Naruto Various! x Reader: The Disastrous Life Of An Otaku Ninja

Kakashi's Final Decision

3rd Person's P.O.V

Y/n half-snickered and half looked at Naruto in disappointment. He avoided Y/n's eyes as they walked up his tied up form and crouched down, flicking his forehead.

"Really, Naruto?" They said, disappointed.

He pouted and looked up at them, his cheeks tinted pink in embarrassment.

"Sorry Y/n... I just got hungry and I thought I could eat without getting caught... I'm sorry Y/n-chan."

Shaking their head, they ruffled his hair with a small smile,

"Troublemaker. You're lucky I can't stay mad at you."

Naruto blushed and grinned up at Y/n fondly, who rolled their eyes and sat between the tied-up blonde and the sulking duck. All their stomachs but
Y/n's growled loudly.

"Ohoho, you're stomachs are growling... hm, by the way about this exercise... well, there's no need for you to go back to the academy."

Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto celebrated, thinking they'd passed. Y/n simply shook their head and leaned against the wooden post, waiting for Kakashi to continue and shatter their dreams. He smiled at their enthusiasm.

"Yes, yes, you three... must quit being a ninja!" He exclaimed, making them look up at him in shock and horror.

"Q-quit being ninja?! What do you mean?! Uh, well, it's true we couldn't take the bells, but still, why are we being told to quit?!!!"

"Because you three are all still little kids who don't have the qualifications to be a ninja."

Sasuke gritted his teeth and launched at Kakashi, who subdued him in the blink of an eye. Kakashi sighed exasperatedly,

"I'm saying you're squirts. Are you kids thinking that being a ninja is that easy? Huh?"

Shaking their head, Y/n watched, making eye contact with Sasuke who simply glared and looked away.

"Why do you think you're doing this exercise in teams?" Kakashi asked. The three were all confused and puzzled as to what he was getting at.

"Simply, you guys have no understanding of the answer to this test."

"the.. answer?" Naruto asked, confuzzled.

"Yes, the answer that determines the passing or failing of this test."

"That's... what I've wanted to ask for a while." Sakura piped up. Y/n groaned dramatically and stood up, sauntering over to Kakashi before leaning against him, shaking their head disappointedly at the other three.

"Man, are you guys brainless or what? Don't you get the meaning of a three... or four-man squad?!" Kakashi asked them. They remained silent.

Y/n coughed loudly, gaining their attention once again.

"I THINK what sensei is trying to say is... the answer was teamwork you FOOLS. The thing I've been pestering you all about!?! Why in the spicy chimichangas, would you be in teams if you were supposed to act solo?!" 

"But why didn't I pass?! I teamed up with N/n-chan!!" Naruto shouted, clearly upset about this new piece of information.

"I worked with them too. We almost got the bells. Shouldn't we pass, at least?" Sasuke spoke up, frustrated and angry. Kakashi shook his head,

"You two only teamed up with Y/n because they gave you no choice. Very cleverly, they made it so that you couldn't say no to their help. They saved you two, and then in return, you decided to help them back. While that may still be a very weak form of teamwork, it does not count. Only Y/n understood the purpose of this test. But it's too late now. If you four teamed up, you would've been able to take the bells."