A/N: Thank you for the translation websites. Now I think that my translations might be a bit off, so for those lucky bilingual people who know Japanese, please correct me and I'll change it. Thanks!
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Earlier that day…
Sakura was trembling as she studied the sheet in front of her as if there was going to be a test on it. I have to pass, so I can stay with my Sasuke-kun! Finishing her sheet, she looked up and saw that Sasuke was gone. Probably gone to train, I should go to. Standing up, she started to leap across the roofs towards her house. She then pulled out extra sets of kunai and shruiken and jumped off to find an empty spot at the throwing range.
She found one, unfortunately it was next to the one person she really didn't want to see at the moment; Ino-pig. Weighing possible retribution to possible loss of Sasuke, she found there was no choice and just boldly walked out next to Ino.
Ino looked up from her throwing as she heard a clink from the empty space next to her, and saw Sakura. "Hey! Forehead girl! Come to lose to me?"
Retorting as she drew kunai and threw, "Hah! In your dreams Ino-pig!"
Frowning as she saw her rival was closer than she was, "Well there's only one thing that matters, Sasuke-kun, and I refuse to loose him to a wide-headed girl like you."
After several hours of bantering as they threw kunai at the target, they had reached a tie, and a slightly unstable truce that neither of them was going to fight with the other at the moment.
Walking over to the target and pulling out her weapons, Sakura asked, "So, anything new happen?"
Wrinkling her brow, Ino replied, "Now that you mention it, I heard that one of our Academy teachers, Mizuki, you know him, he was one of our exam judges. Anyway, I heard that he's in jail right now, for trying to steal a scroll from the Hokage's scroll library. Oh, and the funny thing is, none of the jounins or chuunins have admitted that they caught him. The closest thing to an admission is that he was carried in all beaten up by our other teacher, Iruka-sensei, but he said that he didn't beat him, but that a student of his had. The Hokage himself vouched for it, but nobody would say who the student was…"
Staring at Ino like she was daft, "Well of course its Sasuke-kun! No other genin is strong enough to beat Mizuki! He was a chuunin!"
Ino just shot right back, "Who are you calling Sasuke-kun? He's mine!"
The bickering continued well into the afternoon until both left the range at the same time, neither wanting to seem to the other that she was slacking off.
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Naruto woke up to the ringing of his alarm clock. Reaching his hand up and grabbing it, he pulled it in front of his blurry vision. As his vision cleared, he noticed several things, the sun was shining through his window, the birds were chirping, and the time was 6:30.
Naruto's eyes grew wide; he jumped out of bed and quickly assessed the situation. He was in his bedclothes, last nights mess was still here, and he never got together his shinobi tools! Thinking quickly, Naruto struggled to find an answer to his problem, he found one.
"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Naruto created a bunch of clones. They immediately started to clean up, make breakfast, and put his shinobi tools together. Satisfied, Naruto ran into his bathroom.
He showered.
He brushed his teeth.
He dressed up.
He grabbed his tools and the still cooking ramen cup and raced out the door.
Reaching into his pouch, Naruto ran his eyes over it until he found the exam site. Area 22. Naruto groaned and skidded to a stop. Area 22 was a training ground on the other side of Konoha! Turning around, Naruto ran as fast as he could.
As he ran towards his house, he had an idea. Hm, maybe I should take a few of the forbidden scrolls. Creating one Kage Bunshin, Naruto sent it off to his house while he continued on his way, praying that he wouldn't be disqualified.
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15 minutes later…
"YOU"RE LATE!" Naruto winced; Sakura's voice had reached a deafening volume, especially when shouted right into his face. In the background, Sasuke smirked.
Rubbing his ears, Naruto replied, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I slept in. Is Kakashi-sensei here? Did you guys do the test already? Did you pass? Did I fail? How was it?"
