Chapter 2
Lunch was over and the all the team went back into the school and stayed in different classrooms until their new teachers came to get them. 2 hours pass and team 7 was the only team still in the school waiting for their sensei. Sasuke and Hinata were sitting patiently while Naruto was in front of the door, sticking his head out, looking left and right for their new teacher.
Hinata looks at Naruto, finding the courage to talk to him "N-Naruto why don't y-you sit down and w-wait for our teacher. I-I'm sure they'll be here soon" Hinata said blushing.
" I don't want to. Everyone already met their sensei and are probably on some cool mission. How come were the only ones still waiting for our teacher? I'm ready to roll, Believe It! Naruto said
Hinata nods and sighs I know Naruto is ready and willing to go on mission and all, but we still have lot to learn before we go on the really serious missions She thought.
Hinata came out of her thought as she hear a noise do something being dragged and saw Naruto putting a blackboard eraser on top of the almost closed door.
Sasuke looked as he heard the noise as well. That loser is up to no good again, however his pranks does give me an idea on how to get back at him he thought as he was watching Naruto.
Hinata stood up from her seat and walked down to the front of the room, hoping to stop Naruto from doing his prank "N-Naruto what are you d-doing?! You'll get in t-trouble!"
Naruto grins, jumping down from the stool he used to put the eraser on top of the door "That's what he gets for being late!"
Sasuke closed his eyes "Our teacher is a jonin, an elite ninja. You think he or she will fall for a dumb trick like that?"
" I-I agree with Sasuke, your trick will m-most likely f-fail Naruto, so let's j-just take it down please" Hinata said hoping that both her and Sasuke's reasons were enough to make Naruto put the eraser back on the board.
Suddenly a hand came on the edge of the door. Everyone stop to look at what was going to happen with Naruto's prank. Their new teacher opens the door enough to get in, causing the eraser to fall on his head and down on the floor.
"Ha Ha Ha I got him, he totally fell for it!" Naruto said as he was pointing and laughing at his new teacher.
Hinata looked at her teacher with nervous eyes "I-I'm sorry Sensei, w-we didn't mean to do it" she said trying to convince her teacher it was an accident, so that Naruto wouldn't get in trouble.
Sasuke looked at his teacher with a blank expression He actually fell for that cheap trick? Is this guy really a jonin? He thought as he turned his eyes to Hinata And why is she saying we? Naruto was the only one in on this prank. He was confused on why Hinata was trying to cover for Naruto.
Their teacher picked up the eraser and looked at it,then closed his eyes "Hmm how can I put this? My first impression of this group is you're a bunch of idiots" he said calmly.
Team 7 new teacher led them to the top of a building. He was leaning against the rail while the others were sitting on the stairs. "Alright, why don't you introduce yourself one at a time?"
Hinata looked at her teacher "I-introduce ourselves? W-what would you l-like to know?"
The teacher shrugs " Things you like, things you hate, dreams for the future, hobbies. Things like that" he finished folding his arms.
"Why don't you tell us stuff about you first? You know so we can see how we should do it too" Naruto said, wanting an example on how to introduce himself.
"Me? I'm Kakashi Hatake, things I like and things I hate, well I don't fell like telling you. My dream for the future? Well I never thought about it. As for my hobbies, I have a lot of hobbies" Kakashi said, finishing tell his team about himself.
The only thing we know about him is his name Hinata thought as she was looking at her sensei.
Kakashi straighten up a bit "Ok now it's your turn, you with the blonde hair, you go first" he said.
Naruto smiles, fixing his headband "Believe it, I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I like instant ramen in a cup and I really like the ramen Iruka-sensei got me at the village's noodle shop. But I hate the three minute when you pour the water in the ramen. My hobby is eating different kind of ramen and comparing them. And my dream for the future is to be the greatest hokage, then the whole village will stop disrespecting me and treat me like I'm someone important.
Kakashi eyes widen for a second Well he's grown up in an interesting way, hasn't he? He thought as he looked at Naruto. Kakashi gazed focused on Sasuke " Ok you with the mean look on your face, tell us about yourself."
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I hate a lot of thing and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream because I will make it into a reality. I'm going to restore my clan and destroy a certain someone" Sasuke finished.
