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Chapter 4 is out!! Excited? We are :o this is a lot of fun ~Mark and Dayse
"Sakura!" Naruto signaled to his teammate pointing towards the opposite side of where he headed for Kakashi.
Sakura nodded as she remembered that this was their team's coordination plan.
Kakashi was on his toes about every single movement made by his former students, every muscle that moved, every twitch of their eyes to signal an action, or any kinds of seals they used he would immediately know through his Sharingan.
Sakura ran towards Kakashi and right before she got infront, she pushed her strong legs to the left causing her to shuffle to the right, she threw a punch at Kakashi with full force.
Kakashi's eyes sent his body into alert as he saw Sakura's fist. "She concentrated her chakra onto her fists, I can't get hit with that, otherwise it's over."
Kakashi ducked his body below and shuffled to Sakura's side and flipped backwards landing on his feet keeping a nice distance away from her. Kakashi's senses heightened as he felt a shift in the air behind him. Kakashi turned around quickly to see what caused his fight response.
Naruto dashed right towards him with a punch ready to connect with Kakashi.
Kakashi made an instant fall onto his behind, with his arms holding him up off the ground, he used his feet to force kick Naruto backwards before getting back into his fighting stance.
Naruto laid on the ground motionless but instantly poofed into smoke. "What?! Kage Bunshin?" Kakashi panicked as he sensed someone over him, he quickly looked overhead.
"Your mine now Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura yelled as she landed towards Kakashi with her chakra concentrated fists towards his body downwards.
Kakashi took a step back far enough for him to be able to leap forward once Sakura was in position, and hold her arm and waist to throw her aside somewhere else. "You leave too many openings Sakura" he exclaimed.
Sakura's eyes shot wide open as she witnessed her sensei completely dodge and counter her attack. Sakura flew towards the opposite side of the training ground area. She panicked as she fell and her fists connected to the ground as she landed.
-BOOM- CRACK- were the sounds as the ground completely broke and shattered creating a massive creator from the impact.
Kakashi was surprised and kept alert even though he was not expecting that sort of strength by simply focusing chakra into ones fist.
Everyone's eyes opened widely and jaws began to drop at the sight of Sakura's new found strength.
Jiraiya squinted and turned to Tsunade with thoughts of disapproval. "You created a 2nd Tsunade…"
Tsunade stood smiling at her prized pupil with much cheer in her heart and mind.
Sakura crept out of the crater, and began healing her scratches from when she landed with her medical ninjutsu, but keeping her focus onto Kakashi.
Kakashi turned around instantly as he heard footsteps towards him, he found Naruto lunging straight for him.
"You're a fool Naruto! Fighting me head on by yourself!" Kakashi yelled as he prepared his stance.
Naruto began to close the distance as he lunged towards Kakashi with complete focus on his target.
"Those pigmentations around his eyes.. it's better off to play it safe than sorry because I don't know what it changed for him" Kakashi thought to himself carefully as he studied Naruto's transformation.
Naruto threw a fist at Kakashi which connected right to his face. But Naruto was startled as he saw the body of his sensei poof into a boulder. "Kawarimi no Jutsu" Naruto exclaimed to himself as he opened his senses to find Kakashi.
The boulder that Naruto had punched due to Kakashi's substitution, instantly flew an extreme amount of yards straight.
Everyone just gasped in shock especially Kakashi.
"So his strength rose due to that transformation, I wonder if that's all there is to it" Kakashi sighed as he took out a kunai to block the 5 incoming shurikens flying towards the back of his head which caused his senses to skyrocket.
Sakura ran sideways and to Naruto's side, both becoming alert of Kakashi and planning their next move.
"Naruto..that was some insane strength..and you didn't even focus chakra into your fists" Sakura thought praising him a little.
"Sakura-chan, I want you to run towards Kakashi-sensei, but keep your peripherals on me I'll run beside you just a little farther away, he'll expect something and begin to focus on both of us, I'll catch him by surprise as you draw his focus" Naruto voiced out his battle plan.
Sakura agreed with a nod and took a stance to initiate the plan.
Kakashi watched both of them, and raised his eyebrow before thinking aloud, "If you're not coming to me, then I'll come at you!"
Kakashi stepped backwards and flared hand signs at a faster speed than any eyes can follow.
