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Last chapter was shorter but I'll make it up in this one.

Next morning, Kitsune picks his usual outfit and is having breakfast. He had the belief that by not having an important meal specially breakfast, a ninja will end up weak due to hunger and will not be ready. His breakfast consisted of blueberry hotcakes, scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage, and to drink a glass of orange juice.

Kitsune thought, "There's no way I'm going to do a mission without breakfast, besides that wasn't a true order, let's just hope that these two teammates of mine didn't really fall for such trick." He went to the training ground and got there in around in an hour and he found his teammates Sasuke and Sakura were already there and waiting for him and the pink hair girl yelled, "YOU'RE LATE!"

He just said, "I got late because I had breakfast." Sakura said, "You idiot; you shouldn't have had breakfast the sensei told us not to eat."

Kitsune said, "Wrong, that was just a suggestion not an actual order."

Kakashi then said, "Yo! Are you ready for your first day?"

Sakura angrily said to her teacher, "YOU'RE LATE SENSEI!"

Kakashi sighed, "You see a black cat crossed my way and I had to take the longer path."

Sakura said, "You're lying."

Kakashi then holds 2 bells, "Anyway let's start the test. The objective is to grab these bells from me. That's all you have to do."

Sakura said, "You have only two bells with you."

Kakashi said, "It's true, and at least two will pass the test and the other one will fail. That remaining one will return to the academy. You have until noon to take the bells."

Then Sasuke and Sakura's stomachs were growling due to hunger, but Kitsune's (Naruto) stomach wasn't; Sakura then thought, "That's why he told us not to have breakfast. So it would be harder for us".

Kakashi directed his look interested to Kitsune and thought, "It seems someone didn't really fall for what I said." The silver haired jonin said, "I told that no one should have breakfast, but you did it."

Kitsune said, "That wasn't really an order; I just saw it as a suggestion. Also you need breakfast to have energy on the other hand you'll be weakened." Sakura and Sasuke face palm at this for really falling for such a trick.

Kakashi then said, "Next time when I say something, it will be an order and you better follow it. Okay everyone I want you to go all out at me with killing intent to grab the bells from me."

Kakashi said, "Nothing will happen! Just give it your best and don't hold back. Anyways you can start about right… now." With this the three disappeared to conceal themselves in the bushes. Kakashi thinks, 'At least they know how to conceal."

Kakashi says, "A ninja must act within the shadow and wait for the right moment to attack." Suddenly a group of shurikens was flying straight to Kakashi, and the silver haired jonin evaded them just in time. Kakashi then sensed a presence behind him and it was Kitsune himself.

"This is shinobi battle tactic #1 the art of physical combat also known as Taijutsu." Kitsune and Kakashi then went out for taijutsu, or hand to hand combat. Kitsune tried to send a kick to Kakashi's face, and the jonin blocks it just for Kitsune try to go for the opening in Kakashi's left side. Kakashi moved fast and then positioned behind Kitsune.

Kakashi said, "Take this the secret Leaf taijutsu technique, "Secret Leaf Taijutsu Style 1000 years of death." Kitsune replaced with a log nearby, and disappears. Kakashi said to himself, "Your training paid off Naruto."

Faraway, Kitsune said, "He is not stronger than master Scorpion, but still better than me. If this test is about what I think it is then I better alert those two teammates of mine." On his way Kitsune saw a bell on the ground near a tree and obviously knew a tree, so he ignored it and went to find one of his teammates.

(With Sakura)

Sakura was so concentrating in being in a team with just Sasuke that she did not see Kakashi putting her in a genjutsu. He goes through a few hand seals and rapidly Sakura is trapped in a trance and surrounded by leaves. After the technique ends, Sakura looks around frantically and says "What? Where? What is going on here?"

She then hears a voice behind her, "Sa… Sakura help me."

Sakura happily says, "Sasuke." But then she gets frightened and sees her crush bloodied, wounded with shuriken, kunai piercing his flesh.

Sasuke slowly says, "Sakura, please help me. I don't think I can make it any longer." Sakura felt tears coming from her eyes and yells until she passes out.