Growing angry, Sakura punched him, and was slightly shocked when Naruto flew back into the ground a few feet away. Shoving that aside for later, she seethed, "No, you're lucky. Kakashi-sensei isn't here yet. Why don't you try to be more like Sasuke? I'll bet here was here an hour before the specified time."
Sighing in relief, Naruto let the 'be more like Sasuke' jab slide for the time being. He picked himself up, and ignoring Sakura, moved away from the pair and sat against a tree. Sakura just stared at Naruto for a moment, then she went back to fawning over Sasuke.
Sighing, Naruto stared sadly at what happened to his ramen. It was completely ruined, both from his excessively fast run, and from his kissing the ground. Ah well, burning the cup with a small fire jutsu, Naruto rummaged in his pouch until he found what he was looking for, the scroll of poisons he never finished yesterday. Pulling it out to where he was last, Naruto started reading.
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Sasuke looked over to where Naruto was…and blinked. Was that a fire jutsu I just saw? Naw, couldn't be. They all require seals and I didn't see him perform any. Sasuke rubbed his eyes, must have been a trick of the light, and I am very tired. Stifling a yawn, he went back to just standing, staring, and ignoring Sakura.
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Naruto had just finished his scroll when he heard a small "psst" looking at the bushes; he saw two sky-blue eyes and blond hair staring back at him. Grinning, Naruto set aside his scroll, and reached nonchalantly with one hand towards the bush. A bowl was pushed into his hands. Naruto looked back and saw the signature mark of the Ichiraku stand stamped on the side, and the signature wisp of steam from a cooking bowl of ramen. Crying his gratefulness, Naruto grabbed the steaming bowl with both hands and inhaled Ichiraku's heavenly delight that was ramen. About to rip off the top, he paused and looked over at his kage bunshin, he mouthed, 'how long?' His kage bunshin grinned and held up two fingers. Sadly, Naruto set his bowl of ramen off to the side, then pause and set it to his other side, on Sasuke's blind side. He couldn't be too careful after all, Sakura wouldn't notice anything but Sasuke, but Sasuke was sharp, despite his arrogance and inferiority complex. Sighing, Naruto held his hand out again, and received a bundle of scrolls. Thanking his bunshin, Naruto dismissed it, and yanked off the string holding it together. Surprisingly enough, it wasn't just one of the copies of the forbidden scroll, it also had a scroll of suiton jutsus, and one of his previous scrolls of weapon summonings. He had never gotten around to actually opening it and releasing the weapons. Opening his weapons scroll first, he noticed that it contained mostly shruiken, as well as a few of those steel kunai that he had never used. Grinning, Naruto rolled it back up, then tucked it snugly inside his jacket.
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The weapons scroll reminded him of his own weapon status. Opening his bag, he found that there were large packs of kunai a whole pouch of shruiken, and assorted shinobi items such as soldier pills and, his own invention, compressed chakra pills. Naruto grinned as he pulled out a small, light blue pouch, remembering how he had came up for the idea for it.
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…Flashback…
Stand up kit! I still want another five rounds of jutsus!
What! Then I need more chakra, give me some.
No can do kit, you're body has reached my daily chakra limit.
Well since I can't do it, I'm going home.
Like hell you are! You're staying here until you've done those jutsus!
Grumbling, Naruto reached into his pocket and pulled out his pouch of soldier pills, upending them over his palm, he was extremely surprised when only three fell out. Staring at them, Naruto raged, What the hell Kyubbi! This pouch was filled to the brim just two days ago! And soldier pills aren't cheap! These jutsu rounds you're making me do are really eating into my wallet!
Not my problem, you want a better soldier pill, fine, go ahead and make one. The kyubbi hesitated, then grinned, In fact, let's make a bet. If you can make a better pill by the end of the week, I'll let you off for today, and I'll teach you a new jutsu. If you can't…you have to do this exercise a thousand times over. Deal?
Naruto swallowed, but with blind determination, Deal!
