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"Speech"

'Thought'

"Demon speech"

'Demon thought'

Jutsu

Swirling Blood Chapter 13

"Good morning," Kakashi stated as he arrived in the clearing.

Looking up from the seals the other two were just finishing Naruto answered, "Well finally, I was beginning to think I would have to teach them how to make exploding tags to pass the time. Since both have gotten basic storage seals down in the four hours we have been waiting."

Walking to the central stump Kakashi set down a clock that read 11:08. Pressing a button on the top with a small chime he said, "I have set the alarm for noon." Reaching into his tool pouch he pulled out two bells stating, "Your challenge is to steal one these from me before the timer sounds. Anyone who fails doesn't get lunch. Instead I will tie you to one of these stumps and eat your lunch in front of you."

"Ha, it's a good thing we took those hyrogan of Naruto's," Sakura said with a grin.

"Excuse me. What was that? I thought I told you no breakfast," Kakashi said in a dark tone.

"Hyrogan are a tool and you did say to bring all of our tools," Naruto answered.

"Hmm, now that you mention it, I did. So you three must be pretty pitiful ninja to only have the tools I see," Kakashi mused aloud.

"Hnn, the dobe did say he taught us storage seals while we waited," Sasuke grumbled.

"Ah I see so you have plenty of concealed equipment, very smart. Well let's get this game started. Oh and as you can see there are only two bells. So one of you at least will probably be on the stump and whoever that is will be the first to fail and return to the academy," He said with what appeared to be a smile. Since all of his face except one eye was covered being certain was difficult.

"Oh and I suggest you strike to kill or you'll never have a chance," he stated.

Naruto immediately drew a kunai and made to throw it only to find his arm twisted behind his back with the still present kunai pressed to the base of his neck. "Why so seriously rushed Naruto. I didn't say go yet," Kakashi said calmly.

"Well you did say let's get started. Plus since when do ninja wait for the enemy to be ready or follow rules of engagement. You were obviously prepared and the timer has been going while we talk so any delay favors failure," replied the blond ninja.

"Hmm, seems your right. Well you three better hury up if you don't want that failure," Kakashi responded.

"Heck if I were these two I would have made a grab for them while you were distracted by holding me. If both tried at the same time we would probably have one of the bells by now," answered Naruto prompting Kakashi to disappear from behind him back to a position near the center of the clear area between the stream and posts.

Sakura and Sasuke, seeing the suggested opportunity gone, disappeared taking up hidden positions from which to observe and plan. Naruto on the other hand just decided to step up his game pulling his katana.

"Hmm, Why don't I give you a lesson in ninja skills starting with taijutsu," Kakashi said as he began digging in his pouch.

Naruto warily advanced expecting a lie as Kakashi wouldn't be reaching for a weapon if he was going to use just plain taijutsu. He was flabbergasted when Kakashi pulled a book out and began to read. "Uh I guess this is your way of giving a handicap as it's obvious no genin could beat a jonin without one," he said.

"Hmm, did you say something?" Kakashi asked.

Naruto then took a probing swing of his blade at Kakashi only to be disarmed by a movement to fast for him to see. "I thought I said taijutsu," he deadpanned without even looking away from his book.

"Well my stunted growth has left me practically helpless in that arena, hence the kenjutsu," Naruto answered as he drew his tanto.

"And what happens when a foe takes all your weapons?" the silver haired ninja asked before making another high speed move and taking the tanto from him.

"Well actually I just recently came up with an answer to that," a slightly annoyed Naruto replied. Making the cross hand sign he was momentarily concealed by smoke only to be holding another katana when the smoke cleared.

"And when this blade is taken," came Kakashi's return question. With that he again dashes by Naruto relieving him of the blade only for that blade to unexpectedly change into Naruto. He then grappled him in an attempt to immobilize him.

With a poof the first Naruto created another katana answering, "Then my shadow clone will immobilize you like so." He then slashed completely through Kakashi and the clone only for Kakashi to turn into a log from an obvious Kawarimi

"You really shouldn't leave yourself so open when you attack," Kakashi's voice said from behind Naruto.

"Naruto, Run!" shouted Sakura from the trees.

"Too late," Kakashi stated followed by the proclamation Konohagakure secret art Sennen Goroshi as the Tora hand sign he was holding, while still reading his book, stabbed Naruto in the ass launching him as if from a cannon into the river.

Suddenly Kakashi was struck by over a dozen kunai and shuriken before a poof revealed he had again Kawarimied with a log.

Sakura was running. 'Damn. Why did our sensei have to be a pervert,' she was thinking. 'First reading that book that by the title is some kind of smut then doing such a perverted thing to Naruto and calling it a jutsu.'

Realizing she had given away her position with the warning shout she had decided to quickly find another spot. A snap in the woods ahead of her brought her to an abrupt halt. Quickly hiding in the nearby brush upon seeing her sensei ahead of her with his back turned. 'Good he hasn't seen me yet,' she thought to herself.

