A/N: Whelp, here we have it folks, Chapter 16! I just finished this chapter about half an hour ago and I'm pretty happy how it turned out! I was scared I wasn't going to make my deadline, but luckily I manage to bulldoze over my writer's block this morning and I just wrote whatever came to mind. So, as soon as his chapter is uploaded I'm going to go and play some Dark Souls while I brainstorm the next chapter.

Oh, before I forget! Someone, (I'm not sure if you okay with me mentioning you in my author notes, but you know who are!) asked a great question about chapter 15. They asked whether I deliberately had Iruka call Sasuke, Uchiha-san, instead of Sasuke or simply Uchiha-kun. Now, by having Iruka call Sasuke, Uchiha-san instead of Uchiha-kun, Iruka is giving Sasuke a higher level of respect (which is totally undeserved!) despite their age and ranking differences.

Normally, a Japanese teacher would address his/her students by their last(Family) names with an addition of -kun, -san, or simply by their last(family) name with no honorific. -Kun is typically reserved for younger students(as well to small children, close friends, and young family member.); while, older students (from junior high+) are addressed as -san. Okay, now the whole Japanese honorific system is more complicated than that, and I'm not going to go in depth because y'all are going to get bored with my lecture and I don't have time for that!

So going back to the question at hand! When I wrote (or should I say rewrote) that scene, I didn't noticed why Iruka called Sasuke, Uchiha-san instead of Uchiha-kun, until it was brought up to my attention. That's when I remembered I wrote a scene where Sasuke accused Iruka of favoring Naruto and Raiden to the Academy council, and the Academy council warned Iruka or not showing favoritism in his classroom of be reprimand. So, when Iruka addressed Sasuke as Uchiha-san, he was being sarcastic rather than giving him a higher lever of respect. Should've my laptop hadn't been reset and lost all of my data, that scene would've been included and everything would've been made sense.

Good job to those who caught that!

Main Pairing: Raiden's Harem: Senju-Potter Raiden/Uzumaki Naruto/Uchiha Itachi/Sabaku no Gaara/Neville Longbottom/Viktor Krum/Fred and George Weasley.

Side Pairings: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black/Yamato Tenzou, Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger(temporary), Draco Malfoy/Blaise Zanbini, Seamus Finnigan/Dean Thomas, Luna Lovegood/Hermione Granger, Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka, Inuzuka Kiba/Aburame Shino, Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuuga Neji/Rock Lee, Sabaku no Kankuro/Hyuuga Hinata, Nara Shikamaru/Sabaku no Temari, Akamichi Chouji/Yamanaka Ino, Sai/Tenten, Momochi Zabuza/Haku, Sarutobi Konohamaru/Moegi/Udon.

Tags: Dumbledore/Molly/Ron/Ginny Bashing, Alpha Raiden(Harry), BAMF Raiden(Harry), BAMF Naruto, BAMF Neville, Powerful Raiden (Harry), Smart Raiden (Harry), Jinchuuriki Raiden (Harry), Protective Raiden (Harry), Dom Raiden (Harry), Grey Raiden (Harry), Animagus Raiden (Harry), Animagus Neville, Animagus Fred and George, Shy Neville, Harem, Threesomes- M/M/M, M-preg & Surrogacy, Creature Inheritances, Familiar bonds, Manipulative Dumbledore, Mokuton Raiden (Harry), Souton Raiden (Harry), Earth Elemental Neville, Water Elemental Fred, Air Elemental George, Fire Elemental Viktor, Eventual Smut, Fluff, Mild Humor, Mages and Sages,

~ Parseltongue~

{Taking in a different language"}

["Demon talking via mental link"]

'Thoughts'

Jutsu used in this chapter:

1.) Konohagakure Hiden Taijutsu Ouji: Sennen Goroshi - Konoha's Secrect Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death (Pain): A highly embarrassing and humiliating jutsu, which causes constipation, intense pain, and humiliation to those who've fallen victim of this jutsu.

2.) Katon: Gōkakyuu no Jutsu - Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: By kneading chakra inside the caster's body, it slowly converts it into fire which is then thrown out of the caster's mouth as a massive orb of fire, acting as a continuous flame-thrower. The fire will then engulf their targets, and leave a sizable crater behind. The size and intensity of the fire is determined by the caster's chakra reserves and skill.

3.) Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu - Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique: This technique conceals the user underground and drags it's victim down, trapping them underground.

4.) Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu - Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: By kneading chakra inside the caster's body and turning it into fire, the caster can spew out a volley of fireballs from his's/her's mouth. Depending on the skill and chakra control of the caster, they can control the individual fireballs.

5.) Raiton: Raimei - Lighting Release: Thunderclap: Creating friction by rubbing hands together, the caster slowly generates a static charge. Once enough electricity has been stored, the user slaps his/her hands on the ground to create a powerful thunder wave which can stun, or momentarily, paralyze any opponents around the caster for a short period of time. Using this jutsu on a watery surface can make increase the lethality of this jutsu.

7.) Sōshuriken no Jutsu: Maniplulated Shuriken Technique: By attaching a translucent, durable string onto a weapon; such as a Fuuma shuriken, the user can control it's path from a far.

8.) Kage Shuriken no Jutsu: By throwing two large shuriken stacked on top of each other; at the same time, it allows the target(s) to be distracted by the first shuriken, while the second shuriken is hidden underneath.

The variation Naruto and Sasuke used in this chapter allowed for Sasuke to control a real Fuuma shuriken, while Naruto transformed into a Fuuma Shuriken and had his shadow clone throw him while Kakashi was distracted with Sasuke's Fuuma shuriken.

Chapter 16: Operation: Survival Test No.1

February 2nd 1992, 8:30 a.m.

Training Field 14, Konohagakure no Sato, Hi no Kuni

"Good morning, my lovely students! Looks like everyone's here, shall we get started?" Kakashi asked sweetly as he jumped off the tree branch he was hiding, scaring the three Genin as he landed in front of them out of nowhere, even Naruto was shaken by his sudden appearance.

"YOU!" screeched the pink haired Kunoichi, making everyone wince in pain by her loud, shrill voice. "ARE LATE! YOU WHERE SUPPOSE TO BE HERE THREE HOURS AGO!" Sakura pointed her finger at Kakashi, demanding an answer from the Jounin.

Kakashi merely raised an eyebrow at the girl, "Maa, maa." He shoved his hands into his pockets, and shrugged. "I was on my way here when I heard the poor mewls of a scared kitten trapped in a tree. I could let the poor Neko-chan be stuck in a tree, all alone! So, I climbed the tree and helped him find his way back home."

Sakura spluttered at Kakashi's answer, she was going to yell at Kakashi but was interrupted shortly by Naruto. "Not everyone is here Kakashi-sensei. We're still missing Raiden-kun, I'm sure he'll be here soon!" The blonde assured the silver haired man nervously, hoping their sensei would be a bit lenient and wait for Raiden to arrive. He was going to kill Raiden once he arrives.

Kakashi smiled inwardly at the blonde, "What do you mean, Blondie-kun? He's right over there," he grabbed a kunai from his pouch and threw it at the tree he was hiding. Immediately, his kunai was deflected and Raiden appeared next to Kakashi with a kunai in hand.

