A.N. Woah, this fic has a decent amount of support already! Who would've thought? Well anyways, This chapter isn't amazing to be honest, so don't expect much. Im actually posting it earlier than I intended to. I normally would only release chapter 2 when I finished chapter three, and release chapter 3 when I finished chapter 4 etcetera, you get the point. Im only doing this because I have a class thats ending before January and my grade all relies on this one essay that i haven't even started despite it being assigned months ago (#Procrastination anyone?). Well anyways, thats enough about my personal life. The point is don't expect chapter 3 until about… 10 days at the most I suppose. If we're lucky, Ill have it done by the 6th. Regardless, on with the fic!

FLASHBACK

"Alright, first of all, I already have Intel on what the survival exam is. It'll be the nine of us against Kakashi in a battle to steal a few bells he straps to his waist. I've already planned accordingly." The Nara stated

"How do you know that?" Sakura asked.

"I did a little research on Kakashi's survival drill, he does the same one every year. Every time, the students fail. I have no idea why though. I guess they just couldn't get the bells." Shikamaru explained.

A few of the others cringed at the fact that no one had ever passed the drill.

"Kiba, Sasuke and Hinata, you'll be the first step of the plan." Shikamaru announced.

"Um, Shikamaru… you know Sasuke's not listening right?" Ino said.

"He and I both know he's paying close attention to everything I'm saying." Shikamaru said.

Sasuke seemed unmoved but was inwardly shocked that the Nara saw through his ploy. He continued to listen closely.

"As I was saying, you three are the best at Taijutsu out of the nine of us. I'll need you to engage Kakashi in hand-to-hand combat. The rest of us will scatter into nearby hiding places. We have the best chance of getting the bells with the three of you rushing at him…" Shikamaru said.

FLASHBACK END

"Start!" the cycloptic man commanded.

Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, and Shino all scattered into the nearby forest.

Kiba went for a frontal attack slashing at Kakashi with his claw like nails while Akamaru attempted to bite his leg.

Hinata went for an attack around the rear with a Gentle Step Twin Palms.

Kakashi swiftly caught Kiba's arm before he could touch him, turned around and threw him into Hinata causing the two to fly back.

Kakashi ignored Akamaru and endured the bite due to the simple fact that he always had a thing for dogs and didn't want to attack a puppy. It wasn't hurting him much so he didn't mind.

Sasuke then appeared seemingly from out of nowhere with a hard kick to his abdomen that Kakashi blocked with his right arm. Sasuke went in to punch him with his right arm in which Kakashi blocked with his left arm. The jonin's arms were now in a crossed position. Sasuke now attempted to kick Kakashi with his other leg in which he blocked by moving his left arm up to block his head, while still holding Sasuke's fist. Sasuke had one free arm in which he used to attempt to grab a bell.

'This kid…' Kakashi thought as he let go of the Uchiha and dashed backwards avoiding the boys attempt at stealing the bell.

'I should take care of him now. He could be a problem later.' The jonin concluded as he began weaving hand seals but was soon interrupted by a familiar voice.

"Now!" Shikamaru yelled as he jumped from behind a tree and made a rat hand seal to send a shadow towards Kakashi in attempt to possess him.

Shino then from inside a nearby bush placed his palms on the floor and sent countless insects in a stream formation towards the Jonin.

The shadow and insects were now intertwined for a deadly technique.

FLASHBACK

"…I'll need you to engage Kakashi in hand-to-hand combat. The rest of us will scatter into nearby hiding places. We have the best chance of getting the bells with the three of you rushing at him to lure him into an enclosed area where Shino and I can safely emerge from our hiding spots and ambush him with our combined insect and shadow jutsu for a combo attack. He should be shaken enough from his scuffle with you to fall right into our trap." Shikamaru said.

FLASHBACK END

Kakashi jumped into the air to dodge the incoming assault.

The insects began to fly upwards in a last effort to attack the Jonin.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Kakashi said as he shot a huge fireball from his mouth, singeing the insects below him forcing Shikamaru and Shino to run and avoid the attack.

Sakura from safely in a tree threw several kunai at Kakashi while he was in midair making it difficult to avoid.

Ino from the other side of Kakashi threw several shuriken at him for extra insurance making it near impossible for the jonin to dodge.