So saying, he returned home, and started researching the ingredients in soldier pills before he fell asleep. Over the next three days, he tried various combinations of possible advanced soldier pills, and tested them on himself…with various results. He remembered one particularly memorable combination of powders that turned his skin dark red, and made him hyperactive, even for him, for several hours. Eventually, he had to go stand under a cold shower to make him feel just close to normal.After solving the control problem on that combination, he made a fairly improved pill, though when he infused his chakra into the ingredients, he created a fairly spectacular effect.
…End Flashback…
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Naruto opened the pouch and looked over his slightly large blue pills. Closing it, Naruto pulled out another, even smaller red pouch with a skull on it, frowning as he saw it, he opened it slightly and took out a very small, red pill. And remembered how it came by.
After showing the Kyubbi, the demon fox had become slightly interested, and he had created another batch, this time with Kyubbi chakra and six times the kick. He had tried the first one that he made, and had passed out afterwards. After waking up, he found that he was supercharged with energy, and had immediately raced down to the forest to try out his new power. Doing the Kyubbi's exercise, he had managed it five hundred times easy, and a thousand with a little difficulty. After managing to stagger home though, he was bedridden for three days, as his body tried to fix itself after such a large burst of chakra. When he was back to full health, he recreated the pill, as he figured he might need it some day, but reduced the size so that each was only three times the strength.
Shaking his head at painful memories, Naruto noticed a box on the bottom of his pack. Looking at it, it seemed to be just a plain box, until he pulled it out and noticed the chopsticks taped to the top. Seemed like his kage bunshins decided to pack him a little snack. And speaking of food…
Naruto reached over and pulled his bowl onto his lap. Pulling open the paper cover, he watched with rapt eyes as a bowl of golden, beef ramen appeared before him. Eating slowly, he savored the taste of heaven, and when he was done, he was sorely pressed not to get up and get another bowl. Remembering what Kakashi-sensei said the other day though helped him stay on the training ground. Don't eat breakfast unless yo enjoy throwing up. Naruto was sure that a stomach full of fifteen ramen bowls would definitely make him throw up, but afterwards…Naruto's mouth watered at the thought of all the ramen he would eat.
He shoved that thought away for now though. Pulling open the forbidden scroll, he found that it contained technique. Somewhat confused, Naruto looked at the title he wrote, Setsugou Youso no jutsu (Art of the Union of the Elements). Quickly scanning the scroll, Naruto then pulled open the Suiton jutsu scroll, and checked something at the very end. Grinning, Naruto began to learn the Setsugou Youso no jutsu and the Suiton: Suiryuudan no jutsu.
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9:00 AM
"Yo"
"YOU"RE LATE!" Kakashi suppressed a quick grin, not that it could be seen from behind his mask, Naruto and Sakura had both yelled in unison, agreeing with each other for the first time. Looking at Sasuke, he saw that he was just as annoyed, but he just restrained himself to a frown.
Kakashi pulled out an alarm clock and two lunch boxes and set them on the middle stump. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke just looked at them with puzzled expressions on their faces. This time Kakashi really did grin. He pulled out a pair of bells and dangled them in front of the confused faces. "Ok, you have until noon to take these bells from me. Whoever doesn't get a bell fails and…"
At this point, Sakura interrupted, "Um, Kakashi-sensei, there are only two bells."
Kakashi stared at her, "I know there are two bells, only two of you will pass this test."
At this, Kakashi grinned behind his mask as he saw the conflicting expressions on his student's faces.
Sasuke was frozen, I have to get a bell, or else I'll never be strong enough to beat him.
Sakura's face held fear, If I don't get a bell; I won't be able to stay with my Sasuke-kun! I have to get one if I want any chance of capturing his heart.
