Team 7's Bell Test(Kakashi, Sakura, Naruto)

[kakashi]

Kakashi had returned to Konoha to find Naruto back from training with Jiraya. He was glad to have most of his team back. He wondered what training jiraya had given Naruto. He smiled and knew how to judge how much he and Sakura had grown under the tutoring of the two Sannin. He smiled and now stood in the old training grounds where he had first tested to judge them worthy of being his students.

"I wonder how long it will take them to get here after they find the notes i left them." He said as he stood there waiting for his two young team members. He started to read his book which he smiled at under his mask. He didn't pay much attention now to the rest of the world at least until he would feel the presence of his team that is. As he stood there he started to think what he wanted to do he smiled and walked back into town. He would come back in a bit to see if they were there.

Kakashi walked through the streets avoiding any streets that Naruto and Sakura liked to travel and arrived at a bookstore. His eyes lit up with a child's glee as he entered the store and started to look around. He walked through the isles and looked at each of the books wondering what book he would pick to read next.

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Good For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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As she had expected, Sakura was first to arrive there, only a few moments early, and Kakashi was nowhere in sight, as per usual. She hadn't expected the Jounin to be on time for something like this, as he had never been a very punctual man to begin with. With a sigh, she leaned against the fence, still deep in thought about her little mishap earlier as her and Kogitsune had been travelling to the springs. How had he read her in such a way? She knew what he'd been guessing; she had learned to read people fairly well from Tsunade, and while it had been mostly for battle usage and part of her medical training, It came in useful during out-of-battle situations as well.

Now, however, Sakura was locked in a mental battle with herself, her conscience, and her feelings. What was wrong with her? While now she felt rather fine, the moment Naruto had returned she had felt an overwhelming sense of joy, as if she had been eternally empty for the past two and a half years but had suddenly been filled to the point that it felt as if there was neve3r a void there in the first place. But now there was the question of why. Why did she feel that way? What sort of impulse had caused her to run up to him with such an air of enthusiams, and hug him as if he were some long-lost lover? The more and more she thought about things, the more she felt... closer to something she didn't want to confront.

Once again she sighed, sliding down the fence, and sat, with her knees hugged very lightly to her chest, deep in thought. Could that really be the answer? Sakura didn't want to admit it, but in truthful honesty, that was the only viable explanation she could think of. But then again, how possibly could something like that have come about? Naruto was annoying, irritating, and perverted in every fiber of his being, but on the other hand, he seemed to care for her, in a sense. He'd fought Gaara to a state where he couldn't even move his arms and legs simply to save her from being crushed, and while she hadn't been conscious to realize it at the time, it had been care. He'd also cared for her many other times, showing the same sort of feelings when she'd been forced to slice off her own hair, her own beautiful, long rose locks, with a kunai in order to save all of them.

That meant, truly, that while Naruto was irritating, rash, perverted, and annoying a lot of the time, Naruto was also kind, and caring, and he didn't give up. He didn't always have the best of plans in mind, but he always looked towards the bright side of things, even going to the point of nearly killing himself to bring back Sasuke. Sakura remembered the state the boy had been in when he'd returned from that mission, and now that she thought about it, his condition had been rather horrible. He'd been beaten to a point, not to mention that Naruto also seemed to go through a lot, even as a kid. Always shunned, called a monster, and Sakura still didn't understand it. And yet, of course, the kunoichi had done it herself, too. She'd shunned him, called him a failure, and yet now, what was the difference?

Sakura was snapped back to reality at the sounds of footsteps nearby. Who possibly could it be? She guessed that it would be Naruto, as it would definitely have been a surprise if Kakashi-sensei had shown up before him. Once again, not the very punctual man he was.

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[naruto]

Naurto remembered the note he found on his door when he walked down the street towards the Ramen shop looking for anyone to talk to and he sighed. I guess I should get there and get this over with and ive been wanting to let Sakura see some of my new moves. Naruto started to head to the field where he and sakura along with Sauske had first been tested by Kakashi.

Naruto's eyes narrowed slightly as he thought about the past and how he had not been strong enough to save Sauske and keep Sakura happy. He hated how she cried after he had returned without sauske. He also hated the fact that not long after his return he had abandoned her to go train to get stronger. I didn't have much of a choice,l had to get stronger to be able to save those i love, those i want to protect. His thoughts kept him occupied until he arrived at the field. He looked down at Sakura and didn't know what to say so he said "Sakura-chan! what do you think Kakashi wanted us here for? What do you think he will ask us to do? and will he ever be on time?" he rambled as he stood beside her.

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Good For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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As she had guessed, it had been Naruto that had been making his way to the training grounds. Suddenly, Sakura felt a lot less empty than what she'd been before; it was as if a sudden void in her was filled to the brim and still wanting more. Joyously she leaped up and stood, thinking over what Naruto had just asked.