Everyone was looking at him shocked at what he said.
Man, I hope it's not me he's talking about destroying Naruto thought as he was scared of being near Sasuke at the moment.
Sasuke what happened to you to make like this today? Hinata thought as she remembered back to when she was seven and she saw a happy and carefree Sasuke.
Kakashi narrowes his eyes a little looking at Sasuke Just as I thought he thought to himself. Then final he turn his gaze to Hinata "Ok young lady, it's your turn".
Hinata blushes and fidgets with her hands " M-My name is Hinata Hyuga, I-I like p-peaceful walks, animals and" she glances at Naruto for a second " cinnamon buns" She said instead of what she was thinking. " I hate being c-called weak and I t-truly hate being a burden on others. M-My hobbies are t-training, c-cooking and knitting. A-And my dream is to b-become strong, s-strong enough not to be look d-down upon and not be l-labeled a burden, enough to protect the people most dear to me" She finished saying with determination in her eyes.
Despite what she's going through with her clan, she still trying to go strong. She has an impressive spirit Kakashi thought
Sasuke looks at Hinata with new respect in his eyes She thrives for strength like I do, only she does it not only for herself but others too. She is different than all those other girls. But why on earth would she be into Naruto? Wait why does that bother me? He thought annoyed that he was letting a stupid thing like that get to him.
Her dream is nice, I guess i don't have to worry about Hinata becoming hokage, she's not even going for that Naruto thought.
Kakashi sighs and straightens up "Ok you're each unique and you have your own ideas, we'll have our first mission tomorrow."
Naruto salutes "What kind of mission are we going to have?"
"It's a task that the four of us will do together" Kakashi said
"What, What, What?" Naruto said excited.
Kakashi looked at them "A survival exercise"
"Huh? Survival exercise? I thought we would be going on a real mission, not more practice. We did this stuff in the academy" Naruto said confused and annoyed that they won't be going on a real mission.
"This won't be like your previous training" Kakashi said
Naruto looked even more confused "So um what kind of training is it then?"
Kakashi started to chuckling at the question.
Hinata was confused on why Kakashi was laughing "Um s-sensei, that was a n-normal question, why a-are you laughing?"
"Well if I tell you the answer, you're not going to like it" Kakashi said as he continued to laugh. Then he stopped and looked at them with a serious look at his face " Out of the 27 graduates who just came here, only 9 will be accepted as genin, the other 18 was be weeded out and sent back to the academy. In other words, this is a make it or break it pass/fail test and the chance you'll fail is at least 66%" Kakashi finished explaining.
Hinata and Naruto looked at Kakashi with shocked expressions on their faces. However Sasuke just looked at him with the same blank expression only his eyes narrowed.
"See I told you, you wouldn't like it" Kakashi said as he saw his students expressions.
"That's crazy! We worked hard to get here, Believe It! What the hell was that graduation test for anyway?!" Naruto said upset at the new information he just found out.
"Oh that, that is to select candidates who might become genin or not." Kakashi said casually.
Naruto whined "Whaaat?"
"That's how it is, I decided whether you pass or fail. Be at the training field at 5am tomorrow and bring you ninja gear" Kakashi explained.
Naruto was shaking in his seat Argh! I'm not going to be weeded out. People are going to respect me one day. I've have to pass this test. Believe it, Believe it. He thought to himself.
I've worked hard to get where I am today. I want to become stronger to protect myself and others. I have to..No I will pass. Hinata thought clutching her hand to her chest.
Sasuke clutches his hands together So that's how it is huh? Well I don't intend on going back and wasting my time in the academy. I will become stronger he thought determined to pass.
Kakashi turns around and looks at the scenery of the building, waving his hand to his students "That's it your dismissed, oh and you better skip breakfast or else, you'll throw up"
Everyone got up and left to go home and prepare. Naruto raises his hands up as he walked with Hinata and Sasuke "I'm not going to pass this! We'll pass and become ninja! I'll see you guys tomorrow." He said then ran home.
Sasuke and Hinata were walking home. Hinata felt uncomfortable with the silence and tried to start a conversation. "S-So um your h-house is the s-same way as mine?" She said
Sasuke kept walking, looking ahead "Yeah it is, it's just a block or two from your place" he said.
