Lazyfox: Happy late Thanksgiving everyone~! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday with their families ^-^

Magic: *Out runs an angry mob skidding into the studio while slamming the door in the mob's face* Back off B**ches! These clothes are mine!

Lazyfox: *Looks at the mountain of gift bags and boxes from multiple stores scattered on her stage* I see someone had a nice Black Friday shopping spree. Get some good stuff?

Magic: Hellz yea I did! B**ches try to steal my stuff, but my claws showed them not to mess with me *Grins wickedly chipping away the small specks of blood from under his nails* Oh Lazy-San~ Random-chan~ I got you guys something *holds up gifts bags*

Random: *opens her bag* Eeeeeeeeee~! It's a chibi-neko Sasuke doll! I love it~! *crushes the doll to her chest as she skips off happily*

Lazyfox: *opens her present* Eeeeeeeeee~! It's a chibi Shika and Naru dolls! Ohhhh you even got me a Pikachu and Charmander hoodie! I love them~ :3 *huggles her dolls and hoodie tightly*

Magic: Glad you guys love your presents ^-^ But Lazy-san I think it's time you give your lovely readers their present

Lazyfox: *stops snuggling her presents to get into her professional mood* Ahmen quite right my friend. Everyone I do not own Naruto or any of the characters. All rights belong to the creators not I *Losses professional mood and goes back to snuggling her presents* on a side note. If any of you are Hunger Game Fans I highly recommend you going to see 'Catching Fire' it was AMAZING! I loved every minute of that movie. Now please enjoy the newest chapter :3

*Last Time*

Kakashi told his team to meet him at training ground three at five o'clock in the morning and to avoid eating breakfast. His command left the three ninja in training very fatigued and weary which was exactly Kakashi's plan. Kakashi went further to dampen his students spirits by announcing in order to become actual Genin they would have to steal a bell from him before the timer went off at noon. The major punishment for not retrieving a bell meant that the person or if all three failed to retrieve a bell would be sent back to the academy for another year. Naruko being Naruko took the straight forward approach and challenged Kakashi one on one while her teammates camouflaged themselves in the nearby surroundings to be hidden, but still able to watch. Naruko came out swinging unfortunately for her Kakashi pulled out his little orange book turning the battle into a joke considering he used little to no effort at all to deflect and dodge her attacks. Kakashi soon sends Naruko into the lake making it seem as the match was over, but Naruko refusing to go down unleashed not one, but both of her new A-Ranks jutsu on Kakashi catching him and her teammates by surprise. Sadly Naruko's were all for not seeing as Kakashi slipped away from her again, but this time around he was the one going on the attack as he targeting Naruko to become a human practice dummy. Lucky for Naruko she had Hinata watching out for her as her timid teammate came out of hiding and pushed her out of harm's way. This resulted into a little confrontation between her and her sensei, but gave Sasuke an opening he been waiting for to make his move. Sasuke leads Kakashi into the forest leaving Hinata and Naruko in main clearing were Naruko declares she has come up with a plan that guarantees all three of them passing this test. Will Naruko's plan end in success before the timer goes off? Find out as out story continues

*End of Recap*

"Ahhhh~ *yawn* Oh man what a complete waste of a good morning. Troublesome sensei getting us out here so early to do a simpleminded test" Shikamaru complained breaking into another yawn as he continued walking with his officially certified Genin teammates and sensei.

"Asuma-sensei you are so lucky I fell asleep early last night. If I lost a signal second of my natural beauty rest for that stupid test I would have hung you in a tree by your beard and ripped apart every single cigarette you had on you" Ino threatened as she flipped her long ponytail behind her back.

"Hehe I'm glad I never listen to people when they tell me to skip meals or I wouldn't have had the strength to move. Please like I ever miss the most important meal of the day on the possibility of puking. My stomach is as tough as iron even if I had puked it give me more room for lunch" Choji joked grossing out his team as he happily munched on his favorite bag of BBQ chips.

Asuma who was walking beside his team let out an offended sigh at his team's total lack of respect for him and his test. "And I thought the kids liked me" he thought before shaking it off as he lit up another cancer stick and taking a puff or two off of it before addressing his team. "I have to hand it to you three, that teamwork of yours was spot on out there. I didn't see you guys coming until it was too late to counter attack. Makes me feel like a lousy Jounin though considering ya learned the lesson behind the test and captured me in the first twenty minutes of the test. I bet hanging around Hime all the time gave you all the insight to be a well-oiled team."

Asuma had to bite the end of cigarette to stop him from bursting out laughing at how excited his team got at the mention of Naruko. Ino and Choji broke out into wide happy grins before telling each other their favorite thing to do with her, but Asuma was entertained mostly by Shikamaru's sudden love struck goofy grin which he was fighting hard to suppress, but was failing miserably at it. "Damn kid's got it bad for Hime. Wonder what Kakashi and Oto-san will think about this when they finally get together?"

"So guys I have to know how you figured out the goal of the test and create that flawless bout of teamwork so fast. Back when I started as a Genin I saw best friends be put on the same team together that failed to accomplish the test. Not saying you guys aren't good friends or anything just that you were all brought together by Hime and well only really hang out with each other when Hime's around. Again no offense" he says hoping not to offend his team.

"No offense taken Asuma-Sensei we know what ya mean. Naruko-chan brought everyone together we're not afraid to admit that" Choji said brushing off his sensei's worries.

Ino nodded in agreement. "Choji's right sensei, Sakura and I were out of the group for three years, but we managed to get back our friendship with everyone so no worries. To be honest Shikamaru had everything planned out when we arrived first thing this morning" she tells him.

