The next day
Naruto woke up to the sound of his alarm blaring through his house. He reached over and smashed the snooze button. "What time is it Kurama?"
"It's about 8:00 A.M. You should get ready to go to the academy for the last time."
"Oh yeah. I get my team placements today."
"Yup. Who do you think you'll get on your team?"
Naruto sat up in his bed. "Well let's see. I'm registered as the dead last in the school. So to even out the team's abilities, they'll probably put Sasuke on my team." Naruto was slightly annoyed with that outcome. He did not like the Uchiha's attitude. "Then we need one Kunoichi on each team. They're probably gonna reform Ino-Shicka-Cho. So that rules out Ino. Hinata has the Byakugan, so they're most likely not gonna put two powerful Doujutsu on the same team. That leaves only Sakura. Or as I like to call her, the Fan Girling Banshee."
"Wow! I feel for you kit." Thanks to his telepathic connection to the blond, Naruto's experiences with his classmates were also Kurama's experiences. So he knew how aggravating they could be. Especially the Uchiha and his pink haired fangirl.
"Well that's how it is. I guess... I can finally guarantee that the universe hates me with a passion."
"Maybe they'll be better than you think." Kuama was trying to give him some reassurance, even though he himself doubts the statement.
"Nevertheless, I had better get ready!" Naruto really was excited. He may not be happy with his teammates, but he knew he'd finally get to show everybody his skills. Well some of his skills. Wouldn't want to ruin all the surprises, now would he?
He took a shower, and began to get dressed in black anbu pants with wrappings around his legs to hide his weights, (A/N Naruto's weights have increased to 50 lbs. on his arms and 70 his legs. Naruto's training regiment has also increased to 200 laps around the training ground,150 one handed push-ups for each arm, and 300 sit ups. He does this before he starts training, and at night before he goes to bed.) He wears black shinobi sandals, a sleeveless fishnet shirt, a black zip-up jacket with a crimson red Uzumaki crest on the back, his kunai holster on his outer right leg just above the bandages, and his shuriken pouch on his hip. Along with a couple sealing scrolls filled with extra weapons, such as blast tags, smoke bombs, and some lightning tags that he created himself.
Over the six years of training, Naruto's Fuinjutsu skills have increased to apprentice level, meaning he can now create his own seals in a matter of seconds. His Taijutsu has increased to near Jonin level, making his speed with the weights almost as fast as most anbu. His chakra control has only reached high Chunin level, due to the massive amounts of chakra that he has. If he had less, it'd probably be about Sannin level. He can now fight on top of water for an hour at a time, and a tree about 3 hours at a time. His Ninjutsu skills have increased to about High-Jonin level, meaning he can do hand seals much faster, almost completely undetected by the Sharringan. The Jutsu he has in his arsenal, are the Hiraishin from his father. Because of his Fuinjutsu being so high, he has made a new formula. Now he's even faster than Minato was. He also possesses the chakra chains from his mother. He can now form the chains, but has some trouble maintaining them for more than a couple minutes at a time. And finally he has Futon Daitoppa (wind release great breakthrough). His Genjutsu skills have increased to low Chunin allowing him to sense, enact and break E-C level Genjutsu.
After Naruto got dressed, he had a nice breakfast of eggs, hash browns, and waffles, along with a glass of milk. Then he headed out the door to the academy, ignoring the hateful glares and words that were thrown his way. No matter what they said, he just smiled at them, and walked away.
Time skip academy
Naruto walked into the class, a smile still on his face due to his excitement of finally becoming a ninja. Everyone else was still thinking about what happened yesterday. They shrugged it off, figuring it was just luck. This was due to the idiotic look present on his face as he walked in. Yeah, they still thought he was weak. They're in for a huge surprise.
Iruka walked in, expecting to have to calm the class down. But instead he was surprised at how quiet it was. He decided to just go with it. Less work for him this way. "Now before we start," Iruka began to speak, addressing his former students. "Due to unforeseen consequences. Mizuki will not be joining us today." He noticed the confusion on everyone's face. He was not allowed to divulge any more info than what he had already told them. So he thought it best to change the subject, and continue class as usual. "Now graduates! I'm proud to tell you that your lives as shinobi are about to begin. Right now, you're at the lowest level of ninja, Genin. I'm fully confident you'll all be wonderful Shinobi. To begin, you will all be sorted into 3 man cells, with a Jonin Sensei as your team leader. Listen closely for your name." The chunin began listing team numbers and the names of the students who belonged to that specific team, as well as who their instructor would be. Naruto tuned him out, until he heard his name spoken. "Team seven will be Naruto Uzumaki." Said blond, lifted his head, and started to pay attention once more. "Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno."
