Chapter 14: Student and Teacher

AN: Hey everybody! Thank you guys so much for all of those lovely reviews! They really made me happy! Now because I'm so thankful I have decided to tell you guys why I started writing this story. I had read stories where the kids didn't know their fathers and their fathers didn't know that they had kids, and so I began to wonder what would it be like if it were the other way around? And that's what made me start writing this story. Thanks for reading everyone!

-Akemi

Katsuki really didn't appreciate his daughter's behavior. It was probably that stupid Uchiha's fault. Although he'd never really liked him very much, he would have still accepted Sasuke as Sakura's husband had the moron never left the village and his daughter. More importantly, the dolt had left his daughter on a bench at night! Didn't the guy know that there might be a drunk idiot out wandering the streets? Of course not! "Uchiha-sama" was much too focused on becoming rogue and getting his revenge. Revenge. That was the main reason he didn't like the Uchiha very much. The guy was an avenger. No morals, no ideals, no anything. In other words, there was just him and his revenge and he would ruthlessly cut down anyone who dared to stand in his way of exacting his revenge. That type of guy was not worthy of having his daughter. Absolutely not! His daughter deserved better than such a moral less male. After all there was a difference between a male and a man. Men, were grown, strong males with ideals, morals, and education. Male is in fact a term used to describe sex, gender, not humans. (AN Read the AN at the end for more elaboration)

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Sasuke stared at his former teacher. He never would have expected the final jounin he'd have to fight would be Kakashi. Then again, it was the most suitable finale. It also made the most sense. A teacher who was to test his student and see if they could manage to pass. Other than that, Kakashi was a very skilled ninja, he was an elite among elite. Had Sasuke not had so much pride he knew he would have been honored to have Kakashi as his teacher. That Hokage really knew how to test people.

Kakashi had his weight shifted so that most of his weight was on his right leg, his hands were in his pockets, and he still had that lazy look he always had (when he wasn't on the battlefield that is). As a stubborn breeze blew through the stadium, Sasuke could have sworn he head the jingling of bells. When Kakashi held up a similar pair of bells with bright red strings attached to them he couldn't be any more confused. The knowing smile on Kakashi's face made Sasuke's emotionless features shift into an annoyed scowl.

Sensing his former student's agitation, Kakashi decided it was only fair that he enlightened Sasuke. "I do believe you remember your first task when you were first assigned to Team 7, no?" Kakashi asked.

Hearing a grunt in reply, Kakashi tossed one of the bells to Sasuke, who caught the slightly round metallic object. He looked back at Kakashi who attached his bell to the exact same spot he had twelve years ago. "Go on put it on yours somewhere," the copy nin urged.

Sasuke attached it to a similar spot on his rope belt. Then looked to Kakashi for further instructions.

"Here are the rules, if you get my bell between now and sunrise, you win," Kakashi explained, "However! If I get your bell, I win! Unlike all of the other battles you've fought knocking me unconscious is not necessary! All you need to do is grab my bell before I grab yours!"

Seeing the amused smirk on Sasuke's face, the silver haired elite added, "Also, I would suggest that you come at me with the intention of killing me or else you'll never get my bell."

"That's enough chit-chat!" Tsunade yelled. "Begin!"

Kakashi and Sasuke disappeared the moment the last syllable was uttered. "Why did you choose Kakashi-sensei to be the last opponent for Sasuke-kun?" Sakura couldn't help but ask.

"I didn't choose him, he nominated himself," Tsunade's eyes never left the battle field, "That bell challenge was Kakashi's own idea, I must say that he comes up with some very interesting tests."

"He is a teacher isn't he?" Itachi asked his lips curving into a mischievous smirk. "You seem to be very interested in him, Hokage-sama."

The glare of hatred and annoyance along with a slap to the cheek from Sakura made Itachi chuckle. "I didn't mean to be offensive."

"Well you were, now shut up and watch Kakashi beat your little brother's ass," Tsunade growled.

"Oh on the contrary I'm placing my bets on Sasuke," Itachi continued to smirk.

"Eh is that so?" Tsunade stared at evilly from the corner of her eye.

"No Tsunade-shishou don't take that bet! You know it's a bad idea!" Sakura jumped.

"Gambling is very unladylike you known that right?" Itachi raised a perfect eyebrow.

"And having hair longer than a girl's is very unmanly, little Itachi."

"My hair isn't longer than any girl's hair One-sama," Itachi teased.

"Actually Itachi," Sakura smiled, "It's longer than mine."

