Chapter 6 – Survival Test and Old Enemies

As thought by Naruto, Kakashi was extremely late. The group had waited 2 hours and he still had not shown up. Naruto got up and put a chalkboard eraser in the crack of the door and said, "It's his fault he is late."

Sasuke looked up and said, "He won't fall for that. He is a jounin. Your prank won't work." After a few minutes Kakashi stuck his head through the door and the eraser fell on his head. Sasuke sweat dropped and said, "Baka".

Kakashi looked around the room at the 3 students. Then he put his finger under his chin and said, "My first impression of you is that I hate you." Naruto and Ino looked downcast and he continued saying, "Let's go somewhere else for introductions."

Naruto and the rest of the group followed Kakashi to the top of a building. The four of them sat down and Kakashi asked, "Please introduce yourselves. You can say your likes, dislikes, dreams, and interests."

"Sensei shouldn't you go first." Naruto asked.

"Me?" He asked pointing to himself. "My name is Hatake Kakashi. I have no likes and no dislikes. I don't have any dreams and I have many interests."

Ino leaned over to Naruto and said, "We still only know his name." Naruto started laughing but stopped when Kakashi asked him to introduce himself.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto." He replied. "I like ramen and nice people like Iruka-sensei and my friends. I dislike having to wait for instant ramen to cook and mean people. I have one major dream which is to become Hokage and make the villagers recognize me."

'Interesting…this is the child with the Kyuubi inside of him.' Kakashi thought. Then he pointed to Ino and asked, "What about you?"

Ino looked away from Sasuke and answered, "My name is Yamanaka Ino. I like Sasuke. My dreams are to be with Sasuke and I hate Sakura."

'Great.' Kakashi thought sarcastically. 'She's more interested in boys than being a good ninja.' Then he pointed at Sasuke and asked him to go.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke replied in his usual dull voice. "I like my friends and I hate all the girls who chase me. I have no dreams but an ambition to kill a man and restore my clan."

'So he is from the elite Uchiha clan. This will be very interesting.' Kakashi thought as he stood up. Then he said, "Well now that we all know each other please meet outside the forest at 7 in morning tomorrow. Don't eat breakfast either or I promise you will puke." With that said he disappeared in a burst of wind and leaves.

Naruto walked over to the other two of his teammates to talk. He saw Ino ask Sasuke out and smirked when Sasuke said no. Then he broke up Ino's please by saying, "Do you think we should really skip breakfast tomorrow morning." He saw the others look up and continued, "I'm going to eat anyway. With how Kakashi-sensei is always late it will probably be at least 2 hours late."

"How do you know?" Ino screamed. "It's not good to disobey your sensei."

"Yes but it is also not good to be unprepared. Besides I get really grumpy when I skip meals." Naruto said making the other two sweat drop. "Well I'll see you guys tomorrow." He replied with a wave as he ran of.

That night Naruto was at the lake practicing again. He activated the demon eyes and noticed someone in the bushes. Then he yelled, "Come out I know you are there." The figure came out and Naruto noticed it was Sasuke. He ran over and said, "Hello Sasuke I'm practicing for tomorrow. Do you want to train together right now? Why were you in the bushes anyway?" Naruto faked surprise. 'Damn Sasuke. Spying on me.'

Sasuke hated to admit it but he was caught. "I was practicing and I heard someone so I decided to check it out. When I saw it was you I hid my presence and stayed in the bushes. I guess I was looking to see if you have any new techniques."

'Yeah right, nice try.' Naruto pretended to looked puzzled and asked, "Why did you need to hide to find out if I have any new techniques. I'd show you if you want. You are my team member. We have to learn to tell each other things. I won't let you copy my techniques though. Especially once you get your sharingan, which won't be long knowing you. I already have a technique that can stop the sharingan."

Sasuke's eyes went wide when he heard Naruto say that. "What. A technique to stop the sharingan. That's impossible."

"No it is possible. You are lucky though that nobody else will ever use this technique against you. It is called the demon eyes. It also works against the Byakugan. How about I show you?" Naruto replied. He made the demon seal which made Sasuke's eyes go even wider and yelled, "Demon Eyes no Jutsu". Sasuke watched in disbelief as Naruto's eyes glowed red. "This technique also allows me to see further and 270 degrees around me. It is a very nice technique."

Sasuke had some questions he needed answered. "What was that weird seal you made and why would you make a technique specifically against my bloodline?"

"The seal is my secret and the technique isn't specifically against you. It works against all eye jutsus and bloodlines and the other enhancements are nice." Naruto answered with a smirk. "If you want though we can try to get you to activate your sharingan."

Sasuke looked at him incredulously and asked, "Why would you help me activate my bloodline and do you have other techniques you can show me?"

"You're my teammate and my friend." Naruto replied with a shrug. 'Hey kitsune should I show him the chakra blade and chakra shield or wait?' Naruto thought.

'Wait but tell him you have other techniques. Right now help him activate the sharingan. It could be very useful on some of your missions and especially in the chuunin exam.' Kyuubi replied.

