Chapter 22 - Bell Test!

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"On me!" I shouted as I dashed off to the forest. Naruto and Hinata followed behind me as we hid in the forest. I knew Kakashi wouldn't follow us, so I sat on the ground and started to think.

"Why are we running, Kou? We need to battle with Sensei!" Naruto asked with a whisper.

"He is a Jounin fool. We need to make a plan first." I said. "Hinata, can you see him?"

She activated her Byakugan without hand seals and looked at the opening.

"He is reading a book."

"Good, now we all know each other since we always train together, but if you learned anything new, let me know."

"Nothing new," Naruto reported.

"Nothing new on my side either." Hinata too reported.

"Alright, this is the plan…"

"You got it?" I asked.

"Yeah, sounds good."

"Hmm."

"Okay, let's go."

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Kakashi looked at the forest. "Here they come." He thought to himself and looked at twenty Naruto and single Hinata, and Koushin.

"Not bad." He praised as he put the book back in his bag. "Seems like I won't be able to read it."

"It is stupid of you to think you could from the start." Naruto taunted as he charged. "I will test my power, you two stay back."

"Sigh, here I thought you were smart." Kakashi looked deadpan as he parried Naruto's attacks.

"First Lesson, Taijutsu."

Naruto punched his head, but Kakashi easily deflected and appeared behind him.

"Konoha Secret Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death"

With a Tiger Seal, he pierced Naruto's nether region, but with a puff, the clone dissipated.

"Let's attack together," Hinata shouted and charged.

Kakashi looked at the Kunoichi and formed hand seals.

"Second Lesson, Genjutsu."

While Hinata stopped on her track, 19 Naruto charged at Kakashi. While Kakashi was deflecting all of their attacks, another two Naruto appeared behind him and held him tight.

One of the Narutos threw a Kunai and formed hand seals.

"Kage Shuriken Jutsu!"

The Kunai multiplied as all of them flew towards Kakashi. The Jounin looked unimpressed.

"Finally got you," Naruto shouted and he punched the held-tight Kakashi while bunch of Kunai were flying towards them behind his back. Even if Kakashi dodged the punch, the Kunai would rain on them.

But when the punch landed, it was another Naruto in his place. Naruto who was punched dissipated to smoke. And when Kunai appeared, other Narutos too dissipated with smoke.

"Such an advanced Kawarimi." Koushin sighed as he looked around. When he found the target, he formed hand signs.

"Raiton: Lightning Ball"

"He can use advanced Jutsu despite being a fresh-out Genin." Kakashi was impressed and formed hand seals of his own.

"Katon: Fire Ball"

The fire Jutsu dispelled the lightning and moved towards Naruto and Koushin even faster. When all clones dissipated Kakashi appeared from the ground and grabbed the ankles of Naruto and Koushin, pulled them to the ground.

"Third Lesson, Ninjutsu"

"Well, you all lost," Kakashi said with a deadpan face while looking at the Hinata under Genjutsu and two boys on the ground. But all of a sudden all three of them dissipated.

"All three?" Kakashi was shocked. He looked behind and deflected the Fuma Shuriken coming towards him.

"Shit, Kage Shuriken?" There was another Shuriken under the original moving towards him, he couldn't even deflect it at this point. With no other choice, he jumped. But when Shuriken passed him it turned into Naruto and jumped on him.

Kakashi was still in the air and his hand was full. The first Shuriken he deflected turned into Hinata and she too grabbed his arms. Kakashi looked at both of them in shock when he felt something moving on his belt. He looked down and saw the absence of bells.

"How?" He looked at Koushin in shock.

"A Shinobi must-see the hidden beneath the hidden." smirked the blonde boy with purple eyes.

"You turned into stone when other clones got destroyed. You used the smoke to your advantage to use Henge. Very good. I am impressed." Kakashi didn't hold back his praises.

"If you had used your Sharingan it would be all useless." Koushin retorted.

"It would, but I didn't and you won." Kakashi was happy.

"We passed the secret test too, right? Since we worked together?" Koushin asked.

"How do you know?" Kakashi asked.

"This test, first conducted by Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, then Toad Sannin Jiraiya, then Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, your own Sensei." Koushin started to list while Kakashi was gobsmacked.

"I like reading." the boy shrugged.

"Yes, you passed my test. Congratulations kids, from now on we are Team 7!"

"Koushin, spectacular planning and display. When I am not around, you are the team leader."

"Yes, sir!"

***

Phew, that was harder than I thought. Although I used a few tactics from the original series, I was able to see it through.

From the start, only my body was real. All the Narutos and Hinata were clones of his. While I mingled between them. Staying out of the combat as much as I could, I tried to give the impression of being a clone too.

While I asked Hinata and Naruto to circumvent the forest to find an opening for a throw. I lent one of my Fuma Shuriken I stole from Mizuki to Naruto at the beginning, so Kakashi would see it on Naruto's back even before we start the fight. He already knew how to cast Kage Shuriken and tricked Kakashi with the hidden Fuma Shuriken who was himself. Well, the one he threw first was himself too. He used a clone for that.

When I cast one of the few Jutsu I knew, I kinda let Kakashi know I was the real deal. That is why he was so surprised when all of us vanished all of a sudden, but it was my plan from the beginning. An experienced Jounin such as Kakashi would see Henge if cast in front of him, but my attainments in Henge weren't any lower than a Jounin. When perk [Inorganic Henge] added to the equation, it could be said my transformations were monstrous.

Oh yeah, I tested my elemental affinity in my last year. Surprisingly it was the Lighting Element. And as I predicted when I learned my affinity, the perk [Elemental Affinity] became ⅕. It meant I could learn other affinities too without using perks. After all, first affinity costs 10 perk points, second 20. So probably, the third will cost 30. Damn system, trying to rob me.

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