A.N/: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto Masashi, while Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling. This work was inspired by Tsume Yuki's "The biggest Toad in the Puddle.
Please leave your reviews. Also, for those who have agreed with dispelling Sakura...it will happen, I am just fine tuning for the when. Any ideas on how to continue will be appreciated. I will probably post an omake on how Ai-chan gained the Owl summoning contract *winks* Let me know if that is something you'd like and how you picture that going, always happy to receive PM's.
Chapter seven: The test
Haruno Sakura was confused.
She had finally managed to be alone with Sasuke-kun-"SHANNARO!¨sang Inner Sakura. Unfortunately she had been stuck with the dead-last and Ai-san. She had been shocked when the younger girl had actually dared to threatened her. Didn't Ai-san know that she was the top kunoichi of her year? And what about that comment of how Ino's dad had sponsored her…She had gotten in with her own merits, didn't her mom said so?
She had felt such embarrassment, especially more so when Ino-pig had stepped up and shut her up, as the midget continued to tear a new one on her.
However, things had gotten better when Iruka-sensei had teamed her up with her Sasuke-kun and…Naruto-baka, but hey! She had gotten this far! She wouldn't let the dead-last idiot mess her plans to become the matriarch of the New Uchiha Clan, she nodded reassured. The power of love, conquers it all!.
The class started to dwindle as the rest of the class was picked up by their own senseis until only Team seven and Ai-san were left. She had decided to simply ignore the outcasts and took over their seats as soon as they moved. It was her time to shine damn it!, Sasuke-kun looked so dashing with those cool onyx eyes as he stared ahead probably thinking on philosophical dilemmas and such. He was such a mature boy, not like the rest of the guys on the class. So after chattering for a while and not receiving answers to her request for a date, she simply settled to show him how cute she was in a subtle way. Playing with her hair and batting her eyelashes. Her mom had said she had the prettiest eyes and hair of her class, so if she said so it must be so.
She heard the freaks begin to speak among themselves but didn't pay them any more attention. At least Naruto-baka wasn't bothering her anymore. She grimaced in distaste to his attention. Couldn't he see She only had eyes for her Sasuke-kun? What if her future husband got the wrong idea?!
Finally after almost three hours left alone, a jounin in the standard uniform with silver hair and one eye entered the classroom.
He studied them closely before he grumbled in a bored voice. "Team seven and my new ducky. My first impression of you…are boring. Meet me in the rooftop in five minutes" Before turning back and leaving.
Ai-san and Naruto baka stood up and left immediately, she turned to let Sasuke-kun accompany her to the rooftop but he had gone ahead without waiting for her nor anything.
'He was so cool, kya!' Agreed Inner Sakura.
She went ahead to follow until Hatake-sensei words registered. Ai-san was going to train under Team-seven's sensei? How would that even work?
They finally filled in the rooftop and got comfortable, before Hatake-sensei said "Ok, let's start with some introductions".
"What do you want to know?" She asked in her most polite voice.
"What about your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future, hobbies…that type of things" He shrugged.
"Hey, hey. Why don't you introduce yourself to us first?!" asked Naruto with shifty eyes, before being bopped softly in the nose by Ai-san. Naruto pouted at her before receiving an unimpressed raised eyebrow, before he nodded.
"Yeah, you look suspicious!" Sakura agreed with some passive-aggressive feelings, after all this was the same person that had no regards towards his future students making them wait 3 whole hours.
"Oh...Me? My name is Hatake Kakashi.I have no desire to tell you guys about my likes nor dislikes. Dreams for the future...? Well, I have a lot of hobbies..." He said.
"So, all we learned is his name..." She muttered somewhat offended, while Ai-san giggled. She shot the smaller girl an annoyed glare, before being interrupted by kakashi-sensei.
"Now is your turn, from right to the left" He motioned towards her.
"My name is Haruno Sakura" She started confident in her own might" The things I like...Well the person I like" She sent a longing gaze at Sasuke-kun, blushing while she did so "Uhm..My dreams for the future" She giggled thinking about how romantic it would be to be badass supporting Sasuke and then how he would be really romantic and confess and then..."Oh, my!" She blushed even more, before continuing "The things I dislike...Naruto-baka and Ino-pig!" She shouted aggravated just thinking on it "My hobbies are..." she glanced again at Sasuke-kun thinking on how much time she spent gathering information on his likes, dislikes and being pretty for him.
