Mirror Love

by Lander Blazer

Accidentally finding a scroll about kage bushin that a random jounin dropped, Naruto is able to learn it much sooner, at an age when he is at his most emotionally vulnerable, leading him to seek comfort from himself. A split personality is created. Naru/Fem!Naru. Contains crossover elements. On hiatus. If you'd likely to continue it yourself, please PM me, I would like to see it.

7. Chapter 7

LB: Hello everyone, welcome to the newest chapter of Mirror Love! First and foremost, I would like to apologize for the long wait, 6 months if I'm not mistaken. I'm very sorry and hope you guys can understand. My co-author, Wolf Boss also was something to say to you about the wait at the bottom.

Also, this chapter was mostly done by him, since I had problems with my computer and had to get a new one… Of which I already broke the keyboard and now have to use a rubber, external one, it's annoying.

I sincerely apologize, and hope this extra large chapter can make it up to you. Hope you enjoy.

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Mirror Love

Chapter 7: Survival Training

Blue eyes opened slowly from their slumber to lock gazes with another set of blue eyes that were gazing at the first ones with love and affection.

Naruto smiled at waking up to look at the eyes of his beautiful Naruko, who was also smiling gently at him. He couldn't help it, he put a hand on her cheek and gently gave her a good morning kiss. She giggled at him and hugged him.

"Good morning, Naru-kun..." She said lovingly while snuggling in his chest.

"Slept well?" Naruto asked.

"Sure did! Like always whenever we sleep like that!" She answered looking up at him with a smile.

"Haha, sorry but we have to get up, Naruko-chan. We have a test today, remember?"

Said girl only sighed in disappointment but complied nonetheless, slowly getting off him. Naruto gave her another peck and went to the bathroom while his twin went to prepare a light meal for them. Screw Kakashi's advice, a shinobi needed energy (or, in her case, chakra) to be able to survive whatever the jounin may set up for them!

The meal itself was fairly light, just some sliced pieces of an apple. Naruko wanted to make sure that Naruto didn't vomit if the test was rough, but also making sure that he wouldn't be hungry at least until midday.

Naruto got out of the bathroom with a towel around his shoulders. Naruko got up to him and took the towel from him while giving him a peck. She then went to take a bath for herself. Even if she didn't really need any baths, she still liked the feeling of water against her body.

But even when smiling from the warm water washing her body, she couldn't help but be slightly worried. She doesn't know what the test may entail or if she can help Naruto at all. At best, he won't need her help and will pass with flying colors. At worst, even if she comes out to help, they will be sent back to the academy or worse yet, be sent to a division where they will be forced to be a weapon against their will, just like many jinchuuriki of the past.

Naruko may sound confident most of the time, but she is literally Naruto's dark half, his subconscious, and all his negative emotions taken form. She tries to hide it from him, but she constantly suffers from the possibility of being unable to help Naruto. To fail him... to get him killed. She is afraid of disappointing him, of failing him. She still remembers the time when she didn't really have her own mind but was only Naruto's subconscious.

She felt it all, how much he secretly hated himself, how much he wished to die or kill everyone. How MUCH he longed for love and how much loneliness he really felt. She can still feel it even now. Loneliness, suicidal depression, hatred for nearly everyone in the village, envy of people with happy families...

For a being such as her, it was extremely hard to control her emotions. That is why she killed all those people who wronged Naruto, and thank the gods he just didn't care that she did that, he even seemed to like it. Killing the people who are a danger to his safety. This is the best way to make sure her original self is alright and loving him is the best way to make sure he is happy.

Her love for Naruto is genuine and since her emotions are so strong, she always show it fully and greatly enjoys their time together. All the bad emotions go away and the remaining emotions left in her are happiness and love.

However, she knows it. This world is full of people trying to kill each other and full of people who would love to use them for their benefits, both because of their blood and because of the Kyuubi. All of those people, they need to die or at least be made sure they aren't a threat anymore.

The paradise that they made in their mindscape... That is their ultimate dream. A place where they can be happy together and have absolutely no worries about wars or people trying to hurt them. Maybe even start a family of their own if possible.

A family of their own...

"Naruko-chan! Are you alright?" Naruto suddenly called out, startling her.

"Ahh! Oh, sorry! I won't take long!"

She got distracted and she didn't even noticed she was crying softly until her twin called her. She shook her head, now was not the time to get lost in her emotions like that. Naruto needs her.

Naruko got out of the shower, brushed her teeth and, without even blinking, made dry and clean clothes appear on her body. Being a chakra construct has its perks.

"I'm done!" She then walked out of the bathroom and saw Naruto eating the last apple slice.

"Have you eaten yet?" Naruto asked her, already fully dressed in his shinobi clothes.

"Yes, Naru-kun. How are we for time?" She asked.

Naruto looked at the clock on the wall. "Well, it's 15 minutes until 7. Considering Kakashi-sensei showed up three hours late yesterday, I think he will only arrive at 10. Might as well show up early and plant some traps." Naruto said, to which Naruko nodded.

"Well, let's get going then!" She pulled him into a kiss and then dissolved, as if entering him via a kiss.

Naruto blinked then chuckled and headed off to Training Ground 10.

XXX

Naruto arrived at Training Ground 10, an area surrounded by trees with a shallow river running through and three tree stumps sticking out in the middle of the field, at exactly 7:00 a.m. Surprisingly he was the only one here, there was no sign of Sasuke or Sakura yet. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

It was obvious to Naruto that Team 7 was doomed for failure.

Sasuke Uchiha had absolutely no social skills at all as he never made any attempts to befriend anybody and always ignored those who tried. In simple terms, Sasuke is a lone wolf and would not communicate well with team members as he only see them as obstacles in achieving his goal. His only goal in life, as he said before, is to kill the man who was responsible for destroying his clan. Naruto saw his eyes when he stated his ambition and he knew there and then that Sasuke was going to let nothing stand in his path.

And there's Sakura Haruno, someone more... difficult to work with at the moment. The most glaring issue is her fangirl attitude, which could possibly get her killed or worse in the future. He'll never understand why girls would so blindly follow one guy and that guy doesn't even pay attention to them. And there's her skills... more like lack of skills.

Sakura only knows the basic Academy jutsu and that was it. No taijutsu, no ninjutsu, no genjutsu, and she certainly don't have a mindset of a ninja. She could prove him wrong in the future, but for now he doesn't think she's cut out for this life.

"Hell no, she's not cut out at all! The only reason she's even a ninja is to impress the emo boy who doesn't even give a shit about her!" Naruko remarked loudly in his head.

Naruto reached up to scratch his whiskers as he surveyed the area around him. It was perfect for him to lay some traps for Kakashi and he was going to make it painful for his sensei.

Naruto sighed as he held up his hands in a familiar position. Several clones appeared and turned toward him, eagerly awaiting instructions. "Alright, scatter around the area and plant some traps for Kakashi. Get going!" The clones nodded and scattered to do their duty.

Naruto rolled his neck and walked over to lay down under a tree. He then closed his eyes and entered his mindscape.

XXX

The first thing Naruto saw when he opened his eyes was Naruko's beautiful face. She was also staring back at him and both of them smiled then kissed each other. As Naruto leaned back, he saw Kyuubi lazily resting nearby.

"So what do you think?" Naruto asked the giant fox.

"About what?" Kyuubi drawled out.

"About my team, I already know how Naruko-chan feel about them, I just want to know your opinion as well."

Kyuubi turned his eyes toward Naruto, "Fine, since you want to know, I'll tell you what I think about the team the stupid monkey had assigned you to... And listen closely, boy. You might be able to use this to your advantage." Naruto nodded, letting Kyuubi know he had his full attention. Naruko was also paying attention with her cheek on Naruto's shoulder.

"The pink-haired harpy is the weakest member of the team obviously, all bark and no bite. She's also just a puppet and whether he knows it or not, the Uchiha controls her strings. However, while it may not seem like it, she can be convinced to focus on something other than the Uchiha."

Naruko snorted at what Kyuubi said, "The bitch is a fangirl that puts other fangirls to shame. There's no way she's going to let go of that prick! You would have an easier time trying to get Iwa to worship Naru-kun!"

Kyuubi rolled his eyes at Naruko's exclamation, "It's not that hard, you just have to force her to see the reality."

Naruto was confused about what Kyuubi meant, "Reality? What do you mean by that?"

Kyuubi groaned at his container's stupidity, "I meant the reality of being a ninja, idiot. If the harpy understands that if she continues fawning over the Uchiha, she will not last very long. Her attitude stems from the affection for the Uchiha, take that away and she will be a different person."

Naruto's eyebrow twitched at being called an idiot but nodded anyway, "Thanks, you seemed to know a lot about dealing with fangirls for some reason."

"Tell me about it..." It was kind of hard for Kyuubi to not notice how Kushina dealt with fangirls back in the day. That red-headed chick was seriously brutal about it...

"And what do you think about Sasuke?" Naruto was taken back when Kyuubi suddenly growled.

