Kaaru: Everything's greeeeeeen!

Mitsuki: *sweatdrop* Errr...I feel that I shouldn't comment.

Ino: On with the story!

Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me. Yadda yadda yadda...

::Look How Far We've Gone::

Naruto and the others quickly jumped into the thick foliage to think of a plan. The four older ninjas decided to give them a few moments to think of a strategy and then assess their skills. Team 8, Tsunade, Jiraiya and Shizune watched with observant eyes.

Meanwhile, the younger ninjas began formulating a plan. Sakura began to speak in hushed whispers, "Let's see...from what I've heard, Kurenai-sensei specializes in genjutsu, which means she'll be in the back lines, waiting for the right time to trap us in a genjutsu. Kaaru-sensei and Mitsuki-sensei use water-based jutsus and they work together, Kakashi-sensei is very well-balanced in all fields and will probably take the front."

Naruto then spoke, "Kaaru-nii and Mitsuki-nee also use weapons, Kaaru-nii uses a sword and Mitsuki a bow and arrow."

"Let's not forget that Kaaru-sensei and Kakashi-sensei have a kekai genkai." Ino added in.

"So what's the best way to attack?" Hinata asked, "Should we break them apart? Should we fight together? One-on-one or four-on-four?"

Sakura's eyebrows scrunched together, "Well, if they work together, we're screwed. If we fight them one-on-one, we don't know if we can get all of the bells." A few seconds of silence washed over them.

Hinata was the one who broke the silence, "What if we seperate them from each other, then all four of us will attack them one by one?" she suggested.

Sakura's eyes lit up, "Yes, that could work. But how exactly do we break them up?" she questioned, "Genjutsu is the only thing that comes to my mind but since they have Kurenai, it'll be difficult."

Ino then had a great idea, "I know!"

Naruto, Hinata and Sakura sent her curious glances. Ino motioned them closer, "You see, we..."

"I think that's enough time." Kakashi said, "Should we go bring them out?"

Nobody got a chance to answer because a kunai suddenly pierced the ground below. "Explosive tag." Kaaru said, which made the four of them jump away from the explosion's range before it could combust. A loud boom resounded through the area as the tag exploded but Naruto and the others weren't done yet, a circular object, the size of a tennis ball, rolled onto the place the four jounins were supposed to land on. Kakashi, Kaaru, Kurenai and Mitsuki were forced to shut their eyes when a bright light erupted from the ball. This was exactly what the younger nins wanted. Thick, green vines shot out from the treetops and wrapped aroung Kakashi, Mitsuki and Kaaru's ankles, then it flung them far into different locations in the training area. Kakashi was thrown to the right side of the area, Kaaru to the left, Mitsuki had unsummoned herself so she wouldn't be separated from Kaaru. That left Kurenai the only one left; Naruto, Sakura, Hinata and Ino quickly moved into position.

"That was a good strategy." Shino commented. Kei and Kiba nodded in agreement, eyes glued to the battle in front of them.

Kurenai felt her feet touch the hard, crunchy ground and opened her ruby eyes, somewhat surprised that she found all four of the students in front of her. "So this is your plan." she said, "Divide and conquer hmm? Well, if you thought that you could easily take me out, then you're badly mistaken." she then made a few quick handsigns and dissolved into a flurry of petals.

Naruto, Sakura, Hinata and Ino tensed, knowing that Kurenai could be anywhere. Hinata then pumped chakra into her eyes and activated her byakugan, there was no trace of Kurenai's chakra, she frowned. "I don't see any of her chakra around." she said, "Oh wait! Cover your ears!"

But it was too late, a soft, haunting melody floated around them, signaling that they were already caught in Kurenai's genjutsu. "KAI!" they all said in unison, but the melody still rang around them. Kurenai's voice was then heard, "That's not gonna work on the genjutsu." her voice stated, "In this genjutsu, you must use your wits."

"Wit?" Naruto asked, but he didn't receive an answer instead, a wilted rose petal fell on his arm. He look puzzled for a moment, but then it turned to pain and surprise as the petal sent a burning sensation through his whole arm. "Don't let the petals touch you!"

Hinata, Ino and Sakura nodded, manuevering themselves from the gentle rain of wilted petals. Then they noticed the petals began to fall in bigger amounts. Hinata then brought her fingers close to her lips, "Shuggohakke Rokujou Yonshou" her hands glowed with chakra and Hinata began to weave the chakra into a dome around them, but to her surprise, her chakra dome dissapated in a few seconds. Kurenai's voice then said, "In this genjutsu you must use wit." she repeated, then the haunting melody grew louder and the four heard a small voice speak with the music. The petals also fell down faster.

