Naru x Iruka - Kakashi - Gaara - Itachi -

They all turned towards the sound only to find Katsuro was holding up the two bells that the two pre-genin were trying to obtain.

"You mean these bells?" He casually asked. The three were shocked that he acquired the bells and no one knew.

"When did you get the bells, Katsuro?" Kakashi asked inquisitively. Katsuro shrugged. "I had them when we were engaged in our taijutsu battle. The ones on your waist are merely henged rocks on strings." True to his words, the henge on the bells on Kakashi's waist released to show round rocks tied to strings.

"How is that possible?! I touched them while I was fighting Kakashi and they felt like the real things!" Sasuke demanded. Katsuro gave him a lazy look.

"It isn't that hard to trick someone into thinking the bells were still there when their focus is mostly on one thing." Sasuke snarled.

Kakashi eye smiled, "Well, Katsuro, you have my bells. What are you going to do with them?" The silveret questioned. Katsuro smirked.

'I'm going to massage and juggle them until I have you screaming out for more, sensei.', "I'm giving them to the other two. I will take going to the academy over being on a team with them any day," Katsuro nonchalantly replied as he threw one bell to Sasuke and the other hit the Haruno on the head. He started walking away with his hands in his arms folded and his hands in his sleeves.

Kakashi studied him as he strolled toward the exit of the training ground.

'That boy. He's fast, but I think he actually knew what this test was about otherwise he wouldn't have given the bells to these two. Heh. This one is interesting.' the jounin thought. (Sasuke and Sakura were at the side cheering themselves for being able to *get* a bell.)

"You know, Katsuro. There are no such thing as a three-man cell for genin. So, unless you all don't want to go back to the academy for another year, I suggest you all work on some way to pass this test by 3 pm. But for now, you can have lunch for 30 minutes, but no one is to feed Sakura or you automatically fail." Kakashi informed the whole group. Sakura pouted at not being able to eat while Sasuke grumbled and started to eat. Katsuro sat further away from the two and silently ate his bento.

*GRRROOOOWWLL!*

The two males turned their attention to the lone female of the group. Sakura blushed hotly when she got their attention. Sasuke just looked away with a bored yet calculating look as he wondered what he would do to be able to pass.

Katsuro kept an eye on her.

"Haruno." Sakura looked up at her name.

"What?" Katsuro stayed silent for a few moments more.

"Do you recall what Kakashi told us?" Sakura scoffed.

"Of course! He said that we have to figure out a way to pass the test before 3pm. Why? Are you hard of hearing?"

"He said that there is no such thing as a three-man cell for genin teams. That suggested that there is a way for us to become a team, but we also have a problem," he continued as if he hadn't been insulted. Sasuke had perked up at this point and was discretely paying attention to what was being said. Sakura tilted her head.

"What is that?"

"What rank is Kakashi?" Sakura became even more confused.

"He's a jounin. Why?" Katsuro slowly nodded as he closed his eyes.

"Can a fresh-out-of-the-academy genin win against a seasoned ninja?"

"Of course not! They wouldn't even stand a chance!" Sakura stated. Katsuro closed his eyes.

"Then why do you think he gave three genin the chance to pass the test when we clearly could not win in a fight against him?" Sakura and Sasuke thought on it.

"If a genin where to fight a seasoned shinobi by themselves, there would be no way for them to even win against him. But if he is fighting three of them, then there is a chance for them to defeat him. Even if very slim." Sakura thought out loud. Sasuke was also thinking this over, but just discarded the whole thing. He believed himself to be strong enough that he didn't need two weaklings holding him back.

"Yes, and that means...?" Katsuro trailed off for her to finish.

"...Maybe, he wants us to...work together...?" Sakura tentatively concluded. Katsuro gave a slight nod. Sasuke inwardly scoffed at the idea, but he was giving it thought as well.

"Correct, but since you two didn't have food before we began, we'll all need more energy to actually put up a better fight."

"But, Kakashi-sensei said that I couldn't eat!" The pinkette protested. Katsuro tilted his head and sighed.

"Sakura. If we want to all pass this test, then we need to break a few rules. It won't be the end of the world and, if we do fail, we could always try again with a different teacher next year. Many academy graduates fail every year, but they always have the chance to become a genin when they truly work hard for it. We could be them or the people who becomes genin in their first try. Take your pick." The calm, dual-haired male explained softly. Sakura mulled it over for a bit longer before hesitantly nodding.

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"Sasuke will feed you." Katsuro bluntly stated.

"WHAT!?" Sasuke shouted. Katsuro shrugged indifferently.

"Do you really expect me to feed her? She would turn me down immediately. So, you do it." Sasuke steamed for being thrown into the fire, so to speak.

"You're the one who thought of this, you feed her!" Sasuke protested.

"With what food?" Katsuro asked with a raised eyebrow.

"The food-!" The Uchiha stopped short when he saw that the bento the other male had was empty. "How did you finish that fast? I didn't even see you lower your mask!" Katsuro inwardly smirked at his perplexity.

"Practice. Now, any other protests? If not, please feed our teammate. We don't want to start our test over on the wrong foot." Katsuro casually said. Sasuke glared hatefully at the taller.

Sakura was stuck in her own little world of the dreamy Sasuke feeding her. She would occasionally giggle and... Was that a line of drool...?

Sasuke huffed and reluctantly brought his food over to the pinkette. Sakura snapped out of her fantasy to wait in anticipation for the "man of her dreams" to provide her with nourishment.

Sasuke picked up a few grains of rice.

Sakura blushed.

Sasuke brought the chopsticks closer to her.

Sakura closed her eyes and parted her lips.

Sasuke grimaced.

He brought the food closer to her mouth. Sakura ate the food with a happy flush to her face. Sasuke quickly backed away.

*BOOM!*

Sorry for the huge delay. I do more reading than I actually do writing :P Plus, I was also working on other fics. BUT! I have given you all my latest update and I am working on getting further into the storyline. I will try not to make the direction of the fic go too much into the original, but there will be similarities.

Without further ado...!

Here are the candidates and their votes-

Shino: 16

Neji: 14

Shikamaru: 12

Haku: 11

Kimimaro: 10

Konohamaru: 8

Minato: 8

Sasuke: 7

Yagura: 7

Inari: 6

Genma: 5

Suigetsu: 4

Utakata: 4

Suigetsu: 4

Ranmaru: 4

Hidan: 4

Obito: 3

Boruto: 3

Menma: 3

Yukimaru: 3

Deidara: 3

Sai: 3

Aoba: 2

Idate: 2

Deidara: 2

Lee: 2

Yamato: 2

Yashamaru: 1

Sumaru: 1

Nagato: 1

Jugo: 1

Kabuto: 1