"Naruto... Don't ever trust the Uchiha. Ever."

Naruto raised an eyebrow as he felt the menacing air around Kyuubi. "Why do you hate Sasuke so much?"

Kyuubi snorted, "I don't specifically hate him, I despise every Uchiha there is. As far as I'm concerned, I should convince you to stick a kunai into his scrawny neck."

Naruto blinked at what the Bijuu said, he despised the Uchiha clan? "What did the Uchiha clan do to you to earn your hate?" He asked the fox.

Kyuubi silently watched Naruto as he debated whether or not to tell his jinchuuriki the truth. "I... never told you the reason for why I attacked Konoha, did I?" He sighed as the twins' eyes widened at his words and the two blondes leaned forward to hear what he had to say.

"The night of your birth... An Uchiha ripped me out of your mother's seal and controlled me to attack Konoha." The fox growled at the memory. He was no one's pet, damn it!

"WHAT?!" Naruko yelled at the news, "An Uchiha is responsible for everything that happened to us?! I'll kill every one of them!"

Naruto grabbed Naruko's chin and turned her head toward him. "Calm down, Naruko-chan! The only Uchiha left is Sasuke, the one who annihilated the clan, and the one responsible for our suffering! We will deal with them sooner or later, but right now I want you to have a clear head. Ok?" Naruko nodded and he gave her a peck on the lips then turned back to Kyuubi. "You said you were controlled. How?"

Kyuubi snarled, "The Sharingan... It hypnotized me into attacking the village and caused your parents' death. When I find that Uchiha, I'm going to make him regret about using me..."

Naruto clenched his fists. More and more as Kyuubi spoke, the blonde could feel himself hating the Uchiha for everything that happened to him. "Did you find out who the Uchiha was?"

"Unfortunately... No." The bastard definitely wasn't Madara, otherwise Kyuubi would know. He could tell the difference between Madara and the one who used him that night. "The coward fled when your father defeated him in combat and broke his hold over me."

Naruto was silent for a moment as Naruko hugged his side. "I see..."

...

"What bothers me is the monkey knows I can be controlled by the Sharingan because it happened before..." Naruto's eyes widened at his words and the fox let out a rumbling growl, "Why do you think he put the Uchiha on your team?"

Naruto sneered as Naruko spoke up, "I told you we couldn't trust him, Naru-kun!"

"Yeah... Yeah, I know..." So Sarutobi never really cared for him after all, the old man only gave a damn about Kyuubi.

"I know it's a lot to take in, but I figured you deserved to know."

Naruto nodded and laid back down on the grass to stare at the sky, Naruko hugging him at his side.

"Thanks..."

XXX

"You're late!"

Naruto opened his eyes to see Sakura glaring at Kakashi, who had one hand waving lazily at them and the other holding his prized porn book. He looked to the side to see Sasuke glaring at the man as well.

"Well, I was running away from an energetic green turtle and bumped into a purple snake, who then tried to capture me so I had to run away from two beasts at the same time for over an hour. I finally lost them and made my way to the training ground, but I got stopped by a smoker who wanted advice on capturing the heart of an ice queen. I told him he must be a man, a real man that goes with his guts. Of course, I had a laugh when she knocked him out for being a pervert. After that, I ran into the same purple snake who tried to forced me into becoming her slave to satisfy her lecherous desires. I finally escaped her grasp and came here... three hours later than I was supposed to..."

He was met by three blank stares... "I'm not even going to ask." Naruto said. That was probably the most bizarre story he ever heard.

Kakashi shrugged to himself and put away his book. "Anyway, let's get started. Now..." He pulled out two bells. "This is a bell, two of them in fact. Your objective for survival training is take one of the bells from me before..." He pulled out a timer. "The timer runs out."

He smirked under his mask as the three genin stared at the two bells. "Which means..." Their gaze turned back toward him. "Whoever gets a bell passes. If you don't get a bell, you go straight back to the academy."

The three ninja went bug-eyed. "What!? That's not fair!" Sakura yelled. She couldn't fail! If she failed... then she loses her chance in wooing Sasuke-kun and Ino-pig will have a greater chance at capturing his heart. Like hell she'll let that happen!

Kakashi leaned over, scaring Sakura as his masked face came inches from her's. "Life's not fair, deal with it." He leaned back to address the team, "I'll say it again, you three have until the timer goes off to get a bell from me. Simple as that don't you think?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at his sensei's last statement. He got a feeling it won't be as simple as he's making it seem. He was proven right when Kakashi began snickering behind his mask, earning him glares from the three genin. He stopped snickering and looked at them coolly, "Ah, come on. This test will decide whether you earned that headband or you need to go back kissing teachers' asses at the Academy... Of course, it's not going to be easy."

Now they were all worried, what the hell was he planning on doing to them? Kakashi walked over to the stumps, speaking as he went. "Again, your goal is to get these bells from me before the timer goes off and you shall learn everything from me as my students." He came up to the middle stump and set the timer on top of it. "And time begins now." He turned around to see... nobody.

"Hmph, that was quick."

XXX

Naruto watched Kakashi read his purple book without any care for the world from the tree line at the edge of the field. The man looked like a slacker, which he probably was, but Naruto knew that his sensei was very powerful. After all, you have to be incredibly strong to be a shinobi at age 5.

"Seriously though, why would those in Konoha let a 5 year old become a ninja when those his age are not even the Academy?" Naruko remarked.

She was answered with a grunt from Kyuubi, "Konoha saw potential in him and used it... No wonder why he's screwed up in the head. Killing since he was a child? The Yamanaka clan must have a field day with him."

Naruto mentally agreed with Kyuubi. After Kakashi informed his team of the true genin test and left, Naruto went to a bar to gather information on Kakashi. Why the bar? Easy question to answer, because that's where shinobi usually hang out after missions and they're normally too drunk to even care about giving information away. It's not like they're going to remember a thing the next day.

So after being best buddy to a bearded man crying about 'Kurenai', he learned all he could get about Kakashi before the drunk man passed out.

Kakashi Hatake, son of the legendary Sakumo Hatake, became a genin at age 5, a chunin at age 6, and a jonin at age 13. His own sensei was actually Naruto's father, Minato Namikaze, and after the team disbanded, he joined the Anbu. Naruto haven't decided yet if he should try to be friends with Kakashi because of his father and protecting him as a anbu or not because he never helped him beyond that. Eh, he'll deal with that later.

However, the most important thing he learned about Kakashi was that he has a Sharingan eye hiding under that headband of his. Naruto wondered how he got it though. Kakashi was clearly not an Uchiha and he was pretty sure the Uchiha clan didn't take kindly to Kakashi when they were still alive.

Naruto heard the Kyuubi growled. "The Sharingan... I told you the monkey put the cyclops and the Uchiha on your team to control you if you stepped over the line."

Naruto grunted at the thought. He was beginning to share Kyuubi's hatred to the Uchiha bloodline and frankly he couldn't blame the fox for wanting to eat anything that dealt with those eyes. He would be pretty pissed himself if Sasuke or Kakashi tried that shit with him.

"Forget about that prick! Just focus on getting that bell from Kakashi! You can do it, Naru-kun!" Naruko said loudly in his head.

'I know I can probably get a bell from him, but it still doesn't make sense though. Kakashi-sensei could probably beat every jonin in Konoha and the three of us are fresh out of the Academy. How can he expect us to even get the bell from him? Is there something else going on here or is he just that insane enough to get his jollies off on beating up genin squads?'

...

"You're thinking too much, now do your best and prove to the scarecrow that you're not some useless cannon fodder to make fun of!" Kyuubi ordered him.

Naruto was about to reply back but stopped when the clones' memories came back to him. A small smirk formed on his face as he processed the information.

"Time to raise some hell."

XXX

Sakura wiped the sweats from her forehead as she laid prone under the bushes, gazing at Kakashi as he read that disgusting porn book of his. Of course, she knew about the Icha Icha series. Nearly everyone in the Elemental Nations knew about it. Sakura herself found out about Icha Icha when she had curiously read an orange book that her mother kept in her bedroom drawer one day after coming home from the Academy. Ever since then, she imagined each scene with her and Sasuke-kun...

She quickly shook her head, her face all red from the emerging lecherous thoughts. Now is not the time! Right now, she needs to focus on this test so she and Sasuke-kun can be on the same team together. She can see it already! Sasuke-kun will eventually propose to her after he gave in and began dating her. Ino-pig will be crying at their wedding and cursing at her for winning their rivalry. Oh, yes. Nobody will stop her from getting...

"Sa-Sakura..."

...Sasuke-kun? She turned her head eagerly to the side, only for her eyes to widen in horror as she saw her crush's body covered in blood and riddled with kunai. What the hell was Kakashi-sensei thinking!?

"Sa...kura..." He spoke again. She shakily stood up from her position as Sasuke slowly walked toward her and reached his hand out. "P-please... help... me..."

