Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Flame of Youth ❯ Bell Test ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto. If I did he would use Tae Kwon Leap. Oh well…

 

Chapter 4

 

He was bored. Sasuke had nothing to do except give his patented death glare or his patented look of uninterest. And considering that they seemed to only work on one of his teammates, who happened to be the leader of the fan girls, they were immediately misconstrued as being aimed at their tardy Sensei. The Dobe seemed to be immune to his looks. That wouldn't do. The Dobe is supposed to be easily intimidated, not standing their, fiddling with a small black thing. He wasn't interested in what the Dobe found so amusing. He wasn't interested in the least as to what could make the Dobe smirk in satisfaction, it was beneath him. He wasn't interested.

 

She was bored. All she had to do was think about Sasuke and the weird change in Naruto. Even fan girls need to take breaks. Inner Sakura, though, was raging “How dare he be late! Doesn't he know that it's a bad idea to make Sasuke-kun wait?”

 

He was mildly amused. They were squirming like worms, all but one. He seemed to be enthralled with a small black object, probably electronic in nature. He didn't quite understand what could be distracting enough to ignore his absence.

 

He was quite amused. He always wondered why Kakashi-Sensei was always late. But with his Wilk's PDD he hacked into the security cameras and was watching Kakashi Sensei watch them squirm, them being Sasuke-Teme and Sakura-San. No Chan for Sakura. Naruto knew he had no chance in this reality. Unless Sakura was interested in size, she wouldn't show Naruto any interest. He remembered something Teme-Sensei once said “The more evil Sasuke is, the smaller his size. The smaller his size, the angrier he gets. The angrier he gets, the more evil he becomes. It's a vicious cycle of constant shrinkage.” That was something to remember. It wasn't what he wanted to hear, but it made sense in its own, demented way. He finally decided he had enough and started tapping on his PDD in the Anbu's secret language “You really shouldn't make them wait. Sasuke will keep brooding and Sakura may start hitting me for no reason”.

 

Kakashi was startled. This Uzumaki kid knew the Anbu secret language. That kid must be something special if he knew something so complicated. Well, it's probably time to introduce himself. He performed the hand seals for the shu-shine, while Naruto put the black object up his sleeve. “Hmm… That's odd, there's no sign of his arm in his sleeve” he thought before disappeared in a puff of smoke. When he reappeared he was behind the door. When he opened it the kids looked at him.

“Hello Kakashi-Sensei. Did you finally get a cramp while sitting in that tree” said the blonde kid.

Kakashi was surprised. The kid knew where he was, but how… Of course! That black object must have been a mini-computer, and he must have been using one of the cameras to watch him. This kid was full of surprises. “Actually, I decided that it wouldn't be prudent for any of my students to get in a fight.” Said the silver-haired Jounin. “Head up to the roof I will meet you there.” He said before he shu-shined out.

 

The Roof

 

Kakashi was standing there, waiting for them. When they sat down he began “Ok so tell me about yourselves.”

“What do you mean?” said Sakura who looked confused.

“Well, tell me your name, likes, dislikes, and hopes for the future.”

“Well why don't you start, Sensei”

“Well, my name is Kakashi Hatake. My likes are none of your business,”

“He means he likes Icha Icha Paradise” said the blonde

“My dislikes are none of your business”

“He means he doesn't like his fellow readers and he hates traitors”

“And my dreams are none of your concern.”

“He means he wants to star in the Icha Icha Paradise movie and meet the author”

Kakashi then pulled out a little orange book, quickly opened it, and shoved it into Naruto's face.

“Been there, done that, bought the T-Shirt” said the blonde looking up from the book.

This kid is something special. Normally he should be passed out from the blood rush. “We'll start with you” he said as he pointed at Sakura.

“My name is Sakura Haruno,” she said, “my likes are…” she stared at Sasuke, “my dislikes are…” she glared at Naruto, “And my dreams are…” she stared at Sasuke again.

“Well that was useful… How about you?” he said while pointing at Sasuke.

“My name is Sasuke Uchiha,” said the raven haired boy, “I have no likes, my dislikes are none of your business, and my dream is to kill a certain someone.”

“Ok… And you?” he said, looking at Naruto.

“My name is Naruto Uzumaki, my likes are ramen and foxes, my dislikes are traitors, and my dream is to become Hokage so I can protect my precious people.”

“Well, you were the most useful. You at least understood what to say. Meet me tomorrow at the Konoha Bridge at 6 am. We shall begin training then.” He turned then said “oh, by the way, don't eat breakfast, you'll only throw up.”

 

Sasuke was the first to arrive, followed by Sakura. 3 hours 59 minutes of boredom later Naruto and Kakashi hadn't shown up. Kakashi showed at exactly 10 am. “Where's Naruto?” he asked
“You are late Kakashi Sensei! And I don't know where Naruto is.” Said Sakura

Just then Naruto arrived with a shit-eating grin on his face “Hi Kakashi-Sensei. I hope you didn't mind me taking your example.”

“Naruto, does the saying `Do as I say, not as I do' mean anything to you?” he said

“Not really, but I wasn't late, in fact I was in the tree right next to yours” said the blonde

Kakashi was surprised again. The kid knew where was again, but there were no cameras about to reveal his position. “Well, let's head to training ground 9 (just guessing, can't remember the actual number).

 

The bell test. You know it, you love it, you want some more of it. I'm not going to bother with the speeches, since you all want action, and that's what I'm in the mood for.

Sasuke and Sakura leapt into hiding as Kakashi pulled out his little orange book and started to read for a bit, until he realized Naruto wasn't hiding. “Are you going to take this seriously?” he asked the blonde.