"Yes! See I'm on the team with Sasuke. In your face Ino!" The pinkette yelled to a female student, now known as Ino, who was seated behind her.
"Don't get in my way Dobe," Sasuke jeered in a smug tone to his new teammate, trying to get the blond to lash out like the moron Sasuke thought he was. But to everyone's utter surprise, Naruto didn't retaliate by calling Sasuke a Teme. The boy in question, completely ignored the Uchiha's obvious bating. This did not go over well for the brooding boy. Sure Sasuke himself may ignore people. But he absolutely hated it when people did the same to him. His mindset was that he should be treated like royalty, and anyone he spoke to should be honored that they were even worth his time. "Hey! I'm talking to you idiot!"
Naruto still didn't rise to the challenge. "Hmm? I'm sorry did you say something?" He turned towards the Uchiha, blinking owlishly.
As of now the entire class, even Iruka had their mouths hanging open. They for sure thought he was gonna do something in his usual, loudmouthed, idiotic way.
With Hiruzen and the Jonin Senseis
The Jonin were watching the class through the crystal ball, and they too were bewildered by Naruto's lack of immaturity. Like everyone else, they were led to believe that Naruto was loud and obnoxious. Yet what they were seeing, was the complete opposite. Everyone in the room sweat dropped at Naruto's Kakashi like reaction towards Sasuke, that he himself would use on Gai. Great, another one. Let's hope he doesn't adopt Kakashi's tardiness as well, they all thought.
"I thought he was supposed to be a loudmouthed brat," one of the Jonin, who was smoking a cigarette, remarked.
"Yeah, me too," said another one of the instructors. It was a woman with midnight black hair, and dark red eyes. "Instead, he's actually quite mature!"
"It would appear...Naruto has fooled us all," The Hokage says, pretending to have been deceived like everybody else.
"If he's not actually loud and obnoxious, it makes you wonder what else he's been hiding," another one of the Jonin spoke up. His tone came across as uncaring. But he was actually quite intrigued.
"Yeah Totally," everyone announced, in agreement with the man.
"For all we know. He could be hiding his true strength." Kakashi figured he shouldn't underestimate him. His genin team might not be so boring after all, the lazy sounding teacher added as an afterthought.
"Why do you think he did it though?" Asked the same dark haired female instructor.
"Who knows? Maybe we will find out soon. For now, it shall remain a mystery," the old Hokage conceded. Even though he knew of Naruto's act, he still did not know everything about how strong the boy actually was.
"Wait!" The lazy Jonin yelled, getting everybody's attention. "Isn't he supposed to be wearing a neon kill me orange jumpsuit, that would make him easily noticed in the field? Instead he looks like a real shinobi!" Usually, the man could keep his emotions in check. But with all this new info about Naruto that pretty much disregards everything they knew about him before today, he was unable to keep up his emotionless stupor. "Even though we're surprised at Naruto's behavior. You've got to admit. The look on Sasuke's face is priceless," he says, not even trying to suppress his laughter.
Everyone else just silently agreed.
Back In The Classroom
Iruka had finally gotten over his shock, and continued reading off the Squad assignments. "Team 8 will be, Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzka, and Shino Aburame."
"I can't believe Sakura's on Sasuke's team," Ino grumbled, a dejected look on her face.
"What do you even see in a guy like that? He's not that special," a boy with a pineapple haircut, said in his usual lazy tone.
"You are so beyond clueless Shikamaru! Don't you get it?!" Ino said replying to the boy's question with another one.
Shikamaru sighed. "No I don't get it! Cause I'm not a girl!"
"You are so full of yourself. Jealousy is a terrible thing. I'd hate to be on your squad," the platinum blond declares with a smug look on her face.
"Team 10 will be Ino Yamanaka, Shikimaru Nara," the chunin continues reading.
"Ha! Did you say something about hating to be on my squad?!" Shikamaru said with a huge smirk on his Face.
Iruka chose to ignore that response. "And Choji Akimichi!"
"Ahh not the food guy too," Ino groans, causing a chubby kid who was eating chips to turn and glare at her.
"Those are all the squads. Come back here after lunch, and wait for your Jonin Senseis to come and pick you up." Iruka turned and left the room, followed by other students who were heading off to eat with their friends.