Before she could even do anything, Sasuke's head hit the ground and Sakura trembled in horror as she stared wide-eyed at the monster standing behind Sasuke's beheaded body as it fell to the ground like a marionette with its strings cut. Kakashi hummed behind his mask as he gazed nonchalantly at the corpse near his feet while he wiped the blood off the kunai on his sleeve.

"Y-y-yo-you..." Kakashi looked up to lock his eye to Sakura's green eyes as tears trickled down her cheeks. "W-why did you k-kill Sasuke-kun? This is just... some stupid test and you killed him for no reason!" Kakashi had the gall to shake his head at her like she was a little child. It doesn't matter anymore to her though. Sasuke-kun is dead and it looks like she's going to join him soon. She closed her eyes and bit back a hiccup as tears kept falling from her face.

"You're wrong." Sakura opened her eyes and was surprised to see the seriousness in Kakashi's lone eye. "There is a reason why I'm doing this. You... Well, I'm going to be blunt. You shouldn't even be a kunoichi. You have no skill, no talent at all other than your brain and you only use it for daydreaming about Sasuke. Now that Sasuke is dead... who's going to save you from me since you obviously can't protect yourself?"

Sakura shook uncontrollably as Kakashi stared at her with his eye. The eye of a killer. "Naru-"

"Naruto doesn't give a damn about you." Kakashi quickly interrupted. "After all... You made it quite clear you want nothing to do with him." He began chuckling. "Makes you wish you rather be his best friend, doesn't it? That happens when you push people away, they may be there one day when you need them to be."

Sakura remained silent, but Kakashi kept talking, "Don't you understand? You are a nobody without your teammates to protect you. You are the weak, vulnerable rabbit in the real world, the world of dog-eat-dog. People will attempt to kill you while others will decide to take you and rape you over and over and over until your mind is broken or you kill yourself."

Sakura sobbed as Kakashi's words hit her. Deep down, she knew of the risks of being a kunoichi but she ignored them so she could follow Sasuke-kun. She ignored her parents' pleas to not become a ninja just for some boy who didn't even care about her. Her friendship with Ino was ruined by the rivalry between both of them. She pushed away everybody else in order to gain her crush's love.

Kakashi's words made her realize that becoming a kunoichi for an ignorant boy wasn't worth it.

"Think hard about the reason for why you became a kunoichi... It'll save your life one day."

Sakura looked up from the ground, only to open her mouth to scream when she saw a fireball coming toward her. The last thing she remembered was the pain of being burned alive and the smell of burnt flesh.

XXX

Sasuke felt a shiver crawl down his spine when he heard a pained scream coming from the forest. It sounded suspiciously like Sakura... Even worse, he had no idea how Kakashi dealt with Sakura. He was watching Kakashi reading the purple book while searching for weaknesses from a tree branch before he heard the scream. So how did he do it?

Tch, it doesn't matter anymore. One less fangirl to deal with. What he needs to focus on is getting that bell from the one-eyed jonin, learn everything he can get from him, and use it to deal with Itachi.

Itachi... He's a fucking dead man!

Sasuke just realized that his hand was slightly bleeding from digging his nails deeply into his palm. He took a long, deep breath and slowly unclenched his fist. Now... is definitely not the time to think about that man, he needs to think of a plan to-wait, where the hell is Kakashi?

He realized he zoned out when Itachi came to his mind and the now-empty field was void of a certain cyclops. Damn it, he got distracted and lost sight of his opponent! If this was a real life situation instead of a test, he would've been dead! Stupid mother-

"No daydreaming!"

Sasuke didn't have a chance to react before he was violently kicked off the branch by a sandal to head, causing him to flip several times before hitting the ground hard. The Uchiha groaned in pain and pushed himself up, already feeling a bruise forming on his face, and glared up at Kakashi standing on the branch he was previously on. The jonin had that infuriating air around him that screamed boredom and Sasuke noticed he still had that opened purple book in his hand.

"You know..." Kakashi began speaking as if he was talking to a child. "Had that been a kunai instead of my sandal... Well, you obviously get what I'm talking about."

Sasuke sneered at Kakashi and took out his own kunai. Before he could come at his sensei for insulting him, Kakashi spoke, "So what was it you were thinking so hard about? Girls? Nah, you looked like the type to bat for the other team." Sasuke's eyebrow began twitching at the accusation. "New jutsu? Can't blame you, every ninja fantasize about that, me included." That reminded Kakashi though, he haven't killed anybody lately with his precious Chidori. He was just the luckiest bastard ever to be the only one capable of using his original jutsu. "Or could it be... You were thinking about that psychopath brother of your's, Itachi."

Sasuke froze when he heard what his sensei said then snarled.

"Don't say his name!"

He took a step toward Kakashi... and his foot landed on tripwire. "Wha-" he then heard a twang-like sound and jumped back before the ground he was standing on was littered with kunai and shuriken. He continued scurrying backward till his back hit a tree and he saw a swinging log coming toward him. He attempted to move... and found out he couldn't. His shirt was glued to the fucking tree!

"Shit!"

Sasuke yanked hard toward the side, tearing the back of his shirt off just in time for the log to come smashing into the tree, obliterating it into splinters. He panted as he took several steps backward from the tree. Sasuke then turned around and saw that he just stepped outside the forest and into the open field where the test began. He looked across the river and saw Naruto drawing something on a piece of paper. Before Sasuke could question the blonde of what he was doing, he suddenly felt a burning sensation underneath his feet and looked down to see... a marking? He traced the squiggly lines with his eyes as the marking began to light up.

"What is th-"

BOOM!

XXX

Naruto looked up from the nearly finished paper tag and blinked when he saw the explosion right across the river. Damn, he should've been specific to the clones to use explosive tags, not explosive seals. They were still a work in progress and they take too long to detonate.

Still... it looked like his explosive seals somewhat worked after all. "That was Kakashi-sensei... right?" He didn't really expect the jonin to trip his traps so Naruto's battle plan was to forced his sensei to where his traps were to distract him long enough for him to get a bell. His hopes were dashed when he saw Sasuke jumped out of the smoke, looking worse for wear. The Uchiha was currently trying to put out the flame on one of his arm warmer.

"Whoops... The bastard was lucky it was a dud though." Yeah, Naruto totally forgot about the possibilities of Sasuke or Sakura being caught in the traps intended for Kakashi. Naruto sighed as he heard Naruko and Kyuubi chuckling evilly at Sasuke's pain.

Figures.

XXX

Sasuke abandoned the attempt of putting out the fire and pulled off his left arm warmer, throwing it away as far as possible. He looked over himself and grimaced at what he saw. His clothes was burnt and covered in dirt, the right leg of his pants was burnt off when he jumped away from the strange marking at the last second, and there was that arm warmer he just threw away. He lifted a hand to his face and flinched when he touched his bruised cheek. Sasuke then felt the wind caress his bare back and mentally added the back of his shirt to the list as well.

"Nice dodging." Sasuke turned around to see Kakashi behind him with his face buried in his book. Kakashi looked up at Sasuke and flipped a page. "Oh, I'm sorry. Are we still doing this? I haven't even touch you other than that kick and right now it looks like a strong wind could blow you over. You have no chance of beating me by yourself, why don't you get Naruto to help you so you guys actually have a chance at getting a bell from me?"

Sasuke growled at Kakashi. Enough was enough! He was not going to let anybody help him fight his own battles, he needs to become strong enough to kill Itachi by himself! He began going through the hand seals as Kakashi just stood there, almost as if he was waiting for Sasuke to make his move.

Sasuke finished with a tiger seal. "Enough mocking me! Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" He expelled a massive orb of flame toward the soon-to-be dead man.

Kakashi hummed as he watched the deadly fireball coming toward him. "Not bad for a genin, I've seen better though." Those were his last words before Sasuke watched him being engulfed by the fireball. Sasuke was breathing pretty heavily, he poured a lot of chakra into that fireball jutsu. Yet... He felt that it wasn't enough to stop the jonin.

He was proven right when he saw a burnt log instead of a corpse where the fireball hit Kakashi. The man used a Substitution Jutsu. Damn it, where is he now? Sasuke scanned the forest in front of him, nothing caught his attention. He turned his head to the right, he saw nothing. Left side, he didn't see anybody. He swirled around, Naruto was mockingly waving at him across the river, but Sasuke ignored him. Still no Kakashi in sight. He looked up to the sky, only seeing a few clouds.

Sasuke checked everywhere and Kakashi was nowhere to be seen... Wait a minute... The only place he haven't check yet was... below him! Sasuke jumped high away as the ground below him bursted open. He was baffled when instead of a pair of hands like he was expecting, a training dummy shot out of the hole toward him with a note attached to its chest.

The note was a drawing with a stick figure of Sasuke with Xs over his eyes and his tongue sticking out, laying dead on the ground with a flag sprawled out next to him that said Lone Wolf. A stick figure of Kakashi was standing over Sasuke in a victory pose with a harem of female stick figures, waving a flag that said Teamwork.