Shikamaru sighed, sensing Asuma staring at him about to ask him questions. "Ah what a drag. I wasn't hard to figure out what the objective you were going for. Three newbie Genin coming straight out of the academy and the first challenge we get is to face our Jounin level Sensei. That was the first warning there. Next you instructed us not to eat and to get up earlier than any of us would be used too meaning you directly wanted to dull our senses and cut our energy in half putting us at a weaker and bigger disadvantage than before. Then finally you said there would be two bells and the one without the bell would be sent back to the academy hinting at the being every man for himself when the common principle for any Shinobi of Kohona is working together to protect our village and our people. After getting all the facts together the next move was formulating and calculating a proper strategy to achieve our objective which was to show teamwork" he explained talking out his deduction ignoring Asuma's stunned expression as he stared up into the clouds.

Asuma flicked the ashes away from his burnt up cigarette putting it out on the boulder he was sitting on and flicked the bud away and pulled out a new one. "Yep Shikaku can never deny you. His DNA runs through you too deep to deny. Plus Yoshino probably beat the crap out of him and threaten to disembody him if he did" Asuma said humorously lighting up his cancer stick.

Ino and Choji laughed loudly as they pictured Shikamaru's tiny mother chasing after her husband with a butcher knife while Shikamaru just rolled over trying to go to sleep though he lips did twitch up in amusement at the mental picture too.

"Well the other teams should finish around twelve o'clock so your free to do whatever you want for the rest of the day, but tomorrow begins your actual ninja careers so look alive and I'll see you all here tomorrow at eight" Asuma said before waving farewell to his team.

"Well guys I'll see you tomorrow. Since were done here for the day I can head over to the flower shop early" Ino said getting up and dusting off her clothes.

Choji got up too. "Hey Ino mind if I come with you. Ah you know to help out around the shop like carrying the bags of fertilizers or heavy planters and stuff" he said sheepishly feeling a little embarrassed to be so straight forward with his request to hang out with his platinum blond haired teammate.

"Sure Choji~ we can use you to do all that heavy lifting" Ino said grabbing the boy by the arm to drag him away to her family shop. "Bye Shikamaru make sure to get your lazy butt here in the morning!" she yelled to the half dozing Nara boy as she dragged along her new helper who was waving a farewell to his best friend.

Shikamaru lazily raised a hand to wave goodbye before rolling back over to stare into the clouds before finally dozing off in the open field thinking about how the other teams were doing in their test.

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"You are the worst teammate in the history of teammates! What the heck we're you trying to pull out there you stupid dog!" Sakura screamed at Kiba punching him over the head.

"Owww, What the hell you bubblegum headed bimbo! We passed the test so leave me alone" Kiba growled rubbing his head lump while Akamaru stood beside his master barking at her.

"Barely, thanks to you running in there all wild and crazy. Sure Shino didn't move much, but he at least stayed out of sight to formulate a plan of action unlike you and your little puppy. Shut up you little rat!" she snapped glaring and stomping at Akamaru.

Kiba picked up Akamaru petting his head to calm him down. "Leave Akamaru alone bubblegum. You're just mad me and Akamaru did more work than you" he sneered as Akamaru crawled into his jacket after calming down.

"I'm mad at you, you stupid dog and your total lack of self-control! I came up with a great plan for us to use against Kurenai-sensei, but you didn't listen to me. Ah what's the point of talking to a dumb dog when he obviously won't learn to obey" Sakura sighed as she turned away from him.

Kiba growled again about to rebuttal, but was stopped by Shino. "Enough. You're disturbing the bugs with your negative outbursts" he said in his deep monotone voice as he studied the Beatles crawling up the nearby oak tree.

Sakura shivered kind of creped out by all the bugs she has seen today and by her stoic appearing teammate's fascination with them. "Shino we can we cut back on the mentioning of bugs for a while?"

Shino ignored her as he continued to observe the Beatles while Kiba snickered at her obvious disgust causing Sakura to get angry again to where she slugged Kiba in the stomach and made Akamaru bark at her again. Kurenai sighed watching her team disorganize themselves. "Looks like teamwork will be are biggest issue next to finding out a way to co-exist with each other" she thought.

"Alright that's enough. I though you all saw that teamwork was the key to any team's success. Just because you passed this test doesn't mean you've mastered that skill, so I'm ordering you three to practice your teamwork skills and communication" she ordered getting her students attention.

"But sensei it's almost lunch time" Kiba complained feeling the pang inside his empty stomach.

"Well I suggest you work hard than. I'll leave you here until lunch time and when I return I expect a little improvement on your teamwork if not you will be banned from taking on any missions until we are a well-mannered and functioning team. Am I understood" she demanded receiving nods from her students. "Good. I'll see you all in the next hour."

With that Kurenai left her team of new Genin behind praying they learn to get along better. "I'll go see how Asuma fared with his team" she thought as her students watched her leave.

When Kurenai was out of sigh Sakura continued on her rant about Kiba's total lack of respect for her and ideas while Kiba ignored her or gave a counter remark that made her angry and caused him to get punched. Shino simply ignored both his teammates finding himself more comfortable analyzing and studying his bugs.

Looks like Team Eight was going to need a lot of work before they were considered to be a well working team. Good luck Kurenai you're going to need it.