Sasuke walked out of the room with his hands in his pockets, and Sakura followed, so they could get to know each other better. Especially now that they were teammates. She completely forgot about Naruto. The blond on the other hand, was waiting till everyone had left the room. When he saw that the coast was clear, he jumped out the window, and walked up the wall to the top of the academy building. Now he could eat his lunch in peace and quiet.
With Sasuke
He didn't notice Sakura following him. The raven was too busy thinking about how much Naruto has changed. He was totally expecting him to retaliate when he harassed him. But low and behold, Naruto flat out ignored him. Then there was also that fight they had yesterday. The blond completely defeated him in one move. Sasuke was angry. As an Uchiha, he was supposed to be the best. He was also confused, because wasn't Naruto supposed to be the dead last? So how had he just defeated him so EASILY? The boy couldn't understand, and decided to chalk it up to Naruto being lucky and catching him off guard. After all, NO ONE could defeat him, right? Sasuke was brought out of his thoughts, when he realized Sakura was talking to him.
"Hey Sasuke. Do you want to have lunch together?" The young girl asked, a small blush on her face.
"No," he replied, absolute contempt in his voice.
"But I thought that, you know since we are a team now. We should get to know each other better," Sakura reasoned, full of hope that really shouldn't have been there in the first place. The object of her affection never paid any attention to her whatsoever. Nevertheless she continued to adore him.
"Why would I want to get to know you better. You're useless, and not worth my time! Why don't you go ask Naruto. He's your teammate as well?" Sasuke was already starting to lose his patience with her.
"Naruto is the one who is useless! He is just a loudmouthed idiot, who pranks everyone all the time," the pinkette retorted.
"That is because he has no family to tell him not to."
"He's lucky! If I did that. My parents would scold me."
"Alone, Isolated."
"Huh?"
"It's not about being scolded by your parents. You have no idea what it means to be alone." Man! He thought he hated her before.
Sakura knit her eyebrows in confusion."Wha- why are you saying that!?"
"Because! Your annoying," he answered, leveling her with a glare.
A hurt expression crossed Sakura's face, before she decided to walk away, and leave Sasuke alone for now.
Time skip after lunch (Naruto's pov)
Every other team's sensei's have come and taken their genin, leaving only team 7.
Sakura was clearly annoyed with the present situation. "Why is our Sensei the only one who's late!" She screamed her head off, annoying both her fellow teammates in the process.
"Will you shut up!" Sasuke demanded, glaring at her once again.
"I'm sorry Sasuke." Sakura quieted down after that.
"If they're this late. Our Sensei is probably Kakashi Hatake. He's infamous for being 3 hours late to almost everything," Naruto said, calmly. A grin on his face due to his teammate's reactions.
"What!?" They both shouted.
"Don't worry," Naruto said. "I will punish him for being late." Naruto picks up one of the chalk erasers, and ties some ninja wire around it. He then ties the wire around a pot holder right above the door, and sets it in between the door and the frame. Then he ties even more ninja wire around the doorknob, the other end held firmly in his hand. This will allow him to slam the door in the man's face.
After 10 minutes, Kakashi finally shows up.
Kakashi's P.O.V.
Now that it's been at least 3 hours, Kakashi figured he should go and get his team. Once the silver haired Jonin got there, he noticed that Naruto was trying to pull a prank on him. So that part wasn't an act, he confirmed. The lazy man chose to fall for it on purpose. He figures, what's the worst the kid could do, right?
Naruto's P.O.V.
The blond knows that Kakashis is going to fall for his stunt on purpose. That's why he made it better. "Guys," he said, grabbing the attention of his teammates. "I'm positive Kakashi is going to fall for my prank purposefully. Which is why I made it more complex. Watch it's gonna be hilarious."
Once Kakashi stuck his head in the doorway the eraser fell on his head. He jumped backwards, causing the eraser to swing forward, and come back, just as he was walking into the room. The object hit him in the eye.
Naruto proceeded to yank on the end of the wire that he had in his hand, slamming the door in Kakashi's face, giving him a bloody nose. Naruto couldn't hold in his laughter, and started chortling like a maniac, probably scaring his teammates in the process.
Third Person P.O.V.
Kakashi opened the door once more. He came in, and glared at Naruto.
Naruto stared at him in response, a serious and evil look in his eyes. "That's what you get for being late, Kakashi Hatake. Do it again, and it'll only get worse," Naruto said in a creepy singsong voice.