Sasuke heard a noise behind him and turned his head while still falling from the jump. His eyes grew wide when he saw Kakashi burst out of the ground underneath the burnt log with his hands in a tiger seal. Shit! He couldn't protect himself while in the air! He tried to twirl around, but it was too late before Kakashi took off running toward Sasuke, a glint of madness in his eye and his hands still in a tiger seal.

"ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF DEATH!"

POKE!

XXX

Kisame felt a shiver flutter through his gills when he saw Itachi suddenly break his chopsticks in half. The Uchiha was staring blankly down at the unfinished bowl of ramen, his hands still clenched from breaking the chopsticks. The shark man gulped before gathering the courage to speak to his partner.

"Hey, Itachi..." The said Uchiha turned his head toward Kisame, his black eyes acknowledging his partner. "Is everything alright?"

Itachi thought long and hard before answering Kisame monotonously, "I... felt a great disturbance in the Force." Itachi then grabbed another pair of chopsticks and went back to eating his ramen, leaving Kisame confused about what he meant.

XXX

Naruto stared at Sasuke near his feet as he tried to make sense of the situation. A few seconds ago, he saw his teammate... get his ass poked by his sensei, which surprisingly launched Sasuke all the way across the river and caused him land in a humiliated position in front of Naruto. The Uchiha must've been unconscious from the shock of being violated because he had swirls for eyes and Naruto could even see Sasuke's soul leaking out of his mouth. He tore his eyes away from the poor boy to look at Kakashi, who was still reading that book of his.

"You..."

"Yep!"

"To him..."

"Yep!" Kakashi exclaimed again cheerfully, which was creepy as hell because there's nothing cheerful about a guy poking another guy's ass.

"He's a pedophile..." Narukoremarked in his head. "Let me out so I can kill him! I don't want my Naru-kun to be violated by a thug!"

'Calm down, Naruko-chan! I definitely won't let that happen to me!' It'll be a cold day in hell before he'll ever let Kakashi... touch him the way he did to Sasuke.

"Brat... If you let this disgusting man violate you like he did the Uchiha, I will devour your soul for all eternity!"

"Hey! Don't threaten my Naru-kun! I'll kick your furry ass all over this mindscape!"

"Try it, fool! Your eyes are nothing to me, you are a mere insect in the presence of the almighty Kyuubi! BWAHAHAH-OW!"

"HA! How you like that, you stupid furry-butt!?"

"YA LITTLE-"

'ENOUGH! You two are giving me a fucking headache! I'm going to need to concentrate if I'm going to get a bell off this guy!'

Naruto took a deep breath and glared at Kakashi. "Just so we're clear... If you ever try that shit with me, I'm sic'ing the Kyuubi on you."

Kakashi looked up from his book. "Maa maa, no need to threaten me so harshly." He wasn't surprised at all that Naruto knew about the Kyuubi. In fact, he was counting on it. "You going to make a move?" He asked the blonde across the river.

"Already did." Just as Naruto said that, a small army of Naruto clones descended upon Kakashi from each direction. The cyclops just hummed and calmly closed his book to put it away.

It's time to have some fun.

[Insert epic fight music]

Kakashi quickly grabbed the nearest clone who tried to stab him by the wrist and quickly redirected its aim to a nearby clone, dispersing it into smoke. He then broke the neck of the clone in his grip and swirled around to kick another into a group of clones, dispelling at least six of them. One of the clones jumped on Kakashi's back to put him in a chokehold, but the jonin immediately grabbed it by the arm and slammed it hard to the ground, dispelling it as well.

He looked up to see three clones rushing at him with kunai drawn. He also rushed toward them, his left hand taking out a kunai so he could go head-on against the three of them. He easily blocked the first strike with his own kunai and grabbed the wrist to twist himself behind the clone, just in time for Kakashi to duck under the second strike and stab the gut of the clone responsible then quickly slit the clone's throat in his hold.

The cyclops jumped back to avoid getting stabbed from the third clone and the clone quickly went into a striking frenzy against Kakashi, hoping to land a blow on the one-eyed shinobi. The jonin easily matched the clone blow by blow then suddenly lashed out a kick to the ribs, sending the clone cartwheeling into the river.

Kakashi suddenly felt a burning sensation under his feet and looked down to see an explosive seal right below him. He couldn't help but be impressed with Naruto's skills in Fuinjutsu, the art of sealing. It is extremely difficult to learn and even more so to master. It's also dangerous, being capable of killing those who attempt to learn it. That's why there were so few individuals that knew Fuinjutsu.

Kakashi looked up to see a clone coming toward him and decided to take this as his chance. He leaned his head back to avoid a running wheel kick and caught the follow-up jab from the clone. The jonin flipped the clone belly-first on top of the explosive seal and planted his feet on the clone's back. The seal then exploded, launching Kakashi high up into the air.

He looked down to see more than two dozen clones on the ground ready to take him out in the air with their shuriken. Kakashi took out his own handful of shuriken with both hands and began raining them down at the clones. The sound of his shuriken clanging against their own and the popping sound of the clones dispelling were music to his ears. He quickly landed feet first onto a clone's face and launched off to grab another by the throat, crushing it under his grip.

He looked up from the cloud of smoke, only to grin in anticipation when he saw another group of clones rushing toward him. He haven't had a workout like this in awhile!

XXX

"Damn, I knew he was good, but I didn't realize he was this good." Of course, the real Naruto have been observing his sensei making short work of his clones from across the river. Kakashi didn't seem to hate him for being the Kyuubi jinchuuriki and plus, Naruto's own father taught Kakashi so he was hoping there would be some kind of bond between him and his sensei.

That being said, he can't wait to learn from Kakashi... That is if Kakashi have the mind not to abuse the Sharingan on him.

"Ugh, stop with the mushy thoughts and get into the fight! I want to see some blood already!"

"You also forgot he molested Uke! I don't want you to be a victim to a pervert who likes little boys!"

Naruto heard the beast snorted, "Uke... What an appropriate nickname for a sack of shit like the Uchiha."

"Well, let's be honest." Naruto nudged Sasuke with his foot, causing him to whimper something that sounded suspiciously like 'I'm not gay'. "This guy kind of deserved it in a way." Seriously, it was almost like karma was punishing him for acting like an asshole to those who even give a damn about his family name. Sasuke was also arrogant, which just added to his asshole personality.

"Ooh, I got an idea! Let's sell Uke to a crossdresser bar! We'll make tons of money off him!" Naruko suggested, practically begging Naruto to do it.

Naruto was obviously curious. "What the hell is a crossdresser bar?" He asked his twin. He have never even heard of a crossdresser.

"Shut up, Naruko!" Kyuubi quickly interrupted. He remembered when Naruko was reading a section of the Konoha Times magazine that talked of the rumors about the existence of these so-called 'crossdresser bars' that the magazine called. Allegedly, these private bars, known to serve male and female patrons, are said to hired young effeminate-looking males and dress them in female clothing for waitress work for customers and entertainment purposes for the VIP members. Well... sometimes the entertainment goes too far... if you catch the meaning.

Kyuubi halted his line of thoughts before it went any further. "As amusing as it would be to see that happen to the Uchiha, I don't want the brat to be distracted by that knowledge. Naruto, you get in there and show your sensei what you can do!"

Naruto just rolled his neck as he prepared to jump into the fray. "If you say so." He then formed a hand seal with one hand, ready to activate the seal.

XXX

Kakashi was having the time of his life. It's been so long since he fought against this many enemies all by himself. It's probably been two years since that mission where he had to escort a noble to the Fire Country capital to meet with the daimyo. On the way there, they were ambushed by a squad of Iwa's own branch of Anbu. Kakashi's team was killed in a blink of an eye and suddenly it was just him against the Anbu squad.

Man... There was so much blood during that battle, his and their's. It was a damn miracle the noble didn't even get a scratch from all the fighting. Kakashi, with several new scars from that battle, also took the Anbu leader's special hook kunai as a souvenir to remind him of what to do in situations like he was in now.

When in doubt, just say fuck it and kill everyone in your sight... Ah, wait. That's not the right advice... Meh, it works anyway.

Kakashi just broke another clone's neck with a kick when he suddenly felt his body beginning to slow down. His entire body felt like it was being pressed down by gravity.

"What in the world?"

He then saw Naruto immediately taking advantage of the situation as the blonde quickly ran across river toward him. Kakashi, with much more effort than before, lifted a hand to block a would-be knee to the face and pushed Naruto away to get some distance between the two of them.

Kakashi slowly wiggled his fingers as he watched Naruto summoned more clones to his aid. "Did you put a paralysis seal on me or what?" He asked the jinchuuriki as the clones began to gather around him for another assault.

Naruto just snorted at him, "Is this the part where I give you information so you can use it against me? Hell no, I'm smarter than that."

Kakashi hummed behind his mask as he flexed his wrist to test how much the seal affected him. "That's a smart choice, but I'm just going to interpret that as a yes. So when did you... Ah, it was the clone who put me a chokehold, wasn't it?"

Naruto's silence was all the answer he needed. "You know the seal is not very effective if I can still move. Paralysis seals are designed to completely stop an enemy from even moving a finger." That's why they were also called prisoner seals as well.

