worry. I don't sense him nearby. We three are going to get the bells together. It's only going to be trouble if he's hungry," explained Sasuke.

Sakura concerned about Sasuke if he was going to fail. If he failed, she would be separate from her! 'Sasuke-kun …' But she just realized he was right after all. If Naruto was still hungry, they could not get the bells together. Sighing, she lifted her food box to Naruto, shocking him too.

Naruto was really so happy, and stared at Sakura with his smiles. 'Sakura-chan…' Sakura gave Naruto a friendly smile.

However, they did not know that Kakashi was behind the tree and was watching them whole times. He smiled under his half-mask, and suspected that Team 7 might be his first team ever to passed! They did the teamwork after all.

Naruto was too happy because Sakura was willing to give her foods to him. "Thanks…"

Sakura sighed, "You don't need to thank me, just eat, hurry."

Naruto chuckled nervously, "But, umm…"

"I'm on a diet… I mean, I eat less than Sasuke-kun. So don't worry about it," said Sakura.

Naruto frowned, "But…" He struggled to lift his hands because his hands were also tying to the log. "See?" Sakura twitched her eyes in annoyed. She did not want to feed Naruto! If it was Sasuke-kun, she would feed it to him!

Sasuke glanced around, and suggested, "Hurry, we don't know when he's going to return."

Sakura growled, "I'm only going to do this once. You understand?!"

Naruto grinned, "I understand." Sakura handed the rice with chopstick to Naruto, who immediately ate it and swallowed it. Sakura growled at him.

Suddenly, the large white smoke kicked up, scaring Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura It was Kakashi who emerged from the large smoke, and glared at them. "You three!" Naruto panicked, and tried to escape from the log, while Sakura blocked her eyes from the strong wind, and Sasuke scowled. "You three broke the rule. Are you preparing for the punishment?" He began to make a hand seals, gathering a huge thunderstorm above them. "Any last words?"

Naruto stammered nervously, "But… But… But… But… You said…! That's why these two…"

Sasuke looked up at his two teammates, and nodded, "We're a three man team, right?"

"Yeah! We three are one!" agreed Sakura.

Naruto glanced at Sasuke and Sakura, and then nodded at Kakashi. "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! That's right!"

"You three are one, eh?" asked Kakashi. Suddenly, he smiled, "You pass!" That really shocked all of Genins. He repeated, "You pass."

Sakura confused, "Pass? Why?"

Kakashi nodded, "You three are the first." The thunderstorm that Kakashi just created began to disappear. "People I had previously were blockheads who just listened to what I said. 'Ninjas need to think beyond the normal.' In the world of ninjas, those who break the rules are called scum. But those who don't take care of their friends are even worse than scum." All of Genins began to smile happily.

Naruto began to cry and muttered happily, "He's… He's kind of cool."Naruto now no longer considered Kakashi as the most asshole in the whole village! He had changed his mind, and he would place the most badass in the whole village!

"The training ends here. Everyone passes! The 7th group will start doing missions starting tomorrow!" Kakashi declared, giving them a thumb-up.

(Flashback Ended)

Naruto, Sakura, and Sakura enjoyed the memory of these events, even if their teamwork was horrible. Well, it was before they even knew the teamwork existed! It was also the best moment they ever had! Kakashi passed the first team ever! It was almost as if they were special or something.

Now Kakashi noticed how they changed, especially Naruto and Sakura. Sakura used to had a crush on Sasuke, and would only bash Naruto too much. Now, Sakura's dating Naruto, and all. Naruto changed, too. He used to be very dumb, but he's now smart, and more intelligent person. According to Naruto's story, he assumed Minato taught Naruto everything his father knew! For Sasuke… Well, he changed too, but it was not that much. Sasuke seemed to show more care about his teammates than before. But Kakashi was sad to see that Sasuke had not improved a lot, especially his attitude. He knew that Sasuke still wanted to avenge his clan and kill Uchiha Itachi. Kakashi sighed. He knew he needed to work on Sasuke's attitude.

Kakashi picked up two bells, and sighed, "Well, I'm going to see just how much you've improved. You've changed a lot, right?" Naruto grinned, Sakura smiled, and Sasuke smirked. Kakashi placed the bells on his waist, and nodded, "The rules are the same as when we first did this. You can use whatever tricks you like, as long as you can get these bells from me."

Naruto smiled, "Come at me…"

"…like we're going to kill you," Sasuke picked up where Naruto left off at.