Naruto jaw dropped, "Have you been there all this time!"

Raiden put away his kunai and yawned widely; he covered his mouth and nodded, "Err, yeah I've been there for a while; sleeping until someone threw a kunai at me." Raiden shrugged.

"Now, that we're all here and present why don't we get started," Kakashi quickly interrupted before the blonde would question Raiden. All four Genin nodded in as Kakashi motioned them to sit down. The silver haired Jounin cleared his throat, "as you all know. Today's test will determine whether you'll stay a Genin in my team or be sent back to the Academy." He removed his satchel and reached inside to withdraw a regular alarm clock; he carefully placed it on top of the middle post and wound it.

All four Genin watched the alarm clock suspiciously, waiting for something to happen but nothing.

Kakashi turned to his students to explain the alarm clock. "This clock is set to go off exactly at noon…" He reached into his pocket and took out a trio of jingling sliver bell that were tired together by a red string, he held them in in-between his fingers and let them jingle with every movement he made.

"You assignment for this test is simple, really." He jingles the bell one more time before he reached into his satchel, his with free hand he took out three bento boxes. "Your goal is to take these bells from me by noon… If you don't, then you'll be tied to one of those posts behind you, and be forced to watch me eat in front of you!"

As on cue, each of his students' stomach growled loudly in unison from skipping breakfast that morning, as per, their sensei's orders. Their expressions tighten as they held their empty stomachs and inhaled the heavenly aroma that wafted from the bento boxes. They all realized why Kakashi ordered them to skip breakfast that morning.

Sakura gasped, "Wait a minute! You only have three bells and three bento boxes, but there's four of us?!"

Kakashi chuckled darkly, "Oh I know, this test is designed to have one of you tied this post. Meaning, that one of you will fail and won't get a bento box… as well as being disqualified for failing to complete this test. Which; of course, means that the person who fails this test, will have to go back to the Academy."

"All four of you have an equal chance of failing this test… You have my permission to use any means of obtaining the bells, even if you must attack me with the intent to kill. If you don't have the intent to kill me, you won't have a chance to get your hands on these bells… In fact, you might never be able to obtain a single bell… You're permitted to use any weapons you've brought with you, including shuriken, kunai, smoke tags, etc…"

Sakura shook her head in protest, "Bet those weapons are too dangerous to use, Sensei! What if we hurt you by accident?!"

Sasuke sneered at the pink haired girl, "He's a Jounin." He answered snidely, "We won't be able to hurt him."

"Sasuke-kun is right. I'll be able to handle anything you throw at me; you don't need to worry about me. "

He glanced at his students giving then a sharp nod, "Okay, enough talking, let's get this show on the road….. On my mark, get ready… GO!"

Kakashi watched as his four students disappeared from view, leaving him alone in the middle of the field. He scanned the field for any signs of his students, evaluating their ability to blend with their environment and stalk their enemy from afar. To his much surprise, he couldn't spot Sakura's pink hair, Sasuke's Uchiha crest; Naruto's muted orange jumpsuit, or Raiden's vivid green eyes anywhere.

'Shinobi must be able to conceal their movements, and hide themselves effectively from their enemies… it seems they all understand that concept quite well…' Kakashi thought to himself.

Not far from Kakashi, Naruto and Raiden remain hidden behind one of the bushes within the tree line with a perfect vantage point of their silver haired sensei. The duo tried to figure out a way to obtain one of those bells each, both determine to never return to the Academy again; more so, Naruto than Raiden. They weren't going to waste the four years of hard training they've endured. They were going to get a sliver bell, if it's the last thing they do.

"So, what's the plan, Rai" Naruto asked his raven haired friend.

The Senju heir remains silent, going through multiple strategies to obtain their bells. He knew a full-frontal assault weren't going to work on Kakashi; while the man may have mentored them for four years, in secret alongside their over mentors, the silver haired Jounin certainly didn't taught them everything in his arsenal. Raiden knew a little about Kakashi's fighting styl,e but it wasn't enough to plan a brazen attack plan.

He needed more data.

Turning towards the blonde, he narrowed his green eyes slightly, "Before we can successfully obtain a bell from Kakashi-sensei, we need to learn his fighting style. However, if we attack with everything we got, we'll waste our stamina and chakra and lose this test." The green eyed boy tapped his chin, "we must first gather as much information as we can before he can fight him straight on… Our best bet is to work together and set up traps for him with multiple decoys before we fight him, we'll need to lure him into the traps as well; he's definitely not going to walk into one on his own."

"Hmmm… should we start setting the traps now?" Naruto asked.

Raiden shook his head, "No. It's too early… Why don't you go and fight him first so I can watch your fight and gather some information. Then we'll switch, and I'll fight him while you watch our fight and gather information."

Naruto nodded, "Okay." He got up and stretched his limbs.

"Oh before you go, try to downplay your skills for right now. Don't use your clan's fighting technique just yet, we should try to hide our skills until we fight him for real." Raiden suggested.

"Element of surprise… Nice one, Rai!" The blonde beamed at Raiden's genius, he saluted his friend before he disappeared from view and reappeared in front of Kakashi.

Naruto smirked at the sliver haired Jounin, "Alright, sensei! Let's go!"

Kakashi gave Naruto a flat look with his lone eyes, mentally shaking his head for the blonde being so straight forwards. "You know, you're really tiny for a shinobi… Has anyone ever told you that?" He told the blonde with a bored voice.

The blonde's eyebrow ticked at being called short, he raised his fist at the man and waved it in agitation. Behind the tree line, Raiden face palmed heavily.

"SHORT!? WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT! I'M A GROWING BOY, I'LL GROW SOME MORE EVENTUALLY, BUT AT LEAST I'M NOT OLD LIKE YOU, OLD MAN!" Naruto growled, pointing at the Jounin silver hair.

Kakashi narrowed his eyes at the blonde, "I'm not that old." He retorted, sensitive by his hair silver hair color. It wasn't his fault he was born with silver hair!

Naruto smirked, "Whatever you say, old man. Let's see you can catch me." With that, the blonde Genin ran at the Jounin with top speed, but stopped instantly as he saw the man reaching into his weapon pouch for some type of weapons.

Naruto watched cautiously as the Jounin reached into his weapons pouch and dug out something, Naruto was expecting some type of ninja tool, but he was sadly mistaken; instead if a ninja tool, Kakashi took out a small orange book with red restrictions marks on the back.

Naruto's eyes widen as he saw the cover portray a young woman who dress in highly suggestive clothes running away from a man with hearts in his eyes. Immediately, Naruto recognized the book, it was the infamous Icha-Icha Paradise, or Make-Out Paradise, written by an anonymous author.

Kakashi looked at the dumbfounded blonde before he went back to his book and began a small lecture. "One of the fundamental Shinobi battle techniques, every aspiring Shinobi should know is Taijutsu…" Kakashi giggled softly, tuning the blonde out as he read his book from page to page not bothering to pay attention to the blonde in front of him. That was, until the blonde Genin yelled.

"We're supposed to be fighting! What's up with the book!?"

The masked Jounin answered in an amused voice, "Well, if you must know. I want to find out what happens in this story… I've been dying to find out what happens at the end of this chapter!"