Naruto's was strange though, since it held fear with a trace of uncertainty, I really want to pass, so I have to get a bell. But something's not right here…
Feeling that he had let them stew in their own emotions for long enough, " Where was I…oh yes. Whoever doesn't get a bell fails, and will be tied to the stump. Then, I will eat lunch in front of you." Sasuke and Sakura groaned as their stomachs rumbled. They simultaneously thought, So that's why he told us not to eat breakfast. Naruto just grinned, and thanked whatever was up there for getting his kage bunshins to bring food. Kakashi looked at him for a second, then moved on, "You only need one bell to pass, and eat lunch." Tying the bells to his belt loop, "Let's start!"
There were a couple of blurs and dust clouds as Team 7 went into hiding. Kakashi peered around and thought, They're good, I can just barely see a trace of the first two and the last one has disappeared altogether.
"C'mon, fight me!"
Sweat dropping, Kakashi stared at the blond as the dust settled, or not.
Sakura sweat dropped as she saw the blond just standing there, not bothering to make any move at concealing himself. What is he thinking? Idiot.
Naruto's mind worked furiously as he stood defiantly in front of his teacher. What is it? What is it? I know something's missing here but what is it? Out loud, he yelled, "So are you going to fight me or not?" Kakashi stood motionless. "Then I'll start things off!" Yelling, Naruto charged Kakashi, then skidded to a halt as he put a hand in his pouch.
Speaking almost as to the air, "Lesson One: Taijutsu."
Naruto looked genuinely confused, "Huh?" If he's going to teach me about the arts of the body, the why is he reaching for a weapon?
Kakashi's hand started to slowly withdraw, Naruto tensed as he waited for what would come out…and face faulted as his sensei drew out an Icha Icha Paradise book. "What the hell is that for?"
"I really want to find out how it ends."
"Fine, don't expect me to go easy on you!" Naruto charged and attacked.
"Against you, it won't make a difference." Kakashi started reading and giggling as he avoided and blocked all of Naruto's attacks. Finally, Naruto decide to give Kakashi some bait, and he overextended his next punch. Like he expected, Kakashi took the bait, and took his back.
"A ninja should always be aware of his back," he said, as he performed the seal of the tiger.
Sakura's eyes widened, He…he wouldn't use that move on a genin would he?
"Eh?"
Sakura stood up and yelled, "Naruto! Move! You're going to die!"
Kakashi yelled, "Konoha's Ultimate Secret Taijutsu Move! 1000 Years of Pain!" and shoved his clasped hands straight up towards Naruto's ass. There was a moment of silence, then Naruto's face changed to a grimace, and he flew up and landed in the river. Kakashi stood up and started to read again, completely ignoring Sakura as she tried to find a new place to hide.
Naruto was sinking to the river bottom, "Damn, the boss isn't going to like this. Oh well." Letting loose with two shruiken, he made a quick seal and created another seven of himself. Looking around, Damn, well I hope eight are enough for the boss's plan. And with that, he started to swim towards the surface.
Kakashi had just gotten rid of the two shruiken he had caught, and was about to turn around when he heard a gasp. Looking back, he saw a Naruto lying on the riverbank, coughing up water, "Had enough yet?"
"Of cough course n-not! cough cough"
"Well do better next time."
"Damn it! I can fight better! If only I weren't so hungry!" Hearing this, both Sasuke and Sakura reflected back on when was the last time they ate, both of their stomachs grumbled.
Kakashi had continued the banter, "Well tough luck, a shinobi should learn to deal with pain." And so saying, he turned around and started to read his book again.
Naruto waited, A little closer, a littler more…perfect! Roaring as he stood up with surprising vitality, "I'll show you pain!" He pulled out a kunai as seven more Naruto's jumped out of the water and started charging together.
Sasuke was surprised, looking closer, I count 1,2, 3…8 real bodies. Not illusion but actual flesh and blood bodies. This guy could be trouble.
Sakura was stunned at the enormity of the jutsu she just saw. How…how can you do that? A genin shouldn't be able to perform what is definitely a high-level jutsu!
