Kakashi, well known as a calm collected man who was rarely shaken, could not help but curse profusely in his mind. He eyed the damage that was done to his regular uniform; it was his favorite set too. It had lost its dark colors, instead gaining a myriad of bright eye piercing colors. He knew from what he glimpsed, that he probably resembled a rainbow right now…Out of all the things they could have done, why this? Why the obscenely bright colors!
He had a sinking idea of who suggested it, 'That little prankster, I going to kill him when I get my hands on him...' However, even as he thought that, he had to admit that he admired the ingeniousness of the plan, implanting paint bombs. What was nagging him was the potential threat that could have happened had the implanting had been poison instead of paint. He would have definitely gone down in a real battle. It was a mistake to let his guard down.
Suddenly the barrage of weaponry stopped. As he surveyed the massive sea of weapons that were splotched with paint he could not help but be impressed by the magnitude of weapons used. However, it was strange that genin even possessed this much. He moved from his location, ready to investigate. Almost immediately he spotted the wires that were used to launch the weaponry. He gave a quiet whistle of appreciation. These kids might actually have some worth. The wires were intricately set in such a way that from one location, it was possible to release the all the wires that surrounded the center that he stood in. It was a wonder how they were able to set this up so quickly. How was it possible to have used so much? More questions.
He moved from the wires and jumped to a tree. Screened by the leaves, he slowly viewed the surrounding area. He had underestimated the kids. That much he was willing to admit to. However, this could not continue. After a couple of seconds, he spotted a shadowy figure in the clearing, standing towards the west of the wooden stumps. 'I found you. Just you all wait….I'm going to pick you all off…one by one...'he thought before giving a small evil chuckle.
Sasuke was waiting patiently from where he stood, in plain sight. He had seen Kakashi already, really who couldn't. The rainbow color attire made him very obvious amongst the green and brown landscape. He also knew that Kakashi had also spotted him and was coming for him, just like they planned. Now he just needed to wait until Kakashi showed up.
'He will regret this…revenge will be ever so sweet. I just hope this stupid body will hold up.' At that thought, a smirk grew on his face; a smirk with malice that was rather odd on the usually expressionless face of the genin. His did not deny that his pride took a big blow and was still a bit sore from the first time. When Kakashi managed to catch him off guard and pull him underground, he was infinitely dismayed. It was a humiliating defeat and he planned to redeem himself today. This time it'll be different, very different. He felt a quiet presence towards his left. 'Finally he's here.' thought Sasuke absently as he felt the man walk towards him. The smirk that graced his face before was quickly smoldered with an empty gaze.
"Yo" Kakashi called from where he stood. Sasuke quickly spun around to see, making sure to show surprise. There was Kakashi, casually leaning on a tree holding the everpresent Ichi Ichi Paradise. Really, some things never changed… Sasuke did not reply to the greeting, instead he was more focused on trying to force his mouth muscles from smiling. Kakashi noticed his attempt to hold back laughter and gave the boy a glare that would have made any Anbu shiver in fright. It only made the Uchiha want to laugh all the more at the sight. His mouth was developing a twitch that just wouldn't go away.
'... That's it, number one priority when I go home: take a bath.' Kakashi thought with a sigh, before continuing in a nonchalant attitude "The strength of the Uchiha clan…the most elite family in Konoha…I am looking forward to it..." It was just like last time. Sasuke smirked and crouched into a fighting position. Kakashi had long ago put away his precious book and waited patiently for the genin to make the first move.
Sasuke quickly slipped his hand into his pouch and flung a couple of shuriken at Kakashi at a speed worth reckoning. However, Kakashi dodged them all effortlessly. "A frontal assault is useless against me" Kakashi taunted as he returned to a relaxed posture. But it seemed that he spoke to soon for one of the shuriken that he had dodged had cut through a rope that was hidden in the bushes behind him.
