Konoha Spider

Bell test

The trio of newly minted ninja met early the next day, eager to go and prove themselves against the unknown masked man. The hungry trio waited for nearly six hours before Kakshi appeared with a puff. "You're late!" Naruto and Sakura yelled at him, while Peter merely glared at him in anger and annoyance.

"I'm sorry, but I came across a black cat and had to turn back and come again." The ninja said in a light voice.

Peter snorted at the man. "Right," he drawled, "which is why you've spent the last couple hours watching us, and before that you were wandering all over the forest as well right?"

"Okay you caught me, but how did you notice me, you don't have a Byakugan?" Kakashi said, while checking the boy over in surprise. This was not what he had been expecting when he first met the group. He knew that the boy was better off and better trained than the other two, but he had thought the boy was still just a basic graduate with just a few physical enhancements due to a bloodline from what the Hokage and his Abrurame minders had told him. Added in with what he had learned from his watching them sparring against each other yesterday. Something that had made him want to cancel his test and go to an actual mission since they were willing to work together. Instead he was just going to see if they could work together under stress as well as they could when things were calm. Perhaps the boy had potential as a sensor type, he would have to watch and see if the boy had any other surprises during today's test.

"You feel like telling us any of your secrets today?" Peter countered to the other man innocently.

"Fair enough." Kakshi said a nod of respect towards the masked boy before him.

"So what were you doing if you were just hiding then sensei?" Naruto questioned the elder ninja.

"I was merely preparing the area for the test, and watching to see how you all interacted with each other." Kakashi returned to him casually. "Are you ready?" He questioned them, as he set down a clock and two lunches on a nearby stump. He then set the clock then turned to look at the group. "Alright let's get started then." The man said cheerfully. "Today's mission is to get one of these bells from me. He said as he displayed a pair of bells towards the young ninja. "You get a bell, you get to eat. Fail and I tie you to the post and then eat lunch in front of you."

"And the reason that there's only two bells?" Sakura asked nervously.

"Peter said it very nicely the other day," Kakashi returned to her, "3 ninja enter 2 ninja leave. Since there's only two, at least one will have to be tied to the log. That person will fail since they failed to complete the mission. The person will go back to the academy. It might just be one, or all three. You can use your ninja tools though. Because you won't be able to get the bells unless you come at me with intent kill me."

"But that's too dangerous sensei," Sakura objected to the man.

"Yeah you couldn't even dodge that eraser," Naruto reminded the man with a chuckle.

"Those with the lowest skill range usually make the most noise." Kakashi returned to them. "Considering that I'm not dealing with the top of the class I think that I should be alright though. Unless there's more to your scores than you told us." He mocked the trio.

"What, you think because we're not Saskue that we don't stand a chance?" Naruto growled, as his pride was injured at the suggestion of him not being good enough in comparison to the Uchiha heir. "I'm going to beat you and your stupid test because I'm going to be Hokage one day. Believe It!"

"Yes, yes, we heard you the last time you said that." Kakashi said unimpressed with the dramatic outburst. "We'll start when I say start," the man said, pointedly ignoring the question. This proved to be too much for the annoyed and impatient Naruto who ignored the man's commands as he lunged forward with a drawn blade. Kakashi flickered out of view and appeared behind Naruto, holding the blonde's own blade against him. The others moved back in shock and surprise at the speed the man had just shown them.