(In another part)

Kakashi after using genjutsu says, "Maybe I went a little bit too far, still she has to learn about this on her own.

Sasuke heard a scream, "It sounded like Sakura."

Kakashi says, "This is shinobi battle tactic #2 the art of illusion. Sakura studied it in class, but she still fails to recognize it."

Sasuke says, "Genjutsu, it's just mind control. I'm not surprised that she got caught. But I'm not like the others." Kakashi says, "You can only say that when you have proven it with your skills."

(Kitsune)

Kitsune was rushing forward trying to find the nearest teammate until he found the aspiring kunoichi fainted out. Kitsune says, "Hey wake up girl."

Kitsune shakes Sakura just enough to wake her up. Sakura opens her eyes and yells a bit, "No Sasuke!" Sakura then notices that the wounded Sasuke was no longer there. Sakura says, "What happened? I saw Sasuke almost on the verge of death."

Kitsune says, "Listen ah Sakura, right? I think that you were put under an illusion. Sasuke must be okay." Sakura asks, "Are you sure?" Kitsune nods. Sakura breathes in relief and says, "I feel glad." Kitsune then says, "I think that we should go help out Sasuke and then we should all work together." Sakura says, "Yeah right baka? As if I would work with someone like you. Sasuke will get the bells for us two (Sasuke and Sakura) and you will fail." Kitsune said, "Being a ninja is not simple game or about looking cool or being cool. It's about…" before he could finish Sakura interrupts.

"I know it's about getting the bells. Sasuke and I will get the bells together, and then you will get back to the academy or even dropout." Sakura was now going to look out for Sasuke, and Kitsune thought "This girl is not even serious about this profession. If this was a real mission, she would get killed on the spot by an enemy."

(Sasuke and Kakashi)

Kakashi and Sasuke were engaging in taijutsu and in one point the young Uchiha just managed to touch one of the bells before Kakashi got out quickly. Sasuke went through a series of handseals until ending in the tiger seal, and then he said, "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" Kakashi surprised at this thought, "A genin cannot use jutsu of this level. It requires a lot of chakra." Sasuke then exhales a medium stream of fire and burning the area. After he stopped the attack, he searched the area and realized that Kakashi is gone and evaded his attack. "Where'd he go? Is he coming from the right, left, or above?" Then he felt being grabbed by his leg and was pulled underground with only his head visible. Kakashi appears in front and says, "Where I was going to appear? Just where you least expect underneath you. That was Earth Style: Double Suicide Decapitation. Shinobi battle tactic #3 ninjutsu. You are talented and different from the others, but being different is not always better."

(Kitsune)

Kitsune took some minutes, but he found Sasuke underneath the ground. Kitsune basically said the same thing to Sasuke as he did before with Sakura, but with the same conclusion just Sasuke said that working in team would only slow him down. Kitsune just didn't believe in how he had a douchebag and an annoying girl for teammates.

(Noon- bell test ended)

Kakashi was disappointed on seeing that he had to fail another team again. Kitsune was sitting next to a Sakura that was tied to a tree log, while Sasuke was being put in his place with Kakashi's foot over his face because Kakashi said something about 'spoiled brat' and Sasuke took it as an insult. Kakashi said, "The objective of this test was so basic: teamwork. If you had team up at least you could have obtained a bell, but now it's too late."

Sakura finally realizing this says, "If we had worked together and got the bells only two would have passed, this could have generated conflict and the team would have fractured."

Kitsune says, "Looks like you have brains after all. He wanted us to face each other on purpose, to see if we could put the team first before our own purposes." Kakashi nods and continues, "A genin must have a natural instinct for teamwork; of course you need individual skills, but teamwork is the most essential element every shinobi knows that. When individuals put themselves over the team, the mission ends up in failure and can generate death. For example Kitsune kill Sakura or Sasuke dies." Sakura was frightened after such words. Kitsune didn't do it because he knew this was just to rouse them.

Kakashi says, "This is what could happen in a real mission. The enemy captures a hostage, you must make an impossible decision and people will end up hurt or even dead. In every mission, your life is at risk." Kakashi points to a memorial stone of shinobi who were honored as heroes; the bad news was that those heroes were all killed in action. Kakashi decides to give them one more chance and they should eat to be at full strength, and to not give any to Sakura.