Hatake Kakashi had known the moment the council intervened in the selection of his own duckies he was going to be bitch slapped by karma. That's right. It seemed alright on paper, being presented the easiest team...The best kunoichi, insert cringe, the top student, Obito's cousin, his sensei's son and last but not least the last apprentice of Jiraiya-sama's and also his only daughter who actually just required experience to be promoted and Sandaime wanted her to develop bonds in the village to tie her loyalties.
So far with the introduction of the pink fangirl, his dreams of payed vacations were having a swift death. So far of what he had observed of his duckies while they waited for him was the Ai-chan was the only one to have noticed his presence. The other three were plainly distracted on their own world. He hadn't even used a high ranking genjutsu, which just made it all the more sad.
The Uchiha took over his introduction, so he decided to pretend to listen how he would kill certain man- Naruto inched away from the kid- and resurrect his clan.
That would have been all, except that Ai-chan decided to chime in.
"What are you going to do first? Resurrect your clan or kill THE MAN" she asked, mirth dancing in her eyes.
The Uchiha brat shuddered before breaking his morose attitude and releasing a bit of killer intent.
"Oh, Sasuke-kun...is not something to be ashamed of...you know planning on how many wives you'll have to take and then how to support your kids...That's perfectly natural" She continued immune to the rage of the pink fangirl and the Uchiha brat while Naruto gaped.
He, too, would be gaping if not for his mask. So he only raised an eyebrow in amusement to the children reaction.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WIVES?!" Shrieked the pink fangirl.
The midget shrugged.
"Isn't that the point of the Clan Restoration Act?" She explained " Sasuke here impregnates several kunoichis selected by him from a catalogue of agreeable kunoichi, and once the deed is done and the tykes are done lactating he has to take over the responsibilities that come with them and raise them" She mused for herself "He doesn't really need a wive, but an small harem will be put together so that he can select and then copulate with them until they get pregnant. It will be his decision when to marry, or if he will. I hope you don't have any problem with your plumbing, that'd be a shame" She finished closing Naruto's mouth.
He could see Sasuke-kun blushing a bright red as if for the first time really considering what would resurrecting his clan would entail while the pink kunoichi had become paler as the explanation continued until I could see her soul about to depart.
Wanting to finish the damn introductions he motioned towards his blonde student who had just recovered.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen, Ai-chan, The Ichikarus, Iruka-sensei, my Jiji and Ero-jiji too I guess, he's not so bad" He said in a chirpy voice "What I like best is free ramen in Ichikaru's ramen stand. What I dislike is..."he grimaced "paperwork and veggies, they are evil" He scowled "My dream is..." He was expecting him to shout about how he was going to become Hokage and all that but the brat went quiet and said " My dream is private"
Ai-chan, who according to their files had been living with Naruto regarded him pensively before nodding and offering a grin, to which the brat beamed.
So her attention had actually made Naruto grow up a bit, even if it was just a week since they had begun living together. He had also noted how she corrected him in certain social cues like keeping an invoice voice when speaking and such. That could be good, as well as bad. He would have to keep an eye on them.
"I am Ai" Started his last brat "My likes are unusual" She giggled in a perverse manner that was a bit short to be considered an evil cackling "My dislikes " She peeked at the pink brat so fast that if he hadn't been waiting for it he wouldn't have caught it " are fanatics and judgmental people" she tilted her head to the side as if reflecting " My hobbies are cooking and training, my dreams for the future is still in contemplation" She nodded to herself before beaming proudly to him.
He hadn't been expecting for Naruto to be the normal one. Well you get some, you lose some.
"That's enough of that...We will begin our duties tomorrow" He stated in a deadpan voice.
"Yatta! Duties! What kind of duties?" asked an overexcited Naruto.
"First we are going to something just the five of us" he continued as if he hadn't heard him.
"What?" Demanded the three brats while the midget only continue to smile innocently.
"Survival training" He answered. The midget didn't seem surprised. Figuring her mentor, she will probably go around to gather info on his test on her own and then decide a course of action, which meant he wouldn't be able to just give the bell test.
"Survival training" chorused Sasuke and Naruto.
"But we did enough training in the Academy" Grumbled the pink girl complaining.
"I am your opponent, but this is not normal training" He said before deciding to go with the intimidating route.
"Then, then what it is?" Naruto asked.