Finally, Sakura picked up the last sentence where Sasuke left off at. "…or else we won't be able to get them. Right?"

Kakashi nodded, "Exactly. You won't be able to get them if you don't come after me with the intent of killing me. You have until two hours later. However, before we shall begin, I want to remind you what you should do and should not do. This is only for your Chakra training. That means you're not allowed to use Ki at all. We want to see how much you can do with your Chakra. Use any jutsu you want to use against me." He just noticed the fear on Team 7's face. "I see… You don't use your Chakra very much all these years, huh?" Then he shrugged, "Still, show it to me what you're capable of using jutsu, so I can see what your Chakra strength result will be."

Naruto and Sakura nodded, "Yeah…" Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke now were on their guards right now.

Kakashi snapped his book and closed it. "So, shall we begin?"

Naruto chuckled, "You aren't going to fight while reading the book this time, Kakashi-sensei?"

Sakura smirked, "Or did you already finish reading it?"

"Maybe you thought we had surpassed you, huh?" asked Sasuke.

While placing his book inside his pouch, Kakashi casually replied, "No, I'm going to have to put that hobby aside for the moment. Besides, it kinda feels like I'm going to have to be serious this time." He then lifted his hitai-ate, and revealed his left Sharingan eye before them.

Suddenly, Naruto shouted, "Here I go!" He immediately charged towards Kakashi.

(Outer Space- With Gohan, Kuririn, and Bulma- Capsule Spaceship)

It was lunchtime right now. They were sitting next to the table, and eating their dinner. Gohan, and Kuririn was grateful for Bulma to end up in the spaceship by accident because she was good at cooking after all.

Kuririn looked at Bulma, and smiled, "This food may not be the most delicious food in the world, but it's still good! Why can't you be chief instead?" Bulma glared at Kuririn. "Huh? Did I say something wrong?"

"First, I can't be chief because I am supposed to be scientist. Second, I recall you commenting something about me being terrible at cooking. Remember what you commented on my cooking skills at Namek? Would you like to comment on my cooking skills again?" reminded Bulma.

Kuririn waved her off, and chuckled nervously, "Uh… I mean, this food is really delicious and all." Sighing, he decided to pick up the different subject. He needed to think of other subject before Bulma made any fuss at all. Thankfully, he noticed that Gohan was spacing out for a while. "Gohan?"

Gohan snapped out of his thought, and stared at Kuririn. "Huh?"

Kuririn frowned, "What's wrong, Gohan?"

Gohan shook his head, and smiled, "Nothing is wrong. I just wonder how big is planet Element, and I wonder if Naruto's village will invite us in? I'm not sure how they'd react to us. I mean, we're like an alien to them."

Bulma looked up at the ceiling, and shrugged, "I don't know… According to Sakura-san, she said planet Element has a lot of ninjas, so planet Element's nickname is 'World of Shinobi'. It's almost filled with ninja on that planet. She also said there's no such as good people or bad people on Element. Each person has their own point of view. A ninja who still resides in the village would think all missing-nin are all bad guys. A missing-nin is a ninja who was deflected from the village. So it's safe to assume that they would be cautious with people who will enter there. Be there ninja or not, they would be on their guard. We will have to state our reason for us to be there in their villages. I'm sure they will invite us in if we said we're friends of Naruto and others."

Gohan nodded and smiled, "Right…"

Kuririn knew Gohan was lying about the reason why he was spacing out. He knew the reason why Gohan was spacing out. It was all because Kaio told them that Freeza's brother, Coola, was on planet Element right now, and probably terror the planet right now. Gohan could tell the true reason because Bulma was here. They knew if Bulma found out, she would be freak out and begged them to go back to Earth as soon as possible. They could not allow her to find out no matter what. Well, at least until they got there on planet Element. Gohan desperately wanted to arrive there to save them from Coola.

(Konoha- Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura vs Kakashi- Training Ground)

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke got ready to face off against Kakashi. Naruto shouted, "Here I go!" and attacked by throwing some shuriken at Kakashi before their sensei even got a chance to say 'go'. Kakashi ducked his head down, and threw his own shuriken at Naruto, but he jumped up just in time to dodge them. Kakashi threw more shuriken at Naruto who was still on mid-air.

Naruto made his usual hand seal, and shouted, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" He created new clone next to him. Then, a clone grabbed Naruto's arm, and whipped him around just to dodge Kakashi's second shurikens attack.

