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Chapter 2: The Results of Training
"Ready...Start."
At those words, Sasuke reached into both his sleeves and through some shuriken at Kakashi. Said ninja crouched down to dodge and responded by throwing some shuriken right back at Sasuke, who dodged by leaping over. While he was in the air, Kakashi saw this a the perfect chance to through more shuriken at him. Sasuke responded by grabbing his sword and deflecting all of them.
"Impressive," said Kakashi.
Nice, thought Sakura. His Sharingan combined with his sword skills allowed him to deflect all of them.
As Sasuke landed, he was about to lounge towards Kakashi. But the Copy Ninja was faster and got behind Sasuke, grabbing his sword arm and grabbing the back of his head, putting him in a lock.
"That'll be enough of that," he said. He's growing up right before my eyes. And not only that... Kakashi looked over to see a snake had come out of Sasuke sleeve and had coiled itself around Kakashi's right arm, prepared to bite when ordered.
"That's the way," said Orochimaru.
"Amazing," said Kabuto.
"Not bad," said Tsunade.
"Incredible," said Shizune.
"You've matured, haven't you Sasuke?" Kakashi asked with a smile.
Sasuke smirked before having the snake bite down on Kakashi. His eyes widened before turning into a puff of smoke.
"You think I don't know a Shadow Clone when I see one, Kakashi?"
(Insert Opening Here)
At the entrance to the Hidden Sand, Shira stood there in front of the two Akatsuki members.
"Gaara, you say?" said the tall one. "I didn't think anyone from this village would even think about serving the 1-Tail."
"The reasons for my servitude to him aren't important right now," said Shira.
"Indeed," said the hunched one. "Now then, let's be off."
As they traveled through the cavern passage, the tall one looked at the mouth on his palm, chewing on clay. As the exited the cavern, the mouth stuck its tongue out, along with the chewed up clay. With a few quick molds, the clay had taken the shape of a bird.
"You can watch from here, Sasori my man," he said as he threw the bird to the ground.
With a few hand signs, in a puff of smoke the bird had grown till it's wingspan was about 24-feet. He then jumped onto the birds back and took off his hat, revealing his right slanted blue eye while the other was covered with the bangs of his long golden blond hair which was worn drawn into a half ponytail while the rest hanged down freely. On his forehead was headband that showed he was a rouge from the Hidden Stone Village.
"Leave it to me," he said. "I'll attack from above. Beautiful, isn't it?" he commented about the bird. "What do you think of my creation, hm?"
"Just don't keep me waiting too long, Deidara," said Sasori.
Deidara chuckled at this before the clay bird started to flap its wings. With a few good flaps, it and Deidara were soon flying through the air over the Hidden Sand.
The 5th Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village of the Land of Wind, Jishaku of the Magnet Style, hm, he thought. Let's see what he can do. As he thought that, the sun started to set, painting the sky orange.
(The Hidden Leaf)
"Sakura, he's behind you, beneath the surface," said Sasuke.
Sakura was a little surprised at this.
"What? How do you…?"
"My Sharingan, remember? These eyes of mine let me see chakra in colors. I can see Kakashi's chakra, clear as day."
"I see," Sakura said as she turned around. "In that case…"
She then tightened her fist and threw it at the ground, causing the entire ground before her tear up and erupt. The shaking caused by it caused Sasuke to struggle at keeping his balance. When he regained it, he stared at Sakura with a shocked dumbfounded face. As the dust cleared, Kakashi was revealed, staring at Sakura with the same face.
What ridiculous strength, thought the Copy Ninja.
"Yes," said Tsunade. "Nicely done."
So, looks like the 5th Hokage's been teaching her more than just Medical Ninjutsu, thought Kakashi.
"That quick temper and monster strength," said Orochimaru. "Oh Tsunade, you've gone and turned Sakura into a junior version of yourself."
"You're one to talk, Orochimaru," said the slug princess. "That smug smirk and those sword skills remind me of you back in your teenage years."
"Kakashi-sensei."
"Huh?"
"Found you, didn't I?"
