(Third's Point Of View)
It has been a week since Ruby has finished her training of the rasengan which has made her believe in herself more then she was before. Now everyone is doing the bell test with Minato against the rest of the team. Kunai's and shuriken's cover the Training Ground forest as an explosion blew out over the weapons on the forest floor. Minato appears flipping backwards as a fire ball explodes behind him. Another fireball came right at him which turns into smaller fire balls which was called the Phoenix Fire Flower Jutsu. Minato jumps from tree to tree as he dodges them then throws shuriken right at the person who was responsible for the damage.
Obito struggles to keep his balance as the weapons fly past him and hit the trees behind and in front of him. He falls onto the ground as his sensei pops up on a branch above him. "Your done, Obito." He pouts as Rin releases her trap from a distance which released a log that flew right into Minato. While he was distracted with the trap, Obito used a smoke bomb to get away from his sensei, keeping him in the game. "Nice Strategy!" Minato says as he dodges Rin's trap and looks in his students direction.
The Uchiha comes and knelled next to his two female teammates. "Obito! Ruby! There! Two o'clock!" Rin says as the huntress gets the Crescent Rose in stage two and Obito got ready from a Fireball Justu. They shot at the same time which made the two attacks combine into an extra large Fireball which is impossible to escape. At the last second, Minato throws his special Kunai as the fireball engulfed the tree he was standing on.
"Yes!" The celebrated until they heard a jingle behind them for which they turn to see the blond sensei pulling a kunai out of the tree. "Almost had me there," he said with a smile. "But...Sensei...how did you?" The chunin's sighed saying that they blew up again. He smiled at his students front of him and thought to himself, 'You've grown strong...the three of you...and I'm impressed with your teamwork.' "And now for the next part.." A shuriken came right at him as he blocked it with his kunai. "What timing..." Kakashi popped up and started to attack him with his katana in many directions. His presence surprised his teammated, so they say his name in amazment.
"Sensei, today is the day I win!" He said as he slashed at his senseis arm which cut his shirt. "You've been hiding so long, was that your strategy?" There weapons connect as they push against each other for dominance, "No, it would be to hard for me to fight you while watching over these three." Minato narrowed his eyes at his pupil with disappointment. "That's why you were waiting for me to defeat them." Kakashi threw a paper bomb at him which made him jump into the air to dodge it, but once he looked at the ground to see a trap of paper bombs waiting for him. The masked Jounin made the sign for them to explode, but Minato evaded it by teleporting to a kunai he threw at a tree.
Shuriken come flying at him for which he blocked with his special kunai until Kakashi popped up behind him to kick him for which he blocked, again, with his arms in a crossed formation. The fought for a few moments until Kakashi was able to touch the bell, but wasn't able to grab it. "Not bad, but not enough to beat me." The silver haired boy said that he wasn't over yet at he poofed away, signaling that he was a shadow clone. The real Kakashi prepared a justu that was not complete yet which was called the Chidori until he felt a kunai brushed up against his neck. "I told you, didn't I, you can't be me."
The justu disappeared as he remembered when the two were fighting that he felt him put a mark on his back. He crushed a leaf below him as he said that he was so close. "So close, huh." Minato said as he jumped down to the other three chunin, and Kakashi followed. The four stood before their sensei waiting for instructions, "Good, you actually hit me." Minato says as he raised up his arm to show that he got hit. Rin and Ruby congratulated Kakashi as he just says that he just cut him, that it was no big deal.
"I can do it too, you know!" Obito shouts until a basket lands on top of his head by Kushina. "Nice timing, right?" Rin runs up to the red heah, "Kushina! Yay!" She asked the team if they were doing their best for which Minato answered saying that they are doing great, and they are taking a break. "Thats good, here's lunch! Here's the special. Kushina special!" She said winking as Rin took the basket from her, "All right! I love the food you make! Thanks Kushina!" Kushina got stars in her eyes and made a kissing face as she rubbed her cheek against Rin saying that they she was so cute! "Your such a good girl Rin! You know?"
Obito scoffed which made Kushina upset, "Let me get this straight! I take the time to bring lunch all the way out to you guys, and this is the kind thanks I get from you? Hmmm." Obito scoffed again saying that she didn't have to do that, and that he is not even hungry. Just then, he stomach rumbled which made Kushina sigh. "Trying to be tough is okay, bu first, go ahead and eat something. I mean you can't eat something on a empty stomach, can you." She said that while turning him around to look at her.
