Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the Naruto Universe. All credit goes to Masashi Kishimoto.
I forgot how overly late Kakashi was in the my Genin years. He still is late in the future, but not as long. I had only slept for a few hours before going to meet Lee for our first session. We had ran 27 laps around the village before my legs gave out. I shouldn't even say I ran. It was more like me jogging and Lee running circles around me literally. The weights didn't make it any better either. I even wore them now, their weight greatly slowing my already slow movements. I'm going to have to rely only my on chakra for today and a while, till I see improvement physically.
Naruto clutched his stomach, grimacing from not eating breakfast. Both, like last time, listened and didn't eat any breakfast. I did, of course, knowing how long the wait would be before we even started. I would give them food, but I didn't know if Sasuke would rat me out to Kakashi. Which I doubt he would….but still.
"Good morning, class!" Kakashi seemed all to pleased with himself for making us wait a considerable amount of time.
"You're late!" Naruto raged. I would have done the same if it had been my first time.
Kakashi placed an alarm clock on a stump and pressed a button. "I've set this alarm to go off at noon. I here have two small bells." He dangled them in front of us. "Your challenge is to get these from me before the timer goes off. Anyone who fails doesn't get any lunch. Insead you will be tied to that tree stump, so I can eat your lunch in front of you." I snaked a glance at my starved teammates. Both wore looks equal to "Are you shitting me right now?"
"One bell is the requirement to pass and get your lunch. And….to not get sent back to the Academy. Which either way, one of you will. You must come at me with the intent to kill or you'll never stand a chance." I cracked my knuckles. Even though I did eat and knew what would happen, it was still a pain in the ass to have to wait for him for hours.
"You couldn't even dodge an eraser! Your gonna get yourself killed!" Naruto laughed. Oh Naruto, you got yourself a storm coming.
"Only the weak speak loudly. Now let's forget the dunce and begin." Damn. I saw Naruto make to grab a kunai. I stopped him by grabbing his arm.
"He didn't say go, Naruto." He gave me a sheepish smile, and I dropped my arm thinking he wouldn't attack him after I reminded him that it hadn't started yet. But of course he still did it. I don't really know what I had expected. Naruto is after all the number one hyperactive knucklehead ninja.
In a flash, Kakashi had him in a hold. "Like Sakura said, I didn't say go. But, at least you came at me with the intent to kill. Maybe I am starting to like you three and now….ready….set….go!" Kakashi disappeared in a poof, leaving us behind. Before I could even utter a word, both Sasuke and Naruto took off in opposite directions.
I sighed. "So much for teamwork." I'm going to have to find them and fast. I have a feeling this is going to be a long day.
*
Where are they? It's been at least twenty minutes and I haven't even seen or heard either one of them. Even Naruto seemed to have disappeared. I heard a yell to the right and burst onto a scene of Naruto fighting Kakashi, who was reading his pervy book.
"Naruto, let's work together!" I landed beside him. He stopped and nodded his head.
"Good thinking, Sakura. Let's hurry and get those bells so it'll be only me and you!" He created a few more shadow clones.
"Er, no. I was thinking we retreat and try to find Sasuke." That took Kakashi's attention away from his book and to me.
"Why! We don't need that bastard!" .
"Naruto, we are a team. So we have to act like one. He's just doing this to separate us and test our teamwork." That comment earned me a "what the fuck look" from both of them.
"But, there's only two bells and not three." Naruto looked at me with a duh look on his face. I felt my eye begin to twitch.
"Why don't we discuss this elsewhere, and not in front of our enemy." I didn't wait for a response before grabbing his arm and bolting into the trees. If I remember correctly Sasuke should be nearby, waiting for an opening.
"Sa–Sakura, I can walk on my own!" I hadn't even noticed Naruto clawing at my iron grip on his arm. Oops.
"Uh, sorry. We need to find Sasuke." Naruto opened his mouth. "Trust me, and if things go wrong then I'll volunteer to go back to the Academy." He relented and nodded his head. One half done and another to go.
*
"Bastard! Where are you!" I winced at Naruto's method of trying to find Sasuke.
Naruto and I both decided to split and try to find our missing teammate. It might not be the best method considering Kakashi, but it was teamwork. He'll probably let it slide, but not all the way considering Sasuke isn't with us.
I jerked to a stop as I began to feel a genjutsu slide into place. "Kai!"
"Not bad. Are you a genjutsu type then?" I whirled around at Kakashi's voice, moving into a defensive position.
"No." I racked my brain for away to defeat him. Naruto and I defeated him for our second bell test by, pretending to spoil his book for him. That can't be an option now, though.
Shit. I suppose I could try to fight but, I'm a close range fighter. Which requires stamina and speed to get close enough in the first place. If I can't get close to him, then I'll make him get close to me. But, how?
"You mentioned you were a medical ninja yesterday, right?" I nodded my head slowly. "I hadn't read in your files any mention of medical ninjutsu." Another shit.
"I'm surprised you read stuff other than your porn." I smirked, thinking of a way to get him close. I'm truly crazy if I do this and I probably am by thinking it'll work. But, we are here for a good time, not a long time.
"Aren't you funny." Kakashi deadpanned. I gave him another smile before grabbing a kunai and holding it in front of me. In one swift movement, I brought it fast towards my own heart.
Published: 12/29/18