Kakashi flickers out to just behind the tree just to observe what will his possible squad is going to do.

(Kitsune, Sakura and Sasuke)

Kitsune and Sasuke are eating their lunches in peace, while Sakura is tied up and with her stomach growling at every minute. Kitsune notices this and says, "Here eat some, and besides I did have breakfast in the morning." Sakura says, "What are you doing? You know what the sensei said; he said that I shouldn't eat." Sasuke then does the same as Kitsune and shows his food to his female teammate, "You can have mine as well." Sakura asks, "Sasuke, you too?"

Kitsune says, "Right now he's not around here. We are going to get the bells together as a team."

Sasuke says, "Besides if you're hungry and weakened, that will make the teamwork ineffective. It could put the mission in jeopardy and the team as well. That ruins the teamwork." Sasuke decides to feed the girl, since she is completely tied to the tree log.

Then Kakashi appears and yells, "You! I saw everything and you disobeyed my rules of not feeding your teammate." Sasuke says, "I'm the one who gave Sakura food." Kitsune says, "But I'm the one who suggested giving her food and going against your rules." Kakashi asks, "Is that the truth?" Kitsune and Sasuke nod.

Kakashi says, "I only have one thing to say to this team. You Pass. The squads before only followed orders like robots. True shinobi must see through deception. Although it's true that people who break the rules are trash; the ones who abandon their comrades are worse than trash. Starting today team 7 is formed."

(A week has passed)

The new team completed their latest mission or so called mission.

The mission was to catch the Feudal Lord's wife beloved cat Tora, and it was a nightmare. The cat would always run away from its master for no reason. The team would eventually catch the cat, and also discover the reason of why the cat runs away. It happens that the cat doesn't like too much the affectionate hugs of its master that always crush its ribs.

Sarutobi says, "Okay team 7, another successful D rank mission. Here are some more missions you could do like cleaning the Inuzuka clan kennels. Help a woman's grocery bags, or…" The daimyo's wife said, "Oh no Tora!" Sarutobi says, "Catch Tora again." Sasuke said a bit pissed off, "These missions are just for community service. I want a higher ranked mission worthy of an Uchiha." Kitsune says, "We could do a higher ranked mission." Sarutobi smirks and says, "All right, I'll give you a C rank mission. This will be an escort mission to the Land of Waves. You will serve as bodyguards to our client and take him back to his country safe and sound. Ah, here he is!"

A man around his 50s with grey hair and beard entered the office while drinking a bottle of sake. The man said, "Are these ninjas or a bunch of kids practicing for a play? I paid for professionals." Kakashi steps in and says, "Despite their young age, these ninjas are capable in doing their job." The man then introduces him, "I'm Tazuna, master bridge builder. My life is in your hands."

Kitsune saw Scorpion outside and excused himself for a moment. Scorpion said, "There's something you need to know about this guy. I did a checkup for today's mission, and it happens that the bridge builder didn't have enough money to pay for a higher ranked mission; in fact his country is in an economical decline. There is a businessman who has taken over the country with his shipping company." Kitsune said, "Continue, I'm listening." Scorpion says, "Gato is actually a major drug dealer, gambler, and investor in the black market and uses his company for his shady dealings. Your mission is to kill Gato, but beware he may have hired mercenaries and nukenins to do his dirty job, and those nukenin will go after the bridge builder." Kitsune said, "The mission will be successful." Scorpion teleports and disappears out of the village.

Naruto reunites with his teammates in time. Sakura asks, "Where were you?" Kitsune says, "I was just preparing my equipment." Kakashi appears and says, "So, are you ready for your first mission?" Sakura then says, "Sensei, you are early." Kakashi responds, "Since this is the first C rank mission, I wanted to give a surprise to my team by being early." Sasuke just said, "Hmm".