"I don't want it! I wont takes anyone's handout! I can fight without food!" Kushina smiled saying that he is really manly then gets into the red hot-habenaro mode. "Yeah right...Like I'd say something like that to you!" She punched him right on the head which made me moan in pain. "Now, no more out of you! Eat! Being healthy is a part of being a ninja! What you said just proves that you are nothing but a little kid!" "Well, you know what..." The rest of the team watches them fight as Rin says that they are going at it again. Minato tells them to eat anyway.
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At the Namikaze household you can find Minato looking in the Family picture book, Kushina sowing up Minato's shirt, and Ruby sleeping in the arm chair. "You know, Kakashi is getting a lot better." Kushina said while not looking up from her work. "Yeah, you're right about that. For his age, he's doing great." Minato said smiling. "Rin is growing well, too. Their really becoming a good team." Minato smirked as he said to not forget about Obito.
"He's hardly more than a bragging little half-point." Minato looked up at her with a smile. "He's always tripping over himself, he can't throw a single shuriken straight, and his jutsu is a setup...He'll need some work." The namikaze looks over to his sister who is still sleeping. "Well, just like you said...Obito does a lot of things that he needs to work on. But still, his bright and outgoing attitude is really important." He looks back to the photo album to see a picture of his team posing for the picture.
"Obito being there deepens between everyone on the team. And that's a fact." Kushina smiled as her husband looks back at her. "Wait, I don't need to tell you, you know. I mean, he is your favorite, isn't he." He said giving her the famous Namikaze smile. "Oh, you sure about that." She stood up and gave him his shirt which was now stitched up. "Here you go." He thanked her as he checked over to see her work as she walked over to the window. "By the way, the location of your next assignment is has been decided for tomorrow, right." Minato frowned a little, "yup, I found out a few days ago, it's going to be at Kannabi bridge."
"Kanabi bridge, huh," she sighed, "I hope that this war ends soon." Minato stood up and walked over to his sister and picked her up, bridal style. "I am sure it will end soon." He said while he walked into Ruby's room and layed her down, covered her up, and kissed her forehead. "Goodnight, Ruby."
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(Third's Point Of View)
Team seven is waiting at Training Ground Seven at the big bolder for their orange goggled Uchiha who is always late. All the sudden Obito shows up falling on the ground, right in front of Kakashi. "Did I make it?" Kakashi glares down at him, "No, your late, Obito. What, did you forget what time we were supposed to meet. When your a full-fledged shinobi, your expected to follow all the rules and regulations." Obito tries to reason with him by saying he ran into a feeble old lady with these heavy bags who asked him for directions, and he also got some thing in his eye. "If your going to lie at least make up a one."
"All right Kakashi, that's enough. I'm sure Obito showed her the way to go, Obito, right." Minato said with a smile for which Obito agreed. "You're too nice, Minato-sensei! Everytime Obito's late he says he stopped to help some needy person. Ninja who break the rules and laws are regarded as nothing as scum. Isn't that right, sensei." Minato does a nervous chuckle while The Uchiha just glared at him.
"Don't you even have a shred of kindness in that heart of yours. All you ever talk about is rules and regulations. The key is self-control." Rin finish her game of eye-spy with Ruby and come over to stop the boys fighting when she heard the masked ninja growl. "Alright, lets just calm down you guys. We are all on the same team, remember."
"Your to easy on Obito, Rin. Remember today is also a special day for me." Rin blushes as she remember what today is for Kakashi. Obito looks over at Rin with confusion, "Why is that again."
They started there journey to Kannabi bridge for where they talked about future plans and a certain persons special day. "As of today, Kakashi is a jounin, just like I am. For this mission, Kakashi and I will break up into two teams. That makes us more efficient. After all, the Leaf's military strength is the lowest its ever been." Obito caught on what the plan was, but he knew he wasn't going to like it, "We're splitting up, so then..." Minato nodded, "That's right, Kakashi will be caption of a four-man squad with you, Rin, and Ruby, Obito. And I will be working alone."