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Hinata was sprinting through the woods at a fast pace searching for Sasuke to relay Naruko's plan to him. "I hope Sasuke-Kun isn't fighting with Kakashi-sensei yet. I need to tell him about Naru-chan's plan" she thought scanning the area with her Byakugan to locate her male teammate. She came to a stop when she picked up a high chakra signature coming out in front of her thinking it was Kakashi she changed her direction, but ended up stumbling into Kakashi anyway.

Kakashi had perched himself on a high branch of a nearby tree watching his blue haired student stumble backwards and positioned herself into a sloppy defensive stance as she stared up at him in shock as her Byakugan disappeared. "Okay Hinata-chan it's your turn to face me" he said smoothly as he flipped out of the tree to stand before her.

Hinata shook as she tried to calm down from her small fright. Calming down a bit she moved into her family's more traditional offensive stance that showed signs of hesitation and nervousness.

Kakashi's sharp eye caught the signs of Hinata's hesitation and gave a quite sigh as he dashed forward to attack. Hinata gasped as she raised her arm up to deflect the blow only to end up missing Kakashi's other attack that knocked her off her feet. She fell to the ground, but maintained a sense of balance and tried a leg sweep on Kakashi who in return jumped out of her range and stood a distance away from her as she climbed back to her feet resuming her original stance that seemed a little bit more stable, but still showed signs of hesitation.

"Is this the true strength of the Hyuga's main branch heiress? I was under the impression that your clan was known for their skills in Taijutsu, but if that's true, why do show such poor skill?" Kakashi belittled hoping to get Hinata angry enough to attack him like she meant it. "It seems I've found the weak link to this team."

Hinata felt her body stiffen up at the insult to her clan, knowing that the people of her clan should not be belittled because of her skills. "Y..You're wrong Ka..Kakashi-Se..Sensei. The Hyuga's are strong."

"Oh then I suppose I'm wrong about you as well then considering you are the next heir to the clan" Kakashi said nonchalantly before facing her seriously. "Or am I right when I see you as the weakest link to the team. Hinata are you capable of showing the same skill and fighting spirit as your teammates or will you let your timid heart frighten you away from protecting your comrades who depend on you."

Hinata trembled as Kakashi stared her down with his unforgiving eye. She hung her head down allowing her bangs to cover her eyes as she avoided his gaze to prevent him from seeing the look of turmoil she had obscuring her face. "Your right" she mumbled out softly.

Kakashi sighed disappointingly hating that he would have to recommend for Hinata to be disbarred from becoming a ninja. He believed the girl had all the makings of a great kunoichi, but a ninja who wasn't prepared to fight for their comrades or their village just didn't belong. "I see. Well I guess I have no choice..."

"I'm not as strong as Naruko or Sasuke. I'll hold them back, but I..."Hinata started to say as she stopped trembling and brought her gaze up to meet her sensei's showing the she had activated her Byakugan again as she moved into the Hyuga's traditional fighting stance. "I stand by my word! I won't ever hesitate to protect my friends."

Hinata then jumped out at Kakashi no longer feeling weighed down by uncertainty. "I won't quit" she thrust her open palm out towards Kakashi's chest, which in turn back flipped to dodge. "I won't run away" She kept up her momentum bring her other hand forward aiming directly for Kakashi who was still mid flip when she came at him with her attack. "I won't lose!" "Hiiya Gentle fist!" she cried out hitting Kakashi directly in his chest making him gasp and fly backwards from the force of the attack. Hinata was momentarily stunned from completing the technique of her clan with such force, but was back on guard when she saw Kakashi disappear and replaced with a log.

"Job well done Hinata. You three passed your lesson on Taijutsu, but let's see how well you all do in your second lesson. Shinobi fighting lesson number two, Genjutsu" Kakashi called out from the trees as a storm of leaves circled around Hinata causing her to get dizzy.

Her eyes started to drop close, but the sound of breaking branches snapped her awake and she put her guard back up wondering what her sensei's next move was. The crunching noise came closer and she was prepared to attack when she Sasuke came stumbling out of the bushes holding a completely pale and mortally wounded Naruko.

"Hi..Hinata he..help us" Sasuke begged weakly before collapsing due to blood loss leaving Naruko to fall to the ground revealing the long gash in her chest that was pouring out her life's blood.

Hinata was petrified as she saw her friends dying in front of her causing her to lose focus and break down into quiet sobs and uncontrollable tremors before fainting not bearing to cope with the sight any more.

Kakashi sitting in the tree above let out a nervous chuckle. "I guess I went a little too far with that allusion, but at least I know she has what it takes to be Kunoichi. She's just going to need a little more training though" he thought before jumping leaping off in search of his male student.

As Kakashi leaped away he failed to notice the real Naruko hiding in the trees further away waiting for him to leave before jumping down to Hinata's side. "Great job Hina-Chan! Your fainting spell was perfect" she complimented smiling down at her blue haired best friend.

Hinata opened her eyes back up and returned the smile as she sat up giggling. "Do you think he's onto your plan?"

"Nah. That act of yours was as real as all your other fainting spells" she teased making Hinata blush a little in embarrassment.

"Well, it kind of wasn't faked. I still get dizzy from seeing too much blood" she muttered poking her index fingers together as Naruko broke out laughing. "Did you find Sasuke-kun?"

"Yep. That odd Scarecrow isn't going to know what hit him. This game is as good as ours. You've taken care of the first move, Teme has the second move covered, and leaving me to checkmate this guy and win us the game" Naruko said confidently.

"Naru-chan I think you've spent too much time with Shikamaru-kun. You're starting to act like him" Hinata teased giggling at her friend's offended expression.

