Please Don't Leave Me

You Failed!: Kakashi's Final Decision

(Kazumi's P.O.V.)


I hear a rustle from the trees across the field from me and I knew that was where he was and was trying to run away so Kakashi doesn't spot him, but I hear the same thing coming from the bushes. Obviously Sakura thinks Sasuke will need her help and will get hurt, which he may or may not depending on what mood Kakashi sensei is in. If he's mad, I'm going to end up being the only Uchiha left.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" yelled a voice behind me and because it sounds girlier than Naruto's it had to be Sakura.
"A ninja must see through deception. Yeah yeah, how am I suppossed to do that?! Grrr!! Well I'm sure not falling for any more of his traps" said Naruto reaching for the rope and cutting it with his kunai only for the second trap to go off and he was in the same position again.

"I fell for it again!!!" yelled Naruto irritated, I giggled a little at how funny he looked right now.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" yelled Sakura even louder than last time, I might need to check on her and see if she wants some help.
I took out a shuriken from my weapon pouch and launched it at him, he thought it was Kakashi trying to kill him and flailed around trying to escape but that almost got him one step closer to losing his leg.
"AHHH!!" he yelled and I flinched at how loud he sounded and if Kakashi heard he would come after me and give away my position. He dropped to the ground face first and I had to hold back a snicker.
"Owwww.. what was that? Huh? Yeah! I'm free!! Believe it!!" he yelled as I rolled my eyes at him but he got an idea when he saw the K.I.A. memorial stone, and on top was our lunches. I'll let Kakashi handle his idiotic plan later. I jumped from my position and leaped through trees at a really fast pace and I saw Sakura on the ground and from her facial expression, something bad happened.
"Sakura, wake up" I said and she didn't respond. I sighed and made a jutsu sign.
"Water style: water ball justu" I whispered to myself and I didn't use much chakra because I didn't want Sakura to feel like she got attacked while she was out cold. I molded it into a water ball big enough to fit in the palm of my hand and fired at her making her shoot up.
"Ahh! I'm wet!! What was that for?!" she yelled getting angry with me. I stood up and held out a hand but she didn't take it and stood up on her own.

I think Kakashi used a genjutsu on her and she saw something really bad and passed out. His jutsu level is stronger than mine by a long shot.
But why do we need to fight him to get some bells? He's obviously above our level and if I defeated him then wouldn't that make me a jounin? Then why not make us fight a genin if that were the case to be a real genin?
If me and Sasuke were to work together I think we might have a chance of beating him but the chances are slim. Maybe Naruto and Sakura could do something but I don't know their skill sets so I can't really say. But wait......if we were to combine our strength we could have a good chance of beating him. That's it, I get it. Teamwork. I get it now, man I can be stupid sometimes. Or maybe it's just that no one else realized it either.

"Sakura" I said getting her attention
"If we want to beat Kakashi and get a bell then you and I can try and get it with the others and all of us go against him" I said making her scoff
"Please, if Kakashi sensei wanted us to work together then he would've said so. It's obviously about our individual skill sets and seeing who could beat him. If anyone, it would be me or Sasuke. Naruto is slow and you can't show any part of your jutsu to anyone other than Sasuke. If I knew what skills you have then we could do it but I wouldn't know so I can't say you have any at all--" she said yaking away.
"Then go. See how well you do against a jonin all by yourself, but know if you end up dead or injured I at least tried" I said walking away from her already feeling a glare from the back of my head, but I didn't say anything of it. I kept walking and right in front of me was Sasuke with his head sticking out of the ground. I jogged up to him and he finally saw me.
"Kazumi, can you help me?" he asked looking away in embarrassment. I grabbed him by his shirt barely even showing from the ground and started pulling.