Dumbfounded by his teacher's answer, Naruto fell on his face. Once he got up, he narrowed his eyes at the masked man, "Shouldn't you be taking this more seriously!?"

The Jounin shrugged, "I don't care about your weak attacks, even if I'm reading or not… Plus, a chibi like you, I can hardly be consider a threat…."

"OI! I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN DO!"

Naruto used his anger and frustration to drive him towards his teacher at top speed; he raised his fist and jumped high enough to aim at the Jounin's face. However, just as his fist was going to connect with the Jounin's face, Kakashi evaded his attack effortlessly and grabbed the blonde's arm tightly.

Quickly, Naruto reached into his weapons pouch for a kunai, but before he could successfully withdraw one, Kakashi threw Naruto to the ground managing to knock the wind out of the blonde as he hit the ground with a muted thud, his kunai falling from his hand and onto the ground.

Naruto groaned as he got up, "you'll pay for that old man!" He reached into his weapons pouch and took out a handful of senbon needles. He placed the needles in both of his hands and threw them at silver haired man. Kakashi used his own kunai to deflect the blonde's senbon needles without batting an eye and tsked at the blonde, disappointed in Naruto's weak attempts.

Kakashi closed his book slowly before he disappeared into thin air, shocking everyone as he vanished at an impossible speed only to reappeared right behind Naruto; crouching low to the ground with his book closed between his hands as he made the tiger hand-sign.

Naruto sensed the moment when Kakashi reappeared behind him and acted quickly, he grabbed a stink bomb from his pocket and threw it on the ground. As the stink bomb made contact with the ground, Naruto jumped away just in time before Kakashi's hands grazed his bottom, and a dark plume of putrid gas filled the field with Kakashi being in the epicenter.

Kakashi's eyes watered as he inhaled the sulfuric air by accident when his attack failed, his sensitive nose taking the blunt of the attack. He gagged heavily trying to escape the stink bomb, finding refuge within the tree tops. He leaned against the tree truck trying to breathe in as much clean air as he could, blinking away the tears that managed to escape, with his silver bells jingling by the string attach to hip.

'Oh Kami-sama, where did he get those stink bombs!' he thought, 'those stink bombs are more potent than their regular ones… they might even be strong enough to incapacitate an Inuzuka!?" He cried out mentally, 'I better keep my eyes on hi…'

Kakashi stop mid-thought as he heard incoming projectiles. He quickly jumped away just as couple of wooden shurikens stuck the tree he was leaning against, barely missing being impaled by Raiden's favorite weapon. He immediately sensed Raiden's chakra right in front of him as he landed on a tree branch, he watched as the raven haired boy looked at him with his sharp, calculating green eyes and an emotionless face.

"Where is Blondie-chan?" The masked Jounin quipped playfully, trying to get a reaction of his student but to his disappointment, Raiden didn't bite his bait.

The Senju heir shrugged at the older man. "Around somewhere," Raiden answered plainly.

"Hmm, alright," Kakashi nodded. "Guess it's your turn then, Raiden-kun."

"I guess it is, Kakashi-sensei," Raiden cracked his knuckles, lowering himself into his fighting stance. He rolled his shoulders back and disappeared, only to reappear right above his teacher.

Kakashi blocked Raiden's attack slam, but was pushed back just a little by Raiden's weight. The tree branch creaked as Raiden used Kakashi's arms as leverage and jumped off. Raiden withdrew a handful of wooden shurikens in the air and aimed at Kakashi.

Kakashi jumped away and made his way back to the middle of the field once it was safe to fight in. He knew if he were to battle within the forest, Raiden would use his environment to his advantage and use his Mokuton away from prying eyes. He wondered whether the Senju heir was planning on using his Mokuton or Souton out in the open; making it publically known he was able to use the Shodaime's Kekkei Genkai, or hide it until a later time.

Either way, he wasn't going to risk fighting within the forest.

Raiden followed the silver haired man into the middle of the field, and lunged towards his sensei straight on, trying to get a hit on him. He slashed the air with his kunai, trying to sever the red string attached to Kakashi's belt which held the jingling silver bells in place. Each time getting closer, but never close enough to cut away the string.

Kakashi was rather surprised with Raiden's bold move and technique. He couldn't take out his book and read or risk getting cut by Raiden's kunai. In fact, Raiden was actually cutting tiny pieces of Kakashi's clothes, and nearly nicked his stomach with his sharp kunai. Kakashi wondered if Raiden's kunai was dipped in poison, considering the kunai had a slight discoloration on the blade. The Senju heir was known to create and use nasty poisons which send quite a few people to the hospital, most often thugs who deserved it, considering they tried to rob him.

The raven haired Genin was putting up one hell of a fight, keeping Kakashi on his toes. Kakashi eventually stopped blocking Raiden's attacks when his book got accidently nicked. He placed his book back into his pouch for safe keeping and actually concentrates on his fight with Raiden.

As the matter a fact, Raiden was the first Genin ever to have forced Kakashi to concentrate on a fight that's below his own rank. Kakashi couldn't be any more proud than of Raiden, he knew the Raiden put his blood, tears, swear, and soul into his training and it has all paid off tremendously.

Not only has Raiden managed to catch the eyes of the entire ANBU Corps, but the eyes of every Shinobi of Konoha. His graduating test scores were one of the highest scores the Academy has ever seen, ranking within the Top 10 alumni right alongside Itachi's, making him a ninja prodigy. Many suggested giving Raiden a Chuunin status or having him recruited by the ANBU Corps, but the Hokage out right refused.

Naruto, also received high scores and manage to impress some shinobi with his final scores. The small blonde Ranked within the Top 25 alumni who have graduated from the Academy. He was hampered by is previous failed attempts, but still scored high enough to attract some attention towards him.

"Well, I'm quite impressed!" Kakashi stated as he dodged Raiden's kunai. He waited several minutes until Raiden was starting to slow down, opening himself for an attack and Kakashi took it. He was going to perform the same technique he intended to use on Naruto.

Kakashi reappeared behind his student and crouched down low. From out within the bushes by the tree line: both Sakura and Sasuke recognized the same hand-sign their teacher was using, assuming he was going to perform the same technique which failed on Naruto.

"However…" Kakashi shook his head, "You forgot an important rule… Never let your opponent ever get behind you, Raiden…"

Sakura screeched from out of her hiding spot, "You Baka! Get out of there now!"

Raiden eyes widen and Kakashi giggled, "Too Late!"

Raiden turned his read around in time to watch the older man charging towards him like a wild animal in a stampede, aiming at his poor rear end with his hands balled into fists. Raiden felt as if he was rammed into a train from behind when Kakashi slammed his stone-hard fists into his rear.

"Konohagakure Hiden Taijutsu Ouji: Sennen Goroshi!" Kakashi roared out.

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke watched in embarrassment as Raiden flew into the air like a rocket; however when Raiden suddenly exploded in mid-air they all gasped in terror, Naruto out right screamed in horror as he watched Raiden explode.

Kakashi blinked as he watched Raiden explode into a white cloud, and his brain stopped working. "A… Shadow…Clone…." He whispered lowly, and tensed when he felt Raiden reappear behind him.

