Success

"Good morning" Suddenly appearing between them, Kakashi raised his hand in greeting and spoke lazily.

"5 hours late!" quickly turning her gaze to Kakashi, Sakura exclaimed angrily.

"A black cat got in my way, so I had to go back to the beginning" Answering nonchalantly with a cheerful tone, Kakashi turned his gaze towards Naruto and commented "Naruto, why does your hair look like a tomato?"

"I like tomatoes" Raising his thumb towards Kakashi, Naruto replied confidently.

"Perfect" Nodding, Kakashi pulled out a watch from between his clothes and stared at the trio on the ground as he placed the watch on a log "To begin with... alarm set at 12 P.M."

"..."

"Today's goal is to take off one of these bells" Waving two small bells, Kakashi continued "Whoever can't, won't eat lunch!"

"..."

Pointing his finger at three logs in the distance, Kakashi continued "I'll tie them up and eat in front of you."

"B-but you said no breakfast!" with indignation, Sakura continued "I didn't eat anything this morning!"

"That's a pity." 

"And why are there only two bells!?" Exalting herself even more, Sakura exclaimed.

"If there are only two, at least one should stay tied to the trunk" With an amused snort, Kakashi continued "And that means that person couldn't accomplish the mission and therefore, should return to the academy!"

"Ugh" Gritting her teeth as her face turns solemn, Sakura glanced sideways at her team and couldn't help but be surprised to see them completely calm.

"It can be one of you, or all three of you" Looking one by one, Kakashi continued "I recommend you try with everything you have, because you won't be able to take them from me unless you try to kill me"

"But this is too dangerous sensei!"

"He's a Jounin, don't underestimate him" Yawning while turning around, Naruto walked calmly towards the inside of the forest while commenting "Good luck guys!"

'Interesting' Looking at Naruto's back with a thoughtful look, Kakashi turned his gaze towards Sakura and asked "Any questions?"

Noticing how Sasuke was also going off in another direction, Sakura deflated and shook her head, then turned and ran off in a random direction.

"We're starting!" touching the clock, Kakashi shouted openly.

Jumping into a tree, Naruto climbed up to the top and lay down on one of its branches, his eyes fixed on the center, where Kakashi stood and took out a book and began to read standing up.

-What do you plan to do?-

"I have an idea in mind but I don't know if it will work... even if it does I don't know if it really makes sense" Muttering while thinking for a few seconds, Naruto put his fingers together and formed three clones under the tree, then nodded towards them and watched them silently as they scattered around the area.

Waiting a few minutes, Naruto finally saw one of his clones run towards Kakashi head on and screaming as he threw two ninja stars at him.

Dodging them with ease while looking up, Kakashi stared at the small boy in front of him and muttered "Daredevil"

Arriving in front of Kakashi, Naruto didn't even bother to think about it and took a big leap towards his stomach, while tilting his head and preparing to hit him with his whole skull.

Shaking his head, Kakashi took a step backwards trying to dodge with ease, but before he could touch the ground again with his foot, he felt a sudden obstruction behind him and opened his eyes a little wider as he saw his body slowly falling towards the ground and watched in slow motion the smiling Naruto lying on the ground behind him.

*Thud*

"It's mine!" shouting openly while appearing from the sky, Naruto was going to directly smash Kakashi's head with his two feet while both of his other two clones were throwing themselves at him with intentions of holding him back.

*Boom*

With a loud boom as the dust rises, the clones looked all around and after a few seconds when the dust finally dispersed, suddenly their pupils shrank and went up in smoke as 3 kunais embedded into the ground and a piece of trunk fell to the ground.

"It was a good trick, but only that" Appearing from the forest while continuing his reading, Kakashi continued to speak loudly "It was interesting though that you pulled out information with your clones, keep it up"

"..."

"..."

-That was your plan?-

Hearing the mocking voice of the fox, Naruto on the tree snorted and closed his eyes "That's enough for now, I just have to wait"

"He got stronger..." Standing on the branch of another tree in the distance, Sasuke stared at the shattered ground beneath Kakashi's feet and muttered with genuine surprise "I couldn't have easily defended myself from that..."

"What to do..." Frowning slightly as he gained a greater understanding of Kakashi's abilities, Sasuke stared at the man in the center and opened his eyes a little wider as he saw his book slowly fall from his hands.

'One chance' Without taking a second to think, Sasuke took his kunais and swiftly waved them towards Kakashi, managing to successfully hit him as his body is propelled off to the side.

Watching in horror as Kakashi's body disappeared and all his kunais were embedded in a log, Sasuke quickly turned around and started running at full speed while thinking 'Shit, he must know my location by now, I have to get out of here!'

"It started earlier than I thought..." Looking at the book lying on the ground while squinting his eyes, Naruto muttered "This didn't happen in my memories... He dropped the book on purpose to create a fake opening?"

-You're smart-

"They're all gone now, aren't they?"

-The hunt is on-

"Good" Jumping down from the tree, Naruto stretched his body and smiled excitedly "This pleases me for some reason"

-You're technically playing with your friends, obviously you'll be relaxing-

"Let's get to work!" Instantly forming hundreds of clones, Naruto looked at them and they nodded towards him, instantly running around the entire forest and disappearing into the trees.

Running towards the center of the plain, Naruto looked around and muttered "This will be fun."