"He's using a jutsu Naruto!" Sakura warned her teammate.
"I know, stick with the plan" Naruto exclaimed to her and with this they began to run towards Kakashi.
"KATON: RYUUKA NO JUTSU! (Fire Release: Flame Dragon)" Kakashi voiced as he performed his jutsu towards Naruto and Sakura.
The flame dragon began to fly towards the two as they kept their eyes on Kakashi. Sakura took a massive step side ways to avoid the flame dragon, and Naruto did the same. They used their landing and lunged towards their sensei.
Kakashi smirked under his mask as he flared his hands towards the flame dragon causing it to come straight back targeting behind them. The nearest was Sakura as the flame dragon flew unnoticed behind her.
Naruto's senses skyrocketed as he felt a fierce heat of chakra to his side and saw the flame dragon flying straight for Sakura. Naruto's eyes focused as he crossed his hands to perform his trademark ninjutsu.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" he exclaimed as his clone grabbed him from his arm, and while running, jumped in the air while holding onto the original Naruto, and threw him straight at Sakura.
Sakura turned to her side and saw Naruto flying towards her and kept her focus in coordination to his actions.
Once in range of Sakura, Naruto picked her up from her waist and crashed his feet towards the floor, as the flame dragon swooped downwards and passed them. Sakura then realized what had happened as the flame dragon crashed down on the floor with a large impact. She began to think to herself what the next action would be.
"Not the time to start thinking Sakura!!" Naruto exclaimed as his clone came running beside Naruto.
"Not so fast!" Kakashi yelled as he flared hand signs in a blinding speed again towards the group who were still sliding on the ground from the leap.
"KATON: GOKAKYOU NO JUTSU!" Kakashi voiced as he blew an enormous fireball towards the three.
At this instant, Naruto acted on quick instincts as his clone grabbed him from the arm and threw him over the fireball and towards Kakashi. The fire jutsu instantly incinerated the Naruto clone, causing it to poof in smoke.
Kakashi watched in awe as to what had happened, "He just acted on instincts and performed actions perfectly to avoid any harm, this doesn't come naturally..only from years of experience and battles with life threatening courses" he thought. He quickly glanced upwards to the two flying overhead.
"GO SAKURA-CHAN!!!" Naruto yelled as he forcefully spun his body in the air, and threw Sakura towards Kakashi.
Sakura kept her focus and was flying towards Kakashi in blinding speed. "I don't have time to react!" Kakashi exclaimed in a panic.
Sakura reached towards Kakashi's waist area where the bells dangled, and snagged onto one before landing on the ground crouched and ready to leap again as she did.
Kakashi noticed her footing and assumed she was going to try and take the other bells, which she did.
As Sakura's body jumped towards Kakashi, he fell backwards used his weight on his 1 arm, to spin himself side way's letting Sakura fly right by and connected his feet onto her back and kicked her out of the way.
Naruto instantly appeared catch her before she impacted.
"Good job Sakura-chan" Naruto praised her.
"Thank you, Naruto-kun" Sakura responded with shock in her mind. "He ran through the obstacles made to thwart his plans based on instincts alone, he's become a great ninja" Sakura smiled sweetly with rose pink colored blushes on both cheeks.
Kakashi began to clap, "Good job Sakura, you got a bell, you passed the assessment and you're free to go back"
Kakashi squinted his eyes at Sakura as she stood her ground taking a stance once again. Naruto watched her with eyes wide opened, tears about to burst from his eyes.
"This takes teamwork to do, and there is no "I" in team" Sakura responded but gasped as she felt a hand over her shoulder.
"Sakura-chan.." Naruto exclaimed sweetly towards his crush since childhood, "The purpose of a medical ninja, is to support the team, while also gaining support back, this helps the team work in coordination and in perfect form" Naruto said in a mature and confident voice. "You've done your part for the team by showing your teamwork, your trust in the team and how well you performed your actions as well.
Sakura kept her sight on Naruto's face, keeping her gaze into his eyes with thoughts flourishing in her mind, "He's become more mature, and not the baka he was as a kid..its like he matured greatly in these last 2 years".
Sakura smiled and replied in agreement and as sweetly as possible, "Alright, but promise me something"
"What's that Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked with curiousity.
