Well, if you didn't know this yet:

'thoughts'

"talking"

'inner sakura'

"He's late!" Naruto yelled.

"Naruto please sit still and wait." Sakura tried to reason with him.

"But we've waited and waited and waited! Why is our teacher the only one late? All the other groups went somewhere with their teachers already, even Iruka-sensei went home!"

"It's fine Naruto, just wait a little bit longer."

Sakura watched as Naruto put a chalk brush and wedged it in the door.

"This is for making us wait so long!"

'Oh no.. I don't want our teacher to hate us!' ' Take a kunai out and knock it out of the way before it hits him!' 'Ok.'

Sakura took a kunai out of her pouch and held it on the side where her team mates couldn't see it. 'Get ready! I can sense him!'

The door opened and Sakura threw it swiftly, knocking the brush away from their sensei's head.

"Heh, nice." Sakura sighed in relief.

"Sakura-chan! Why'd you do that!"

Sasuke watched her silently. 'That was really precise, I wonder where she learned that.'

Sakura stared at her sensei and beamed. "Kakashi-san! I mean Kakashi-sensei! That's great I knocked that out of the way before it hit you! And I never thanked you before either!"

He had helped her with the arrangements when she had gotten to Konoha, enrolling her in the academy and helping her move the things in.

"Ah, Sakura. That's nice to see a familiar face. I was going to say my first impression is that I don't like you, but now, I hate you two." He looked at the two boys who were glaring at him.

"Sakura-chan! How do you know him?"

Sakura scratched her head. 'Great, how do I tell them without them knowing I have no parents. Even Kakashi-sensei doesn't know. He just thought my parents were on a mission.' "He just helped me settle here in Konoha."

"Alright, meet me on the roof." Kakashi turned around and disappeared in a cloud of dust.

Naruto turned to Sasuke. "I bet I'm faster than you!"

"Hn, bring it on dobe."

They both started running out the room with Sakura trailing behind.

XXXXXX

Sakura sat in the middle of them, after breaking up their fight.

Kakashi stood in front of them, surveying them. "Let's see, why don't you introduce yourselves. What you like, hate, dreams, and hobbies. Something like that."

"Could you go first, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked curiously.

"Me? I'm Hatake Kakashi. I have no intention of telling you my likes and dislikes. As for my dreams, I don't have anything in particular and I have a few hobbies to take up my time."

Sakura stared at him, furrowing her eyebrows. "So .. All we learnt was your name huh?"

Kakashi nodded at Naruto. "You first."

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I like cup ramen. But I like ramen at Ichiraku that Iruka-sensei bought for me even more. I hate the three minutes that I have to wait after I put in the hot water. I like Sakura- chan and I hate Sasuke-teme. My hobby is to eat and compare cup ramens! And my dream is to become grater than the Hokage! I'm going to make the villages recognize my existence! Believe it!"

Sakura smiled when she heard he liked her, but didn't say anything back. 'If I don't say I like him, we don't have to be friends.'

'He's grown up in an interesting way.' Kakashi thought. He then pointed to Sasuke.

"Hn. My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are many things that I hate, and there aren't a lot of things that I like. Also, I have an ambition that I have no intention to leave as just a dream. The revival of my clan, and to … kill a certain man."

Kakashi watched him, 'Interesting. Just as I thought. The Hokage mentioned me having to help him with his Sharingan. '

Naruto shivered, "I hope he wasn't talking about me.."

Sakura turned towards Sasuke. "Hey .. If your going to revive your clan, you have to marry a girl right? Isn't that the way it works? So do you like love a girl in our class? I saw that Ino really likes you."

Sasuke, caught off guard flushed. 'Damn, reviving my clan, what was I thinking saying that.' "Yes, I'm going to revive my clan and no, Ino would be my very last choice."

Sakura frowned, "Oh do you love someone already?" She leaned forward, "Oh, I know! It's cause your with Naruto right? Yeah, my parents used to kiss so I thought that when you guys kissed and denied it was a little deceiving." She turned to Naruto who started choking when she mentioned him. "Good luck Naruto!"

"Wah! Sakura-chan! We're not together.!"

Sakura pursed her lips. "Well if he's going to revive his clan you have to be with someone right? Well, that's what my mom talked to me about when I was a kid. To revive a clan, all you need is someone to love."

'Hmm, I can't tell if she's doing this out of curiosity, to mock him, or trying to make him choose her to revive the clan. It doesn't look like she's interested in him though.'

Sasuke who was slowly getting uncomfortable tried to get out of the situation. "Well, no I haven't chosen anyone yet. Maybe when I'm older…"

Sakura nodded, "Yeah, okay."

Kakashi pointed to her, "Alright enough chit chat, go Sakura."

