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Chapter 2: The Bell Test

"Do whatever is necessary to retrieve the bells.

"Begin."

Sakura glanced at Naruto, and the two nodded. Sasuke immediately began shooting kunai at Kakashi; Kakashi didn't even have time to notice Sakura and Naruto disappeared from view.

Kakashi dodged all kunai Sasuke fired at him. Sighing lightly, Kakashi stood in the middle of the grounds and fired a few kunai back at Sasuke. Sasuke dodged the kunai, and made a break for the forest.

Kakashi smiled under his mask. "At least they all were smart enough to hide themselves from view," Kakashi said to himself. "And they're all hidden pretty well-"

"Come here and fight me, Sensei!" Naruto yelled from behind Kakashi. Kakashi sighed, but still turned toward his student.

"I'm going to first teach you about, Taijutsu, Naruto," Kakashi said as he reached into his pouch. He pulled out his Icha Icha book, and began reading. "What's wrong? Attack me."

"Whats...What's with the book?" Naruto asked as he looked dumb-founded.

"Attack me," Kakashi said without glancing up from the book.

Naruto raced up toward Kakashi and flung a right leg out at him. The leg was supposed to hit Kakashi's chest, but it ended up missing as Kakashi easily ducked from it. Naruto immediately went after Kakashi again, trying to attack him, but yet again Naruto missed his mark.

Sighing slightly, Kakashi coughed. "You are never to let your opponent see your back," Kakashi said as he kneeled below Naruto. Kakashi brought his hands together to make the 'tiger seal,' and then thrusted them toward Naruto.

"Hidden Leaf Ancient Taijutsu: A 1000 Years of Pain!" Kakashi yelled as he thrust his fingers towards Naruto's rump. Connecting with Naruto's butt, Kakashi blinked in surprise when 'Naruto' disappeared with a poof. "Shadow clone."

The earth around Kakashi started to shake, and Kakashi didn't have time to move. Suddenly, Kakashi saw a fist being retracted from the earth, as the earth began creating crevices. Kakashi quickly jumped away from the man, no girl-made earthquake. Kakashi's eyes widened.

'That couldn't have been,' Kakashi thought to himself as he landed on a tree branch. 'I haven't seen that technique since...'

Another powerful punch came toward Kakashi. It hit the tree he was standing on this time, and made Kakashi leap into the air to avoid it.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke's voice rang out through the forest. Kakashi's visible eye widened as he noticed he was still in the air, as the fireball grew nearer.

"Genin shouldn't have these levels of chakra," Kakashi noted as he made a quick clone of himself to avoid the fireball. He smirked once he landed safely on a branch. "Some team I've got here..."

A crack of the branch notified Kakashi that the branch was breaking. Leaping off that branch, Kakashi's eye widened once he saw Sakura coming at him with a fist raised.

Doing a few, quick hand signs, Sakura's fist connected with a tree log.

"Naruto," Sakura called as she flipped back through the air. Kakashi frowned when he saw Naruto stand before him.

"It's time I teach you about the second technique, genjutsu," Kakashi said doing a few hand signs. Naruto watched as Kakashi disappeared into a swirl of leaves.

Sakura glanced back towards her partner and sighed. Leaping towards him, she pushed a little of her own chakra into his body, and Naruto woke up from whatever Genjutsu he was under.

"Unbelievably smart," Kakashi commented as he watched two of his students from a tree.

"And sneaky," A voice spoke from behind him. Sakura slammed a fist on Kakashi's back, sending him flying forward; and then he poofed. "Shadow clone," Sakura muttered as she flipped off the tree branch she had once occupied.

She glanced around once she hit the ground from him. "Sakura-Chan look out!" Naruto called from beside her.

Sakura closed her eyes, and ducked quickly toward the ground to avoid a kick to the head. She then tried, sweeping her legs under Kakashi's; Kakashi flipped back, and then had to block a kick from Sasuke.

Making a clone of himself to battle Sasuke, Kakashi hid underground. Appearing below Sasuke, he muttered a jutsu. "Earth Style: Decapitation Jutsu."

Sasuke's body was immediately sucked into the ground as Kakashi stood before him. "Shinobi fighting lesson number three, Ninjutsu."

An oncoming kunai, made Kakashi flip back away from Sasuke. Sakura and Naruto appeared by Sasuke's sides immediately, and Naruto began digging Sasuke up while Sakura fired more and more kunai.

"Teamwork," Kakashi muttered. The alarm rang signaling that it was noon, meaning the training had ended. "I want all three of you to follow me."

Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto solemnly nodded, but followed Kakashi's request as they walked back to the entrance of the training ground.

"All three of you pass," Kakashi said with a smile. "In the end, you all ended up using teamwork, and I almost was tripped up in a few places. I have no quarrels with being your Sensei.

"All other ninjas before you have failed. A ninja who doesn't take care of a fellow comrade is considered lower than trash," Kakashi said. "You showed teamwork, therefore you all pass."

"YAY!" Naruto yelled . "We did it Sakura-Chan!"

Sakura gave a small smile. "Yes we did, Naruto."

"HOORAY!" Naruto yelled and grabbed Sakura by the waist. He twirled her around in a circle. Sakura laughed lightly, and her smile brightened. "We're ninja now Sakura-Chan! We're ninja now!"

"Shut up, dobe," Sasuke said. "We didn't end up passing because we got the bells... we passed on default."

"The bells weren't the objective of the mission," Sakura said quietly. "We were supposed to use teamwork to prove we could be efficient ninja."

"You saw underneath the underneath, Sakura," Kakashi said with a smile. "Great job. Now lets meet back here tomorrow. We'll have our first mission. Don't be late."

"You shouldn't be talking," Naruto muttered as Kakashi walked away.

"Let's go get ramen as a team," Sakura said. "Sasuke, would you like to come?"

"Che," Sasuke glared. "No."

"Suite yourself," Naruto said happily as Sakura and he began to walk toward the ramen stand.

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Kakashi appeared in front of a large wooden door. He knocked on it twice, and then waited for an answer; there was one.

"Come in," A rather elderly voice called.

Kakashi opened the door, and bowed before entering. "Hokage-sama," Kakashi said with a nod of respect.

"Take a seat, and tell me what happened today," Sarutobi said as he placed his pipe in his mouth.

"They passed," Kakashi said nonchalantly.

Sarutobi's eyes widened. "You're not joking?" Kakashi shook his head. "This is the first team you have ever passed... Tell me what happened."

"They were the first team to ever use teamwork," Kakashi said while taking a seat. "They all show extraordinary skill.

"Did you know Sasuke could use the fireball technique? Or that Naruto could make shadow clones? Or that Sakura could use chakra enhanced punches?"

"Wait," Sarutobi said. "I did not know about the latter... Do you know when or how Sakura learned how to use this technique?"

"No," Kakashi said. "I have not really talked to my team; I am not aware."

"Find out, please," Sarutobi said with a small smile. "It appears you will have a very strong team Kakashi. Please take care of them."

"Yes, Hokage-sama," Kakashi said with another bow. "I think I'll go talk to Sakura now."

"Good day Kakashi," Sarutobi said as Kakashi left through the door.