Chapter 6: Survival Training, Kakashi the Copy Ninja
Sakura felt disappointed in herself after Sasuke reprimanded her.
She even thought back to how Naruto did not speak to her for a whole week, and how much of a genius he turned out to be overnight, despite which she shrugged him off like a nobody in the morning while rushing to sit near Sasuke.
While contemplating her mistakes, she saw Naruto walk over along with Sasuke,
"Let's All eat together as a team!" Naruto said with a smile.
"Mm" Sakura nodded back happily and the trio left the pathway to find a shelter to eat.
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Meanwhile at Naruto's house
"Naruto's room is much neater than I expected, just like Sasuke's own" Kakashi commented as he looked around.
"I am surprised too, believe it or not!" Hiruzen said as he looked around the house.
Kakashi walks to a table nearby and examines a paper on top
"This writing belongs to Guy" Kakashi commented as he analyzed the prescription.
"This would also explain his improved physical abilities...."
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The trio finished their lunch and headed back to the academy. The trio watched
as all the other squads left with their sensei one by one.
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Kakashi sensei never changed) Naruto thought back to times when Kakashi always showed up with a lame excuse for being late.
Naruto then got up, walked towards the board, picked a duster up, and set it between the door frame and the door.
"Naruto that's not going to work on a jonin" Sakura commented
"Hmph" Sasuke snorted as he turned away with no interest.
Naruto turned towards Sasuke and Sakura "Hey, Do you know what is important for a three-man cell?"
"hmm?" Sakura looked at Naruto weirdly.
"It's Teamwork!" Naruto grinned at them.
"But what does it have to do with this?" Sakura asked, while Sasuke also watched with a bit of doubt.
"You see, whenever there is a team, even the smallest of actions are planned together by the team, now imagine our sensei walking through that door, and the duster falls on him...."
"For the last time Naruto and Jonin's are not that stupid" Sakura interrupted.
"Hear me... it's very important, just think what would his first thought be as he analyses the situation, obviously, you both do not support me in the decision, On the other hand, if we all laugh together or mock him at the same time, that would undoubtedly be a result of teamwork, you see the first few missions we do before the chunin exams are all to improve our teamwork..." Naruto lectured while both listened attentively.
"So you are saying, if we demonstrate teamwork, that means fewer D-rank missions and more C-rank missions?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes, technically"
"Now the three of us should sit in front of the door, and remember this very clearly, start laughing the moment the duster hits the floor if it hits his head that is.... If it misses, we should all scorn at the failure at the same time, understood?"
"Mmm," Sasuke and Sakura nodded at the same time.
Almost an hour later...
The Door opens revealing a white-haired face with a half mask and headband in a diagonal position covering an eye. The duster falls squarely onto the head of the man and then lands on the floor,
"Hahahhahaha"
"He fell for it..." (the trio laughed at the same time)
Kakashi took a second to analyze the scene and then bent down to pick the duster.
(Did they do this together?)
"Sorry I am late guys, I came across a black cat and had to take a diversion you see..."
Kakashi smiled as he explained.
He then asks the trio to follow him to the top of a building as they sit down and discuss.
"Why don't we all start by introducing yourselves, your dreams, likes, dislikes, and what not"
"Let me introduce myself, I am Hatake Kakashi, my dislikes I have a lot of my, and for likes, I don't have much. I don't have any ambitions, That's all..."
"He did not tell us anything apart from his name..." Sakura commented to Both Naruto and Sasuke
"Let's start with you on the right," Kakashi said as he pointed out to Naruto.
"Hi, my name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like to eat ramen at Ichiraku's, I hate the three-minute waiting time before eating. My future dream is to be the greatest Hokage."
"You"
"Hi, I am Haruno Sakura, My favorite thing is... My dream is..... (kyun) "
"What is your least favorite?"
Sakura instantly replied "NARUTO"
"And you" Kakashi, Sakura, and Naruto looked toward Sasuke
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I am the last survivor in my clan, I hate sweet things, and I don't particularly like anything, I wouldn't necessarily say that I have a dream, but I do have an ambition, that is one day to resurrect my clan and kill a certain man..."
Kakashi looks at Sasuke for a moment before he gets up and speaks
"Now that the introductions are over, you are all to meet up by 5 am at the training fields and remember to skip your breakfast. We are going to have a survival training. Team 7 Dismissed!"
Kakashi jumps off to a nearby building as he heads to another place.
Naruto then towards Sasuke and Sakura
"Sakura, I want you to prepare a lot of ropes, kunai, shurikens, and spikes as you will be setting up traps for tomorrow's battle since we would have a lot of time considering how late sensei can appear. As for you Sasuke, I want you to team up with me for a frontal assault while Sakura covers from the back with weapons. Should be a walk in the park if this plays out perfectly."Naruto grinned as he was itching to battle against Kakashi the next day.
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"Good Morning"
"Good Morning"
"Good Morning"
The trio greeted.
"Show me the tools Sakura" Naruto asked as he went towards Sakura.
Sakura took out all the tools from her bag, as she laid them neatly on the floor in an orderly manner.