"Sasuke" I said grabbing his attention
"If we want to get a bell from Kakashi then we have to team up with the others and come at him all at once" I said and he looked at me and scoffed
"I don't need those losers to be in my way. I have to do this on my own because I'm the only one who can kill him" he said making me stop for a second but after a minute I tugged on his shirt again until Sakura ran out from the bushes and stopped in her tracks when she saw him with just his head sticking out of the ground.
"Sakura?" asked Sasuke
"AHH!! SASUKE'S JUST A HEAD WITHOUT A BODY AND HE'S TALKING!!" she yelled falling over again and Sasuke deadpanned
"And that's my partner.." he muttered to himself, I finally felt him slipping out and made hand signs
"Water style: water geyser" I said as he flung out of the ground landing on his back as he was drenched in water. I came to his side and helped him up and he gave me a nod in thanks and we both headed to the still passed out Sakura.

"Sasuke! You're ok!!" she yelled hugging him as he tried to pry her off
"Hey! Cut it out! Let go! Let go!" he said finally getting her to stop
"I've got to get a bell before lunch. That doesn't leave much time" he said
"Sasuke, you're still trying to get one of those bells?" asked Sakura
"A while ago, I touched one.Next time, I'll get one" he said making Sakura gasp
"That is really great, I can't believe you did that. You're amazing" she said trying to hold back her panic
"Uhh, it's almost lunch. There's not really enough time left so maybe we should just give up and then try again next year" she said making Sasuke glare at her and growl lightly.
"I'm the only one who can destroy that person" he said making me gasp at the mention of the subject and turned my head away from them
"Who? You mean the sensei?" she asked
"That day, I was crying. We were crying" he said as I felt tears blurring my vision
"When were you crying?" asked Sakura
"It was my.." he started
"What? What happened to you?" she asked
"I am an avenger. That means I must be stronger than my prey. I need this training, there's no time for sit backs" he said as I wipe my tears with my sleeve.
"What are you talking about?" she asked
"It doesn't matter, we need to get back before time runs out" I said walking away
After a little bit I got tired of waiting for Sakura to get a hold of herself and we headed to the field we started in. When we got there, Naruto was tied onto a post and he was yelling at Kakashi to let him go. Obviously he was still hiding and he was probably watching us.
"Hey!! Someone! Let me out of this thing!!" yelled Naruto kicking his legs trying to get loose.
"Where is he?" asked Sasuke
"Where am I? Where you don't expect me to be" he said turning back from one of the poles. He looked at me and narrowed his eyes and smiled behind his mask
"Well Kazumi, I've tested everyone here except for you. Lets see how well I taught you" he said as Sakura was just starting to wake up.
"But sensei, time is almost up. There's no way she can get a bell by then" said Sakura in her know-it-all tone.
"But she already has one" he said making everyone turn to me as I released the genjutsu and sighed knowing I would have to face him at some point.
"I wanted you to have that so I would have a reason to fight you later on and see how well you payed attention to me" he said
"Wait!! What is he talking about? I am seriously confused!!" yelled Naruto
"She was once my student, but sometimes she wouldn't listen. I taught her to pay attention but I don't know if that was enough to keep that in her memory to try and not forget what some have taught you" he said as everyone looked back at me with wide eyes.