"Remember we were just talking about this a few weeks ago. What we discussed was getting Kakashi a gift." He looked to the ground with disgust as he thought about what happened that day. "Sorry, guess I wasn't listening," he said as Kakashi looks over at him at the corner of his eye.
Their sensei stopped and pulled out one of his specially made kunai, "Well, here's what I got for ya. A custom made kunai, its a little heavy and unconventional, but you'll get used to it quickly." Kakashi thanked him as he threw him the kunai and put it in his pouch.
He looks over to Rin, as she pulled out a cloth covered box, "This one's from me. I made a personalized med-kit for you. I adjusted a few things to make it easier to use." He took it out of her hand and thanked her then looked over to Ruby. She pulled something out of her pocket that looked like a bullet. "This is mine to you. An earpiece that is special because it connects to my headphones, so you can hear music that I am forwarding to you which can make your jutsu's stronger and to help track each other." She put it in his hands, he thanked her as he put it in his right ear.
Obito looks up to see Kakashi holding his hand out to him, waiting for him to give him something. "What are you holding your hand out for? If your expecting a gift, you can forget it." Kakashi scoffed, "that's fine, I doubt it would have been anything good anyway. Better nothing at all then a useless burden." The Uchiha points a finger at him with hatred in his eyes, "What I don't understand is how a guy like you gets to become a jounin." He scoffed, "That's amusing coming from you."
"I am Obito Uchiha of the poweful Uchiha clan! I'll be stronger then you'll ever be! Kakashi, you just wait until my sharingan awakens!" Obito says with a hateful glare. "I thought everyone in the Uchiha clan was supposed to be elite, so you really shouldn't have to rely on that, you should be great already." "What!" Ruby comes up in between them, telling them to stop acting like children. Minato agreed while also asking if he could explain the mission because they are close to the border and they don't have that much time.
They laid down a map on a flat rock that was a few feet away from them. He pointed at the map that showed the place they needed to go which was a bridge that connects the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth.
"See, this line here shows where the Land of Earth is currently invading the village hidden in the grass, the enemy from the hidden stone. According to Intel, they deployed a thousand shinobi to the front lines. Here." Obito looks where he is pointing and nodded, "they've advanced father than the last time."
"Well, the Grass Village is situated right next to the Land of Fire. We should have stepped in earlier." Kakashi said as Rin looked up from the map, "If the hidden stone is able to invade like this..." Ruby stepped in, "then it must mean that they have an efficient system for reinforcements." Rin nodded to her best friend and she winked back at her.
Minato pointed to a rectangle on the map, "that's why are mission is this, Kannabu bridge. To crush your enemy at the front lines require an immense amount of shinobi, right? Therefore, shinobi like us whose focus is sabotage are forced to work in small efficient unit." Kakashi widened his eyes a little then look towards his sensei, "the bridge, so the mission is infiltration."
Their sensei nodded in agreement. "Team Kakashi, your mission is to sneak behind the enemy and reach that bridge. Once the three of you are there, you will destroy it in order to disrupt the enemies support operation. After that, you will promptly withdraw." "Understood!" The four of them said to their sensei then Obito asked what he is doing.
"I'll confront the enemy directly on the battlefield, that will create a diversion so you can do your job," he looked over at Kakashi, "Now remember, Kakashi's your caption on this mission. All five of us will travel to the border together, but once we get there, we'll split up for our mission." He put his hand in front of him and everyone puts there hand on top of one another. "Right!"
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They have been walking for about an hour now, yet they still have not meet up with anyone yet, which surprised Minato. They are is a forest of Mushrooms with Kakashi in front, Obito in the middle, Minato in the back, Ruby in front of the Uchiha, and Rin in front of their sensei. Kakashi stops, senseing something in the trees, so he signals everyone to stop as well. Minato smiles at his pupils improvment, 'Nice, Kakashi.'
A stone ninja that is hiding up on a tree branch that is covered by a big mushroom is staring down at them, 'He detected me, I'm impressed.' He spotted Minato at the bottom of the line which made his eyes widen, 'that's...no...it cant be...best if I just observe for now.' The stone ninja puts his hands together in the 'Ram' sign, getting ready for a justu.