"Really now?" Itachi cast Sakura a questioning gaze, before hooking a finger around her chin her chin and tilting it up while leaning close to her. "But does it make me any less manly?"

Sakura tried hard to kill her blush, but because Itachi face resembled Sasuke's it was kinda hard. "I thought guys determined their 'manliness' by a different criterion."

Tsunade laughed merrily, totally amused, "That's my student all right!" She said patting Sakura on the back.

Had Sakura shocked Itachi, she couldn't really tell because he wore that foolproof mask of his. When he unhooked his finger from her chin and patted her on the head, Sakura felt as though he'd become her older brother too.

"I can see why Sasuke likes you so much," Itachi mumbled before the sound of metal brought them back to the battle that was occurring.

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The moment Tsunade had said begin, Sasuke knew to hide amongst the few trees in the arena. Turning his sharingan off, and closing his eyes, Sasuke took a deep breath and began to search for Kakashi's signal. He was really focused and about a good ten minutes later he found it. Activating his sharingan while opening his eyes Sasuke moved to the source very carefully. Sasuke was very sneaky, stealth was something he had potential in.

When Sasuke first spotted Kakashi, he couldn't help but wonder whether he was supposed to be annoyed, nostalgic, or grateful for such an opening. Kakashi blinked and all of a sudden a cold, sharp piece of metal against his neck. As Sasuke began to apply more pressure, Kakashi looked up from his book and asked, "Isn't this a little too easy Sasuke?"

When Sasuke increased the pressure even more and A poof followed, Sasuke only had milliseconds to turn around and block Kakashi. A loud clang echoed through the stadium, when the two metals connected. Sasuke then sent his chidori through his blade, only for Kakashi to do the same.

"Tch," Sasuke jumped back, Kakashi doing the same.

The instant Sasuke landed he charged at the copy nin, running at top speed in a zig zag like line. To Kakashi it appeared as though he was disappearing and reappearing. When Sasuke attacked from the side, Kakashi was already well prepared for the attack, and easily blocked jumping away, before he unleashed a set of fire balls at Sasuke who managed to dodge most of them, however two managed to barely hit him. His shirt ignited, and Sasuke decided to throw it off before things got any worse. Kakashi was behind Sasuke in an instant, a chidori at the ready. Sasuke didn't dodge, however.

A log. How classic, the replacement technique. Kakashi ducked, narrowly avoiding Sasuke's slash. He slid his legs around in an attempt to knock Sasuke off his feet. Sasuke who seemed to anticipate this attempted to cut the string binding the bell to Kakashi's pants. However, the back of Kakashi's hand hit the sword away. The silver haired ninja didn't spare an instant to jump away.

Sasuke was behind him in an instant. Unprepared Kakashi was forced to take the hit. Heading face first for the ground Kakashi somersaulted before he hit the ground and given no time to regain his footing, Kakashi had took a hard kick to the stomach. As he was flying through the air, Sasuke took his chance and appeared beside Kakashi attempting to take the bell. However Kakashi managed to twist his body in mid air and In return attempted to get Sasuke's bell. His finger barely touched the bell before Sasuke jumped back and shot his great fireball jutsu, which Kakashi dodged with a replacement. Sasuke barely had time to think before he felt very very very light vibrations at his feet and jumped up right before Kakashi's hand shot out of the ground. Sasuke barely noticed the clone behind him before he got kicked in the back.

The battle between two high level ninjas was a truly fascinating sight. Sakura was amazed at how skilled Sasuke was. I mean Sasuke had been inactive for the last five years or so, but he still managed to fight with Kakashi on even ground. "Oi! How's he doing?"

Sakura looked up and saw a second sun, better known as Naruto's hair. "Why are you so late Naruto?"

Naruto turned bright red and he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "W-well, you see, Hinata needed some help with stuff. We kinda had some renovations to do."

"Na-ru-to," Sakura threatened.

"Why were you late?" Itachi asked Sakura.

Tsunade glanced at Sakura showing that she was in fact curious to know why as well.

"My dad wanted to introduce me to my 'fiance'," Sakura growled, "My dear papa decided it would be a good idea if he were to pick the man that I was to marry, I have pretty much no say in the matter."

"You seemed to have like him for you to have spent three hours with him," Itachi commented.

"Three hours?!" Just how late am I?" Naruto asked.

"Seven hours 47 minutes and 6 seconds late," Itachi answered impassively.

"All the way down to the second," Tsunade and Sakura sweat dropped.

