"Hey, Tsunade-baa. I'm ready to get started! Can we start already?"
"Kakashi, will you do the honors?"
Kakashi smiled as we stood out in the field waiting for his word. As he cleared his throat, I danced up and down excitedly. "Naruko, Sakura, and Sasuke." said Kakashi. "We may have never been a team together before, but we will be now. I'm going to give you till sundown to get these bells from me." said Kakashi as he held up three bells. "Use any skills you so desire and try to work as a team."
Tsunade then decided to add in, "Except for Sage Mode."
I looked down with a dark mass over my head.
"Alright! Just like when we were kids, you guys!" I said.
"Okay!" said Sasuke and Sakura.
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I was standing, staring down Kakashi with Sasuke and Sakura at my side. Even with no plan, Kakashi looked like to be outnumbered and outmatched. The only thing we lacked was a plan and until we can retreat, there's no possible way we can come up with one. Besides… we don't even know what we're up against with this dashing desperado. But I know one thing… I'm not helpless, nor outmatched.
"All go on point and you back me up, guys!" I said as he started to run towards him with a 20th of my speed to start out with.
"Hey, Naruko! We need to think of a plan!" said Sakura. As I ran I heard her then say, "But, Sasuke-kun, she's not going to match his speed!"
I then saw Kakashi speed behind me and I turned around and went for a back-handed punch, my speed catching him off guard. The punch to the ribs made contact and I jumped back a couple paces. However, all that transpired was that he substituted away somewhere and used the Shuriken Technique from afar. Although I commend him for being sneaky like that, I used Wind Release: Body Flicker to get away before he could the flying projectiles could strike me. That's when found him on a low branch and kicked him straight in the chin, but that's when his substitution kicked in. I went after him when I saw him about ready to strike a helpless Sakura with a kunai which I stopped immediately by kicking him in the cheek. I actually struck something solid this time. Apparently he knew the Shadow Clone Technique, because it disappeared right when I kicked it. He had gotten away this time, but Sakura didn't look to happy that she was useless. I must have worn him down quite a lot, considering all the chakra he used. I knew Kakashi had lower chakra levels. It was his only weakness. But I felt slightly tired because I was using 1/10 of my speed and it taxes my muscles to use any more. Stamina wasn't a problem when your body was weak… I mean, girls are more lightweight than guys anyway. I was nowhere near as close to being as strong Sasuke.
"Sakura, pay attention next time." I said, doing the 'use your brain' sign.
"I thought you were handling it…" she said bitterly to me. I could tell there was a bit sarcasm and not real sarcasm in her voice, like it was somewhere indecisively in between.
"Sakura we need to regroup. You were also very slow, you'd be better not giving him a reason to attack you… you need lay low." said Sasuke.
Sakura didn't look happy with Sasuke—not one bit. "I thought it would be nice fighting as a team again… now it's just like I'm not any worth to you guys. What's up with that, huh? You scared I'm going to die? It's a training exercise. Get real."
"You're being a bitch right now… you really would die if this were a real fight. We're just worried and a little feisty right now. You said yourself as we walked out here together that this is all for us as a team... remember?" I said.
"Alright, but don't push me around. I'm not helpless anymore." said Sakura.
We all started to walk into the forest and devise a plan for when we saw Kakashi next.
XXX
It was in the clearing where we first fought Kakashi that Kakashi was back, reading a small orange I recognized as Make-Out Paradise… the perv. But he knew we were watching him so he put the book away once.
I gave the signal to Gamatatsu across the clearing and spoke to Gamakichi from my tree branch. "Do the Toad Oil Bullet Technique with me NOW!" I whispered with a high voice. The three bullets headed straight towards Kakashi one after another-the first two faking him out while the third splashed all over him. He was immobilized from the heaviness of the oil and Sakura and Sasuke threw Shuriken with wire attached to them at him. I was pretty sure he won't disappear on us. I used Wind Release: Body Flicker to run up to him at amazing speeds and steal all three bells for me.
"I didn't expect the plan to be so sticky, guys." said Kakashi as he was released.
"You're free now…" said Naruko. "Oh I see… too heavy for yah? Toad Oil Vanish Technique!"
The toad oil disappeared at once.
"Thank you… maybe I don't have to take a shower now." said Kakashi.
"No problem. When do we start the Chunin Exams?" I said.
"Next month."
I jumped for joy. "Yeah! Alright!"
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Here are Naruko's new stats.
Naruko: Ninjutsu 3 (for her heightened skills in Ninjutsu and Chakra Control), Taijutsu 3 (for her skills with Frog Kumite), Genjutsu 1 (Because she can't recognize a Genjutsu from and orange), Intelligence 2 (It's Naruko-chan, okay?), Strength 2 (she even said she was weak), Speed 3 (her base speed as gotten better over the years), Stamina 4.5 (females have less chakra than a man of same genetics), Hand Seals 1.5 (she's reduced a lot of her techniques to 2 or 3 basic seals). Total: 20
Alright! Thank you for reading!