A/N: Hey guys! I'm so sorry it's been like forever since i posted anything well here's the horrifying truth... I LOST MY WRITING GROOVE! (Everyone gasps in shock and horror!) I was so depressed and i didn't even want to post either and i feel really bad but it's one of those things you feel you should do but you just don't get around to doing... Anyway I've also been busy, stressed for i don't know why about the smallest things, and i got sick but as long as i keep posting, i shall live! Even if i do die i would haunt my trusting friend HowShallWeDuel?Narwals! to finish them for me just for you guys. Okay so the bell test, Hooray! I actually have the next chapter typed and the one after that sort of planned but i have to get my groove back so that's what i'm going to do right now. R&R and Enjoy my lovelies!
Chapter three
"Fuck! I'm late!" I shouted as I woke up, double checking the time as it read seven o'clock and I jumped out of bed before I hissed with pain in my heel and my hamstring muscle as I hobbled quickly into the bathroom to relieve my bladder and splash some cold water on my face. I ran out of the bathroom before jumping back with a shout into a backwards rolly polly, retrieving the kunai I hid in the bathroom by the door and standing defensively with a glare.
"Being late on your first day doesn't set a good impression Sasuke-kun." Kakashi drawled as I sighed in relief and put the kunai away… Mental note, make a note of where all hidden kunai are in my apartment.
"Yeah well it's been a shit two days so far so give a guy a break sensei." I said back sulkily as I headed over to my wardrobe and pulled out my regular clothes and standing by my bed, looking pointedly at Kakashi and clearing my throat before twirling a finger around to tell him to turn around.
"Ma, is poor little Sasuke-kun shy?" Kakashi drawled lazily with a cheeky eye smile as a blush appeared on my cheeks… DAMMIT.
"If I say yes will you turn around?" I asked back with annoyance as Kakashi turned around with a chuckle and his arms crossed as I began to dress.
"What's so bad about the last two days and how did you know all of that stuff about me when you didn't even have time to research me after the senseis were given out?" Kakashi asked a little harsher as I pulled on the last few articles of clothing.
"First of all, you don't want to know and second of all, a shinobi must be well informed at all times, I don't have to explain myself to you." I said cockily back at him as I grabbed a pear and bit into it and Kakashi turned back around with a glare at the fruit.
"I thought I said no breakfast or you'll throw it up?" Kakashi asked harshly with an eyebrow raised and I shrugged as I held the fruit in my mouth and pulled on my weapons.
"I don't care, I'd rather throw it up than have no food at all, a growing boy needs his nutrition to become a big strong ninja like you." I flattered him as Kakashi choked back a laugh. "Now let's go, no doubt you've already seen Naruto and Sakura waiting at the training ground since five am, am I correct?" I asked as I walked to the door, picking my keys up along the way as Kakashi followed me.
"Are you actually going to follow me all of the way or disappear for another hour or so before you decide to show up?" I asked, peaking in the corner of my eye back at him as he walked behind me, nose in an orange book and his other hand in his pocket.
"Oh I'm sorry, did you say something?" Kakashi asked looking over his book and I scowled and growled, deciding two could play the same game as we walked through the village. I could strangely tell in the back of my head he was following me still, almost like a heavy tingly feeling in the back of my skull as I decided to concentrate on where I was going in case Kakashi decides to just follow me and disappear when I realise I got lost…
"Fuck you Hatake Kakashi!" I shouted, turning around at the empty street behind me… This was exactly what he was waiting for! And I could almost swear I heard him laughing before he left and I high tailed it out of there, remembering the map as best as I could, still getting lost now and again before I finally made it to the training ground and panting slightly… That damn bastard was standing there and laughing at me on the inside, I could feel it.
"Teme! Why are you so late!?" Naruto demanded and I sighed as he continued. "Sakura-chan and I have been waiting since five this morning and then sensei comes along and says he had to wake you up and then…" Naruto began before I walked over to him and just put my hand over my mouth.
"Well then let's not keep our sensei waiting any longer, you can rant and rave as much as you want once we pass." I said to him. He gave a few muffled protests before he heard about passing and here was a determined glint in his eyes as he shut up and I dropped my hand, wiping it on the back of my shirt… Just in case, he's still a twelve-year-old boy.