He snickered in an evil way. His potential students stared at him dubiously.
"Hey, sensei why are you laughing?" asked the pínk kunoichi, squirming in discomfort.
"Well...whenI tell you guys, you are gonna flip" He snickered "Out of the 27 graduated students only 9 pass this test. As in, this test is so difficult that you guys have an 66% chance of failing" He said inflecting his voice to make it more intimidating.
The three brats faces became a tad bit more pale, while the midget simply smiled as if she knew what was going on. He repressed the urge to pout. Maybe he was loosing his touch.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Shouted the blond brat, making him wince at his set of lungs, before being bopped softly in the nose by the midget " Then what was the point of graduating!"
"Oh, that. That is just to select those who have the chance of becoming genin" He shrugged "Anyways, tomorrow you will be tested on the field. Bring your shinobi tools and skip breakfast, you'll puke. Here are the details, you too Ai-chan" He motioned giving the them the sheets with time and place, before jumping out of the rooftop to get somewhere peaceful to read the newest work of Jiraiya-sama.
He perverted giggled. Jiraiya's sama work had gotten even better since a couple of years ago, making it even harder to get his hands on a signed copy. He sighed. Maybe Jiraiya-sama would be willing to sign his copy if he was free in the tower. He sighed, before looking into his pouch for his book.
The four stood in the roof before the bastard scoffed and left, Sakura-chan trailing him. Naruto exchanged glances with Ai-chan, before his grumbling stomach made itself know.
"Come on, Naruto-chan"She said reading fast her own paper and burning it with a low level E ranked katon technique "Maybe we can rope Iruka-sensei in treating us some ramen, you've kept to your diet and I am too hungry to cook anything" She nodded.
He grinned in a fox like manner and proudly puffed his chest. He didn't like having to keep to his diet, but the doctor had made it very clear that if he didn't do so he would stay on the small side. Sure even with the diet, he would be in the smaller part of the spectrum but at least he would gain a couple inches more and that was always a plus in his books.
It wasn't hard to find Iruka-sensei, unfortunately he only agreed to meeting for dinner not paying for them. Stingy!
Ai-chan didn't seem to mind, and insisted she would pay for his part as long as he accompany them, which made Naruto feel trepidation.
Ai-chan never did things without a motive. Specially if it meant money. He wouldn't have been able to tell, but the few times she had gone shopping with her disguised he had noted how she seemed to pick the best offers and such with ridiculous prices. He knew to trust her with the money, because her father did the same, but he was determined to get her teach him her ways. Gamma-chan could do with more fattening. After all he wouldn't be receiving any more money out of the Orphan founds. It was one of the reasons, he had moved in with Ai-chan. He needed to save money for shinobi gear. Being a genin didn't pay really well, he had seen while working with Old Man Hokage, but was still expensive.
While he was musing, they had reached the Ichikaru's and been greeted by Ayame-nee-chan.
"You must have been lost in thoughts, Naruto-kun" Smiled Iruka-sensei.
"Yeah, something like that" He grinned sheepishly before ordering only one bowl of Miso ramen.
"Neh, Iruka-sensei...what do you know about how they assign the jounin sensei's?" Asked Ai-chan playing with her chopsticks.
"As far as I could see, there are number of fixed teachers that are supposed to take a Team formed by Hokage-sama" He mused.
"So, is like Gai-sensei that was assigned Team 9? I mean, if he hadn't passed them in his own test he would still be available to teach?" She continued.
"Well, yes. Each jounin-sensei designs their own test, so if you are fishing information about your own test Ai-chan I wouldn't be able to help you" He said giving her a sly smile.
Ai-chan actually spluttered embarrassed, denying that was her intention at all, before the ramen arrived and we dived in.
Naruto had just finished his first bowl and was about to ask for another when Ai-chan kicked his calf softly and shaking her head as if she was sleepy; but he knew for a fact that Ai-chan rarely slept before 11 to 12 pm so she must have had something to discuss with him. They made their apologies with Iruka-sensei and paid before leaving towards their house.
"Now Naruto, what did you infer of our conversation with Iruka-sensei" She asked, any sign of tiredness having disappeared as soon as they were out of sight of Iruka-sensei.
"Infer?" He asked.
"Read between the lines" She nodded with a spring on her step.