Kakashi was impressed by Naruto's recent action. "Not bad."

Sakura was also impressed by his action. 'Nice! He used Kage Bunshin no Jutsu to maneuver in midair!'

Sasuke smirked, 'Dobe, you found a trick to do that in midair! Good!'

Just as two Narutos landed on the ground, Naruto grabbed one of other clone's arm, and shouted, "Henge! (Transformation)" Then a clone then transformed into a large shuriken. However, before he could throw a large shuriken, Kakashi quickly got behind Naruto, and grabbed his wrist and his blonde hair to prevent him from throwing it.

"Okay, that's enough of that," said Kakashi. He stared down at Naruto, and thought proudly, 'He's really grown.' He remembered when Naruto suddenly started the fight before he could even say 'start' back then, and he got behind him, too. He glanced over his shoulder. 'And not only that…'

Surprisingly, the other Naruto was behind him, and pointed the kunai at his back with the grin on his face.

"Your timing with Kage Bunshin No Jutsu has improved as well," commented Kakashi proudly. Surely, time went flies! Kakashi remembered two years ago that Naruto was very horrible at being a ninja. During their first survival training, Kakashi thought Naruto would never be able to be good ninja in future. But he was wrong, because Naruto pulled a great plan to save Kakashi from Zabuza's water ball prison. Naruto and Sasuke teamed up against Haku, and did successfully to beat him. Well, technically, Naruto 'defeated' Haku by just talking into his senses. He began to believe that Naruto will be very successful ninja in the future. He was in shocked when he heard the news regarding Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.

(Flashback Began-Two Years Ago-Hokage's Room)

Kakashi widened his eyes and shocked, "W-What?! They disappeared?!"

The Sandaime Hokage sighed, "I apologized. Anko told me of details what happened to them. Orochimaru was responsible for their disappearance. Anko told me they were sucked into the portal."

"So what do you think what exactly happened to them?" asked Kakashi.

Old man Hokage folded his arms on the table, and sighed, "There's three possible theory what would of happen to them." Before he continued to speak, he had to inhale the smoke from his smoking pipe. "First theory: They may travel back in the time, much like time-travel. It would make sense since the portal can be negative energy density. I heard the rumor that a ninja used to travel back in the time using the portal. Then they came back to the present time. I don't know if it's true. But it's possible anyways.

"Second theory: It's also possible that they may go to the different place, or dimension in just one instant. Yes, it's almost much like Hiraishin no Jutsu. They could be at on the other side of this planet. They could be on different planet. Or even they could be in completely different dimension.

"Finally, and third theory: they are probably…"Hirzuen sighed, "…dead."

Kakashi widened his eyes in shocked. "What…?"

"Well, it's possible that they died in between the portal. If the portal was really dangerous, they would be most likely to die in between the portal," explained Hiruzen. "Anyways, that's my best possible theories. But I hope first two theories are right. However, if we could not find them anywhere on this planet, then we would have no choice but to carve their name into memorial stones."

Kakashi frowned, upsetting that he lost his students. He had lost too many people who were very closer to him. His Father: Sakumo Hatake. His two teammates: Uchiha Obito, Nohara Rin. His Sensei: Namikaze Minato. Now his three students: Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Haruno Sakura. Most of them were dead right now. He only hoped that Team 7 was not dead. 'I'm sorry, Sensei. I cannot protect your student.'

(Flashback Ended)

Now, he was glad to see his students to be back here. He was glad that third theory was incorrect. It turned to be second theory. They actually went to different planet, and now came back to here. Not only that they managed to come back, they've matured, especially Naruto.

Kakashi smiled cheerfully, "You've matured, Naruto. But… It looks like you're as impatient as ever. I haven't even said start yet." He remembered he told them not be so hasty yet. He sighed, "Well then, let's begin." Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke immediately were ready to fight. "Ready, start!" Suddenly, he disappeared in puff of smokes, shocking Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke.

Naruto shocked, "Damn! I've been tricked!"

Sakura glared at Naruto, and growled, "Naruto-kun, you twit!" She clenched her fists, almost as if she was ready to hit him.

Naruto waved off at her and chuckled nervously, "I'm sorry! I won't be tricked next time, datteboya!"

Sakura shouted angrily, "It's all your fault!"