"Since Sasuke deliberately disobeyed me, I'm going to change the rules slightly." Kakashi said before he pulled out some bells that caught everyone's attention and I only just noticed the alarm clock sitting on the stump as he patted it. "This alarm is set for twelve pm. Today's topic is to get one of these bells from me. Whoever can't will have no lunch… I'm going to tie you there and eat your lunch in front of you, the only catch is Sasuke will be tied up at noon anyway for disobedience" Kakashi eye smiled and I glared, thank god I ate something this morning it seemed Sasuke's body could go a long time without food thank god!
"But wait, why are there only two bells?" Sakura asked.
"Well, actually, there will be only one bell… I think I'll send Sasuke back after this test and then one other will be tied to the log and depending on your abilities you might be sent back to the academy as well or it could be all three of you going back to the academy. You can use shuriken. You won't be able to get this unless you come at me with the intent to kill." Kakashi said before bouncing the bells up into his hand again and I sighed… Maybe I messed Sasuke's life up already… The top student failing the genin exam and going back to the academy, that would… Actually be quite funny, I could imagine the parents of those who fail today going and complaining, using me as an excuse and so I smirked.
"But that's too dangerous sensei!" Sakura said out in worry, bringing me out of my amusing thoughts.
"Yeah, you couldn't even dodge that chalk eraser!" Naruto laughed with his arms up behind his head.
"In society, those who don't have many abilities tend to complain more. Just ignore the guy with the lowest score… We're going to start after I say 'Ready, start'." Kakashi said and I saw the anger on Naruto's face as he pulled out a kunai and went in to attack Kakashi… He truly was fast as even I had wide eyes as he grabbed Naruto's wrist and head, standing behind him as he pointed Naruto's hand to the back of his head with the kunai.
"Don't get so hasty. I didn't even say start yet…" Kakashi said as he let Naruto go. "But it looks like you have the will to kill me now… We're going to start. Ready, start!"
I panicked and jumped off as well behind a bush and sat still as I calmed my breathing and my whole being and wondered if this was 'hiding my presence'? Wait, why was I even hiding when I was going to fail anyway? What a dumbass, I praised myself as I quietly face palmed. Okay, new plan of action since I'm suppose to be expelled anyway… There's only one bell, Naruto would attack Kakashi head on and Sakura won't even engage him and chase after me… OH MY GOD THIS WILL BE A BRILLIANT PLAN!
I decided that changing Sasuke's life may actually be better after my little breakdown last night. Plan of action: Help Naruto, Get Sakura's crush off of me and get her working harder, be a team player, save Itachi some how, Orochimaru? Hm, I'll think about that once I get there I still have time but things are going to have to change slightly. Then there was the whole Tobi thing that I'll sort out later otherwise people will be suspicious of me, I was just a baby when the Kyuubi attacked.
"Oh shit, there's Naruto." I said to myself as I saw him standing in front of Kakashi as a challenge and I sighed. Okay plan: Let Naruto distract him then somehow get myself in there and Sakura will hopefully follow, stand as a team and take down that damn cocky jonin… I don't care as long as I can wipe that smug look from his damn eye!
Naruto charged in as Kakashi shifted his stance slightly and Naruto stopped as he dug into his pouch and pulled out the same book from earlier… My face fell as I face palmed again, I forgot about his Icha Icha. I wonder…
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu." I said softly with a smile as my body automatically did the hand seals and I blew a fireball for Kakashi who I watched dodge easily before he threw shuriken my way and I dropped out of the tree.
"Teme! He's my opponent!" Naruto yelled at me and I sighed and walked over to him carefully.
"Listen up idiot, he's not a jonin for nothing, not even I could beat him by myself and we may still fail together to grab that bell since I'm failing anyway but I don't want all of the parents complaining the test was so hard if both the best and the worst fail, do you understand?' I asked, keeping my eye on Kakashi as he read his book and giggled. "The academy was a waste of time for me and if I have to go back, at least if you pass I'll only have to repeat the same year." Time to throw in a little Sasuke and it worked by Naruto's open face as he stared at me like an alien… Really, again?
"Why would you try to help me huh?" Naruto asked back with a growl and I sighed… He didn't get what I was saying but I couldn't explain as Kakashi threw a round of shuriken and Naruto and I were forced to separate and dodge as he stood at the ready. Naruto charged in, noticing Kakashi wasn't paying attention.
Kakashi easily blocked his punch and ducked under his roundhouse kick and moving quickly in a low crouch similar to what I did yesterday to Naruto as he got behind Naruto as he noticed his punch hit nothing and Kakashi was gone.