"Well, if Kakashi-sensei has probably been assigned as a teacher before" He thought hard "Then, maybe if there is Team seven available that means that he might have failed the last team seven. And I know from working with Jiji that Team seven has traditionally always had the Top Kunoichi and the Top student..." He mused.
"Know anyone who might prove our guesses right and knows people from the previous class?" She asked with a hint of pride in her voice patting his shoulder softly.
"No" He grimaced, before grinning in a foxy manner "But I might know of someone who does..." He said thinking on a bun wearing kunoichi with a love for pointy things. He charged direction towards Higurashi's weapon stores.
Naruto had been awakened at the crack of dawn by a annoyed Ai, making him remember the conditioning lessons they would take with Gai-sensei starting that day so they each picked their bentou and took a light breakfast before starting to stretch gen they arrived to training ground 9. Gai-sensei and Lee-kun had arrived earlier by the looks of it. Lee-Kun had begun correcting his stretches while Ai-chan played contortionist by the side under Gai-sensei gaze. Once that had been completed they were told to run at least three times around the village walls, and then repetitions by the end of it they both were tired, Ai-chan seemed to be about to drop from exhaustion to which Gai-sensei told them to start their Katas, and they would have except that Naruto's seemed awkward compared to Ai-chan's. He stoped to study his friends slow movements and asked about it.
" My katas?" She cocked her head to the side " Well, my master wanted to teach me a different style but my body wasn't suited to it, so he started me on Little leaf style, which according to him was the basic style taught to academy students then with my summon contract came the taijutsu style of the Owls and that one suited me better so I took my basics from little leaf and evolved it toward one that suited me, as you can see I am still working on fussing them together that's why I am going extra slow to get a feeling of what works and what not" she explained drinking a bit of water and bouncing on her heels in a light trot to keep warm.
Naruto cursed the Academy teachers once again for their sabotage, to actually not correct his mistakes...He had though he was doing ok. After all his best grades came from taijutsu practice so he thought he was doing ok, and just lacked more practice.
"Can you...Can you please take a look at my own Katas and check them out?" He asked a bit upset. Ai-chan as always made no fuss and nodded. He went slowly through all the Katas that Mizuki-teme had taught him and found them once again awkward and clumsy. Gai-sensei had stopped after his own warm up was done and was studying him too, but he persevered.
"Naruto-Kun" stated seriously with a frown Gai-sensei " Your Katas are full of openings, if you tried it on the field you would probably end up as cannon fodder" He stated bluntly making his glum aura just grow.
" Those Katas have probably been repeated until your muscle memory has them as a reflect by now, since you learned it in the Academy" Mused out loud Ai-chan.
"What an UNYOUTHFUL thing to do!" Nodded Lee-Kun upset.
"This type of thing would be difficult to correct" stated Gai-sensei grimly.
Ai-chan raised an unimpressed eyebrow to my cloud of glum, before taking a large paper fan out of nowhere and slamming it in his head.
"Baka! This type of thing should be but a step to skip. You have one of the best Taijutsu's masters in the Village to help you out. I am sure he must know thousands of fighting styles. One of them would fit with the trash you were taught by the Academy in a way that you can take advantage of it. You leave holes in your defense? Use them to lure your opponent or something similar. A shinobi perseveres, Naruto. You are no longer just a civilian kid, but a Shinobi. Start thinking like one. A shinobi is only as powerful as his imagination and determination allows" She lectured " Besides, if you die out on the field...I will have to look for another housemate, so you better not die on me!" She grumbled blushing a bit just noticing the awed looks his audience were throwing her.
"Ai-chan is right, Naruto-kun" Confessed Gai-sensei with these weird flames shinning on his eyes " Even if I have to teach you every type of Kata until you find one that fits you, we will do so. I made you guys my own promise to help you improve in your taijutsu and I Will! Or else I will make my way to Suna in handstand position with an arm tied to my back" He announced putting on his good guy pose while bushy brows was taking notes on his pad.
He smiled sheepishly to Ai-chan trying to ignore the twilight scene between Gai-sensei and bushy brows.
"Thanks" He smiled.
"I am your sempai" She snorted as if that explained it all, and maybe it did.
They finished their training cooling down, before asking Gai-sensei for direction towards the training ground seven. They had about an hour to get there so they decide to head towards the public baths and take a quick shower before having breakfast.
They made it just in time, but only Sasuke-teme was there. Naruto nodded at him in greeting before heading towards another three with Ai-chan and rest for a bit. Ai-chan looked still sleepy with the first aid booklet that they had to check out for classes in the evening, so he just pulled her to his side and took her book.
