Naruto: Sacred Scroll

"Says who?" another voice said from the side. Kakashi turned to see nine Naruto clones appear and surround him. The Naruto that Kakashi held captive popped into a cloud of smoke, revealing itself to be a Kage Bunshin.

"Clever," Kakashi admitted as he turned his attention to Naruto and his clones. "But do you believe that numbers alone will be enough to stop me?"

"Let's find out," they chorused as they rushed at him. They all engaged Kakashi in a group effort to take him down. The Jounin found that Naruto's clones weren't as easy to fight as he was expecting, considering all the things he heard about Naruto's poor fighting skills. They were impressively well organized and not being wasted. But Kakashi was still able to hold his own, and soon overpowered the clones as he began popping them all one by one.

Naruto soon lost sight of Kakashi.

"What the?" Naruto said with a perplexed expression, "Where did he go?"

"You gave me a good warm-up session, Naruto," Kakashi said from behind him. "But, like you said before, I'm an experienced veteran."

Naruto turned his head in time to hear…

"Konoha Taijutsu Ougi!" Kakashi said as he clasped his two index fingers together and rammed them into Naruto's behind. The blonde grimaced as his eyes soon dilated.

"Sennen Goroshi!" Kakashi yelled as he thrust his arms up in a forward position as he rocketed a screaming Naruto into the air who was holding his now sore butt. Three seconds later, Naruto popped, revealing himself to be another one of Naruto's kage bunshins. Naruto was nowhere in sight.

"Yep," Naruto remarked, revealing himself hiding in the trees. "Next to almost kissing Sasuke by accident because of someone else's careless and stupid act yesterday, what I saw just now would have scarred me for life had that actually been me."

Naruto leaped off the tree branch and stood a distance from Kakashi.

"You're everything they say you are, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said, "And for that reason…"

Kakashi waited for the rest of Naruto's words.

"Sasuke! Sakura!" Naruto called out. "Listen! Let's team up and face Kakashi-sensei together! If either of you have been listening and watching the entire time, then you saw that even my clones were no match for him when it was nine to one! If we utilize our respective abilities, we just may have a chance to wear him down and heighten out chances of getting the bells!"

Naruto got no response from either of his teammates.

"Separately," Naruto continued, "Kakashi-sensei will take us out, but if we stand and work together-"

"I think you've said quite enough, Naruto," Kakashi interjected as he approached the Genin.

"Katon: Gōkakyū No Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled before firing a large fireball from his mouth and straight at Kakashi. The Jounin managed to dodge the attack before Sakura threw a volley of shuriken at him, all of which Kakashi evaded.

"So, dobe," Sasuke remarked, "you were man enough to admit that you couldn't beat him yourself, huh?"

"Only a foolish ninja would take on an enemy without first learning about them," Naruto replied. "That was the purpose of me sending my clones in first after Kakashi-sensei while the rest of us watched and studied Kakashi's movements and abilities."

"But we were supposed get the two bells from him separately," Sakura cut in.

"And that's the problem," Naruto pointed out, "There are two bells and three of us. We're supposed to be a Genin team that the Hokage set up. But our supposed Jounin sensei here is trying to turn us against each other.

"Kakashi-sensei rigged this test to see if we'd selfishly betray and turn on each other, which was also why he didn't want any of us to have any breakfast or anything to drink this morning. And that's the purpose of the boxed lunches and drinks he brought with him; it's to add to the temptation to get us to work separately in hopes of satisfying our own stomachs without regards to what will happen to the others.

"It was never about the bells. It was about whether or not we could put aside our personal grudges and differences and work together for once."

As much as neither Sasuke nor Sakura wanted to admit it, Naruto's well-thought-out explanation brought out a number of good points that were hard to refute. The Rookie of the Year, seeing no room to argue against Naruto's sensible logic, had no choice but to swallow his pride and listen.

"I guess we can try out your little plan, but what if you're wrong?" Sasuke replied.

"Taking chances is what being a ninja is all about," Naruto said. "So what about you, Sakura? Are you in or out?"

"If Sasuke-kun is willing to take a chance and trust your judgment," Sakura said, "then I'll go along with it, too."

"So the two of you are willing to risk it all by siding with Naruto on this matter while disregarding what I said about this test," Kakashi said with a hardened tone as he stood ready to deal with them. "If that's the case…then the three of you leave me with no other choice but this…"

The group got ready for what Kakashi was about to throw at them.

"You all pass," Kakashi answered with an eye smile.

"Say what?" Sakura yelled. "What do you mean? You're not going to fight us?"

"And waste precious chakra and time?" Kakashi remarked as he reached into his pouch and pulled out a small scroll. He opened it, and the scroll let out some smoke and released a small brown book. He tossed the book to Naruto who easily caught it.

"What's this?" Naruto asked as he opened the book to find a list of names written in it.

"That's all of the names of the Genin before you guys that I failed after the conclusions of this test and the redemption test before having them sent back to the academy for remedial training."

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