"The most important thing is for a shinobi is to be able to hide yourself," Kakashi whispered.

He looked around to find that he couldn't find his students.

'Nice, they're hidden very well,' He thought.

Sakura hid underneath some bushes while Sasuke and Mayumi were hiding in the trees, as for Naruto...well...

"Come here and fight me!" Naruto shouted.

Kakashi turned to see him showing himself completely.

"I said fight me!"

"...Ummm, you're a little bit off."

Sasuke shook his head, 'What a baka.'

Mayumi suppressed a giggle when she seen the look on Sasuke's face. He gave a, please kill me if Naruto passes kinda look.

"The only things that off is your hair cut!" Naruto shouted as he started to charge at Kakashi.

Naruto came to a stop when he seen Kakashi reach into his tool pouch.

"Shinobi lesson number one, Taijutsu. I'll teach you about it."

Kakashi continued to fiddle around in his tool pouch. Mayumi shook her head. Naruto was screwed, she could see it now. He was going to get his ass kicked royally. She held back a laugh as Kakashi pulled out his book. Oh lord that man was the best Otou-san ever! Well...in her book anyways.

"What's wrong? Hurry up and attack me!" Kakashi told the blonde boy.

"But...Hey what's with the book?" Naruto asked.

"I just want to know what happens next...But don't worry, it won't make a difference against you guys."

The blonde stared for a moment but decided to take advantaged of the moment.

"I'll totally kick your ass!"

Once again they all watched as Naruto charged at Kakashi. He threw a punch which would have been a nice hit had Kakashi not blocked it. He quickly tried to regain his failed hit by kicking at the man's side. The Jonin ducked and the kick went right over his head. Naruto decided to try one more punch and went for Kakashi one last time. The man poofed away and reappeared behind the boy.

"A shinobi isn't supposed to get caught from behind...baka," Kakashi told him.

Mayumi watched as he made hand signs. Man it just wasn't looking to good for Naruto. She looked over at Sasuke who seemed to be stuck in his own train of thought.

"Naruto! Runaway! You're gonna get killed!" Sakura yelled from her hiding place.

"What?" Naruto asked, not feeling to safe at the moment.

"Too late," Kakashi told him.

"Hidden Leaf Ancient Supreme Technique! A thousand years of pain!" Kakashi said as he poked Naruto in the butt.

Mayumi started to laugh and Sasuke quickly covered her mouth and held her still so that she didn't give away their hiding place.

"What...that isn't a ninjutsu...Supreme technique? That was just a powerful ass poke," Sakura mumbled to herself.

"Two total baka's," Sasuke muttered. "Hn."

He returned to trying to get Mayumi to stop laughing. He watched as Naruto landed in the water and Kakashi continued to read. Well Naruto had to be out for the count. But how was he to get Mayumi to calm down so that they could make a move? Should he just leave her behind? No, she would get killed. He wasn't going to let that happen. As far as he was concerned Mayumi was his trump card. Sure she wasn't the greatest ninja ever but two against one was better then one on one any day.

A few shuriken flew out of the water towards Kakashi. He laughed and caught the two shuriken while still reading. Mayumi's eyes widened and she looked up at Sasuke to see what he was thinking. He didn't say anything but pressed her tightly against his chest. She frowned...why was he still covering her mouth? Couldn't he tell that she wasn't laughing anymore but a little bit worried about how they were going to get two of the bells? No, clearly not because he held her firm against him. She looked back to find Naruto had crawled out of the water and was coughing.

"Hey, what's wrong? If you don't get a bell before noon you won't get lunch," Kakashi reminded him.

"I know I know!"

"You sure are weak for someone who's going to surpass the Hokage."

"Damnit! I can still fight on an empty stomach!" Naruto yelled at him.

Sasuke's and Mayumi's stomach growled as if on cue and she was pretty sure that Sakura's had as well.

"I was just a little careless!" Naruto shouted.

"Carelessness can be your worst enemy, you know?" Kakashi said as he started to walk away.

Mayumi stared sadly at Naruto, she knew that he was trying his hardest. Then there was the fact none of them had ate. She really wished her Otou-san had let her in on that little secret, to bad he was evil and didn't do that...was he working with that old fart that Sasuke wanted to kill?

She jumped slightly but was held still for the most part because Sasuke still had hold of her. Her jumping came from the fact that Naruto's shadow clones randomly jumped into the air from the water and went towards Kakashi.