He turned his head around to watch as Raiden smirked at him with a devilish gleam in his green eyes before he crouched down low and hold out the tiger hand-sign and rushed towards him. Kakashi tried to move out of the way, but his feet were stuck to the ground, or rather, he was tied down by a grass knot Raiden must've made when he wasn't looking.

When he tried to Shunshin himself, it was too late. Raiden made contact with his rear end and he was sent flying into the sky and slowly crashed into the nearby river, sinking into its murky depths.

Raiden stood up and walk towards a book that was lying on the ground; he reached down and picked up Kakashi's R-Rate novel. A small smirk appeared on his face as he placed the book into his pouch and walked away whistling a tune before he disappeared within the forest.

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke watched in utter disbelief as their sensei was outwit by their fellow teammate, using their sensei's own jutsu no less.

Kakashi jumped out of the river soaking wet, not very amused at being tricked with his own jutsu. He should've known Raiden had a plan before he lunged at him; the raven haired boy always had a plan. Raiden must've switch with one of his shadow clones back in the forest when he made his escape and didn't notice, 'crafty little bugger.' Kakashi thought to himself.

"Okay, I think I got something." Naruto jumped as he felt Raiden appeared next to him, he gaped at the Mokuton-user.

Sasuke growled angrily from his hidden spot within the forest. He couldn't believe Raiden managed to actually fool their teacher.

Not wanting to be out-staged by the Senju heir, he took his chance to attack for one of those silver bells and threw a handful of shurikens at older man while he was distracted, squeezing the water from his silver hair. The shurikens cut through the air letting out a whistling noise as they zoomed from his location and hit Kakashi's let shoulder.

He smirked in confidence as he watched their sensei fall to the ground, blood leaking from his entire left side before he exploded into a white smoke and a wooden log replaced him with Sasuke's shurikens encased on the log.

Sasuke winced, ears ringing from Sakura's harpy-like screech. He cursed as Kakashi used a simple replacement jutsu and disappeared from view, 'Kuso, he dropped his guard on purpose so he'll be able to locate my position, and I fell for it!'

Cover blown by his failed preemptive attack, the young Uchiha heir left his hiding spot and tried to relocate Kakashi before the older man could intercept him or the pink haired Genin, who also gave out her position when she screamed as their fake sensei turned into a wooden log.

If Sakura knew what was best, she'll abandon her hiding spot too and try her best to avoid their sensei, yet the pink haired girl was busy she trying to locate her raven haired prince. 'Sasuke-kun! Where are you!?' She cried out, 'Please tell me you're safe and Kakashi-sensei hasn't already captured you! Don't worry, Sasuke-kun! I'll find you!'

The pink haired Genin jumped and stopped suddenly as he spotted Kakashi taking off his drench shirt to replace it with a dry shirt within a small secluded grove in the forest. She crouched down to the ground by the base of a rather tall tree, on her knees and held her breath hoping her sensei hasn't spotted her. She sighed when Kakashi showed no sign of having detected her rather obvious entrance.

"Sakura! Behind you!" Somebody cried out.

The pink haired girl turned around accidentally stepping on the twigs beneath her. She paused as she saw her sensei crouching in front of someone, she gasped as Kakashi turned around to look at her with a sinister eye-smile on his masked face, sending shivers down her spine. When Kakashi step out of the way, Sakura saw the decapitated head of Sasuke lying on the ground with glazed over eyes. Sakura let out a loud shrill scream that echoed throughout the entire forest, casing birds to fly out of the trees before she passed out.

"What was that?" Naruto exclaimed.

Raiden gritted his teeth together, "That, Naru was a Banshee scream."

"Banshee? What is a banshee?" Naruto asked his taller friend. His stomached growled in hunger, causing the blonde to hold his stomach as it rumbled.

"Never mind that Naru, we have other things that are far more important." The raven haired boy smiled sympathetically at the blonde, his stomach has been growling for the past hour demanding his daily chocolate dose.

Naruto pouted at Raiden, but said nothing. He stood up and brushed off the leaves and dirt from his pants, "Alright. Let's go," the blonde said as he followed Raiden through the forest, jumping from tree branch to tree branch looking for either Sasuke or Sakura.

He tensed as he felt a familiar chakra signature, and alerted Raiden. Raiden nodded and allowed the blonde to lead them towards the chakra source; they ducked under a large tree branch when Naruto sensed a power source of chakra pulsing near a meadow.

A strong breeze swirled around Sakura, picking up endless amount of foliage which surrounded the pink haired girl, similar to Raiden's leaf tornado jutsu. They approached the vortex of leaves with caution, noticing Sakura's limp body lying on the ground motionless with glazed eyes, hypnotized by the wall of leaves that swirled around her

"She's under some sort of Genjutsu, it's making her sleepy." Raiden mused; he inspected the vortex of leaves with critical eyes and saw the Genjutsu laid by Kakashi. He stopped Naruto from touching it when the blonde started to approach, he shook his head.

"If you touch it, you'll be under the same Genjutsu as Sakura." Raiden explained, "She must the one who breaks it the Genjutsu."

Naruto frowned, but nodded, "Okay,"

Sakura heard voices, but couldn't tell where they were coming from or who they belong to. All she remembered was seeing Sasuke dead in front of her before she felt sleepy and vision darken. She remembered hearing a beautiful lullaby being whistled into her ears before she lost consciences.

"Sakura….." one of the voices muttered softly,

"Sakura…." Another voice muttered softly; slightly deeper than the first voice.

The strange whistling stopped and Sakura started to feel more energized than before. She blinked slowly, finding her herself on the ground, in the middle of a meadow.

"Whu… OH!" She gasped, "What was that!? What is going on!? Was it all a dream!?" She exclaimed. Sakura darted her head in all direction, wondering what happened to her and how had she gotten into the meadow in the first place, and where Kakashi had run off. She remembered what Kakashi done to Sasuke, but she couldn't see Sasuke's body anywhere.

"SASUKE!" Sakura cried cheerfully as she saw the Uchiha hair coming towards her.

Before she could dismiss their nightmare and sigh out of relief, she looked closely at the incoming figure. She froze and turned ghostly pale as she was Sasuke crumbled onto the ground bleeding from every pore on his body. His left arm has been sliced off at the elbow; leaking an enormous amount of blood and exposing flesh and bone. His back was covered with various weapons, staining his shredded clothes with dark crimson blood. His left leg was strained or possible broken, she couldn't tell.

"S-Sakura… H-help… m-m-me…" he groaned over and over again.

The pink haired Kunoichi turned pale, tears running down her face at the sight of the dead body of boy she claimed she loved dearly. She let out a terrible screech as she saw Sasuke's dead body crawl towards her before his jaw fell off like a zombie and promptly fainted.

Up in the trees above his three students, Kakashi watched as Naruto tried to break his Genjutsu trap as the pink haired Kunoichi fainted. Kakashi sighed and cancelled the Genjutsu, watching as the zombie like Sasuke turned into dust. He scratched his nose sheepishly, "Err… was that too much?" He wondered out loud, he sighed, "Oh, well… it's her fault for not realizing she was under a Genjutsu…."

