Well, it's finally time to see how I'm going to torment...I mean challenge everyones favourtite useless...I mean perverted jounin.
Any bets on who'll be tied to the stump? Lets dive in and find out.
YA-HA!
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Teamwork is the key! The first assignment!
Sasuke sat muttering to himself as he sat, waiting for the rest of the group to show up. He'd been here for over three hours, waiting for the idiots and Kakashi, and his stomach was growling its displeasure at not having eaten anything beforehand. Just as he was considering taking a nap though, a familiar dust-cloud alerted him to the arrival of his teammates, who fell in an exhausted heap not three feet from him.
"Domon you ass for brains!" Recca panted, lying on his back, "You forgot to set the alarm!"
"I thought you set it Hanabishi!" the giant gasped in reply; hand on his knees, bent over.
Naruto shook the sleep from his eyes and yawned, sending an annoyed look at the resident Uchiha. "Oi, Teme," he greeted, "we miss anything?"
Sasuke snorted and refused to answer, two seconds later and Kakashi appeared in a burst of smoke.
"Yo!"
"YOU'RE LATE!" the pranksters roared, causing the jounin to lose his footing and actually be blown back at the sheer lungpower. Across Konoha, Yuhei Kurenai winced, wondering which poor saps had been stuck with Kakashi, before cursing as Hinata's Byakugan spotted her hiding place, leaping away to avoid one of Saicho's cranes.
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Kakashi set up the clock, muttering under his breath about loudmouthed brats.
"This is set to go off at noon." He called out, pulling out three bells from his pocket, "You must capture one of these bells from me before then." He pointed at three stumps, "Anyone that fails to get a bell, doesn't get lunch, instead you'll be tied to that stump while I eat your lunch in front of you."
Sasuke frowned as his stomach growled, not noticing the looks of relief that covered his teammates' faces. 'Good thing we ate already' they thought together, silently thanking Kagero for saving them some breakfast that morning.
"There's only three bells," Recca pointed out to keep up appearances, "what about the fourth?"
Kakashi nodded having not noticed the looks either. "Since there are only three bells, one of you is doomed to fail this test and be sent back to the academy…in disgrace."
The group flinched, knuckles tightening as the jounin continued, smirking slightly under his mask.
"You may use shuriken if you see fit," he suggested, "only you better attack me as if you mean to kill me if you hope to stand a chance."
The jounin shivered slightly as the three pranksters leveled eerie, identical grins at him at those words.
'Better watch out for those three…' He thought wisely. Shaking himself and running his eyes over the assembled genin, he nodded, pushing the timer in place.
"Time starts…now!"
Abruptly, all three pranksters disappeared in a plume of smoke, catching the other two shinobi off guard.
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(Good plan Hanabishi.) Domon signed from his hiding place in the surrounding woods, (Kakashi-sensei looks like he just saw a ghost.)
(Aniki, what's our next move?) Naruto signed, watching for surprise attacks. Recca thought for a moment, then nodded to himself, signing a reply to both of them.
(We watch Kakashi and Sasuke, then make our move.)
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'Kage bunshin?' Kakashi thought, waving the smoke out of his face, 'Pretty clever…but I thought Naruto was the only one to learn that technique from the scroll…guess Iruka's info was off.'
He shrugged, eyeing the remaining genin with mild disinterest. "You're not joining them?" he asked, only for Sasuke to grunt, smirking dismissively.
"I don't need those idiots holding me back." He muttered cockily, dashing to the side and hurling Shuriken.
"Frontal assaults are useless here." Kakashi reprimanded in a bored tone, dodging the kunai almost lazily, that is until he heard a rope snap behind him.
'Shit!' he realized as he spun round, 'A trap!'
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Sasuke grinned; the traps he'd set up earlier had paid off, as several knives hurtled towards the startled jounin. Whilst Kakashi dodged and blocked all the Kunai with his own, he blinked as something triggered his senses before grabbing Sasuke by the back of his shirt collar, hurling him over his shoulder before the Uchiha could grab a bell.
'He's good,' the jounin analyzed, eyeing the cursing Uchiha warily, 'I can't even read Icha-Icha paradise while we're fighting!'
Sasuke snorted at the failed attempt and went through a series of seals.
'Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger.'
"Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!"