While Sakura continued to shout and blame Naruto for his foolishness, and Naruto continued to apologize to her, Sasuke immediately activated his Sharingan, and searched for Kakashi's whereabouts. He glanced around him. 'Right. Left. Above. Behind?' He turned around, and immediately realized that it was none of them right. Only one was possible for Kakashi to be there. He looked down at the ground. 'Below!'

Just as Kakashi emerged from the underground, Sasuke quickly jumped away just to dodge Kakashi's attempted attack, which got Naruto and Sakura's attention as well. Anyways, Sasuke regrouped up with Naruto and Sakura and be on their guard. Kakashi could tell that Sasuke was smirking at him.

"You've also improved, Sasuke," Kakashi complimented with smirk under his half-mask. He remembered when he used the same technique against Sasuke earlier

(Flashback Began)

Sasuke used Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu on Kakashi, attempting to knock him unconscious. But Kakashi disappeared! He shocked, "He's gone!" Then he glanced around him. 'Is he behind me? No, above? Where is he?'

The voice simply whispered, "Beneath you." Suddenly, the hand came out of ground beneath Sasuke and grabbed Sasuke's leg.

Sasuke looked down at the hand and surprised, "Wha…"

Kakashi shouted, "Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu! (Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique)"

Then he pulled Sasuke under the ground, leaving his head stuck on the ground. Kakashi got up on the ground and squatted down next to Sasuke. He smiled, "This is the third ninja tactics know-how, Ninjutsu. How is it? Can't move, right? Looks like your talents are exceptional." Then he stood up and sighed, "But…" He glanced over his shoulder down at Sasuke. "They say that stakes that point out get driven back into the ground." He picked up the book to read again, and walked away from Sasuke.

(Flashback Ended)

Sasuke smirked, "That's right. You cannot use that technique against me twice!"

Kakashi was glad that Naruto and Sasuke had also improved too. But he wondered if Sakura had also improved. He nodded at Sasuke, and gave him one of his trademark eye-smiles. "So, Naruto's not only one that's matured. You've matured, too, Sasuke." Suddenly, he noticed that Sasuke glanced at Naruto and Sakura, then nodded at each other before disappearing into somewhere before Kakashi's eyes. 'They must have gone into hiding to discuss a strategy, eh? Heh, their teamwork must have improved as well. Let's see what your teamwork is capable of right now.'

Kakashi glanced around, and tried to find them, but he could not find them. He smiled proudly under his half-mask. 'The basic for a shinobi are to conceal your presence and remain hidden. Things are completely different this time.'

(Flashback Began)

Kakashi rubbed his head and thought, 'A basic for a ninja is to conceal his presence and hide.' Sasuke, and Sakura were hiding in the bushes in order to conceal their presence from Kakashi. 'Okay, everyone's hidden themselves wel-" However, he was so wrong when he looked up only to found Naruto in front of him.

Naruto folded his arms and chuckled, "Now fight me fair and square!"

Kakashi was so disappointed that one of them did not do the right thing. He frowned, "Hey, aren't you a little off there?"

(Flashback Ended)

Kakashi had waited for long time. Apparently, they had discussed their strategy long tmes. It was almost one hour since they started the test. That would mean there would be only one more hour left until the best test finished.

Suddenly, a several kunai were thrown towards Kakashi, who managed to jump just in time to dodge them. If they started a move, which must mean that they already finished their strategy discussion.

Unfortunately, Kakashi could not tell who threw shuriken and could not tell where that guy who threw them came from. He had to go into the forest in order to cover himself. But he ran into the wrong forest. He found himself in front of Naruto who threw another several kunai towards him. He backflipped up just to dodge them, and bounced his feet off from the tree.

He drew his kunai from his pouch, and charged towards Naruto who also charged towards him, too. They charged towards each other, and clanged their kunai against each other, as they went past each other. While on the mid-air, Kakashi immediately threw three kunai towards Naruto, only to stuck into the branch because Naruto jumped over the branch and covered himself behind the branch.

As soon as Naruto landed on the ground, Sakura immediately came to his side. Kakashi noticed that Sasuke did not come to their side. He knew Sasuke was still hiding somewhere, but he did not know where exactly Sasuke was at.

Suddenly, the voice shouted, "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"

Now, Kakashi knew where he was at right now. Sasuke was behind him, and already launched his famous fireball from his mouth towards him. Kakashi acted faster, and jumped up to evade Sasuke's katon attack. Still, he wondered why Sasuke would attack him even though he knew that Naruto and Sakura were getting in the way. The fireball engulfed Naruto and Sakura, but they were actually a clone!