I am the beginning of war

I am the center of peace

I am the ending of trust

I bring love to an end

And bring reality to a start

The words were repeated again and again, each time the wilted petals rained down harder, "It's a riddle!" Sakura winced as three petals grazed her leg. "We need to hurry up and solve it!"

"Hate is the beginning of war right? And hate is the ending of trust and love. It also brings reality in a way." Ino said.

"Is it hate?" Naruto yelled.

There was no answer, the small voice just repeated the riddle. "I guess that's a no." Ino said, holding the back of her neck, which a petal touched.

Sakura's brain began to think of possible answers. 'Hate was wrong because it's not the center of peace. Is it a promise? A broken promise can begin a war, it can also end trust and love, it can also show you reality. A promise kept can be the center of peace as well as show reality too.'

"Is it promise?" Sakura voiced out.

Again, the voice just repeated itself. The petals were already too many to evade, it was hurting them now. They needed to answer the question ASAP.

"WAIT!" Hinata yelled, "I know the answer!"

Naruto, Sakura and Ino looked at her, hoping she would be right.

"The beginning of war is W. The center of peace is A. The ending of trust is T. The end of love is E. The start of reality is R." she stated confidently, "W, a, t, e, r. Water!"

After Hinata said the word, the petals slowed down and the voice faded. But the melody stilled played, which worried them. "Very good." Kurenai's voice said, "But it's still not finished." The wilted petals were still falling, even though it was slower. "What else do we have to do?!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Water...water..." Hinata's eyes landed on the nearby river, "Water! Everyone, jump into the river. Now!" she ordered.

The four felt the cold water surround them and then they found that the melody stopped and in front of them was Kurenai, kunai in hand. "You have until dawn to get the bells, it's already 7:00 pm now. Better hurry before Kakashi, Kaaru and Mitsuki regroups."

And hurry they did, before Kurenai could react, Sakura punched the ground, making it crack under her chakra-induced strike. Kurenai staggered backward, Naruto took this as an opening. He summoned a shadow clone and both of them began to engage Kurenai in taijutsu. Naruto pulled his arm back and delivered a punch to Kurenai's stomach while his clone attacked from behind and struck her back. The genjutsu-user coughed up blood from both attacks and fell down on her hands and knees. "Naruto, get the bell!" Sakura shouted. Naruto didn't need to be told twice; he reached for the bell that was on Kurenai's hip, but before he could snatch it, Kurenai's hand shot forward and threw a kunai at Naruto.

"Naruto! Look out!" Hinata cried out in concern, but after these words flew out of her mouth, the kunai had already implanted itself in the blond's chest. But Naruto just smiled and disappeared in a puff of smoke. 'It was the clone? But where's...' Kurenai let out a gasp as the ground beneath her gave way and out came Naruto, who quickly executed an uppercut and hit the underside of the jounin's jaw. Naruto once again reached out to snatch the bell but Kurenai retaliated with a roundhouse kick in mid-air and sent him into a tree. She then sensed a presence behind her and ducked just in time as Sakura's fist went for her head. Kurenai did a legsweep and made Sakura's knees buckle, before Tsunade's apprentice could regain her equilibrium; Kurenai did a fast series of hand signs and then put her fingers on both sides of Sakura's head. 'U-ugh! She's paralyzing me.' Sakura realized as her limbs slacked.

"Kusaton: Hana Hiru! (Grass Element: Flower Leech MU)" Ino came to the rosette's rescue. Small flowers that looked like bluebells sprouted underneath Kurenai and crawled up her legs and latched onto her skin and started to drain her chakra; said jounin was surprised and let go of Sakura before her genjutsu could be completed, then she began to hack at the plants around her legs. This was all Sakura needed, when she regained her mobility, she swiped the bell from Kurenai and jumped away. The jounin finally managed to get free and moved to get the bell back, but Hinata had other plans. She delivered quick and fluid Mizu-ken strikes on Kurenai and finished with a Hakke Kushou on the jounin, which sent her rolling on the forest floor.

"They're good." Kei praised from the tree tops. Kiba and Shino merely nodded, too engrossed in the battle. Jiraiya, Tsunade and Shizune had the same thoughts as they watched, hidden underneath an invisibilty seal.

