…I don't own Naruto, and I hope you enjoy this chapter…

'Just calm down, this will work out somehow…Gr! I'm so gonna fail if we don't cooperate! They're not gonna buy the 'just trust me with this!' stuff…' Naruto kept a one sided conversation going on for almost an hour. They were still waiting for Kakashi to arrive, during that time he tried to think of something that'll get them cooperating.

'Why don't you shut up? Or just use that hypnotizing jutsu Katsuki showed you, it'll save you the trouble.'

'Can't cheat…its bad enough that I already know what I need to do to pass…' "Geez… I really hate this…" he flopped down on the ground and stared at the sky.

"Good morning!" said Kakashi as he appeared in front of them. "YOU'RE LATE!" screamed Sakura, making Naruto cover his ears.

"Well, there was this old lady crossing the street and I was helping her…well anyway," he went over to a wooden pole and placed a clock on it.

"The rules are: you have to get one of these bells (holds up two bells) before noon. That clock over there will ring when it's noon. The person who doesn't get a bell by then, they'll be tied to one of the poles over there and they'll watch the others eat their lunches…that's about it, any questions?" all three of them shook their heads.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. If you don't get one of these bells, you'll be sent back to the academy."

"NANI!" screamed Sakura, 'If I don't get one of those bells, I'll never be with Sasuke!'

"So, any questions?" he asked again, they shook their heads again.

"Well then, what are you waiting for? GO!" all three genins disappeared into the surrounding forest.

'Just have to find them and talk them into it,' thought Naruto as he went to search for the other genins. 'Let's see…' he stopped where he was, '…Sakura's somewhere on the other side of here and Sasuke's close by… (1)' he decided to find Sakura first instead of Sasuke.

'She should be somewhere here…' he looked around and saw her hiding under a bush. He landed a few meters away from her, 'How am I gonna do this…' he took a deep breath and started to walk (well, it's more like crawling than walking) to Sakura.

"Hey, Sakura," he whispered, Sakura tensed and looked behind her.

"Naruto! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be somewhere else?" she whispered back to him.

"Well, it's kinda hard to explain…well anyway, we're supposed to help each other to get those bells. I'm hoping that Sasuke will help us as well…" 'Damn it! That's got to be the worse excuse that I've ever came up with! She can't possibly fall-'

"And why should I trust you?" asked Sakura.

"Because… I'll keep any promise that I make, I promise you that I won't take one of those bells. Even if I don't pass this and get sent back to the academy, I won't take one of those bells!" he blurted out with out thinking. Sakura blinked, she was surprised at what he said.

"Well, I guess I could trust you…"

"Nani? Really! Great! Now let's go find Sasuke…actually, let's wait till he's finished with Kakashi,"

Meanwhile...

Sasuke almost got one of the bells, but wasn't very successful when Kakashi pulled back.

Minutes later, Naruto and Sakura were able to locate where Sasuke was.

"Hey Sasuke! Wait a sec!" Naruto called after him when he landed near him.

"What do you want?"

"I've got a plan that could help you and Sakura get a bell, we'll have to work together though…" 'This better work…'

"…What about you? Aren't gonna get a bell?"

"Well…I-"

"He said that he won't get a bell, he promised that he wouldn't, right?" Sakura replied for Naruto and shot a glare at him if he really was going to get a bell.

"Besides, if I break the promise you guys could kill me for it," he was hoping that he'll never break a promise because he didn't want to die.

"Really…? If you do have a plan, what is it?" Naruto blinked, 'It's really this easy?'

"Ano…it's kinda hard to explain, demo it should be simple to do. One of us stays in a bush or something and waits till there's an opening where they could cut off the bells. The other two will attack Kakashi-sensei, they'll try to leave an opening near the bells for the person who's gonna cut it off…that's the whole plan I guess."

"So…who's going to attack Kakashi-sensei?" asked Sakura.

"I'll attack Kakashi; since I'm not getting a bell, I'll try to give you two some time to grab a bell. So, who wants to attack?" he looked at both of them.

"I'll be the person who cuts off the bells," volunteered Sakura.