Kakashi's eyes bulged as he was enveloped in the fireball the size of a mini-van…or so it appeared. When the Uchiha finally ran out of breath, canceling the jutsu, rather than the scorched remains of Kakashi, there was only scorched earth.
'Behind me? Above?!' Sasuke thought, gazing around in a panic.
"Below." Kakashi answered, his hand grabbing the Uchiha's ankle from below ground. "Doton: Shinju Zanshu no jutsu."
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The trio shared a silent laugh at the Uchiha's predicament.
(Now there's the ugliest lawn ornament I've ever seen.) Recca joked.
Domon suppressed his urge to guffaw, eyes watering at the sight of the Uchiha's head sticking out of the ground.
(Not even a blind pigeon'd shit on it!) he replied, heralding another plethora of suppressed cackles.
Naruto snickered quietly and signed towards his friends.
(Shall we make our move?)
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Kakashi had just finished lecturing the enraged Uchiha on his tactics, thoroughly enjoying the look of embarrassment that covered the teen's face when something rammed into his side with the force of a cannonball.
'A…beak?' the jounin thought in bewilderment, as the metal contraption retreated to the waiting form of Domon.
"Weren't expecting that, were ya sensei?" The giant grinned, wrapping the weapon around his body, so the beak hung over one shoulder. Kakashi would have replied to this, but he was forced to dodge a flurry of Kunai in mid fall, hurled by what appeared to be an army of Naruto clones.
"ORRRRRAAAAAA!" the clones roared as they fell upon the hapless jounin, punching and kicking at very awkward places, only for him to switch with a Kawarimi.
'These two…' he muttered, kneeling on a tree branch, before freezing at the surge of chakra behind him.
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"Katon:" Recca called out, leaping towards Kakashi through the trees, from behind, "Goukakyuu no jutsu!"
Kakashi nearly shit himself when a gargantuan fireball incinerated the tree he'd been sitting in, reducing it to so much ash.
'That thing was at least ten times bigger than Sasuke's!' He panicked, 'They really are trying to kill me!'
He blinked at a sizzling noise, before letting out a curse, barely managing to get the explosive tag off his jacket before it detonated, rather violently.
'Domon used that beak thing to catch me off guard,' the jounin realized, 'and as a tool to plant the tag.' He landed before them, eye narrowed as he took the trio in carefully.
'Pretty clever…and he and Naruto are no doubt serving as distractions for Recca,' he paused, gazing over his shoulder in confusion. 'But Sasuke's still there...why haven't they rescued him?'
The jounin hurled a kunai at a tree causing Recca to appear between his friends, holding it between two fingers.
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"Old age slowing ya down sensei?" the enjutsu-shi mocked, spinning the kunai around by the ring.
"Cute," Kakashi replied with a snort, "but you still haven't stolen a bell."
Recca grinned, cracking his knuckles, "I think we can rectify that."
Suddenly, he pointed at the jounin, a frown on his face.
"One question," he called out, "that book you were reading…it's a perverted book isn't it?"
Kakashi shrugged, deciding to humor the boy before he got serious, "What if it is?" he asked coyly.
Recca's grin caused the jounin to shiver, it reminded him WAY too much of Anko in her more…playful moments.
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"Just what we needed to know," Recca replied, before looking over his shoulder, "you ready guys?"
Domon fidgeted, looking uncomfortable for some reason. "Dunno about this," he muttered, while Naruto grinned, patting his giant teammate on the back reassuringly.
"S'allright," he coaxed, "it's only temporary."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow, wondering just what they had up their sleeves, and then braced himself as all three made a hand seal too fast for him to see.
"San-Bai Oiroke no jutsu!" the trio yelled out, disappearing in a cloud of smoke. When it cleared the jounin's visible eye bulged out of its socket before he was sent violently soaring through the air, his mask staining red as the blood shooting out of his ears actually propelled the poor jounin upwards.
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Recca-chan thumped a fist into the air, as Kakashi landed a good thirty feet away, face down.
"YATTA! We did it!" she cheered, bouncing slightly, "Operation Perv-basher is a success!" The brunette grinned up at her rival, who was now a busty raven-haired beauty whose hair wrapped around her suggestively.
"You make a pretty hot girl Domon," she complimented, "the ankle-length Ponytail's a nice touch…" The brunette noticed the look of jealous rage on the other's face and blinked, "Nani?"
