Her heart skipped a beat when she saw that it was Naruto who was glaring over his shoulder through the thick brush they were now concealed behind.
"N-Naruto… what?" the kunoichi thought, her mouth attempting to verbally address her question before she suddenly saw his other hand pop up in front of her. Confused, she looked down at it and saw that it was pointing in the direction she had been running in, and quickly followed it. When Sakura glanced through the gap in the leaves and branches, she saw the all too familiar form of their teacher land on a tree several meters away.
Upon stopping, the masked Jonin looked around a few times, as if searching for something. After several seconds and nothing, the man then focused his attention back onto his previous task and moved on, disappearing in a shunshin.
"H-He was looking for me?" Sakura felt a river of relief flood through her, "Shit. That was close."
"He's good," Naruto whispered, his hot breath hitting the girl's neck and sending a chill up her spine. When Sakura's eyes turned to the boy and she saw him still staring off into the forest their instructor had disappeared to, he then slowly relinquished his hand from the kunoichi's mouth and continued. "I've never seen anyone move that fast before. Kakashi-sensei was able to pop a Kawarimi right in front of us just before the shuriken hit him. We don't stand a chance by ourselves."
Sakura blinked as she gazed up into the serious expression of the jinchuriki as he spoke and gulped when he turned to her. Feeling a bit of heat come to her cheeks the girl stared back at him nervously. "Th-Then how are we going to get the bells from him? If he's so fast, then wh-" The girl stopped when she remembered why she had been running in the first place and snapped in the direction Kakashi had gone, "Oh no! Sasuke-kun!"
"It's okay, Sakura-chan," Naruto exclaimed, getting the girl to look at him again to see him smirk, "I've got it covered…"
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After making his way into another clearing further away, Sasuke took the time to survey his surroundings before coming to a complete stop. His glare hardening as he stared ahead of him, the boy maintained his position firmly as a familiar presence suddenly washed over him. He didn't even bother to look behind him because he knew he'd been found out.
"That was a good move back there, Sasuke-kun. But you were too impatient and attacked before fully considering the possibility of a trap, and thus fell for an obvious setup," the voice of his more than lax teacher came drifting over to him through the air.
As a gentle breeze blew leaves into the vicinity, the raven haired boy furrowed his brow under his fluttering bangs and lowered his head. "I should have seen that coming from a mile away. But I guess it's too late for any do-overs. You've got me."
"Indeed I have," the Jonin chuckled while leaning against the solitary tree he was standing by, book in hand and nose buried in it. After flipping to the next page, the silver haired man then pushed himself off and strolled forward, stopping till he was face to face with his student when he finally decided to turn around. "So, I'm facing down a member of the village's most powerful clan, the Uchiha Clan. This could be interesting…"
Teacher and subordinate glared across at one another intently, the atmosphere around them quickly growing thick with hostility as they sized each other up. In their current positions, the Uchiha was clearly being the one put under the most pressure, as he realized he was up against a man who was not only quick on the draw, but deceptively powerful and intelligent. It became painfully obvious to him why their teacher was considered an elite Jonin in the first place.
He definitely possessed the skills to back up his more than idiotic behavior and laidback attitude.
Sasuke lowered his head as his fists clenched, another breeze hitting the pair as the silence dragged on.
Then… it happened!
The boy crouched and immediately chucked a barrage of shuriken at the Jonin, who leapt to the side just in time to dodge.
"Such obvious attacks won't work on me," Kakashi informed, almost missing the sound of a rope snapping. As he skidded along the ground, he glanced over his shoulder, "A trap?" He then sprang backwards, barely avoiding a hail of kunai that had been attached to a launcher hidden in the nearby shrubbery. The Jonin looked up at the tree that got hit by the barrage in surprise as he slid to a stop, only to look behind him when Sasuke appeared, a kick flying in his direction. "What?"
When the Uchiha kicked he struck with a full swing, only to have his instructor block the blow with his arm. When he saw the Jonin grab his ankle to stop him, the boy then swung in with a right overhand, which hit his instructor's hand when it shot up to stop him. They were good blows, precise and heavy, but Sasuke wasn't done yet. The boy quickly twisted his body downwards, swinging his other free leg over for a hit straight down onto his teacher's cranium, but Kakashi managed to cross his arms overhead to block, inadvertently opening up his midsection.
Sasuke smirked as he swung down, his left hand coming down and fingers stretching out.
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