"So Sasuke will be the other attacker, what do you think Sasuke?" 'He'll obviously agrees, hopefully…if he does things will be easier.'

"I'll do it…" was his reply. "Great! All we have to do is find Kakashi!"

"Ready?" Naruto asked after they reviewed the plan, Sakura and Sasuke nodded.

"Yosh. Okay, se-no (2)…" both boys jumped into the clearing where Kakashi was reading his Icha Icha Paradise book.

'Remember not to show your real strength, gaki,' Kyuubi reminded him. 'Yeah, I know,' he replied back as he continued to attack with half his strength. 'Come on, Sakura find the opening…' a kunai zoomed by his right side. 'Now!' he started to push Kakashi backwards so the other two could grab the bells.

(Insert Action Scene of your choice - because I can't write good ones!)

When he sneaked a peak behind him, he saw Sakura and Sasuke with a bell in one of their hands. He pushed off Kakashi with his feet and did a back flip and landed beside Sakura.

'Well, that was interesting…' thought Kakashi. "So, do you three know why you're put in teams?" they all didn't say a word.

"Well, the whole reason for this test was to see if you have enough teamwork to be a team. And by the looks of it, you do, so you all pass! We'll start some real training tomorrow, get some rest and be here tomorrow," he turned and left. Sasuke and Sakura started heading towards different directions right after, while Naruto stayed in the clearing. He sat under a nearby tree and leaned against the trunk.

'Finally it's over…I never thought that it'll this easy…'

'And you said that you'd fail, well, you're just lucky that they fell for the 'trust me' thing. If they didn't fall for it, you'd be doomed.'

"Hey there, Naruto-kun!" Wing (3) appeared beside him, Katsuki appeared in front of him with Katori (4) beside him.

"What are you three doing here? Aren't you supposed to be on a mission or something?"

"We had sometime before we had to leave, so we thought that that we'd check on you. By the looks of it, you passed Kakashi-kun's test, you're the first team to pass his test since he became a jounin. Congratulations, Naruto!" she reached over and ruffled his hair.

"…Let me guess, you knew that since yesterday or something?" (5) Naruto had an annoyed face on.

"Yup! Wasn't that kinda obvious?" said Wing as she got up and stretched. '…That means that I've been worrying for no reason at all…'

'He's really an idiot…' thought Katsuki with a snicker.

"You know that I could hear that…" (5) Veins started to pop at the back of Naruto's head.

"Well, it's true. You know that Wing could do you-know-what (5), you could have asked her if you'd fail or not. Besides, you could have hypnotized them if they didn't cooperate-itai! What was that for?" he asked as he rubbed his head.

"One, you're not supposed to cheat like that. Two, what'll happen when Kakashi finds out? Three, we've got to go. See you later, Naruto," said Katori as he started to leave.

Wing grabbed Katsuki's arm and started to drag him as she went after Katori. "Good luck with your team!" she yelled behind her.

(Sighs) That wasn't so bad, right? It's shorter than the last chapter, but it'll have to do for now. Well anyway, I won't be updating very fast because of school. Gomenasai (bows), please review…

(1)The reason why Naruto knows where Sakura and Sasuke are is because he could hear them and besides, he could sense their chakra signatures.

(2) 'Se-no' is a counting system they use in Japanese, just like when we start something we count 'one, two, three' and start on the fourth beat. In Japanese, they start on the third beat. At least it says so in the Tsubasa manga series at the back of the English version of the book.

(3)She was supposed to be introduced in a different part, but she was introduced in the extra part in chapter one. She wasn't supposed to be in this chapter, along with Katori and Katsuki, but I wanted to make the chapter a little longer…

(4)Katori has red/blonde hair, supposedly green eyes that are under red shades. His hair is spiky; a leaf hitai holds it up. Oh, just to let you know, his eye colour could change to whatever colour he wants it to change to. He usually wears a chuunin vest over a t-shirt with beige, baggy pants.

(5)If you're wondering what Naruto means by 'you knew that since yesterday or something?' I won't tell you because it might spoil some things that will happen in the future chapters.