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Naruto and Kakashi eyed each other intently, a prevailing silence descending the field. You could almost hear a pin drop. This silence would have gone on had it not been for Naruto suddenly charging at Kakashi, instigating the fight.

The blonde attacked with a flurry of punches and kicks, determined to land one on his sensei. However, it was to no avail as Kakashi blocked all of Naruto's attacks with relative ease. Already, the contrasting strengths were sorely evident. The jonin could not help but give a teasing comment, "So I was right about you being all talk with nothing to show for it." He then knocked Naruto back with a kick to the boy's side.

Naruto landed on the ground with a solid thump, from which he gave an indignant yell of annoyance, "Hey! That isn't true. You haven't seen anything yet!" The blonde scrambled back up to his feet and glared at the man before him. He was going to make that man pay.

Kakashi shrugged in boredom, "Really… Even Sakura was more entertaining than you." He truly meant it, Sakura showed a great deal of potential. It was actually a wonder how nobody spotted it sooner. On the other hand, this kid seemed to be all talk with nothing to show for it. The idea of taking out his Ichi Ichi Paradise was beginning to sound rather tempting.

Meanwhile, Naruto twitched from where he landed and gave a smirk, "So you would admit to getting beat up by a girl?"

Kakashi raised his brow in mild annoyance. If this is how the boy was really going to act it was not going to be worth his time. In fact, he was beginning to get thoughts on ways to embarrass the blonde before him.

After all it didn't do to have such a pompous brat walking around. A plethora of ideas whirled through his mind. Finally, he whittled it down to one of his particular favorites. He gave a chilling smile behind his mask. There would be no harm in giving the boy a taste of humiliation.

As if sensing something was amiss, Naruto tensed. He did not like the sudden silence that once again pervaded the area. When Kakashi was silent, it did not bode well. He quickly took a couple of kunai and threw them straight at the strangely subdued sensei. Kakashi, once again, dodged all of them with relative ease.

As Naruto continued to throw his artillery at the sensei, he noticed a growing glint in Kakashi's eyes. There was no doubt that the silver-haired man had settled on something that would lead to his demise. This thought only caused him to renew his efforts even more. He needed to prolong it for a while longer. It was still too soon for Naruto to continue the next part.

Weapon after weapon, were aimed at the sensei, but all were carelessly deflected to the ground around him. Soon the surrounding area resembled a sea of weapons, with the two combatants in the middle as Naruto approached closer for hand to hand combat. It was a wonder that Naruto still had any weapons left. By the time the blonde ran out of throwing items, he was trying with all his might to harm his teacher, integrating hand combat techniques throughout the whole fight. But alas, after but a couple of minutes, the blonde was suddenly hit with a wave of exhaustion. The blonde gave an internal swear as he found himself breathing heavily. Where was his never ending stamina? Did it no longer exist at all?

He was sorely tempted to put all the blame on the stupid fox that inhabited his mind. At that thought, an annoyed growl resounded through his head, clearly indicating the great fox's opinion.

When Naruto tried to land another punch on his sensei, he was met with a cloud of smoke. "Shoot!" yelled Naruto, looking every bit a frustrated genin frantically looking around for the missing sensei. How could he have let the man slip away like that!

"You really should be more careful of your surroundings." commented a voice behind the blonde, Kakashi. Naruto only flashed a smirk that was unseen by the sensei.

Kakashi, unaware of the change in demeanor of the blonde continued, "Maybe if you gave your plan a bit more thought, it wouldn't come down to this."

With that said Kakashi formed a hand seal and aimed for the poor blonde's behind, "Thousand years of Pain!!"

However, this time, it was Kakashi who was met with a cloud of smoke. It was a shadow clone. Kakashi had the look of a stunned fish. What in the world? When was this switch implemented and how did he not taken heed?

Meanwhile, a laughter that belonged to yours truly resounded through the area, "Now who's the one who should be more careful?"

Kakashi looked around frantically. Try as he might, he just simply couldn't find Naruto's location. Whatever technique the blonde was using was definitely working. In his sole aim of pinpointing the genin, he failed to notice that for a split second, the weapons on the ground around him flicker into paper before quickly turning back into weapons. Where did the kid go?

