It All Started With A Smell

Sensory Chakra

Asuma-Sensei had found him shortly after Temari had left to return to her hotel room. He had Choji and Ino in tow and was grinning widely. Shikamaru put his hands in his pockets, waiting to find out why his sensei was smiling the way he was. It tended to end up badly for him but he couldn't walk away from his sensei. Though he was tempted to and instead find out if Naruto was finished with her fight.

"So I spoke with Lady Tsunade," Asuma-Sensei started, his smile stretching, which Shikamaru did not think was possible. "She told me that Naruto was back and that he and Sakura were going to fight Kakashi to test their skills. Since they are the only, living, students of two of the three Sannins I thought it would be good for you three to observe the fight. I have already cleared it with Lady Tsunade, though she requested that our presence goes unknown."

They arrived in time to hear Kakashi-Sensei explain that the two had to get two bells off their sensei. It was also made clear that Sakura and Naruto had to be willing to kill Kakashi-Sensei to get the bells tied to his hip. They had until the next sunrise. Hiding up in the trees the four ninjas watched as Kakashi-Sensei put away his perverted book and Naruto asked if he would be reading it throughout the fight. The blonde got a gleam in her eye when she heard that Kakashi-Sensei hadn't finished the book.

"He's using his sharingan," Choji commented with a look of disbelief as the white haired sensei lifted his forehead protector off his eye. "This is going to be a serious fight."

To no one's surprise it was Naruto who made the first move by throwing shuriken at Kakashi-Sensei, who ducked and threw some back. When Naruto jumped away he threw some more. Shikamaru had to ground his feet, otherwise he was going to pull Naruto out of the way. She was trapped, having to follow the path her jump had created for her. However, she summoned a Shadow Clone midair to throw her out of the way.

"Fast thinking," Complemeted Ino.

The moment she landed she turned the clone into a giant shuriken, but Kakashi-Sensei was to quick and caught Naruto's hand, another going to the back of her head.

"That'll be enough of that," The copy-ninja commented.

"I expected more off Naruto truthfully." Choji crossed his arms as Shikamaru leant against the tree trunk, waiting for the next move.

"Look!" Commanded the strategist.

Naruto had appeared behind Kakashi, with a kunai to his back. Normally there was a way to tell the difference between the original and the clone if you knew the person well enough, and yet, with Naruto Shikamaru was never able to tell and it appeared Kakashi-Sensei couldn't either. He wondered for a moment if Naruto ever became confused about who the real one was, though he doubted that was possible. If anyone was able to forget, it would be Naruto however.

It was only chakra that held Team Ten to the tree branch they stood on after Sakura's monster punch. The ground erupted under her fist and their tree shook violently. They were, of course, aware that she could do such a thing, Ino even had some skill for ground shattering punches. However, Naruto's expression proved that she had had no idea. A revealed Kakashi-Sensei also looked stunned.

Kakashi-Sensei clearly decided it was his turn to attack. He went straight passed Sakura, aiming for Naruto. The blonde was ready for the elite Jonin and blocked his first attack before countering with a blow to the stomach. Her punch missed its target but still grazed Kakashi-Sensei's side causing him to move out of Naruto's reach and swing a kick. Naruto dodged but Kakashi-Sensei followed through with a low kick, sweeping at the blonde's legs. Without hesitation Naruto pushed back on her feet, flipping into the air with a well aimed kick to Kakashi-Sensei's chin. The blonde landed on her hands, quickly flipping onto her feet again.