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Kakashi jumped down from the tree branch and began to walk towards Naruto.
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Masagaki's plan succeeded. He wasn't certain he could confront Kakashi without at least getting caught once, especially if he went in alone. The day before, after their introductions, Masagaki made his way to Training Ground 3, where he set up explosive tags on two hidden training logs. He prepared them in case he needed to use the substitution jutsu during the encounter..
Masagaki was hiding in the nearby shrubbery. He suspected that Kasashi had probably spotted him long ago. He hoped that Kakashi would rather focus on Naruto so that he might have another chance to deliver a counterattack.
"Wow, Masagaki, that was quite impressive, but leave it to me now. I'll finish this in an instant. Believe it!" Naruto proclaimed. "Multi Shadow clone jutsu!" A large cloud of smoke appeared, and as it dispersed, a total of 30 Naruto's emerged. They all charged towards Kakashi, and with each strike, one clone after another was shattered. Soon, only a handful of clones remained—no more than nine.
Masagaki sensed that this was the perfect opportunity to launch his counterattack. With the Naruto clones significantly reduced in number, they could no longer pose a serious distraction. He pulled out his storage scroll and aligned it towards Kakashi's general direction. "Naruto, get out of there!" he shouted. Naruto looked a little shocked, but complied as he ran to the side. His clones continued to fight Kakashi, but their numbers were quickly diminishing. Masagaki poured a substantial amount of his chakra into the scroll, causing the 90 shuriken stored inside to burst outwards. They flew towards Kakashi, who jumped away at the last second, narrowly avoiding them. Unfortunately, the last three clones were caught in the crossfire and were destroyed.
Kakashi landed near the river that flowed through the training ground. Naruto rushed in with a single kunai, but Kakashi quickly grabbed him by the arm and threw him into the river. Masagaki pulled out the last item from the scroll before tossing it aside. Now holding "Tetsugan Kyoketsu," he swung it around a few times before throwing it at Kakashi.
Kakashi dodged the attack by deflecting the hooked blade with his kunai. Masagaki then pulled on the cord, causing the hook blade to change direction and come back toward Kakashi. The blade flew just short of its target, giving Kakashi the chance to grab the cord.
Kakashi seized the cord and yanked it hard, pulling Masagaki toward him. He then delivered a punch to Masagaki's nose, causing him to lose his grip on the weapon and be sent flying back. Masagaki's body slid across the ground, blood staining his white jacket as his nose began to bleed from the impact.
A swarm of clones emerged from the river. "Now I have you! Believe it!" shouted the main Naruto as all the clones charged towards Kakashi. Masagaki unsheathed his wakizashi, pouring the last bit of chakra he had into it. The constant use of the Byakugan, along with repeatedly activating "Bond Pursuit" and unsealing all the items from his scroll, had taken a toll on his chakra reserves. He threw the wakizashi towards Kakashi, and it locked onto him.
Masagaki was forced to deactivate his Byakugan and glanced in the direction where Sasuke was hiding. Earlier, he had managed to pinpoint Sasuke's location using the Byakugan. "Sasuke, stop hiding and do something useful! Aren't you the so-called 'top' student of the academy? Even Naruto is outperforming you now!"
Kakashi was on the defensive, unable to stop the relentless attacks from the wakizashi. A clone of Naruto even managed to land a punch on him. However, Kakashi was slowly regaining his footing in the fight as the clones continued to dwindle in number.
Sasuke decided to take action. He first threw a barrage of shuriken at Kakashi, but Kakashi easily deflected all of them with the single kunai he held. Sasuke then attempted to engage Kakashi in basic taijutsu, but Kakashi landed a kick to his stomach, sending him staggering backward.
The wakizashi fell to the ground as it didn't have that much chakra reserved to begin with.
Determined, Sasuke began to form hand seals as Kakashi looked on in surprise. "Fire Style! Fireball Jutsu!" A large fireball hurtled toward Kakashi. Seeing the massive flames approaching, Naruto and his clones immediately chose to flee. Naruto himself leaped back into the river.
"Fire style! Fireball jutsu!" Kakashi exclaimed as he created a fireball that was the same size as Sasuke's. The two fireballs collided, cancelling each other out. Sasuke looked shocked, but before he could react, Kakashi appeared behind him and kicked him to the ground.
Kakashi then turned his attention to Naruto, who had just crawled out of the river. Naruto was about to jump up and create more clones, but a quick shuriken thrown by Kakashi landed right next to his face, stopping him dead in his tracks.
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Naruto, Sasuke, and Masagaki were all tied up to a set of large logs while Sakura sat nearby. Masagaki hadn't even had the chance to clean the dry blood from his face. Kakashi looked at the four of them and said, "I've decided that I won't be sending any of you back to the academy." As he spoke, he swung "Tetsugan Kyoketsu" around.
A large grin spread across Naruto's face. Kakashi continued, "Although you three failed to obtain a single bell, I noticed that you displayed decent teamwork and worked well with each other's abilities for a while." While Sakura hadn't had the opportunity to demonstrate her skills yet, Kakashi pointed out that he saw potential in the team as a whole.
After a long pause, Kakashi announced, "You pass." He then gave an exaggerated thumbs-up. He then untied all of them. "Today's training session is over." He then threw "Tetsugan Kyoketsu" into Masagaki's arms. Guys, better be here early tomorrow as we will be going on our first official mission. Naruto looked extremely happy. "Finally, my first ninja mission! One step closer to becoming Hokage!"
Masagaki spent the next few minutes gathering his scattered ninja tools. Although he didn't receive a bell as he had hoped, he successfully convinced Sasuke and Naruto to join the attack. He lost one shuriken and four explosive tags during the fight. Just in time, he remembered to remove the explosive tags from the second log, which he intended to use for substitution, but never found the chance to. The shuriken that cut through Kakashi's kunai was chipped and dull, so he had to throw it away too.
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Masagaki was too tired to even care about that advancement of his system. All he wanted to do was go and sleep. The chakra depletion has hit him hard.
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He arrived late at the meeting point for today's mission. His body still felt the effects of his chakra depletion. When he arrived, Sakura began to complain, "You're late, Masagaki! Even Naruto is here before you!" He retorted, saying, "I don't see Kakashi-sensei anywhere, so the mission hasn't begun. You can't talk, you didn't even participate in the fight yesterday." Sakura remained quiet afterwards.
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Masagaki also didn't see any reason to arrive early, Kakashi was always late, and we would only be doing basic D rank Jobs, from catching stray cats to cleaning public parks. No, some great thing to look forward to.
Team 7 all sat together as they waited for Kakashi to arrive. It was a solid 30 minutes before he showed his face. He made his typical excuse of getting lost on the 'path of life'. He didn't even look at them as he was focused on reading his 'books'.
Naruto spoke up first, "So what mission are we doing today, Kakashi sensei! Fighting other shinobi!? Or going on some great treasure hunt?!" Naruto said with a large grin on his face. Kakashi gave a light chuckle. "Oh, you'll see Naruto, don't worry too much about it."