“I am. It's just that you're a Jounin and sense where we are hiding. So I'm not going to bother hiding.” Answered Naruto. Immediately Sasuke and Sakura changed hiding spots and began masking their Chakra.

“Hmm… it won't do you any good Naruto.”

“We can see.” Naruto then assumed loose, natural position with his hands at waist level.

“What Taijutsu is that?” asked Kakashi, who was becoming curious, though, not enough to look up from his book.

“It's called Ch'A Ch'Uan. It's a form of Kung Fu” just then, he leapt from where he was standing and performed a flying jump kick at Kakashi, who ducked the attack then unleashed a back hand as Naruto was landing, but he performed a reverse turning kick, dodging the attack and barely missing Kakashi, who jumped over and behind Naruto, who then delivered a wheel kick aimed at Kakashi's mid-section. Kakashi dodged this final attack as Naruto then jumped away and resumed his previous stance.

“That was… Interesting” said the older man.

“Yes, it was. I wasn't expecting you to dodge my wheel kick.” Said the younger man as he assumed another stance, hands open in front of him. “This is Amazon Wu Shu. It's a little tricky, but should suffice.” He said as he slowly approached the jounin.

“Amazon? Why would you know the fighting style of female warriors?”

“My teacher wanted me to have a fully rounded education. Amnaguriken!” he shouted as he charged Kakashi. His hands were a blur and appeared to be in many places at once, and all of them were punches. Kakashi had to look up from his book so as to avoid the attacks. Naruto continued this until he backed Kakashi up to a tree. He then retracted his hands into his jacket and delivered a slow, powerful punch. Kakashi dodged just in time to see Naruto leave a 1 ft. crater in the tree from that one blow.

“Holy shit! This kid is something else!” he thought.

Naruto circled Kakashi so that he was again between the tree and the boy. He then thrust out with his right arm as Kakashi dodged, expecting shuriken or kunai, but instead seeing a large object speed out of the sleeve and blast 3 ft. hole into the tree. When the dust cleared Kakashi realized that it was a duck-shaped training toilet attached to a 4 ft. metal rod.
“What the hell!?” he managed to say before Naruto made a quick rising back-hand motion with his left arm. Kakashi fell to the ground, almost getting decapitated by a katana that appeared out of no where. He then rolled to his feet and jumped back.

“Where the hell did you get those?” he asked.

“Heh… you like? It's the Amazon Void Pocket Technique. Very useful. You just don't know what I might have up my sleeve. Literally… Ryu Tsuisen” he screamed as he jumped in the air. Kakashi started to back away when a thought entered his, then he quickly dived to the left. He was lucky. Naruto decided to show off his technique's power and pulled out the biggest sword you've ever seen (Sanosuke's Zanbatou from Rurouni Kenshin) and left an 8 ft. long crater in the ground before it quickly disappeared. He then turned to Kakashi and smiled “Good instincts. I don't think anyone else would have thought to dive out of the way.” Said the blonde. He then put his left hand on his right sleeve and moved it up, the sleeve retracting to only 4” in length. Naruto's right arm was covered in an intricate tattoo of coiling black tendrils. “Here's something my sensei picked up in his travels” he said as he bit his left thumb, drawing blood, which he then wiped on his right arm. “Void Style: Karasu Shadow Tendrils Jutsu!” he yelled as he pointed his right arm at Kakashi. Then the tattoo came alive, stretching from his arm at incredible speeds, cutting through all in its path. Kakashi used a replacement jutsu so as to achieve a nominal hiding location. “Good thinking Kakashi, it's not good to be out in the open against this jutsu.” He then placed his right hand on his left sleeve sliding up, causing the sleeve to retract, revealing that his left arm was covered in the stylized tattoo of a jackal. “But lets see if you can avoid this!” he then bit his right thumb and spread his blood on his left arm “Void Style: Alucard Restrained Shadow Jackal Jutsu!” he then slammed his left fist into the ground. Immediately his shadow expanded, and what arose from it made Sakura shiver in fear. It was huge, plain and simple. Nearly 6 ft. at the shoulder, it had six red eyes, full of malice and hatred, and it was blacker than the blackest night. “Seek out Kakashi, we want him alive” Naruto said in a voice not his, a voice full of insanity that caused fear in mere mortals. The jackal sniffed the air and immediately faced Kakashi. Growling, it then dashed forward, jaw agape, intent on biting Kakashi in two. Kakashi leapt high into the in an attempt to evade the hungry beast, but the jackal, having expected such a move, reared up on its hind legs and stretched out to reach Kakashi. Kakashi, thinking quickly, used a replacement jutsu to get close to Naruto and tripped him. When Naruto's left hand stopped touching the ground the jackal disappeared.

“Good jutsu, but you must keep your left hand in contact with the ground for it to work” said Kakashi.

“I know, but it worked” the blonde said

“Huh?” Kakashi looked confused

Just then Sasuke and Sakura stepped out from behinds a tree. Each had a bell.

“I distracted you while they fulfilled the mission. It was quite simple really. I just sent each of them a Shadow Clone that explained my plan to them. Though it was their choice to follow through. It took Sasuke the longest time to get the bell, which was while you were focused on me summoning my jackal. Sakura grabbed hers when I used my Amnaguriken technique. To tell you the truth, I hid from them that this mission was about teamwork. I wanted to see if they would work with their teammates.” Explained the blonde.

“Well, I guess you passed the test.”

 

 

So what do you think? I got the idea for the shadow tendrils from Noein and the jackal from the beginning theme of the Hellsing Anime. The Amnaguriken, Amazon Wu Shu, and Void Pocket technique from One-Half a Wing and a Prayer, a Fanfic about Ranma