Kakashi widened his eyes, and was surprised that he was only distracted by just mere clones! Sakura was also Naruto's clone! Suddenly, Sasuke leapt over him, and began to attack him even in mid-air. Sasuke threw a barrage of punches and kicks at Kakashi, who kept blocking them. But Sasuke's taijutsu was very strong so enough to push Kakashi away.

As soon as Kakashi landed on the branch, Sasuke attempted to roundhouse kick at Kakashi's head. But Kakashi ducked. Much to Kakashi's chagrin, Sasuke also tried to sweep kick around under the leg, but Kakashi managed to jump to dodge the leg sweep. Sasuke used single handstand, and was about to reach for Kakashi's bell.

Kakashi widened his eyes in shocked. 'He's…'

Unfortunately for Sasuke, Kakashi escaped him by bouncing off away from the tree to the ground. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura landed in front of him, and waited for him to make a move. They smirked at him. Kakashi was really impressed that they did great job, but they had not get the bell yet. The bell test was almost finished anyways. There was only thirty minutes left. He could swear that he was hearing Sasuke muttered something about 'Plan B'.

Kakashi sighed, "I'm going to teach all of you something. Shinobi Tactical Knowledge Number 1: Taijutsu!"

Then, Kakashi charged towards him, and attacked him with some punches and kicks, as Naruto dodged a few until Kakashi managed to knock him and sent him up to the branch.

Sakura shouted, "Gotcha!" She attempted to land some punch at Kakashi, but he kept dodging all of them. As she swung her punches around, Kakashi ducked down, and quickly jabbed her in the jaws, sending her to other branch.

Next, Sasuke would come to him, and gave him a hard by throwing some barrage of punches and kicks. Kakashi realized their taijutsu were so amazing. He assumed that they used a lot of taijutsu during their two years absence. Kakashi quickly kicked Sasuke in the guts, knocking him away.

Naruto crossed his both fingers, and shouted, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" He had created too many clones and immediately jumped down towards Kakashi. "Here goes!"

"All right! Bring it!" shouted Kakashi. All clones came towards him head-on. But he quickly dispelled most of them by just attacking them. One of Narutos made an attempt to grab the bell from the behind, but Kakashi grabbed it and whipped him up against the tree, dispelling him. Kakash jumped away in attempt to get away from them.

Naruto grinned, "You're not getting away from me!" A few of Narutos jumped to chase Kakashi. However, Kakashi jumped behind them, shocking Naruto. "Kage Buyo?! (Leaf Shadow Dance)"

Kakashi unleashed his bandages and wrapped around three Narutos. Once wrapped around their body, he turned all Narutos included himself upside-down, and spiraled around just like a tornado.

Naruto realized the technique that Kakashi just used. "This is Fuzzy-Brows'-" He clearly remembered that Rock Lee used that against Sasuke back before Chuunin Exam.

"Kakashi-sensei's copy ninjutsu!" cried Sakura.

Kakashi smashed Naruto face-first onto the ground, as the large smoke kicked up. He just realized all of them were clones. "So, where's the real one?"

Suddenly, the real Naruto jumped from the bush behind Kakashi. "I'm over there!" Then he charged towards Kakashi from the behind, and sealed his hand into tiger hand seal. "Hidden Taijutsu Ougi! (Hidden Taijutsu Master Technique) Sennen Goroshi! (One Thousand Years of Death)" He finally got his revenge by inserting his index and middle fingers into Kakashi's bottom, sending him flying off the forest. With that, Naruto ran off just to see if Kakashi was unconscious on the ground. He cheered, "All right! Huh?"

Suddenly, the voice sighed with relief. "Whew, that was too close…" Naruto looked around him, and spotted Kakashi behind him.

Naruto just realized that the unconscious Kakashi was actually a clone. He stared at Kakashi and grinned, "Heh! That's just like you, Kaka… huh?!" Kakashi and Naruto looked up at Sakura who jumped from the tree, and threw many shuriken and kunai towards Kakashi. But Kakashi backed off to dodge all of Sakura's shuriken and kunai attacks. Sakura landed on the ground next to Naruto, and smirked at Kakashi.

Kakashi noticed that Sasuke did not make any move at all. He wondered where Sasuke had gone to?! He panted heavily, 'It was so easy back in the day.'