"Sasuke I do have to tell you I have other techniques but for now I'd like to keep them to myself. You'll see when I use them in battle." Naruto stated. "Now let's get to work activating the sharingan."

The next morning Naruto and Sasuke arrived at the clearing one and a half hours late. "Where have you two been?" Ino yelled. "I've waited for almost 2 hours."

"We were training." Sasuke answered.

Naruto filled in the rest saying, "We knew Kakashi-sensei would be at least 2 hours late so we didn't feel the need to come early. We did come with some time to prepare for the task though. Did you eat breakfast Ino?"

Ino scoffed and replied, "No I didn't break Kakashi-sensei's orders."

Naruto reached into the bag he brought with him and pulled out some food. "We brought extra in case you change your mind. I think Kakashi-sensei was trying to trick us into not eating." He handed her the food and continued, "We have to talk about the test. I think it may be a test to test how well we work as a team so we need a strategy should he try and turn us against each other. Now I have an idea but we would all need to work together…"

Kakashi arrived to see the group talking amongst themselves. 'Interesting if they work together they could pass. Let's see how they react in the test.' He thought as he jumped down to them and said, "I got lost on the road of life."

Naruto's and Ino's heads got big and they both yelled, "Liar" while Sasuke just looked ticked off.

Kakashi cleared his throat and said, "Well anyway this test will be quite simple. You must take a bell from me." Kakashi pulled out two silver bells and continued, "If you don't get a bell then you get tied to a stump and watch while I eat my lunch. The timer will be set for 12:00."

"Why are there only two bells?" Ino asked.

"Because…" Kakashi paused and said, "One of you will surely fail. That person will go back to the ninja academy and re-learn everything. Also if you want to beat me then you must come at me with the intention to kill. If not you will fail." Kakashi set the timer and saw them all nod. Then he said, "Begin" and they all disappeared into the forest.

In the forest Ino, Naruto, and Sasuke all met to talk about their strategy. This test was obviously to split them up but they wouldn't fall for it. Naruto was the first to speak and said, "I sent my shadow clones. There is one clone who will continue to make them until we are ready. There are also 5 clones surrounding us to protect us. I just need to activate my technique to finish the first step." Then he made his seal and whispered, "Demon Eyes no Jutsu". Ino gasped as his eyes turned red.

Sasuke just smirked and asked, "So what is our strategy?"

Kakashi looked at the group of clones in front of him. 'Kage Bunshin…' he thought, 'So Naruto can use this Jounin level technique. He probably just sent the clones out to gauge my strength though.' Kakashi got out a kunai and prepared himself for the attack. At that moment all the Naruto's charged him. He ran forward slicing the clones with his kunai as he went. 'Too easy…'

"Okay, everyone understand the plan? Then let's go." Naruto stated. Ino ran off to her place while Naruto got his sign ready, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" he said as he created 16 clones. "Okay ten of you go with Sasuke. Another five go with Ino and the remaining one come with me." With that said they all took off in their separate directions.

Kakashi had destroyed all the clones when a new wave of clones came into the clearing. 'Damn it how much stamina does this guy have. Oh well I'll beat him.' He readied his kunai again and started attacking the clones. When he plunged his kunai into one of the clones it didn't disappear but instead turned into a log. 'Substitution. So this is the real one.' He was almost hit from behind with a kick from what he presumed was the real Naruto. 'Damn if I use up too much chakra now I won't be able to fight the others. He aimed a hard punch at Naruto but suddenly two Naruto's popped out of the ground and grabbed his feet. They pulled his feet into the ground and came all the way out. He noticed something different about these Naruto's though. They had red eyes. 'What is that?' He thought. He tried to do seals but his body didn't respond. He felt another presence in his mind. His hand moved to the bells without his command. He watched as he ripped them out and handed them to Naruto and said, "It worked Sasuke." He felt the presence leave his mind and he got control of his body back. He saw Naruto come up from the ground, his eyes turning back to blue. Kakashi smiled and said, "Congratulations you all pass." He saw Naruto and Ino jump in the air while Sasuke just smirked. "You came up with a brilliant strategy and you all worked together."

Naruto grinned and replied, "We knew we couldn't beat you in fighting, Kakashi-sensei." Naruto grinned inwardly. 'Well I could.' He continued out loud, "So the only other option was to steal the bells. So I created some clones to distract you while we came up with a strategy. There were fifteen clones that attacked you and five watching our backs while we planned. We decided the best way was to take over your mind and have you give us the bells. That part was taken care of by Ino's Shintenshin no

Jutsu. The hard part was getting you still long enough to use it. So we had you fight some clones and Sasuke in Henge to distract you while I and another clone used Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu to go under ground. Then I simply surprised you, immobilized you for a short period of time, and left the rest to Ino. You didn't use a jutsu to escape because of your surprise and at Ino's quickness in using her jutsu."

"What was that technique you were using? I noticed the real you had red eyes while most of the clones had blue." Kakashi asked.