'Crap. Another trap.' was all Kakashi could think of before he was assaulted by a volley of kunai from all directions. 'When did he have the time to set this all up?!' thought Kakashi as he tried to dodge all of the kunai launched. Sasuke allowed himself a smirked before going in to confront the occupied jonin. 'Time to surprise the old man and pay him back.' thought Sasuke.
Just as Kakashi finish dodging and blocking all the kunai, he was yet again assaulted, but this time with a barrage of taijutsu from the young Uchiha and was once again surprised. 'How did he get so skilled, a genin shouldn't be this advanced no matter how good or how well known his clan is!' Kakashi thought while moving to block all of Sasuke's attacks. He was so preoccupied with his thoughts and the onslaught of attacks, Kakashi failed to notice Sasuke perform hand seals, until it was too late…
By the time he recognized the technique, the Uchiha had already taken a deep breath and Kakashi was enveloped in gargantuan sized ball of fire. Sasuke did not wait to see if he hit his target or not. Instead he looked down at the ground intently and waited tensely for the attack.
Suddenly a hand shot up from under him, making a grab for his leg. Sasuke smirked 'Not this time Kakashi, I know all your tricks now. You won't catch me with that trick again.' True to his word Kakashi only grabbed empty air as he came up. Sasuke had jumped away the moment he saw the fingers coming up. So imagine how shocked Kakashi was when he only grabbed empty air. 'How was he able to avoid that?! I'm pretty sure he would never think that I would be underground!' he thought as he looked around calmly though internally he was frantically trying to come up with an answer. But his confusion proved to be a fatal error.
Before he knew what hit him, Kakashi was kicked in his ribs, from behind, with an unbelievable force that practically sent him flying into the trees and beyond. Sasuke landed smoothly with the devloping grace from his prime time. He watched his sensei go flying into the forest and he almost felt bad for Kakashi…almost. Well, he didn't have to worry about it, after all its not like Kakashi will die.
'I am finished with him. He's in your area' Sasuke called through his link. 'Okay, I got it. I will begin the next part.' was the reply before the link connecting them closed. Sasuke smirked before breathing heavily fighting the urge to drop to the ground in exhaustion. A light sheen of sweat had begun to cover his body. "…Stupid crap old body lacks stamina..." he muttered to himself in annoyance. He had pushed himself from yesterday and just now. His body was beginning to show the results of fatigue. Nevertheless Sasuke walked towards the wooden blocks set on continuing the plan while making a mental note to start training as soon as this test was over.
Meanwhile, Kakashi groaned from where he had landed in a tree yards away from Sasuke had kicked him… 'That would have been bad if I hadn't reinforced chakra into my body.' He had done it just in time. Had it been a bit later, then he would have been admitted into the hospital with a couple of broken ribs.
'He is rather talented...arrogant but talented. I wonder if the other two are any better…though I highly doubt it' thought Kakashi. Surprisingly the Uchiha had not attempted to make a grab at the bell though he clearly had a chance. He looked around from where he now stood and spotted a bright colored head sticking out in cluster of bushes. 'Well, well, well. Look at what we have here.' thought Kakashi. 'This shouldn't be so bad considering Sasuke was the strongest…and the other two are probably weaker. I wonder if I should toy with them' thought Kakashi with a grin before disappearing from his vantage point.
Kakashi approached the bushes, considering the options before choosing the one that was most likely to produce a shriek, and threw a small explosive towards the bright colored head.
BOOM!
Kakashi giggled sadistically and waited for the genin to come out screaming, but it never came… Kakashi frowned in confusion. What was going on? When the smoke cleared out, he saw only charred bushes and a very ashy block of wood. 'What?! A clone?!' he thought as he realized he fell for the most simplest ninja trick.
"Now, Kakashi Sensei. Is that how you would treat an unsuspecting student?" chirped an inquiring voice behind him. He turned around and looked down in shock as the object of the explosion stood there completely unfazed and cheekily grinning back at him.
'I seriously need to stop letting my guard down' thought Kakashi with an inner grown.