Kalashi got the hint, and vowed never to be late again. He did not want to think about what else Naruto would do to him. But one thing confused him. How did Naruto know who he was? "I won't," he promises, fear evident in his voice. He tried to hide it, but Naruto could still sense it. "Meet me on the roof," the man instructs, before shunshining away.
Sakura and Sasuke started walking out of the classroom, and toward the stairs.
Naruto on the other hand, jumps out the window, and runs up the wall, just like he did during lunch time. When Naruto reaches the top, he jumps over the railing and lands in front of Kakashi, scaring the crap out of the Jonin cyclops.
After a couple minutes, Sakura and Sasuke come up the stairs, onto the roof. They were shocked to see Naruto already there. He didn't even pass us, they both thought.
"Hey dobe! how'd you get here so fast?"
Naruto turns around. "I just walked up the side of the wall," he answers like it was nothing, while gesturing to the edge of the roof with his thumb.
Sasuke and Sakura were completely surprised by Naruto's show of skill.
The blond noticed the look they were giving him "What? I don't know the shunshin technique that Kakashi used. So I had to improvise," he explains, once again like it was nothing.
Kakashi was shocked as well. He didn't think Naruto had any chakra control whatsoever to be able to do something like that. He added that one to the growing list of surprises. "Alright now that we're all here, we can introduce ourselves."
Sakura turned her head to Kakashi, a quizzical look on her face. "How do we do that?"
Seriously did this girl just ask him that Question. "You know, Tell us your likes and dislikes, hobbies, dreams for the Future stuff like that," Kakashi explained.
"It is common courtesy to introduce yourself first," Naruto says, turning to the lazy Jonin, a small grin on his face.
"Me. I'm Kakashi Hatake. I like things and I dislike things," he says. "Dreams for the future. I haven't really thought about it, and I have lots of hobbies," kakashi finished with an eye smile.
Are you kidding. "That was totally useless. All he told us was his name," Sakura says, looking towards her peers.
"No shit,Sherlock" Naruto remarks. annoyance in his tone.
Sasuke silently agreed.
Sakura glares at him.
"Now you Blondy." kakashi pointed at Naruto.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I like Ramen, my friends, and flowers. I dislike Fangirling Banshees, arrogant snobs who think they deserve respect, just because of their family name, and perverted people who are always late." Naruto makes sure to look everyone straight in the eye, as he mentions the parts that apply to that specific person. "My hobbies include: Training and talking to my friends. Dreams for the future are to have people finally acknowledge my existence, in a positive way. Then once I've done that my dream is to become Hokage, and change the village for the better," he finished his introduction, complete seriousness.
Everyone there was truly amazed at how much thought Naruto put into what he said.
Kakashi came out of his daze a few seconds later. He mentioned something about all of us in his list of dislikes. Jeez this kid is not at all what he expected. "Pinkie," he says gesturing to Sakura, "your turn."
Sakura glared at the Jonin, this time. She hated that nickname. "I'm Sakura Haruno. I like, I mean the person I like is-" she glances at Sasuke. "My hobbies are-" she looks at Sasuke again. "My dreams" she stares at the boy one last time, squeals, blushes, and hides her face with her hands.
Figures. Girls her age are more interested in boys than Ninja training. "And what do you hate?" Kakashi asks, already knowing the answer.
"Naruto!" Sakura growls, once again, glaring at him.
Kakashi looks to see how Naruto reacts. she was his crush after all. to his further surprise. Naruto made no indication of even caring about what she said. Guess that was also part of the act. That's another one on the list he supposed. "Now you, the brooding one."
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I dislike a lot of things and don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream," Saskue begins. His voice takes on a darker tone. "Because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan, and DESTROY a certain someone."
Kakashi and Naruto both figured that was the case.
Sakura was thinking about how cool and hot Sasuke was.
That was certainly interesting, Kakashi mused. "Well you're each unique, and have your own ideas. We'll have our first mission tomorrow."
Sakura was surprised. They were already going to be doing a mission."What kind of mission is it Sensei?"
"It's one all 4 of us will do together." Kakashi settled on being as vague as possible.
"What is it?" Now Naruto was intrigued.
"A survival exercise," he responded. Once again, being extremely cryptic.
"What! I thought we were supposed to do a real mission. Not more practice. We already did that stuff at the Academy. That's how we got here!" Was this guy for real. Who does he think they are, a bunch of kids?
