Third PO
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke whispered (he couldn't say the words inside his head yet) and shot a few fireballs at Kakashi. Naruto had positioned Sasuke at a specific point that Kakashi would not be able to detect anything.
"Naruto!" Sasuke whispered into the radio connecting the three genin. "Yeah!" Wind Style: Wind bullets! Naruto thought. He could do the jutsu by saying the words in his head, thanks to being an ANBU.
The wind bullets increased the power and speed of the Fireballs. "Sakura!" Naruto whispered urgently into the radio. "Hai!" She threw several Kunai and Shuriken from the opposite direction of the wind-powered fireballs. The goal of the three was that Kakashi would run in the other direction and meet the fireballs face on. Naruto had also made sure that Kakashi would receive LOTS of pink paint if he went in any other direction. And this time, the paint would NOT come off.
Kakashi, being that one hell of a lazy jounin, just switched with a log. So a log got peppered by kunai and shuriken, then roasted by the wind-enhanced fire.
"God Damn it, Kakashi..." Naruto muttered, soft enough so that only he could hear it. Or so he thought.
"Naruto? You said something?"
Naruto turned quickly and gulped. Kakashi had somehow snuck up behind him, and Naruto had just enough time to block a POWERFUL kick by crossing his hands in an 'x'. The sound that was produced was thundering around the whole training ground.
Whatever that was, I'm pretty sure the whole of Konoha heard it... Sakura and Naruto thought.
Hn. Was the thought of yours truly, Uchiha Sasuke.
"Okay, plan B, action!" Naruto said into the radio. The other 2 nodded and readied their weapons and gathering their chakra.
And so they went, trying to beat Kakashi Hatake. Sadly for the fresh genin, the older teen (A/N: Kakashi is only 18 in this story, Iruka is 16) wasn't going to go easy on them.
Naruto had only one choice. "Okay team, this is it. Improvisation time!"
"Are you an absolute DOOFUS, we can't synchronize if we don't plan!" Sasuke reasoned.
"I have to agree with Sasuke-kun." Sakura agreed.
"I'm human, guys, I can't come up with a plan so quickly, we are fighting a Hatake Kakashi who is not holding back, even I can't beat him in A-" Naruto slapped his hand on his mouth to keep himself from saying 'ANBU'.
"A..." Sakura dragged out the letter.
"A million years, a million years." Naruto covered up quickly. The other 2 didn't buy it, but they didn't argue either.
"Plus, I find improvisation much easier and more effective."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" "LETS GO!" All three said before taking off.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
"Water style: Water whip!"
"CHAAAAA!"
"Welp, looks like they're coming!" Kakashi murmured cheerily.
Oh, you won't be so cheerful soon, Kakashi... Naruto thought.
First, Naruto used his water whip to tie kakashi up. Then Sasuke fried Kakashi, then a chakra-somewhat-enhanced punch from a Sakura met Kakashi's face.
Kakashi couldn't escape that, for sure. Naruto thought. If only he knew how wrong he was.
//time-skip to around 5 PM//
Naruto POV
"Well, you three sure are a combination, I'd say. If you three got enough training, I'm sure you can put the Ino-Shika-cho team to shame." Kakashi-nii said.
I smiled tiredly as I gave my chakra to my teammates, who were on the verge of extinction. They both wouldn't have made it another step had I not given them chakra.
"You, I'd say, pass! Meet me- huh?" The words blurred as a stabbing pain found it's way into my arm and vision failed. I held the arm and tried not to pass out. The pain had me on my knees by now.
"You two," The voice I could make out as Kakashi called to Sasuke and Sakura, "Dismissed, meet me at the hokage tower at 7 tomorrow."
"Hai/Hn." I heard through my dulled hearing. Something caught my shoulders and held me straight.
"Now, what happened, Naruto? I thought you could handle more than this." Kakashi asked. My head was bowed, and my shoulders rose and fell with my labored breathes.
"J-ji-Chan, t-too many m-missions..." I managed to choke out. "What is it with Hokage-sama, he's giving you too may missions... while on your super-long mission..." Kakashi said.
"I wonder if- Naruto, are you in pain?" He asked as the stabbing pain increased. I scrunched up my face in the agony that followed.
"Oy, we should get you to-Naruto!" Was all I heard before all went black.
Sasuke POV
I had just stared running when a loud, "SASUKE!" Resounded through the training ground. I stopped my sprint and turned around. Why is Kakashi, of all people, yelling?
I ran back to the clearing where we were, I don't think Sakura heard because she kept running. Still, how could she NOT have heard? That was definitely Kakashi's voice, and it was loud. I thought.
When I reached the clearing, I looked to where they were. Kakashi was on one knee holding, to my unnoticeable fright (Yes, I think I'll keep my dignity of being an Uchiha), an unconcious and deathly pale Naruto. It was almost as if he had been painted white. I ran over when I saw (my sight was that good) the tips of his nimble fingers turn a sickly blue.
"Sasuke, I want you to go get some firewood. I need a fire, immediately." I didn't hesitate. I did one thing that I had been practicing, the usual leaf teleportation, and again, as in my training, I banged into a tree. The pain didn't distract me as I had more important things to worry about. Quickly, I gathered the most firewood I could and ran back (I didn't shunshin because I thought I might bang into Naruto, and that isn't good) to the 2.
Third POV
Sasuke ran back with the firewood he had managed to collect.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" He yelled in his hurry to start a fire. Kakashi lay Naruto on his back, then disappeared to get some blankets from home. When he was back, he first unzipped Naruto's jacket so he could give him a pillow.
"Sasuke, I want you to stay here for the night." Sasuke's eyes widened at the request.
Stay here, with Kakashi and Naruto? You have the privelage to sleep in a luxurious bed in the Uchiha Compound. The bad side (the side he had inherited from his oh-so-stuck-up father) of him said.
Naruto is your brother now. Whatever he did before, beating you or whatever the hell it was, it was to protect you. You should give up comfort for your teammate. The good side of him (The side he had inherited from Mikoto, the Uchiha Matriarch) Said. Sasuke, to be honest, agreed with his good side.
Sasuke POV (again)
"Kakashi, sit." I said. Seriously, there is only so much you can do for a person. He's been pacing since the sun started to set. "And here I thought you were civilized, but you don't even call me sensei... what am I talking, Naruto's dying here and I'm sad that only 1 student of mine isn't even calling me 'sensei'..."
"You can't blame yourself for whatever happened to him. What happened anyway?" I asked. Why was he deathly pale, and why was he freezing?
"I'm sure he encountered a person with the Ice-style. They can freeze you whenever they want, as long as you're there." Kakashi said, then went back to pacing.
"Why was he encountering an Ice-style user? Isn't that a job for an ANBU?" i asked. Slowly, I was trying to uncover Naruto's secrets, but it looked like Kakashi wouldn't give in.
Third POV
"Lord Third wanted him to do it, but I don't understand why. A fresh genin," Kakashi purposely covered up the fact that Naruto was an ANBU, "Deceased parents, just started his real life, WHAT was Lord third thinking? And I can only do so much for him, oh... I'm the worst brother ever-"
The faintest of noises interrupted Kakashi's rant. Both sets of open eyes widened as they saw the source.
Naruto had woken up.
(A/N: I'm laughing and crying at the same time. I'm laughing to see your frustrated faces after that awesome cliffhanger, and then crying because I can't get the next chapter ready in time, and I've been writing this crap for about 2 and a half hours. So sorry, and I'll get the next chapter ready ASAP!)