"DAMN YOU HANABISHI!" Domo-chan shrieked, pointing at her rival, causing her assets to jiggle, "WHY'RE YOUR JUGS BIGGER THAN MINE?!"
Naru-chan sweatdropped, shaking her head in disbelief.
"Okay…you are taking this WAY too seriously." She deadpanned.
Sasuke, having suffered an overload of female flesh to his teenage senses, added to Domo-chan's last outburst, promptly passed away, the last thing he heard was Recca-chan's curse.
"Dammit, looks like you win the bet." She sighed, "Man I was so sure he was queer."
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When Kakashi awoke, it was to find himself strapped to one of the training posts, stripped down to his underwear, save for the mask and Hitai-ate. Looking around revealed Sasuke in a similar predicament, though the Uchiha was still only just coming round.
"Hey, guy's, the lovebirds are awake." Domon's voice called out, prompting Kakashi to glare at the trio, still bitter about being taken out by such a lowbrow technique. To add insult to injury, they were munching away at the lunches he'd brought, looks of contentment on their faces.
"Payback's a bitch…ain't it Kakashi-sensei?" Recca muttered, dangling a bell in one hand, Naruto and Domon showing theirs too.
"Just wait till I get outta here," the Jounin warned, "THEN we'll talk payback."
Sasuke scowled at the trio, silently agreeing with the jounin's threat. Recca chuckled, swallowing a mouthful of rice, "I really don't think so, show 'em your ace Domon."
The giant swallowed his food whole and ruffled though his pockets, pulling out, to Kakashi's horror, an instant camera.
"We took several good photo's while you were out." Naruto added, waving a good handful and grinning madly, "I wonder how much they'd sell for?"
Domon made a mock 'Thinker' pose and grinned, eyeing the captive duo. "We'd get more if we told the female population that Uchiha was strapped to a log in his undies."
Sasuke paled and fought against the restraints savagely; he had no intention of having his virginity stolen by a horde of horny women, no matter how desperate he was to restore the clan.
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Kakashi sighed, shaking his head in wonder.
'Hate to admit it,' he admitted appreciatively, 'but they're good.'
"Alright," he muttered, looking up in defeat, "you all pass…now get me out of this."
Naruto nodded and moved to untie the silver-haired jounin. The minute he was free of the ropes, Kakashi lunged forwards and grabbed the camera and photos, only to blink as they turned to smoke, the grinning genin disappearing along with his comrades.
Cursing himself for being caught off guard, the jounin looked back to reveal a struggling Sasuke and a message pinned to the stump he'd just escaped from.
'How stupid do you think we are? See you tomorrow, Kakashi-sensei!'
Kakashi moaned and covered his face with his hand.
'I'll never live this down if people find out.'
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Fuko was laughing her ass off when the group finished retelling their story.
"Man that was brilliant!" she cackled, "why do you three get all the fun?"
Mikagami hated to admit it, but Domon's vulgar tactic had quite the comical value, and he was twitching with suppressed laughter.
Kagero chuckled lightly, wiping a tear from her eye. "Poor Hatake-kun," she muttered, "he has enough problems with people trying to look under his mask."
Domon grinned evilly, causing everyone to look at the giant as he pulled out another photo.
"You didn't!" Kagero gasped, looking at the giant, who nodded, a slight flush on his face, "Can I see?" she asked, causing Shigeo to frown slightly. When Domon nodded, she held out her hand, accepting the picture from the teen and staring at it in interest.
The immortal kunoichi blinked once, twice, before her smooth ivory skin turned the colour of a sun burnt tomato.
"Oh my…"
Fuko and Yanagi sneaked a look over the woman's shoulder, and their reaction was the exactly same.
"Dammit!" Fuko yelled, pointing at the trio, "Why are we stuck with old man Kukai while you get this…this…" She flushed staring at the picture, "God he's so hot!"
Recca blinked and scratched his head, "Luck of the draw?" he flushed, "Though…I can see why you're so upset…"
(Remember the filler Episode? Even Ichiraku was turned on, so Kakashi probably appeals to both sexes in regards to his looks.)
Naruto grinned, deciding to add his own two ryo to the pile, "Best of all! We blackmailed him into letting us pass!"