"Hah! My new Jutsu, "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu"! You better not get careless there are more than one of me now!" Naruto shouted.

Mayumi felt Sasuke cringe and pull her even tighter to him. Man now she was felling uncomfortable. He had her siting in between his legs and she was straight against him. Her head was being rested against his chest while the rest of her was flush against him, it felt extremely awkward...especially for a gay guy.

"Not just Bunshins, but Kage Bunshins. A skill that multiply's your body and not just make an illusion," Kakashi explained to no one but himself. "No matter how many you line up...you are still Naruto, you can't beat me with that jutsu."

Mayumi's eyes widened the same time her Otou-san's did. Naruto was on Kakashi's back and charging at him from the front. She just couldn't see how the man was going to get out of it. Man she wished Sasuke was covering her eyes instead.

"What! Behind me!" Kakashi asked himself.

Mayumi felt Sasuke tease even more, she let out a light cry when it became harder to breath...he didn't hear her.

"Weren't shinobi not supposed to get caught from behind? Right Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked, smirking in victory. "I sent a Kage Bunshin out of the water to sneak up behind you! My ass still hurts! Here's payback!"

"Nice plan," Sasuke muttered.

Mayumi nodded in agreement.

"Here comes my revenge!" Naruto shouted.

Mayumi's eyes widened when Naruto's shadow clone hit one of their own. Kakashi had disappeared! She looked up at Sasuke to see him glaring. Right now, she would kill to know what he was thinking...he knew what she was thinking.

"You're Kakashi-sensei aren't you?" Naruto shouted to his clones. "You used Henge no Jutsu to transform!"

Mayumi rolled her eyes, this was ridicules! She watched a small tear roll down Naruto's face after he got rid of his clones.

"That was Kawarimi No Jutsu; moron," Sasuke whispered.

Mayumi pushed his hand away, why hadn't she done that before?

"What's that?" She asked.

Sasuke rolled his eyes at her, "Kawarimi No Jutsu, normally done by quickly replacing your body with an animal or plant. This will usually confuse the opponent and create a chance to attack. Kakashi switched his body with one of Naruto's clones...Not only did it confuse Naruto, but it also caused him to deal damage to himself..."

She stared at him, "What's that?"

He hit his head with his hand that wasn't holding her in place.

"A bell!" She heard Naruto scream.

She looked back to see what was going on and watched Naruto run over to a tree. She held back a laugh as she watched Naruto get pulled up into the air.

"What the hell is this?" He yelled in frustration.

Sasuke tightened his hold on her again. She let out a growl...at this rate...Sasuke was going to crush her.

Kakashi walked over and picked up the bell that was underneath Naruto, "Think before using a jutsu or it could be used against you." He tossed the bell up in the air in a teasing manor. "And also, don't fall for such obvious traps, baka."

"Chikuso!" Naruto shouted at him. "I know that!"

"Uhm...I'm telling you this because you don't know..." Kakashi smiled up at him. "A shinobi must be able to see what's underneath the under-"

Sasuke quickly released Mayumi and threw a bunch of kunai and shuriken at the man. She gasped as they hit him square in the face.

"Aaah! No way! Sasuke you bastard! You went to far!" Naruto shouted.

She watched Sasuke tense in front of her when Kakashi was replaced with a log.

"Damn! Another Kawarimi, now he knows where we are," he whispered to her. "He showed an opening on purpose and I fell for his trap."

"So that's what a Kawarimi No Jutsu is," she whispered as Sasuke grabbed her hand.

He pulled her back with him and started to run. She wasn't to sure what was going on but she was really wishing that she knew where her other teammates were. If only...Sakura...what was she doing? She was all alone somewhere. And they had left Naruto behind them. Man she should have made Sasuke leave her to Naruto.

Sasuke and Mayumi both turned their heads when they heard a scream.

"That scream," Sasuke whispered.

"Sakura-chan..." She whispered.

Sasuke held onto her hand tightly, she had read his mind.

"Shinobi fighting lesson number two, Genjutsu. Sakura fell for it easily."

Mayumi turned to see Kakashi leaning against a tree behind them, the mans eyes resting on the firm hold that the Uchiha boy had on his daughter's hand.

"Genjutsu, a form of hypnotism, she'd fall for that..." Sasuke whispered so that she could hear. 'But,' he added to himself.