***

"You're different from the other two, I admit it. No doubt you have exceptional talent" Squatting down in front of Sasuke who only has his head exposed, Kakashi continued "But... they say that the stakes sticking out should be driven well into the ground"

Gritting his teeth in frustration as Kakashi stands up, Sasuke tried to shake his body violently but was totally incapacitated by the pressure of the earth, causing him to only be able to watch the man slowly walk away as the two bells echoed steadily.

"So..." Looking sideways, Kakashi continued "There's only one left"

"Where will be-?" Cutting off his words as he quickly throws a kunai towards the top of a tree in the distance, Kakashi narrowed his eye as he saw the smoke rising and muttered "Another clone... he's spying on me-?"

Stopping his words again as this time he throws 4 ninja stars in the distance, Kakashi easily watched the white smoke come out from the places where he attacked and kept walking.

"*Sigh* How lazy" Shaking his head after several minutes of mindlessly killing clones, Kakashi walked back to the plain and carefully scanned his surroundings, then shrugged his shoulders and picked up his book casually.

"..."

"So nothing..." Shaking his head as he mutters to himself, Kakashi glanced sideways at the clock in the distance and frowned slightly while thinking 'He really won't do anything else? He only has 30 minutes...'

"..."

"I guess they don't have anything else..." Shaking his head as he noticed that there are only 5 minutes left, Kakashi sighed "What a disappointment-"

Cutting off his words as he quickly looks up, Kakashi opened his eyes a little wider in surprise as he saw hundreds of silhouettes come out of the forest and stare at him.

"Looks like I underestimated him."

"Charge!" taking the lead, Naruto waved his hand decisively and shouted.

"""ATTACK!!!""" With the order given, all the clones grinned wildly and with a loud shout, they quickly ran towards Kakashi.

"Hahaha~" Laughing while putting away his book, Kakashi gave little hops as his gaze swept over every Naruto in the place, only to turn his head to the side and watch the ninja stars pass in front of his gaze "Mn?"

"I'm here!" running alongside the clones while throwing multiple Kunais and ninja stars, Sakura shouted with conviction.

Without having time to comprehend the situation, Kakashi launched a kick forward and instantly undid the Naruto clone that arrived in front of him, then moved to the side and began to literally dance among all the clones effectively hitting each of them while dodging the surrounding Kunais without much trouble.

"If this is all you have, it's not enough Naruto!" Backing away slowly as he smoothly hit all the clones rushing at him, Kakashi continued "Just get out of wherever you are-"

Cutting off his words as he suddenly saw his back hugged, Kakashi opened his eyes a little wider and rolled his gaze back, noticing with surprise the smirking Naruto who was holding on tightly to his body.

"Didn't they teach him not to turn his back!?"

Charging forward, numerous Narutos grinned and punched Kakashi's body hard.

*Puff*

But before he could claim victory, suddenly Kakashi transformed into Naruto and as he was stabbed, he quickly disappeared.

"You almost got me kid" Appearing on the tree in the distance, Kakashi looked at the handful of Narutos staring at him and continued "You only have 2 minutes left-"

"Got it!" Throwing a blanket of the same color as the tree into the air as he lunges towards Kakashi, Sakura suddenly screamed as she smiled triumphantly.

"Hoh" Raising his eyebrows as he gave a quick jump, Kakashi exclaimed in surprise.

"He has nowhere to go!" Suddenly jumping down from the treetop, Sasuke formed seals in his hands and inhaled deeply while bowing his body.

With a serious face for the first time, Kakashi didn't wait for the fire to come out and instantly disappeared from the air as a log took his place.

"""Again!?"""

Widely opening their eyes while shouting in disbelief, the clones pointed at Kakashi and shouted in indignation "That's cheating!"

"30 seconds-" Looking at the clones with indifference, Kakashi replied, but before he even finished his words, suddenly his body froze as a pleasant tinkling sound surrounded the place.

*Ding*

Blinking in a daze for a few seconds, Kakashi looked down and stared at the hole next to his feet, then noticed the trunk inside and turned his gaze to his side and noticed the smiling Naruto with two bells in his hands.

*Ding* *Ding*

"What a mess" Wiping the dirt off his clothes with his free hand as the two bells clang in his other hand, Naruto groaned.

"..."

"..." With blank faces as they walk out of the forest, Sasuke and Sakura stared at the bells in Naruto's hands and stood next to Kakashi in silence.

Finishing cleaning his clothes while smirking, Naruto looked up at the disbelieving trio in front of him and asked "So... now what's next?"

"You..." Looking around and noticing that all the clones disappeared, Kakashi was silent for a few seconds and suddenly laughed "That was wonderful."

"He... planned it from the beginning" Looking around with a slight frown, Sasuke muttered with a grim face.

"He planned it all?" with confusion, Sakura asked.

"His first attack wasn't to get information out, if not to prepare the ground" Pointing towards the hole next to him, Kakashi continued "Then he waited for me to leave, hid his clones around and dug a hole where he had previously struck, something that made me not detect anything new on the ground and walk with confidence."

"Then he cornered him with his clones and imitated us... he even imitated the start of my fireball technique" Staring at Naruto, Sasuke continued "Even though you couldn't do the jutsu, you just needed Kakashi-sensei to be forced to switch back with the closest thing he has and since he knows my attack can be lethal, I don't try to switch with one of your clones without knowing if the real one is among them, so I switch right for the log that was next to the hole... he force the whole situation so that he is back in the same place where it all started"