"I doubt he's going to be on time, Naruto... He's Kakashi-sensei. He's always been like this, remember? And to be honest... I have no idea what he's called us out for." Sakura yawned, a little tired. So much had happened today; she'd brought Rajani to see Tsunade, as well as encountered and been assigned as medical help to Kogitsune, the contract man between Hoshigakure and Konohagakure in order to provide some sort of support for his medical condition. After that entire ordeal this morning, her and Kogitsune had set out to the Tanzaku Onsen hotsprings... Which had been rather relaxing. Of course, the encounter with that other Chuunin, Fujiwara Asuka, had been rather interesting and mind-boggling as well...

"Well, anyways, while we're waiting for Kakashi-sensei... Tell me, does my back look okay? Not like, disgusting or ugly or anything?" As if to emphasize her point, she turned around, looking over her shoulder towards Naruto. " 'cause, I mean, as of now you're going to see a lot of it, Naruto!" She smirked a little, getting a little cocky in a sense, but as she did so, turned back around. "Shishou-sama's taught me quite a few new things, and my medical skills have improved a lot!" She felt very bright today, and as if she were one of the happiest girls in the world, she walked towards Naruto, leaned forward with her hands locked behind her back, and giggled slightly.

"So did you learn anything interesting?" She asked, a genuine interest glowing behind her sparkling jade eyes. She wondered what sorts of things Jiraiya had taught Naruto over the past two and a half years; Sakura herself knew she'd learned a lot. She'd learned the secret behind the insane strength that Tsunade possessed, and came to find that the concept behind it was rather simple. Of course, it required a lot of chakra control, but being a med-nin, she was required to have that regardless. As well, she'd learned a lot more higher-level healing techniques, such as how to remove poison from a person's bloodstream as well as furthered her simple Shousen no Jutsu. But of course, if that was the sort of things Sakura had learned, then what possibly could Naruto have learned?

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[kakashi]

Kakashi looked through the books then looked up at the time. He decided that the two members of team 7 should be there at the training grounds. He bid the book keeper good day and left the store.

Kakashi walked to the training grounds and came up behind his team and stood there as he listened t o their words. He smirked beneath his mask and then said, "Well im here so let me clear some things up," he then moved to infront of the two ninja.

He looked at how much Sakura had grown and matured into a strong medical ninja and person. He then looked at Naruto who had grown as well but how much had he grown up in maturity?
Beneath his mask he smirked as he lifted his hand which held two bells. "Remember these?" he said as he looked at the two of his team.

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Good For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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So her guess earlier had been absolutely correct; Kakashi-sensei had been planning to load a test on them. The bell test. Smirking at the memory, Sakura remembered how things had gone. Her, getting caught in a stupid Genjutsu, Sasuke been incapacitated into the ground, as well as her freaking out because she thought the Uchiha boy was headless, and Naruto being stupid enough to think that Kakashi-sensei had dropped the bell, only to be tied up by his ankles to a tree and hanging upside-down. Of course, he'd been the idiot tied to the stump that time, but she wondered... If there were two lunches, that meant that one of the three of them standing here now would be hungry. Either that, or the poor sucker that didn't get one would be the one paying the bill.

"Oi, Kakashi-sensei, you think you're going to get us with the same stupid tricks again?" Sakura chorused, leaning her weight on one hip. "I'm game. That is, if you've got something more creative than last time up your sleeve. I'm sure as hell not going to be stupid enough to fall for a Genjutsu like last time!" As if to reinstate her point, she reached back to her holster and pulled out a pair of black gloves, sliding them on to her hands and flexing her fingers. Grinning from ear to ear, she chuckled, placing both hands on her hips.

Already she was strategizing. Surely, Kakashi-sensei would try something childish in order to catch them off guard, and Sakura would hopefully be able to prevent that. She just hoped she'd be able to show off her new-found strength more than just a little, hopefully by sending Kakashi-sensei flying a good thirty or forty feet. As if she were being casual, she asked a genuine question. "Kakashi-sensei, do you like knuckle sandwiches? Oh, and Naruto, I hope you like staring at my back, because you're both going to let a lot of either..." A sly smile worked its way across the girl's face, and she laughed.

"So it's the same as before, right? Come at you with the killer intent in order to get the bells, right? I'm game." Without waiting to see, she thought she might just catch the Jounin off guard, and as she leaped back, reached into her holster and hurled four shuriken towards the man. She knew for a fact that chances were slim they would actually hit, but it would keep him on his toes, nonetheless. Already she was ready to take the lead on things, and she really did hope that Naruto enjoyed the view of her back. He'd definitely see quite a bit of it now, that was for sure.

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[naruto]

Naruto saw the bells and saw Sakura attack Kakashi who dodged. Soon as he dodged Sakura's attack Naurto did his normal cloning and smirked as he made his Rasengan. He after the Rasengan was formed launched his clone at Kakashi while he tried to come up beside him to blind side him with the rasengan. As he made his move his right wrist was grabbed by Kakashi and he was thrown into his clone wasting his Rasengan.

Naruto grumbled but got back up and looked at Sakura then wondered how he could distract Kakashi enough that he would not notice A clone or Sakura from coming up behind him. He thought as he went to attack Kakashi again knowing unless he had a plan he could communicate to Sakura it would be useless. He started to throw punches and wondered if he would get anywhere.

