EKUSA

Chapter 3: Kakashi Hatake

-Naruto's POV-

I stuck my head outside of the classroom, looking down the hallways. "Naruto, just sit down or something," Sakura said leaning against a desk.

"Why is our Team 7 sensei so damn late?" I ranted to Sakura. "All the other teams have gone off with their senseis, and Iruka-sensei also left."

"Hey! What are you doing Naruto?" Sakura yelled.

Sakura walked over to me. "Hi hi hi hi," I laughed as I placed a chalkboard eraser at the top of the entrance of the classroom. "That's what you get for being late," I snickered.

Sakura placed her hands on her hips. "Geez… I'm not involved."

"Pfft," Sasuke smirked in his seat. I forgot Sasuke was here. "Like a Jounin would fall for such a stupid booby trap."

-Sasuke's POV-

We all saw the door opening, and the eraser fell on top of our Jounin sensei's head. He had white hair, and his face completely covered except for his right eye. A sweat drop appeared on his face. "Wha ha ha ha!" Naruto laughed at him, and then he pointed at him. "You fell for it, you fell for it!"

"I'm so sorry Sensei; I tried to stop Naruto but..." Sakura said apologetic.

Is this really a Jounin? I was so ashamed that I couldn't even look at him straight in the face. He doesn't seem very reliable. Suddenly, I heard a small voice. "Kakashi-sensei! I am greatly sorry that I am…" Distracted from what she saw, Ekusa came in panting through the doors… wait… WHAT? Ekusa came in? What is she doing here? Once she got ahold of herself, she finished, "…late."

"Hmm… how can I say this?" Kakashi-sensei put on a thinking expression and said in a friendly tone, "My first impression is… I don't like you guys."

Sweat drops all appeared on our heads.

"Well let's begin with introducing yourselves," Kakashi-sensei said leaning against a rail. We were all sitting on the roof of the school.

"What would you care to know?" Ekusa asked politely.

"How about your likes, dislikes," Kakashi-sensei began to list things out. "Your dreams for the future and things like that."

"Hey, hey, why don't you introduce yourself to us first?" Naruto asked.

Sakura agreed, "Yeah, you look kind of suspicious."

"Oh… me?" Kakashi-sensei began to introduce himself, "Well, my name is Kakashi Hatake. I have no desire to tell you my likes and dislikes. Dreams for the future… hmm. And I have lots of hobbies…"

"So… all he told us," Sakura asked with a sweat drop going down on her forehead. "…is his name?"

-Kakashi's POV-

I announced, "Now it's your turn, let's start on the right."

"Yosh!" A boy with blonde hair, wearing an orange jumpsuit began, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. What I like is cup ramen. What I like even more is when Iruka-sensei pays for my ramen. What I dislike is waiting 3 minutes for the ramen to cook. And my dream…" Does he only think about ramen? "…is to surpass the Hokage and then have the people of this village acknowledge my existence," Naruto finished, looking determined. He's grown in an interesting way. Naruto finished it off with, "Hobbies… pranks I guess."

"Amazing," Ekusa said softly, looking at Naruto with adoration. Psh… kids.

I see… Scratching my head, I said, "Next." I don't think I can take any more of this.

A boy who has a cold expression and hair that's similar to a duck's butt began his introduction. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. There are lots of things I dislike and I don't really like anything. And… I can't really call it a dream, but I have an ambition; the resurrection of my clan and… to kill a certain man." Like I thought... I looked over to Ekusa and she looked unsurprised. I guess we both knew that was about to happen.

"Ok," I sighed with relief, because we're on the last person. "And lastly the girl."

"My name is Sakura Haruno. The thing I like is… well the person I like is…" Sakura kept shifting her eyes to Sasuke. "And umm… my dream for the future… umm? Oh yeah!" …this girl is giving me a headache. "What I dislike…," Sakura started to look agitated. "…is Naruto." Naruto was left speechless. I sighed, and stared at her in disappointment. I guess girls of this age are more interested in love than ninjutsu.

-Sasuke's POV-

"Okay," Kakashi-sensei concluded. "Now let's move on!"

"Wait." I looked up from the ground and stared at Ekusa. "Introduce yourself."

Ekusa was surprised. "Ue?" She looked up at Kakashi-sensei for permission and he nodded. "My name is Ekusa Ahichi. There are many things I enjoy and I am not very fond of snakes. Similar to Uchiha-san, I have an ambition; to ward off any impending harm towards you all."

Sakura said while laughing, "No offense, ghost, but you can't even perform the basics."