(Flashback Began)

Naruto charged towards Kakashi and shouted angrily, "I'll beat you to a pulp!" He tried to punch, but Kakashi casually blocked it while reading the book. Naruto growled, "Damn it! You can't dodge this one!" He tried to roundhouse kick Sensei, yet Kakashi ducked his head to dodge it. He landed on the ground, and threw a punch at Kakashi. He growled, "Ahh, damn it!" However, Kakashi disappeared as soon as Naruto landed a punch. "Huh?"

Kakashi appeared behind Naruto while clasping his index and middle fingers together, and sighed, "A ninja doesn't let the opponent sneak up on them from behind over and over, stupid!" Then he shouted, "Hidden Village of Konoha Hidden Taijutsu Ougi! Sennen Goroshi!" He inserted his index and middle fingers into Naruto's butt, which sent him plunging into the river.

(Later)

Kakashi was hiding in the bush and watched something. 'Over there?' Sighing, he reached for his pouch for something.

Sakura was running to look for Sasuke and worried, 'Sasuke-kun, I wonder where you are… Don't tell me sensei already-! No, that would never happen to Sasuke-kun!' Then she saw Kakashi stood on the ground reading the book from the distance. She hid behind the bush watching Kakashi. 'Safe! He didn't notice me!'

"Sakura, look behind you," warned the voice. Sakura looked around and that was Kakashi behind her. She screamed all the way to heaven in fear.

(Later)

Kakashi sighed, "I'll admit that you're different from those two."

Suddenly, Sasuke began to make a fast hand seal and said, "Horse. Tiger." Then he took a lot of air and shouted, "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"

Kakashi widened his eyes and shocked, 'What? That technique isn't something a Genin can do… he shouldn't have enough chakra. He's really something!'

Sasuke expelled from the mouth as a massive orb of roaring flame at Kakashi, but he noticed that Kakashi disappeared. He shocked, "He's gone! Then he glanced around him, and found no trace of Kakashi. 'Is he behind me? No, above? Where is he?'

The voice said, "Beneath you." Suddenly, the hand came out of ground beneath Sasuke, and grabbed Sasuke's leg.

Sasuke looked down at the hand and shocked, "Wha…"

Kakashi shouted, "Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu!" Then he dragged Sasuke down into the ground, leaving his head stuck on the ground.

(Flashback Ended)

'I'd have to admit that their teamwork is very good. They appear to have been work as team for all of these two years. Although, I would like to finish this soon, and read the book. Speaking of Sasuke, where the hell is he?'

Suddenly, the voice cried, "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"

Kakashi widened his eyes, and shocked, "W-What?!" There was a large fireball coming towards Naruto and Sakura. 'What is Sasuke doing?! He's going to kill them with that!' But Naruto and Sakura knew that the fireball was coming behind them, so they spilt up to allow the fireball continued its journey towards Kakashi. 'Shit!'

Kakashi immediately made a series of hand seals, and shouted "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" He inhaled out, and then blew a large fireball from his mouth (even though it was strange for him to blow fireball from his mouth that was already covered with the half-mask), seemingly went through the mask, and countered Sasuke's fireball. Their clash lasted for a while until it exploded automatically.

As soon as the smoke cleared, Kakashi looked up and found two Naruto with Rasengan already on their hands. He immediately charged up the lightning into his both hands almost looked like Rasengan, and shouted, "Raikiri!"

Naruto shouted, "Rasengan!"

Then two Naruto slammed their Rasengan, and collided with Kakashi's Raikiri. Naruto pushed Kakashi backward harder and harder. He screamed very loudly, causing a crater beneath Kakashi. It also caused an earthquake, and strong wind which almost knock Sasuke and Sakura away a little. Kakashi could notice Naruto's eyes suddenly turned into red eyes. Naruto's Chakra now already enchanted with some of Kyuubi's chakra.

Every time the wind was getting stronger and stronger, the bell tied to his waist began to loose from it. The river behind Kakashi trembled like a crazy! Kakashi widened his eyes, and was in shocked that Naruto was able to outclass Kakashi in strength. Obviously, Naruto was using Kyuubi's Chakra! The bell finally escaped from his waist.

During the clash against Naruto's Rasengan with his Raikiri, he was really proud of Team 7. He smiled under his half-mask. 'They've grown…' Naruto had won the struggle against Kakashi, and caused a fine explosion.

BOOOOOM!

The alarm rang.