Kagero frowned, "That isn't something to be proud of," she warned, causing the blonde to flinch, before smiling at him. "Is what a normal mother would say, but for shinobi it's quite an achievement."
The trio knocked fists and began singing the traditional victory song of all conquering heroes.
"WEEE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, WEEEE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!"
"NO TIME FOR LOSERS!" Domon roared, arms around the other two, as Recca took his cue.
" 'CAUSE WE ARE THE CAHMPIONS!"
Naruto whooped, tossing his fists in the air, "OF THE WORLD!!!"
The group fell about laughing as the Shigeo poured Amazake (sweet sake) everywhere in their glee.
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The next morning, after recovering from the mother of all hangovers, said champions made their gleeful way to their appointed meeting place. Much to the trio's surprise, it wasn't only Kakashi standing waiting, but Sasuke as well.
"What's HE doing here?" Recca asked, not looking at the livid Uchiha.
Kakashi blinked, caught momentarily off guard, before shrugging.
"I said you all passed didn't I?" he stated, as if commenting on the weather, "That included Sasuke."
"But the bastard didn't get a bell!" Naruto yelled, Domon sharing his sentiment.
Kakashi sighed, shaking his head "True, but you were a four man team to begin with, so you graduate as a four man team."
The trio slumped in defeat, "Guess we can't win 'em all." Recca muttered.
"We can still dream." Domon opined, to which Naruto snorted.
"Yeah, dream he gets killed off soon."
Kakashi sighed, shaking his head as he watched the group bicker amongst themselves. 'At least those three work well together,' he thought gratefully, 'now if I could only get Sasuke to open up…'
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Two months later...
Recca winced as Lady Shijimi, the wife of the fire Daimyo, hugged her 'precious' cat Tora to her bulbous face. Said precious cat had attempted to escape from her fourteen times this week alone, possibly more since that was only the times team seven had gone after him.
Domon nudged Recca and whispered out of the corner of his mouth. "Is it just me," he asked, "or does anyone feel sorry for the fleabag?"
Naruto growled, rubbing his cheek where the demented feline had scratched him, causing the giant to snort.
"Nah, didn't think so."
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Sarutobi bowed his head slightly to the woman as she left, depositing the payment for the missions with the bursar, before clearing his throat, looking down at a list in his hands.
"Team seven's next assignments are: Baby-sitting for the council of elders…running errands to the neighboring village…helping to dig sweet potatoes…"
"NO WAY!" Naruto cut in, "No more of this boring crap! Give us a better mission! An important one!"
Sasuke grunted, agreeing with the blonde despite himself; Recca and Domon adding their own two-ryo.
"What kinda shinobi goes around digging up sweet potatoes?!" Recca yelled, "We're assassins and spies, not farmers!"
"You tell him Hanabishi!" Domon added, rather loudly, "Any shinobi content to put up with this low level crap isn't deserving of his Hitai-ate!"
Quite a few ninja in the hall winced and refused to make eye contact, either out of shame or embarrassment. Kakashi was sighing in exasperation, shaking his head at the trio's antics, just as Iruka, who had been sitting to the Hokage's left, stood up yelling at the trio for their outbursts.
"Don't be foolish!" the chunin chided, "You four are still only genin! Everyone had to deal with missions of this caliber, and it builds the skills necessary for the bigger ones!"
"Yeah-yeah teamwork and co-operation blah-blah-blah, we got that down pat." Naruto muttered, thumbing over his shoulder, at Sasuke. "Even teme here can understand such an easy concept." he snickered, the other two joining in, causing Sasuke to glare at them until Kakashi bopped the trio on the back of their heads.
"Knock it off you three!" he chided.
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As the trio grumbled at their sensei, the Hokage puffed on his pipe, sighing.
"I understand your frustration, Naruto-kun, Recca-kun, Domon-kun." He muttered, eyeing them carefully, "but missions of a higher caliber demand an a equal level of skill and experience that only Higher ranked Shinobi can provide."
He took another drag of his pipe, "Shinobi such as Iruka and Kakashi, whose rank's are Chunin, and Jounin respectively." He exhaled, letting the smoke dissipate before continuing.
