Another path

Bonds, trust and teamwork

<Hi everyone ! Thank you for the 100+ views, I'm glad you enjoy the fic ! I think we all know it by now, but I don't own Naruto. I do own my OC though !>

The genin exam has started for team 7 and Kakashi went straight after Naru. She manages to elude him and tries to rejoin with her teammates. When Kakashi is about to catch up with her, one of her traps activates and she suddenly disappears along with Sakura and Sasuke, leaving Kakashi very confused.

Kakashi searched once more for his students, using all his senses and all the training he got in Anbu. How could a bunch of rookie just evade him like this ?!
He thought for a minute and realised it might be another seal. After all, if Naru was proficient enough in fuinjutsu to throw him off guard, she was probably skilled enough to make an effective hiding seal.
The silver-haired shinobi grinned under his mask. It was about to become a game of tag : who would find who ?

Naru looked at the suspicion on her teammates faces and started regretting her decision to help them. Seriously, how could they be so unaware of their surroundings ? If they didn't help her, she would really be on her own as her mother said she wouldn't help her on the test. She breathed in and began explaining her plan.

" - We need to work together.

- And why is that so ?

- Sasuke-kun is right, why would we need your help ?!

- Because I managed to escape from an Anbu jônin after he chased me for six minutes.

The two genin looked at her with wide eyes.

-... How ? How are you so strong ?

- This isn't how it works, Uchiha. I won't share any info if you don't. Just as I won't help you if you don't listen to me.

-... Alright.

- S-sasuke-kun ?... If you agree then I do to !

- Wonderful. Now that we all agree, let's get down to business. Did you two figure out the point of the test ?

- To take the bells.

- To take the bells from Sensei.

-... You figured this out ?

- Do you mean it's not the actual point ?

-... Ok, we don't have much time before Kakashi-sensei finds our location so you'll have to trust me on this : the point of all this is teamwork. We need to work together and devise a plan to get the bells using each of us' abilities. What can you do ?

- I'm proficient in ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu. My aim is great and I am an Uchiha.

- The sharingan ?

-... Not awoken yet.

- Ok, pinkie ?

- I'm not- ! Ugh, I am good at analysis, I have good chakra control and I master all the basics from Academy.

- Let's think... That could work. Ok, here's the plan."

*Time skip*

Kakashi was getting closer to the three genin. He could now faintly feel their chakra but it was still too diffuse for him to know exactly where they were.
All of a sudden, he sensed a great chakra burst and the whole area became almost unbearably overwhelmed with chakra. He clicked his tongue. Now he had no way to spot nor to feel them coming. It was becoming very interesting. This Uzumaki Naru was constantly trying to off his senses to catch him off guard and it probably was the wisest tactic.