Hey guys... to Krecier , yes, I might go with that since I'm not sure about giving Hikari a weapon other than that. To Jiraiya, I respect him for being strong, and I know it was all for character development, but Jiraiy could have stopped by to visit Naruto in cannon. And yes, those things are fun to do, so I will add them in.

To SGT.Worley , true, I haven't seen many fics with Naruto/Naruko learning the Chidori. So I will do it here.

Anyways, lets go.

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As Kirito readied the materials to reforge and fix the tanto, Kakashi arrived at the training field exactly three hours from the time he gave the team.

The cyclops noticed Sakura and Sasuke having bloodshot eyes while Hikari looked absolutely fine.

The last Uchiha glared at the man while Sakura growled, "You're late."

Kakashi chuckled, "Sorry, I had to visit the blacksmith for something and a black cat crossed my path. Then, an old lady was carrying a lot of things and she asked me to help her, I couldn't say no."

Hikari just deadpanned at his excuses while Sasuke and Sakura looked like they wanted to kill him.

Kakashi sighed, "Okay, let's get started."

The famed Copy nin took out a pair of bells, "Your task will be to take these bells from me. Whoever gets a bell passes."

Sakura asked, "But there are only two bells, Kakashi-sensei, does that mean?"

Kakashi nodded, "Yes, whoever doesn't, fails and gets sent back to the academy. You will have two chances. If you fail for the first time, the worst performing student will get tied up to those poles and will not have lunch."

The man took out three bento and placed them onto the poles, "Just so we're clear, the third one is mine. I only had enough ingredients to make three."

He grinned as he heard Sakura and Sasuke's stomach rumble. Then he frowned and stared at Hikari, "You ate breakfast, didn't you?"

Hikari smiled, "I have no idea what you're talking about, sensei."

Kakashi sighed and thought, 'Kirito no doubt, that little bastard told her. Whatever, I can work with this.'

Kakashi sighed, "Nevermind."

He then placed a clock on the bento boxes, "You will have two hours to get the bells from me. Come at me with the intention to kill, or you won't even touch me. Your time, starts... now."

He slammed the alarm clock and started it as all three of his students vanished with impressive speed.

Kakashi mused aloud, "Rule number one, always stay hidden."

No one replied and the Hatake chuckled, "At least they got that part down."

The Jounin easily spotted them all around him but decided not to judge since they were still Gennin. Kakashi nodded, "Okay, let's play a little hide and seek then."

The man then walked in the opposite direction of where they were.

As Kakashi moved, Hikari slowly moved towards Sasuke. She knew of the Uchiha's infatuation with her and it disgusted her, but she needed to pass the test if she was to protect her family and become Hokage.

Soon, she reached where Sasuke was. The girl whispered, "Sasuke, hey."

The Uchiha looked and nodded at the girl, "Hikari."

Hikari whispered, "Listen, I did a little research on Kakashi-sensei. His bell-test is a test for teamwork. We don't need to get a bell to pass."

Sasuke stared at the girl, "Are you sure?"

The Uzumaki nodded, "Why would he use two bells and two bento boxes for us? He wants to make us work against each other."

Sasuke nodded, "That makes sense. Fine, I'll work with you."

Hikari smiled, "Good, now we need to find Sakura."

Sasuke grunted and nodded. Then, they heard a loud scream coming from ahead of them. Hikari facepalmed, "Well, I think we found her."

Sasuke nodded as they quickly headed for the area.

Moments earlier, Sakura (still long haired btw) was hiding behind some bushes. For a Gennin, she was doing decently, but because of her hair and clothes, it gave her away easily.

Kakashi appeared behind the unsuspecting girl and gently tapped her shoulder, "Hello, fancy meeting you here."

The girl turned slowly to see Kakashi's eye-smiling face and paled. The man spoke, "If it wasn't for your pink clothing and hair, I wouldn't have found you, ya know?"

Sakura tried to run away but Kakashi grabbed her shoulder and threw her to the ground. The man then flashed through a series of handsigns, "Lets start with our first lesson, Genjutsu."

The man then finished his seals as Sakura saw Kakashi disappear, in his place was a dead Sasuke with his head on the floor.

The girl shrieked, "Sasuke-kun!!!!"

Then she fainted. Kakashi sighed as he massaged his ears, "Damn, the famed Haruno screech. I swear they have some kind of jutsu for that."

He cracked his neck, "One down, two to go."

He then vanished via Shunshin. A few moments later, Hikari and Sasuke arrived to see the unconscious Sakura there.

Hikari deadpanned, "Genjutsu."

Sasuke nodded, "Genjutsu."