"Missions ranks are carefully evaluated by the council, and range from A to D in descending order of difficulty." Sarutobi waved his pipe at the group, "Having only attained the rank of Genin, do you really expect to receive missions that outrank your capabilities?"
Looking up revealed that the trio was involved in a spirited game of janken.
"HA! Three times in a row!" Domon yelled, raising his arms in the air as the other two cursed their luck.
"ARE YOU LISTENING?!" the aged Hokage yelled, miffed at being ignored as Kakashi rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"I-I'm sorry Hokage-sama" he said, embarrassed at the antics of his squad, whilst Sasuke snorted, laughing at their 'idiocy.'
"No need to apologize Kakashi-sensei," Recca muttered, as Domon continued to cheer at having won.
"Yeah, we heard everything." Naruto added, looking unusually serious, "I understand what you're saying, Oji-san, we all do." He pointed to his Hitai-ate leaf headband, tapping the metal with his thumb.
"But this marks us as adult Shinobi of Konohagakure," the blonde muttered, "and as adults, we can't have you holding our hands all the time."
Domon smirked, dropping the buffoon act to smirk at the venerable elder. "What kind of man just sits around planting crops, and lets real life experience pass him by?"
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Iruka looked at his former students in wonder, as the Hokage smiled around his pipe.
"Hn, Very well." He muttered, "Since you put it that way…"
Kakashi stared at the elder in shock whilst Sasuke maintained his indifferent image, though on the inside the Uchiha's ears perked up.
"…I shall permit team seven to attempt a C-rank mission which is normally reserved for Chunin ranked Shinobi…" The elderly Hokage smiled around his pipe, "The protection of a certain individual."
Whilst Kakashi picked his jaw off the ground, Naruto Recca and Domon were dancing a merry gig, arms entwined as they circled the annoyed Uchiha.
Sarutobi chuckled at their antics, which reminded him of his days with Jiraiya and the other sanin, before clearing his throat, nodding towards one of his secretaries.
"Please send him in."
The Shinobi nodded and opened the door, allowing an old man to walk in, Sake bottle in hand and wearing a travel sack on his back.
He glanced at the assembled team, took a swig of the liver-poisoning liquid, and snorted derisively.
"What's going on here?" the man muttered in a thick accent, "They look like a bunch of Wet-nosed brats." He looked at Naruto, "Especially, the blonde midget," he snorted "and that shaved gorilla, are you guys really ninjas?"
Domon, having grown used to being called names over the years, held back a raging Naruto by his collar, scowling.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DIMINUITIVE RUNTY LITTLE DWARF!" the blonde snarled, limbs waving in the air as he fought to escape the giant's grip.
The man snorted, unimpressed, then flinched in horror as he felt the business end of a kunai placed at his throat.
"I'd choose my words carefully, old man." Recca warned, letting the edge of the kunai nick the man's throat, "Not many civilians can mock ninja's without having to back up their words."
The man shivered, looking nervous as Recca stepped away from him and walked back to his friends.
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Kakashi, sighing to himself as Naruto finally calmed down, looked at their employer. "And you are?"
The man nodded, shakily, before pointing to himself, "My name is Tazuna," he introduced, patting himself on the chest, "a bridge builder of ultimate renown."
He eyed the group cautiously, "Until I'm safely back in my home country, where my current project is under way, I'll expect you to protect me with your lives."
Recca grinned, giving the man a cheeky salute. "Pleased to meet you Tazuna-san!" he greeted, "but if you expect to live to see your own country, or even the gates of Konoha, you should know that Naruto's shortness is a taboo subject."
Kakashi sighed as Naruto leapt at his surrogate brother and attempted to throttle him for his comment, dragging Domon into the fray as well.
'This is going to be a long day…'
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Kagero smiled as the trio packed their things, though she couldn't help but feel concerned.
"You do know this is a C-class mission?" she prompted, playing with her necklace as she watched them pack.
"Relax mom," Recca replied, rubbing his nose, "I'll come back alive."
"I'll watch the idiot's back," Domon added, flexing his arm, "no need to worry, Kagero-san."
Recca thumped the giant and grinned, "Who you calling an idiot Franken-dick?"
Naruto shook his head and shoved another ramen pack into his bag, until Kagero coughed, holding out three scrolls.
"A nice man named Tenshin gave me these when I was shopping," she explained, "they're storage scrolls."