Hinata couldn't think of anything else to say and just continued to walk with Sasuke until she was near home. Sasuke looked at Hinata, wanting to know something. "Hinata let me ask you something" he said.
"O-Ok?" Hinata said looking at Sasuke.
"Why do you like Naruto?" Sasuke said
Hinata stopped walking, seeing she was in front of her house and blushes really hard, to the point her face was as red as an apple. "W-What?! H-How did you?" She said wondering how he knew.
Sasuke stopped too and turned to look at her "When we were introducing ourselves, you paused as you looked at Naruto like you were about to say you like him" Sasuke explained.
Hinata looked at Sasuke and sighs I gave myself away. I need to be more careful she thought as she started to speak "N-Naruto is someone I've a-admire, no matter what p-people say about him, H-He doesn't let it get to him. He has a lot of confidence in himself and I wish to have that too" She finished explaining.
I see, so that why she likes him. Sasuke thought as he finished listening to her and walked away. However as soon as he was far enough for Hinata not to hear him, Sasuke said "Hinata, you have determination and a strong spirit, I know you'll become strong, just believe in that"
However Hinata eyes widen because she did hear what he said. She looked at Sasuke as he walked down the block No one has ever said that to me before she thought blushing. She entered her home and went to her room, to prepare. As she did, Hinata thought back to what Sasuke said and smiled, looking out her window "Thank you Sasuke" she said.
Morning came, Sasuke, Naruto and Hinata all came to the meeting place from different directions. They all had their ninja gear and was ready for the exercise. However two hours pass and they were still waiting for Kakashi.
Kakashi came moments after, waving to them " Morning everyone, ready for your first day?"
Naruto stood up " Hey, you're late!" He said angry that they had to wait.
"Well a black cat cross my path, so I had to take the long path" Kakashi said.
I have a feeling his lateness is going to be a normal thing for us both Sasuke and Hinata thought.
"Well let's get started" Kakashi said as he went to a tree trunk and lays a portable clock in the middle and sets it on noon to go off. "It's set for noon" he said and pulls out two bells and dangles them in his hand. "Your assignment is simple, you just have to take these bells from me. That's all there is to it. If you can't get them by noon, you'll go without lunch" Kakashi explained
"Whaaat?!" Naruto said
Kakashi looks at the training posts "you'll be tied to those posts and you'll watch as I eat my lunch in front of you."
Sasuke, Naruto and Hinata stomachs were growling as Kakashi finished talking.
So that's why Sasuke thought as his stomach growled.
Hinata holds her stomach with one arm He told us not to eat breakfast to make it harder on us she thought but then notices something. "W-Wait there are 3 of u-us, w-why are only two bell?" She asked
Kakashi smiled through his mask "Well that way, at least one of you will end up post tied to a post and ultimately disqualified for failing to complete the mission. That one goes back to the academy. Then again, all three of you can fail too. You can use any weapon, including shuriken . If you're not prepared to kill me, you won't be able to get the bells"
"B-But those weapons are too d-dangerous to use sensei, you'll g-get hurt" Hinata said worried about what will happen to their teacher if they use those weapons.
Naruto put his arms behind his head and grins "Especially since you couldn't even dodge that eraser" he said laughing
"Class clowns are normally the weakest links, you can safely ignore them, lowest scores, losers" Kakashi says to Naruto then looks at all his students "When I say start, you can begin"
Naruto stopped grinning and glares at Kakashi, pulls out a kunai knife and charges at him. However Kakashi appears behind him and twists Naruto's arm, so that the kunai knife was still in his hand but pointing behind his neck.
Hinata and Sasuke steps back with shocked expressions on their faces
"Don't be in such a rush, I didn't say start yet" Kakashi said while holding Naruto still.
Sensei moved with such speed I couldn't even see him Hinata thought as she looked at her sensei in awe
So this is a jonin Sasuke thought as he narrowed his eyes.
"But you did come at me with the intent to kill me, so how can I say this, I'm starting to like you guys" Kakashi said releasing his grip on Naruto.
Everyone got in position, on there feet ready to move
"Get ready...and Start!" Kakashi said and everyone scattered.