"Lets start" I said as he got in a fighting stance and I grabbed the katana from my back and made a defensive pose. He came at me quickly and aimed to punch me down but I blocked his fist with my katana and launched him back when he stood up again from crouching down he made a clone of himself behind me. I heard him and blocked his attack but barely had enough time to react to the real Kakashi right in front of me and just before he got me, I back flipped away from them and waited for him to come at me again and I grabbed some shuriken from my pouch and aimed it at him. He blocked them all but disappeared from my sight as he sneaked up behind me and tried to throw me off guard but I heard him and jumped away from his attack.
I realized if I couldn't show I wanted to let the team help me then I needed to give them an opportunity to do some kind of team work and help me out and what better way than to let him get a hit on me and when he wants to hurt me again the guys come and help me realizing the exercise. Unless they were too dense to understand.
I waited for an attack again and he came back at me with a kunai in his hand and I blocked the attack with my sword. I jumped a few feet away and I concentrated my jutsu into my left palm making hand signs rapidly.
"Water style: boiling water of hell" I said making a really hot water ball with smoke coming out of it and passed it on to my right hand and he did hand signs.
"Water style: cooling waters of the heavens" he said making me gasp in surprise and we launched at each other and the attacks canceled each other out but all that the guys could see was a puff of smoke, if I want them to help and get this team work done then I had to do it now. I fell to the ground holding my stomach as if I were in pain and breathed heavy. When the smoke cleared, the guys looked at us in amazement. He jumped in the air ready to finish me off.
"Naruto!! Sasuke!! Sakura!!" I yelled trying to get them to help and it looked like Sasuke was going to jump in but then...

RIIIIIIING!!!!

He stopped his attack right in front of my face and instead held it out to me as I took it to stand up. I was so close to getting them to help, but I waited too long. We all sat next to the tied up Naruto as our stomachs growled in sync.
"Uh-oh, stomachs growling huh? That's too bad. Oh, by the way about this exercise, well I've decided I won't send any of you back to the academy" he said as everyone got excited
"What? I passed? All I did was faint and fall over. Do you get points for that?" asked Sakura
"Hn" was all Sasuke and I said making us look at each other in surprise
"Yeahh!!" yelled Sakura
"Then! Then! That means all four of us!! All four of us!!" yelled Naruto kicking his legs in joy.
"Yes, all three of you are being dropped from the program. Permanently" he said making the cheering stop
"Where as Kazumi goes on to be my only student" he finished shocking me and the others
"Drop us from the program?! That means we can never become ninja!! You said if we couldn't take the bells we'd be sent back to the academy! You can't just change your mind and kick us out! Why would you do that?!" yelled Naruto
"Yeah! And why is she the only one who isn't getting dropped?!" yelled Sakura
"Because you don't think like ninja, you think like little kids. Like brats" he said and Sasuke got up from his spot pulling out a kunai and charged right at him. Kakashi didn't react until the last second and pinned his arm behind his head and sat on top of him. I gasped a little thinking he wouldn't usually be one to do that
"You think it's all about you" he said
"Let go of Sasuke!! You can't step on him like he's some bug!!!" yelled Sakura
"You don't know what it means to be a ninja. You think it's a game huh?" he asked making me a little uneasy
"Why do you think we put you on squads? Did you consider that question for one moment?" he asked
"I-I don't know what you mean" said Sakura
"I mean you never realized what this exercise is all about. Not even close" he said
"What it's about?" asked Naruto
"Yes, that determines weather you pass or fail"
"But that's-- I mean I wanted to ask you about that from the beginning" stuttered Sakura
"Tch, use your head. 4 people on a squad. Why do you think we would do that?" he asked
"AHH!! How are we supposed to know why you picked 4 people?! We didn't make the rules" yelled Naruto
"It's so basic. Teamwork. Why do you think I let Kazumi pass and not you? She understood the exercise. Unlike you" he said
"Just working together? Is that what you mean?"
"That's what I mean. It's too late now, but if all 4 of you came at me you might have been able to take them" he said
"Then why did you let Kazumi take a bell when you knew it was gone?" asked Sakura
"She was a student of mine and I needed to know if she truly remembered what I taught her" he said
"Well, anyway. It's over." said Kakashi
"You set it up with 4 people when there are only two bells. If we worked together and got the bells only two of us could keep them, that would lead to group conflict and the group would break up" stated Sakura
"Exactly. I purposely pitted you against each other"
"Huh?"
"I wanted to see if you could over come that and put the squad ahead of yourselves. A genin should have a natural feel for teamwork. But you.. it never even crossed your mind. Sakura! You obsessed about Sasuke who was gone, but Naruto was right in front of you when you wouldn't lift a finger to help him. Kazumi went to you first to see if you could work with her but you turned her down and called her weak. Naruto! You do everything on your own. Everything. And you, Sasuke, thought the others were so far beneath you that you thought they were worthless. Kazumi asked you to help her and you shot her down. Even at the end when time was running out she took a hit from me and stayed on the ground and called for help to see if you would work with her thus making it team work. Arrogance. Ninja missions are carried out in squads. Of course you need individual skills, but teamwork is the most essential element. Every shinobi understands this. When individuals put themselves above the squad this can lead to failure. And death. For example" he said as he took out a kunai from his weapon pouch.
"Sakura! Kill Naruto now or Sasuke dies, and Kazumi. If she can't handle it, you kill her" he said holding his kunai to Sasuke's throat.


