Sairai 再来

Chapter 13 - The bells of this man

A/N: apparently it was training ground three the one where they did the bell test, so I'm sorry about that, sometimes my stupidity surprises even me.

And I'm also sorry if the dialogue is not the same as in the anime/manga, I haven't watched Naruto in a while, and to be honest, I don't really wanna snatch the lines from Naruto, unless they are iconic. 

This chapter ain't that good, and I am sorry for that.

First Pov

It was cold at 5 AM on training ground 7. Naruto was complaining to us, as usual, about the fact that he was hungry, cold, and tired of waiting for our sensei. Sasuke was sulking next to a tree, clearly annoyed too, but he wasn't as vocal as Naruto. I also wasn't in the best mood since I barely got a few hours of sleep last night.

The same nightmare I've been having since the massacre was gradually becoming more clear. If when I first had it, it was more a feeling than a dream, now I was reliving that dreadful night every time I went to bed.

I sighed and leaned on the wet grass. I shouldn't complain about it when I deserve it.

"Chise." Sasuke grabbed my attention. "What do you think about this survival test?"

"I don't know, Shisui also didn't want to tell me anything about it, but I think it's more to it than standing in a field and listening to Naruto."

"What if we have to fight?" he asked and I looked into his eyes.

"What about it?" I said with a shrug.

"Can you fight?"

"You're asking me if I can fight?" I asked a bit annoyed.

"If we have to fight, the level of difficulty won't be Academy level," he said studying me.

"And? Do you think I can't handle it?"

He didn't say anything. His silence was enough for me to understand. I grabbed the katana that Shisui gave me a few nights ago and got up.

"You know Sasuke, ninjutsu isn't everything," I said and walked away. Naruto looked between Sasuke and me as I sat next to a tree further away from them. He looked a bit undecided as he glanced between the raven boy and me. I gestured to the hyperactive boy to go sit next to Sasuke. I needed to think, and Naruto rambling next to me wasn't good background noise.

I wasn't mad at Sasuke, I could never be, but I was a bit sad and disappointed that he thought so little of my skills. To be honest, it wasn't his fault. Shisui never trained the two of us together as Sasuke's training was mainly ninjutsu, and mine was kenjutsu. So, I understood, he never had the chance to assert my skills.

I scanned the field, looking for advantage points. If we were to fight, we should at least be familiar with the terrain. If we fight each other I wasn't exactly worried. Sasuke was good, but he had the habit to underestimate his opponent. Naruto on the other hand also had that problem, but to top that he never analyzed his opponent. I sighed again. Both of them were overconfident idiots.

But, if we were to fight against Kakashi Hatake...

I thought for a bit asserting our assets. We could do it if we came up with a plan. Naruto could distract him, Sasuke might keep up with his ninjutsu, and if I were careful I could engage in a 'not so unilateral taijutsu and kenjutsu' battle. Of course, Kakashi Hatake also wouldn't go jonin level on us, we were new genin in his eyes. I smirked, it didn't matter. We will pass his survival exercise no matter what.