"Nap for a bit, I'll stay awake and wake you up if Kakshi-sensei gets here" He reasoned opening her manual to read. Might as well do something, he had been expecting some retort but only heard soft snores. Unsurprisingly enough her manual was full of small comments and advice on the method used. It made for an interesting read.
Sakura-chan arrived shortly after scoffing at them before sitting next to Sasuke and chattering non stop.
Twin stomach growls echoed in the clearing, taking his attention from his manual.
He unsealed a couple of apples that he was planning to have as a mid morning snack and offered them.
"Sensei ordered not to have breakfast, Baka!" Scolded Sakura-chan and stood up to hit him until she caught glance of Ai-chan and decided to rant " You are going to get us in trouble!" She complained.
He raised an questioning eyebrow towards Sasuke-teme, who just upturned his nose and ignored him. He shrugged and started munching his first apple while continuing to read and ignore Sakura's high pitched voice. Was this why Ai-chan always reminded him to keep a level voice, he had to admit that it was grating and his ears were kind of sensitive as the rest of his senses.
Finally almost five hours later with a poof of smoke Sensei appeared. He woke up Ai-chan before returning her had managed to go at least three chapters and felt a bit more prepared for the class in the evening.
"YOU ARE LATE!" Screeched Sakura-chan stating the obvious before going quiet noting she was the only one complaining. She blushed bright red at her outburst before studying her sandals.
"Hello my little duckies" He chucked before raising a clock alarm for us to see "Once the alarm rings the test is over. You have one hour." He smiled with his visible eye. He took a three bells and chucked one towards Ai-chan " Only those who have the bell at the end of the test will pass" He motioned at his own tying it back to his hip " That also means you Ai-chan, so no giving the bell to Naruto just because you felt like it" He warned " You guys better come at us with the intention to kill, otherwise you'll fail" He smiled.
Naruto felt dread settle on his stomach, but slapped his cheeks to get out of that mood. He had just been scolded for not thinking outside the box once already, so he decided to focus on the instructions. It was true that there were only three bells for the four of them. Also, Kakashi-sensei had two bells so he should be the "best" otarget. He decided to check his team mates and saw them overlook Ai-chan for Kakashi-sensei.
"Ready, set" Their sensei started but Sasuke rushed in first kunai in hand, only to be subdued easily enough making Sakura screech in indignation " Let me finish, Go!" He stated with mirth in his only eye before pushing Sasuke far from him.
The four of them rushed to hide around the clearing, but Naruto. He stood there waiting for the jounin's attention.
"I don't care if you are a jounin, but you are going DOWN!" He shouted in an annoying manner " Kage no bunshin" making the jutsu explode in at least thirty shadow clones, who rushed to attack Kakashi-sensei while the original escaped to look for Ai-chan. He knew that on his own, he wouldn't even scratch Kakashi-sensei. Working in the tower had taught him a lot, among them the ninja ranking, making him aware of the difference of a recent graduate and a Jounin. Ai-chan might not have been able to help him, but that didn't mean she couldn't bounce ideas to take down their sensei.
He finally tracked her to a small clearing with Sakura-chan and Sasuke-teme.
"Oh, goodie. You are here Naruto. Now that you all three are here, let me say something. You want the bell, come and get it!" She teased sticking out her tongue before vanishing.
Sakura-chan screeched offended while the bastard only scoffed and turned his attention to Sensei, but those words echoed in Naruto's mind. It wasn't habit in Ai-chan to be childish enough to tease in that manner. Something else was going on...
He took off to search for Ai-chan, his nose told him she was close by so he paid extra attention to his surrounding to search for her. In the distance he heard the clangs of kunais, but he kept his focus. There, almost to the border of the training ground she stood.
"Did you get it?" She smiled mischievously.
"Not really, but your teasing didn't make sense. You don't like bullying, or anything like that, sure you love to tease me but never in a hurtful manner. You meant something else, right?" A screech that might have blown his ears echoed, that was Sakura-chan.
"Kakashi-sensei, never said anything about me handing half of the bell to someone else and this third entity giving it to you. He also, never mentioned that you needed a full bell" She grinned " Come on, let's hurry!" She said going into training ground 8, where a pretty lady and a rookie genin team was resting.