"Make sure you get a bell to pass the exam and most importantly…Kick Kakashi-sensei's ass!" Sakura said to him, as she relaxed and headed towards the spectators group behind the trees, but went beside Naruto first, and gave him a peck on the cheek.
Naruto's eyes shot wide opened, especially Hinata.. Kiba,Neji and Ino began smirking and smiles of amazement covered their faces.
Naruto gazed back at Kakashi and took his fighting stance again, this time with a fierce look in his eyes. "Well I can't let her down now can I? Naruto thought to himself
Hinata kept her eyes wide opened as she began taking the event slowly into her being. "N-N-N-a-a-ru-to-kun.. and Sa-Sakura-san?" she thought crazily in her head.
Kakashi kept his stance and he watched Naruto closely.
"No more holding back huh.." "I'll make it a top priority mission to take that bell from you and also kick your ass!" Naruto yelled at his sensei.
Kakashi smirked and leapt towards the small river by the training grounds, where he flared hand signs once again.
"SUITON: SUIRYUDAN NO JUTSU! (Water Realease: Water Dragon Bullet)" Kakashi yelled. The water began to rise and swirled wildly around Kakashi with the tip forming into the shape of a dragon's face.
Naruto had his eyes on Kakashi and the dragon, and performed his trademark jutsu again as he kept on his toes. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" Naruto voiced as a single clone appeared right beside him.
The water dragon roared fiercely and began to lunge towards Naruto.
Naruto stuck his hand out infront of his clone as his clone began to form a royal blue sphere of chakra rotating wildly in its compressed form. After the ball had been created, the clone disappeared in a smoke.
The water dragon came closer to Naruto as it lunged towards him in a fierce anger. Kakashi's eyes widened towards Naruto as he lifted his hand holding the ball of chakra over his head.
"That's the Yondaime's technique.. the Rasengan" Kakashi thought
Naruto began pumping Sage Chakra into the Rasengan which expanded it even larger and wider and stopped at the point where it became oversized, bigger than Naruto's own body.
Kakashi gasped in shock as he witnessed the transformation of the Rasengan.
The water dragon began creeping even closer towards Naruto as it lunged finally in reach of the ninja.
"SENPO: OODAMA RASENGAN! (Sage Art: Giant Ball Rasengan)" Naruto yelled as he collided his jutsu with Kakashi.
Naruto's jutsu began instantly overpowering Kakashi's jutsu, the fierce swirl ripped sounds into the body of water, causing it to dissipate forcefully, after it pierced through the water dragon, Naruto yelled startling Kakashi to force him back on his toes. "Not just yet!"
Kakashi began to quickly think of plans and a reaction to Naruto's next move. "What is he going to do next!?" Kakashi thought in a panic.
Naruto grunted and pushed the jutsu towards the ground making a trench on the ground and shoved it towards Kakashi. The ball of chakra began to roll towards Kakashi in massive speed as it built up even more.
"WHAT?! He can throw it too?!" Kakashi uttered under his voice. Kakashi reached into his holster and brought out a kunai attached to a wire. He threw the kunai towards the nearest tree and allowed it to wrap around before pulling himself out of the way from Naruto's jutsu, but during that time when he threw the kunai, the massive chakra ball picked up speed grazing Kakashi's arm as he pulled himself out of the way. Naruto's jutsu rolled away from the battlefield dissipating and reverting back to its smaller form.
"Phew! That was pretty close and dangerous" Kakashi sighed in relief but keeping his focus on the battle as he tended to his arm which had the sleeve completely ripped off and minor burn marks on his arm from the friction of the chakra ball on his arm.
Kakashi's senses skyrocketed as he glanced upwards to find Naruto flying straight him.
"You let your guard down Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled in a battle roar as he attempted to reach for the last bell on Kakashi's waist.
"Wrong! You take me too lightly Naruto!" Kakashi jumped a step backwards allowing Naruto to face plant on the floor, afterwards Kakashin jumped and used Naruto's back as a kick off to get a distance away from him.
Naruto's body forced onto the ground and gasped for air, before disappearing in a cloud of smoke, surprising Kakashi instantly as he turned his head to see the clone disappear. "A clone?!?" Kakashi panicked as he landed.
The ground below him began to crumble and burst, revealing Naruto and attempting to swipe at bell but missing it just barely.
"Damn!" Naruto exclaimed to himself. Kakashi was still surprised.
