Naruto raised an eyebrow at the girl's sudden exclamation, which the kunoichi blushed at before averting her gaze. "I think I've found something I have in common with her, dattebayo." Chuckling, the jinchuriki then focused on Sasuke. "I don't know. What do you think?"
"Probably the same thing you're thinking right now," the Uchiha replied and looked around as they all gathered in the center. Pulling his hands out of his pockets, the raven haired teen smirked, "We were put into a team for a reason."
"Working together, we're a lot stronger," Naruto asserted.
"There are only two bells. But together, the three of us are one, right?" Sakura asked, switching between the two quickly. She saw them nod towards her approvingly, especially the blonde whose grin just kept on growing. Nodding as well, the girl raised her fists up, "Okay! Then let's do it!"
"My, aren't you three getting along."
Startled, the trio whirled around and looked straight up towards the canopy of the trees, where they saw their masked instructor crouching low on a high branch and looking down at them from over his book. Expressions changing from shocked to serious, the entire squad jumped back and dropped into fighting stances, ready to take the man on at a moment's notice.
As soon as he saw them take defensive measures, Kakashi clapped his book shut. "So… you were saying about taking me on together? As a team, right?"
Naruto, gritting his teeth, glared back at the Jonin, "Yeah! That's right!"
Giving a chuckle, the masked cyclops stood up to full height and slipped a hand into his pocket. "Very well. If that's how it's going to be."
Looking alarmed, Sasuke then glanced across at the other two, "We've got to move! Naruto, give us cover! Me and Sakura will swing around and take him on both sides! We'll box him in!"
The two of them nodded, with the jinchuriki reaching into his pouch quickly, "Right!"
He pulled out a smoke pellet, but the moment he began bringing his arm back around, he felt a firm hand suddenly grab his wrist from behind before suddenly locking his arm directly behind his head, which was also grabbed roughly. The jinchuriki stopped dead with a shocked look on his face as his eyes glanced around, where he saw the Jonin standing right behind him. It took them a second, but eventually Sasuke and Sakura also noticed their instructor standing in their midst and jerked away in shock, the latter looking up at the adult before glancing towards the tree where he had once been standing.
"H-How?" Sakura's eyes darted back to their instructor, "How did he do that?"
"So fast," Naruto thought, stunned, tugging against the man's grip but finding he was unable to move.
Again, how the hell did he do that?
Kakashi smiled as he gazed down at the blonde he now had at his mercy, who was struggling to get out of the headlock, "You shouldn't have taken your eyes off me. That was your mistake." He glanced around at the other two, where he then saw both Sasuke and Sakura reach for their holsters and draw their kunai. They then took offensive stances, ready to attack to free Naruto from the man's grip. "So that's your answer, is it?"
The three braced themselves, ready for the next move. Even though Naruto was being held he was pretty sure he could get out. Even Sasuke was confident he could hit his target at this range, as was Sakura. However, when all of them prepared themselves to take action against the masked Jonin standing within range of them, Kakashi then nodded his head and gave him his trademark eye smile.
"You pass."
The three Genin all blinked when they heard that.
Sasuke and Sakura ended up staring at the man a little bit flabbergasted whereas Naruto just stared ahead of him with wide eyes. It was after the news finally settled into them that the Jonin released the blonde from his grip and allowed him to fall back into line with the other two, who stood up out of their stances and looked at the man attentively.
"Huh?" Sakura asked, conveying the same thought that the other two were having.
"That's it. You pass," Kakashi said with more cheeriness in his voice.
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