In the forests...
Sasuke was getting filling with rage as he thought about the way that he had been trapped by his sensei, stuck in the dirt up to his head just because he didn't expect the attack from below. Now he had to figure out a way to get out from his earthly prison, then he heard a voice say, "Huh?" He looked in that direction only to see his female teammate looking directly at him.
He called out to her, "Sakura?" He was hoping that she might be able to pull him out of the situation that he found himself in, as an extra pair of hands might be of use in digging himself out of the mess. Then she screamed at him.
"Sasuke's just a head without a body and he's still talking!" Terror could be seen clearly on her eyes as if she had seen a nightmare come to life when she was looking at him. Then the light went out of her eyes as she fainted in front of him, removing the only aid that he had to dig himself out of the hole that he had found himself in. Sasuke was stunned by her action as that was not something you would expect from someone who's job included killing other people upon command.
"And that's my partner!" He said sarcastically as he tried to figure out another what out of the land that held him.
A little later...
Sasuke found himself in standing next to the post that was holding Naruto, bound in rope so that he couldn't move. On the other side of the ghost boy, was his pinked hair stalker. There sensei was walking over to a stone that was engraved with something. Their sensei looked thoughtful for a moment, before he spoke, "On this stone is the names of some of the best ninjas of the entire village. Ninja who have earned the respect and admiration of the entire village."
"Well, my name is going to be one that stone some day, I'm going to be one of the best ninja in the village and when I am on that stone everyone will respect me!" Naruto exclaimed loudly as he continued to struggled with his ropes. Kakashi turned and gave Naruto a dirty look.
"Everyone on that stone are dead, having sacrificed their lives for the lives of the village." The grey haired man said softly, yet firmly. That caused all of the students to become silent, each feeling embarrassed by Naruto's comment.
"I have some good news, I have decided that I won't be sending any of you back to the academy." spoke the one eyed man as the students got their hopes up at the idea they had all passed before they were crushed by his next words. "All three of you... are being dropped from the program, permanently!"
"The reason behind this test was teamwork, something that none of you know anything about. Not one of you alone could take a jonin like me on by yourselves, but if you worked together as a team you would have gotten the bells." The jonin told them as he tried to explain the test.
"But sensei, there were only two bells?" Sakura asked as if to try and figure out what it was that Kakashi was trying to say. Sasuke could also tried to wonder what the reason behind the two bells.
"Those were a misdirection to cause you to think that only two of you could pass the test. If you had been able to see past that deception, you would have realized that a genin team is made up of three students and one jonin instructor for a reason. Teamwork is the answer." The scarecrow like man leaped with great speed and got Sasuke in a position where he couldn't attack. "Sakura, kill Naruto or Sasuke dies."
Sakura was frozen with dread, looking like she thought that their teacher had gone made. Kakashi let Sasuke up as he explained, "In this life there will be hard choices like that, but if you work as a team you will always find a way around these problems by working together. But you three couldn't do that. Sasuke, you believed that you are so better than anyone else that you don't need their help, but you do need their help if you are going to survive as a ninja, Sakura, you were so worried about Sasuke that you didn't think about teaming up with Naruto. Naruto, you were so fixed on doing things by yourself, and while you did have a good chance to win with your Reichi, you would have had a better chance using that Reichi with the aid of the others."
The Uchiha hung his face down as he had to look over the mistakes that they had made with the test, when he looked up again he saw his teacher standing before the engraved stone once again. The grey haired man turned to them again and spoke, "I am going to give you a second chance to pass this test, we will run threw it again after lunch. However, only Sasuke and Sakura are going to eat since Naruto tried to have his lunch early. That is an order, I'll be back soon." The teacher tossed the pink and black haired students two lunch boxes, then disappeared.
Sasuke thought for a moment about the test they had just experienced and then orders that Kakashi had just given him, he could sense that something wasn't right about that. Then her heard the growl of Naruto's belly and realized that they didn't have a chance if Naruto was weak.
"Eat, you'll be completely worthless in the test if you don't eat anything. I don't sense our sensei anywhere near us, so it should be alright for you to eat." Sasuke said, hoping that his hunch was right about the reason for the test. Sasuke was interested in seeing that Sakura was trying to fee Naruto her lunch as well, she didn't seem to like to feed Naruto while his hands were tied.
'If it was me on the pole, I bet she wouldn't have that much trouble feeding me.' Sasuke thought to himself, as they feed their teammate.
It was after the sound of Naruto's stomach had stopped, that there was a burst of smoke that signalled the appearance of their sensei. Kakashi spoke, "You have disobeyed my orders. I hope that you are ready to take the punishment that I am going to give you." As he did some hand signs, thunder clouds covered the sky as the wind picked up and lighting struck the ground behind them. The one eyed ninja asked, "Any last words? "
It was then that Sakura said, "We gave him food because he's our teammate and that the three of us are one!" With that Naruto was agreeing over and over again, as Sasuke just nodded in agreement in a subtle manner. He was an Uchiha and he would face destiny head on.
"The three of you are one!? That's your excuse?" The three young ninja looked on in terror at their sensei as they expected the worse, before being surprised by his words again in a soft voice, "You pass." That caused them to look shocked at the words that the older man had said.
"In fact, you're the first team that I have past and now you're my responsibility. To realize one of the most important rules for a ninja, those who break the rules are scum, that is true. But those who abandon their friends are worse than scum. Remember that when we start training tomorrow. You are dismissed." Kakashi turned to disappear, but spoke one thing before doing that, "Naruto, you do realize that you could have phased through the post at anytime?"
The black haired boy could only shake his had as the violet haired one had a look of pure stupidity on his face as he leaned back and into the post. The ropes loosing their hold on him, fell as the boy shot up the post to float above it in a clumsy manner.
'Well, this is going to be an interesting team.' Sasuke though as he headed home for more training.
(Posted Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:16)
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