Kakashi slowly opened his eyes. Naruto and Sakura already got the bells from Kakashi, and Sasuke stood next to them with the smirk on the face. Kakashi rubbed his hair and chuckled, "I honestly didn't think you'd manage to take the bells. You got them from me before the alarm even rang!"

Naruto grinned, "Yeah! It's all thanks to Sasuke's plan, we got you! See? This is our Chakra strength without use of Ki at all!"

Sakura gave them a peace sign and agreed, "Right, Sensei?!" Sasuke said nothing, but smirked proudly of what he had done to team up with them.

Kakashi nodded, "True. You did a heck good job of teamwork together, guys. I'm surprised myself, even you guys are an excellent at taijutsu! According to Naruto's story, you used a lot of taijutsu during these two years. But we want to suggest that you should use ninjutsu more. Naruto, you said something about Chakra enchanting together with Ki would be very powerful, right?" Naruto nodded. "That means we need to work on that, too. That's also the reason why Jiraiya-sama, Hokage-sama, and I are going to train you, because we can strength your Chakra up before we could fight Coola and others, as well as new jutsu. Do you have any question?"

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke shook their heads and did not want to ask any question.

Kakashi gave them one of his trademark eye-smiles. "Good! Now do whatever you want to do. If you would excuse me, I must report this to Hokage-sama. Good-bye." He disappeared in puff of smoke.

Of course, Sasuke would walk away to leave them alone, so they could do whatever they wanted to do to each other. Naruto chuckled, "All right! That got me pumped up, Sakura-chan! We did good job with our teamwork, right?"

Sakura nodded, and smiled, "Yeah, our teamwork is great. Oh, by the way, I want you to be ready. Our dinner will be served tonight at 7pm. Please get some dress up, and be ready for our dinner tonight. I have to see my parents before the dinner, Naruto-kun." She quickly kissed him on his cheeks. "I love you, Naruto-kun." With that, she then ran off to leave him to blush.

Naruto blushed, "I love you too, Sakura-chan."

Sakura returned to home with her parents. She had to help her parents with cooking. She wanted to cook very delicious food for her Naruto-kun, so he would love the taste of her cooking. She worked hard to cook together with her Mom.

Naruto asked Iruka-sensei to help him. Of course, Iruka was so happy to see him again. Iruka was actually worry about him since he disappeared from Element for two years. Iruka asked him a lot of question, and Naruto had to answer a lot of question. Iruka finally stopped asking a question after Naruto asked him if he could help him to get dress up and be ready to go to Sakura's dinner tonight. Iruka would be more than happy to help him. He helped him to get a nice dress. It was a black shirt, and pants. It was not formal or anything, but it was just a regular clothes anyways. It really looked good on Naruto. Now he was ready to go to Sakura's dinner now.

Naruto knocked on Sakura's front door. "Sakura-chan, it's me, Naruto!"

The door opened, and revealed Sakura in front of him. He blushed. Sakura wore a beautiful casual pink shirt, and white skirt. He even noticed that there was a beautiful necklace wrapping around her neck. She even wore a make-up.

Sakura blushed, "Naruto-kun…"

Naruto rubbed his back hair, and chuckled nervously, "What can I say? You're really beautiful…"

Sakura smiled, "Thank you…"

"Oh, and by the way, I just bought you a flower. I thought you might like it," said Naruto. He gave her a flower, which she thanked him for that. She assumed Naruto bought a flower from Yamanaka's flower store where Ino worked at.

"Come in, Naruto-kun. Dad and Mom are waiting for you at the table," said Sakura. She led Naruto to the table and introduced Naruto to his parents. She also introduced his parents to Naruto. They already settled on their chair next to the table that was already filled with the food on it. She prayed that Naruto would not eat impolite in front of them.

Naruto, Sakura, and her parents were eating a dinner very politely. She was surprised that Naruto was able to show some polite in front of her parents. She was grateful for him to be more polite. It was really awkward silence right here. Sakura began to worry if her parents still hated him, because they would not talk to him at all.

Her Dad finally was the first person in this house to break the silence. He sighed, "Naruto…"

Naruto looked up at her Dad from the food, and nodded, "Yes?"

"Do you really love Sakura?" her Father asked skeptically.

"Dad!" cried Sakura.

"Please answer me honestly. Do you really love her?" repeated Father.

Naruto smiled and nodded, "Yes, I really love her."

Father frowned, "How do I know if you really love her or not? You're not using her or some sort like that?"