"Right, I'm Haruno Sakura. I don't like when others put others down." 'Or wars, blood, killing for no reason. Loved one leaving me…' "A hobby? I guess training? And studying things. And my dream is to become a strong kunoichi, so that I'll never lo-" She stopped stiffly. 'Too much detail Sakura!' 'Yeah, I know.' "Yeah, I want to become strong for my own personal reasons."

'Hmm, that's interesting. The way she stopped her sentences. I would've thought that these girls in the academy would be into boys more than training.' Kakashi watched her as she fidgeted with her shirt. 'Come to think of it, I don't know anything of her past. Not even the Hokage told me.'

"Alright, you three all have unique personalities. I like that. Tomorrow, we're going to begin a mission."

Naruto jumped to his feet excitedly. "What kind of mission is that, sir?"

"First, we're going to do something with all four of us."

"What is it! What is it?" Naruto shouted at him.

"Survival training."

"How is it a mission if it's training?" Sakura inquired.

"This isn't ordinary training. Our of the 27 graduates, only nine are going to become Genins. The other 18 will be sent back to the academy. In other words, this training is going to be a very hard test with a drop rate of 66%."

"No way! I went through so much trouble… then what was the final exam for?" Naruto asked.

"That just picks who are qualified to become Genin. Anyway, I'm going to determine where her you pass or fail tomorrow at the training ground. Bring your ninja equipment and at 5 A.M.! Oh yeah, don't eat breakfast, you're going to throw up if you do."

XXXXXX

The next day Sakura woke up at 4 in the morning. She had slept earlier than normal, so that she wouldn't be tired today. 'I need proper energy if we're going to be doing survival things.' However, she still ate a light breakfast of fruits. " He's always late so it'll be digested by then, and no way is he going to hurt us or anything. We just graduated so we have no real fighting skills." Sakura also forgot that you were to be there by 5 but ended up getting there at 6.

Naruto was slumped against the side of the bridge. "Sakura-chan your late."

"Ehe, yeah, sorry lost track of time." She looked around. "Doesn't look like he'll be here anytime soon."

"How can you be so awake?" Naruto asked drowsily, rubbing his eyes.

"I went to sleep early, to have my maximum energy, and woke up early to eat a small breakfast."

Sasuke who was watching silently cut in. "Hn, he said you'd puke it out."

"Yeah, but I ate a light one, and it's been a little while. I'll have digested it if he comes extremely late which he already is so I won't puke it out but I'll still have energy. I mean come on, we have no skills or experience what so ever. He won't use all his skills on us, cause he knows that."

Naruto stared at her wide-eyed, "Wow Sakura-chan, your really smart!"

"I guess." 'Damn, I said I wasn't going to be friends. Stop talking!' She turned stiffly and faced the other side of the bridge, ignoring them. This surprised the both of them, though it only showed on Naruto's face.

'Hn, what's up with her.'

'Sakura-chan…'

They stood like that for two more hours, awaiting their sensei's arrival.

At 8' o clock he arrived, and ended up getting an earful from Naruto.

"You're late!" Naruto yelled.

"A black cat crossed my path, so… anyways let's move on." He took out a stop clock and hit the start button. "The alarm is set for 12' o clock. You are to get one of these bell from me. Whoever can't won't have any lunch.

Sakura pointed at his hands, "There are only two bells…"

Kakashi nodded, "Since there's only two, at least one will have to be tied to the log. That person will fail since he failed to complete the mission. The person will go back to the academy. It might just be one, or all three. You can use your weapons against me. " He jingled the pair of bells. "You won't be able to get these unless you have the will to kill me."

Sakura stared at him. 'It's kind of obvious that he's lying. Well, to me at least.' She was always able to tell if someone was lying to her even if someone like her sensei was very skilled at it. 'There's got to be another way that'll allow all of us to pass.'

Naruto and Sasuke stared at him. You could see the gears in their brains working themselves, trying to figure out a way to get a bell.

Naruto whipped out a blade and charged at Kakashi. Their sensei appeared behind him, pulling the blade around so it lay against Naruto's head.

"Don't get so hasty, I didn't say "start" yet."

'Wow he's really quick.' Sakura thought.

"So this is a Jounin." Sasuke muttered to himself.

Kakashi's only visible eye shut, to show that he was smiling. "But, it looks like you have the will to kill me now. I think I can finally start liking you three. We're going to start… Ready, GO!"

All three of them leaped away, and Kakashi disappeared to reappear in the middle of a clearing.

"A basic for a ninja is to conceal his presence and hide. Good, everyone is hidden nicely…" Kakashi looked up and saw Naruto grinning up at him.

"You and me right now!"

