H.Shuyo

7.5

Since I knew my chances at getting team seven to work together were slim, I decided to not fix the tangled mess on my head, and put on an old t-shirt and a pair of gym shorts for the day. I strapped on my weapon pouch (that holds all of the standard equipment that I barley use) to a bandaged thigh before doing a quick recheck of my emergency mission bag that I kept on a hook nailed to the front door. Finally I slipped on the usual pair of sneakers that fit the shinobi-standards (meaning thinner soles for easier access to chakra) and walked out the door.

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I frowned at my teammates who were already at the meeting spot. 'They look like they've been here for a while, but I feel no sympathy for 'em because– they're just like puppets." I finished my thoughts out loud while tossing my half-eaten fruit to the side.
Naruto and Sakura were leaning against each other for support and Sasuke was on the other side of the field leaning against a tree. All three of them were dead asleep. "Kakashi must be running late again huh guys." I mumbled poking Naruto, who snored loudly in response.
I flicked Naruto's forehand which obviously woke him up. "G'morin sleepyhead." I pointed at Sakura who was leaning against his shoulder. "Can you wake up the princess while I go over there and wake up her prince." I gestured to Sasuke who was on the opposite side of the clearing. "Hai."

3rd P.O.V.
Hiroto gently shook the Uchiha's shoulder, Sasuke eyes snapped open and by instinct he dropped-kicked the intruder. Hiroto fell on his back and before he could even think about getting up, Sasuke had a kunai to his neck, hands pinned above the his own head, and his legs pinned down.
Piercing green eyes stared into the avengers soul which had Sasuke frozen on the spot. His comrade's forest green eyes narrowed dangerously. Anger replacing shock.
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Sasuke felt the familiar sense of pride bubble up in his chest at taking down an opponent. Though that pride immediately vanished when Sasuke realized that it was Hiroto who was glaringly daggers into his soul.
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The younger one of the two slowly removed the kunai from his comrades neck and stood up. Hiroto went through a series of calming exercises before hopping to his feet as well. "Teme." Realizing Hiroto wasn't going to retaliate anytime soon, the Uchiha sighed in relief. "Hn" Both males silently walked back to the shocked Naruto and the fangirl-ing Sakura.

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1st P.O.V.
"Your late!" Naruto and Sakura both jumped foward at the same time pointing an accusing finger at their sensei. '"Did they rehearse that or something?" Sasuke shrugged.
"Sorry I'm late guys, a black cat crossed my path so I had to go the long way."
"Oh boy, where have I heard that one before."
"Anyways," Kakashi cleared his throat. "the test is pretty simple. All you have to do is get these three bells from me by noon." Kakashi set an old alarm clock down on a tree stump. "If you fail to get a bell, then you will be tied to this stump and suffer while I eat my lunch in front of you." All three of their stomachs grumbled in protest.
"Hey! What gives Hiroto?!" Naruto shouted, upset my stomach didn't grumble like his own. "Did you not eat?" Naruto shook his head no. "That's not fair dattebayo!" Naruto pointed an accusing finger "Life's not fair Naruto."
"Sensei?" We all turned our attention to Sakura. "There are three bells and four of us here." She pointed out the obvious. "Why is that?" Kakashi gestured in my direction. "That's because of the extra." I ignored the children's stares in favor of glaring at the older ninja. "Really Ka-chan?" I said sweetly while tilted my head in mock question. "Really Hiro-chan." He nodded his head before turning the groups attention back to him. "The one who fails will be sent back to the academy." Naruto jumped to his feet and started yelling at his soon-to-be sensei again. "Hey! That's not fair! All of us worked really hard to get here! Believe it!"
"Oh dear what have I started." I mumbled under my breath, face-palming.
Kakashi chuckled evilly. "In society, those who don't have many abilities, tend to complain more. Anything else before we start?" Kakashi pointedly ignored Naruto and I noticed the blonde was clenching his fist. 'He sure knows how to rile Naruto up doesn't he?'
Before I could say don't do anything stupid, Kakashi grabbed Naruto's wrist and slammed him to the ground. "I didn't say start." Kakashi shot a pointed look at Naruto "You just did." I shot back, for Naruto's sake. Kakashi ignored my comment.
"However, I admire that you came at me with intent to kill." Kakashi grinned at Naruto who was struggling to get out from underneath him. "I think I'm beginning to like you guys." Kakashi stated lazily. The aura around him turned serious. "Start!" Sensei yelled. Sasuke and Sakura jumped into hiding.
"We got this Naruto" I grinned confidently. Naruto jumped in fright and turned around to shout at me. "Thanks Hiro-kun, but if I'm gonna be Hokage someday, I need to this on my own. Believe it!" Naruto turned away from me and observed his surroundings for a glimpse of Kakashi's whereabouts. "Figures." I grumbled then took a squat right below one of the skinner trees just in case Kakashi were to try something on me. The thin branches which should shake from the added weight and alert me of his presence.
"Your a weird kid." Kakashi appeared behind Naruto. My brother from another mother jumped around and started yelling nonsense at the adult again.
"The only weird thing here is your haircut! Your going down!!" Naruto declared getting in a fighting stance. "If you say so." Kakashi got in his own fight stance and talked about teaching Naruto a lesson as he reached into his weapons pouch. Naruto took out a kunai in retaliation. "And his secrete weapon is?" Cue drumroll. Kakashi wiped out an orange book. "Make-out Paradise."
Naruto relaxed his stance for a short moment "What?" Naruto questioned dumbly. "Naruto has obtained confusion and is momentarily unable to continue."
"Hey!" Naruto yelled at me. 'Guess it's my time to disappear.' I pretended to drop the imaginary microphone before chakra jumping straight up on to the tree branch above me and then onto a sturdier tree. Not a second later Naruto charged straight for Kakashi and started fighting him. Said shinobi only used defense moves against Naruto and not once did he glance away from his book.
I was zoned out (which is a really bad thing to do when on a mission..) until I heard a jutsu. "Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death!" Kakashi calmly went back to reading his book again like he didn't just jab his fingers up Naruto's ass. The so-called jutsu made Naruto literally fly into a nearby lake. 'How can he be so calm about that? That looked painful. Poor Naru, I hope he's alright.'
More than one Naruto flew out of the lake surprising me. "That sure is a lot of clones for a dead-last." Sensei easily handled all the clones himself. Kakashi left Naruto with a few choice words.
Naruto pulled himself to his feet and looked around. A bright grin split on his face as he went to pick something up from behind a bush. I couldn't see what he went after but I could only guess it was a bell. Naruto then picked up whatever he found only to be hung upside down in front of a tree by a rope. "Trap." was the only word that came to my mind. That's when Kakashi came back and picked up a bell and lectured Naruto again, "A ninja must see underneath the underneath" before disappearing once again.
'Only Naruto would fall for such an obvious trap.' I sighed. After seeing no sign of Kakashi, I dropped from the tree branch I was sitting on and ran over to Naruto.
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