He felt as soon as he saw Naruto and Raiden tending to Sakura, knowing that the boys were to make sure Sakura was going to be alright. In the meantime, he was going to look for a certain Uchiha heir.

Sasuke heard the distinctive sound of bell jingling and knew Kakashi has finally caught up to him. He turned towards Kakashi watching as the silver haired Jounin looked at him with a bored expression with a slight look of interest as he faced the last remaining member of the Uchiha clan. Sasuke, on the other hand, wore a solid look of determination on his face, ready to engage the older man in battle.

Kakashi wondered of the boy was going to live up to the Uchiha name, the boy always bragged about his skills.

The Uchiha heir bent his knees as he reached back into his weapon pouch; he threw a handful of shurikens at Kakashi, who effortlessly dodged them by stepping to his left. Kakashi shook his head in disappointment, "Frontal attacks aren't going to work on me… "He pointed out.

Sasuke smirked at his teacher, and threw a kunai, purposely missing Kakashi and aiming towards the tree line and cut a rope, activating his trap. Kakashi jumped out of the way as then saw ten kunai fly out of the bushes embedding themselves onto the tree where Kakashi's body should've he not been able to jumped out of the way.

Kakashi reappeared in the middle of the small field where Sasuke was waiting for him, the Uchiha heir jumped to kick his teacher right in the head. Kakashi blocked his attack and grabbed his leg. Sasuke tried to kick his way out of Kakashi's grip, but the older man blocked his attempts with his free hand. Sasuke swiftly swung himself and tried to reach for the silver bells. Kakashi's eyes widen and swung Sasuke away, sending the Uchiha heir towards a tree.

'Hmm, not bad…"

"Well, you got some skills for a Genin, but you're still a beginner." The Jounin admitted.

Sasuke landed safely couple meters away from Kakashi and flipped through a series of ten different hand-signs as he focused a large amount of chakra into his lungs and breathed in air with all his might, he gathered his power and focused it into his throat ending his hand seals with the sign of the tiger, a hand-sign which is associated with jutsus which tend to lean towards destruction and fire.

"Katon: Gōkakyu no Jutsu!" Sasuke roared.

Kakashi's eyes widen at Sasuke's jutsu and exclaimed, "What? Genin can't use fire jutsus, they require too much chakra!"

The Uchiha heir jumped backwards a few steps and then released his breath, letting loose the gigantic ball of fire from his mouth. The giant fire ball zoomed towards the field in full-throttle towards the silver haired man. The flaming ball caused a large crater in the place where Kakashi was standing. The intense heat of the fire caused Sasuke to sweat quite heavily from his face and neck as he slowly released the jutsu, and the great ball of fire diminished in size.

Once the flames completely vanished, the black haired teen looked around and searched for his sensei, who he assumed would've been injured by his jutsu. However, much to his disappointment, there was nothing left but huge crater and plume of dark smoke coming from the ground. Sasuke panicked, he was sure his jutsu worked! He looked in all direction for a sign of his sensei, but nothing.

"Below,"

A strong, gloved hand erupted from the ground below Sasuke and grabbed one of his ankles. The teen felt his while body forced down into the earth as Kakashi switched places with him, leaving only his head above the earth to breath. Kakashi knelt down to Sasuke's level and gave the teen a strange eye-smile.

"Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu,"

"That was an example of a Ninjutsu, the Third part of the Shinobi battle techniques… You've got talent, kid. You're different than Naruto, Sakura, or Raiden, but need more experience…"

"Two down and two to go…"

"Well see you later…."

"Damn you!" Yelled the pampered Uchiha heir as he watch his sensei walked away. He struggled to free himself, but it didn't do any good. He was stuck in the ground with the hot sun beating down on him.

Thirty minutes after Kakashi left him underground, Sasuke sensed two chakra signatures approaching him. He growled as soon as he realized who were approaching him. "What are you two losers doing here?" Sasuke snarled, trying to glare down at the Naruto and Raiden.

Naruto couldn't hold his laughter as watched Sasuke's predicament. He chortled, falling to the ground and holding his stomach as he laughed, tears of joy running down his face. Raiden smirked down at Uchiha heir, "Well, well, well. Aren't you stuck in between a rock and a hard place." Raiden snickered at his own joke, Sasuke glared harder that the Senju heir.

"Laugh all you want. Once I get out of here, you'll both pay!"

Raiden rolled his eyes at the Uchiha heir, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever you say. We got a preposition for you, Uchiha. If you accept, we'll help you out and in return you'll work with us to get a silver bell, each. What do you say, Uchiha?"

Sasuke sneered, "As if I would ever work with either of you. You'll both drag me down."

Naruto scoffed, "If anyone would drag us down it'll be you. Raiden and I can easily get our bells with or without your help."

Sasuke turned up his nose, "Whatever, dobe."

"Oi! Who are you calling a dobe, you annoying…."

Raiden stopped Naruto mid-sentence, shaking his head. He turned towards Sasuke with a leveling look "Look, you don't like us and we don't like you. That's clear as daylight, and Naruto is right. We don't really need your help, but we're offering to help you because Kakashi-sensei doesn't want us to fight each other for the bells… He wants us to think like that because he tricked us… He wants us to understand the concept of teamwork. We have to work together, instead fighting each other, and fight him as a team in order to get a bell."

Naruto nodded, "If we fight him on our own, we'll never get a bell because he outclass us! I mean, think about it! How are we, barely graduated Genin, supposed to fight against a fully trained Jounin and be expected towin? It's impossible!" Raiden smiled at Naruto.

Sasuke scowled at the pair, but they oddly made sense for once. He puffed his hair out of his face, "Fine." He conceded.

He paused. "What about Sakura?"

Naruto huffed in discontent while Raiden smirked devilish, "Well, after we help her recover from Kakashi's Genjutsu, we tried to offer her the same deal, but she laughed at our face and left to look for her 'raven haired prince.' We ask her to reconsider, but she ignored us... Besides, there are four of us and three bells… So yeah…."

Sasuke looked at the Senju heir oddly before he smirked faintly, "Okay, what's the plan?" The Uchiha hair asked, not worrying about the fact that the pink haired Kunoichi won't be getting a bell, and failing Kakashi's test. Nor the idea of working with the two people he hates the most. He knew he'll need their help in order to get a bell, as much as he hates to admit it, both Naruto and Raiden managed to fool Kakashi twice. If the three of them work together, they'll be able to get a bell each with a little effort.

He wasn't going to be stupid and reject their offer, even if it hurt his pride just a little. At least, not this time, with the high stakes at risk.

Naruto sighed, "Well, okay. I'm sure you noticed when we fought Kakashi-sensei; full frontal attacks won't work on him. He'll just block them; however, if we keep him on his toes without giving him a chance to retaliate, we can possibly distract him long enough for one of us to get the bells. If, you and Raiden keep on attacking him, I could sneak in and try to get the bells while he's busy with both of you."

Sasuke looked thoughtfully, "It could work, but wouldn't it be better if you and Raiden fought Kakashi together?"