However, Kakashi incorrectly assumed Naruto had put a paralysis seal on him, it was actually a gravity seal to slow him down. The blonde made a mental note to study the paralysis seal as soon as possible. Thanks for the information, Kakashi-sensei!

Naruto just chuckled under his breath, "Maybe... but you're still having a hard time trying to move, aren't you?" Now he really have a chance to get a bell from Kakashi, the only thing he needs to do is find an opening and grab it.

Kakashi didn't get a chance to open his mouth before Naruto and his clones rushed toward him, their kunai ready to taste his blood. The jonin pulled out his own two kunai to hold in both hands as he prepared for the jinchuuriki and his clones.

Kakashi blocked an overhead strike by a clone and stabbed him in the neck, swirling around to gut two others who tried to backstab him. Naruto threw a kunai at the back of Kakashi's neck, but the jonin leaned his head to the side and turned around to lift a knee to block an oncoming kick to the ribs. Kakashi threw both of his kunai at two clones coming at him from both sides.

Naruto threw at a jab toward his sensei's jaw, which he blocked, and did a follow-up kick toward the knee, which Kakashi blocked as well. A trio of clones suddenly grabbed onto Kakashi while he was distracted, allowing Naruto to quickly reach out to grab a bell. Naruto smirked as his hand gripped a bell, but widened his eyes when he felt a sudden heat on his back. Naruto quickly jumped away from Kakashi, disabling the gravity seal as he did so.

Kakashi, feeling the seal being deactivated, immediately pushed the clones off and jumped away just as the area he was in got hit by a large fireball, setting the land and the scattered clones ablaze.

Naruto turned and glared at now-awake Sasuke, who was responsible for almost setting him on fire. "What's your malfunction, asshole?! You almost killed me!" He was also getting a headache because Naruko was screaming about killing the Uchiha and Kyuubi trying to calm her down, telling her she will be found out by Konoha if she comes out.

He gritted his teeth when Sasuke just snorted at him. "You were in the way, idiot. Now stay back and let me handle this."

The jinchuuriki snarled at the Uchiha for the insult and glanced back at Kakashi, who was giving Sasuke an intimidating look. The jonin stood unmoving like a statue, never removing his gaze from the young Uchiha.

"Sasuke..." Kakashi said calmly, "Did you realize you almost killed Naruto with your Fireball Jutsu?"

Sasuke only glared at Kakashi and took out a handful of shuriken, "The loser was in my way, I saw a chance and I took it." Sasuke then threw the shuriken at the jonin and ran toward him to engage in taijutsu.

The cyclops took out a kunai and easily batted away the pair of shuriken thrown at him. He narrowed his eyes at the oncoming genin and sighed, "So that's the kind of person you going to be, huh?" He then threw the kunai straight at Sasuke's forehead.

Sasuke leaned his head to the left to avoid the deadly weapon, but was unprepared when Kakashi suddenly gripped his face and threw him away like an unwanted toy. Sasuke growled and pushed himself off the ground to engage Kakashi some more, but immediately stopped moving. He was no longer at the training ground... Instead, he now stood in the Uchiha compound.

What the hell?!

Sasuke frantically looked around the familiar buildings, the dread of fear beginning to root into his body. He haven't been here ever since... that night. The night when his older brother went rogue, killing off the entire Uchiha clan and leaving Sasuke alive to seek revenge.

The young Uchiha began sweating heavily when he saw the moon, which was crimson red, and Sasuke looked around to see blood splattered all over the walls of houses, which glowed from the eerie lighting from the moon. His hands began to shake uncontrollably when his eyes caught the sight of bodies laying on the streets; men, women, and children. Sasuke felt bile crawling up his throat when he realized all the bodies had their eyes ripped out and he could see tears of blood streaking down their cheeks.

Sasuke didn't know why, but his legs automatically started moving down the street without his permission. He attempted to keep his eyes straight ahead to avoid looking at the bodies as he tried to get his legs to stop.

"Why?"

Sasuke shivered when he heard a ghastly voice speak out and turned his head, his skin paling when he saw a man he walked by turned and stared at him with empty eye sockets. Suddenly, all the corpses around him started speaking as he continue walking down the street.

"Why were you spared when that bastard killed my children?" A voice of a male questioned.

Stop it.

"The coward should've died with the rest of us." An elderly voice whispered.

Stop...

"Why did he let you lived!? You were too weak to save the Uchiha Clan!" An angry voice scolded him, causing tears to form in Sasuke's eyes.

Stop it. Stop... Please...

"That selfish bastard killed my daughter without hesitation and left you alive because you're his brother. There's no justice to be found for my family!" A grieving female cried out.

Stop it... Stop it... Stop it...

"Itachi-nii... Why did you kill me?" Sasuke heard a child asked and he realized... the child was him...

STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOOOOOOP!

...

Silence... The voices have finally stopped. All the bodies have disappeared and the moon changed back to its original white color. Sasuke's legs had stopped moving and he was gripping his head tightly, softly crying.

"Itachi..." Sasuke hiccuped, "You killed our family... and for what? To test your strength? You killed Mother... Father... Everyone... You bastard..."

"Foolish little brother."

Sasuke froze at hearing the familiar voice, it can't be... He turned around and saw his older brother clad in a black robe, staring at him blankly with his Sharingan.

"ITACHI!" Sasuke screamed as he quickly sprinted toward his brother, taking out a kunai intended to kill him. As Sasuke reached Itachi, he struck at the neck. However, the more-experienced shinobi easily dodged the blow and grabbed Sasuke by the throat, lifting him up in the air.

Itachi had a monotone look on his face as he watched his younger brother struggle to get out of his grip. "You can never kill me, Sasuke. Give up and accept your fate."

Sasuke glared at him and realized he still had his kunai in his hand. "Don't... ever tell me... to accept my fate!"

Shurk!

Itachi simply looked down to see a kunai sticking out of his heart. Sasuke pulled out the kunai and stabbed the man, repeating the process.

"Die!"

Stab!

"Die!"

Stab!

"Die!"

Stab!

"Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! DIIIIEEE!"

With each stab with the word 'die', Itachi's left chest was mincemeat and covered in blood. And yet... his expression remained unchanged. His monotone face continued to infuriate Sasuke as he was hoping for Itachi to suffer for what he did to him and their clan.

"Foolish little brother." Itachi pulled Sasuke closer till their noses were nearly touching. "This is why I spared you so you can understand no matter how hard you try, you will never get your revenge by yourself."

Sasuke snarled at Itachi, not even knowing that his Sharingan had awakened as he glared into Itachi's own.

"No matter what... I'll kill you, Itachi! If I have to move mountains or split the ocean apart for your death, I'll do it! You killed Mother! You killed Father! My entire family! For that, you're DEAD! Nothing will stop me until your heart stops beating! NOTHING!"

Itachi silently watched as Sasuke finished his rant, "Very well... but you're going to need all the help you can get." That was the last thing in Sasuke's mind before Itachi swiftly broke his neck.

XXX

"What the hell did you do to him?"

Naruto asked that question to Kakashi when he saw the jonin grabbed Sasuke by the face and threw him to the ground. The Uchiha never got up and remained laying there.

Kakashi looked at Naruto after taking his eye off Sasuke and eye-smiled, "You gotta love genjutsu!" He exclaimed cheerfully. Ah, so he put Sasuke under a genjutsu. That's probably what happened to Sakura since he haven't seen her after hearing that scream.

"Alright now, shall we con-" Kakashi was quickly cut off by the timer, which rang loudly from its position on the stump.

The Bell Test is now concluded!

"Ah, what a shame... And you all failed," Kakashi said nonchalantly.

"What?!" Naruto yelled, "I grabbed a bell off you! Look!" He held up the bell by the string, which he took from Kakashi before Sasuke's stunt.

"Oh, you meant these?" Kakashi held up the two bells. What the hell?! Naruto looked at what he had in his hand. Instead of a bell, it was a fucking rock shaped like one...

"Shit!"

XXX

Naruto grumbled in his mind as he stood tied to the stump where the timer was previously sitting on with Sasuke on his right and Sakura on his left, both tied up as well. Both of his teammates had a glum face and a depressing air around them. Kakashi's genjutsu must've really worked them over if they were like this.

Tch, that one-eyed bastard was craftier than he thought, tricking him into thinking he took a bell off him. The said bastard was currently standing in front of them, somehow eating lunch without removing his mask. Naruto tried to focus on Kakashi's face, but something else would catch his attention and when he looked back, the food have been eaten and Kakashi's mask was still up. Naruto could hear his teammates' stomach grumble at the sight of food, guess they took the jonin's advice yesterday.

"Ah," Kakashi gave a satisfied burp after finishing his meal and clapped his hands. "Here we are after a very painful attempt to pass my test, which you all failed!" Why was that bastard cheerful about everything? He wasn't even fazed about the three genin being forced to go back to the academy.