Moments after, Kakashi was in the middle of the training field alone. Ninja must know how to conceal their movements and hide effectively He thought as he looked around. Sasuke was up in a tree and Hinata was underneath some bushes. Well they understand that much, they've hidden well he thought impressed with his team concealment but then see Naruto standing a few feet away from him. "Well I knew this was coming" he said
From her hiding spot, Hinata watches as the fight between Naruto and Kakashi went on.Naruto is trying his best to get a bell, he's so confident in himself, I wish I was like that too She thought as she watched Naruto try to land a punch on their sensei.
But then she thought back to what Sasuke said yesterday and smiles Well I'm determine to pass this exercise, so I'll do my best too. Then she looked at her sensei and the bells He knows that we all want to pass and become ninja so why does he have only two bells? She starts thinking about it and realizes the answer That's it I know what he wants from us she thought as she saw Naruto was hanging by a rope dangling and Kakashi was picking up the bell.
"Oh and if the bait is obvious, don't take it. A ninja must see through deception " Kakashi said to his dangling student.
"I get it" Naruto said struggling
"I'm telling you this because you don't get it" Kakashi said
Sasuke's eyes widen as he saw an opportunity to strike This is my chance, he finally let his guard down he thought as he threw shuriken at Kakashi.
"Will you ever learn..Argh!" Kakashi grunt as he was hit with shuriken.
Hinata gasps and Naruto jaw drops at what just happen. "He just got blasted with shuriken! Are you out of your mind Sasuke?! You went too far!" Naruto shouted to his teammate.
Sasuke watched as his teacher went down but gasps when he saw it was a log he hit instead. He started to move fast to find another hiding spot Damn, another substitution jutsu and now he knows where I'm hiding, I have to move fast he thought as he jump tree to tree. I thought he lowered his guard but he did that on purpose and I fell for it.
In the bushes somewhere, Kakashi laid hidden from sight, watching Sasuke So that's where he is he thought
Seeing that the coast was clear, Hinata got out of her hiding spot Sensei went after Sasuke, I have to go help him but first I have to cut Naruto down she thought as she rushed over to Naruto.
Naruto saw Hinata coming his way "Hey Hinata, what are you doing out of your hiding spot?" He said
"I c-came here to h-help you down, N-Naruto" Hinata said as she pull out a kunia knife.
"I can do it myself, no need to help me" He said as struggled to get the rope cut. After a few minutes, he sighed and looked at Hinata "um I need help" he admitted
Hinata sighs and nods You could have just let me do that in the first place she thought as she cut down Naruto.
Naruto landed in his feet and grinned "Thanks Hinata, Now I'll-" he started to say before he was caught in another trap again "oh come on! Two damn traps?!" He shouted. Hinata looked up "A-Again?!" She said then cut him down for the second time.
Naruto once again landed on his feet and turned to Hinata "Thanks again, Now I have to come up with a way to get a bell."
"N-Naruto I know w-what we have to do" Hinata said
"Not now Hinata, I'm thinking here" Naruto said trying to come up with a plan.
Hinata knew he was thinking, but she had to tell him she figured out what Kakashi wanted them to do "But N-Naruto I.." She was cut off again as Naruto walked away "I can't think with you distracting me" he said.
Hinata looked at the ground But I know what to do she thought to herself, a little depressed at what Naruto said. Then she remember something Sasuke is still running from sensei! I need to go now. She running through the bushes keeping herself hidden as she searched for Sasuke.
I wonder if sensei caught him as I was helping Naruto Hinata thought as she was moving. Then she was pulled out of her thoughts as she heard a sound and stop, kneeled to the ground and peeked over the bushes to see Kakashi standing below her reading. Thank goodness, I still safe, she sighed in relief.
"Hey Hinata behind you!" A voice behind whispered to her.
Hinata turned to see Kakashi and gasps, jumping back to keep a distance from him. But before she could get far enough, Kakashi made a hand sign and a small tornado of leaves gently surround Hinata. She was in a daze as it happened but when the tornado disappear she was out of her daze and look around. "What just h-happened? I knew sensei was h-here a second ago." She said out loud
"H-Hinata" two weak voices called to her.