Naruto decided to keep the bell and securely placed it in his ninja pouch. "Now who do we attack next?" he asked his female allies. They all stopped for a moment to think; Sakura, the one who did the main strategizing, spoke up. "Kakashi-sensei seems to be a bit stronger than Kaaru-sensei, but Kaaru-sensei is with Mitsuki-san, which puts him into an advantage." she said.

"I say we go and face Kakashi-sensei first. Even though he's stronger than Kaaru-sensei and Kurenai-sensei, there's still four of us. And we also need to save some chakra before we fight Kaaru-sensei." Ino suggested; the other three nodded and decided to bring Kakashi down first.

"We need to beat him quick so we have some time to prepare for Kaaru-nii." Hinata said before she reached into her somewhat larger ninja pouch. She held up a small plastic container with dark blue, pea-sized soldier pills, "These are the new and improved soldier pills I recently created." she told them, "They're much healthier than regular pills so that means you won't suffer side-effects from intaking too much, and they replenish 20% more chakra."

Naruto, Ino and Sakura looked at the container with interest, so did Kei, Kiba, Shino, Jiraiya, Tsunade and Shizune. Konoha's Best Herbalist had done it again.

"Ehh, I have a question." Naruto said, raising his hand.

Sakura sweatdropped, "We're not in the academy so you don't need to raise your hand." she said deadpanned, "Also please hurry up, it's already 8:50. We still need to locate Kakashi-sensei and get the bell from him, not to mention that Kurenai-sensei might have regained consciousness and be looking for us or the other jounins."

Naruto nodded, "Do they taste bad?"

A vein popped on Sakura and Ino's forehead, "What kind of stupid question is that?!" Ino yelled in a hushed voice.

Hinata giggled and replied, "I don't know, I tried to add in a few fruit extracts to add flavor but I've never actually tried one myself. I only used them on some of the lab mice; so they still need a field test." she admitted with a blush. The three accepted the response and they ran through the forest, their spectators silently following them.

Kakashi heard a rustle in the bushes. 'Oh, they're here.'. The silver-haired jounin pocketed his new book, given to him by none other than the sannin Jiraiya. Kakashi turned to the direction of the rustle and spoke, "Well, you sure took your time finding me." he stated casually and a split second lated he threw a shuriken at the bush. A second passed and nothing happened. Kakashi quirked an eyebrow and wondered whether it was his team in the bushes or if it was an inhabitant of the forest. He was brought out of his musings though as all of the bushes around him suddenly started to shake. 'What is this?' He unveiled his sharingan and readied himself for what he assumed were Naruto's shadow clones behind the bushes. But the attack he had expected didn't come from the foliage, but instead from the air. "Raiton: Raikyuu no Jutsu!" a ball of lightning sparked on Naruto's hand as he thrust it into Kakashi's face, but the jounin used a last second substitution jutsu. "Where is he?" Naruto looked around and waited for a sign. He didn't need to wait long before the sound of Kakashi's Chidori filled the air. The blond jinchuuriki spun around and saw that Kakashi was already a few feet away from him. Naruto instinctively covered his face with his arms, but just before the Chidori could make contact; ten shadow clones jumped out of the bushes and latched onto Kakashi. The jounin was forced to cancel his chidori and threw the clones off of him, he then did a mid-air roundhouse kick and dispelled them. He looked at his hip and found that the bell was no longer there. He glanced left and right to see where it might be, but it was nowhere to be seen. While Kakashi was distracted, Naruto attacked him, "RASENGAN!" he yelled and thrust the rotating ball of chakra into Kakashi's gut. Naruto watched his sensei fly into a bush, "Ino, get the bell!" he shouted.

The sound of branches rustling was then heard, after a minute or two, Ino yelled. "It's not on him!" she told Naruto. The blond looked surprised, "But where is it then?" he questioned, "Bring Kakashi-sensei out." Ino then stepped out of the bushes with Kakashi bound by sturdy vines. Naruto glared at the jounin, "Where's the bell Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi shook his head, "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Is that the proper way of talking to your sensei, Naruto-kun?" Naruto's eyes narrowed, the silver-haired jounin was trying to buy some time, "Don't beat around the bush Kakashi-sensei, where is it?". Kakashi shook his head, "I don't know. It got lost while your clones were on me. I thought it was with you." he then smiled, "Well now, if it got lost then that means you have to find it or else you lose.". Naruto was about to speak but Kakashi suddenly snapped the vines that bounded his hands and feet, "But I can't let you do that now can I?" he said before he whispered an inaudible jutsu that made the ground moisten and become viscuous. "Q-quicksand!" Ino cried out.