"This is not like your previous training," Kakahi replied, giving the group a tiny bit of info to go on.
Sakura took on a somewhat smug/snotty countenance. "So, what kind of training is it then?"
Kakashi chuckled darkly.
This irritated Sakura greatly. "Hey! that's a normal question. what's so funny!?"
The man smiled under his mask. "Well if I tell you the answer. You're not going to like it."
Sakura was even more confused. "Huuuh!?"
The Jonin elaborated. "Of the 27 graduates that just came here. Only 9 will actually be accepted as Genin. The other 18 will 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 that you'll fail, is at least 66%!"
Immediately, Sasuke turned serious.
Sakura started freaking out.
Naruto, well... Naruto looked impassive. Like what Kakashi had just said, did not shock or worry him one bit.
Maybe he already knows the point of the test, Kakashi wondered. "See... didn't I tell you you wouldn't like it?"
"That's crazy! What was the graduation test for, if we're still not Genin?" Sakura really did not like the possibility that there was still a chance she could be separated from her Sasuke.
"Oh, that. That was just to select the candidates who might become Genin...or not," Kakashi explained, an apathetic tone to his voice.
"Whaaaat!" This is ridiculous. There is no way that Sakura will allow Sasuke and her to be split apart.
"That's how it is. I decide whether you pass or fail. Be at the designated training spot at 5 A.m., and bring your ninja gear." Kakashi scanned the group, gauging their reactions.
If Sakura fails. She'll be separated from Sasuke. This is a trial of love, she mused.
Sasuke had to pass if he wanted to get stronger. The raven glanced towards his groupmates. Sakura and Naruto better not hold him back. He is not really worried about Naruto. But Sakura is Pathetic.
"This is gonna be easy, right Kurama?" Naruto spoke to the beast telepathically.
"Yeah probably."
"That's it. You're dismissed. Oh, tomorrow you better skip breakfast, or else you'll puke," kakashi added. One last nail in the coffin. He wanted to try one last time, to see if he might possibly get a rise from Naruto.
Naruto stood up. "Well I'm not skipping breakfast, or else I won't have enough energy for the mission. After all it is the MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY!" He was hoping his team would get the hint.
Was he trying to get them to eat, because he knows what's coming or is he just plain rebellious? Either way, it doesn't look like they're catching on. kakashi was starting to wonder about the competence of his two other students.
Sakura also stood up, and choose to scold the blond by yelling at him."Naruto, don't be stupid. The Sensei just told us not to eat, you idiot!"
Naruto spoke even louder this time. "Does it look like I care? I NEED my ENERGY if we're going to be doing a MISSION!"
Yup. He's definitely trying to get them to eat, Kakashi realized. He knows what's going on. But how does he Know?
Naruto's explanation started to turn the wheels in Sasuke's head. Is he trying to tell them something? Maybe he should eat. Then again, Kakashi did tell them not to. But the way Naruto stressed the words, need, energy, and mission. Hmmm?
The next morning
Naruto woke up at around 4:00 A.m., showered, got dressed in his black anbu pants with wrappings around the ankles almost all the way up to his Knees, black shinobi sandals, sleeveless fishnet shirt with a dark orange collar, a black zip-up jacket with a dark red Uzumaki crest. The jacket had four pockets. Two of them were on the inside of the jacket,close to the sleeves on boths sides. The other two were in the same spot, but they were on the outside. A deep crimson red Uzumaki crest was adorned on the back. He has wrappings on his arms. His weapons pouch was located on his right hip and Kunai Holster on his lower outer right leg, right above where the wrappings end. He has storage scrolls in his pockets, containing his smoke bombs, blast tags, and lightning tags. Finished off with dark orange fingerless gloves, that each have a seal right on the metal plates. These seals contain extra shuriken on the right and extra Kunai on the left. He was ready for anything. He ate breakfast, performed his workout routine, and headed to the training ground. He really hoped his team took the hint about eating breakfast. He ate breakfast, did his workout routine, and headed to the training ground. He really hoped his team took the hint about eating breakfast.
Training Ground
Once He got to the training ground, it was about 4:45 A.m. Ten minutes later Sakura and Sasuke showed up.
Sakura was EXHAUSTED.
Sasuke looked as if he woke up this early everyday.
3 minutes went by. Naruto started planning ways to punish Kakashi if he was late. He could zap him with his lightning tags, take his book and throw it in the water. He must have looked creepy. Because after he thought of that option, Sakura and Sasuke inch away from him.
