We are Jinchūriki

The Bell Test

Third Person's POV

It was 6:00 am in the morning. Sasuke and Sakura were at training ground 7.
"What's taking them so long?" Sakura complained
"Hn" Sasuke replied

Naruto was eating a light breakfast since he couldn't work well with an empty stomach. When he was finished he tied his forehead protector to his head and shunshined outside training ground 7. He slowly walked inside and stretched
"Finally! I can let out a few skills!" he said, Kurama chuckled

"You can't go all out now. This is like an introduction to your skills" Kurama said, Naruto nodded
"Yeah! I'll let it out just a little bit" Naruto grinned. As he reached the training grounds he was greeted with a yell
"You're late Naruto!" Sakura scolded as Naruto sweat dropped but smiled
"Morning Sakura-chan.." he greeted, when Sasuke said a 'Hn' Sakura turned to him with heart eyes
"Sasuke-kun.." she muttered. Naruto just put his hands at the back of his head and sighed
"Where's Kakashi-sensei?" he asked,
"He's not here yet" Sakura answered as she shrugged. Then the three Genin waited.

~Approximately 3 hours later~

Kakashi appeared in smoke. He smiled and held up his left hand
"Hey..!"
"YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto and Sakura yelled in unison, Kakashi sweat dropped
"Sorry.. I was helping an old lady cross the road.."
"LIES!" both Naruto and Sakura interrupted the Jonin. Kakashi continued to sweat drop and laughed nervously
"Anyways.. let's talk about your survival test" Kakashi said as he gained his composure, this time the three Genin stood up straight and had serious looks on their faces.

Kakashi smiled and took out two bells from his pocket making the three Genin express a questioned look
"All three of you will try to take a single bell from me until noon" Kakashi explained while letting the bells ring and setting up a timer, Sakura raised a hand
"But sensei, there are only two bells.."
"Exactly. Meaning only two of you can get the bells"
"And the third one?" there was a moment of silence before Kakashi spoke
"The third one will be tied to a pole while the other two eat lunch" he replied, he then added
"And when the survival test is over, the two who gets a bell pass as Genin while the third one returns to the academy. But if all three of you can't get a bell then all three of you will go back to the academy" Kakashi said with an eye smile, this shocked the three Genin which turned to serious faces a few seconds later.

Kakashi tied the bells to the hips of his pants and looked at the Genin
"Ready.." the Genin made a stance
"Start!" Sasuke and Sakura went to hide in the bushes leaving Naruto out in the open with Kakashi. Kakashi was a bit surprised that Naruto didn't hide like the rest of the Genin
"You're not gonna hide?" Kakashi asked
"Nah, I'll pass" Naruto replied as he did some stretching. 'That idiot..!' Sakura thought. Kakashi just shrugged and took out his beloved novel "Icha Icha Paradise" and started reading.

Sasuke and Sakura had enough of watching the two do no combat at all, so they left in different directions. Naruto sensed their chakra going elsewhere meaning that it was only Naruto and Kakashi.

He smirked as he cracked his knuckles catching Kakashi's attention. Naruto charged at Kakashi and tried to punch him only for Kakashi to easily dodge while reading his book. Naruto threw another punch and a few kicks only for Kakashi to dodge and guard them all. Kakashi then grabbed Naruto's arm and threw him away, Naruto landed on the ground only for him to disappear in smoke. 'A Shadow Clone?' he thought to himself surprised. The original Naruto sat at a tree nearby with his chakra hidden and undetectable. He dangled the bells between his fingers happy that his plan worked.

Before he went into the training grounds, he created a Shadow Clone to go in his stead while the original hid somewhere nearby. He watched Kakashi explaining the survival test and Sasuke and Sakura going to a bush to hide. While his clone was stretching and Kakashi was reading, he took a few twigs and used the Kawarimi no Jutsu (Substitution Technique) to make the twigs transform into the bells that Kakashi had. He used an Earth Technique that made him sink to the tree's branch (kinda like Orochimaru) and traveled to Kakashi's location. He masked his chakra so he wouldn't be detected and slowly swapped the bells with the bells he transformed. He then traveled quietly back to the tree he came from and watched his clone fight Kakashi.