That's Sasuke's and Naruto's voice Hinata thought as she turned to see both her teammates severely injured and close to death. "P-Please help u-us" Naruto said coughing
Hinata was close to tears and shaking all over N-No it can't be, just can't be she thought over and over in her head as she fell in her knees. W-wait a minute, If Naruto was injured like this, he couldn't have made it this far she thought as she got up and looked behind them.
"And there is no trail of blood coming from them" she said as she was beginning to she what Kakashi did to her.
"This is a genjutsu, a battle style of Hypnosis". Hinata knew what she had to do. She formed some hand signs "Byakugan" she yelled, using the visual jutsu of her clan, she could see there was no one in front of her. He almost got me just now but I manage to see through his jutsu. She thought glad to see it wasn't real.
From afar, Kakashi watched her "She's very observant, managing to see through the genjutsu. Not only that, she also manage to figure out what I want." He said impressed with what he's seen with Hinata so far.
Hinata looked around with her byakugan and saw Sasuke a couple of feet away. "There he is" she said as she rushed over to him but as she was a few feet away, she saw Kakashi come out no where "Sasuke, behind you!" She shouted to him.
Sasuke heard a shout and looked in front of him "Hinata?" He said as he looked behind like she said and saw Kakashi and made distance between them.
Hinata came up to Sasuke and sighs in relief "I-I'm glad I found you in time" she said. Sasuke looked at her and back at Kakashi "Look Hinata, thanks for giving me the heads up but I'll take care of him myself" he said getting into a fighting stance.
Hinata couldn't believe that after everything she gone through, he wasn't going to let her help. But she wasn't going to take it this time. "N-No I'm going to h-help you" she said getting into her fighting stance.
Sasuke looked at Hinata and saw the determination in her eyes. She's not going to take no for an answer this time he thought as he sighs. "Do what you want but I still don't need it" he said
Kakashi looked at the two Well this will be interesting he thought. "Well I'm waiting you two, show me what you got" he said
Sasuke threw shuriken at Kakashi but he dodged them. "That won't work on me" Kakashi said. Sasuke gave a look and cut the rope to the trap he laid out. A trap?! Kakashi thought as he jumped out the way before the flying weapon could hit him.
Damn I'm not close enough for hand to hand combat Sasuke thought as he realized he wouldn't make it in time to catch Kakashi off guard but what happened next surprised him.
"Gentle fist" Hinata said as she was able to catch Kakashi off guard and attack him. She tried to land a hit on him, hoping to distract him for Sasuke. From the corner of her eye, Hinata looked at Sasuke, giving him a look hoping he knew what to do. Go on, now's your chance, Sasuke she thought.
Kakashi dodged and blocked hinata's attacks. She's trying to hit me but at the same time not, don't tell me Kakashi thought as he heard a sound behind and saw Sasuke running to him to get a bell. She's distracting me! As he realized what was going on, Kakashi grabbed Hinata's arm and threw her to Sasuke.
Sasuke saw this and was ready and caught Hinata in his arms while Kakashi made distance between himself and his students.
Sasuke straighten up and helps Hinata onto her feet. Hinata accepts his help and stands up "T-Thanks for catching me" she says thanking him.
Sasuke looked at Kakashi as he answered her "Your welcome, but I wouldn't need to catch if you weren't in the way" he said to her
Hinata ignored what he said, sticking to her word and stands by him. He may not want my help but I know he can't do this alone. She thought as she waited for someone to make a move.
Sasuke's eyes narrow "Hinata get behind me" he said to her. Hinata looked at him What's he planing?! she thought as she did what he said. Sasuke inhales and quickly form hand signs to perform a jutsu and inhales more, Fire style, fire ball jutsu. Sasuke said in his head as he blew a large ball of fire from his mouth.
What?! Genin can't do fire jutsu takes to much chakra Kakashi thought surprised at what he saw.
Hinata watched in awe as she witnessed Sasuke performing a high level jutsu. Amazing, he's able to perform fire style jutsu and he just came out of the academy She thought as she saw the fire clear.
Both students saw that their teacher was gone. Hinata came out from behind Sasuke and looked around "W-Where did he go?" She asked. "I'm not sure" Sasuke answered her as he searched for Kakashi.
