Ophidiophobia- The Fear Of Snakes

The Bell Test

I awoke to Onii-san shaking my shoulder, I'd been leaned up against one of the three tree stumps, and must have fallen asleep.

Kakashi-sensei, who'd already arrived, sighed and held up three silver bells attatched to red strings. "This is your target. You are to get the bells from me. Whoever doesn't get a bell doesn't pass. Don't be afraid to come at me using killing intent. Ninja weapons are allowed. Any questions?" He asked.

Sakura-chan rose her hand, asking the question I'm sure everyone was thinking. "Why are there only three bells when there are four of us? Does that mean one of us is going to fail no matter what?"

Kakashi-sensei just smiled, avoiding the questions. "On your mark. Get set. ...Go."

I immediately ran to the tree line, hiding behind a large rock. I saw Onii-san in a tree, and Sakura-chan was in a bush not far from him. Naruto, however, stood directly infront of our opponent.

"You and me, right now!" My blonde friend shouted, pointing at Kakashi-sensei.

"You know, compared to the others, you're a little... wierd." He said.

"The only thing wierd here is your haircut!" Naruto yelled, getting angry.

I glanced over to Kakashi-sensei, his haircut was a little wierd, but I'd seen others with a similar style, so it couldn't be that wierd.

I already knew the outcome of this battle, so I jumped down from my tree branch to find a place to continue my nap. Somehow I feel that Shikamaru had rubbed off on me.

About five minutes later, I found an empty clearing and settled myself down in the centre, concealing myself in the tall grass, and quickly drifted off.

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I'm awoken when Kakashi-sensei arrived in the clearing, and stood up, settling into a basic taijutsu stance. "You're the one who found me, way back when." I stated. Confusion shines in his eyes, so I decide to explain. "When I was with Orochimaru. It was only four years ago, but you seen to have changed a lot."

Kakashi-sensei sighs, and placed his book into his kunai pouch. Dropping the conversation, I lunged for him, dagger in hand. It was purple, I'd had it hand made not to long ago, and had been training with it ever since. I jabbed at his sternum, only for him to lean back to avoid the fatal blow. I ducked below his fist, and swept my leg at his feet, trying to make him fall. He jumped back several feet, and launched kunai at me. I threw shuriken in retaliation, deflecting the knives. Sliding my dagger into its sheath, I pulled a kunai out, and threw it at him. He leaned to the side to dodge it, the way I'd wanted him to. Quickly body flickering to my thrown blade, I caught it and launched it at his back.

Kakashi-sensei turned around, wide eyed,  and the kunai embedded itself in his throat, only for his 'corpse' to be replaced by a log. When he didn't reappear, I sighed, heading off toward the clearing we'd started off in, knowing it was about noon. As soon as I reached the three stumps, the alarm rang, and I glanced at Naruto, who was tied to the center log, whining to himself about being tempted by unguarded bento boxes.

I ignored him, instead lifting myself up to sit on top of the tree stump he was tied to. Sakura and Onii-san joined us quickly after.

"You four don't have to worry about going back to the academy." Kakashi began, and I got a bad feeling in my gut.

"Really? All I did is scream and pass out..." Sakura muttered incredulously.

"You three... should give up on ever being shinobi. You're just a bunch of brats." He continued as if she hadn't spoken at all. "You didn't even once stop to think why you were put onto teams in the first place! It's teamwork. Sakura, you were more worried about Sasuke, who you didn't know where was, than Naruto who was right in front of you. Sasuke, you thought that the others were so far below you, and tried to do it all on your own. Naruto, you tried to do the work of three or four alone. And Yumi, you slept and left the others to do things alone." Noticing how pissed he looked, I decided not to comment as I usually would have.

"We'll attempt this again after lunch, but no matter what, don't read Naruto." He sighed, disappearing in a puff of smoke.

I opened my bento, and immediately split everything into vague halves, and quickly swallowed all of my rice, before handing it to Naruto. When the others have me a surprised look, I smiled at them. "Most of the civilians look down on me and Naruto, so we're used to not having much to eat." Of course, I wouldn't mention that Orochimaru practically starved me even before that.

They have me another wide eyed look, and Onii-san stood so that he was closer to me, and Sakura kneeled beside Naruto to share with him as well.

Sakura lifted her chopsticks, and as soon as Naruto's lips closed around them Kakashi appeared, putting up a genjutsu storm. "YOU!" He hissed. "... pass!"

I blinked at him with wide eyes before a side grin spread across my face, and I hugged Onii-san from the side, taking a little of his rice when he wasn't looking. We were walking off towards town when Naruto yelled. "Oi, you guys left me, dattebayo!"

My face flushed in embarassment, and I turned on my heel to free my friend from his binds.

I finally finished it! I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do for Yumi's abilitied, so I just made her attack with vague abilities. Let me know how I did, ne?

Bye~