"Sakura, behind you," he then said.

Turning she found another Kakashi behind her but he was suddenly engulfed in swirling leaves. The next moment both Kakashi's were gone. "Where did he go," she asked her self before hearing something that sounded like Sasuke calling out to her. Running quickly to the source of the sound she came around a tree to finds Sasuke mutilated and covered in blade punctures.

"Help me," was the pitiful call that came from Sasuke's fallen form.

With a shriek probably heard across town Sakura passed out in shock. "Hmm maybe I overdid it a little bit," Kakashi could be heard to say before the clone observing the results of his trick poofed away.

"The second ninja skills lesson genjutsu and Sakura fell for it," Sasuke heard from behind him in the small clearing he had prepared after his failed assault on his instructor after Kakashi had launched Naruto.

"You will find I won't be as easy to defeat as the other two," he responded as he turned to find Kakashi there.

"You can boast about your elite Uchiha strength when you have a bell," replied the jonin.

Sasuke opened his attack with three shuriken which Kakashi easily dodged saying, "I'm disappointed, a frontal assault is useless as Naruto showed you."

Sasuke just smirked as a snap echoed through the woods behind Kakashi. Turning Kakashi witnessed a severed rope moving rapidly and instinctively jumped to avoid the dozen and a half knives flying his way from a concealed trap launcher.

Upon landing he was then immediately forced to block a left spinning side kick from Sasuke aimed at the back of his head. Grasping the offending limb with his right hand he then maneuvered his left to block and capture the right hook Sasuke threw.

Next he was forced to cross his hands to block the incoming kick from Sasuke's free right leg flipping the boy upside down in the process. Now in position Sasuke used his free left arm to make a grab for the bells he had maneuvered himself so close too.

Kakashi, realizing his error, immediately released the boy jumping back to a safe distance just as the tip of the boy's finger brushed a bell ringing it. "Well I admit you aren't like the others," Kakashi stated.

Sasuke breathing a little heavily grunted before going through several hand signs ending on tora and calling out "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu"

Kakashi's single visible eye shot wide open as he thought, 'That is certainly no low level clan jutsu. That should be far beyond the chakra capacity of a fresh graduate.'

Sasuke breathed out a massive ball of flame easily five yards in diameter leaving a small burnt crater where Kakashi had just been. Seeing no body he began looking about even looking to the sky for any sign of the jonin.

Suddenly a voice called out, "Down here." Hands burst from the ground beneath the boy grasping his ankles followed with, "Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu"

"Shinobi lesson number three, ninjutsu," came Kakashi's cheerful voice as he rose from the ground. "Well you were head and shoulders above your team, but they do say the nail that sticks up will get hammered down," He said as he walked off.

Naruto sat in a tree as he saw Kakashi return to the central clearing. He watched the man for a moment before a voice behind him said, "You really should watch your back."

"Not when I'm a clone and my back is the bait," he replied before the entire tree lit up like it was Christmas. Each leaf and every square inch of the tree was covered in burning seals before the tree exploded with massive force.

The force of the explosion decimated the landscape dropping a quarter of the clearing into a giant crater and driving wood shrapnel several feet into all the trees surrounding the pit and the clearing.

Both the clone that had been in the clearing and the one that had snuck up on the Naruto clone were killed instantly. The real Kakashi looked out from the shattered ground of the clearing. He could only thank his paranoia for the forethought of expecting a trap as that could have easily taken him out, But then came the question, "Where is the real Naruto and how did he do that."

AN: Well how is that for a cliffhanger? I'm back sorry it took so long to get back to typing up the story. I just never seemed to have enough free time when I was home what with the release of Halo Reach, WOW Cataclysm, Starcraft 2, recent bouts of Plants vs. Zombies, keeping up with my own fan fiction reading, keeping up with anime, and my own laziness. Fortunately I now have a new laptop which allows me to type during my night shift job as an airport parking lot tollbooth operator. I would like to point everyone to my profile where I have a new story as well as several story idea challenges. If you like this chapter thanks. Please feel free to review. I always accept praise, and ideas on how I can improve are welcome too.

In response to the review by The DragonBard - Who said he didn't still have it. This statement will be explained a bit later sometime after or late in the chunin exams. Also the basic reasoning behind this rule is the danger of death by chakra exhaustion. Naruto as always is the exception to all known rules but he stil must follow the laws put in place to protect others to avoid the appearance of favoritism.

Kawarimi – Replacement = Using the enhanced speed and skill of this jutsu a ninja trades places with something or someone in the nearby environment.

Sennen Goroshi – One thousand years of death = A simple taijutsu attack to the anus with an overly dramatic name.

Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu - Fire style grand fireball technique = By converting chakra within the body to fire chakra the user then can expel a large sphere of flame from their mouth that can vary in size based on the amount of chakra used.

Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu – Earth style: Double Suicide Decapitation technique = Concealing themselves underground the user drags the object of their attack down into the earth trapping them.