Kakashi was slightly surprised, but only at the fact that he had decided to pull this out now. From what he had heard, Naruto had used this jutsu to beat Mizuki. He strode up a few steps, and waited for the clones to come.
Naruto grinned; The boss's plan is working! Great! "Attack!" All the clones suddenly threw all their easily accessible kunai and shruiken, and followed up with a taijutsu charge.
Kakashi deflected some of the weaponry; most of it was poorly aimed and passed him harmlessly. Then he just stood still, waiting for the clones.
Naruto's grin grew wider, The boss is in position! Time for phase 3…
Kakashi was about to deflect and counter the first two clones' attacks, when they suddenly just exploded in their face in poofs of ninja smoke. Kakashi was surprised that Naruto would willingly give up some of his forces. Then he felt something land on his back, and turned his head to see bright blond hair, triumphant sky-blue eyes, and a large grin, and was unable to keep the shock out of his one visible eye.
Naruto snarled, "Nice to see your back sensei, but shouldn't a shinobi always be on the look out for what's behind? Hm?"
Sakura was surprised by what she saw. He henged himself into a rock while exchanging his position with one of those solid bunshins. Then he waited until his other bunshins were charging Kakashi-sensei and snuck up behind him. He's a lot better than I thought…then she shook her head, What am I thinking? Sasuke-kun is the one for me, not that Naruto-baka!
Kakashi calmed down; after that first shock, his heart rate had accelerated incredibly fast. And started waiting for the next stage to come.
Naruto spoke from his hanging position, "I don't want to pass yet Kakashi-sensei. I just want one good hit!"
One of his kage bunshins yelled as he leapt into the air, arm cocked back into a fist, "THIS IS FOR MY ASS!"
The Kage Bunshin connected with Kakashi's face, and was extremely surprised as Kakashi's face disappeared and a Naruto bunshin was seen instead. Smiling quietly to himself for his thinking ahead, Naruto made all the remaining bunshins jump back into a circle then created a half tiger seal, and yelled to the entire forest, "Hey sensei! I left some presents for you!" He then focused chakra and said one word to himself, "Boom."
A huge explosion as well as a yelling Kakashi shook the air, as said person was launched back into the clearing. Naruto smirked and chuckled, "Explosive note to the back, gotta hurt. The shock one to the ass was just revenge though"
Sakura's eye twitched slightly, Why the hell would he shock Kakashi's ass? And how the hell did he get them on in the first place…
Sasuke grunted, impressed against his will Not bad for a dobe. Three layer attack. He charged with a bunch of bunshins, used those as a distraction so he could latch onto sensei's back, and used the sudden shift of weight as a distraction to place two tags unnoticed. Where did he get that electric one though…
Kakashi stood up, if slightly wobbly, and dusted himself off, and stared at Naruto with a bored eye, though it now contained a little respect, "I admit, I underestimated you. I didn't expect you to place tags on my back and," here Kakashi grimaced, "my ass. Where did you get that one anyway? Custom made?"
Grinning, Naruto said, "Nope, handmade. Figured it out after using up like a thousand faulty notes. Took me ages to get the characters right."
Standing slightly more steadily, Kakashi got into a Taijutsu position, "Well, are you going to attack or not?"
Surprising everybody, Naruto just sat down and lied on his side, "Nah, I need time to think up of more ideas, and I'll let you recover from my revenge. But I want a clean fight next time, no tricks like that ass poke thing!"
Sasuke almost dropped out of his tree, What the hell is that dobe thinking? This proves it; he's an idiot. A real shinobi would have followed that up with a nonstop series of jutsus. Grumbling to himself, he started to grab shruiken and hold them ready in both hands, well, at least I can benefit from all this.
Relaxing, Kakashi smiled said, "Fine, I'll fight you again, no tricks, no underhanded moves, just a clean fight. Give me an hour to let your teammates try.