I'm gonna have to remember never to make that woman mad, thought Sasuke. Not if I wanna live.
She infuses her chakra together, thought Kakashi as he got out of the ground. Focuses it into her fist and releases it all at once. Something like that requires incredibly precise chakra control. Medical ninjutsu combined with monstrous strength. No, it's more than that. After all, she's more of a genjutsu type. She might just become a better kunoichi than the 5th Hokage. Kakashi got into a stance in preparation. You had your shot, now it's my turn.
(In the Hidden Sand)
As Deidara flew around above the village, he looked down to see how many guards were watching.
"That's one...two...three. They only have three guards watching the skies. Hm." He then took a look at the buildings beneath him. "I can't help but appreciate the architecture of this village. It's so...artistic. Just another reason why it's truly worth destroying. Ha." He then reached into his pouch and molded some clay into three spiders. "Time for a little covert action."
Meanwhile, in the Kazekage's office, Jishaku was sitting at his desk when his eyes turned towards the window.
(In the Hidden Leaf)
Kakashi was running into the woods after Sasuke and Sakura. He hid behind some bushes and with his Sharingan, looked around to see Sasuke behind a tree from up above in the branches and Sakura also behind a tree on the ground.
This is completely different from that time before, he thought.
His thoughts trailed back to their first training session together. Sasuke and Sakura had hidden well, but Naruto refused to hide, saying he was going to fight Kakashi head-on. He was brought back to reality when he was some shuriken coming his way. He jumped up to dodged them just in the nick of time. While in the air, he saw that Sasuke was leaping towards him with his sword drawn. He responded by placing his feet on a tree and pushing towards him with a kunai ready. They exchanged blows before passing each other. Kakashi threw some kunai at him while he was still in the air, which Sasuke responded to by grabbing a branch to dodge and hurling himself towards the ground to join Sakura.
"Time for today's lesson," said Kakashi. "This is Shinobi Battle Skills Rule Number One: Taijutsu."
He ran towards Sasuke and started throwing punches and kicks at Sasuke, who fell back by jumping up onto a tree branch.
"Ha! Got ya!" said Sakura as she ran towards Kakashi and started making attempts at punching him. None of them connected though as Kakashi dodged every one.
"It won't do any good if you can't hit me," he said.
Though he then suddenly found himself backed up against a tree. At the last minute, he dodged to the side and got away as Sakura's fist connected with the tree, splitting it in half like a toothpick. "That was a close one," he sighed in relief, only for his attention to be grabbed by Sasuke from above. They started exchanging blows again, each using his Sharingan to counter the others moves. This time, it was Kakashi that pulled back and leapt upwards to escape.
"Get back here!" Sasuke cried as he went after him. As he went up, Kakashi seemed to have disappear from his sight and reappeared behind him. "Dancing Leaf Shadow? But when did he…?" He was cut off as he was suddenly wrapped up in bandages like a mummy, making it so that he can't move his arms and legs. He then flipped them upside down and started spinning as they fell to the ground head first. "This is Lee's Primary Lotus!"
"It's Kakashi-sensei's Copy Ninjutsu," said Sakura as she watched.
Upon impact with the ground, a large dust cloud was created, blinding the area. As Kakashi stood up, he saw that the Sasuke he was fighting was a Shadow Clone.
"Nice move, Sasuke." He couldn't stay there for long though, as he saw Sakura coming down at him from above with a kick prepared. He managed to get out of the way though, causing Sakura to hit the ground, making the hole even bigger. He took this as an opportunity to catch his breath while he looked over to see the real Sasuke reunite with Sakura.
I remember when this use to be a lot easier, he thought. His thoughts went back to their very first training lesson together. He surprised Sakura with a Shadow Clone and Sasuke got buried up to his neck. Even though they've been apart for 2 years, their teamwork is still pretty good. Although I was hoping to find out how this next volume ends, looks like I won't have time for reading.
"This is starting to get interesting," said Orochimaru from the sidelines.
"They're doing remarkably well," said Kabuto.
"Yes. Better than I thought they would," said Shizune.