Minato puts one finger on the ground, sensing how many ninja there are and where. 'There's one...,' he looked at his team, "be on your gaurd, there are twenty of them out there. Though I believe they are only shadow clones." Kakashi narrowed his eyes, "I agree, sensei. Alright then, I'll attack, please back me up."
Minato told him to wait and to not be hasty, he would go and Kakashi would cover him. "Sensei, I am caption today, right?" He does hand signs and prepares for a justu, "I want a new justu that i've been working on." A ball of lightning covered his hand and bird screeches throughout the forest. "Chidori!" The chunin's eyes widened in amazment at the power they are experiencing. Minato narrowed his eyes and put his hand in front of Kakashi to stop him from moving forward.
"No matter how many there are, I can take them down in an instant with this justu. It's exactly like your nickname, sensei. Besides, you said it yourself, I'm the caption, not you. The rules clearly state that the team must obey its caption's orders, sensei." The blond Jounin put his hand away and kakashi shot forward to the enemy. The shadow clones the enemy made started to throw Kunai ans Shuriken at him for which Minato blocked with his own.
'Thanks to those kunai attack, I know where the enemy is. Here I come!' Kakashi thought as he jumped up to a ledge of a tree and shot his shidori right through the Stone Ninja's chest then poofed away. 'A shadow clone, huh. Alright on to the next one.'
Ruby, Rin, and Obito walk around searching for any other enemy ninja around. Though when Ruby looked up, all she could see was smoke from Kakashi hitting all of the shadow clones. 'Kakashi...' Her attention went back to Obtio when she saw a shadow clone come up from the ground to attack him. Luckly their sensei was able to destroy it before it did any damage to him. "Don't let your gaurd down!" Minato said to him as he got tears in his eyes as he agreed.
Kakashi counted eighteen that he has taken down, and is now coming up to the real stone Ninja who has a sword in his hand. "Don't push your luck, brat!" The stone shinobi said as he plunged down his sword at Kakashi. Kakashi was moving to fast to dodge it, but before he could strike, Minato appeared and grabbed Kakashi while also putting a jutsu formula on the enemies foot. Sadly Kakashi got cut by the blade on his upper arm for which damaged him.
'I was able to counter that brat, but just barely. The way the blond man moved...' Minato grabs his backback and shoves it off his arm, 'I marked him..' Before the stone ninja could move, The Namikaze was behind him, holding his special kunai on his neck.
His students look back to where their sensei was, but all they could see was his backpack hitting the floor. 'Minato-nii's teleportation technique is fast, maybe faster then me!' Ruby thought with her eyes opened wide.
The stone ninja is stunned and cant move from fear. "It's impossible, it cant be you. The Yellow Flash Of The Leaf! In the Village Hidden in the Stones, we were warned that we must flee the very moment we caught sight of you. Now Iunderstand why." With that note, Minato gave the finishing blow to end it all.
Rin is healing Kakashi's wound with a concentrated look on her face. "Kakashi's wound is serious, for now we will retreat and set up camp." Minato said as the masked ninja tried to tell him that he was fine. Obito looked at Kakashi with stern eyes. "No you aren't Kakashi, its all because you ignored sensei's warnings and charged in there you fool."
He scowled, "I don't want to hear that from you, you the Uchiha elite who is just cowering and crying." The goggled boy told him that he just got some dust in his eye and started tearing up. "Then I supposed you're not familiar with the twenty-fifth rule of Shinobi conduct, the rule that says a ninja must never show tears." Rin and Ruby try to tell them to stop fighting, but then Minato steps in. "That's quite enough, both of you."
"Kakashi, rules and regulations are indeed important, but it doesn't mean that's all that matters. I told you, at times you must adapt and takes steps appropriate to the situation at hand." Kakashi looked away and Obito started to gloat. "Your not blameless either, Obito. There's no way you can get dust in your eyes when your wearing goggles. It's fine to speak of self control but you must be strong at heart, not just in your words. Now one more thing, Kakashi. In my opinion, you shouldn't use that justu of yours again. From what I saw, it's a strike from a single focus. It certainly has speed and destructive power, but it makes you move to fast to attain an opponents counter-attack. It's still an imperfect jutsu."
He looks down at all of his pupils, "Now before we part, let me say this one more time. For shinobi, the one thing that is important above else it teamwork." At this statement, all four put their heads down in shame.
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