The girl then stared at the Uchiha expectedly. Sasuke asked, "What?"

Hikari point at Sakura, "Wake her up. I'm not touching her, besides, you're the only one who can convince her."

The Uchiha sighed, "Fine."

Sasuke nudged the girl several times before she woke up, "S-sasuke-kun?"

Sakura beamed and hugged him tightly, "You're alive!!!"

Sasuke tried to get her off of him, "Yeah. Now let go. It was probably just a genjutsu."

Sakura reluctantly let go as Hikari sighed, "And tone it down, you're too loud and Kakashi-sensei probably knows we're all here."

Sakura glared at the Uzumaki and was about to say something before Sasuke stared at her, causing her to stay silent.

The Uchiha nodded, "Okay, according to Hikari, we need to work together to pass. Kakashi-sensei has the odds against us passing together to make us work against each other. All we need, is to show him teamwork. Any plans?"

Hikari stared at Sakura, "You're the smartest one here."

Sakura nodded and thought for a while. She then snapped her fingers, "Got it. Kakashi-sensei is a Jounin and we are just academy students, so we'll be underestimated a lot."

The two stronger Gennin nodded as Sakura continued, "Hikari, we'll need you to act as a decoy, I'll do it too. We'll get his attention. We'll also need traps, set them around the area and lure him there. Sasuke-kun can charge in, act like you want to take the bell and lure him there after we distract him for a bit."

Sakura then said, "We need efficient traps, Hikari used to play pranks right?"

The girl grinned, "Its been a while since I made traps, but let's do it."

The three nodded and they went to work. Hikari made use of ninja wire, kunai, shuriken and anything she could use, arming half of the field with binding traps.

Sasuke slowly moved through the trees to the standby point while Sakura readied her kunai and shuriken.

Hikari finished setting the final trap and grinned, "Okay, done. Now, its show time."

At 11.30am, Kakashi sighed as he walked around, "They have half an hour left and they still haven't acted. Are they scared?"

As if on cue, Hikari shot straight out of the bushes and charges the man. Kakashi glanced at her, "Oh, finally someone comes."

The copy ninja grinned, "Lesson one, taijutsu."

The man moved to intercept Hikari, but then she did something that he totally never expected.

The girl grinned and crossed her fingers, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Instantly, a hundred clones appeared, surrounding him. Kakashi nearly popped his eyes out, "What the fuck?! These are genuine Kage Bunshin, how?!"

The two other teens blinked, Sasuke asked aloud, "Clones?"

Sakura had a similar sentiment as she readied her weapons.

Then, all of the clones charged the Jounin. For a very brief moment, Kakashi was overwhelmed by the number of clones.

The man was punched, kicked, elbowed, every type of attack hit him full force with the will of a female Uzumaki.

Kakashi quickly regained balance and spun, kicking away the first few clones before he started to take down the clones one by one.

Then, all the clones charged the man at once. Hikari leaped away and smirked, "Bunshin Daibakuha!"

The few dozen remaining clones glowed. Kakashi's eyes widened as the clones all exploded at the same time.

The two other gennin looked in shock. Sasuke thought, 'She was this strong?! I must learn those jutsu!'

Sakura thought in envy, 'She's so strong... How can I ever match up to her?'

As smoke and dust covered the area, Kakashi shot out of the cloud coughing, 'I told them to come at me with the intent to kill, but to think she took it this far!'

Hikari grinned at Sakura who nodded and started bombarding Kakashi with kunai and shuriken. The man cursed as he twisted around in the air, dodging the flying projectiles before he substituted with a log.

Upon reaching the ground, Kakashi's eyes widened as he was met with the sight of Sasuke charging with his hands extended. Kakashi quickly leaped into the air before he realized it was a mistake.

Sasuke flashed through handseals and placed his right hand at his mouth, "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"

A huge fireball shot towards Kakashi who thought, 'What the fuck?! Hikari I understand, but Sasuke?!'

He substituted with another log and landed on the ground. Then, Kakashi realized he had stepped on some wire, "Oh shit."

Without warning, a dozen kunai and shuriken shot out of the trees as Kakashi dodged them easily. The man was so busy dodging the projectiles he almost failed to notice the thin ninja wires attached to them... but he was too late.

In an instant, the man was tied up in wires. To make things worse, he stumbled and fell to the ground.

The three gennin walked up to their teacher as Hikari took the bells off of the man. The girl grinned, "We win, Kakashi-sensei."

Just then, the alarm rang as Kakashi sighed, "I guess so."

The man substituted with a log and appeares in front of the three. Kakashi then looked at Hikari, "So, who gets the bell? You have two, one of them must go."

