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The sharp deep red gaze of the Sharingan blazed with a certainty as it swept across the green landscape in order to catch even the slightest miniscule movement. He saw no movement other than where Sakura and Naruto waited. It was times like these, when he wished he had the all seeing eyes of the Byakugan. But he had to make do with what he had.
Naruto was not pleased with this turn of events and he signaled to Sakura for her cue. Sakura grinned and Naruto dodged out of the way when a flying kunai was thrust at him. Sakura smiled and from her hidden position, she started concentrating on sending her chakra to her fists. She poured the chakra carefully, just enough to cause a distraction but not too much too cause any major damage. Large chunks of earth flew everywhere but with his Sharingan, Kakashi leaped out of the way to avoid them.
Naruto tossed a few sharp shurikun at the exact time Sakura threw her kunais, and they both watched as Kakashi easily evaded them by crouching low to the ground. Naruto's deep blue eyes flashed with excitement and he grinned back at Sakura. As long as Kakashi kept his eyes focused on them, he would never notice the sudden ambush from behind. It was almost time for the second part of the plan, and any second now they would all see that mysterious face of his.
Shikamaru hid high up in the greenery of one of Konoha's oak trees, and he waited for the absolute moment when Kakashi would fully concentrate on Naruto and Sakura. When it seemed that the Copy Nin had stopped scanning about, Shikamaru motioned to Temari to head to the village to round up the Fangirls. Temari smirked with her usual smug smile, and Shikamaru found out he couldn't keep his eyes from following her until he couldn't see her anymore.
He turned his attention back to the battle and watched in horror as Naruto got a bit too enthusiastic and tripped over one of the disturbed chunks of earth. Naruto took a sharp nose-dive into the dirt, and as he picked himself off the ground he attempted to wipe some of it off but only succeeded in smearing it all over his face. Later Naruto would say that if he had been in true danger, he would have caught himself before he fell.
Shikamaru tried his best not to laugh, but he couldn't help the slight escaping chuckle that exited his mouth. And with that small chuckle, Shikamaru had given away his position.
Kakashi swished his head in his direction, easily knowing that it would be best to keep Shikamaru in his sights. But it was too late, for Shikamaru had already unleashed his shadow and now was in control.
At that precise moment, Shikamaru knew Temari had to hurry up and he waited a few slight tense moments before he saw a rush of girls following behind the amazing Sand Kuniochi.
It was time, and all watched with mouths open, and eyes wide. Shikamaru quickly switched his Shadow Possession Jutsu to the more advanced Suffocating Darkness Jutsu but edited on how the shadow hands reacted.
The shadows instead of strangling Kakashi, only reached up to his mask with slow and steady pace; however, that would not last for long.
It seemed that Kakashi had a very strong will and was trying his best to force his way out of the Jutsu. Concentrating, Kakashi pushed out his chakra and somehow broke free. He twisted away, with Shikamaru wondering how he even broke out of it. But he shrugged it off with it being Kakashi.
Kakashi leaped about and settled himself between all three, paying only the merest attention on Temari. But that would be his undoing. With the Fangirls trying their best to figure out who to cheer for, Temari whipped out her large fan and smiled as Shikamaru nodded. He always had a back-up plan if the first one went awry.
Kakashi listened in on the movement and was caught in the rapid winds of Temari's onslaught. The winds barely tore at his Jounin vest, but it did cause minor slashes on his sleeves and dark pants. But that was not what caused them to openly gasp. It seemed obvious to everyone that the winds were mostly aimed at the face. They weren't strong enough to injure the skin but it was enough to rip small slices of Kakashi's mask. But sadly, Kakashi had blocked most of the wind strikes with his gloved hands.
And from the hearts floating in the air above the fangirls, it was just barely enough to grab their attention and keep it.
"Kakashi-kun," they whispered quietly to themselves, as they fanned away from their faces to cool their reddened faces off. Kakashi was only pleased about one thing and that was that no one had seen his face completely. He vanished with a quick poof with the girls sighing contently afterwards.
Ironically, the ones who wanted to see his face the most failed in doing so. And Sakura blamed Naruto for it. When Temari had started up the wind display, Naruto had stumbled over to the side and somehow knocked her down exactly when everyone else got to see parts of Kakashi's face.
"You haven't taken your exam!" Sakura shouted after Kakashi hoping for another chance even though she knew it was too late. She quickly switched her gaze to Naruto, who was dragging his sandal into the ground as he smiled sheepishly back at her. He saw the mad look in her eye and quickly ran off.
"Naruto! You better get back here!" Sakura growled loudly as she rushed off after him with her fists clenched tightly at her sides.