"When did he…" Kakashi thought to himself jumping backwards, as he glanced to his side revealing Naruto's plan.
"He used that giant rasengan as a distraction, to allow himself into that hole over there that he created while I focused on the ball then afterwards surprising me with a clone to move me closer to where he hid, and he burst forth out of the ground almost swiping the bell off me" Kakashi thought. "How is it possible that he transformed into this completely new and mature Naruto after 2 years of training from the loud, arrogant, hyperactive ninja I used to know?"
" He would be able to fight on par with multiple ANBU members!" Kakashi voiced out in surprise landing safely away from Naruto. "But no time to think about this!" Kakashi thought to himself loudly and took out kunai's out of his waist holster and threw them straight at Naruto, piercing him in the chest.
"It's over.." Kakashi sighed as he watched his former student fall to the ground.
"Not until I get that last bell from your waist!" Kakashi heard a voice and his senses skyrocketed again as he turned a complete 180 degrees behind him where the voice came from. He heard the Naruto he had pierced poof into a cloud of smoke behind him. "His usage of the Kage Bunshin is flawless, and his plans are well thought out as if he's 3 steps ahead!" Kakashi thought in a panic once again. His senses began to jump wildly as it heard a massive screeching, and he felt overpowered as the feeling of Naruto's chakra rose.
Fear came over him as he watched Naruto hold in his hand the rasengan over his head with 2 clones beside Naruto disappearing, but the rasengan held in the middle of his hand with visible chakra prongs as if it surrounded the rasengan in a giant shuriken form.
The screech became even louder, and the chakra began rising in amount and strength.
"Wha-What is that?" Kakashi exclaimed in a soft and overpowered voice.
"Fuuton: Rasen-Shuriken" Naruto responded in a low tone.
As he finished responding, he threw his extremely powerful jutsu at Kakashi. The Rasen-Shuriken flying towards him at an extreme speed.
"I can't get hit with that, otherwise it's all over for me, I have no choice in the hand" Kakashi closed his left eye in a panic and reopened them as he voiced, "Mangekyou Sharingan".
Kakashi focused his eyes on the flying Rasen-Shuriken that was aimed towards him, and a blur vortex appeared onto Naruto's jutsu, sucking it in forcefully.
Kakashi squinted his left eye in focus on the jutsu, instantly dissipating it as it was pulled into the blur vortex. Kakashi lifted his hand to relax his now left and extremely strained eye, as he fell to his knees. The blur vortex reverted back into a normal clearing in sight.
Kakashi could not move a muscle in his body, and he felt a tug from under his waist, as he turned his head to his side, with a smirk.
"Well done, Naruto, you pass" Kakashi praised his student with awe and amazement.
The pigmentation around Naruto's eyes began to disappearing revealing his normal shade of color around his eyes and his cage of the ocean gleaming brightly in his eyes as he took the respect of his former sensei proudly.
Naruto held one of his hands onto his waist with the other hand dangling the bell on his thumb. He grinned at Kakashi with smile before giving his free hand to the tired out jounin.
By the spectators group were the voices and awe of Naruto's friends.
"Naruto.." Kiba exclaimed shockingly.
Neji's eyes kept wide opened as he remembered the entire fight that had just happened.
Ino and Hinata's just gazed at their once considered "dead-last" of their childhood, experiencing his immediate growth.
Sakura had a blush of admiration and eyes of compassion as she thought to herself, "Naruto..your dream is slowly but surely coming towards you.." as she remembered his dream to become acknowledged by the entire village and to be best ninja.
Shizune stared in awe and disbelief at to what had happened.
Tsunade smiled and respect sprung out of her eyes as she watched her considered grandchild's growth and performance. "Minato would be so proud of you.." she thought to herself quietly.
Jiraiya gazed from ontop of his tree which he used to view the assessment with a massive grin on his face and a felt proud towards his pupil that he brought out of the village 2 years ago from a child to what he is now.
Jiraiya remarked in a voice every one of the spectators could hear, "I told you we'd see something amazing".
*A/N*: THAT'S THE END OF CHAPTER 4! Hope you liked it!
Chapter 5 is readily on its way! This chapter took a lot of care, so it would bring out Naruto's potential!
Comment and Review!!! ~Dayse and Mark