Hikari looked at the two of them and threw the bell back at Kakashi who caught them easily, "None of us are going back. Besides, the test wasn't really about getting a bell. It was teamwork."

The man blinked several times and sighed, "Fine, fine. You win. You three pass. From now on we're team 7, we'll do missions yaddi yadda."

Kakashi sighed, "But before I let you guys go, I just want to tell you this, those who abandon rules are scum."

"But those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum, right, Kakashi-sensei?" finished Hikari.

The man blinked a few times and chuckled, "Yep, you're right. I think I might like this team. Meet me here tomorrow, same time. Feel free to eat all of the bento, I'll see you tomorrow."

As the man vanished via Shunshin, Hikari smiled, "Well, we passed. Nice job guys."

Sakura beamed as Sasuke nodded. Sakura then suggested, "So, wanna go celebrate?"

Sasuke grunted, "Why not?"

Hikari nodded, "Sure. So what do you guys wanna do?"

Before they could answer, Sasuke and Sakura's stomachs growled. The blonde laughed, "Maybe we should eat first. You guys have any suggestions?"

Sakura blushed in embarrassment, "I think we should go for a buffet?"

Sasuke nodded while Hikari giggled, "Okay, let's go then."

The three then headed for a buffet restaurant in the village where they stuffed their faces with food and left with a crying shopkeeper after an hour.

Meanwhile, Yugao and her team had met up in the morning and ate breakfast. They were now heading towards Kirito's blacksmith.

As they entered the shop, Yugao said, "I've been maintaining my sword here since this place opened two years ago. So he should be able to give you girls decent weapons."

Asuna looked at the two girls, "Two years ago?"

Sinon blinked, "You don't think?"

Suguha nodded, "Yeah."

Yugao asked, "What's wrong?"

Before anyone could say anything, Kirito's voice came from the counter, "Welcome, Yugao-san, Asuna-chan, Suguha-chan, Sinon-chan."

The three girls stared at the boy in surprise, "Kirito-kun?"

Yugao blinked, "You know him? Wait..."

The purple haired girl remembered them mentioning Kirito living with them and facepalmed.

Yugao sighed, "Yeah, you girls know him."

Kirito chuckled, "So, Yugao-san, you wanted to have them learn kenjutsu, right?"

Yugao sighed, "Yeah, but since you live with them, I don't think I know them better than you."

The former Anbu then glared at the teen, "And you better not do anything to them."

Kirito chuckled, "I've lived with them since we were kids. I care for them too much for that. Besides, you're here for swords, right?"

Yugao nodded, "I was thinking of having Asuna learn to use a rapier, since she has a slender build. For Suguha would be a katana like me, since we have similar body frames. As for Sinon, she said she wanted to use a bow."

Kirito nodded, "I know. I thought you would say that. So I've started forging them from this morning. If I work on them all day, I can probably finish this by tomorrow noon. That's putting aside my other work. But those can wait."

Yugao nodded, "Okay, so how much?"

Kirito looked at Yugao incredulously, "Are you serious? I won't charge you a ryo for the swords. Just do your job and teach them the basics today."

Yugao blinked and nodded, "Okay. I'll do that now."

Kirito nodded, "And don't bother coming back to collect the swords, I'll just give them the swords when I'm done."

Yugao nodded before Kirito tossed the woman two bokken, one the shape of a rapier and the other the standard one. The teen said, "Here, teach them the basics. And Sinon-chan, here."

The teen brought out a book on archery and placed it on the counter, "Read this while they practice, it should help you learn a bit before you can actually practice using a bow."

The girl took the book and smiled, "Thank you, Kirito-kun."

Kirito nodded, "Anytime. Now I'll have to get back to forging. I'll see you girls later."

Two days later, Kakashi stood in front of Kirito. The man looked at the repaired sword and nodded, "This is excellent. Thank you."

Kirito nodded, "So, when are you gonna teach her?"

Kakashi nodded, "I'll start tomorrow with the Chidori. Its easier to master compared to the Rasengan. Hopefully in a month, she can learn both of them."

Kirito nodded, "Sure, you can leave now, I have to finish up my other projects."

The teen stood up and went to the back. He was almost done with Asuna and Suguha's sword along with Sinon's bow.

Asuna's rapier, Suguha's katana and Sinon's bow were all made of chakra alloy, making them strong and light. Thus easier to handle.

Speaking of the girls, Asuna, Sinon and Suguha had easily got down the basics of archery and swordsplay respectively. Using bokkens, Asuna and Suguha practiced katas while Sinon continued to read book with some taijutsu practice.

