12 Chapter-12 Team-7 Pass

KAKASHI: "Hey guys, good morning!!"

NARUTO: "You are late, we have been waiting for 2 hours."

Kakashi did not say anything, he took out an alarm clock and set an alarm for 12 o'clock. He then bring out two bells and said

KAKASHI: "Ok, it is set for noon. Here are two bells, your task is to take them from me before noon. Those who cannot get a bell by noon get no lunch. I will not only tie you to one of those stumps but also eat right in front of you."

'So that is why he told us not to eat.' Thought Sakura and Naruto.

KAKASHI: "You only need to get one bell, there are only two bells so one of you will definitely be tied to one of those stumps. And the person who doesn't get a bell will be sent back to academy. When I say start, the test will start and you can use any method you have to attack me."

Both Naruto and Sakura get very tense. Sakura knew that Sasuke is number-1 in class so he will get a bell, she wanted to somehow get a bell so that she won't be separated from Sasuke. Naruto trains with Sasuke from time to time so he also knew Sasuke's strength, so he was sure that Sasuke will get a bell, that means there were only one bell for him and Sakura.

Sasuke already has his 3 tomoe sharingan open and he was in his battle stance, he has waiting for Kakashi to say 'start'. Watching the eyes of Sasuke and his battle stance, Kakashi was in dilemma. He had seen the sparring match between Sasuke and Guy, it was more intense than death battle between two Jonin. He recognizes the battle stance of Sasuke. He was thinking whether he should also use his sharingan or not. He decided that when Sasuke start to use the eight gate technique then he will use his sharingan.

The moment Kakashi said start, Sasuke used his genjutsu and in the next second, both bells were in Sasuke hand. It took Kakashi 1 second to dispel the genjutsu and he understood he was tricked by Sasuke. Sasuke was planning to use genjutsu from the start, that battle stance was used just to trick him. He was thinking why no one knew about Sasuke being a high level genjutsu user. The genjutsu Sasuke used was enough for him to qualify as a jonin. Combine with his taijutsu, he was at the level of an elite jonin. Only thing he was lacking was experience.

Kakashi was deep in his thought; 'Guy taught him taijutsu so his high standard taijutsu is understandable but no one taught him genjutsu, he reached this level all by himself.'

SASUKE: "Kakashi sensei our team got the bell."

KAKASHI: "No Sasuke, only you got the bell, which means Naruto and Sakura has to go back to the academy."

Sasuke threw one ball to Naruto and Sakura each, they both were stunned.

SASUKE: "I see through all your deception Kakashi sensei. First you told us not to eat anything and then came late for the test, so that when test start we will be irritated by hunger and won't make good decision during the test. Next you try to trick us into not working as a team by telling us that one of us will definitely fail the test. This test was never about getting the bell from you. I know the difference between the level of genin and jonin. Sakura is the best genin ninja academy could produce. And even if there were 10 Sakura level genin here with perfect teamwork they still won't be able to get a single bell from you. From the start you were trying to put discord among us. So this test is all about seeing through your deception and not falling for your tricks. Now also you are trying to see if I alone can pass this test, whether I stand for my teammates or not. In conclusion as long as any genin team work together as a team and not abandon their comrades they will pass this test."

Kakashi did not think that Sasuke would see through him like that. He never fall for any of his trick and even manage to take away the bells from him in a second. Sakura and Naruto were going through different emotions. Sakura was getting more and more impressed by Sasuke and falling in love with him even deeper, if that was possible. While Naruto was getting more depressed, not only Sasuke was smarter than him but the speed with which he took the ball from Kakashi was far beyond him.

KAKASHI: "I am really impressed Sasuke, not only your skills are above chunin level but your intelligence is also above them. You saw through all my deception and your analysis about the objective of this test is absolutely correct. Those who broke the rules and codes of ninja world are trash, but those who abandon their comrades are lower than trash. So your team pass the test and now all three of you are officially genins. Starting tomorrow team-7 will officially begin their duties."

Kakashi left the team and went straight to Hokage office to inform about Sasuke progress. They only knew about Sasuke's taijutsu skill, but now that Sasuke has shown his genjutsu skill, it makes him unsure of his real talent. From the reports they know that Sasuke has shown good talent in medical ninjutsu, he also learned Hatake clan's kenjutsu by himself. Kakashi was not sure if he can take on Sasuke in one on one battle if Sasuke shows all his cards.

Sasuke knew that showing his strength could cause trouble for him as Hokage will keep close eye on him, but the Hokage will not lived for long as next chunin exam was few months away. Since he did not mess with the timeline much so he was sure that Orochimaru will attack the village and he was going to make sure that everything run its course and Hokage dies.

Sasuke went back and resume his training, he was going to send his shadow clone for all the D-rank mission they are going to get, so until the mission in wave country, only thing he needs to do is train.