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  Seto looked around and tried to find Daichi but he failed. A few seds ter he felt someoap his legs. He hastily turned around and his eyes widened when he saw that it was Daichi.

  "What?! How did you-"

  "Like I said before. You were always in my range. Now e on. We o find Mari."

  "Why?"

  "It's important. I'll expin after we get to her."

  Seto looked at Daichi for a few seds and then slowly nodded. Daichi led the way and both of them soon reached their third teammate.

  "What are you two doing here?" Mari looked at the two in suspi.

  "Don't look at me. He's the one who insisted." Seto pointing towards Daichi. "Alright Daichi. Why did y me here? I don't have time to waste. I o figure out a way to get the bells." Seto said to the boy.

  Daichi sighed and then spoke. "There's no way either of you are ever gonna y your hands on those bells."

  Seto and Mari narrowed their eyes. "What are you saying? We're not good enough?"

  "Yes." Daichi replied somewhat harshly. "You saw what he do! You just saw what ae ninja is capable of. Do you really think you fight him on your own ahe bells?"

  At that question both of them lowered their heads. After watg the battle earlier they k was an impossible task if they went at it alone.

  "So what are you suggesting?" Mari asked Daichi.

  "We work together to get the bells. If we go at it alone we won't stand a ce. Time will run out quickly and we will fail. But if the three of us work together then there is a ce we get the bells."

  "But teamwork won't be helpful for us. There are only two bells. So one of us will definitely fail." Seto said in a low tone.

  Daichi sighed and answered the boy. "Listen. We o get the bells first before anything else. Without them all three of us will definitely fail. But if we work together ahe bells, then two of us have a ce at passing."

  'Damn it. I 't tell them that the bells are desigo turn teammates against each other. If I do, Kakashi might sehat I already khe specifics of the test and might disqualify all of us anyways.'

  "So on the off ce we somehow do get the bells… Who passes and who fails?" Mari asked the two.

  "Look, we'll decide that once we have the bells. Without them this argument is pointless. Agreed?" Daichi said to the two of them.

  Mari ao relutly heir heads. "Do you have a pn?" The boy asked Daichi.

  "I do. Earlier when I came here I took a look around the training ground. I made a map and marked the best spots to stay hidden a up ambushes. Who amongst you is good at traps?"

  "I am. I rig up some good traps if the location is right." Mari raised her hand and told her teammates.

  Daichi took out the map and gave it to Mari. "I've marked some spots that I think would be ideal. We o draw him towards the river. Use shuriken jutsu and cut off his escape routes if necessary. Seto and I will engage in close quarter bat. Once he's on the river I'll take it from there… Agreed?"

  Mari ao looked at each other and then heir heads.

  "Alright. I'm going to engage him agaio. When you see an opening, take it and then lend me a hand." Daichi gave the instrus ahe two.

  He appeared in the clearing and saw Kakashi standing there reading a book.

  Seeing Daichi, Kakashi put the book ba his poud got serious. "So what's the pn Daichi? Are you gonna try your luck a sed time?"

  "Something like that." Daichi weaved seals and pced his hands on the ground.

  'Earth style - Great Mud River'

  The ground turo fast flowing mid river almost instantly and Kakashi seemingly lost his footing. Daichi quickly took out several shurikens and aimed them directly at the unbanced Kakashi.

  The star ons fleerfectly struck Kakashi before his body was covered in smoke and a wooden log was in his pce.

  Two hands appeared out of the ground underh Daichi and tched onto his leg tightly. The sed Daichi ulled underground with only his head above the surface. Kakashi was standing in front of him with a nont expression.

  "Your execution of the jutsu and your chakra reserves are impressive for someone ye. But there is still much for you to learn." Kakashi said, looking down at Daichi's head.

  Daichi smirked, hearing that. "I know." The sed his entire body turned into lightning and struck the silver haired Jonin. A sed ter the man vanished into a puff of smoke.

  Several meters away Daichi was looking at the se from behind a tree. 'A shadow e?! He's careful.'

  Daichi used the Mana scout skill and found Kakashi to be nowhere near him.

  'That's strange. If he isn't here then where…' Daichi's eyes widened in realization. He quickly took off and rushed to his teammates' location.

  'Shit! I should have known he'd go after the others. I'm not the only one on this team afterall.'

  He sensed Kakashi's presenear Mari and quickly rushed to her location. When he reached the location he saw the girl on the ground unscious with a few tears rolling down her face. He sehe fluctuations in her chakra and immediately uood the situation.

  'He trapped her in a Genjutsu. Probably the Hell Viewing teique or something simir.'