Sasuke saw his opening, NOW! He threw six projectiles towards an unsuspecting Kakashi, and they all hit dead on.
Naruto smiled as he saw a bloody, smiling figure fall…then turn into an impaled log. Kakashi had looked on from the trees, There…
Sasuke had first been surprised, then angry and panicking. Angry at himself for not noticing the potential trap, panic at the thought that Kakashi would be able to find him now. He jumped back as fast as he could, trying to get as far away as possible from the Jounin.
In the clearing, Naruto yawned, and looked around, trying to find something to keep his mind off sleep. He swept his eyes around, then saw some slight motion on the ground. Activating his…he never actually found out what they were called.
Hey Kyubbi, what's this doujutsu of yours called?
Kitsune Shiryoku. (Fox Vision)
Cool! Kitsune Shiryoku!
Naruto focused chakra into his eyes and immediately his vision expanded until he could see the individual creatures responsible for the movement, ants. Naruto stared with his new, improved eyes, and saw that there was an ant struggling to lift large leaf, another ant came to help, and another and another, until there was a whole bunch of ants, all working together to do what one couldn't. Naruto blinked, and his eyes shut off. And then realization came down on him like a ton of bricks. Naruto thought back quickly to all genin teams that he had seen, three genin, and one jounin. He thought back to the explanation of the test, three genin, two bells, one fails. But that couldn't be right…If there are only ever teams of three, then there always have to be total number of genin of multiples of three. So you can't just have extra genin, it's all or nothing, which means that either the entire team passes or fails, no in between. Something is needed…Naruto thought back to every memory he had of genin teams, hm, maybe when we were assigned the teams? Iruka said, "We tried to make the teams as equal as possible"…as equal as possible. So that means that all the teams are essentially starting out on an even footing, so what do they need? Looking back at the ants, Teamwork! If everything else is roughly the same, then teamwork is the deciding factor! Naruto was elated at having figured out his sensei's test. Then he groaned, Crap! If we have to work together to pass, then we might as well all fail right now. I'm the only one so far that knows about the deciding factor, so I'll be willing to work with anybody to pass. Sakura will only work with that Sasuke-bastard though, and Sasuke-bastard himself will try to get the bells himself. Crap! Naruto moaned, …we're screwed.
Sighing, Ah well, you never know until you try, then he stood up and stretched. He sauntered into the forest, and said to an apparently inconspicuous tree, "Long pink hair is a liability when trying to hide."
Sakura jumped down, her face burning with slight shame as she tried to keep her long hair out of her face. "Have you seen Sasuke-kun?"
Naruto was startled, but he just pointed and said, "Uh yeah, I think he went…that way…" He trailed off as Sakura took off in the direction he pointed. Damn! Shouldn't have mentioned Sasuke. Stupid crazy fan-girl…Grumbling, Naruto ran after Sasuke himself.
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Sakura ran into a clearing. She heard a rustle of leaves, and paused. Turning, she saw her Kakashi, whom disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Kakashi crouched in a nearby tree, hands held in a seal, and peered intently at his young student.
Sakura blinked. There was nobody there.
"Sa…ku…ra." She turned, heart leaping to her throat, then froze at what she saw. Sasuke had just come out from behind a bush, there were various shruiken and kunai sticking out of his body. His left arm was missing, and his left leg was dislocated at the knee. Fingers were missing from both his hands. His left eye was bleeding, and frayed optic nerves could be seen straggling from between his eyelids. His once beautiful face was now crisscrossed with cut marks. All in all, she saw a nightmare.
"Help…me…"
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Naruto heard a scream, but dismissed it as he closed on where Sasuke was.
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"Lesson Two: Genjutsu," Kakashi murmured to himself as he surveyed his handiwork; Sakura was out cold on the ground, eyes wide open in fright, and froth coming out of her mouth. "Looks like I might have gone a little too far…" Kakashi shrugged, then walked away to find his third student.