Out of nowhere, smoke bombs landed in front of both. Sasuke quickly cleared his eyes but Hinata wasn't so lucky. "Ahh I-I can't see. I-it's tear gas smoke bombs!" She yelled rubbing her eyes. Sasuke couldn't open his eyes to see her but tried to reach out to her "Hinata just calm down and relax" he said before a hand came out from the ground and grabs his ankle and he yelled as he was dragged down
"Earth style, head hunter jutsu" Kakashi said as he pulled Sasuke into the ground.
"Sasuke?! Are you ok? W-where are you?!" Hinata shouted still couldn't see because of the smoke.
After a minute, the smoke cleared and Hinata was standing in the middle of where the attack started alone. I-I think the smoke cleared but I still can't see she thought as she went into her weapon bag and pulled out a bottle of water. It's a good thing I packed this, I didn't think I would use it for something besides drinking. Hinata poured some water into her hand and washed her eyes out. As soon as she did, she was able to see again. "That's better" she said to herself and looked around to see Sasuke's head popping out of the ground a few feet away from her.
Sasuke was struggling to get out of the ground when he saw Hinata looking at him and a tint of pink came to his cheek. I can't believe someone is seeing me like this, it's so.. He come out of his angry thoughts when he heard a sound that was like music to his ears. He looked up and saw the sound was Hinata giggling. He saw her cheeks were pink and her bright smile as she giggled. She's cute when she giggles. He thought
Hinata came up to him as she was finished giggling "I-I'm so sorry, Sasuke but it was a bit funny" she said apologizing to him.
Sasuke was once brought out of his thought and blushes What's going on?! Why did I think she was cute when she laughed? "Whatever just help me out of here" he said.
After a while, Hinata manage to get Sasuke out of the ground. "You o-ok?" Hinata asked
" I'm fine, just covered in dirt" Sasuke said as he patted himself down.
Hinata thought that this was her chance to tell Sasuke what she figured out. However when she was about to get his attention, she heard the timer of the clock go off. "Damnit we wasted to much time" Sasuke said as he turned to Hinata. "Come on, it's time to go back" he said to her. "R-Right" Hinata said, In the end, I wasn't able to tell them she thought as she walked back with Sasuke.
As soon as they got back, Sasuke and Hinata sat on opposite sides of the post Naruto was tied to. Kakashi was in front of them with his arms crossed.
"Uh oh, stomachs growling huh? That's too bad. Oh about this exercise I won't send any of you guys back to the academy" Kakashi said
Naruto cheered as he heard that, while Hinata thought This can't be right? Can it?
"Yes because all three of you are being dropped from the program, Permanently!" Kakashi said in a harsh tone.
Hinata and Naruto gasped at their teacher and Sasuke just glared at him.
"Drop us from the program?! That means we can never become ninja! You said if we couldn't take the bells, we'd be sent back to the academy! You can't just change your mind and kick us out! Why would you do that?!" Naruto asked while struggling with the ropes, upset and confused.
"Because you don't think like ninja. You think like little kids, like brats" Kakashi answered
Sasuke glared intense and he charges at Kakashi, Hinata saw this and tried to stop him. "Sasuke, Don't!" She said but it was too late because in the blink of an eye, Kakashi sat in top of Sasuke, holding Sasuke's arm and had his feet on top of Sasuke's head. "You think it's all about you, huh?" Kakashi said as he was pinning down his student.
"You don't know what it means to be a ninja. You think it's a game, huh?" Kakashi asked his students but no one answered. "Why do you think we put you on squads? Have you considered that?! Did you realize what this exercise was all about? There are 3 people on a squad, why do you think we would do that?" Kakashi asked again but with a harsher tone.
"Argh how the hell are we suppose to know why you pick three people, we didn't make the rules!" Naruto said frustrated.
Kakashi looked at Hinata "From the beginning, you caught on, didn't you Hinata?" He asked her. Hinata looked at him and nods "Yes I did, Kakashi-sensei, I-it was during y-your battle with N-Naruto"
Naruto looked back and forward at Hinata and Kakashi "What's going on? What did she caught onto?" He asked. Sasuke was still grunting under Kakashi but he manage to look at Hinata for an answer.
"If I could only pick one of you three to be ninja, I would pick Hinata." Kakashi stated.
Naruto and Sasuke looked at Hinata with shocked expressions while Hinata was blushing looking at the ground, avoiding the stares of her teammates.