"Yes, it certainly would." Raiden nodded. "However, I'm pretty sure Kakashi-sensei would be expecting Naruto and me to fight him. He'll never expect me to work with you; heck, nobody would expect us to ever cooperate together. We know each other's fighting style well enough to come up with a strategy; plus, Naruto is much faster at making hasty retreats than you and I."

"Also, we've rigged the main field with load of booby traps for Kakashi-sensei." Naruto piped in, "As long as you stay near Raiden, he'll be able to activate them without you falling into harm's way. If anything fails, we have a back-up which will guarantee us our bells." Naruto snickered into his hand.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the blonde, "Oh yeah?"

Raiden reached into his weapon pouch and withdrew a familiar orange book. Sasuke's eyes widen as he recognized Kakashi's beloved book.

"Now, let's get you out of there so we can start, yeah?" Raiden cracked his fingers.

Kakashi sensed three familiar chakra signatures coming towards him, "I wonder who they manage to convince to work with them?" He wondered out loud, scratching the back of his head sluggishly. The masked Jounin didn't have to wait long before three of his students appeared before him, and he was quite surprised they manage to convince the Uchiha heir. He was expecting Sakura, not Sasuke, to join them.

'This fight is going to be interesting. I wonder what they are going to do?' Kakashi thought to himself, as he watched the three boys critically.

"Well, aren't you boys going to get these?" Kakashi jingle the bells by his hip, "or have you decided to give up, hmm?"

Raiden smirked at the silver haired man, barring his sharp canines. His emerald eyes were shining with mirth and a glint of excitement. "Oh, we'll get them one way or another Kakashi-sensei." He promised. "How we obtain the bells; however, depends solely on you?"

Kakashi frowned in confusion, "Nani?"

Raiden shook his head, "Nothing, let's get this show on the road, formation 10!" Raiden barked out, Naruto saluted Raiden before he disappeared into the forest, hiding within the tree line and masking his chakra signature. Sasuke lowered himself into his fighting stance alongside Raiden, Tthey nodded at each other before they dashed towards Kakashi.

Kakashi was taken aback at how well Sasuke and Raiden worked in sync, as he dodged their untied attacks; it was obvious to him they knew each other's fighting style, and somehow managed to communicate to each other without speaking. To unsuspecting eyes, it seemed as if Sasuke and Raiden have trained with each other for years, creating a bond with took years to forge! Yet, both boys hated each other.

He hissed in pain as one of Sasuke's kunai nicked his right shoulder, he didn't get a chance to recover as Raiden landed a rather hard punch to his stomach and knocked his wind out briefly. He couldn't hold off the barrage of consecutive attacks, both Raiden and Sasuke were heavy hitters, not giving him chance to counter without using more force than he'll like to use.

Kakashi gritted his teeth, blocking Sasuke's punch directed to his neck and grabbed his arm tightly. He used his strength to pull the Uchiha towards him and throw him towards Raiden, giving him a brief window to summon a shadow clone which would buy him some time.

Raiden caught Sasuke with a slight grunt before he could crash into him and noticed Kakashi summoned a shadow clone, he nodded towards the Uchiha heir and pointed Kakashi's shadow clone. Sasuke understood and charged towards the shadow clone, leaving Raiden to handle the real Kakashi.

"That was pretty smart move. " Kakashi commented, he rolled his injured shoulder shaking off the pain from where Sasuke's kunai nicked him.

Raiden shrugged nonchalantly. "We made a small compromise for this test." Raiden replied, "Just don't expect this truce to continue afterwards."

Kakashi pouted at the raven haired boy. "Pity, you both work well together."

"Perhaps, we'll work together again once we work out our issues with each other." Raiden suggested.

'Once Sasuke has finally grown up, you mean.' Kakashi mentally interpret Raiden's words and couldn't help but agree with him.

Kakashi nodded, he withdrew a kunai from his weapon pouch and waited for Raiden to make his move.

Raiden reached for his katana on his back, and withdrew it from his back harness with a smooth sweep; he angled the sharp blade towards the sun creating a glare and shined the blinding light at Kakashi, momentarily blinding the older man. It was then, Raiden made his move. Using his small window of time, Raiden dashed towards the silver haired Jounin at full speed. He raised his blade, going for the kill and slashed at Kakashi's stomach only to be pushed back by Kakashi's kunai as he blocked Raiden's slash.

Undeterred, Raiden jumped away from Kakashi and tried again. He angled his katana and dashed towards Kakashi. This time; instead of going for his stomach, Raiden aimed for Kakashi's kunai, his katana grinded against Kakashi's kunai creating a loud, high pitch metallic sound, making both Raiden and Kakashi wince slightly.

Kakashi channeled his chakra directly into the kunai, strengthening the metal, preventing it from breaking under the stress of Raiden's katana. Out of the counter of his eye, Kakashi noticed Raiden was going to push lighting into his katana, he smelled the electrifying scent in the air and he jumped back couple meters, not waiting to get a nasty shock.

He noticed Raiden smirked at him, as he signed the tiger hand-sign and his eyes widen realizing he just stepped into a trap. He heard multiple weapons cutting through the air heading towards his direction coming from the tree line around him, he dodge the barrage of shuriken and kunai as swiftly as he could, before another set of shurikens head his way.

Kakashi cursed loudly as he barely dodge a rather large shuriken heading towards his head, he felt as the large shuriken grazed his hair, just barely cutting his tips of his hair. He reached into his weapon pouch and threw his own shurikens to deflect the incoming kunai and crouched down low to the ground.

Raiden rubbed his hands together creating friction; he focused his chakra towards his hands and clapped them together once he was satisfied with the amount he gathered, he quickly slammed his hands on to the ground, sending a medium-sized wave of electricity towards Kakashi, "Raiton: Raimei!" Raiden roared out, watching as his thunder wave hit Kakashi straight on.

Kakashi's body contorted in pain as he felt Raiden's electricity pass through him, paralyzing him for a few seconds. He growled through his teeth, slowly started to feel his body move on his command without twitching involuntarily. He staggered as he stood up straight and jumped out of the way as he dodged Raiden's wooden shurikens. However, he noticed Raiden wasn't aiming at him, the Senju heir was aiming at his shadow clone, which was busy fighting Sasuke on the other side of the field.

He watched as Sasuke used Raiden's distraction to move-in and spat out multiple fireballs from his mouth and directed them at his clone and hit the mark. His clone was busy deflecting the wooden shuriken that he didn't notice Sasuke's fireballs in time. When he noticed what Sasuke was going to do, he tried to jump out of the way but was stuck to the ground, tree root wrapped around his feet, thanks to Raiden's Mokuton.

Kakashi watched dumbfounded as his shadow clone was defeated. However, it came with a cost, Sasuke fell down to the ground exhausted by the amount of chakra and stamina he exerted through his battle. The Uchiha closed his eyes, with a small smile in his face knowing he's done his part.

'Clever, Sasuke's Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu would burn any evidence of Raiden's Mokuton… If Raiden hadn't used his Mokuton to stop my clone to get away, Sasuke's jutsu wouldn't have work, which would've left Sasuke wide open for an attack… killing him if this wasn't a training exercise...'