'Fuck this... I'm never going back to the Academy. I might as well leave the village.' The problem is Naruto have absolutely no idea where else he could go besides Konoha, but he'll burn that bridge when he gets there.

"Be smart about it, brat. I want you to leave the village as well, but you know as well as I do that the monkey will never let you go because of me."

"That old man only cared about you because of Kyuubi and our parents, Naru-kun. Had you been some other orphan, he wouldn't take a time out of his day to deal with you." Naruko said.

Naruto just remained silent after hearing them. The sad thing was he knew they were right. In a world like this, you don't take anything for granted.

"Do the three of you know why this team failed?" Kakashi asked them.

"Because we didn't get a bell?" Sakura asked softly, which made Naruto raise an eyebrow. He honestly expected her to be screaming by now.

"Nope, because you know why?" Kakashi put the bells back in his pocket, "You don't pass the test by getting a bell." He said, making the genin team confused.

Sasuke said what they were all thinking, "But you said if we get a bell, we pass."

"Oh, that... I lied," Kakashi nonchalantly told them. "You guys had to know there was absolutely no way a fresh genin straight out of the Academy would have a chance against an experienced jonin. However, there is one way you could possibly get a bell from me. I want you to tell me what it is... And Sasuke, I literally wrote it out for you."

Naruto wracked his brain for what Kakashi meant. His sensei was right when a new genin stood no chance against a jonin, but with a genin squad working together...

"Teamwork," All three of them said. Damn it, it was staring at Naruto right in the face and he ignored it.

Kakashi nodded, "Correct. Have the three of you chose to work together to get the bells, you would've passed regardless if you didn't get a bell. Naruto and Sasuke, the two of you chose not to help out Sakura when you heard her scream. Naruto, Sasuke got hurt by your traps, even though I know you didn't intend it to happen to him, but you also just stood by while I fought him. Sasuke, you disregarded Naruto's safety when you tried to take me out with your jutsu. Don't ever try that again."

Kakashi closed his eye and let out a long sigh. Even though Team 7 failed his test, they actually still passed. Hell, they passed when they became a team. He was pretty sure the Hokage mixed up his tobacco with some hallucinogen when he decided the team with him as their sensei. He could still see where he was coming from though.

Sasuke Uchiha, lone survivor of the Uchiha Massacre, the golden boy and prodigy of Konoha. It would be seen as an embarrassment to Konoha if their last Uchiha failed his Genin Test. Sarutobi made it quite clear to Kakashi to work with Sasuke and fix any misgivings for the young Uchiha.

Naruto became a shinobi the second the Kyuubi was put inside him. Any village worth their salt would never allow their jinchuuriki to become a civilian or leave the village. Had Naruto refused to be a shinobi, the Hokage would have been forced to rip out the Kyuubi, whether he liked it or not, and put it in someone else that would gladly use it against Konoha's enemies. The sad thing was Kakashi knew it happened before and he'll be damned if his sensei's son would die because his village wanted him to fight for them while they shun him. Fucking hypocrites...

And Sakura... She was there to balance out the team. Any other student wouldn't fit with Naruto and Sasuke, basically she was the best he could get and every genin squad was a four-man squad, which includes a jonin leader and three genin, so here she stay. Hopefully he broke that fangirl attitude of her's.

Geez, he never wanted a team. He would rather have Naruto as an apprentice. All the genin he tested during the Bell Test failed, mostly because of his tactics. Sarutobi got pissed at him because too many genin he tested became traumatized and committed suicide due to being subjected to Kakashi's infamous genjutsu. Meh, if they couldn't handle a simple test, they stood no chance in the real world.

"However," Kakashi opened his eye and began talking, catching the genin's attention. "I'm willing to give you all a second chance because I can see the potential of the three of you working together." After that announcement, the three genin breathed a sigh of relief. "You three are now officially a team. You will live together, kill together, and die together. Hell, you can even bump uglies together if you want to." He mentally chuckled as his team growled loudly at him. "Ok, maybe not."

The jonin cleared his throat, "There's a quote someone told me a long time ago that stuck in my head and I want you all to know it as well. The quote is this: Those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum. That being said..."

Sasuke's eyes widened when Kakashi grabbed his throat and leaned over to whisper harshly in his ear, "That means if you ever pulled that stunt again that put your comrades in danger, I will personally break every bone in your body very slowly then I'll get you fixed up and sell you to a crossdresser bar. I bet they would love a pretty boy like you in a maid outfit. Do I make myself clear?"

Sasuke frantically nodded his head, having heard the rumors surrounding the crossdresser bars, which allowed the jonin to let go and step back.

"Alright, always remember what I told you. No matter what, don't ever betray your comrades, not even for the sake of the mission. Now..." Kakashi quickly pulled out a kunai and cut the ropes holding the genin team. "Congratulations! You passed!" He exclaimed cheerfully.

...

"Are you bipolar or what?" Naruto asked his sensei. This man was seriously making him a bit nervous.

"Nah..." Kakashi drawled out, "I'm just fucking insane. Trust me, my cute little soldiers. Sooner or later, you'll find out why the word 'normal' does not exist in the shinobi vocabulary. That is if you haven't already." Of course, he glanced at Naruto and Sasuke after he said that.

"So... What now?" Sakura asked the cyclops.

"Now I'm going back to the Hokage to inform Team 7 have officially passed. Meet here tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. for training. Later!" With that said, Kakashi turned on his heel and walked toward the training ground exit, taking out his porn book as he went.

The genin stared at him as he left and Sasuke soon walked out as well, hands in his pocket and lost in his thoughts.

'Well, I guess that's my cue.' Naruto sighed and began strolling over to the exit.

"Naruto."

The jinchuuriki stopped and turned around to see Sakura staring at the ground. Great, was she going to scold him now or what?

"I'm... I'm so sorry!" She yelled, shocking Naruto as she bowed down. "I know I treated you so horribly at the Academy and I was doing it to impress Sasuke. I...just got used to having everything and I guess I've gotten arrogant because of that. But... Kakashi-sensei made me realize that I'll never survive out there if I continue acting the way I have lately and... I'm beginning to realize myself that Sasuke will never be interested in me. That's why I'm going to make some changes in my life so I can survive as a kunoichi and come home safe to my parents. And I... I want to begin now."

Sakura swallowed to speak some and she could feel tears coming out of her eyes, "I'm... ashamed for the way I treated you and... I want you to forgive me! I want to be your friend! I don't want you to hate me and let me die! I know I'm being selfish but... but... Please... Can you forgive me?" Sakura squeezed her eyes, but was unable to prevent the tears coming out. Everything she did, just to impress a boy who didn't care about her.

Naruto stood there shocked as Sakura was softly crying. Did he hear her right? She was actually sorry for what she did to him and asked for his forgiveness? He... honestly had no idea what to say. He was no stranger to hatred, but this was the first anybody ever apologized for wronging him. Somehow... Naruto knew Sakura's apology was genuine.

Naruto walked over to Sakura and she glanced up to see him give her a small smile. "I admit I'm not very good at this forgiveness stuff, mostly because I never forgave anybody in my life." He sheepishly rubbed the back of his head, "But... there's a first time for everything so I guess I could learn to forgive you one day."

Sakura wiped her eyes and smiled back at her teammate. She didn't really expect him to forgive her and he didn't, but Naruto was giving her a chance and that was better than nothing.

"Hey, Sakura? Do you want to get some ramen together? This will be a good chance to start over."

Sakura blinked, but gave him a smile and nodded. As Naruto turned to walk out of the training ground, she cleared her throat.

"Um, Naruto?" The said blonde and turned back around to give her a questioning look. She cleared her throat again and held out her hand. "My name is Sakura Haruno, please treat me well," She introduced herself.

Naruto's eyes grew wide for a moment at the introduction then he gave her a large smile and return the handshake. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I'll treat you well as long as you do the same for me!"

"Wait, wait, wait! Is this a date?! HELL NO! Naru-kun belongs to me! Don't trust that pink-haired bitch! She's going to hurt you, Naru-kun!"

"For the love of Shinigami, will you shut up?! The brat can tell when people are lying to him or not. I don't like the harpy anymore than you do, but he's giving her a chance. Like it or hate it, trust him to make his own decisions!"

...

"Besides... This is all your fault."

"Hey! How the fuck is this all my fault, you furry bastard!"

"Well, you're the smarter one, aren't you? You should've figured out that the scarecrow's test required teamwork in order to get the bells."

"How was I supposed to know they had to work together?! I don't want Naru-kun to have anything to do with Uke and that bitch!"

"Idiot..."

"What the fuck did you say?!"

"Bite me, numbskull!"

"How about I shove a giant DILDO up your ass?! You'll love it, wouldn't you?!"

"THAT'S IT! PREPARE TO BE EATEN, FOOL!"

Naruto silently groaned as he made his way to Ichiraku's with Sakura.

XXX

Three hours after Kakashi officially passed Team 7, a knocking erupted from the Hokage's door.