Naruto continued with relish, glee evident in his voice, "You, Kakashi sensei should never underestimate anybody, especially Konoha's number one prankster!"

As Kakashi continued to look around, he was suddenly aware of a suspicious crackling noise. He frowned and looked for the source of the sounds. It seemed like it was coming from the weapons. He looked down only to see the weapons change into paper and light up. Explosive tags. Shit.

Before Kakashi could even voice his dread, he was completely enveloped in a multitude of mini bomb explosions. A resounding BOOM shook the area, sending roosting birds into the air in alarm.

In another part of the test area, Sasuke and Sakura looked up in time to see the cloud of birds taking flight chased by the rising smoke. It was from where their team mate and sensei were situated. They traded looks of amusement. So that was what he meant when Naruto said he wanted to finish everything with a bang. They didn't think that he would take it so literally. Nevertheless it was an indication that it was time to move in.

Sakura gave a small grin while Sasuke only smirked before the two silently made way towards the sight. It was time to end this. Their sensei was not going to get away this time.

When the two teammates arrived to the smoky site, they found Naruto standing at the outer edge of the explosion. He raised a tense hand, signaling them to spread out but wait. They did not question his action and slowly moved to form a triangular shape around the smoky area.

Naruto squinted through the smoke before making a quick comment through the link, 'He finally got serious; activated his sharingan at the last moment. I think he finally cracked.' Sakura and Sasuke both raised their brow in amusement. The fact that they had pushed their sensei to that point was already a partial success.

Suddenly, they heard a rustle causing them all to tense. Naruto gave a small frown, 'Remember, stick with the plan. And be careful.'

They all readied themselves and slowly moved towards the source of the rustle. As the remnant smoke of the explosion cleared, they found that Kakashi was no longer standing at the center. Sasuke, who was first to spot this, gave a small curse and gestured for them to spread out. The three quickly turned outwards and looked for any signs of movement. It was now or never.

"There!" shouted Sakura, moving towards some trees at her left. Sasuke, being the closest to their sensei, moved quickly to intercept Kakashi. The two engaged in a fiery dance of punches and kicks. But it was evident that Sasuke was on the losing side of the fight.

Sakura soon arrived as well, adding her onslaught of punches, all which were chakra enforced. Clearly Kakashi was not expecting such a double teaming for he faltered for a moment. However that moment was fleeting at best.

Now it seemed that both sides were even, though it still seemed like Kakashi had the upper hand. His experience with close combat was what was keeping him on top. He found the experience very strange. The two genin were working in perfect tandem. There were no wasted actions; their fluid movements screamed that they were completely at ease with working as partners. It was like they knew what the other was going to do and were quick to either supported or attacked depending on solely on the actions. If he hadn't known better, he would have thought these two were greatly experienced fighters that were on par with Chunins.

It was hard to think of anything else but stopping them. His guts told him that if he stopped for one moment, he would suffer greatly. Just as he managed to halt both Sakura's and Sasuke's movements, a yellow blur raced to his side. Before Kakashi could react, the bells were deftly plucked from his possession.

The moment Sakura and Sasuke saw they both ceased their onslaught and moved away from their sensei to stand near their teammate. It was Naruto who had grabbed the bells. Kakashi could only gape as he began to realize what had happened to him. He had been had.

Naruto pumped his fist into the air in success, the bells tinkling as they flashed in his fist. "Yes! We got the bells!" Sakura and Sasuke traded looks of satisfaction at their accomplishment. Success. Naruto gave Kakashi a cheeky grin, "And we finished just in time too." True to his words, a distant ring from the alarm clock sounded through the testing area.

Kakashi raised his brow in amusement, how coincidental. He had to commend these three. They were the first team that he had that even got anywhere near harming him. To top it off, they got the bells without seemingly much effort at all. He had to say that he was definitely shocked by the three and how they conducted themselves. He was beginning to find that that the longer he stayed with them the more intrigued he became with this unique team.

Kakashi clapped for the team's success "Congratulations, Naruto. But now you will have to choose between your two teammates. One of them will need to go back to the academy and two will stay. You only have two bells."

Naruto gave a small frown as he looked at Sasuke and Sakura, before replying, "Fine. I want to give it to the both them."