"That's what happens on a mission, the enemy takes a hostage and you've got an impossible choice. And someone ends up dead" he said getting off of Sasuke and I jog over and grab his arm lead him back to the posts.
"On every mission your life is on the line. Did you look at this stone? The names engraved on it? They are all ninja who were honored as heroes in our village." he said as I bowed my head a little in sadness
"That's it! That's it! That's it! Now I know! I've decided I'm going to have my name engraved on that stone. I'm not gonna live and die for nothing like a dog. I'm gonna be a hero. A hero!" yelled Naruto as I gasped a little and had a mini flash back.

(Flashback to 2 years ago)

"Kakashi sensei, where are we going?" I asked curious
"To some place special. I want to show you something" he said as I followed him and when we stopped there was a big grave stone and there were names on it.
"This is my special place I like to go. Where I get to visit my friends." he said looking down
"What?" I asked
"This stone has the names of all my friends written on it. Even some from your family" he said catching my attention.
"They were great people who gave their lives away because they had a job to do, some of their team didn't care or some did. The fact of the matter is now no one can bring them back, but they all died as heroes to our village. When you get older you need to know how to care for your squad. You do not want to see them die. That pain will never go away. Family or friends." he said while I stood there in shock. I was silent for a minute as I stared at the stone
"I promise, I am not going to let anything happen to anyone else I care about. Not even one" I said as he walked back to me and patted my head
"That's why I like you. Don't forget, when other people's lives are at risk you need to watch out for the people you care about no matter what" he said smiling behind his mask.

"Right" I said

(Back to present)

"Alright, I'm going to give you one more chance. But I'm going to make it much harder on you. You'll have 3 hours to get a bell. Eat lunch now to build up strength, but Naruto doesn't get any. It's your punishment for breaking the rules and trying to eat by yourself. And if anyone tries to feed him, that person will immediately fail. I make the rules. You follow them. Got it?" he asked as Naruto gulped at him
"Good, come on Kazumi, you can eat lunch with me" he said motioning me to go with him as I walked past him.

He lead us to trees not too far from the team and he patted me on the shoulder so I looked up at him
"You can go ahead and go home, this won't take long and I'm sure they'll do fine" he said as I nodded and headed home.
About 20 minutes later I got home and thought about dinner.

For a little while I cleaned the house and read a book and the door opened and Sasuke was standing there and he went to his room until I realized it was almost 6 and it was about time to eat. I started getting out the ingredients for Kabocha Korokke.

Itwas about time to eat and Sasuke came down and smiled lightly when he saw whatwas for dinner since I didn't make them often unless it was for specialoccasions. We sat down and ate while he told me what happened after I left andI giggled at how simple Kakashi could be sometimes. And that they left poorNaruto out in the freezing cold.
After dinner I was tired so I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth andwashed my face taking a quick shower and put on my pajamas heading to me bed.When I sat on the bed I felt really tired as I brought up the sheets to my neckand closed my eyes going into a dreamless sleep.

Kakashi told me a while back when we got squads we had to do jobs but I knew wehad to do D-rank missions when we start and that's going to suck but I hopewe'll get something good soon.