"And just to let you know, I spent one hour of those hours blowing off steam, and the next in the hot springs, I was seriously ticked okay?" Sakura glared at Itachi.

"Hn."

"Hn to you too!" Sakura huffed.

"Katsuki-san went so far as to pick out a husband for you huh Sakura?" Kakashi suddenly appeared.

"Ka-KAKASHI-SENSEI?" Sakura jumped. "Shouldn't you be fighting Sasuke-kun!"

"He is," Sasuke appeared, "you met that Kaito guy your dad talked about?"

"Hn," Sakura grunted imitating the two Uchiha brothers.

"Oh please not you too Sakura!" Tsunade groaned.

"Don't worry Tsunade-shishou I'll only use it on the Uchiha brothers here," Sakura smiled, before glaring at Sasuke, "But Sora better not inherit this habit, so don't encourage him to!"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her as if to ask "really now?"

"Aren't you supposed to be getting the bell Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked him. "I mean it's almost sun set, and you only have until sunrise."

"Hn."

Kakashi and Sasuke took off again. "Kakashi-sensei's giving the bell test again?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, but with a bit of a twist," Sakura nodded, "they both have bells and whoever gets the other's bell first wins. But there's a time limit. Sunrise."

"Oh I see," Naruto nodded, watching as Sasuke manipulated his chakra so that it flew out of his hand like a sword.

"Sasuke," Kakashi called, "Once you pass this test," Kakashi dodged one of Sasuke's punches, "and once again become a Konoha Ninja," Kakashi kicked Sasuke, who caught his leg and pulled him towards him to land a punch, "You too will become a teacher, or team leader."

"I find it funny," Sasuke's fingers skimmed the bell, "A teacher who wishes to be the reason his student might fail," Sasuke pulled out his sword.

"What?" Kakashi laughed blocking sword with his kunai. "You want me to go easy on you? Are you angry that you have been given a challenge?" Kakashi kicked Sasuke in the stomach. "That's unlike you Sasuke."

"No," Sasuke's voice came from behind Kakashi, "I'm just surprised that although you want me to pass, you're risking your own pride, a teacher about to be defeated by his student."

The cold blade touched Kakashi's neck again, "Actually Sasuke," Kakashi reached for Sasuke's bell, "you've got it wrong," Sasuke swung his sword down, "I can't wait to feel the pride of knowing my student," the jingling of a bell could be heard, "Has finally surpassed me," Kakashi smiled.

The bell fell into the palm of Sasuke's hand. "I win."

"No," Kakashi held up Sasuke's bell, "I win."

Sasuke's brows furrowed. "You got my bell, but I still won, because," tears were glistening in Kakashi's eyes, "you pass."

Sasuke heard a squeal of joy and saw Sakura jumping up and down. Itachi was smiling proudly. Naruto was cheering. Tsunade was looking down at him with the proud look of a mother. That Hokage sure was like Sakura, oh wait it was the other way around. Either way, Sasuke knew he would get along well with Tsunade. "Uchiha, Sasuke," Tsunade declared, "Has now become a proud Konoha jounin! Congrats brat! And I wish you the best of luck with my student!" Tsunade's gave Sakura a one armed hug.

"You will always be my student," Kakashi smiled proudly and Sasuke couldn't but wonder how he'd ever had the heart to leave a place with so many people who loved and appreciated him.

"And you will always be my teacher," Sasuke replied as Sakura pounced on him.

AN: YAY! I finished it! Woooooo! Hope you guys liked it! I'm not very good at writing and describing battles, but I tried my best. Also, I hope that at the beginning of the chapter, you could understand Sakura's father's motives a bit better.

Also the difference between men and males is basically, males are basically just you know guys, rapists, uneducated barbarians, and the like.

BUT MEN! Men, are have morals, they have pride and they're lovely human beings. I truly respect men, and boys, as well as adolescents, with morals, because there are others who do not.

I just wanted to clear that up, because I didn't want to offend anyone. My religion teacher was once discussing this. And just to let you know, I think Sasuke is a MAN (in my story anyway) not a male. Thanks for reading and reviewing everyone!

-Akemi out.

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Chapter 15: CELEBRATIONS

"SURPRISE!"

"In fact we've decided to…Neji."

"Hey guys, we kinda have a little secret we need to tell you."

"Oh come on, just admit it…"

"…Students have really grown up."

"It's a pleasure doing business with you, we hope you'll keep up your end of the bargain."