FLASHBACK

"…He should be shaken enough from his scuffle with you to fall right into our trap. But then again, we are up against a jonin, so him evading our attack wouldn't surprise me. In any case, Sakura and Ino, this is where you come in. Make sure to be on opposite sides of each other and toss whatever kunai or shuriken you have at him making it impossible for even a jonin to physically dodge while in midair." Shikamaru commanded.

FLASHBACK END

The weapons pierced Kakashi in a rather gruesome manner leaving the cycloptic man a bloody mess.

The jonin then exploded into a puff of smoke revealing him to only be a piece of wood.

Kakashi then reappeared out in the open, away from the forest and all hiding places.

'These kids are no joke…' Kakashi concluded

"Human Boulder!" Choji screamed as he appeared behind the Jonin as he grew to massive size and began rolling towards Kakashi.

Kakashi dodged consistently and near effortlessly, but the boy continued to turn around and try to roll the jonin over again every time he missed.

Suddenly, 13 Naruto's fell from the sky and ambushed Kakashi, coordinating attacks with Choji.

Hinata, Kiba and Sasuke all momentarily came to assist and coordinate attacks with the other two.

FLASHBACK

"…Make sure to be on opposite sides of each other and toss whatever kunai or shuriken you have at him making it impossible for even a jonin to physically dodge. Shikamaru stated.

"But Shikamaru, Kakashi sensei could simply use a substitution jutsu!" Sakura said.

"You're right. That's why I said it's impossible to physically dodge it. Obviously as genin, we wont be able to hit a trained jonin with a direct attack like that. When the time is right, I need you two to go on the offensive. Relentlessly attack Kakashi giving him no room to run. He won't be trying to kill you two, so he'll probably just dodge us instead of sending some deadly jutsu your way." Shikamaru said pointing towards Naruto and Choji.

"Shikamaru, How will we know when the time is right?" Naruto asked.

"Oh trust me, you'll know. Eventually, he'll retreat to an open area where we can no longer surprise him by popping out from trees, bushes and stuff like that. That's when I recommend striking." Shikamaru said.

"Also, Sasuke, Hinata and Kiba, if you're not out of commission from engaging Kakashi, we could use your help here too." The Nara suggested.

FLASHBACK END

Kakashi was getting slightly annoyed by his predicament, so he began hand seals to use a weak E-Rank jutsu to get them off of his back. Suddenly, He was stuck on the rat sign, unable to look away from the sky. The jonin was immobile.

"Shadow possession, success." Shikamaru said aloud.

"What!?" Kakashi said.

"That's right sensei. You've been playing into my hands the whole time." Shikamaru announced.

FLASHBACK

"Also, Sasuke, Hinata and Kiba, if you're not out of commission from engaging Kakashi, we could use your help here too. Due to the relentless attack, he'll probably be focusing on the five of you more than he should leaving him open to my shadow possession. If I catch him, I'll force him to look upwards so that he wont be able to look at a log, or one of you to activate substitution on. Then one of you can safely grab those bells. "

FLASHBACK END

Naruto walked up to the immobile jonin and grabbed both bells and held them up high gaining cheers from all nine rookies bar Sasuke and Shino who nodded in approval.

"How... did you..." Kakashi said as he struggled to form a sentence.

"Simple. When you give nine genin two hours of preparation time due to your constant tardiness, it's not hard to formulate a plan. We actually planned out the next 68 steps which involved some explosives and Ino's mind jutsu, but I see they weren't needed. You lose, Kakashi." Shikamaru said smugly as he released the shadow possession.

"68? I only memorized the first 10..." Kiba thought to himself.

Slow clapping could be heard from far behind a tree.

Kakashi gave what seemed to be a smile under the mask as he poofed from existence and the bells Naruto held poofed into twigs. They were nothing more than fakes.

The nine rookies visually moped at the fact that the "Kakashi" they caught and the bells the earned were nothing more than fakes.

Kakashi walked out from behind a tree, still slow clapping until he began to speak.

"Well, well, well. I'm impressed. However… look at the time." Kakashi said mockingly.

The nine students all looked up at the direction of the sun to realize it was in the center of the sky. It was noon.

"I guess we fail then huh…" Shikamaru said in defeat as he pondered the idea of his mom screaming at him for being sent back to the academy. She was truly a troublesome woman.