  Daichi pced his hand on the girl's shoulder and focused chakra into her. Making the Ram seal he dispelled the genjutsu.

  "Release."

  "Gha! What… Where?… Father…" The girl was disoriented for several seds and then looked at Daichi and then to her surroundings.

  At that moment she realized what had happened. "Genjutsu."

  "Yes. Whatever you saw, it wasn't real. I need you ba the fight… you set up the traps?" Daichi asked the girl.

  She looked at Daichi with a plicated expression for a few seds and then nodded her head. At that moment Daichi's senses picked up the sounds of battle ing from the other side of the forest.

  "Looks like sensei fouo. I'm going to help him… Remember the pn."

  With those words Daichi left and came he battlefield. He hid behind a rge tree and observed the situation.

  Kakashi was fightio with only one arm. He looked absolutely bored and didn't even move from his spot as he blocked and parried the slow kicks from the academy student. He spped a punch aimed at his fad jumped over the student.

  "e on. Take this seriously." Seto gritted his teeth and shouted at the Jonin.

  "See the thing is… I don't o if you're my oppo… Now if it was Daichi I'd be more cautious. But si's just you, I won't bother."

  "You think I'm that weak?"

  "Yes. pared to his skills and talent you're just ordinary. If you ask me, he's the one who should have one of the bells."

  Seto grew angry hearing that and ran at his foe.

  Daichi, atg the battle from his spot, uood what was happening. His eyes narrowed as he realized Kakashi's strategy.

  'He's deliberately antagonizing him. Trying to make Seto think that I'm the enemy. He's making it more difficult for us to work together as a unit… That son of bitch. I k. He could sense us the whole time. He kneith the other two and he probably figured out that I know this is about teamwork. That's why he targeted those two while he kept me busy. He's creating friong the team to make this more challenging. I o attad take trol before things get out of hand.'

  Daichi had kept his preseo the bare minimum the moment he left Mari's side. He wao take Kakashi by surprise. He waited for his ce to take an opening. A mier he got his ce.

  Daichi saw Kakashi holding both of Seto's arms and holding him in pce. Daichi made a few es and then rushed at Kakashi from his blind spot.

  The Jonin sensing movement from behind, threw Seto towards Daichi. Daichi stopped and caught his flying teammate

  "Get off me. I don't need your help."

  "We o work together. That's the only way we get the bells." Daichi said to the boy.

  Seto looked angry but after a few seds nodded. Both of them rushed at Kakashi and started attag him. Daichi used Analyze skill on both Kakashi ao and used the information to his advantage.

  Kakashi evaded a kick from Daichi and parried a punch from Seto. He heir teamwork and was surprised. 'Hmm… It seems Daichi is adjusting his speed and fighting style to match Seto's. He's not w with but around his teammate. For a new, fresh out of the academy kid, that's actually not bad.'

  Daichi ao very slowly pushed Kakashi he ke flowing through the middle of the training ground.

  Daichi looked at the position of the sun. 'Its nearing noon. We don't have much time left.'

  When Kakashi tried to jump back ain distance, several kunai and shuriken came from the trees surrounding their battle field.

  Kakashi looked around and sensed movement in the forest. 'So they're w together huh. I didn't expect that given their behavior. It seems Daichi is the one who came up with that pn.'

  Daichi used genjutsu a Kakashi distracted while Seto fought him in hand to hand bat. And with the hidden projectile ambushes Kakashi had to evade, the three graduates slowly forced their teacher he river.

  Kakashi evaded another set of projectile shurikens when Daichi unched a few of his own. They struck the shuriken Mari threw earlier and ged their trajectory to Kakashi's new location.

  The Jonin's eyes widened as he saw the se. 'He's still as sharp as ever. It reminds me more and more of Itachi's shuriken skills.' Kakashi took out a kunai and deflected the ons when he saw Daichi ing at him fast and head on.

  Kakashi crossed his arms and blocked a powerful punch that shook his body a him sliding backwards. 'So he was still holding back. That punch had enough strength to knock out an ordinary Jonin.'

  At that moment a Daichi e appeared near him while weaving through hand seals and taking in a great amount of air.

  'Wind style - Great breakthrough.'

  A powerful bst of wind knocked Kakashi off his feet and forced him to nd in the ter of the ke. The sed his feet touched the ter of the Lake water erupted all around him and swallowed him pletely.

  From ihe water sphere Kakashi saw water rise up from the surface of the ke and take the form of Daichi. 'A water e.' He was surprised that Daichi was able to trap him with the water prison jutsu. 'I didn't even sense his presender or he ke. His stealth abilities are incredible. Not to mention the chakra reserves he has. To pull off so many jutsu without suffering from chakra exhaustion… Amazing.'