"Good, let's go set up some traps, also do you guys know how to set up staged wire traps?"
Naruto asked with a plan in mind.
"I can help you with that," Sasuke said as he started placing the wires in a certain pattern on the ground.
Time passed until Kakashi finally showed up at 10 am.
"I hope everyone has skipped their breakfast, yeah"
Kakshi reached into his back pocket as he took out two bells.
"This is a pair of bells, you are to collect it from me before lunchtime i.e. before 12 pm, failing to do so, a person will be tied up to the log, and that person will not get lunch. A final chance will be given in the afternoon, if you are unable to collect it by then, you will be sent back to the academy." Kakashi said as he looked into the trio's eyes.
"I will now count down to 1, by then you should be hidden in good places, okay"
The trio nodded as Kakashi started counting.
"3"
"2"
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"1"
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"Start!"
The trio disappeared from the spot as they occupied different bushes to conceal themselves.
"Looks like they have hidden themselves well" Kakashi spoke to himself as he kept searching around for them.
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In a particular tree top.
Naruto raised his right hand up, with Sakura being alert to respond to Naruto's trigger.
"Now,"
Naruto says as he jumps off the tree, Simultaneously Sakura unleashes her attack mechanism which launches about 5 kunais that flew towards Kakashi's body and then hits its mark, Kakashi becomes covered in a puff of smoke, only to reveal a tree log with the stabbed Kunais,
"Substitution" Naruto and Sasuke reacted. Naruto along with Sasuke rushed head-first to face Kakashi in a direct battle as soon as he reappeared after the substitution.
(BOOM)
(BOOM)
(BOOM)
Kakashi fought both Naruto and Sasuke at the same, with punches and kicks flying in from all directions.
Naruto and Sasuke haven't teamed up properly as they had only recognized each other as equals, two days before. So their teamwork was just about basic ones as they made their move one after another whenever they saw an opening.
(BOOM!!!!)
both punched at the same time, only to be blocked as Kakashi retreated a few meters back, he takes a look at Naruto and Sasuke and says...
"You guys are extremely strong, such that I have no choice but to do this" Kakashi lifted his protector as he opened his left eye.
"Sharingan?" Sasuke screamed.
"Not good, Sasuke let's retreat," Naruto said as he took some smoke bombs and deployed them.
(Poof)
The duo disappeared reducing the pressure on Kakashi.
"Too bad that I don't have time to read the novel now...." He murmured looking in the direction the duo retreated to.
Near the bushes, Naruto appears with Sasuke, Sakura rushes to their side as they arrive.
"Sasuke, calm down, we need to analyze the current situation," Naruto said as Sasuke regained his composure.
"Sharingan in the left eye, is he an Unchiha survivor?" Sasuke murmured as he looked towards the general direction of Kakashi.
"It's a three comma eye, He most likely has a basic mastery over the sharingan compared to a newbie Sasuke...." Naruto whispered.
"newbie Sasuke? Does it mean you have awakened the Sharingan?" Sakura asked excitedly.
"Now is not the time to be surprised Sakura, focus," Naruto said as he gestured towards Sakura to be silent.
"Sasuke, the Sharingan eyes cannot differentiate between shadow clones, so I
am going ahead, once one of my clones gets close to him on the attacks, you perform the fire jutsu from that day.... alright?" Naruto looked towards Sasuke waiting for his answer.
"How do you know that Sharingan cannot differentiate between Shadow clones?" Sasuke asked suspiciously.
"It is because they distribute chakra equally, not only sharingan, even the byakugan won't be able to differentiate. That's the best advantage this technique has, however, we must fight in an unorthodox manner to prevent his Sharingan from reading our moves, so first we must try to draw him towards one of Sakura's traps and use that to force an opening whenever we attack."
"Also Sasuke, I think this a good training for you to get used to your Sharingan....."
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Kakashi eventually got tired of waiting and started walking towards the trio. (whoosh!)
Naruto and Sasuke appeared.
Kakashi was stunned to see Sasuke had awoken the Sharingan, with the initial
one comma.
Naruto smirked as he ran forth.
"Kage-bunshin-no-jutsu!"
(poof)
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(poof)
(poof)
(poof)
About 5 clones appeared at the same time and started fighting against Kakashi in close combat, Kakashi found it hard to fight as he started moving, Naruto smirked making his clones start cornering Kakashi and forcing him to move in a particular direction.
(boom)
(boom)
(boom)
The fight went on with Sasuke throwing a kunai or 2 in the middle, Kakashi then used an Earth escape technique to go underground, Naruto then signaled Sakura, as they were close by while forcing Kakashi slowly towards this location, Naruto raised his hand as he activated sage jutsu for this one attack, He punched the ground sending Kakashi straight up.
His clones followed through on the action and went to fight Kakashi.
Sasuke then performed the hand seals
Fire Style - Grand Fire Ball jutsu!
(Hooofffff!!) Sasuke blew the fireball towards Kakashi, while Naruto signaled Sakura to send in her strike.
Sakura sent forth a set of kunais with bomb attachments as they made their way to the site glowing with the fire.
(BOOM!!!)
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