"Sorry guys," The blond looked sheepish. "I was just thinking of ways to punish Kakashi-Sensei. You know, if he was late again."
"Oh, ok," Sakura said, only slightly more at ease. She was concerned with the sanity of her blond teammate.
"Hn," Sasuke responded. He honestly did not care.
"Well nice to see you too Sasuke." Right when Naruto was about to start his plan against Kakashi, the man showed up, exactly at five. Good. Looks like he learned his lesson last time. "Good thing you're on time. I'd sure hate to have to punish you again," Naruto said in the sweetest voice he could muster. Everyone just took a step back from him once again. Even The Jonin.
Yeah right. He'd love to punish Kakashi again, they all thought.
"Morning everyone. ready for your first day?" Kakashi gave them all an eye smile.
Sakura could barely function right now. "Uh huh."
"Well let's get started." Kakashi set down a clock and pressed the top down to start it. "Here we go. Its set for noon."
Sakura was more awake after that."Huh?"
"Your assignment is very simple," kakashi began. "You just have to take these bells from me," he motioned to the bells dangling from his hip. "That's all there is to it. If you can't get them by noon, you go without lunch. You'll be tied to those posts, and you'll watch while I eat my lunch right in front of you."
Sasuke was furious with himself. So that's why, dang it! He should have taken the dobe's hint.
Naruto was right!? Sakura couldn't decide what was more astounding. That their teacher would pull such a dirty trick on them, or that the blond was right about something, for once.
kakashi realized they didn't take Naruto's hint to have breakfast. But still, how'd Naruto know?
Something didn't make sense to Sakura. "Wait a minute! there's three of us. How come there's only 2 bells?"
Kakashi smirked "Heh, heh. Well that way, at least one of you will end up tied to a post and ultimately disqualified, for failing to complete the mission. That one goes back to the academy. Then again, all 3 of you could flunk, out too," he reminded. "You can use any weapons, including, but not limited to: shuriken. If you're not prepared to kill won't be able to take the bells," he said giving the group his famous eye smile, once more.
Only Sasuke or Sakura had any reaction to what Kakashi said.
Man does nothing worry this kid, kakashi wondered. Then again. It could be because he knows what the test is about. Well... only time will tell.
"Those weapons are too dangerous, Sensei," Sakura reminds.
"Sakura. He is a Jonin. He'd probably be able to dodge everything we threw at him. There's a slim chance we'll even be able to touch him," Naruto reminded, trying to reason with her.
"When I say start, you can beg-" kakashi was cut off.
Naruto whipped out a Kunai, spun it around his fingers, gave it a firm grip, and ran straight for the older male. Before Naruto knew it, the silver haired Jonin was behind him, holding the same Kunai to the back of his head.
Sakura was amazed. Kakashi's movements were so fast. She couldn't even see him move.
So this IS a Jonin. Sasuke was suddenly pumped to fight the instructor.
Kakashi sighed. "Don't be in such a hurry. I didn't say start yet."
Naruto smirked.
"Wha-" Kakashi couldn't finish phrasing the question. Because the Naruto he was holding burst into smoke. Shadow clone, when did he create it?
"Thats funny. I wasn't aware the enemy waited for a start," Naruto said, coming right up beside Sasuke.
How did he-, Sasuke wondered. That was a clone. But... it was solid. How is that possible?! Just how strong are the dobe?!
That was a solid clone? Sakura didn't even know that was possible either.
Kakashi relented. "I was told you can do the S.C.J. But I didn't even see you do the hand sign!"
Naruto smirked once more "That's because you weren't using your Sharingan. Kakashi of the Sharingan a.k.a. Copycat Kakashi, Master of a Thousand Jutsu."
Kakashi was truly astounded. "What! how did you know about that?!"
"I have my ways," Naruto replied, absentmindedly.
This kid continues to surprise and impress him. He'll have to stay on his toes while he fights him. Kakashi vowed never to underestimate Naruto too much. He was still a Genin after all. So the boy couldn't be too strong.
"And yes. You won't be able to read your book while we fight," Naruto spoke up, stunning the cyclops even more.
"How di-"
"The look on your face says it all Sensei," Naruto interrupts, with his signature grin. It gives more of a fox-like quality to the boy's appearance.
Kakashi figured they should get a move on. "Well Naruto is right. Your enemy won't wait for a start. So START!" He threw down a smoke bomb, and faded from their view.
All the Genin present, jumped away in separate directions.
To Be Continued..