"...I'm not the same as them," Sasuke told Kakashi.

"Say that after you get a bell...Sasuke-kun," the man told him.

Sasuke turned to him forcing the young Hatake to do the same. They stared at Kakashi.

"The village's most powerful clan, The Uchiha Clan...This could be interesting..."

Sasuke pushed Mayumi back. She threw three shuriken at the man, which were quickly dodged.

"Such obvious attacks are useless," he told her.

Sasuke smirked as one of the shuriken she threw cut the rope to the trap he had set. Mayumi watched as blades flew at her Otou-san. It took everything she had not to try to push him of the way herself. She growled, however, when he jumped out of the way.

The Uchiha charged at the man before he could regain to much of his composer. Mayumi took note that were as Naruto liked to use his fists to land hits, Sasuke preferred to use his feet and legs when attacking. She watched as he sent kicks the mans way and a few punches. Kakashi now had hold of one of his hands and one of his legs; but that didn't seem to make Sasuke stop, or even slow down for that.

He swung his leg at the man. Mayumi fell backwards. If only she was Sakura right now, she knew the girl would kill to be were Mayumi was right now. The problem was...she had nice view of Sasuke's butt. She turned her head away quickly, she wasn't going to get caught staring. She heard a jingle and looked back to see Sasuke's finger brush one of the bells.

Kakashi quickly threw the boy away. Sasuke landed on his feet and slid until he was next to Mayumi, panting. The man watched as his daughter pulled the boy to his feet.

"Well..." He started. "I have to acknowledge that you are different from the other three."

"Hn."

Sasuke quickly formed hand signs. The blue haired girl tried to read them but she couldn't, his hands moved to fast. Out of the corner of her eye she seen Kakashi's eyes widen. With a huff of breath Sasuke blew a fireball at the man. Mayumi cringed and stepped away from him. It wasn't exactly cool on either side of the fire. When it went out she watched Sasuke look around for the man.

"Sasuke-san, below you!"

By the time Sasuke looked down it was to late.

Kakashi grabbed his leg, "Doton Shinjuu Zanshu No Jutsu*!"

Mayumi turned away not wanting to see what was going to happen.

"AAAHW!"

"Shinobi fighting lesson number three, Ninjutsu," Kakashi told him. "Well, you're already way further with this than the other. But hey, they say an exposed nail should be hammered in...haha..."

"Damn you!" Sasuke yelled at him.

Once Kakashi had left Mayumi turned back to Sasuke. Her eyes widened when she could only see his head. The Uchiha glared at her, waiting for her to help, but it never came. She only stared at him.

"Well...Help me!"

She dropped to the ground and started to laugh. It was just to priceless, and there was nothing he could do to stop her!

"Hey! Knock it off!"

"AAAAHW! HIS SEVERED HEAD!"

Mayumi stopped laughing to see Sakura dropped to the ground.

"Wh...What?" Sasuke asked.

"I have no idea," Mayumi shook her head.

"Help me outta here."

She nodded, "Just don't hit me when your out!"

Mayumi crawled over to him and began to dig him out. By the time she was done the tips of her fingers were dirty with dirt and blood that came from the slight ripping of her nails.

Sasuke went over and knelt by Sakura, "Hey."

Her eyes slowly opened, then became wide, "Sasuke-kun!"

She pulled him into an embrace, "You're alright!"

Mayumi glared at her. She wasn't sure why but...she was suddenly thinking about killing Sakura where she sat.

"Go away! Don't hug me!" Sasuke yelled at her while he tried and failed to push her away.

Mayumi huffed angrily and pulled Sakura away from him. Her purple eyes darker then normal. Huh...she hadn't thought that her bad mood from earlier would have stuck with her, but it had to have. That had to be the reason why she felt like strangling Sakura until the girl no longer had a heartbeat.

"There's not much time left until Lunch," Sasuke told them. "I'm going again."

Sakura pulled away from Mayumi and stood, "Sasuke-kun you're still going after a bell?"

"I already touched it..." He told her while glaring. "Next time I'll get one."

"What?...Ah I see... You're incredible Sasuke-kun..." She said nervously. "You know there isn't much time left so...there's no need to push ourselves that hard...there's always next time..."

Sasuke's glare harden. Mayumi smirked as Sakura turned away from him. All she had to say for that was that, haha! Sakura got what she deserved!