"The answer to the questions I asked is simple: It's teamwork and out of the three, only one of you asked like a team player" Kakashi said.
Naruto looked at the bells "But wait, there are three of us and only two bells, even if we caught them, we would fight over who got the bells" he said
"Exactly, I purposely pinned you against each other to see if you guys would put the squad ahead of yourselves. A genin should have a natural feel for teamwork" Kakashi said.
"Hold on, Hinata is a nice person and all, but how is she the only one that gets your praise?" Naruto complained
"Because she's the only one who showed teamwork. Naruto, you did everything on your own, Everything . Sasuke, you thought the other two weren't in the same league as you, that they were useless, you two were arrogant." Kakashi said to the boys in a harsh tone and sighs then looked at Hinata. "However Hinata acted differently, She take advantage of my absence and cut you down from the tree, twice Naruto." Kakashi said as he saw the look at Naruto's face change from upset to guilt. "Sasuke, despite the fact you didn't want her help, Hinata still helped you by managing to distract me while you tried to get a bell. Not only that, she took the time to help you out of the ground knowing that time was running out." Kakashi said to Sasuke and saw that he had stop struggling. "The last thing, Hinata had figure out the aim of this exercise and try to tell you two but Naruto, you were too wrapped up in thinking of a plan to get a bell for yourself , you didn't listen instead you walked away. Sasuke, well I can't say anything because time ran out before she could tell you." He said as he got off of Sasuke and walked to a large stone with lots of writing on it.
"On every mission, your life is on the line" Kakashi said as he stopped in front of the stone. "Did you look at this stone? The names engraved on it, they are all ninja who are honored as heroes in our village" He said
"That's it, that's it, that's it, I decided I'm going to have my name engraved on that stone" Naruto said grinning.
Kakashi looked back at Naruto "They are..a special kind of hero" he said to his student.
Still smiling, Naruto said "Huh? What kind of hero were they? Come on tell us!"
"They are all K.I.A"said Kakashi
"Wow, that sounds cool" Naruto said.
"N-Naruto. KIA means killed in action, t-they all died" Hinata explained to him
"This is a memorial stone, the names of my closet friends are engraved here" Kakashi said mournfully looking at the stone.
Everyone bow there head with a mourning look on their faces.
Kakashi straighten up and turned to his students" Ok, I'm going to give you one more chance. However I'm going to make it much harder on you. You'll have three hours to get a bell. Eat lunch now to build up strength but Naruto isn't allowed to have any." He said
Naruto grunts at his teacher.
"It's your punishment for trying to eat by yourself and if anyone tries to feed him, that person will instantly fail. I make the rules, you follow them, got it?" He said in a dangerous tone.
While Kakashi was gone, Sasuke and Hinata were eating the lunches their sensei brought, while Naruto was looking at them. A loud growl came and they turned to look and see it was Naruto's stomach. "This is nothing, I can go without food for days, for weeks, Believe it" he said trying to act tough but another stomach growl came and he whimpers "No problem" he said but with less energy this time.
Sasuke looked at Naruto while he was eating and sighs, leaving half and holds it up to Naruto. "Here, eat" Sasuke said
Naruto looked at him "Huh?!" He said surprised that Sasuke was giving him food.
Hinata looked just as surprised "b-but what about what s-sensei said?"
"I don't sense Kakashi anywhere. Besides we need to get the bells as a team, if Naruto is hungry, he'll be weak and ineffective. That hurts the team and puts the mission at risk" Sasuke said as he looked away.
Hinata looked at Sasuke, He just doesn't what anyone to fail, despite his outward appearance, he cares about us Hinata thought as she held her lunch up to Naruto. "H-Here Naruto, have mine t-too" she said
"Thanks you guys really" Naruto said, very grateful to his teammates.
"Just hurry up and eat, Kakashi could be back at anytime" Sasuke said as he looks around, checking if his teacher was nearby.
"But I can't move my hands. Hinata, you'll have to feed me" Naruto said
Hinata blushes and looked at Naruto "Y-You want me to?"