Naruto looked at the bushes, "Sakura, we need help! Hinata find the bell as fast as you can!" he ordered. Sakura shot out of her hiding place while Hinata stayed low, Byakugan activated. Sakura rushed at Kakashi with her ninja speed and aimed a punch at his head, but Kakashi bent to the left and and delivered a hand chop at Sakura's side. The rosette flinched and made some distance between them, she tightened her clothes and pumped chakra into her hands, this time it took the shape of a scalpel. She swung her arms in a wild and quick pattern, trying to inflict Kakashi with internal injuries, but the jounin evaded her strikes with minimal effort.

"Ino, can you pull us out?" Naruto asked Ino, struggling to keep distribute his weight equally so that he would sick slower. "Iki no Seibutsu: X! (Breath of Life: X MU)" Ino exclaimed and pointed at a tree branch. Pink chakra swirled around her hand as well as the branch, said branch began to grow and extend, it was now above their heads. "Grab on!" Ino told Naruto as both of them reached up and grabbed hold of the branch. "Iki no Seibutsu: Reverse!" Ino said and the branch receded, pulling them with it; when they were already above normal ground, they let go. Just in time as Sakura managed to hit Kakashi with four successful strikes, Hinata declared that she found the bell. She ran out of the bushes and to the very edge of the quicksand and stuck her hand in and pulled it out just as quick, in her palm was the bell. The four cheered and tied Kakashi up securely and for extra measures, knocked him unconscious.

"That's two bells, two more to go." Naruto said happily.

"But that also means we're going to face Kaaru-nii and Suki-nee." Hinata reminded, they sighed bitterly. They traveled a several meters away from the area so Kakashi would not be able to catch up of he were to stir. The four then planned for the next battle; Team 8, Jiraiya, Tsunade and Shizune secretly watching.

"I feel it's time to show our new abilities." Sakura told them with a confident look; her friends seemed to be glad too. "But before we do that, let's take in one of Hinata-chan's soldier pills while we give a brief summary of our new skills, so that we can be able to plan ahead how to incorporate them in battle later." she said strategically.

Ino was first to speak, "I've been practicing advanced Creation Jutsus." she told them, "I managed to create a plant hybrid of my own." she said proudly, "It's a cross between a Venus Flytrap and a rose. It has the head of venus flytrap, surrounded by rose petals and thorns of a rose protrudes out of its stem, which have lethal poison. I call it...Inonus Rosetrap." Sakura silently scoffed at the name, which caused a glaring contest between the two of them.

"ANYWAY." Sakura said, "I was researching how to create a virus. I managed to create a short-term virus that lasts for about two days, it is also somewhat harmless. It just causes severe loose bowel movement, which means very frequent trips to the bathroom for two days. If you don't drink enough fluids, you could die from dehydration. I have an antidote for it though. I figure we could use it on Kaaru-sensei."

"Poor Kaaru-nii." Naruto sympathized.

It was then Hinata's turn, "I was practicing with Shiro and Kuro aside from studying herbs. I managed to teach them a few support jutsus, which they could use on us later. Some of those support jutsus include protection jutsus, speed-increasing jutsus, a small healing jutsu and opponent weakening jutsus. I also practiced a little on ice-based jutsus and my special bell; Suzu Hana (Bellflower)." she finished, hoping that she impressed Naruto even a little.

Sakura nodded, Kuro and Shiro would definitely be helpful. "That's great Hinata-chan!" Naruto praised, Hinata smiled in return.

"Is it my turn?" Naruto asked, though he began to speak anyway, "I improved my taijutsu style, Kitsune-ken, so that it could be more useful. It now deals with landing stong and fast hits on the enemy, though it uses up more stamina. I practiced with my rasengan and tried adding some of my wind chakra into it, now I have a new attack called "Fuuton: Rasenshuriken"; it was troublesome to learn." Naruto told them, showing quick and small version of the rasenshuriken and the dismissed it, "I've also been experimenting with combination attacks with my summons. Remember the three-tailed fox I used to execute Plan Tidal Wave? He's name is Mizuki."

The three nodded, "The one with bluish fur and was the size of a horse?" Ino asked to be sure, "The one that used that water jutsu?"