Kakashi's eyebrows shot up in surprise.

"Did I just hear you right?" asked Kakashi, not bothering to hide his shock.

Naruto gave a huff of annoyance and glared at Kakashi's clear disbelief. But really, Kakashi had expected Naruto to keep one bell for himself and give one to Sakura or Sasuke. Instead, the blonde selflessly gave them up to his teammate. Another strange move.

"Are you sure you want to give up this chance? You do realize you would have to restart the whole term." asked Kakashi, disbelief still coloring his voice. He was curious as to what the boy would say.

Naruto nodded, unfazed by his choice "I couldn't have gotten the bells if it weren't for Sakura-chan and Sasuke being there to keep you occupied. Plus, you had your guard down for the majority of the time, so I guess we were lucky in that sense. I'll have no problems with going back to the school but I think from what we've seen today, that the three of us work better as a team."

Kakashi could not help but chuckle in amusement. That point of view was true and well said. Many teams that had taken this test would have realized this only when they returned back to the school. By then it was already too late.

Naruto continued, "Anyway, we found out that the whole point of this test was whether we could work together. I mean, who would be stupid enough to give a test with only two bells, when genin's are usually put in three man cells?"

"In theory a team of three genin could overpower one Jonin." Sakura added in a matter of fact tone. Sasuke nodded his agreement, clearly looking bored with the proceedings.

Kakashi looked at the three suspiciously "So you guys already knew the whole point of the test before it even started didn't you?"

Naruto shrugged and scratched his head, "We... overheard it from some people and thought it was strange to have a test with such stakes. We talked about it and decided to come up with a plan to get the bells from you."

Kakashi started, and then everything fell into place. He fell into their trap. They had let him assume that they were not on friendly terms and they had expected him to go after them one by one, knowing that his guard was down, and that he would not be serious.

They used this to their advantage and he took bait without a fight. The plan was to tire him out with small attacks and then one final attack. No wonder he tired so easily when Sakura and Sasuke double teamed on him. This was all planned and he went right along with it blindly, always thinking that he had the advantage. But this did not explain how they were able to work together so effortlessly and so comfortably at that.

"So you all knew the meaning of this task?" said Kakashi, observing them closely. Team 7 nodded in unison.

Sakura crossed her arms and assumed a lecturing tone, "When we overheard it, it seemed rather strange that there were only two bells instead of three. But that was to get us to work alone instead of with each other, right? Plus, it is supposedly impossible for a genin to defeat a Jonin by him/her self. So we pieced it all together and decided it was better to fight you together. The whole point of this test was to test our compatibility with one another and to see if we can depend on each other."

So they understood…Kakashi was stunned but he quickly hid it with a genuine smile, "Well I have to say, you guys are one very interesting team. You all…pass. I have to admit, I was surprised by your plans and I have to admit that I fell for it. But I am pleased that you were able to piece all of this together." Sakura and Naruto cheered while Sasuke gave a small smile of triumph.

"By the way, I am curious to know. Where did you guys hear about this test?" Kakashi asked in mild curiosity. Naruto shrugged and gave a small smirk, "A ninja never tells his secrets."

Kakashi raised his brow in amusement. He would let it drop…for now. In the mean time he looked at his attire which was sorely in need of a washing, "Hmm. I think I'll go home and have a nice long shower."

At this both Naruto and Sakura broke out into a peal of laughter and even Sasuke let out a few chuckles as they took in the state of what their handiwork had amounted to. Kakashi allowed himself a small laugh before dismissing his three new students. With the dismissal, the man made his mandatory trek to the Hokage's Tower to give his news. He was certainly interested to see where this was going to head to.

Meanwhile, Sakura eyed her yellowed hair teammate with a mild glare, "So it just so happened that 'We...overheard it from some people'. What possessed you into saying that!?"

Naruto shrugged, "Well I can't say that we already took the test before. Anyway we did really well so that's a good sign!"

Sakura gave a sigh of annoyance, "Naruto..."

"Whhaaat!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes and made a move to leave, "If you guys are going to continue talking nonsense, then I see no reason for me to stick around. I am heading back."

"Hey! Wait up!"

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