"A ninja should not let the enemy get behind him multiple times idiot." Kakashi said, holding the tiger seal and I couldn't help but anticipate this as I let it happen and slipped around into the bushes like a ninja!
"Naruto run! You're going to die!" Sakura shouted as Naruto perked up at her voice with confusion and I held a hand to my face as my shoulders shook with laughter… If I laugh out loud I may get looked at funnily again.
"You're too late. Konoha's Secret Taijutsu: A thousand Years of Pain!" Kakashi called, sticking his fingers up Naruto's ass and sending him flying into the river while Kakashi pulled out his book again and I looked to where Sakura called from and headed over to her.
Naruto threw two shuriken out of the water as Kakashi caught them on his fingers, never looking as he continued to read… He really was an ass as I snuck next to Sakura… Ugh!
"Hey Sakura…" I said before Sakura hugged me around my neck and went on about something about me caring about her and that. "Quiet down before sensei finds us actually we better move because you gave your position away by shouting for Naruto." I said, leading her quietly through the bushes until we sat by a low bush that we could see through slightly and watch Kakashi.
"So since I'm failing anyway, I thought I could help you out to get the bell and send the dead last back with me, I can't have him ruining my reputation by being the only one who passes." I said to her and of coarse she gushed over me.
"That's right Sasuke-kun, if you can't pass then neither should Naruto… Let's do this." Sakura said with a grin and I smirked and nodded… Too easy.
"Alright then, we'll wait with a distraction from Naruto then I'll get in there and you sneak in behind my attack and take a bell, be quick and quiet, he's an extremely skilled shinobi and will notice you very quickly." I explained as she blushed and nodded enthusiastically with a bright smile as we watched. Naruto was finally pulling himself out of the water.
"What's wrong? You won't get any lunch if you don't get a bell by noon." Kakashi drawled.
"I already know!" Naruto whined back up at him.
"You said you were going to exceed all of the Hokages but your actions say otherwise." Kakashi mocked as Naruto's stomach growled.
"Dammit, dammit, I can still fight even if I'm hungry! I was just off guard a while ago! Dammit, I'm so hungry so my powers are… I can't fail in a place like this no matter what. I'm going to become a ninja!" Naruto shouted as clones emerged from the water and I looked at Sakura as we nodded at each other. A clone sneaked up on Kakashi behind as I used a transformation… I have no idea how I did but I went with it and joined the clones in charging in on Kakashi, waiting for his move in Naruto's hold.
The clones grabbed onto his legs and Naruto jumped up, catching his attention as I waited from behind as a Naruto clone. That was when I saw it, Kakashi switched ever so quickly with a clone around his legs and Naruto punched it…
"You must be Kakashi-sensei! You transformed didn't you!" Naruto yelled as I ran through the bushes pursuing Kakashi and I dropped the transformation.
"Ma, you're quite brave to pursue me and use Naruto's distraction to follow me afterwards." Kakashi stopped by the river as I stopped a few steps away… I was going to wipe his smugness out of that eye. "Why are you even still trying when I'm sending you back to the academy after this anyway?' Kakashi asked with his usual lazy voice and I smirked.
"How often is it that a mere genin gets to see a real jonin in action and even fight him? Plus I thought if I could get a bell I would need to think quickly so it looked like it was either Naruto or Sakura, they're my teammates after all even if it's just for this one day." I said with a smirk of satisfaction as it seemed my words seemed to make him freeze for a second.
"But that would prove they're weaker than you, are you trying to send them out there to get killed because YOU decided to pass them?" Kakashi asked back and I scowled slightly, of coarse he'd have an answer for everything.
"True, they might be weaker than me individually but perhaps if both of them worked together with Naruto's endless chakra and Sakura's smarts they'd be a powerhouse team under your lead." I said carefully as I still stood in defence… This could be a trick knowing Kakashi.
"I never said I would pass both of them. I might only pass one of them and what if you gave Sakura the bell and I only passed her?" Kakashi asked back just as harshly and I smirked again… Smirking was as fun as smiling!
"Well then that's great for her. To have a powerful jonin as her sensei and be his only student, you could focus all of your attention on her and she'd progress faster but a duo isn't really a team is it?" I asked and Kakashi actually laughed slightly.
" You're quick Sasuke-kun not only with your mouth but with your head too… But are you fast enough to go against me and get this bell? I'll consider passing you then." Kakashi said as he stood calmly but still defensively.