"Sorry Ekusa-chan, but you're worse than me!" Naruto was holding onto his stomach. What are they talking about? Have they not seen the Ekusa I saw in the forest that one day? When he calmed down he asked, "So why are you here?"

-Kakashi's POV-

"Well she is here because I was ordered to look over her," I finished. Everyone fell silent. "Well then, so far for the introductions. Tomorrow, we'll start our duties as shinobi."

"Yeah! What kinds of duties?" Naruto stood up enthusiastically, saluting to me. "Duties! Duties!"

"First we are going to do something with just the five of us," I said, crossing my arms.

Naruto asked impatiently, "What is it? What is it?"

"Survival training."

"Survival training?"

"Why is our first duty training?" Sakura asked. "We've had enough training at the academy."

"This isn't any normal training. This time, I'm your opponent," I replied.

"Then, then! What is it?" Naruto asked confused.

I couldn't help but laugh at his idiotic question. "What's so funny sensei?" Sakura asked uneasy.

"Uhm… well it's just that when I tell you this, you guys are totally going to freak out," I said chuckling.

"Freak out?" Naruto is completely lost right now. "Ha?"

"Of the 27 graduates, only 9 will be chosen to become a Genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy," I said in a serious tone. "This training is a very difficult exam with a failure rate of over 66%!" Their faces were priceless. I laughed, "Ha ha ha! I told you you'd freak out."

"What? No way!" Naruto exploded. "But we worked so hard! Then what was the point of graduating?"

"Oh that?" I replied. "That was just to select those who have the change to become Genin."

"Uhh… WHAT?"

"Anyway, tomorrow you have to show your real skills on this training ground. Bring all the shinobi tools you have. Oh… and skip breakfast, you might throw up. The details are on this paper and don't be late tomorrow."

Sakura was panicking, "Might throw up? Is it that tough?"

-Sasuke's POV-

The sun was just rising. Hmm… it looks like I came a little too early. I heard a rustle and, by reaction, I threw my kunai at that direction. A voice echoed through the forest, "Uee!" I walked over to the noise and saw Ekusa sitting down, holding her chest for dear life.

She stood up quickly and pinched my cheeks. My eyebrows twitching, I demanded, "Let go." She obediently did, and puffed out her cheeks. "Why are you ordered to be looked after?"

"Ue?" Ekusa was shocked by the sudden question. "Uhh… because…"

"Hey Ekusa-chan!" Naruto walked towards us with perfect timing… good job, Naruto. "How come you didn't wait outside of my house? We could've walked here together!" I don't know why, but I got annoyed when he said that. Shortly after, Sakura came and it officially became an idiot reunion.

After a few hours, I finally heard Kakashi-sensei's voice, "Hey guys, good morning!"

"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura and Naruto yelled.

Kakashi-sensei placed a timer on a stump. "Ok, it's set for noon. Here are three bells." He held out three golden bells. "Your task is to take these from me before the time is up. Those who don't have a bell by noon, gets no lunch. I'll not only tie you to one of those stumps, but I'll also eat in front you." So that's why he told us not to eat. "You only have to get one bell. There are only two, so one of you will definitely be tied to the stump, and the person who doesn't take a bell fails. This way, at least one of you will be sent back to the academy."

"Excuse me?" Kakashi-sensei looked at Ekusa. "You want me to participate also?"

"Yes. I want to see myself as to how you got accepted into the …"

"Understood," Ekusa cut Kakashi-sensei's sentence.

He smirked and continued, "If you want, you can use shurikens and kunais. You won't succeed unless you come at me intending to kill."

"But!" Sakura said concerned, "You'll be in danger!"

"Yeah, you're so slow you can't even dodge a blackboard eraser!" Naruto laughed confidently. "We'll definitely kill you!"

"In the real world, those with no talent often bark the loudest," Kakashi-sensei said. "Well ignore Mr. Dead-last here and start when I say…" Out of rage, Naruto took out a kunai and ran towards Kakashi-sensei… or se he thought. A split second later, Kakashi-sensei appeared behind Naruto, placing the kunai Naruto was holding behind Naruto's head. "Calm down," Kakashi-sensei said. "I haven't said start yet." I smirked, so this is a Jounin. "Well, it seems you're finally prepared to come at me with the intent to kill. So you've finally acknowledged me?" He looked at all of us. "He he, it seems like I'm beginning to like you guys. Ok, let's get going. Ready… BEGIN!" Everyone dispersed from their spot.