"Come in," Sarutobi spoke to whoever was behind the door. He sighed when he saw a familiar masked man with a purple book opened it. "Get in here, Kakashi." The jonin complied and closed the door behind him. Sarutobi ignored the fact that he was three hours late.

"Leave us." Kakashi understood that the Hokage wasn't talking to him, but rather the Anbu that guarded Sarutobi. He could feel their presences leaving as he focused on the man behind the desk.

Kakashi put his book away and spoke, "Team 7 passed, Hokage-sama." Strangely, the old man's frown that he had on the entire time deepened.

"I already know," He pointed with his pipe at the crystal ball that the jonin missed on his desk. "I watched the entire thing with this."

Kakashi hummed behind his mask, "I'm flattered... By the way, do you use that to spy on the hot springs? You know how the women are abo-"

"Shut up, Kakashi." The one-eyed jonin could only raise an eyebrow at the quick interruption. "I'm not playing this game with you. I'm going to let you know that I'm not happy with the way you traumatized Sasuke and Sakura. I thought I made it clear to you. No. More. Genjutsu. Especially the one you used on Sasuke."

Kakashi rolled his neck as he nonchalantly responded back, "Relax, that was just a love tap I gave them. Besides, they're on my team now so let me deal with them my way."

Hiruzen gazed at him for a few seconds and lit his pipe. "Don't make me regret this decision, Kakashi."

The cyclops just put his hands in his pockets and stared straight at the Hokage. "To be honest, Hokage-sama... I really don't give a damn whether you regret it or not."

Sarutobi offered no visible reaction then spoke back sternly, "I saw Naruto talking to himself while you were busy dealing with his clones..."

Kakashi looked at him with a bored expression, "So?"

Sarutobi continued puffing on his pipe, "That means he have contact with the Kyuubi. He even confirmed it to you."

The jonin chuckled, "I still don't see the problem. Naruto's a jinchuuriki, are you telling me he's not allowed to use his own powers that he was forced to have? Or... Are you upset that he didn't tell you about it?"

The Hokage's silence answered Kakashi's question and he kept talking, "Face it, Hokage-sama. You lost the kid's trust a long time ago and you'll never get it back. Hell, at this point, he probably trust the Kyuubi more than anybody in this village. Maybe more than Iruka."

Hiruzen's grip slightly tightened on his pipe, "You know the other reason why I put Naruto on your team, don't you?"

Unknowingly to Sarutobi, Kakashi had balled up his fists in his pockets. "Yeah, I know why... You want me to use the Sharingan in case Naruto ever lose control. Well, forget it. Let Naruto run rampage with the Kyuubi for as long as he like. I'm never abusing this gift just to satisfy you, the Council, or the village."

"And if Naruto turns against you or his teammates?" Sarutobi questioned him.

"Then I step in and deal with it. Simple as that."

"And if Naruto turns against Konoha?"

The tension began to grow heavy between the two shinobi.

"Well... All I have to say is I wouldn't blame him when he does."

Kakashi turned on his heel and made his way to the door.

"If..." The jonin stopped and looked back at the Hokage. "You mean if he goes against Konoha, don't you?"

...

"Of course, Hokage-sama." Kakashi turned back around and strolled to the door.

"Oh, and Kakashi?"

The said cyclops had just opened the door and glanced back with his one eye, "Yes?"

"During the test... You do realize that Naruto didn't put a paralysis seal on you, don't you?"

Kakashi remained silent... then eye-smiled, "Of course! I can tell the difference between a gravity seal and paralysis seal. Kushina-sensei taught me a little about fuinjutsu after all. I just gave Naruto something extra to work with." That being said, Kakashi left the Hokage office and closed the door.

Hiruzen groaned and rubbed his forehead, that cocky bastard have been getting bolder lately. He's going to need to keep a closer eye on the cyclops. He have been wondering why Kakashi have been acting this way lately, especially this nonchalant attitude against the threats that Konoha faced.

The reasons for Kakashi's attitude were rather simple.

Kakashi never openly expressed it, but he was never completely loyal to Konoha as many thought him to be. It began when his father, the White Fang, chose his comrades over a mission. Because of that, the mission failed and Sakumo was treated with disdain from Konoha and even his own teammates that he have saved. When he saw his father's body that night from committing suicide, Kakashi began to fester hate against Konoha for turning its back on his father.

That hatred had slightly leaked through during the conversation just then. Of course, some of that could be from Kakashi's personal dislike of Sarutobi.

The reason why Kakashi didn't like Hiruzen (and another reason for his dislike for Konoha) was because of Naruto. The jonin hated how Sarutobi had handled the aftermath of the Kyuubi attack. The Hokage had let out that Naruto was the Kyuubi jinchuuriki, hoping for him to be called a hero. Instead, the villagers called for the death of the one who 'saved' them. After that whole situation, Sarutobi even refused for Kakashi to take Naruto in, saying if anybody saw the blonde with him, they would make the connection to Minato Namikaze and Naruto would have assassins after his life.

Like the village itself was any different... Being forced to live in an orphanage with caretakers that hated your very existence, those same caretakers that kicked you out on the streets at young age for reasons unknown to you. Being forced to run from a drunk mob and suffer glares and cruelty every day.

Fucking Sarutobi... And he had the balls to lie to Naruto about why he was hated all these years. Kakashi was so relieved to find out Naruto knew about the Kyuubi. For how long? He couldn't say, but he could say it definitely bit Sarutobi back in the ass for not telling Naruto. Hiruzen possibly lost Naruto's trust and Kakashi couldn't be any happier.

That's why as Kakashi happily read his book while strolling down the street of Konoha, he made a decision.

He was going to make Naruto the best damn ninja there is and rub it into Konoha's face.

Chapter 7: END!

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Omake 1: Icha Icha Revelation!

To say Naruko was pissed would be an understatement. She was absolutely livid right now. Why was she so angry? That's an easy question to answer...

"You have no reason to be so jealous..." Kyuubi said in her head as she walked down the busy street of Konoha. She had changed her appearance to look like a normal girl with short brown hair and no whisker marks. "The brat will never betray you for anyone else."

"I know that! It's just... I promised myself I would never let Naru-kun be hurt again. What if that bitch hurt him again? I won't hesitate to kill her."

She heard a grunt from Kyuubi, "First of all, if the harpy have any intention to hurt the brat, he'll deal with her himself. Let him fight his own battles."

Naruko sighed, "Yeah..."

"Now stop moping and do what you came here to do!"

"Right!" She forgot about that, the reason she was wandering the streets was so she could pick out her targets for tonight. She seriously needed to release some stress and what better way to do that than to torture the ones who made your love's life so miserable? Naruto was asleep back at the apartment three hours after eating with Sakura so she decided to use this time to find some future victims. Naruko suddenly heard somebody whistling a song and turned to see who it was.

"Hey, it's the pedophile!"

Sure enough, Kakashi was whistling a jaunty tune as he walked past Naruko while reading that purple book of his. What was so great about that book? Naruko have seen that certain book as well as similar books with different colors in the hands of other villagers and even those she killed had them on their nightstand, but she had never gotten the urge to read them.

"Kakashi-chan!"

Naruko watched Kakashi glanced up from his book to see a purple-haired kunoichi with an open trench coat and skirt jump in front of him. The woman had a shit-eating grin on her face as she gazed at Kakashi in a manner similar to a predator watching a prey. Naruko looked back at the cyclops to see him nervous.

"Fuck..." Just as those words left Kakashi's lips, he was immediately wrapped up by the snakes protruding from the woman's sleeve. The woman's grin got larger as she approached the restrained jonin till their noses nearly touched each other.

"That's right, Kakashi-chan. I'm going to fuck you for the rest of the week for leaving me hanging earlier, and because you left me hanging... I'm bringing out the whip."

Kakashi's eye widened in horror, "Wait, Anko! Let's think about this! How about I treat you to all the dango you want instead? Sounds fair?"

Anko seemed to consider it for a moment as she rubbed her chin then... "Nah, I'm fucking you now! Now let's go! I'm tying you to the bed and I'm going to ride you until you can't get it up anymore!"

Kakashi began struggling after that statement, "Like hell you'll take me alive!" He somehow managed to slip out of the snakes' hold by using the Substitution Jutsu and he quickly ran away as the snakes crushed the log in their grip.

Anko cackled as she chased the cyclops, "That's right, run! It's more fun this way!" The two were soon out of view as Naruko stared from her spot with her eyes wide.

"What... The... Fuck..." She looked down and blinked when she saw a familiar object. "Hey, he left his book!"

The jonin had indeed left his book lying on the ground. He must've dropped it when the snakes grabbed him. Well... She could use this as her chance to see what's so great about it that have many men and women reading it. She picked up the purple book and read the title.

Icha Icha: Revolution

On the cover below the title was a drawing of a woman with... huge assets in regal clothing, surrounded by a band of samurai. Naruko raised her eyebrow at the title and the drawing, but opened the book anyway.

