"Now let's see their worth in a real simulation test…" he thought and decided to let it play out for a while.
The three scattered by disappearing into the trees and rushed in closer to the clearing where Hiruzen had just finished explaining the bell test to his team.
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"Alright how do we do this Sakumo?" Naruto whispered to his friend while the three sat crouched on a tree branch with serious looks on their faces. Naruto knew when it came to planning and pre-determined strategies there was no one better than him.
"We split the work up in three parts…" he spoke and got nods from them.
"…first of all Duy what can you do? I know of Naruto's abilities but nothing about you." he asked the boy who nodded knowing how true it was.
"Umm I'm good at throwing shurikens and kunais, and my taijutsu is pretty good…" the eccentric boy said getting two nods from his teammates who looked at him expectantly for more.
"And…?" Sakumo asked and got a shameful shake of head from the boy who looked down expecting some insult from the two geniuses on his team.
"No ninjutsu or genjutsu at all Duy?" Sakumo asked in disbelief getting a small nod from the boy who wouldn't meet their eyes out of shame making Sakumo shocked that the Hokage had promoted him with just about nothing except pure taijutsu on him.
Duy felt a hand clasp his shoulder and saw Naruto's baby blue eyes look at him a bit concerned.
"Why is that Duy?" he asked the boy who looked like someone had sapped all his reserved energy in a split second.
"I have a medical condition that doesn't allow me to do so. My chakra coils are very small so I cannot perform any chakra based techniques except Kawarimi, since it takes so little chakra that it doesn't strain them too much…" he explained and Naruto nodded.
"That why you want to be a taijutsu master right?" he asked and got a nod from the boy, a lone tear dropping down his chin.
"I want to be respected among shinobi like everyone else even if I can't use any ninjutsu or genjutsu. I'll prove that I can be just as fine a shinobi with taijutsu alone…"
He stopped when another hand clasped his shoulder and saw the two smiling teammates of his shaking his head.
"Don't worry about it, it's fine. This is just a small handicap and we'll cover it. Naruto and me will cover your weaknesses so you just focus on your strengths alright?" he spoke getting a nod from Naruto.
"Yeah, Sakumo's kenjutsu skills are awesome and my Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are great. With you as our personal taijutsu specialist we'll rear past anything." he said confidently giving him his own personal thumbs up making the eccentric boy's turn wide in surprise.
"Guys…" he whispered seeing their honest eyes, his eyes breaking out with twin streams of anime tears.
"Such youth!" he exclaimed and caught the two in a bone crushing hug, literally snapping noises were heard in their ears and both squirmed for air.
"Duy…air…" Sakumo rasped out and Duy let go with a sheepish smile and smiled brightly.
"Yosh, then my youthful friend how shall we do this?" the youthful boy asked in a small whisper making their eyes turn serious.
"Alright this is how we do this..." Sakumo whispered and the two leaned in to hear their friend out and nodded confirming his plans.
With Hiruzen…
Hiruzen saw his white haired genin jumping out in front of him with a proud pat of his chest.
"You're going down sensei!" the boy exclaimed loudly making Hiruzen sigh and pinch the bridge of his nose when the boy charge head on.
He engaged the boy in taijutsu, as lightly as he could for the brawling boy with seemingly all taijutsu styles being cramped into one to make a make shift style he used.
He knocked off their little bout by kicking the boy in his gut and throwing him back.
Jiraiya coughed and got up, looking around only to see his sensei gone and a small bell lying where he once stood making the boy grin widely.
"All the luck in the world is for me, sensei dropped this how stupid of him…" he chuckled proudly and rubbed his palms, walking closer to the bell.
A second later he triggered a trap and was hanging down by his ankle and yelling curses at his sensei who picked his bell up with a tired sigh.
"Jiraiya, if the bait is too obvious and easy then don't fall for it…" he lectured the boy who crossed his arms and huffed while waving around like a pendulum by his ankle.
In the bushes…
"Is that guy for real?" Sakumo asked in disbelief and got a nod from Naruto at seeing the idiocy of Jiraiya in front of him. How could someone fall for something so…
"Yosh, such a clever trap…" Duy whispered making the two face fault behind him. They caught his shoulder when he tried to go outside and pulled him back roughly.
"Aren't we supposed to get the bell? It's right…" he spoke when Sakumo clasped a hand over his mouth and all three looked up to see Hiruzen standing above their hiding position, his eyes waiting for Jiraiya to fall for it. They let the boy go and sighed in relief when he went ahead.
"Our mission is to get the bell, after they retrieve it from their sensei. Just getting a bell is pointless Duy…" Naruto explained and the boy nodded in realization at his sensei's hidden words.
"Then what do we do?" he whispered to his teammates who smirked in unison.
"A ninja waits until the time is right, when the enemy sleeps and drops his guard…" Sakumo started.
"… when his weapons lie forgotten in the stillness of the night…" Naruto continued and Duy smirked himself.
"That is the moment for a ninja to strike." the green boy completed and the three hid themselves completely in the bushes. Unaware of a smiling man, puffing out with a proud smile adorning his lips.
With Tsunade and Orochimaru…
The rest of the two genins of squad six sat in their own respective hiding places, seeing their third teammate being demolished and tied to a stump by their sensei as punishment.
"Tsunade?" a voice whispered, startling the girl who looked back to see her sensible teammate crouching by her side.
"Let's join forces. Jiraiya is out for the count and there are two bells, one for each of us. With the two of us combined, it will be easy to get a bell from sensei…" He whispered getting a nod from the girl who agreed with his plan of action.
She would have included Jiraiya-baka had he not gotten himself tied up already even after resenting him so much, he was still her teammate. Both started working on a new plan for themselves, having no idea what lay ahead for them in the shadows.
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