"Yup." Naruto nodded in affirmation, "I've been trying to merge lightning chakra into the water to strengthen the technique."

Hinata decided to compliment him, "You seem to have gotten a lot stronger Naruto-kun.".

"Really?" Naruto said, flashing a grin that made Hinata's heart flutter inside her chest; the poor girl couldn't do anything but nod.

"Okay then, let's go all out on them." Sakura said, "Hinata-chan, have you spotted Kaaru-sensei?"

Hinata turned her attention to Sakura, "Yes, he's near here. He's about 50 meters west from here, at the forest edge with Mitsuki-nee.."

"Okay then. Hinata-chan and Naruto-kun, get your summons and make them hide as we battle." Sakura ordered; Hinata and Naruto did as they were told and used the summoning jutsu.

In three puffs of smoke, Kuro, Shiro and Mizuki appeared. Naruto and Hinata briefed them on what they were to do. "Kuro and Shiro, use your support skills on us when asked to." Hinata said to the pandas.

"We have supports; Naruto will be the main offense, I'll cover him and if the situation's dire, I'll switch to medic. Hinata will be in charge of defense with her Shugohakke while Ino will be the one to trap Kaaru-sensei and Mitsuki-nee, while also trying to swipe the bells." Sakura assigned and then let Hinata lead the way. The people observing them also followed.

"They're here." Kaaru told Mitsuki. Three seconds after he said that, Naruto and Sakura ran out of the forest and attacked. Naruto was headed at Mitsuki, but swerved to the right and struck Kaaru's thigh. Kaaru grimaced and pushed Naruto away. The blond came back though, making slashing motions with his hands; Kaaru bended backward as Naruto almost swiped at his face. "Weapon Kuchiyose!" Kaaru said, and then an icy blue glow surrounded his hand, "Aoi Tori! (Blue Bird)". A katana with a blue blade and silver handle with blue cloth around it, appeared in his hand. He swung the blade at Naruto and made a horizontal gash on Naruto's black shirt. "Awww! That was my favorite shirt!" the blond complained and twisted his body so that he could propel himself away from Kaaru. From the corner of his eye, he saw Mitsuki aiming an arrow at him with her "Hikari Ya (Light Arrow)", Sakura intervened though and delivered a handchop on Mitsuki's arm, the razor-sharp chakra around Sakura's hand sliced into Mitsuki's bicep and tricep; temporarily rendering them useless.

Kaaru was close to Naruto, swinging Aoi Tori in a swift and fluid pattern, while Naruto evaded each the blade as best he could, he was faltering though. Hinata felt that it was time for a support skill, "Time to show what you practiced, Kuro-chan, Shiro-kun." she showed herself from behind the tree she was hiding behind and the two pandas jumped on her shoulders, "Support Skill: Speed Increase." Kuro and Shiro exclaimed. The two's necklaces glowed with a white color and two beams of light flew into Naruto and Sakura.

Naruto felt a great increase in speed and dodged Kaaru's katana with ease, Kaaru noticed this and looked surprised but he quickened his swinging. They looked like they were dancing a dangerous tango. Naruto managed to create some distance between them and made a hand sign, "Kitsune Tornado! (MU)" Naruto thrust his arm out and fire shot out of them, they spun around Kaaru and slowly closed in on the jounin. Kaaru smirked though and shouted, "Water over fire!" he molded his chakra and formed some hand signs, "Suiton: Mizu no Tatsumaki! (Tornado of Water)" he let his chakra unwind and a vortex of water erupted around him and doused the flames, creating steam that covered the area.

Ino felt it was time to do something. She decided to release two miniature versions of Inonus Rosetrap. She took out two seeds from her pouch and threw it on the moist ground, "Iki no Seibutsu." she whispered and two small, thorny plant with the head of a flytrap with red rose petals and they had roots that acted as feet; they were about two feet tall. Ino controlled the plants and sent them into the steam.

Sakura took advantage of the steam that enveloped the field. She stomped onto the ground, which caused them to be lifted into the air. Mitsuki was startled and couldn't react in time as Sakura punched her square in the jaw with bone-shattering force. Mitsuki let out a cry of pain as she rolled on the ground. Sakura walked over and lifted her feet so that she could kick Mitsuki in the side and unsummon her, but Mitsuki's hand shot out and grabbed hold of Sakura's leg. "Goten Nibai Chakra Kyuuin no Jutsu! (Five-point Double Chakra Absorption Tecnique MU)". Sakure felt her chakra seep out of her body and into Mitsuki. The tips of Mitsuki's fingers glowed as they absorbed Sakura's chakra, not only her chakra but also her energy. Sakura struggled to get away but Mitsuki had an iron grip around her leg. The steam had already cleared.