"You're still the rule here like you've demonstrated more than once since we met you. I'll fight you even if I was going to fail anyway." I said with an excited smirk and crouched down as Kakashi stood and raised an eyebrow at me. My head snapped up when I heard Sakura scream near by… Well there goes that plan.
"Don't drop your guard." Kakashi's voice came from behind me as I froze up before turning around with an elbow and he moved back out of range as I turned into a roundhouse kick, legs were longer then arms but I should have known he wasn't off balanced or surprised enough to fall into it again before he stepped back again. I watched and waited as did Kakashi, waiting for my attack as the wind blew slightly and I threw shuriken at him but he dodged and I threw something in his current path so he'd have to dodge a certain way… I never knew physics would come in handy with Sasuke's well trained body and brain, like having two peoples knowledge at once as I took the chance to sneak up behind him with speed I thought was impossible.
I tried for a reverse kick as he blocked and then grabbed my leg as I tucked tightly and twisted my leg in his hold to face him again, using his hold as leverage like a pendulum as I began to bring the back of my heel down on his shoulder, arching my back and into a curl to make it more powerful. He unfortunately turned out of the way, still holding my ankle and I growled slightly… Next attack… Next attack… I would swear this was all in slow motion, who the hell gets to think so clearly in a fight?
That's right, aerial acrobatics, I had always watched dancing as a kid but I never had the muscles to try anything… Now I do. I let my back bend and used the momentum into a back bend, grabbing Kakashi's leg with one hand as my other leg stayed in line with my hips and straight in case he decided to drop me… I reached up with my other hand and it just scrapped the edge of the bell before Kakashi let go of my other leg and stepped out of the way and I landed a little roughly into a crouch and glared at Kakashi.
I did turn it into a slight smirk afterwards… OH MY GOD THIS BODY WAS SO COOL AND FLEXIBLE, I FELT LIKE A PIECE OF SPAGHETTI!
"Well I'll admit you're definitely different from those two." Kakashi said and I smirked further… If I remember correctly…
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu." I called, making the hand seals like it was second nature already… THIS ALL WAS REALLY TURNING OUT TO BE SO COOL! I saw Kakashi's eye widen as I blew it at him but yet again, I saw his movement again as he dodged. I ended the jutsu with a slight pant as I looked at the smoking hole… Something was suppose to happen now…
"AH!" I screamed, but again I yelled manly as I was pulled into the ground and it fit me like a glove with little rocks poking into me… That bastard… I pouted as Kakashi appeared out of the ground and yet again, there was cockiness and amusement in that dark eye of his.
"This is the third ninja tactic know how: Ninjutsu. How is it? Can't move right?" Kakashi was crouching by me with that damn eye smile as I grinded my teeth together and looked away… There was no point in blowing my anger right then when I'd only end up hurting myself with that uncomfortable rock poking in my lower back and to the front of my body if I squirmed the wrong way… I can't believe it was such a weak spot…
"Looks like your talents are exceptional. But they say that stakes that point out get driven back into the ground." Kakashi said as he walked away, reading his book once more.
"Damn you Hatake Kakashi." I growled out as I squirmed my shoulders slightly to begin to loosen the rocks, it was the only thing I could think of as I also moved my neck around so I might get a little more leeway… God this was so uncomfortable, sand was digging into my clothes as I wiggled and squirmed not to mention the inappropriate rocks digging into me.
"Stupid scarecrow of a man, stupid sadistic jonin thinking it would be funny to 'ground' me, he obviously knows how uncomfortable it is and chose the perfect rocky surface. Stupid whatever deity out there for throwing me from my perfect life into a twelve-year-old boy's body and thinking it was funny for it to be Sasuke. Stupid eyes and body for not remembering how to use the sharingan from four years ago… Stupid everything with what's happening with me!" I growled out as I squirmed and rocks poked into me as I had my neck loose and my shoulders were slowly loosening when I heard a rustling from the bushes and saw Sakura dash out and freeze in her run, looking at me with wide eyes filled with confusion and horror.
"Ah… Sakura?" I asked, seeing her nearly pass out before she screamed and fainted on me and I sighed, looking up at the sky. "What did she mean by a severed head? They can't talk." I muttered before thinking about it and smiling like I hadn't done since I got here and continued my squirming with slightly higher spirits, hoping Sakura woke up soon. It looked like less than an hour before I get tied to a post… Yay.