"Just wait," said Tsunade, "you haven't seen anything."
"Now then, what should I do next?" asked Kakashi.
(In the Hidden Sand)
Deidara took the three clay spiders and allowed them to fall. He made a hand sign, causing each of them to grow to the size of a human head in a puff of smoke. One of the guards didn't even notice it until he saw it resting on his arm.
"Huh? Where'd that weird thing come from?" That was all he could say before the spider jumped onto his face.
"They're not weird, they're perfect," said Deidara. He watched as the other two spiders jumped onto the faces of the watchmen. "Look at those fools. They have no appreciation for art. Hm. You have to feel art. And true art...is an explosion."
He then formed the Rat sign, causing the three spiders to explode, killing the watchmen.
(In the Hidden Leaf)
The sun had now set, revealing the night sky. In this dark, Sasuke and Sakura were walking into the forest.
"From what I heard of those bells, they were coming from this direction," said Sasuke.
"But he might have led us here on purpose to draw us in, so be careful," said Sakura.
"You're right, let's not forget who we're dealing with."
They both stopped walking when they saw a figure come out of the trees. It was a young boy with spiky blond hair and whisker marks on his cheeks, wearing an orange and blue jumpsuit and a Hidden Leaf headband. They noticed he was covered in blood and had kunai in his back.
"It's Naruto," said Sasuke.
"He looks hurt," Sakura added.
The boy began to slowly walk towards them.
"...Sasuke...Sakura...You've gotta help me….I got away from the Hidden Shadow...I was able to escape...Please, help me...Sasuke...Sakura...Please…"
"Too bad he's not real," said Sasuke.
"You're right," said Sakura. "I'd give almost anything to be able to talk with Naruto for a while." She then formed the Tiger sign. "Release!" With that, the Naruto standing before them vanished, like he was never there. "I don't wanna play with your illusions."
"Don't think I can't see you there, Kakashi," said Sasuke. As he stuck out his left hand, lightning crackled from it, giving off the sound of thousands of birds. "Chidori!" he cried as he charged towards a tree. Upon impact, Kakashi jumped out from behind it as Sasuke's attack tore right through the tree, cutting it down.
"Well, Kakashi-sensei?" asked Sakura.
"Yeah?"
"Is there something you wanted to say?" she asked with a smile. "I'm not exactly sure I heard you clearly before." Kakashi answered with a face that showed that his ego just deflated a few sizes.
"Shinobi Battle Techniques Part 2: Genjutsu." He remembered back three years ago when they were fresh Genin. He pulled a similar trick on Sakura, using Sasuke instead of Naruto. Sakura easily fell for it and fainted at the sight. It was so much easier to foul her back then.
"You'll have to come up with something better than that," said Sakura. "If you think we're gonna fall for that old trick again, you're crazy."
"You're not dealing with fresh Genin this time," said Sasuke.
"Really? I wouldn't be so sure about that."
Sasuke looked down and saw what appeared to be the two bells, having fallen off Kakashi's belt. After a moment, Sasuke simply smirked, confusing Kakashi. His eyes widened in surprise as he found a snake had wrapped itself around him out of nowhere. In a puff of smoke, Kakashi was replaced by a log. Dropping the log, the snakes slithered back into Sasuke's sleeve, who had been standing behind Kakashi. Sakura was surprised by this and looked over to the Sasuke standing next to her, only to see it vanish.
"You're not the only who can use genjutsu, Kakashi," he said.
Hiding in the leaves of a tree, Kakashi looked down at Sasuke. He's improved more than I thought.
(In the Hidden Sand)
Deidara had the bird fly downward. When it reached the roof of one of the buildings, he jumped off.
"Infiltration successful."
He said that, but was soon proven wrong. He looked up to see Jishaku standing right in front of him. He wore black pants and a long sleeved green shirt. Around his waist were two buckled belts, both hold rectangular containers.
"That'll be far enough for you."
(Ending: Shooting Star ~Shooting Star~: replace Naruto with Sasuke. Drawing flashback same, but Sasuke watches Naruto's training while hiding and smiles as he gives him the towel)