[Active. Targetting. Acquired.]
"Whispering wind," cast Naruto. "Target: Sasuke Uchiha. Target: Sakura Haruno."
[Subjects found. Targetting.]
"I've got the bell," whispered Naruto from where he was leaning up against the post. "I'm leaving it by the alarm."
There was no movement to indicate that either of them had heard him.
"Naruto!" said Kakashi, abruptly appearing nearby. "I thought you were going to explain to the ANBU about the explosion? Are you interfering in my test?"
"I'm filling out a report for them," said Naruto. "They don't take off points for spelling, do they?"
"If they did, then they wouldn't accept Maito Gai's reports," guessed Kakashi.
Sakura appeared at one end of the clearing and began dashing for the posts.
"Oh look, it's an obvious distraction," said Kakashi.
"Yeah, looks that way," agreed Naruto.
"Pardon me," said Kakashi just before disappearing.
Sakura continued to dash as fast as she could.
"Doton: Shinjuu Zanshuu no Jutsu!"
Sakura screamed as she was abruptly pulled underground until just her head was showing.
"Lesson one: ninjutsu," said Kakashi, abruptly appearing in a poof of smoke before the genin. "Well, you're ahead of Sasuke at least."
"Killer... wedgie..." groaned Sakura, looking as if something was very uncomfortable.
A blur appeared behind Kakashi.
"Predictable," said Kakashi, sounding disappointed as he leapt and flipped backwards.
Sasuke tapped down and then redirected his leap away from the posts and towards Kakashi.
"Magen," said Kakashi. "Narakumi no Jutsu."
Sasuke came to a stop, snarled, and started slashing at the air around him.
"Not a very good choice," said Naruto, having stood up and approached.
"True, it would have been better if I'd used the Decapitation Technique on him and the genjutsu on Sakura, I suppose," said Kakashi. "Sasuke has... issues."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "We're ninja. I think it comes with the territory."
Kakashi cocked his head to the side, considering that. "Point. How would you have handled it?"
"Since you're just trying to get them to run out of time," said Naruto. "Power Word: Sleep!"
Sasuke folded abruptly.
"Handy," said Kakashi, feeling the power rolling across the area.
"You want to check Sakura while I check Sasuke?" asked Naruto. "Just make sure they're resting comfortably and circulation doesn't get cut off."
Kakashi shrugged. There was a brief 'dingle' noise when Naruto was arranging Sasuke, but any smirk on Kakashi's face was purely coincidental.
"Not going to give one to Sakura?" asked Kakashi eventually.
"You caught that, huh?" asked Naruto.
"Did you think I'd forgotten about the bells disappearing from my belt suddenly?" asked Kakashi, acting hurt.
"No, sensei," said Naruto, shrugging. "I just thought I was being subtle."
"'subtle'?" asked Kakashi.
"Well, 'relatively' subtle," amended Naruto.
"Relative to what?" asked Kakashi.
"Large explosions."
"Well, I suppose that would be the case," admitted Kakashi.
"This whole thing was about 'teamwork', right?" asked Naruto.
"What makes you think that?" asked Kakashi.
"Just made sense is all," said Naruto. "I was asking because pranking the two of them while they're unconscious would probably be against the whole 'team' thing. Potentially fun though."
"It probably would be best to avoid doing that sort of thing at the moment," agreed Kakashi. "Though what prank did you have in mind?"
"Stuffing Sasuke in a tuxedo, Sakura in a wedding dress and have them wake up in a cheap motel room in the Village Of Artisans," said Naruto.
"That would be momentarily amusing, but Sakura might take it that you were making fun of her dreams," pointed out Kakashi.
"I could turn them both into animals using a Polymorph spell," said Naruto. "Sakura as a howler monkey maybe, while Sasuke could be a ferret."
"I can see where your pranks might get a little over-the-top nowadays," said Kakashi. "In fact, I think it would be best if you avoided pranking your team altogether unless you really had cause for revenge."
"It would be okay then?" asked Naruto, genuinely curious.
"As long as there's no mission in progress or permanent side-effects," hastened to add Kakashi. "There's a precedent for such things in such cases."
"A ninja's life is a complicated one," said Naruto, turning his attention back to the report. "I guess a ninja's life is full of paperwork too."
"That's true," said Kakashi, nodding at that.
"So," said Naruto, making an idle gesture and having a dingle noise suddenly sound from the vicinity of one of Sakura's hands. "Pass?"
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