Queen Tsunare sighed for the twentieth time that night, causing her well-sized jugs to jiggle. She mentally smirked when she saw one of Jirinya's subordinate subtly glanced at her chest and blushed, quickly averting his eyes away so he wouldn't be caught ogling her. Jirinya and his band of five samurai were currently feasting in her castle after they saved her from an army of bandits. Well... She could give them a reward for saving her, one they won't forget anytime soon.

She stood up from her throne, causing her heavenly mounds to bounce nicely, and quietly dismissed her servants. She clapped her hands loudly to get the group's attention. As their eyes turned toward, she blushed softly. Sure, she have done the deed before but... she never done it with six guys at once. She cleared her throat to address them.

"First of all, I would like to personally thank every one of you for saving me from the bandits." Jirinya and his men cheered, obviously proud of their accomplishment and her safety. However, their eyes widened when she suddenly opened her gown to expose her bare chest to them. She was blushing heavily and slowly went down to her knees.

"Like I said... I would like to thank all of you... personally."

...

...

...

It was a good thing that Naruko was made out of chakra because otherwise she would've died of blood loss.

However... Kyuubi was definitely not happy.

"Fuck my life..."

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Tsunade suddenly crushed a sake bottle in her hand, startling Shizune and Tonton in her arms. The young woman fearfully watched as her master's face was red in anger and her fist shaking as if it wanted to make contact with someone's face.

"Why... do I feel like ripping off a certain pervert's nuts and shoving them down his throat?" Tsunade angrily spat out.

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At a hot spring full of beautiful women and ugly men, a super pervert felt a finger of death trail down his spine. Jiraiya looked around him to find the source of the dread he was feeling then shrugged and went back to ogling the women through a hole in the wall. He quickly wiped a nosebleed when a new woman joined the others. Judging by her figure and age, she was definitely a MILF! He began giggling at his new discovery, but stopped and paled when he heard someone cleared their throat behind him.

The super pervert slowly turned around to see a dangerous-looking group of women brandishing scary-looking weapons... They were the kind that stab and crush a very important body part of males... Jiraiya saw one of the women holding a flag that said Hot Spring Patrol.

"What the hell?"

A woman holding a sickle, presumably the leader, shouted at Jiraiya, "That's right, you degenerate! We formed this squad to punish you for your crimes against women! Now prepare to be castrated!" The women behind the speaker cheered and raised their weapons.

"Shit!"

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Kakashi, looking worse for wear, had finally lost Anko somewhere in the forest. He was now heading back to his apartment to get some shuteye. Sure, He loves being with Anko because she understood him and both of them were psychopaths in nature, but he drew the line at her bringing whips to the bed. He was the dominant one, damn it!

Kakashi sighed and reached in his pouch for his... book? Wait a minute... He was reading it when Anko attacked him...

"Goddamn it, I lost my book!"

"There you are, Kakashi-chan!"

"Shit!"

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Omake 2: Whoops...

"Oi, Daisuke. You best be careful! If I find out your carcass was found in an alleyway, I'm pissing on your grave. You understand?"

Daisuke flipped off the bartender who then scowled at him and left his favorite bar. The middle-aged man drunkenly stumbled through the streets under the stars as he made his way home. However, it was not long till he have gotten lost and found himself in the middle of a training ground.

"Where the hell am I? Ugh, fuck it, I need to hit the can." Daisuke stumbled toward the nearest tree he saw and rested his head against the bark, unzipping his fly. "Time to let Dragon-sama out."

The man sighed as he began relieving himself. Today had been a shitty day for the population of Konoha. Why was it so shitty? Because that damn Kyuubi brat had become a ninja! A ninja, damn it! Ugh, they were all so fucked. He's definitely going to voice his concerns to the Council... That is if they haven't lost their shit already.

Daisuke flinched when he felt something hit his chin... It was steam. He looked down to find the source and saw his piss hitting some marking on a tree. That very same marking was starting to light up as well...

"What the fu-"

BOOM!

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"So what's the situation?" Yugao asked her subordinate as she surveyed the damage. There was a fried corpse with some of its limbs missing and a tree that was blown up at the base. Sounds peachy.

Of course, everybody had freaked the fuck out when a loud explosion went off in the middle of the night. Several people, including the Council, thought the village was being attacked so the Hokage sent an Anbu squad was sent to investigate the explosion to see what the deal was. And here they are...

"Well... It looked like the victim walked into a training ground and got himself blown up." Rabbit, one of the Anbu, blandly explained to Yugao.

"No shit, Rabbit. How did he get blown up?"

Rabbit looked at the dead body and the fallen tree then turned back toward her. "Our best guess right now is there was possibly an explosive trap placed at the base of the tree and the victim stumbled upon it. This is the result. The end."

"How the hell did you even became an Anbu?" Seriously, Rabbit's Nara-like attitude was starting to piss her off.

"I smiled..."

Yugao shook her head, "Whatever. Anything else?"

Rabbit surprisingly nodded, "Yeah, we investigated the area and found a bunch of other traps. Explosive seals, gravity seals, swinging logs, bamboo traps, kunai launchers, shuriken launchers; you name it, we found it. Oh, and we found this out by activating them. Boar is our only casualty with a shuriken stuck in his ass, he'll be fine in case you're wondering."

"What? You guys are Anbu... Trained to avoid all kinds of traps there are... and you still somehow activated them?! Have you been slacking off on training?!" Let it be known that Yugao hated slackers. Not keeping up with training could mean death.

Rabbit kept calm in front of his superior, "To be fair... We already knew the traps were there, we just decided to activate them to keep up with our reflexes... and we were also bored as hell."

...

"You're all going to die." Yugao simply told the nonchalant Anbu.

"Meh, I really don't care." Rabbit looked around the training ground. "Hey, is this Training Ground 10?" He asked his superior.

Yugao blinked behind her mask and looked around as well. "Yes, it is. Didn't Kakashi had a genin test here today? It would explain the traps."

"Probably... Who was on his team again?" Rabbit asked.

"Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto Uzumaki." Yugao informed him.

"It's probably Uzumaki... He does seemed like the type to lay down traps." Rabbit said to Yugao.

"Could be... Doesn't matter now anyway. Let's clean up this mess."

"And what of the still-smoking carcass?" Rabbit asked.

"Chalk it up as a training accident," Yugao instructed him and left to report back to the Hokage.

"If you say so..." Rabbit turned to look at the corpse. "Alright, pal. On your gravestone shall be... You know what? I'm too lazy for this shit. I might as well throw you in Training Ground 44 and let the animals feast on you. Short, clean, and simple."

With Anbu like this man, Konoha will be victorious! Oh, who are we kidding... Konoha is fucked with people like Rabbit, who was whistling a jaunty tune as he dragged a body bag to Training Ground 44.

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Author's note

WB: Yo, this is TheWolfBoss06, the co-author of Mirror Love. First of all, I would like to apologize for this extremely late chapter. I hope you understand that Lander Blazer and I have a personal life outside of Fanfiction. I go to college and I always have a lot of shit on my plate every day. Lander has a job and he also have to take care of his mom, who is recovering from breast cancer therapy. So please understand that we tried to work on the chapter over the months, we just had other stuff going on. Hopefully the next one will not take some damn long.

Alright, enough about excuses, let's talk about the chapter. I'm sure you have some questions regarding the chapter.

Obviously most of you would be going WTF over Sakura suddenly being nice to Naruto. Like Kyuubi said, the way she acts like that is to impress Sasuke and it went into her head. Kakashi pretty much forced her to understand what would happen if she continued going on the path she was on. Contrary to what some of you may think, Naruto is not going to be best friends with Sakura. He's giving her the benefit of doubt because he really doesn't know how to forgive people. He's pretty damn selfish in this story and rightfully so.

Plus... It would get irritating to continue bashing Sakura (LB: Indeed it's hard not to bash younger Sakura) every time she opens her mouth. And I'm not a Sakura fan in case you're wondering.

Another topic some of you may be wondering about would probably be Kakashi's feelings for Konoha. Well... Look at it this way. Sakumo fought for Konoha for years and they threw him away like a wet rag after one botched mission. Konoha hated him and caused so much grief that it made Sakumo commit suicide. Now if Sakumo was my father and I was a soldier fighting for the same village he was... I don't know about you guys, but I would be fucking pissed off at Konoha. Kakashi hates Konoha for making his father kill himself after all he did for them and he wants to protect Naruto, the son of the man who cared for him after his father's death, from suffering the same fate.

Now that you read the entire chapter, please don't hesitate to PM me or Lander Blazer and ask us any questions you have about the chapter or the story itself. Thank you for reading and have a good day!

LB: Thanks for Reading the chapter! Like boss said in the above AN, don't be afraid to ask us questions about the story, suggestions and corrections are always welcome. Next will begin the wave arc! Note though, we won't expend too many chapters on that arc, mostly because people sometimes get tired from reading it. It will last three chapters at most. And after that, we shall have an original arc (C Rank Mission) that involves another nasuverse element, those fans out there are free to guess what it will be. Of course, we will try to adapt it to the Naruto world. Once again, thanks for staying with us!