"Dad!" yelled Sakura angrily. She hated how her Father interrogated him so much.

Naruto smiled, "It's okay, Sakura-chan. I will answer his question. I don't really mind…" He gently grabbed her hand, even though it was in front of her parents. "Of course, I really love her. I will do anything to protect her. I won't let her to get hurt. I will always protect her, and always will be. I will sacrifice my life even for her sakes, because she's in my very heart. If anything ever happened to her, I will always protect her no matter what. I really love her. I will protect not just her, but everyone in this village, as well as my friend. Once I become Hokage, I will protect everyone in this village no matter what because I love them all!"

For some reason, her Father and Mother began to smile proudly. They understood why Sakura would vouch for her. Sakura gripped Naruto's hand harder, and was glad that he really loved her, and would always protect her no matter what. Yes, she would protect him, too! 'Naruto-kun…'

Suddenly, they heard the knock on the door. Mom sighed, "I will be right back." She left them and walked on way to the front door.

Dad smiled, "So, the rumor was not true after all. I apologize then."

"The rumor?" confused Naruto and Sakura.

"Well, the rumor said that Naruto was the Kyuubi. They claimed that you've even tried to destroy the village many times. I suppose they claimed that one because you pranked this village a numerous times. Heck, they claimed that you tried to kill them. Some said you tried to kill them that were about the same your age. So that led my wife and me to believe in them, and started to hate you."

Sakura frowned, "That's why you told me to get away from him because you thought he was the Kyuubi."

Dad nodded, "Right. But it doesn't matter now anymore. After listening to Sakura's story, and your confirmation about her, now I believe in you, Naruto. You're the good guy. I'm sure you will be a fine husband, father, and Hokage."

Naruto raised his eyebrows and blushed, "Father? Husband?"

'Father? Husband? No way! If we ever have a child, we will be Dad and Mom to them. No… No… It's too soon! We're too young!' Sakura shook her head, trying to get rid of them in her mind.

Suddenly, two ANBU grabbed Naruto's arms so forcefully and held them tightly so he could not escape. "What?!" shocked Naruto.

Sakura cried, "Naruto-kun!" Then she glared at ANBU and growled, "What're you doing?! Get off of Naruto!"

Mom came back to them, and saw ANBU holding Naruto's arms. Dad asked, "What's going on?"

Mom shrugged, "I don't know. As soon as I opened the door, they immediately entered the house, and here they are now."

"My apologize. We're ordered to take Naruto into the cell until then. We cannot verify the reason why we're taking him into the cell. Sorry for your inconvenience," said the ANBU.

Sakura shouted angrily, "Get off of my Naruto-kun! If you don't, I will crush your stupid mask!"

Naruto said softly, "Sakura-chan…" Sakura immediately got her attention on him, and was in shocked that he was still calm. He smiled, "It's okay. Don't worry about me. I will be fine…"

"But…"

"Just like I say, do not worry. I will manage somehow. Until then, don't try to do anything stupid, Sakura-chan," said Naruto.

"Now, if you will excuse us, we will be taking him to the cell. Farewell." With that, ANBU disappeared in puff of smoke along with Naruto.

Sakura was really upset that ANBU ruined their dinner. It was great dinner until ANBU got in. She could not take it anymore, so she ran into her room, and cried on her bed. She did not know why ANBU would take him to the cell. What did he ever do? Did he do something wrong during the test? No, she did not think so. She would have to ask Hokage-sama about that tomorrow.

To be continued…

A/N: Hello! Yes, that's it for this chapter, folks! Sorry, if I pull a lot of flashback here. Anyways, what's going to happen to Naruto? Why did ANBU throw him into the cell? What did Naruto ever deserve to do? Find out next time on Team Z! :D

Oh, good news! I just kicked Lunch out of our spaceship! :D... No more dangerous woman! Yay!

Vegeta: What's the matter? You're scared? Are you pussy?

Me: Shut up! I don't want to die right before returning to Earth anyways!

Vegeta: Tch... Whatever...

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Next chapter should be about council meetings, and some stuff... Maybe you will get to see some Chuunin Exam flashback what happened after Team 7's disappearance. Who won Chuunin Exam, I wonder? :)

I would like to let you know that I needed a break for at least two weeks. That means I will be back on Jan 29. Usually, I updated on every Wednesday lol...

All right. I think I talk too much. I should shut up and leave here. I'm out! :D