She tossed one each to the boys, who blinked at them in confusion.
"Place your goods on them and make the ram seal," she instructed, "they'll be stored in the scrolls and you'll have more room in your packs."
Naruto leapt up and hugged the woman, before dashing off to the kitchen to grab every single instant Ramen cup he could find, while Domon grinned and stashed Kuchibashi-o in the scrolls, along with his weights and the Taijutsu scroll he'd been looking at.
Recca looked up at the two as Naruto reentered, his face serious.
"We got an hour," he explained, "and Kakashi-sensei won't show up for another three anyway, so what do ya say we practice tree climbing again?"
Domon grunted and stood up, rotating his joints as Naruto finished sealing his ramen and ran out to join them.
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Tazuna growled at the trio as they finally showed up, he'd been standing here with the damn emo kid for over three hours, and it wasn't making his hangover any better.
"Where the hell have you brats been?" he started yelling, just as there was a poof of smoke and Kakashi greeted him with a raised hand, causing the bridhe builder to jump.
"Yo!"
"YOU'RE LATE!" The trio roared, sending poor Kakashi flying backwards into the guardhouse wall, deafening Tazuna and scaring a flock of birds into the air.
The elderly bridge builder wisely decided to keep his comments to himself from now on, especially around those three.
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By the time Kakashi had pulled himself out of the wall, the group had finally set off on their journey. The trio was singing a lewd marching song that was causing an annoyed Sasuke to blush, Kakashi was nose deep into his pornography, and Tazuna was eyeing the surrounding woodlands suspiciously as he chugged his sake.
"C'mon teme!" Naruto yelled over his shoulder, "Sing along!"
The Uchiha snorted and looked away, causing the blonde to twitch in annoyance before grinning vindictively. Taking a deep breath, the blonde began chanting a new song at the top of his lungs, as if trying to make sure everyone in Konoha heard him. (heh, trying...RIIIGHT.)
"Oh…Sasuke is a great big queer do-da, do-da."
Domon grinned, putting an arm around the blonde and joining in. "He likes to take it up the rear, oh-de-do-da-day."
Sasuke twitched and hurled a kunai at the trio as they broke into a chorus.
"Oh-de-doodle-da, oh-de-do-da-day! He likes to take it up the rear!"
"All the live long day!" Recca finished, before dodging a punch from the enraged Uchiha.
Tazuna watched the four genin with some concern, especially since the Uchiha was starting to use his giant shuriken.
"Is this normal?" he asked, prompting a sigh from Kakashi as the jounin and gave the man a long-suffering look.
"I'm afraid so," he muttered, "but they're good shinobi when it comes down to it, so there's little need to worry."
At that moment, a barbed chain wrapped around the jounin, before he was reduced to spaghetti sauce, the lumpy kind.
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"One little piggy." One of the assailants said sinisterly, both suddenly vanishing, or tried to anyway. Recca's foot slammed into the face of one and Naruto donkey kicked another in the jaw.
As they stumbled back, one of them slashed Naruto in the hand, only for Domon to grab both of them and crack their skulls together savagely, knocking them out and depriving them of a few functiong brain cells in the process.
The exchange took less than thirty seconds, as Kakashi noted from his position in the treeline, his faux-body hadn't even finished hitting the ground before the trio had gone into action.
'They act dumb,' he noted, 'but those three have a reaction time that puts chnin to shame.'
He eyed them from his positon in the trees, frowning slightly as he tried to evaluate their skills.
'I just may have to take this seriously after all.'
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Well there you have it, yet another installment of Naruto's adventures with team Hokage!
Next installment, the team gets a first hand glimpse of a jouni level battle, and Recca notices something odda bout his 'outoto'.
OH! and expect plenty more Kakashi bashing!
Kakashi: why must you hurt me so?
Kyugan: Because your reckless teaching almost got Naruto killed.
Kakashi: Ano...that's not...
Kyugan: You taught Sasuke an assasination technique,all you taught Naruto was tree climbing, which most genin know how to do as soon as they passed the exam!
Kakashi: I-!
Kyugan: On top of that! You left him on his own while you focused on the damn traitor! Well! what do you have to say for yourself!
Kakashi: (raises fingure, lowers it, raises it again, then slumps.)
Kyugan: That's right, I thought so.
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