Kakashi eyes widen in realization, 'That was their plan this whole time… they knew I couldn't handle them at the same time without using more energy than I'll like to use on regular Genin….from the start, they were testing how I would handle them… that's why Naruto and Raiden fought me separately, they were gathering Intel on me, assessing and coming up with a plan….'

'They rigged the field while I fought with Sasuke and manage to convince the Uchiha heir to cooperated with them… They might've asked Sakura as well, but the pink haired Kunoichi must've refused... Those boys saw right through my test from the get-go… They knew they had to work together in order to get the bells and they did, but they also reached out to their other teammates; instead of just working together as they usually do… '

Out from the tree line, a set of senbon needles whooshed through the air as they made their way towards Kakashi. Naruto grinned as he watched Kakashi step to his left and activated the smoke bomb.

Immediately, the field was engulfed in smoke and Naruto made his move. He made his way towards Sasuke and picked the Uchiha heir with relative ease, he slowly reached into his pocket and have him some chakra pills to boost the Uchiha's depleted chakra. Slowly, Sasuke's chakra reserves increased and he regained his strength. The raven haired boy stood up and nodded at Naruto.

As the smoke was slowly blown away from the field, Naruto summoned a shadow clone and transformed it to a large retractable shuriken. He handed it to Sasuke and disappeared again, waiting for his turn from afar.

Sasuke opened the retractable shuriken and swung it with all his strength towards Kakashi. He watched as the shuriken grazed Kakashi's side but didn't hit him directly. Sasuke used his chakra string attacked to the shuriken to control the shuriken from a far, keeping it close in order to distract Kakashi, as another large shuriken appeared from the tree line.

The second shuriken was heading towards Kakashi's mid-section at an alarming rate, and before Kakashi would deflect it, the first shuriken exploded into a white smoke, revealing Naruto's shadow clone, who sucker punched Kakashi's jaw, sending the man flying towards the incoming shuriken.

Kakashi braced himself for the large shuriken to hit him; but, to his surprise the second shuriken exploded as well, revealing the real Naruto holding a kunai in his hand. Stunned, Kakashi watched as Naruto cut the bell from his hip effortlessly, and smirked at him.

"They... managed to pull such an efficient strategy in less then an hour. It was quite clever to combine Sōshuriken no Jutsu and Kage Shuriken no Jutsu to create a perfect distraction..."

Naruto tossed Sasuke and Raiden their respective bells, keeping the third one clenched in his hand. The three boys grinned at each other, including Sasuke who quickly wiped his smile off his face.

Kakashi scratched the back of his head, impressed by the teamwork the three boys showed, he wasn't expecting them to actually retrieve the bell from him; yet, the three boys managed to get their bells. Kakashi disappeared, only to reappear moments later with Sakura tucked under his arms.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Raiden watched as Kakashi instantly tied Sakura down to the middle post with several ropes wrapped around her body. The pink haired Genin protested and tried to wiggle her way out of the ropes, but failed. A few seconds later, the timer went off officially announcing the end of the test.

Kakashi loomed over his students with three bento boxes in his hands. He listened to their stomachs growl fiercely, anticipating their promised delicious lunches.

"Seems like you guys have worked up quite an appetite… that or you all have an angry tiger hiding in your stomach…." Kakashi taunted them, "Oh, I definitely hear stomachs growling," Kakashi said in a sing song voice. "Well… before I give you your bento boxes… I've decided none of you will be sent back to the Academy…"

The pink haired Genin let out a sigh of relief, "I passed?" She questioned timidly, not believing her luck.

"Instead, one of you is being dropped from the Shinobi Program, permanently... I will not be working with spoiled brats!"

Sakura flinched in shock as Kakashi step towards her and stripped off her headband against her will.

"I couldn't get a bell, I understand that! But you only had three bells, and there were four of us! How was I supposed to get a bell!? Raiden shouldn't even be on this team!?" Sakura screamed in anger.

Kakashi shook his head, "You don't have what it takes to be a Shinobi… Why continue, if you'll just fail?" He replied bluntly.

Sakura struggled to free herself, "YOU DON'T KNOW THAT! I KNOW I CAN BE A KUNOICHI, JUST PLEASE GIVE A CHANCE! I CAN BE BETTER THAN NARUTO AND RAIDEN. THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE SHINOBI IN THE FIRST PLACE! THEY'RE BOTH FREAKS!"

Naruto filched back from Sakura's vicious tone, he stared down at the ground as he felt his crush's heated glare on him. Raiden, on the other hand, released his killer intent at the pink haired girl. His chakra swirled around him picking up his hair and his eyes glowed eerily, he barred his teeth at her and growled. Sakura jerked back, surprised by the amount of killer intent that was reeking out of the Senju heir. She looked away from those poisonous green eyes, which will haunt her dreams to come. She felt as Raiden could've killed her without blinking an eye.

"Are you trying to make fun of Shinobi with your behavior? ARE YOU!?" Kakashi yelled at the pink haired girl with a disturbingly sinister voice, followed by a sharp glare. She was released from the post and fell down on her bottom, trembling from her sensei's powerful voice. She was sweating and shaking, not liking she was at the epicenter of Kakashi's wrath.

"Did you ever stop and wonder... for a single second why you all were divided into teams?"

Sakura shook her head, lowered her gaze from her teacher. "W-what do you mean?"

Kakashi sighed, "Does one of you know the answer?" He asked the three boys, they all nodded. Kakashi pointed at Naruto, "explain."

"Teamwork." Naruto stated clearly, "Teams are put together in order for Genin to work with each other to accomplish their mission as a team, relying on each other to make sure every member returns back alive. Without teamwork, a shinobi is bound to fail and die."

"Exactly, this exercise wasn't about getting a bell or not. It was a test to if you'll be able to overcome your differences, and work as a team to obtain a bell."

"But there were four of us and three bells! One of us was bound to fail!?"

Kakashi sighed deeply, "I purposely pitted you against each other. I wanted to see if you could've put your differences aside for the greater good of the team…. You, Sakura… were selfishly obsessing over Sasuke throughout the entire exercise that you ignored Naruto and Raiden when they saved you from my Genjutsu, and had the audacity to ignore them when they asked you to work with them on multiple occasions. You didn't even thank them when they saved you."

"And you, Uchiha Sasuke. You left like your teammates were beneath you, thinking they'll just get in your way… Your arrogance might've cost you your place in my team, but in the end you accepted their help and cooperated with them. Which earn you your bell… Be sure not to let your arrogance blind you again, if it wasn't for Naruto or Raiden you would've failed… Remember, you're in a team. While it's necessary for Shinobi to have individual skills, you're worthless if you don't use teamwork. Every Shinobi know this."

Kakashi reached into his weapon pouch and grabbed a kunai, "If a single Shinobi puts themselves above the rest of the team, it'll lead to unavoidable danger and possible death! For example…" Kakashi leaned forwards and pressed his kunai against Sasuke's throat, "Sakura! Kill Naruto or Sasuke dies!"

Sakura froze in place and looked at Kakashi with wide eyes. Her hands tremble as she withdrew a kunai from her pouch and gulped heavily, thinking about her options. After a few seconds, she launched herself towards Naruto without thinking, shocking everyone.