Sasuke turns and looks at them with a shocked and angry expression and quickly takes his chopsticks and hold up a piece of rice to Naruto "Here you loser, just eat"
Naruto had a weird look face "Huh? I'll just have Hinata feed-" but he was cut off by Sasuke. "Hinata was the one who figure out everything and tried to help us but we were too stubborn. She deserves a meal to herself. Don't you think, Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
After thinking about it, Naruto said"Yeah, you're right, Sasuke"
Sasuke sighs in relief I don't know why but there is no way I'll let Hinata feed him he thought as he still held the piece of rice up to Naruto.
Hinata blushes at the kind gesture and smiles "Thank you, you guys"
Sasuke cheeks turned a little tint of pink "Whatever. Just eat and that goes for you too, Naruto"
Naruto smiled "We got it!" He said before eating the food being him.
Suddenly a huge gust of wind blow at them and the food was blown out of their hands. Hinata yelped, covering her face. As soon as Sasuke heard Hinata, he rushed in front of her to protect her if needed.
"You!" Kakashi appeared with a evil look on his face. "You broke the rules, I hope your ready for your punishment" he said as forming hand signs, the sky turns dark and the clouds were swirling around and lighting coming down. "Any last words?" he asked
Naruto was scared but shouted "Y-You said there were three of us and that why Sasuke and Hinata" he looked at his teammates.
"We're all on this squad and we're all in it together" Sasuke said glaring at Kakashi.
From behind Sasuke, Hinata stood on her knees "Y-Yes, we gave N-Naruto our lunch because the three of us are one!" She said
Kakashi looked at them and smiled "You passed" he said as the sky cleared up.
Naruto said "Huh? But how?"
"You three are the first ones that ever succeed, the other did everything I said and fell into every trap. They couldn't think for themselves. A ninja must see through deception, in the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true." Kakashi said looking at the sky "However, those who abandon their friends are worse than scum" He finished saying.
Everyone smiled at what Kakashi said. "H-He's pretty cool!" Naruto said moved to tears.
"Everyone has passed, Team 7 first real mission is tomorrow" Kakashi said giving them thumbs up. "Come on let's go home"
"Hey, Hey untie me first" Naruto shouted
"Oh s-sorry Naruto" Hinata said cutting the ropes Naruto was in.
As they were walking home with Kakashi along side them, He spoke "Hey, I know I was hard and kind of harsh with you guys today, so how about tomorrow morning at 8am I treat you guys to breakfast, I know this restaurant with high quality stuff"
Naruto jumps up "Alright!" He cheered
"T-That sounds wonderful, thank you s-sensei" Hinata said
"Hmmm why not" said Sasuke
"Great I'll see you all tomorrow where we met up today" Kakashi said before disappearing.
Everyone went their separate way home. As Sasuke was walking home, he overheard about how Naruto painted hokage mountain and smirk. Now I know how to get back at that loser he thought as he went into his place.
The dead of night came and Sasuke was painting over the hokage mountain just like Naruto did but this time he made the paint look like makeup. He painted the hokages cheeks, lips and eyes. It was about 5am by the time he was done, so he quickly but quietly creep near Naruto's open window to find him still asleep. He left the paint cans on the floor and careful put the paint brush in Naruto's hand, then smeared Naruto's cheeks with paint. He nodded at his handy work and left as quietly as he came.
Team 7 was on their way to the restaurant, when Iruka-sensei appeared with an angry look on his face "Naruto, you're in for it now!" He yelled
"Huh? What did I do?" Naruto said confused
"Don't play dumb! You know what you did!" Iruka shouts as he points to hokage mountain. Everyone on Team 7 was looking at Sasuke's work but thought it was Naruto's fault.
"B-But I didn't do it" Naruto said while shaking his head.
"Don't ask innocent! I went to your place and saw the cans of paint and the paint brush! You're going to spend the entire morning cleaning hokage mountain again" Iruka said as he grabbed Naruto by the collar and starts dragging him away.
"B-But I was suppose to have breakfast and Kakashi-sensei was paying!" Naruto said struggling and whining
"You won't get any food until that mountain is spotless!" Iruka said
Kakashi and Hinata walked ahead, not wanting to hear Naruto's whining but Sasuke stayed behind a bit and smirks as he saw Naruto being dragged away "Now we're even, loser" he said before jogging back to Hinata and Kakashi to go enjoy a nice meal.