"You pass. You all pass. The purpose of this drill is to be nothing more than a teamwork exercise. You all coordinated your attacks and planned everything out almost perfectly. Together, you probably could've taken down most chunin and maybe even the lower ranked special jonin. My one critique is that you should pay closer attention to the enemy alongside the position of your allies. You didn't even notice I made a shadow clone earlier. Regardless, all of you pass. Great work." Kakashi announced with a smile.

The training field was dead silent.

"You mean we're all…" Naruto started.

"Yep. You're all officially genin. Congratulations." The cycloptic man announced

Naruto verbally screamed "Yeah!" out of joy.

Sakura and Ino cheered louder than Naruto, likely not due to becoming ninjas, but probably because they were paired with Sasuke.

Sasuke sat down and smiled smugly.

Shikamaru fell flat on his ass, relieved to have the troublesome drill behind him. He sighed in relief.

Shino seemed unmoved.

Choji pulled out a bag of chips; this time barbeque flavored and devoured it hastily.

Hinata was happy that she could help, albeit not very much.

Kakashi asking Kiba to "Please remove your dog from my leg" interrupted his cheering.

The nine cheered in their own ways, some even louder than before. They had finally done it.

They were finally true ninjas.

"The Unit starts its first missions tomorrow. See you soon." Kakashi said with a smile and a wave.

'I think… I'll like this bunch…' the jonin thought to himself as he walked off leaving the new genin to their individual cheer.

Later…

Kakashi met up with Asuma and Kurenai back on top of the Kenmopo Center.

"You're early." Kakashi said to the two of them.

"No, you're just late." Kurenai retorted.

"Well a black cat crossed my path so I had to take the long way" Kakashi lied.

"Right… well how'd it go? I mean, with our students." Asuma asked.

"Surprisingly, perfect. They passed with flying colors. Their teamwork was great and the Nara planned out the whole thing. They weren't able to get the bells, but they were able to subdue a clone of mine. The clone was obviously weaker than the real me, but its was still impressive. " Kakashi explained.

The two went wide-eyed at Kakashi explanation. They were visibly shocked.

"But… no ones ever passed your exam." The red-eyed jonin said.

"Not to mention no ones even come close." The bearded jonin added.

"Well, their odds were better since there were nine of them, but I wasn't even able to read Makeout Paradise once, or even glance at it for that matter. So I guess it is surprising. But, off topic, what are we gonna do about the mission for tomorrow?" Kakashi said.

"Hell, this bunch has talent. I say we skip the D-rank missions and go straight to C-rank missions." Asuma suggested.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down a bit. I think we should start em off with a couple D-ranks and go from there." Kurenai proposed

"I agree with Kurenai. They wont do D-ranks as long as the average genin team does, but they still should still start off slow." Kakashi advocated.

"I think that you guys are underestimating them, but I'm outnumbered, so I guess we'll go with your plan." Asuma conceded.

"Shouldn't The Unit and I have a say in this as well?" A voice said.

A young genin with blonde hair and blue eyes walked up the stairs that he was stationed at the bottom of.

"Ah, Naruto. I was wondering when you would come out of hiding." Kakashi said.

"Don't try and sound cool Kakashi sensei, you had no idea I was here." The blonde said mockingly earning a chuckle from the cycloptic jonin.

"So, how about it. Can I have a say in this?" Naruto asked.

"We're… open to suggestions I guess Naruto." Kurenai said.

"I agree with Asuma sensei. We're way too strong for those lame D-rank missions. I could do tons of those in one day, no sweat!" Naruto boasted.

"How about a wager then?" Kakashi asked.

"I'm listening." Naruto said.

"If you can do… say, 50 D-rank missions in one day, you, Asuma, and two others of our choosing will be able to go on a C-rank mission. If you fail, you and the rest of The Unit will have to do D-rank missions for six months." Kakashi challenged.

Asuma didn't like the fact that he was being dragged into a wager that he didn't agree to, but he didn't mind. C-ranks were child's play to him.

Naruto thought for a moment.

"On a few conditions." Naruto said.