"There's a man that only I can kill," Sasuke told them.

"Ah.." Sakura said.

She had said something else but Mayumi hadn't been able to make it out, sounded to mumbled to her.

"That time...crying..." Sasuke continued.

"Crying?" The pink haired girl asked. "What...What do you mean?"

"I'm an avenger, I have to become stronger then him. I can't just stay here and do nothing."

Sakura's face fell, Mayumi stared, and Sasuke glared at the ground. They all jumped when they heard a ringing sound.

"Hn, damn...wasted to much time," Sasuke whispered.

*Ten minutes later*

Naruto was tied to a stump, Sakura, Sasuke, and Mayumi sat on the ground around him.

"You guys look really hungry," Kakashi said.

"We are!" Mayumi snapped, clearly still not in a good mood.

He laughed at her, "Oh and, by the way, something about the training...Well there's no need for you guys to go back to the academy."

They all stared at him.

"Hey!" Naruto shouted.

Mayumi looked at him...what had he done to get tied to that stump anyways?

"Hn." Sasuke smirked.

Sakura jumped up into the air in victory.

"Then! Then! All four of us...!" Naruto asked happily.

Kakashi smiled at them, "Yup, all four of you...should quit as shinobi!"

Mayumi quickly looked at him...maybe she should tell him that he had a spider in his hair... Sakura and Naruto gasped while Sasuke shot him a hard glare.

"Quit as shinobi?" Naruto shouted "What does that mean? Okay! Okay! We couldn't get the bells but... Why do we have to quit?"

"Because all of you...are just punks who don't deserve to be shinobi," Kakashi told them.

Mayumi and Sasuke glared at him. Okay! She wasn't going to tell him about the spider!

The Uchiha jumped to his feet and charged at the man, "AHH!"

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shouted

Kakashi quickly grabbed hold of Sasuke and pend him down with his foot on his head.

"No! Don't step on Sasuke-kun!" Sakura screamed.

He glared at the ground angrily.

"Are you guys underestimating shinobi? Huh?" Kakashi questioned. "Why do you think you were divided into teams and are doing this training?"

"Huh?" Sakura asked. "What does that mean?"

Sasuke glared at Mayumi. She glared back.

"Basically...you guys are not understanding the answer to this test," the man said.

"Answer?" Naruto asked.

"Yes. The answer that helps you pass this test."

"Otou-san you're being a jackrabbit!"

"So...When are you going to tell us?" Sakura asked.

"Geez..." he muttered.

"Ahh! Damn it! What's the answer already?" Naruto shouted.

"The answer is...Teamwork," Kakashi told them.

Mayumi smirked, if that was the case then...she and Sasuke had came the closest to passing.

"The four of you working together may have gotten the bells."

"What do you mean by teamwork? There are only three bells!" Sakura yelled. "Even if we work together and get the bells, one of us would still fail. What teamwork? That just makes us fight each other."

Kakashi stared at her, then, "Of course! This test is purposely set up to make you fight amongst yourselves."

"Huh?" Naruto questioned.

"The purpose is to see whether you can forget about your own interests, and successfully work together, under these designed circumstances. Yet... you guys... Sakura, instead of Naruto, who was right next to you...you were only thinking about Sasuke who was far away. Naruto! You were just running around by yourself. Sasuke! You just assumed the others would get in your way and tried to do everything with only Mayumi. Mayumi, you had the chance to help Sasuke but instead you sat back and watched him do all the work. Individual play that disrupts the team can put comrades in danger. And even get you killed."

He paused and placed a kunai to Sasuke's throat, "For example... Sakura! Kill Naruto! Or Sasuke dies!"

"What?" Naruto shouted.

Mayumi stared at him in disbelief and jumped to her feet. That poor spider had just fallen on the ground! That had to hurt the poor little thing!

"You see?" He said getting off of Sasuke. "If a hostage is taken, you will have tough choices and then die. You will be risking your lives in these duties."

Mayumi ran over to Sasuke who was sitting up, "Are you okay?"

"Yea..."

"I wasn't talking to you," she said as she picked up a spider. "The poor thing fell!"

Sasuke glared at her, "Baka..."

"Look at this," Kakashi said while he stood next a monument. "The numerous names carved on this stone. These are shinobi's who are recognized as heroes of the village."

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!" Naruto shouted. "I've decided to get my name carved on that stone too! Hero! Hero! That's what I'll become!"