A few hours later, Kirito grinned in satisfaction as he finally finished his projects. He placed the swords into their sheaths and sealed the bow and the swords into his pockets and went home.

Later, back at the apartment, he entered to see four girls laying on the sofa tiredly. They greeted him tiredly, "Hey, Kirito-kun."

The teen smiled, "Hey, tough day?"

Hikari groaned and nodded, "Yeah, we had to catch Tora the whole day! That cat is a demon!"

Suguha sighed, "At least you didn't have to spar all day against a kenjutsu master."

Asuna laughed slightly, "Well, at least we didn't do that badly this time."

Sinon nodded, "True, I couldn't last for five minutes against Yugao-sensei, and that's in taijutsu. I really need to work on that."

Kirito chuckled, "Then I think you should learn using kunai to fight. But that's irrelevant for now, I've got your swords and the bow."

That got the girls' attention as he took out the swords. Kirito places the rapier, the katana and the bow on the table as the girls stood by the table.

Kirito grinned, "So, Asuna-chan, your rapier. Suguha-chan, your katana. And Sinon-chan, your bow."

The girls picked up their respective weapons and marvelled at them. They weren't experts, not yet at least, but they could see how well the weapons were made.

The girls looked at Kirito in awe, Sinon asked, "How did you craft something like this?"

Kirito chuckled, "I've been forging since we entered the academy, this is easy. By the way, your arrows will come tomorrow, I had to order a set from Tetsu no Kuni, and they'll give us a steady supply every week, so you don't have to worry about that."

Sinon looked at Kirito happily with gratitude, "Thank you, Kirito-kun."

Asuna and Suguha nodded and said in unison, "Yes, thank you, Kirito-kun."

Kirito chuckled, "Think nothing of it. So, what are you going to name them?"

The three girls blinked, "Name them?"

Kirito nodded, "Yeah, every weapon has a name. As a blacksmith and swordsman, that's a rule we have. But, I thought of giving that choice to you."

The girls thought for a while before Asuna said, "Lambant Light."

Kirito blinked, "That's not a bad name, but why?"

Asuna giggled, "It was just the first thing that came to mind."

Suguha then said, "Then, I'll name this Tempest."

Kirito nodded, "A good name for a sword. So, Sinon-chan?"

The brunette spoke, "Shekinah. Its a divine aspect of Christian theology."

Kirito nodded, "Okay. So, take care of your weapons. Once every month, let me check and maintain your weapons, this will keep them in top condition. Get that."

The girls nodded before Kirito looked at Hikari, "Hikari-chan, if you want a sword, I do not think you should. I mean you could, but your body is not built for a sword from what I can see. Besides, I already have Kakashi prepare something for you."

Hikari blushed a bit when he mentioned her body but blinked at that last part, "What?"

Kirito chuckled as he when to cook dinner, "You'll find out tomorrow. For now, I'm cooking ramen."

Hikari cheered, "Yay!"

The three girls just sighed as they saw Hikari cheer and went to put away their new weapons.

The next day, Yugao stared at the weapons her students had brought. She facepalmed as she started to cry anime tears, "Kirito went all out. Even my katana, one he forged, is not as good as these... why?!!!"

The three girls could only sweatdrop as their sensei sulked under a tree, only then realizing how well their weapons were made and how much effort Kirito put into them.

After 5 minutes, Yugao cleared her throat, "You will not speak of that, clear?"

The girls nodded as they started training in their weapons.

Meanwhile, with team 7. Kakashi looked at the team, "Okay, so let me tell what we're doing for the this and the next session. Today, I will give each of you a jutsu. You will learn them and try to get them down today. Tomorrow, you will learn to tree walk, if not water walk."

The students nodded, knowing that tree walking and water walking were important aspects of being a shinobi as it let them fight on all kinds of terrains.

Kakashi then took out two scrolls and gave them to Sakura and Sasuke each, "For Sakura, since you have the least chakra, I'll let you learn the Teppodama. For Sasuke, you'll learn the Raiton: Gian."

Kakashi made a clone to watch over them before he turned to Hikari, "You're coming with me."

The girl followed her teacher to a secluded area. Kakashi said, "I told you I went to the blacksmith a few days before, yes?"

Hikari nodded as Kakashi continued, "A friend wanted me to teach you two jutsu. Two jutsu that I would have never thought to teach anyone."

Kakashi turned and held up both hands. In his left hand, lightning crackled dangerously while in his right hand was a sphere of pure chakra.

The last student of the Yondaime Hokage said, "The Chidori, my personal creation, and the Rasengan, the Yondaime Hokage's, my sensei's personal jutsu."