"First of all, if I singlehandedly do 50 D-rank missions in one day, the whole unit should be allowed to do C-rank missions whenever we choose. Meaning, you won't bump us back down to D-ranks after Asuma sensei and me go on our mission. Secondly, when Asuma sensei and me go on our mission, DON'T put Sakura on our team. Deal?" Naruto asked with an extended hand.

"Deal." Kakashi said as he firmly shook the boy's hand signifying the deal.

"You have from now until noon tomorrow to complete your job. Good luck Nar-" Kakashi said before he stopped due to Naruto sprinting off, likely to get started on his portion of the wager.

"Kakashi, why did you go and do that?" Kurenai questioned.

"Relax. He wont be able to do it. Not even I could complete 50 D-rank missions in one day. Not that I'm physically incapable, its just that there's simply not enough time for so many missions in such a short period of time." Kakashi reassured.

"I guess you're right." Kurenai said.

"You two underestimate him. He's actually not a lot stronger than you two think. I believe in him." Asuma added.

"Oh trust me, I'm not doubting his physical prowess and potential, I'm the one who fought him not too long ago. Its just, as I stated earlier, not enough time." Kakashi said.

"If you say so Kakashi. Well, if you excuse me, I gotta get ready for my C-rank mission tomorrow." Asuma said with a smirk as he walked off with a wave.

"I wonder what's gotten into him." Kurenai said.

"Who knows? Maybe he's right though. Naruto is a boy full of surprises." Kakashi added.

"I guess. But what has me curious is the fact that he asked for Sakura not to be put on his mission. It was my understanding that he had quite the little crush on her." Kurenai thought aloud.

Kakashi simply shrugged, uninterested by Kurenai's wondering.

"Hmm…" Kurenai mumbled.

ELSEWHERE

"You did WHAT!?" an angry Kiba wailed towards Naruto.

"You idiot! There's no way you can do all of that in one day! Now we'll be stuck doing D-ranks for half a year!" Sasuke barked towards the blonde boy.

Naruto had gathered his eight teammates outside of the Ichiraku ramen shop to deliver the news.

"Trust me everyone, I have things covered. I've already thought it out and there's an easy way I can-" Naruto started.

"Sasukes right! You ruin everything you-" Sakura started, cutting off Naruto.

"Shut the fuck up." Naruto interjected venomously towards the pink haired kunoichi, much to the shock of everyone there.

Sakura was prepared to retort with her fist, which was clenched and ready to clobber the boy until she was scared stiff by the murderous impulse radiating from the Uzumaki. Sakura even fell flat on her ass from the sheer fear of what the blonde might do with all that rage, that hatred directed towards her.

The two locked eyes for a moment, with everyone observing the whole scene, some too frightened by the aura to say anything while others deemed it as "none of their business".

Naruto closed his eyes, and after a deep breath, calmed down and continued to talk.

"As I was saying… I have this covered. I should be getting started now. See ya." Naruto said as he walk off, still visibly angry at Sakura.

'What was that about…' Sasuke wondered.

'N-Naruto…' Hinata mentally worried about the boy.

Shino seemed unmoved, but inwardly pondered what could have happened between the two.

Ino felt bad for her ex-friend, but still thought that Sakura had what was coming to her. Sure, she agreed with Sasuke and never thought much of Naruto, but she never approved of the way she treated the boy. No one deserved the constant bullshit Naruto received from her, and she was glad he stood up for himself.

Kiba thought what Naruto did was pretty cool. He always thought Sakura was pretty annoying, so seeing her fall flat on her ass in fear from someone like Naruto was a treat.

Shikamaru, being near unmoved by the situation already figured out what Narutos plan was to complete so many missions in such a short time was. It was rather basic for him, but it was genius for someone he thought was an idiot. Shikamaru's opinion on Naruto was starting to improve.

Choji was too focused on his salt and vinegar potato chips to care about the situation that had unfolded. The chips were much more important.

Sakura's mind went blank as she struggled to stand up, still fear stricken by the murderous intent that was directed towards her not too long ago.

She said nothing to her comrades and began walking away leaving the others to their thoughts.

A.N. Well, how was that XD? Well, I did tell you not to expect much, so hopefully you weren't too disappointed. Oh, by the way, tell me if you like or dislike the flashbacks during the fights, or if i should keep them for after the fight has ended. I could really use the suggestions. Well um… have a good day :3