He slunk through the shadows as he stalked his target. His sensing technique or his En on full blast. Maruku could feel it, the target was standing in the middle of a forest clearing. He gave the signal, and three shadows rushed out surrounding the target. Naruto grabbed the cat by the scruff of its neck.
"Capture complete." The team headed back towards the Hokage Tower to finnish their mission. Handing the cat back over to the fat lady the team took their pay and left.
"Well done guys another mission done." Kakashi seemed to smile under his mask. "Sensei why are we doing all of these lame missions all of a sudden can't we go back to training or at least another C-rank?" Kakashi looked at Naruto with a blank look. "The reason you guys are doing these missions is because the team needs a minimum amount passed to participate in the chunin exams." That gave the team a start. Sakura looked thoughtful however. "Do you really think we have the strength to compete?"
"Of course I do. However there is a couple of things we need to work on. Follow me." Kakashi broke out into a sprint practically disappearing from view. The team chased after him. When they finally stopped they were met with the familiar surroundings of the wilderness that they had trained in for months.
"So here's the deal. Only one genin from each squad is allowed to participate. That means that if you want the chance of promotion then you're going to have to decide which among you that is." All four of them frowned before Naruto raised his hand.
"Um sensei, that sounds like bullshit." Kakashi closed his eye and sighed.
"I was afraid you would say that. Now I have to decide for you." He blurred from view as an electrified hand speared itself through Sakura's chest. The remaining genin were shocked and horrified before they sprung into action all three of them equally furious. But before they could even take so much as five steps, with the same bloodied and electric hand Kakashi promptly beheaded Naruto. Maruku let a roar as his body demanded justice. "Plasma Style: Plasma Cannon!" The plasma cannon was currently his most powerful attack. It was supposed to unleash a beam of plasma from the palm of his hand however it instead unleashed a white hot flame. Right now it didn't matter as long as it did the trick. But it didn't. Fire wasn't as fast or as strong as plasma style, so Kakashi simply dodged it and impaled him also. The last thing he saw before his vision faded to black was his teacher's cold eyes, one of them blazing an evil red.
Sasuke was frozen as his team and his friends were slaughtered right in front of him. He didn't even notice that his legs were shaking or that he was starting to hyperventilate. The only thought going through his mind was how he had lost everything all over again. He watched as his teacher, his mentor, pulled his hand out of his friend's chest are slowly and calmly walked over to him. That was what had snapped him out of it.
"Stay way! Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" It was a devastating fire breath attack that enveloped Kakashi seemily burning him to cinders. But it wasn't to be as the man appeared to his side holding… a mirror? Sasuke could see his reflection it was shaking and clammy but staring back at him were two blood red sharingan eyes. He quickly looked back at his friends corpses only to find them evaporating into mist. When he looked back at Kakashi all of his team were standing there with him alive and unharmed. It was all the boy could do to not collapse into tears.
Maruku wasn't happy about the means Kakashi went to unlock Sasuke's bloodline but he did agree it was probably better it was here in the safety by the village then on a mission. As he looked at his friends scared form his body seemed to move on its own to place a hand on the boy's shoulder as a gesture of comfort. He wasn't the only one as Naruto and Sakura were there in an instant comforting and trying to get the boy to talk. Slowly but surely Sasuke opened up and let himself be led back to the village to celebrated the awakening of his blood. Nobody noticed how Kakashi let them go without a word of protest.
The next morning was one filled with apprehension. As the team went about painting fences and grocery shopping one of them always had an eye on Kakashi. When the day's missions finished they met back at the team training place.
Kakashi looked at his team who were all looking at him with varying levels of mistrust. " I want to apologize for yesterday. I realize I might have gone a bit overboard on the genjutsu and shouldn't have needlessly put you through that trauma on the off chance that it might awaken your sharingan." Sasuke nodded at the apology and just like that tension was gone.
"Now that that is out of the way there is something I wanted to work on today. Maruku and Sasuke I wanted to get you started on some defensive jutsu. You two are the only ones on the team without any defensive measures. Naruto and Sakura are going to help you build those defenses." He then unsealed several cases of hard looking rubber balls.
"What you two will be learning is a simple barrier jutsu. The more chakra you put in the stronger the barrier." Kakashi then flipped through five hand signs before clasping his hands and thrusting them outward. "Barrier: Shield." A translucent green shield appeared protecting Kakashi's front. Naruto, ever the opportunist took one of the balls and threw it as hard as he could against the shield. The ball slammed into the barrier and stopped dead in its tracks falling to the ground.
With his demonstration done he looked back to Maruku and Sasuke. "Your turn." Sasuke with his sharingan active repeated the hand signs and got similar results. Sakura threw one of the balls that hit Sasuke's shield. When the ball fell to the ground there was a slight crack in the otherwise flawless technique. Maruku after watching Sasuke's moderate success went for his attempt. The shield seemed to match the color of Kakashi's but when Naruto threw another ball it smashed through the barrier with ease and tagged Maruku right in the face. Hearing a slight laugh Maruku growled and repeated the jutsu only to get the same results.
"Sorry Maruku but it looks like you're going to be taking my balls to your face!" After hearing Naruto shout Maruku knew this was going to be another long day. Face palming he couldn't help the small mutter that escaped his mouth. Goddammit