"Am not. Maybe a few of his strategy planning and shoji playing methods got to me a little bit, but that doesn't mean I'm acting like Shika. I mean my ideas are funnier than his" she countered pouting stubbornly.

"If you say so Naru-chan" she said giggling at her one last time. "So, were moving into our next move?"

"Yep. Head off to meet with the teme so when he finishes we can all move into the final move set" Naruko said before slapping herself in the forehead. "Darn it! I did it again."

Hinata laughed once more as the two girls separated to begin the next phase of Naruko's plan.

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Sasuke stood in a more barren section of the training field deeming this a suitable place to act out Naruko's little plan. "Now where is he? I'm sure Hinata's finished up her part of the plan by now" he thought as he scanned his area, keeping his senses sharp and on the lookout.

Kakashi watched Sasuke from a distance wondering why the most tactful of his students was out in the open instead of hiding preparing for a sneak attack. "What are you planning Sasuke?"

Deciding not to ponder on the matter, believing it was just an opened challenge for him to fight Sasuke one on one like Naruko had done. Kakashi put his book down as he gave his position away as he thumped against the tree he was leaned against.

Sasuke didn't turn towards Kakashi steeling himself for the upcoming battle he was about to have. "Finally decided to face me" he called out.

Kakashi let out a low chuckle as he scanned his book. "My you seem mighty confident Sasuke-kun, but how about you save that confidence after you steal a bell."

"Trust me I plan to. Unlike my teammates I have what it takes to steal a bell and that's exactly what I'm going to do!" he yelled tossing out multiple shuriken and kunai at his sensei.

"Silly little attacks won't do anything against me!" Kakashi yelled dodging out of the way before being forced into a block when Sasuke got behind him lunching a powerful roundhouse kick. "He's fast."

Kakashi blocked the kick with his arm, but had to move quickly when he saw Sasuke's fist coming at him. grabbing the boy's hand before he could make contact before quickly bring his entire arm up to guard against Sasuke's next kick that had him flipped upside down as Kakashi's supported both his legs and arm leaving his torso wide open especially the bells.

Sasuke seeing this made a dive for the jingling bell brushing his fingertips against the surface before Kakashi quickly jumped away panting a little. "These kids are good once you find the right buttons to push, but sadly there all failing to see what this truly stands for. I don't want to fail them, but I'm not going easy on them either." "You really are skilled I give you that."

Sasuke just huffed before quickly moving into a flash of quick hand signs. "Horse! Tiger! Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" Taking a deep breath Sasuke built up the flames inside himself leaving Kakashi in a state of paralysis.

"Impossible! A Genin shouldn't be able to perform a jutsu like that. Well Naruko did, but she's a class all her own" he thought barely dodging the incoming fireball headed his way.

Sasuke watched his fire technique cover the field watching the flames slowly die away revealing an empty field as he began searching the area for the blacked haired Jounin. He turned his head towards the sky, then he turned to the left and then the right before turning all the way around. "Where he go?"

"Below you" called a voice that sounded muffled as a hand shot out of the ground gripping Sasuke's ankle. "Doton: Shinjū Zanshu no Jutsu!"

Kakashi pulled Sasuke down as he shot out of the ground leaving the young Uchiha buried under ground up to his head. "Shinobi fighting lesson number three Ninjutsu. What outstanding abilities you kids have. You might need a few touches up in this area to be considered exceptional, but you're all still too far off from becoming actual ninja. I guess you three will get it eventually" he teased walking off from Sasuke reading his Icha Icha paradise book.

"Damn him!" Sasuke growled trying to climb out of the hole.

Hinata soon came out from out of the bushes staring wide eyed at Sasuke. "Sasuke-Kun!" she cried running over to him and kneeled down near him.

"Hinata calm down. I'm fine though Kakashi got the better of me" Sasuke growled feeling embarrassed to like this in front of the Hyuga heiress.

"T..thank goodness. Uhh...um w..want me t..to dig you out Sa..Sasuke-kun?" she asked shyly.

"I got it" Sasuke tautly taking a bit of his frustration out on Hinata, but he felt guilty when the blue haired girl flinched away at his harsh tone. "But thanks for offering" he said quietly as he freed his left arm giving him leverage to pull himself free.

Hinata gave him a small smile before their attention was averted to the sound of the buzzer ringing throughout the forest. "W..What about Na..Naru-chan's plan?"

Sasuke growled banging his fist on the ground. "Dammit we took too much time! I knew I should have gone on my own instead of listening to that dobe!" he hissed getting back to his feet.

Hinata hung her head down feeling like it was her fault for them failing the teat. "I should have been faster. Maybe Naruko's plan would have worked if I did" she thought falling behind Sasuke to the clearing they started in.

Sasuke and Hinata saw Kakashi tying a struggling Naruko to the post in the middle. Once Kakashi finished tying her securely to the post and dodging a potential fatal kick to his delicate package he faced his others two students motioning for them to take a seat as he stood before them. Naruko was still struggling to undue her bonds while Sasuke glared at the ground angrily and Hinata had her head bowed down as she fidgeted with her fingers. Kakashi gave them all disappointed looks before sighing.

"You three showed very good promise. Two of you demonstrated high level ninjutsu today that ninja normally learn as a gifted Chunin or rookie Jounin and even proven yourself to be a reliable comrade when the situation calls for it. I believe with more advance and proper training you would all make remarkable ninja ..."

The three students looked at their sensei curiously wondering why he was complementing them when they failed the test. Was he preparing to tell them they didn't have to go back to the academy because of the potential they showed.