Kakashi cringed, "Aren't you a little weird compared to the rest?"

"The only thing weird here is your hairstyle!"

"Alright, Taijutsu, I'll teach you that one first." Kakashi reached into his pouch and whipped out a book with the title Flirting Paradise.

"Wah!" Naruto looked confusedly at him.

"What's the matter? Come and get me."

"Alright but it's your funeral sensei!"

Naruto created 7 shadow clones and charged at him. Kakashi destroyed them all, and appeared behind Naruto crouching.

"Hidden village of Konoha's secret taijutsu master art! One Thousand Years of Pain!" Kakashi shoved his fingers on Naruto's arse, and Naruto landed into the lake.

'Hmm, there's no way we could beat him. He's not even trying and Naruto got beaten. Especially with only two bells it get's even more competitive.. that's it! Oh.. Why didn't I see it before!'

Sakura went searching for her two team mates and untied Naruto from the rope that he was hanging from, and helped Sasuke out of the ground, where his head was above to allow him to breathe.

She faced both of them, who were glaring at each other. "We need to work together. Remember, we have to look underneath the underneath. The two bells are there to distract us. It's obvious, he's not taking us seriously, so it tells you that the bells aren't the main goal."

"I don't know about you but I've already touched the bells. This isn't about teamwork at all. Listen to what he said, Sakura. You guys will just drag me down." Sasuke walked away from them.

"C'mon Sasuke! If we fail you guys can just blame it on me or something it's fine. I just really sure that this will work!"

"Hn. Fine. But, mess this up once and I'm outta here."

"I'll do whatever you want to do Sakura-chan!" Naruto smiled at her.

XXXXXX

'This again?' Kakashi stared at a group of Naruto's in front of him.

They all charged at him and he dodged their punches. Sakura charged at him from the back and tripped him. He grabbed her arms and legs immobilizing her and taking up both his hands. He kicked away the two Naruto's charging at him, pulling Sakura with his movements. Two more Naruto's came out from both sides of the clearing and charged at him again. He hit one of them and looked to his other side to see a Naruto reaching out to grab the bells. Kakashi dodged him, and aimed a kick at him. He blocked the attack and from the hit, a puff of smoke came out to reveal Sasuke.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto's voice came from above, jumping on his back and covering his eyes.

'Dammit, I shouldn't have let my guard down.' Kakashi could sense Sasuke and Naruto reaching for the bells and used Sakura to whack them all away.

They landed in a heap on the ground with Sakura on top. "Ow…" She rubbed her head.

"Well, it seems you realised that this exercise was about teamwork and not the bells. In this situation, we select those who can prioritize teamwork before themselves. An individual action that disrupts the teamwork will result in danger or even death for the team mates. But, since you were able to figure it out.. You pass!"

Naruto grinned, "Alright! One more step closer to becoming Hokage!"

Sakura turned towards Sasuke, "See Sasuke-kun! It worked!"

"Hn."

"The training ends here. The 7th group will start doing mission tomorrow! Since I didn't have to tie you to a post to teach you a lesson, I reckon you'll be able to go and get your own lunch. I have to go see the Hokage anyways. No one's ever passed before."

They watched as he whipped his book back out that he had oput away during their little battle and started reading. Sasuke and Naruto cringed, knowing what was inside it. 'Pervert..'

Sakura however, looked at him curiously. "Kakashi-sensei? What is that book about? I heard a man talking about it and he said it was very good, should I go buy one and read it myself?"

Naruto stuttered, "Sakura-chan, don't read it! It'll wreck your brain! He's just a little pervert!"

"Pervert?" Sakura stared at him oddly. "What's a pervert? Hm.. I thought my vocabulary was diverse.. What's the book about Naruto?"

He scratched his head. "Um well you see it's mostly about where a guy and a girl -"

Kakashi snapped the book shut and covered her ears. "Don't taint her innocence!"

"Naruto? Sorry I didn't get that since Kakashi-sensei covered my ears." 'Why'd he do that?'

Their teacher cut in, "Sorry Sakura, but you really don't want to read this. It's em, how should I say this only for guys!"

She frowned. "That's abit sexist, but okay.."

Sasuke smirked in amusement. 'I know she's smart but to not know about this stuff? Heh, guess that explains why she doesn't like me. She has no clue about it. I wonder how she'll treat him if she ever finds out.'

"Anyways, I expect you all want to celebrate passing so I'll see you later." Kakashi waved, and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Naruto danced around, "I did it! I'm a ninja, ninja, ninja. Hey, hey Sakura-chan, how about you and me go for some ramen." He looked around. "Sakura-chan?"

He turned and saw Sakura and Sasuke walking away already. "Hey! Where are all you guys going? Guys? Guys!"