Hikari marvelled at the two jutsu in his hands. Then she remembered Kirito's words yesterday and smiled happily.

Kakashi continued, "These are both A-ranked jutsu. Normally we wouldn't trust a gennin with it, but I think we can compromise."

The man closed his hands and dispersed the jutsu, "So, let's start with the Chidori."

A few months later, after tons of D-ranked missions, Hikari had finished learning the Chidori and had a decent mastery of it and was starting the first step of the Rasengan.

Sasuke and Sakura had learned a few jutsu here and there, mostly C-ranked jutsu but they were coming nicely. They had also mastered the tree walking and water walking.

Overall, Kakashi was pleased with his current team with the pace.

With team 11, Yugao had never been as proud as she was now. Asuna and Suguha had taken to their swords like fish to water. They progressed so quickly that it wasn't funny. With their swords alone, the two could take down high Chuunin opponents, and that was without reinforcing their swords or the jutsu Yugao taught them.

As for Sinon, the girl had taken archery to a new level. She could snipe targets over two hundred meters away and hit them perfectly. Her taijutsu also improved and she took up fighting with kunai which was also quite decent.

If Yugao had to bet, her team could take down Jounin level opponents on their own easily.

Now, Kirito was in the Hokage's office. Hiruzen stared at the request Kirito gave him, "You want to go to the ruins of Uzu no Kuni? Why?"

Kirito shrugged, "Curiosity. I live with the last Uzumaki in Konoha, you can't blame me for being curious. Besides, the Uzumaki were known for seals and swords."

Hiruzen sighed, "And you theorize that an Uzumaki is required to enter the island."

Kirito nodded. The old Sarutobi sighed, "Fine, I'll allow the mission. Besides, I received a mission two days ago about escorting someone back to Nami no Kuni and provide protection. The guy requested it as a C-rank."

Kirito said, "But with Nami's current state, what he asks is more of a B-rank, right?"

Hiruzen nodded, "Yeah. I'm planning on giving this to Yugao's team. Plus since you requested going to Uzu no kuni's ruins, I'll add Kakashi's team. You're fine with that, right?"

Kirito nodded, "Yeah, of course."

The old man nodded, "Good, I'll tell you when they accept the mission."

Kirito nodded and left the office. Hiruzen sighed, "I have no idea whether to be thankful or not. If this goes well, we might save a country and secure a trade alliance."

Later, Yugao and team 11 came into the office. In Sinon's arms was Tora the Demon Cat, purring as the girl scratched its ears. Yugao said, obviously relieved, "Hokage-sama, we got Tora back."

The Hokage nodded, "Good job. Your pay will be transfered to your accounts."

Yugao nodded as the Hokage asked, "So, would you like a joint C-ranked mission?"

Yugao asked, "A joint mission? With what team?"

Hiruzen smiled, "Team 7. Kirito-kun requested that team to bring him to the ruins of Uzu no Kuni, and a man wanted escorts to Nami no kuni for protection. Since these areas are close, I thought of having your two teams work together."

Yugao nodded and looked at the girls, "You up for that girls?"

The three smiled and nodded. Yugao smiled and looked at her leader, "Sure, we'll take it."

Hiruzen nodded, "Good. I'll send an Anbu to tell them. Meet up here tomorrow to meet your clients at 8am."

Yugao nodded before she turned to her team, "Pack for a month, meet up here tomorrow at 8am. Dismissed."

The girls nodded and left the office with Yugao. Hiruzen sighed before he looked at his paperwork.

A while later, Hiruzen's door opened to reveal three old people. The old Hokage sighed, "What do you three want?"

Koharu frowned, "Why are you still letting the girl in Sasuke's team?"

Homura nodded, "You should have just let Sasuke learn under Kakashi. The girl should not have even graduated."

Hiruzen sighed, "Its been months and you're still going on about it."

Danzo chuckled, "Well, can't blame them. But I believe its better for the two of them to be placed under my care."

Hiruzen stared at his old friend, "Do you want a black swordsman up your ass? The boy is stronger than we think."

Danzo chuckled, "Maybe, maybe not. I still think its better."

Hiruzen shook his head, "No. I will not kill Hikari-chan, nor will I place her and Sasuke-kun under you, Danzo. If you're done, please leave, I have to face an enemy on the battlefield."

The three frowned as their old friend continued with his paper work and left the office. Hiruzen sighed, "They're gonna be the death of me. At least I don't have a civilian council, god bless Ay-dono and Rasa-dono."

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Done. So the next chapter onwards will be the Wave arc and a visit to Uzu no kuni. Review please.