"But gifted talent means nothing in the life of a ninja. You three are attempting to embark in a world were lives, your lives are on the line one slip up could result in you dying or your comrades. This life isn't a joke and the performance you three had out there today showed me you're not ready for it! You couldn't even figure out the whole point of this test and yet you want to become Genin. You three are just a couple of runts trying to make it in the big leagues. Pack up your stuff you three are done here and by done I mean done. There's going back to the academy for you three I'm putting in a formal order to ban you three from ever becoming ninja." Kakashi said coldly turning away from them.

Iruka was sitting in his room looking over the profiles of all his students knew sensei's and was happy about them. He looked up when he heard a quiet knock on his door and saw Cat standing there. "Cat-san glad to see you also congratulations on your promotion to Anbu-Head captain" he said smiling at the purple haired woman.

"Thank you Iruka. It's a pleasure to see you too. I came by to see how you were handling Naru-chan's graduation" Yugao said walking into the room.

Iruka gave her a light smile showing he was happy for her, but that he was missing her presence in the classroom. "I'm handling it. I miss having to scold her and Shikamaru for sleeping in class or having to go on a hunting spree for her when she sneaks off to cause havoc. I'm worried her new sensei won't be able to handle her. By the way Cat-san do you know who team seven's Jounin is?" he asked. "I haven't received their file yet and that had me a bit worried."

Yugao gave him a small pleasant smile as she gave a low giggle making the young Chunin to quirk an eyebrow at her sudden change in behavior. "Oh no worries Iruka-Kun. Naru-chan's sensei will know exactly how to handle her. As for the file, it is actually the reason why I'm here. Here you go" she says handing him the small file. "Good-bye Iruka-kun I have to leave for my mission now. Oh and try not to kill Naru-chan's sensei when you see him okay" she said giggling again before leaving.

Iruka once again raised an eyebrow at the purple haired woman's strange behavior before looking at the file in his hand and quickly flipping it open to find out why he was being requested not to murder his acknowledged daughter's sensei. Scanning the first page in the file he could already feel the vein throbbing on the side of his head as he discovered the reason why. "Well, she did say try not to kill him. She never said I couldn't put him into intensive care" he said darkly scowling at the picture of Kakashi's ninja license before slamming the file shut and storming out the room plotting the silver haired man's demise.

"Wait a minute! So we didn't get a stupid bell big deal, we have what it takes to be ninjas you said so yourself! So how the hell can you turn around and change it by banning us from ever becoming ninjas!" Naruko yelled thrashing harder in her restraints.

Hinata's eyes were slowly gathering with tears as she slowly stated to hyperventilate not believing that the three of them were actually going to be banned from becoming ninjas. This would cause the ultimate disgrace to her clan and cause whatever relationship with her father to complete shatter and worse of all the dreams of her two friends will be destroyed before they even had a chance to live them out.

Sasuke clenched his teeth and fist tightly as he let out an angry roar as he leaped up and charge at Kakashi who still had his back turned to them. Quick as a flash Kakashi turned around catching Sasuke's punch and quickly had the young Uchiha face down on the ground with his arm twisted behind his back and had Kakashi's foot planted on his head with the rest of him sitting his back.

"Like I said a little runt trying to make it in this world. Always quick to jump in head first all alone, not caring that you had two teammates beside you that could have helped you" Kakashi said pressing his foot harder to Sasuke's skull making him grunt as he tried to break free. "Have you three really not paid enough attention to know what the hell this test was trying to teach you!"

"Teach us? What the hell are you talking about! This entire stupid test has shown you making a fool out of us!" Naruko yelled.

Letting out a deep sigh Kakashi brought his gaze back up showing it was steel as ice causing the kids to shiver at the dark look it held. "This test was designed to show you teamwork. Naruko you came at me all wild and crazy not once bothering to think about how your teammates could have helped you. Hinata you showed a little of the concept, but it was brought out because of your caring nature and love you had for your friend. After that you separated from Naruko and went off on your own were you had to be pushed and egged on to fight against me showing your heart is not ready to embrace the ninja lifestyle. As for you Sasuke, you did nothing to help your teammates when they needed you. Believing them to be deadweights that could hold you back, but did it ever cross your minds that if you three worked together as a team you could have gotten the bells!" he demanded feeling himself getting angrier at them for showing signs of how he and his team used to be.

No one decided to make a sound or comment after the speech was given making Kakashi sigh again for the umpteenth time today taking their silence as a sign of their guilt and shame for not thinking this test though or taking it seriously. Kakashi still couldn't stand the thought of failing them and decided he was going to give them one last chance to prove themselves when he heard Naruko giggling. Looking up he was met with the devious and sly foxlike grin of his little sister that always showed troubled was fast approaching.

"Well Kakashi-sensei it's a good thing we have good teamwork skills. Hinata, Now!" Naruko yelled keeping her eyes locked on his showing off her confident foxy grin.

Kakashi's and Sasuke's eyes widen as the Hinata sitting beside Naruko and the post disappeared and Hinata came charging out of the trees nearby with her Byakugan activated and delivered a strong gentle fist into Kakashi sternum causing him to lose his hold on Sasuke who took full advantage of the situation to break free and right before Kakashi went flying Sasuke struck as fast as a cobra and snatched the bells from Kakashi's belt as he hit the ground a few feet back from the Hyuga and Uchiha duo.

Kakashi was momentarily stunned for a few seconds before he was sitting up grasping the place on his chest were Hinata had struck and stared up at the smirking trio. "What the hell was that!" he demanded not furiously, but more as a stunned and baffled stupor kind of way.