"Kunoichi-san, We are sorry to intrude" Ai-chan bowed, jabbing his side to remind him of his manners and gaining a hasty bow in return .
"What it is?" She asked curiously.
Ai-chan took her bell with a kunai and split it by the half exactly.
"Would you mind giving this to my companion? Please?" She asked innocently, offering half the bell.
She definitely looked amused but complied. Naruto checked his half of the bell and beamed. Ai-chan could run circles around lawyers. He snickered.
"Thank you!" They chorused, bowing again and leaving to go to training ground seven.
By their estimation the test was almost over so they headed to the clearing.
There, Sakura was strew on the floor while Sasuke was buried with only his head showing.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed before noting no lacerations nor actual hits, he checked for a pulse and found it strong " Sakura-chan?" He asked resigned to the Uchiha.
"She caught glimpse of me buried and fainted" He grumbled annoyed.
"You need any help getting out there?" Asked Ai-chan crouching besides him.
"Hn" He sort of scoffed.
"Sure!" She agreed applying chakra to the earth to make it fluffier and easier to get out " Naruto, help!" She asked pulling one of the Uchiha's arms.
They had just finished pulling him when the clock rang. There was kakashi-sensei sitting under the clock beaming.
"You guys should forget about the academy" He stated letting the genin relax " I will recommend your removal from the Shinobi Program"
"Sasuke, you rushed in and forgot of your team mates, Sakura-chan you simply were cheering on Sasuke-kun before falling to a simple low level genjutsu. Naruto left the test altogether. Same with Ai-chan" He rated, Naruto was about to protest but Ai-chan just touched his arm and shook her head "Now, Ai-chan, Naruto-chan come here he motioned to the stump where he was sitting" unwillingly we complied, after all he was still our superior. He tied him, but when he was about to tie Ai-chan she just blurted out.
"You don't have a Loli fetish right? I know I am adorable and my Kouhai is just plain cute, but if you are doing this with perverted things in mind and I find out...There won't be enough of you to put in a matchbox" She threatened releasing a small burst of killing intent and somehow darkening the sky with her voice as she cracked her knuckles " That's not a threat, but just a warning...after all, nin die every day, one more one less...none is going to wonder"
Naruto could see Kakashi-sensei sweat-dropping, before coughing a clear "No!" Under the suspicious glances of his potential students.
"Ok" she chirped, allowing herself to be tied.
He delivered a couple of bentous to Sasuke-teme and Sakura-chan warning them not to free any to the ones tied up, or else he wouldn't even consider to re-test them after lunch. He was a total jerk, it would have been worse on him if he hadn't had his snacks. He needed to eat because of his high metabolism.
He grumbled but kept quiet, after all he trusted Ai-chan. She probably had figure out something.
Sasuke-teme kept watching Ai, while Sakura-chan quietly ate too little picking up her food. Suddenly Sasuke-teme turned towards Ai-chan with his chopsticks and offered her some of his food.
"Sasuke-kun! Sensei said not to" Reminded him Sakura-chan.
"We are stronger together, they need to eat" He stated. Naruto studied Sakura-chains reaction and he could practically smell her jelousy at how it was her Sasuke-kun who was feeding Ai-chan.
"Ok, I'll help. I don't eat as much. You feed Naruto, I'll feed Ai-san" She grimaced, before offering her own chopsticks at Sasuke. Naruto could feel Ai-chan about to tease Sakura-chan but surprisingly enough she kept quiet.
They had had just a few bites when the sky turned dark and Kakashi-sensei appeared.
"What did I say!" He growled.
"Not to free them" Answered Sasuke-teme.
"They are still tied" Chirped Sakura-chan " We are stronger together" She commented batting her eyelashes at Sasuke-teme expecting praise. Why again did I like her? He though.
"Besides Naruto-chan and me, have a bell" explained Ai-chan in a bored manner " At no moment did you limit the test to only Training ground seven".
"Also, Ai-chan did not gift me with the bell, We had someone else to deliver only part of her bell to me. You never said it had to be an entire bell" Shrugged Naruto.
The other two genin gaped in disbelief.
"I did offered a part of the bell to those who looked for me to all of you" Shrugged Ai-chan. You want the bell, come and get it. "Look underneath of the underneath" She cited.
That reasoning gave sensei a pause.
"I guess that means...You all pass!" He deadpanned, dispelling the genjutsu.