"I'm sorry Sasuke-san I didn't know you wanted me to help you," Mayumi cried while they walked back to the others, he had hit her, and not lightly.

"Hn."

"But...they aren't just normal heroes..." Kakashi told him.

"Oh yeah?" Naruto asked. "Then what kind are they?"

"..."

"What? What?"

"They are all heroes who died while on duty."

Naruto's smile faded and everyone's face got serious.

"This is a memorial. My best friend's name is also carved here..." He added. "You guys...I'll give you one more chance. But after lunch I'll make it even tougher to get the bells. Those who still wish to challenge can eat lunch. But don't give any to Naruto."

"What!" Mayumi shrieked.

"It's punishment for trying to eat by yourself. If anyone gives him any food, they will fail immediately." Kakashi paused and glared at them all, "I am the rules here! Got it?"

With that said the man poofed away.

"Heh! I don't need any food. I'm fine!" Naruto shouted as his stomach growled.

The other three sat down and ate their meal slowly. Mayumi felt extremely guilty about eating in front of Naruto...maybe she should forgive him about earlier for this... Naruto's stomach growled the entire time they ate. Sasuke gave Naruto a thoughtful look.

He put his food up to Naruto, "Here."

Sakura's eyes bugged out of her head, "Hey Sasuke-kun, Sensei just said-"

"Don't worry, I don't sense him near here. After lunch we'll work together and get the bells," Sasuke reassured her. "Without food, he'll just be in the way, and that will only hurt us."

Sakura was speechless. She looked her at food...he was right...even though she hated to admit it. She handed it to Naruto. The boy looked at her with a blush lightly dusted across his cheeks, he smiled.

Mayumi stared at Sasuke in wonder. So the boy did have a heart. She smiled at him sweetly. If it weren't for the fact that he was gay she would have kissed his cheek.

"Sasuke-san, here. You can have some of mine," she offered. "You hardly touched yours anyways."

Sasuke took some of her food in his chop sticks and began to eat.

"Thanks, hehehe," Naruto mumbled.

"What's this?" A voice bellowed. "You guys...!"

Naruto and Sakura screamed when they seen Kakashi's head. Sasuke glared in frustration...he had been wrong... Mayumi tossed her food into the air in shock. The Uchiha jumped up ready to attack, placing himself in front of Mayumi who was looking around to see what happened to her lunch.

"Pass ," Kakashi told them with a smile. "Heh."

"Huh?" Sakura asked.

"Uh?" Naruto stuttered trying to find the words.

"NOOO!"

They all looked at Mayumi to find her crying.

"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked.

Her lip quivered, "I can't find my food."

The man shook his head.

"Pass!" Sakura shouted in surprise. "But why?"

"You guys are the first," Kakashi told them. "Everyone else would just do whatever I told them. They were all just morons...A shinobi must see underneath the underneath. Those who break the rules and codes of the shinobi world are called trash... But you know what? Those who don't take care of their comrades...are lower than trash."

Naruto stared at him, Sakura cheered to herself silently, Sasuke smirked, and Mayumi cried.

"That ends the training. All of you pass!" Kakashi gave a thumbs up. "Okay, starting tomorrow Team 7 will begin it's duties!"

"Yay! I did it! I did it! Ninja! Ninja! Ninja!" Naruto shouted happily.

"Let's go," Kakashi said getting three of the genin to follow.

"God damn it! I knew this would happen! Untie me!" Naruto shouted as everyone walked away.

Mayumi looked back and ran over to him, "Need help?"

"Yeah! Untie me! Please Mayumi-chan!"

She stared at him, "Oh you're still tied up."

She took out a kunai and cut the rope for him.

"Mayumi-chan!"

The blue haired girl looked back to see her Otou-san waving to her. She ran away from Naruto who was walking with Sakura and Sasuke away from them.

"Otou-san that was hard."

"Yeah but I couldn't be nice to you because you were my daughter. I can now though," Kakashi gave her a hug and continued to walk. "But if I see you and Sasuke-kun holding hands again...I'll kill him slowly."

She laughed at him, "It's okay Otou-san, Sasuke-san is gay anyways!"

Kakashi stared at her back as she ran towards her teammates. He was never going to understand that girl, even if he was the one that raised her.

There's your update. Thank you for reading and please review.

*Earth Type Skill: Inner Decapitation