"That Kakashi-Sensei is checkmate" Naruko said confidently as a loud buzzer went off leaving the two males in the clearing completely stunned.

Kakashi turned his head towards the sound and saw the timer he placed on the memorial was going off. "But how? When did you guys reset the timer?" he questioned trying to process what is happening right now and how this all just happened.

"We didn't. We never touched your timer Kakashi-sensei. The first buzzer you heard wasn't coming from your timer, but from Naruko's Ramen timer" Hinata explained in a bashful and prideful voice holding out Naruko's small stopwatch timer she uses to make instant Ramen.

"Dobe care to explain to me what's going on here. This wasn't a part of the plan you told me" Sasuke said feeling lost and let of the loop before turning to Hinata. "And when did you trade places with the clone you?" he asked.

"Sasuke-kun I've been hiding ever since my fight with Kakashi-sensei. I'm also the one who set the timer off. Wait Naru-Chan told you a different plan?" Hinata asked starting to feel as confused as her male teammates.

Kakashi got back to his feet bringing all further questions to a halt as everyone shivered seeing the agitated and dark look in his eye. Taking a calming breath Kakashi regarded her students each with a look before stopping and holding Naruko's amused and highly triumphant gaze. "Why don't we ask the only person here who doesn't seemed to be confused because I like to know what's going on to. So Naruko care to inform the rest of us what's going on here?" he asked patiently.

Naruko gave a boastful and highly amused laugh enjoying the moment of for once being the one who wasn't lost, but the one who gets to explain the situation. "Why certainly Kakashi-sensei I be happy to, but is it okay for me to address you as Nii-chan now, Nii-chan?" she asked loving the floored expressions of everyone making her giggle harder at the WTF faces of Sasuke and her Nii-chan.

Hinata was stunned by her best friend's declaration, but knowing Naruko wouldn't make something like this up she was even more baffled to know Naruko's sweet and protective order brother had said and done all those mean things to them especially to Naruko. Sasuke was in denial thinking Naruko had finally lost her head for thinking their prick of a sensei was her brother, but come to think of it he knew wouldn't make something like this up the concept of having to accept the fact that Kakashi is her older brother that was making it so hard for him to believe it. Kakashi on the other the hand was simply in a state astonishment because he knew Naruko wasn't bluffing because she had to playful tenor in her voice as she said it never once breaking their eye contact once she said it, had the brightest of grins on her sun kissed face, and her deep sky blue eyes showed absolute love and admiration the eyes he always receive from his baby sister.

Shaking his head he broke into a rapture of laughter as he disappeared in a puff of smoke appearing back again as he normal spikey silver haired self-smiling at his grinning little sister. "Ya caught me Imōto well done, but how did you know it was me? I thought my disguise and acting was pretty good" he joked

Naruko giggled before sticking her tongue out at him teasingly. "You might change you looks Nii-chan, but I've been around you since I was baby there's no way I could mistake you. The disguise didn't help ya really it was mostly your acting that bought you time until you made a few slip ups" she tells him.

"Oh? When did I slip up?" he asked.

"Before you pushed me into the lake you said the exact same line to me when we had our first sparring match. 'Maybe if you didn't get so big headed and angry you might actually hit something little one' When you said that it felt familiar to me, but I ignored the feeling because I wanted to beat you so I pushed it out my head. What gave you away and helped me figure you out is when Hinata saved me. You mumbled it, but I heard you say Hinata was one of the few people you couldn't consider scum and with the topic of comrades going on I knew it had to be you Nii-chan. And that speech you gave us before we kicked your butt and stole the bells totally acing this test wouldn't have helped in your defense if you tried to deny that you were" she tells him grinning cheekily at him.

Kakashi just shook his head seeing the Nara's way of thinking was starting to influence his Imōto more and more. "I think I need to start limiting your visits and stays to the Nara compound your starting to think like them or ban you from seeing the boy anymore" he teased liking his last idea more considering he's never been fond of their close friendship.

Naruko stuck her tongue back out at him. "You can try, but it wouldn't work. Yoshino-san would save me and kick your butt from trying to keep me away from her" she countered giggling at the disturbed look on his face knowing he wouldn't evoke the wrath of Shikamaru's mother.

"I'm so lost right now. You're Dog-san, but you didn't act like him" Hinata said quietly remembering the things he said about her and the Hyuga clan.

"Not to mention the things you said and did to the Dobe. If anybody ever said any of the stuff you said to her you beat them till they were left eating through a straw if they even lived at all" Sasuke commented crossing his arms while Hinata fidgeted next to him.

"Teme it's okay. I know Nii-chan has a reason for why he acted the way he did and if he didn't and he just did that for the hell of it to make a joke than I'm going to beat him to an inch to his life revive him and repeat the steps over and over again until he's paid back all the insults he dished out to us" Naruko stated grinning deviously imaging the payback she would have.

Kakashi sweated nervously knowing his Imōto would hold true to her word. "It was a plan Hokage-sama set up to demonstrate to the grand council that I showed you all no favoritism especially to you Naru-chan seeing as I'm older brother, so I had to be the toughest on you. I'm very sorry for the things I said and pushing so hard on you and you as well Hinata. Please forgive me" he said bowing his head to the two girls.

"Nii-chan/Kakashi-sensei I forgive you" they said together smiling at him who returned it gratefully. "But Nii-chan that means I expect to have an all you can eat at Ichiraku's tonight as an apology gift" Naruko tells him.