The group then starts walking along the dirt path until Sakura says something to break the ice, "So where are you from Mr. Tazuna?" Tazuna says, "I'm from the Land of Waves, little girl." The girl says, "So does the Land of Waves also have a shinobi village?" Kakashi interjects, "No it doesn't have any." Sasuke says, "Maybe it's a weak country." Tazuna took a bit of offense due to his words, and while Kakashi simply says, "That's not it Sasuke. The Land of Waves is surrounded by waters and therefore there is no need for a shinobi village to be built."

Kakashi continues, "There are five great countries in this world. Our country is known as the Land of Fire; then we have the other major countries, the Land of Earth, Land of Water, Land of Lightning, and also the Land of Wind. These lands are ruled by a daimyo (feudal lord) and in each of these major lands there is a hidden ninja village. For the Land of Wind the village is Sunagakure (Hidden Sand Village), the Land of Earth is Iwagakure (Hidden Stone), the Land of Water its village is Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village), the Land of Lightning with Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud village), and here in the Land of Fire is Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf Village). Only the major villages can have their leader carry the title Kage (Shadow). The Kage is the military leader of a shinobi village. For Kumo the leader is known as Raikage (Lightning Shadow), for Iwa is Tsuchikage (Earth Shadow), for Suna is Kazekage (Wind Shadow), for Kiri is Mizukage (Water Shadow), and Konoha has the Hokage (Fire Shadow). They are the five shadow leaders."

Sakura says, "So our lord Hokage is really impressive and important." Her inner self thought otherwise, "Are you serious? He doesn't like a big deal to me, damn it!"

Kakashi just said, "Sakura, do you doubt of Lord Hokage's strength?" Sakura nervously said, "Of course not sensei." Just then our group and the bridge builder passed along a puddle of water. Kitsune thought, "Strange why a puddle of water. There has not been rain for a while, unless it's an ambush." Just out of nowhere, two ninjas appear from the puddle attack with chains to strangle Kakashi up to the point of seemingly obliterating him.

The ninjas were dressed in black outfits with dark brown hair. "We're the Demon Brothers, Gozu and Meizu, and we're here for the bridge builder." Gozu and Meizu were going to kill the bridge builder, and were stopped by Kitsune and Sasuke. Gozu was the ninja with the claw like gauntlet in his right hand and had a single horn on his protector, and Meizu had a large claw like gauntlet in his left hand and two horns on each side of the forehead protector. Kitsune said to his team, "This is the plan. I take on one of them, you with the weird hairstyle take care of the other ninja, and finally the fangirl just protect the client." Sasuke says, "I could take on both of them, but be my guest dobe." Sakura although felt insulted by being called fangirl just went to protect Tazuna.

Sasuke was doing fairly well against Gozu, and the same was with Kitsune against Meizu. Meizu went for the hit, but Kitsune ducked and then kicked him in the gut. Kitsune then used the chains in Meizu's claw glove to capture and chain him to the nearest tree. Sasuke also ended well and capture Gozu. Just then, Kakashi appeared out of nowhere perfectly fine and said, "Well done team. Sasuke and Kitsune you both did well against experienced opponents. Sakura you protected our client. Sorry for not protecting you, but I needed to watch your skills on how could you fend for yourselves. Those ninja are the Demon Brothers, missing-nin of Kirigakure."

Kakashi then paused, "I need to confirm from Tazuna. You only paid us a C rank for protection against bandits, but you never said about enemy ninja. Also a bright, sunny day like today with no rain in weeks didn't make sense for that puddle on the road. With this kind of danger, it could be upgraded to a B or even an A rank mission." Tazuna told everyone a long story short about the problem, the greedy business tycoon named Gato who is owner and CEO of Gato Shipping, CO. Gato came with supposedly helping out his fellow citizens, but actually he is using his company to dry his country's financial resources and making them depend on him. The country could only pay for the C rank mission.

Kakashi says, "This is most definitely an A rank mission. Listen I'm going to give you whether you want to continue this mission or you want to return the village." Kitsune said, "I vote to continue. As shinobi our job is to accomplish our missions no matter what." Sasuke says, "Just leave this mission to me, an elite Uchiha." Sakura says, "I will go as well." Tazuna says, "Thanks a lot everyone, super awesome ninja." Kitsune thought, 'He reeks of alcohol, but I think he does want to provide his country a better future.'

