"MONO VOLT!" Naruto's hand whipped out and a spray of lightning arced towards Kakashi.
Kakashi used Substitution Jutsu with the nearest object of sufficient mass. Which turned out to be Sakura.
"Wha-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-AH!" exclaimed Sakura as she was left electrocuted, paralyzed, with her hair resembling some pink koosh ball, and really wishing she'd had something to eat since lunch the previous day.
"I didn't say 'begin'," repeated Kakashi.
"We're ninja," pointed out Naruto. "Breaking the rules while following its spirit is definitely a ninja thing. FREEZE BULLET!"
"Hmmm," acknowledged Kakashi, dodging and leaping back. "Good rejoinder. You have the Snappy Dialogue During Combat down."
"Thanks, I try," said Naruto. "Gray Buster! Oh, Sasuke, you might want to hang back. Either I'll tire him out enough for you to take him on, or I'll immobilize him and you can hit him then. FLARE... ARROW!"
Sasuke frowned, but held back. Naruto seemed to have lots of jutsu, but Kakashi was dodging and whirling and his one visible eye seemed to indicate some panic. Still, Naruto's plan seemed kind of sound and allowed him to make the finishing move.
So, he does understand something of teamwork? Kakashi managed to think as he avoided yet another arrow of flame launched in his direction. "Lesson one. Taijutsu."
The kick took Naruto in the side of the head and caused him to spin around in midair before hitting the ground.
"I thought you were going to tire me out," said Kakashi.
"FOX FIRE!"
"What?" asked Kakashi as suddenly he had a glowing yellow aura.
Another Naruto came out of the bushes. "Now you can't hide, Kakashi-sensei."
"A kage bunshin?" asked Kakashi as the Naruto on the ground got to his hands and knees slowly.
"Yeah, I hid in the bushes while waiting for you," said the clone. "Now, Sakura!"
"Gkkk," managed the still paralyzed and sparking kooshball-Sakura.
"Okay, maybe that wasn't quite how it was supposed to go," acknowledged Naruto. "Let's try this! FIRE BALL!"
Kakashi leapt, dodged, and noticed the way Naruto was suddenly grinning. Which led him to see the glowing rune appearing where he was about to land.
Kakashi used Substitution again. Again on Sakura, who managed to wince and close her eyes before everything abruptly shifted.
"Okay, that wasn't supposed to happen," said Naruto.
"WHAT?! I'm... WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!" exclaimed Sakura.
"It'll wear off," said Naruto. "I think."
"WHAT?!" exclaimed the pink panther. "I'm a freaking CAT!"
"Calm down," said Sasuke, scratching the girl-turned-panther behind an ear and eliciting a grumbling purr, "we still need to get those bells."
"He's still hiding in that tree," pointed out Naruto.
"Sakura, you're a talking panther," pointed out Sasuke. "Panthers can climb trees."
The pink panther shook herself, blinked, and then smiled with a mouthful of very sharp teeth. "Okay. Let's do this."
"If he gets away from you, RUN," suggested Naruto. "I'll use a wide-area destruction spell, and it should at least injure him. Then if both of you rush in after the blast wave, you should be able to get the bells while he's disoriented."
Sakura and Sasuke glanced at each other and nodded.
Okay, they're doing teamwork. Strategies being discussed. Naruto is throwing jutsu around he shouldn't even know about, much less be able to cast. Kakashi held up a hand and determined that he was still glowing like a lantern. At night, this would be a major disadvantage. Hidden in a tree at this distance, I'm safe for the moment. Wait a minute, what's he...
A pink panther suddenly appeared and leapt at him, claws slashing.
Kakashi leapt, hearing a loud click as teeth snapped within an inch of his ear. Okay, this is getting a little bizarre. I'd hoped to at least get some reading of my book done, but this hasn't been going at all normally. "Try this. Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu!"
"AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" screamed the panther, collapsing immediately and frothing at the mouth.
(ZIPPPP!) went Sasuke, bounding past Kakashi to grab Sakura and head away from the jonin, accelerating wildly.
What the - why is he ignoring... uh oh. Kakashi slowly looked back to where Naruto was.
"-in my unworthy hands," finished Naruto. "DRAGON SLAVE!"
"-and so that's what happened," finished Naruto.
"You two confirm this?" asked the Hokage.
"Hnnn," said Sasuke with a smirk and nod.
"How long am I going to be a CAT?!" exclaimed Sakura.
"Well, when I set it up it was for a one-day thing," said Naruto, "so probably it'll only last until midnight."
"'probably'?" asked a pink panther as it bared claws.
"If not, there's a dispel, it's just expensive," said Naruto.
Sakura was about to protest but then Sasuke's hand found an itch along her neck and anything she had to say was promptly forgotten.
The Hokage glanced behind him at the wall of ANBU. "So, this is all Kakashi's fault. I see."
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