Raiden quickly deflected her kunai with his katana, he raise his blade towards her throat going for the kill. His green eyes glowed golden for a second, and Sakura thought she was going to die. She closed her eyes waiting for the blade to slit her throat, but it never came. Naruto pulled Raiden's arm away and shook his head, his eyes red and teary. Raiden growled at the pinket for hurting his blonde's feelings.

Kakashi put away his weapon and tucked it away in his pouch before he released Sasuke. Sakura slumped to the ground, ignoring the hurtful look Naruto sent her way.

"There will be a day when one of you may be taken hostage and be forced to make a bad choice such as killing one of your teammates, or loved ones… Hopefully, you won't react like she did…. As a Shinobi, your life will always be in danger, especially during mission outside the our village." Kakashi walked over to the kunai-shaped memorial and placed his hands into his pockets, looking at the names engraved on the memorial. "This memorial stone…. holds all of the names of people who have given up their lives to protect this village… these are our heroes of our village… True Shinobi…."

He looked at Sakura with an indistinguishable gaze, "I'm giving you one last chance… You all should eat now and build up your strength, this next test will be harder than out little game with the bells… However… you're forbidden to give Sakura anything to eat. She goes hungry."

Sakura's stomach growled.

"It's her punishment for not getting a bell… If anyone gives her food, you'll be punished severely. Think before you choose to feed her, you might face a similar fate. " With that, he left his students behind.

Ten minutes after Kakashi left, Sakura's stomach let out another loud growl of hunger. Her cheeks flushed, promptly looking down at her empty stomach. The other boys took pity at her situation as they ate their own lunches in silence. It wasn't until Sakura's stomach growled twice more that Sasuke stopped eating and walked towards the girl with his half empty bento box.

"Screw it, have some already before Kakashi come back…" he grunted shoving his bento at Sakura.

Raiden raised an eyebrow at the Uchiha heir, and Sasuke shrugged. "Kakashi is gone and she'll need her energy to pass whatever test Kakashi has in plan… Regardless of her selfishness, we cannot leave a teammate pass out from hunger…" He defended himself quickly.

Naruto and Raiden couldn't believe it, that simple gesture was the nicest thing Sasuke has ever done for anyone, other than himself. He wasn't only risking his own neck, but also being a team player and thinking of the team rather than himself. By giving Sakura some of his food, he was defying Kakashi's orders but showing a gesture of genuine comradeship, something the Uchiha heir wasn't known for.

"Sasuke…" the pink haired girl whispered in awe.

Raiden and Naruto put down their chopsticks and followed Sasuke's example by placing some of their food on Sasuke's bento for Sakura to eat. While Raiden was furious with the pink haired girl for almost killing Naruto; he wasn't going to let her go hungry… No child deserved to go hungry…

Naruto, still feeling the pain of betrayal of his long time crush; resentfully feed her, since her arms were bound after Kakashi retied her to the middle post. Also, he knew Sasuke or Raiden weren't going to, so he did.

Oh, he was furious at the pink haired girl, he wasn't going to forget she tried to kill him for Sasuke's life without thinking twice.

As soon as Sakura took a bit of the sticky rice Naruto feed her without complaining, Kakashi reappeared with a strong wind storm picking up dirt and debris from the ground. The masked man crossed his arms over his chest and somehow, used a Genjutsu to darken the cloud around him for a dramatic effect.

"YOU!" he roared at the tops of his lungs, causing Sakura to scream like a banshee; Naruto to scream like a girl, and making both Sasuke and Raiden flinch back by the intensity behind Kakashi's only visible eye. "All of you have broken the only rule I've set for you! You bluntly disregarded an order from your sensei! Never in my life have I ever met such brats in my life! I hope you're all happy because you'll be punished, very shortly!"

The silver haired Jounin flipped through a series of hand-signs and to Sakura's terror, the storm clouds around Kakashi began to swirled around them, engulfing them in darkness as black as night. Thunder boomed loudly and lightning shoot out of the dark clouds as Kakashi's ire grew.

Naruto dropped to the ground and placed his hands over his head as the lightning came closer towards him, believing he'll be struck by the lightning. Raiden was ready to summon his wooden dome to protect him and Naruto from the thunder. He hasn't learned how to redirect lightning and he certainly wasn't going to try. He was brave, but not foolish. Even Sasuke was trembling under Kakashi's wrath, trying his best to hidden behind a wooden post if needed.

"No! Don't hurt them!" Sakura pleaded.

"Why?" the Jounin tilted his head, "Why should I spare them when I specifically order them not to feed you?"

"Because, if we are a team then we need to start liking like one! If one of us fails, we all fail together! As long as we have each other, we'll take any sort of punishment you give us!" Naruto yelled as he gathered his courage and stood against his sensei.

Raiden stood next to Naruto, "I agree with Naruto, if were meant to be a team then I will take whatever punishment for feeding Sakura. I will not let her do whatever test you have in mind on an empty stomach."

Sasuke grunted, "We gave our lunches to Sakura because she's one of us…"

"We're all in this together, as a team!" Naruto yelled.

Raiden sighed, "And we won't let nobody will be left behind."

Kakashi slowly walked up to them, letting the wind and thunder to calm down slightly. He peered down towards Sakura noticing the tear marks on her cheeks and red, blotchy eyes. He noticed Naruto, Sasuke, and Raiden were backing up Sakura, in case he attacked the pink haired Kunoichi.

"You're in this together, huh?" Kakashi asked in a thunderous voice, making lightning shoot out to scare them, but they didn't back down. They refuse to move away from their pink haired teammate and he giggled gleefully before he gave them a soft eye-smile.

"You pass!" he declared loudly, the dark clouds disappeared from the sky and confetti fell all over them, leaving his students dumbfounded.

"W-we passed!?" Sakura exclaimed.

"Yes, you're the very first group of student that has ever succeeded in my test… My previous students fell for every trick and followed my instruction to the T…. they didn't stop and think about the objective of this test… A Shinobi must look through deception." Kakashi shook his head.

"Let this be a lesson; in the world of Shinobi, those who break the rules are trash…. But those who abandon their friends are worse than thrash…."

Kakashi clapped his hands together. "This exercise is now officially over! Everybody passes and Team seven will officially have a photograph taken tomorrow, followed by our first official mission!" He grabbed his alarm clock and placed it in his satchel, he gave them a time when to meet him and quickly left.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Raiden packed their things and promptly left, leaving behind Sakura who was still tied to the post watching as her teammates marched away, not realizing her predicament.

"HEY! YOU IDIOTS FORGOT TO UNTIE ME!" Sakura yelled.

E/N: So, what do you guys and gals think? I was having my doubts about the battle scenes to be honest. Were they any good? Were they a bit boring? What do y'all think? I would really appreciate any feedback to can give me because there's going to be a lot of battle scenes in the future; both magical battles and ninja battle(?) scenes.

Also, you've noticed Raiden still has Kakashi's book... Should he keep it and added to his collection or used it as leverage against Kakashi in the future...

Well, I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter! Hopefully, the next chapter will be up by next month... I think it should be out by the 17th or 20th of next month, if not sooner! Well, I hope y'all have a great day, night, or evening where you may be, and remember: you are awesome, don't let anyone tell you otherwise!