Team 7 along with the bridge builder took a ferry that would take them to the Land of Waves. The team then finds a white rabbit along the path which Kakashi thought, 'this is strange why a white rabbit. Rabbits are white during winter.' Then a huge sword was thrown in the direction where Team 7. In the clearing appeared a man wearing a Hidden Mist headband and brown and white camouflage pants. "Imagine my surprise when I got the news that the Demon Brothers were defeated by the likes of you," said the mysterious enemy. He then sets his eyes on Kakashi and gets interested. "Now I understand why they were defeated, I never expected to meet 'Kakashi of the Sharingan' in person." Kakashi says, "I know who you are. You're Zabuza Momochi, the Kirigakure no Kijin (Demon of the Hidden Mist). You're well known in as a former member of Kiri no Shinobigatana Shinchinin Shü (Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist)."

Sasuke is shocked on hearing that Kakashi had a Sharingan, and thought 'How did he get the Sharingan? The Sharingan is an eye bloodline of the Uchiha clan."

Kakashi says, "I'll handle this missing-nin, while you go protect him." He uncovered his eye patch revealing indeed a Sharingan. Zabuza then used a hand seal and said, "Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu." Zabuza banished in thin air and the mist was getting thicker. Zabuza says demonically, "Did you know that are 8 vital points in a human body? I wonder which I should completely cut you down: Liver, lungs, spinal cord, clavicle vein, kidneys, jugular vein, brain, and heart." Kakashi thought, "Since he is an expert in Silent Killing I must be calm. Not even a single heartbeat."

Zabuza starts taking the advantage with few of his water style ninjutsus. Zabuza did few handseals ending in the Snake position and shouts, "Water Style: Water Prison." Kakashi gets trapped in a sphere of water. "Damn it", says Kakashi.

Zabuza then goes with his Water Clone jutsu making clones out of his natural affinity of water element. Then after a time of Zabuza beating Kakashi it took a surprise attack to get Zabuza distracted enough and release the Water Prison. Kakashi and Zabuza started doing handseals at the same time over 40 which finally ended in the Bird seal and shouted, "Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet."

Zabuza thought "Damn it. He copied my technique in perfect sync. It's like he's reading…" Kakashi said, "Reading my movements." Zabuza then thought, "That freaky eye is…" Kakashi finishes for him, "Pissing me off so much." Zabuza says, "All you can do with that eye is copy. Like a monkey." Zabuza was doing hand seals only to see that Kakashi finished before him. Kakashi says, "Water Style: Great Waterfall!"

Kakashi says, "This is it, Zabuza!"

Zabuza then says, "How can you do it? Do you see the future?"

Kakashi says, "Yes! And your future is… death!"

Just then something hit on Zabuza's neck making the Mist shinobi fall unconscious. A masked hunter-nin appeared within the shadows, "You're right! He is now dead." Kakashi eyes the hunter nin who may be around the same age or just a couple of years older than his ninja. The hunter-nin says, "Thanks for the help. I've been waiting for the right time to kill Zabuza. Now I must dispose this body farewell." The hunter-nin carries Zabuza's body and then teleports away.

Kitsune thought, "Why not dispose of the body right now?" Kakashi then faints after using so much of his eye. Sakura sees this and asks, "What's wrong?" Kakashi says, "I guess I used too much the Sharingan." The old Tazuna said, "Well you can all rest in my house. It's not that far from here."

And cut this is the end of this chapter!

This is my gift for these holidays for those who have been following the story.

Next year will be MK X and also new and classic characters will clash.

After reconsidering, I've decided on making changes on the harem.

Naruto: Tenten, Kin, Samui, Shizuka, Anko, Konan, Tayuya, Yugao, Hinata, Fuu, Kurenai.

Mortal Kombat: Kitana, Jade, Nitara, Khameleon, Frost, Sonya, Mileena, Sheeva.

I'll start working in the Naruto x God of War which will be starting in 2015, plus also other crossovers.

So for now Merry X-Mas and Happy 2015!