"It's a deal Naru-chan. Now care to explain that plan you all used against me to show excellent teamwork and get the bells from me?" he asked with Sasuke and Hinata looking at her to for the answer.

Naruko smiled happy she again to show off her somewhat, but sometimes insulted intelligence. "Blue-eyes used my sacrifice the Rook, fool the Knight, attack with the Queen, and Checkmate the King strategy" came the unmistakable lazy and bored voice of Naruko's best friend/boyfriend.

"Shikaaaaaa~ I wanted to claim the idea ya big meanie" Naruko whined/pouted at her boyfriend who was lazily sprawled out on the tree branch of a tall oak using the trunk of the tree to support his upper back and pillowed his head with his arms. "Wait, Shika when did you get up there?" she asked realizing she had reacted on impulse than actually knowing he was there which made her blush and giggle a little hoping no one noticed that.

Shikamaru quirked a small unnoticeable smirk at how Naruko reacts to him his taunts finding it to be cute on her as he sat up and yawned before jumping down from the tree to approach the members of Team Seven. "I've been in the tree since you crawled out of the lake, but I got here to see you use that wind type jutsu. I guess that explained why you had so many cut on your arms and legs when Iruka-sensei and I found you" he said.

"Hehe yea that one still needs a lot more practice, but I at least got my shadow clone jutsu down. It's the one I used to kick the tar out of Mizuki. Showed that bastard he can't hurt my best friend and papa" Naruko boasted smiling happily at him from her tied up perch on the post.

"Yea I saw it. Troublesome girl you almost took out the entire field with that out of control power" he scolded bumping her softly on the forehead for causing herself bodily harm more so than the field.

"Hello Shikamaru-kun. If you were here that early does that mean your team hasn't taken the bell exam yet?" Hinata asked coming to standing beside Naruko smiling politely, while Sasuke came up behind her having his usual scowl and frown on his face as he passed by Shikamaru keeping his eyes on him.

Shikamaru ignored Sasuke's look and turned to Hinata to answer her. "Oh man what a drag that thing was. We finished the test in twenty minutes and afterwards Asuma-sensei gave us the rest of the day off. Ino decided to go work at her family shop and Choji offered to go with her to help her out" he tells her.

"That was nice of Choji-kun and congratulations on passing and becoming official Genin" Kakashi tells him. "Now could you elaborate on that plan Naruko concocted or your strategy as you said" he asked wanting to understand how the kids pulled it off and he failed to notice it all.

"Sure. It was an old Shoji strategy I used against my dad. It's a strategy to give your opponents a false sense of security. Ah what a drag to explain everything" Shikamaru said rubbing the back of his neck and facing the three members of Team Seven. "Okay the Strategy works like this. Blue-eyes assigned you each a role in this Strategy. She made Kakashi the King, Hinata the Queen, Sasuke the Knight, and herself the Rook. The first step of the plan is to distract the King by confronting him in battle so that the Rook confuses the Knight. She first told Hinata this plan and as Hinata distracted Kakashi, Blue-eyes went to find Sasuke to tell him a different plan so when it was time to move into the final move set he play his role properly" he explained yawning after a bit.

"Why did Naru-chan trick Sasuke-kun? Couldn't she have told him the same plan as she told me?" Hinata asked.

"Not really. She had to fool Sasuke into thinking he had failed because they would cause him to have a better reaction and she knew Sasuke would get angry faster especially when his skills are insulted like she knew Kakashi would do because she figured out Kakashi was indeed her Nii-chan so that's why this strategy would work so well" Shikamaru told her.

"Great I was made to be a puppet by the dobe" Sasuke muttered which Naruko giggled enjoying that part of the plan the most.

"Pretty much. Blue-eyes probably told you to distract Kakashi for a while and try to weaken him a bit so she could go get Hinata and once you see her you three would attack him together and at that time she probably went back into the woods to move Hinata into position with her stopwatch and created another shadow clone that she transformed into Hinata that she sent off to team up with Sasuke while she went to get the lunches so she could wait for her turn" he said watching as Sasuke turned away to hide meaning his theory was right.

"You hit the nail on the head Shika" Naruko giggled. "After my clone was in position with the teme and Nii-chan caught me with the lunches Hinata set off my stopwatch timer which set everything into the final move. Nii-chan got us together afterwards everything went occurring to plan" she tells them happily before remembering she was still tied up. "DAMMIT SOMEBODY UNTIE ME ALREADY!"

Shikamaru and Sasuke sighed knowing she just remembered she was tied up. "Troublesome girl/Dobe" they thought simultaneously as Hinata began working on untying her while apologizing for leaving her tied up.

Kakashi was highly impressed with the strategy and proud that Naruko was able to plan it out so her teammates can use it. "That certainly was an amazing show you three pulled off even if it was a little unorthodox. None the less you three showed excellent teamwork and so I official deemed you three have passed the test and we are now officially Team Seven. Congratulations on officially becoming Genin. Tomorrow Team Seven starts begins taking job request so be ready for it" he tells them smiling at them all.

"Hell Yeah baby we passed!" Naruko cheered hugging Hinata who returned it happily as the two females jumped up and down as their mock happy dance.

Shikamaru and Sasuke still stood to the side, but watched over their girls hiding their amused smiles before blushing as they were each tackled into hugs by said girls who finished their little celebration.

"I think it's time I pay my dues, so Naruko, everyone lets head over to Ichiraku's to continue this celebration" Kakashi offered breaking the four pre-teens apart and causing Naruko to give a louder cheer as she finally gets to eat something.

