sun (naruto fanfiction)

ten - survival exercise

taiyou p.o.v.

     "morning everyone, ready for your first day?" a voice walking towards us asked.

     "you're late!" naruto and sakura jumped up from the ground and pointed at the silver haired man as he stopped walking.

     "well, a black cat crossed my path, so i had to take the long way."

     the two growled as our sensei placed a timer on a tree stump. "well," he cleared his throat, "let's get started."

     "w- well what do we have to do?" i got up off of the ground and dusted the dirt off of me.

     "i'm getting there, taiyou." he grabbed three bells out of his bag.

     "the assignment is fairly easy, you just have to take the bells from me. if you can't get them by noon, you'll go without lunch. you'll be tied to those posts," he pointed to four posts to the side, "and watch while i eat my lunch."

     all four of our stomachs started to growl from the mention of lunch. 'this guy is really getting on my nerves...' i thought to myself, holding my stomach.

     "wait a minute," the pinkette raised one of her eyebrows, "there's four of us. how come there's only three bells?"

     "well that way, at least one of you will be tied to a post, and ultimately disqualified for failing to complete the mission. that one goes back to the academy." he chuckled. "then again, all four of you could flunk out too."

     'looks like i'm going back to the academy.' i sighed.

     "you can use any weapons, including shuriken. if you're not prepared to kill me, you won't be able to take a bell." the man taunted us by shaking the bells.

     "but, sensei! those weapons are too dangerous!" sakura held her arms out, and i felt my stomach churn.

     'h- he wants us to be prepared to kill him?'

     "you couldn't even dodge an eraser, what makes you think you could dodge weapons?" naruto chuckled, and put his hands behind his head.

     "class clowns are usually the weakest links. you can safely ignore them, and they wouldn't be able to touch you." he took a deep breath out. "when i say start, you can begin."

     the blonde growled and pulled out a kunai knife. "i'll show you!" he yelled out, running towards our new sensei.

     he slashed at kakashi, only to be put in the way of his own kunai. the three of us looked at the position naruto was in, our eyes widening at the sight. "don't be in such a hurry, i didn't say start yet."

     the boy struggled to get out of his sensei's grip, grunting as he tried to move. sakura and sasuke began to back up, but i couldn't move. 'h- he was so fast...'

     "but," he slightly nodded his head to the side, "you came at me with the full intention of destroying me, so... how could i say this... i'm actually starting to like you guys." our new sensei chuckled.

     'more like he's starting to like naruto... i didn't even do anything.' i crossed my arms, and looked at the silver haired man.

     "get ready," he looked around, "and... start!"

     all four of us jumped away out of our spots, jumping to different hiding places. "ninja must know how to conceal their movements and hide effectively."