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Sasuke stared at a clearing. He was standing out in the open. "Dobe! I know you're there!"
Naruto stood somewhat sheepishly, "Heh heh, was I that easy to find?"
"Uh…yeah." Naruto suddenly had an urge to punch the boy several hundred times, but refrained, if only for the fact that doing so would seriously hamper any plans for teamwork.
"Look, Sasuke. We need to work in a team to pass this test…" Naruto stopped at the sudden frown on Sasuke's face.
"Why should I work with you? I'm much stronger, I'll get the bells myself."
Naruto's temper flared, "Hey, I managed to get him, remember?"
Sasuke snorted, "Luck. You managed to catch him off guard, that's all."
The two stared at each other for a while, then Naruto turned, and walked away. Sasuke just stood in the same position, then heard a large CRACK, and winced slightly at the thought of Naruto's fist.
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Damn you Sasuke-bastard! Naruto's bloody fist was in the middle of a huge depression he had made. Kami-sama, how the hell are we going to pass now? Naruto slumped against the tree at the though of having to do another year at the Academy. Sighing, he pulled his fist free, now fully healed, thanks to the Kyubbi, and walked off.
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Sasuke contemplated the openings in Naruto's attacks, and the ease in how Sakura had been defeated. Naruto was stupid; you don't have any honor in Shinobi fights. Sakura is stupid as well, to fall for such an obvious genjutsu, but… "I'm not like them."
Kakashi pushed himself off the tree, "Prove it when you get the bells."
Sasuke whirled around and sent off several shruiken, Kakashi dived to the side and yelled, "You'll have to better than that!"
Sasuke just smirked, and instinct told Kakashi to jump upwards, which was a very good move in order to avoid the sudden barrage of knives. Sasuke, however, also leapt upwards, and began to trade blows in midair with his sensei. His punches were caught, his kicks blocked, but he did manage to get close enough to touch a bell once.
Kakashi threw him off to the side and started to sweat some. He's better than I thought; I haven't been able to read Icha Icha Paradise in this entire match. Sasuke whirled in midair, and managed to land on his feet. Staring up at his sensei, he began seals for a jutsu.
Kakashi's eye widened, He shouldn't be able to use that jutsu yet!
"Katon: Housenka no jutsu!" Sasuke puffed up his chest, then blew out four fireballs from between his fingers. Quickly performing a few seals, "Kaze no Yaiba!" Kakashi created several blades of wind that managed to blow away the fireballs. Landing, he froze as he saw Sasuke finish up another technique, "Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!"
Sasuke stopped fueling the grand fireball technique after a few seconds as his chakra started to run out. His shock was evident on his face though, as he saw no sign of his sensei as the flame died down. Whirling around, he began to check various hiding places, Left? Right? Above? Behind? That would just leave… "Below!" Kakashi's hand shot out of the ground and grabbed hold of Sasuke's ankle. Kakashi roared, "Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no jutsu!" and Sasuke felt himself being rapidly dragged down into the ground.
Kakashi squatted before the head of his last student, "Lesson Three: Ninjutsu. Well you were right, you really weren't like any of the others in that aspect." Sasuke started to struggle in his bonds, as Kakashi walked off, Hmm, I still have a couple of minutes before I have to fight Naruto again, maybe I should catch up on my reading…
Sasuke struggle to no avail against his earthen bonds, and was now breathing heavily form the exertion. Then his head slumped as it was hit from behind. Knocked out, Sasuke didn't notice as the mysterious person unearthed him and started running off, carrying him on his shoulders.
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A/N: I think I'll end it here, bwahahaha! I'm evil not to write the last fight aren't I? Well, I'll add more jutsu to it to make it more…mouthwatering. And I still haven't told you what Naruto's Kitsune Shriyoku looks like. I'll tell you in the next chapter. Till then, bwahahahahahahaha… ok I'm done now.