"Support Skill: Enhanced Chakra Rejuvenation." Shiro said and a beam of white went into Sakura, this seemed to help her a bit. But just as the rosette was about to break free; the light around Mitsuki's fingertips receded, "TENKAI! (Point Release MU)", Mitsuki changed the chakra she gained from Sakura so that the younger kunoichi's system would reject it. Mitsuki pushed all of the transformed chakra into Sakura's body and the result was instant. Sakura's body convulsed and she fell on the ground. She was shaking violently and broke into cold sweat; her body was rejected the tampered chakra because it was foreign to her chakra network. Being a medic, she knew about this and she knew she would have to wait until her body gets rid of the chakra through perspiration.

"Sakura-chan!" Hinata cried out as she saw her friend hit the ground. This was bad, Naruto could be taken out as well if Mitsuki teams up wtih Kaaru. She needed to came to their aid. Before the ex-heiress could move though, a strange plant sprouted behind Mitsuki. 'That must be the Inonus Rosetrap.' Hinata realized. The plant opened its head and three small thorns flew out of it and shot into Mitsuki's calf. The special summon gasped in surprise and pain; she fell to her knees and slowly lost consciousness. The a vine then went out of the rosetrap's mouth and snagged the bell from Mitsuki's hip, went underground and probably went to Ino. Hinata turned her attention to Naruto, just in time too. Kaaru was slashing the air and shurikens made of water flew at Naruto, who was trying hard not to get hit. But the Kaaru's Mizu Shurikens were increasing in quantity and several had cut him. Hinata rushed to his aid, Kuro and Shiro holding onto her tightly.

Naruto saw Hinata run in front of him, he immediately neared her, knowing what she was about to do. "Support Skill: Chakra Power Increase." Kuro said and Hinata was surrounded in a dim white light, "Shugohakke Rokujyou Yonshou.", a bright dome of weaved chakra enveloped them and Kaaru's Mizu Shuriken instantly dissapated on contact. The net faded away as Kaaru's shuriken barrage ended. Hinata however, did not see the last two Mizu Shurikens that was headed her way. Kuro and Shiro jumped in front of her and took the hit, dispelling them.

The three stared at each other for a momet, catching their breaths. Then Naruto formed a rasenshuriken, "TAKE THIS!" he shouted and threw it at Kaaru. The water specialist jumped out of the way as the ball of chakra landed and created a crater. Hinata looked at the sky and saw that it was already nearing dawn. "Naruto-kun, we have to hurry!" she shouted. Naruto nodded and engaged Kaaru in taijutsu. 'The virus!' Hinata realized and ran to the shaking Sakura. "Sakura-chan, hold on." she summoned her bell, Suzu Hana. She shook it gently and created a quiet tinkling sound, "Melody of Healing.". When Sakura stopped convulsing, she reached into her pouch and pulled out a small syringe and gave it to Hinata but before she could take it, another Inonus shot out of the ground and grabbed it with its vine tongue. The two instantly glanced at Ino's hiding place and saw that she was now out in the open, with her hands in a unique hand sign. The Inonus ran towards Kaaru and Naruto, who were still fighting and flung the syringe, unnoticed. The needle pierced Kaaru's leg and the virus was injected into his system, the fact that he stopped moving and clutched his stomach was a an obvious sign. Naruto quickly grabbed the bell and moved away from Kaaru...before the jounin would start releasing gas.

The four regrouped and held up for bell and grinned, "WOOHOO!" they cheered. Team 8, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shizune and then Kurenai and Kakashi stepped out of the foliage, "You all passed." Kakashi told them, then he turned to Kaaru, who looked like he was in great pain, "What did you do to him?"

Sakura spoke up, "A two day virus that causes diarrhea." she then held up a pill, "I have the cure though." and quickly went to Kaaru before something unpleasant could happen."

"Well then, let's all head to the Hokage Tower and have the assessment there, shall we?" Tsunade told them. They all nodded and walked to the tower.

Wewt! Finished Chapter 2! Hopefully I got better at writing fight scenes. *sweatdrop* Ehehehe...anyway, R&R! See you in the next chapter of RMH!