The group of five was heading out of training ground three and soon crossed paths a pissed off looking Iruka-sensei. The four Genin gave their former sensei a questioning glance, while Kakashi was sweating bullets and taking a few steps back knowing his life was in potential danger.

"Freeze Kakashi. I believe it's time me and you have a talk" Iruka demanded feeling his eye twitch when he saw Kakashi holding and reading that accursed smut book.

"Umm papa, are you okay? You look madder at Nii-chan then you did last week" Naruko pointed out watching her father figure approach her older brother threateningly.

"Naru-chan why don't you guys head off to Ichiraku's without Kakashi-san for right now. He and I will meet you guys over there" Iruka said calmly petting Naruko's hair fixing the silver haired man with a cold glare daring him to run.

Naruko sensing things were going to get dangerous she quickly took Kakashi's wallet and motioned for her friends to follow her. "Papa, don't kill Nii-chan please. We need him for our sensei" she shouted back to the advancing brunette and the scared silver haired Jounin.

"Um Blue-eyes do we want to know what that was about?" Shikamaru asked.

"Well, I noticed Nii-chan always reads that orange book so I got it last week to see what it was about. I didn't understand anything it was talking about so I went to papa to ask him about it. He got really mad and went after Nii-chan. I think he's still mad about that" she tells them missing the embarrassed blush on Hinata's entire face and the angered/embarrassed flushes of Shikamaru and Sasuke.

"Blue-eyes. Never read those books again please for the sake of people's sanity 'my sanity' don't ever read those books again" Shikamaru begs her rubbing his temples hoping Iruka causes the silver haired Jounin some serious damage. "Troublesome perverts and innocent blonds" he mumbled to himself.

"Funny papa said the same thing, but it was from one scene in the book I asked him about because I didn't understand why they described the woman's eyes going hungry staring at the man's c.."

"DON'T FINISH THAT SENTENCE!" Shikamaru and Sasuke both screamed turning fifty shades of red while Hinata simply fainted looking light a beckon of red light as she glowed from head to toe while jumped away from them shaking at their sudden outburst.

"chest? What's wrong with that?" she asked watching the two teen boys face faulted as she blinked confused big blue clueless eyes at them.

Just than Kakashi came sprinting by dodging Shuriken and Kunai as he ran with Iruka sensei in hot pursuit of him.

"KAKASHI! I'LL TEACH YOU TO READ THAT SMUT IN FRONT OF CHILDREN YOU DAMN PERVERTED BASTARD!"

"It was an accident I didn't know she would read the book I swear! Ah Iruka no don't use the explosive tags!"

Naruko felt totally lost about what was going on, but decided to ignore it as she helped Hinata wake up and get back to her feet before tugging the still bright faced Hyuga to Ichiraku's leaving Shikamaru and Sasuke behind.

When the girls were far away did either Sasuke or Shikamaru say anything.

"She's a freaking oblivious idiot isn't she?"

"In something's yes."

"She's going to cause us to become mother hens like Iruka isn't she?"

"Yep."

"She's going to be death of us isn't she?"

"That she will be. Ah what a troublesome way to die."

Lazyfox: Hehe hoped you guys liked the chapter and I'm sorry about the ending I just wanted to have some humor in it~ *still snuggling with her chibi dolls wearing her new hoodie*

Random: Awww chibi-neko Sasuke you are so cute~ :3

Lazyfox: It's creepy when she does it because she's cuddling with the teme's doll *shivers* Now heres Magic with our torture victim and torture victim

Random: Yeaaaaa my super nice buddy who gave me Chibi-Neko Sasuke

Magic: *poofs in with Obi-chan on his head and Kushina and Minato in deep conversation*

Random: Magic~ my buddy! *rushes over to Magic*

Magic: *glares and side step tripping her giggling* Your friend HA! Your my victim~

Lazyfox: Oh this won't end well *backs away holding her dolls closer*

Random: *gulps* I-I a-am?

Magic: *grins* Noooo your Kushina's hahahahaha

Kushina: *grabs Random dragging her away laughing* Thanks Gōmon-Chan~!"

Random: Ahhhhhhhhh *clawing at the stage floor when gloves appear on her hands* What the hell!

Magic: *Letting Obi-chan play with Tablet* What Lazy-Obba-Chan says not to damage the studio and claw marks count as damage *smirks deviously*

Minato: Did you really have to do that?

Magic: Hey you wanna go to? *raises his eyebrow*

*Minato backed into the emo corner*

Magic: Hmph now to the torture *slams the button*

*As the dust cleared leaving a confused Kiba*

Kiba: Where the hell am I!?

Magic: Aw shut it dog breath! Binding Chains! *Chains wrapped around him leaving him harmless* Now to the torture!

*Spins the wheel it landed on a torture card*

Magic: Your torture is to be chased by hormonal cats while you are covered in catnip

Kiba: Whaaaa *A sack full of catnip dumped on him as Magic released 2 dozens of rabid,horny cats* Ahhhhhhh

*Kiba ran for his life cats right behind him*

Magic: Hahahaha *Pets obi-chan*

Lazyfox: Your evil I tell you EVIL!

Magic: Binding Chains! *chains wrap Lazy up* Hahahaha *poofs away laughing*

Lazyfox: Again really MAGICCCCCCCC! Dammit I have got to come up with a way to conceal that thing out. Anyway hope you guys have a Merry Christmas and New year if I don't post anything between then so until next time...

Everyone: JAA-NEE!