As he thought that Kakashi threw him over his shoulder once more into a tree this time. He shook his head as he returned his attention back to Sakura. She hadn't shown him what she had learned yet while Naruto had shown the Rasengan which he knew Jiryia knew but also the 4th hokage. He knew this was not as easy as last time to keep them away from the bells and if they had not lost their other team mate this would be much much harder. As he stood there and when nartuo recovered he wasnt there anymore.

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Good For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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Well, her shuriken hadn't worked, as she'd guessed, but as usual, Naruto had gone in like the bull in a china cabinet that he was. She watched carefully as Naruto was thrown over Kakashi's shoulder into a tree, after a missed Rasengan, but her switch in attention to the blonde gave Kakashi enough time to disappear into nothingness. She knew instantly what to do. Her gaze looked straight, but half a second later was looking left, then right. She whipped around to check behind her, but nothing.

Taking a step back, she looked above her, to also find nothing. Well, that left only one angle, and Sakura smirked. Now it was her turn to show what she could do. Gathering chakra up into her fist, she focused her gaze on the ground.

"BELOW!" she cried in a loud voice, and without warning, slammed her fist straight into the ground. The full force of her abilities went behind that whole attack, and as a result, the shockwave spread out in front of her in an almost straight line, her chakra snaking out from the impact and literally breaking the ground up. It was insane, almost like an earthquake, as the tremors rocked the area, most likely able to knock a standing Naruto off-balance with ease.

Smirking, she dashed around the shockwave she'd created and rushed over to Naruto, but she could note no injury as she looked at the boy. There was a small cut on the back of his head that she could see, and within seconds, her glove was off and taking care of it, the green chakra glowing around her head. She stopped it to the point that it was nearly healed and wouldn't cause any problems, then returned her glove to her hand and looked down at the ground, waiting for the hidden Kakashi to appear.

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[kakashi]

Kakashi had not expected Sakura to have the incredible strength she had, it was similar.....no it had to be just like Tsunade's Strength. Sakura was no longer the timid little genin and she was a capeable medical nin too. He jumped from the broken ground as she healed naruto and hid in the trees to see if they could spot him.

He wondered what else naruto had up his sleeve. He studied his old team and felt that a lot had changed. Sauske not being here but the memories of him still pushed the team. He should have gotten there quicker he should have been able to stop him but now was not the time to think of that now he had to get an idea of what his team's level was.

Kakashi sent out a clone to see what would happen and watched ready to move if they found him and move quickly to find an opening to attack. He wondered if he should even try Genjutsu or anything of the sort. He took a deep breath and watched curious to see what would happen.

[naruto]

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Naurto was shocked at how Sakura broke the ground up and then thought about how she liked to punch him. He felt a little nervous to ever be on the reciving on her punches now. But as he thought this he saw movement and smirked as he thought about what he would do next.

As he stood there with sakura he saw movement and moved into action. He took out a kunai and jumped into action. He wondered how much he would be able to do. When he landed a punch he was surprised only slightly when Kakashi poofed. "Of course a Clone," He said in a whisper. He looked to Sakura and was curious what she had planned.


Naruto's eyes held determination and he wanted to show how much he had grown as a ninja and a person. He took a deep breath and tried to calm down and start to think calmly. Naruto started to scan the trees and look for a hiding place.

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Good For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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The area was silent for a moment, and Sakura stopped channeling her chakra, listening. She'd barely caught Kakashi-sensei dashing out of the rather large crater she'd created in the ground, and from what she managed to see, he'd made his way into the trees. Well, that wasn't a bad thing. Listening carefully and closing her eyes, she heard the small poof of a clone, and as she focused, she was able to pinpoint a relative direction. If she knew where he was, perhaps she could catch him off a little. However, the sun was setting, and things were starting to get slightly darker by the minute...

Nonetheless, she left Naruto where he was standing and told him to keep an eye out for Kakashi-sensei, but to follow behind her in a few moments. She herself was going to take care of the frontlines. That was correct, she was going to take the Jounin head-on. He could only avoid her attacks so many times, right? That, and he was only so fast, too. Coming into the trees, she saw just a bit of his Jounin vest, and came sprinting in, sliding to face the man.

"You can run, but you can't hide, Kakashi-sensei," Sakura taunted, grinning from ear to ear. She wasn't about to give him any sort of breathing room, and gathering up her chakra into her fists, she came straight on at him, swinging with both of her fists like crazy. He seemed to be dodging most of them, just barely, which was going to irritate her a little bit. The fact that he had his Sharingan out was probably what was helping him.

"If I can land one hit..!" She said, still madly swinging. She had to hit him eventually, didn't she? The more she swung, the more he seemed to like to anticipate her attacks; his Sharingan was doing that perfectly for him. Well, so long as she could keep him on his toes against her, he might not be able to think too quickly. Eventually he'd run out of chakra, hopefully at a point where Sakura would still be kicking and ready to go. She doubted that would be any time soon, but whatever the case, it was a hopeful thought.

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