Naruto grinned, "That is my secret technique that no one can re-create. It is especially effective against you Kakashi-sensei. I looked you up and discovered that the eye you keep covered is a sharingan. This technique is an anti-sharingan blocker pretty much. It works against the Byakugan and other eye jutsus as well. In other words any bloodline or jutsu dealing with the eye is a normal eye when I use this technique. It also gives me longer range of vision and allows me to see 270 degrees around me."

'So this kid knew about my sharingan from the start.' Kakashi thought.

'WHAT! Kakashi-sensei has the sharingan. That is impossible because only the Uchiha clan can have the sharingan.' Sasuke thought. "That is not possible. Only an Uchiha can have the sharingan."

"I am different." Kakashi replied. "I will not talk about it though. Now since you all passed I suggest you all go do training." With that he disappeared leaving the three happy genin to themselves.

"Hey Sasuke-kun want to go on a date?" Ino asked as she ran up and hung on his arm.

"No." He replied coldly. "I have to go practice." He walked away and into the forest, leaving Ino and Naruto.

"Me too." Naruto replied as he walked off as well.

That left Ino by herself. "Damn now I have to go train too."

Naruto was practicing his demon eyes in a clearing in the forest. He decided it was time to talk with Kyuubi about his training so he sent him a thought, 'So kitsune, what are we going to do about my training.'

'Kit, your chakra abilities are good and you're learning many more jutsus. Right now I suggest searching out Gai for taijutsu training.' Kyuubi replied.

Naruto started walking at Kyuubi's suggestion. 'Well I guess I know where to find him. He is probably with his team right now in their training grounds.' He sighed. Once he got near the training grounds he whispered, 'Demon Eyes no Jutsu' and continued on. He was right. The Neji, Lee, and Tenten were practicing their techniques in the training grounds. He sat there for a while until it looked like they were about to finish. He hopped down from the tree into the middle of the training grounds. When he got down he looked at Neji and said, "Hello, I haven't seen you since Hinata's party." Neji looked surprised and then started to growl.

Gai noticed this reaction and immediately said, "Hello I am Gai. What are you here for?"

"I came looking for you." Naruto replied. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I heard you were the best at taijutsu and since I am in need of training I was wondering if you could maybe train me on the side."

Gai looked hesitant to accept him as a student so Naruto went for the kill, "I'm sorry if this is bothersome. I will leave. I'm sure Kakashi-sensei will teach me."

Gai's face turned from a frown to a look of pure determination. Then he replied, "It isn't a problem. I will accept you as an additional student. I can't let you go to my rival when I am the best teacher for you. I assume by your entrance that you know Neji."

Naruto smirked, "We met under pretty bad circumstances. I won't go into details. You can ask Neji if you want. Anyway I assume you are the other two students I heard about." He turned to Lee and said, "It's nice to meet you. I assume you are Rock Lee. You are supposed to be horrible at ninjutsu and genjutsu but you make up for it in exceptional taijutsu skills." Lee nodded and he turned to Tenten and said, "You must be Tenten then. I have heard you are amazing in the art of weaponry." Then he turned to Gai and asked, "Did I miss anything?"

Gai was stunned. This kid obviously had done some research. He knew his team really well. "No, you have captured all of the major qualities of my amazing students." He stated. "Can we know a little more about you though?"

"Okay my name as I said is Uzumaki Naruto. My best friends are Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuuga Hinata." He paused to glance at Neji and then continued, "I like ramen and I have a dream to become the Hokage."

"It is impossible." Neji scoffed. "Only a chosen few are good enough to be given the name Hokage. Fate can't be changed no matter how much hard work you put into something."

"God Neji, I thought we got rid of this crap last time we met." Naruto scowled. The other three was listening intently to the argument that was unfolding between the two students. "You still hold that stupid grudge against Hinata-chan and the main family don't you."

Neji glared at him. "Who cares if I do?"

Naruto glared back even more forcefully, "I care because you hurt my best friend with your grudge even though she didn't do anything."

Neji took a step forward and said, "You will never be able to understand my pain."

"How many times do I need to tell you that I can understand but I find people who are important to me to get through it." Naruto yelled.

"I carry a seal that will let a main family member kill me when they want to. You will never understand what it is like carrying a life long irreversible mark." Neji yelled back.

Naruto sighed and said, "You baka I can understand but I don't go crying about it and acting tough. I live with it. I don't think I'll get through to you so I'll stop this argument now. Gai-sensei since you will take me as your student when should I come for training?"

Gai walked over and said, "Lee and I do special training every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00. Come whenever you don't have a mission."

"Thank you Gai-sensei." Naruto replied. Then he walked back in the direction of his home.

'That is one interesting kid.' Gai thought before he turned to his students to finish their training for the day.

AN -Finals are over and school is out. This means more time for writing. YAY! Well Here is chapter 6. Mission to Wave country next chapter. The wave country mission will be split up. Would people like me to do most of it together and have it take longer or do more seperate chapters but more frequently? Changes will be made. People may die an dpeople may live. Pairings have been decided.

PS: If anyone is wondering why Ino was so willing to work with the team, it is because Sasuke wanted to do it and she follows him blindly.

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