  The real Daided oer surfad pced his hand on the surface of the sphere. Chakra stings came to life from his hand and quickly attached to the two bells tied on Kakashi's waistband. With a careful yank Daichi had the two bells in his hand.

  "Look at that sensei. I got the bells."

  "Yes you did. I hought the day would e when a Genin would get the bells from me." Kakashi said, looking at him through the water sphere. "Now that you have it, what are you gonna do?"

  Daichi smirked at that question. He was about to answer Kakashi when he sensed several shuriken ing at him from behind. A kunai appeared in his hand and he easily deflected the ons away from him.

  Daichi looked at the people who attacked him.

  "Damn we missed." Seto and Mari both had a kunai and looked ready to battle. Both of them looked deadly serious as they looked at Daichi as their new enemy.

  Some time ago.

  "Alright. I'm going to engage him agaio. When you see an opening, take it and then lend me a hand." Seto and Mari watched as Daichi left them to battle their sensei.

  "Hey. Do you ass this exam?" Seto asked Mari.

  "What kinda question is that? Of course I do."

  "Look. There are only two bells. So only two people pass this test. And no matter what, I'm gonna be one of those people."

  Mari ched her fist as she looked at her teammate. What he said surprised her.

  "And I'd like for you to be my other teammate."

  "Wait. You want the two of us to pass."

  "Yes."

  "But then what about Daichi?"

  "You heard what sensei said. He's a genius. And you and I both know what they're like. Arrogant and self-serving. They only care about themselves."

  At that statement the image of Neji came to her mind. And she could see that Daichi had some simirities with their Rookie of the year.

  "You don't think he would give up one of the bells do you?" Mari asked Seto.

  "No. He's a lot strohan us. So there is a ce that he'll take both bells ahem… There is only one way ass and that's if we take the bells from him. He'll be tired after battling sensei for so long. And there is no rule that says we 't take the bells from our teammates."

  Mari thought about it for a few moments and came to a decision. "Alright."

  Seto theo joitle against Kakashi and Mari left to prepare her traps. At that moment she heard a sound from behind and wheurned around there was nothing. She turned bad suddenly found herself standing on the courtyard of her house.

  She saw the stern disappointing visage of her father. "You are a disgrace Mari. You couldn't even pass the Geni."

  "What… No father! Please… " Mari cried and tried to reach out but it was as if her father was moving away and she couldn't catch up.

  "You are a disgrace to the family." That voice was all she heard as she kneeled on the ground and cried.

  Suddenly everything vanished and she regained her senses as if she was woken up from a bad dream. She saw Daichi looking at her with a slightly ed face. She looked around and realized what had happened.

  "Genjutsu."

  "Yes. Whatever you saw, it wasn't real. I need you ba the fight… you set up the traps?"

  At Daichi's question she looked at him. 'I have to win this test… No matter what I have to do.'

  She nodded her head and watched him leave.

  Seto was battling Kakashi as hard as he could. He wao show that Daichi wasn't the only talented graduate oeam. But no matter how much he tried, no matter how hard or fast he attacked his sehe man only had a bored visage. He zily spped away and dodged all of his attacks.

  "e on. Take this seriously." Seto yelled in frustration at the Jonin. He saw Kakashi smirk uhe mask.

  "See the thing is… I don't o if you're my oppo… Now if it was Daichi I'd be more cautious. But si's just you, I won't bother."

  Seto was furious when he heard that. "You think I'm that weak?"

  "Yes. pared to his skills and talent you're just ordinary. If you ask me, he's the one who should have one of the bells." The way Kakashi said that only made Seto angrier. He rushed at Kakashi and attacked with renewed vigor but it was for naught.

  He threw Seto away from him and the sed Daichi caught him and nded safely on the ground.

  "Get off me. I don't need your help." Seto angrily pried himself away from his teammate.

  "We o work together. That's the only way we get the bells." Daichi said, looking at him.

  Seto kept quiet and looked at Daichi for a few seds. 'No matter what, I'm going to bee a Genin. One way or the other.'

  He nodded and both of them started attag Kakashi together.

  The battle tinued and somewhere along the way Daichi took the lead. He used a wind style attad forced Kakashi to nd oer where he and his e trapped him.

  At that moment Mari came out of hiding a near Seto. She asked in a low tone. "Are you sure about this?"

  Seto nodded. "This is the only way."

  Both of them took some shuriken and got ready. They saw Daichi take the bells from their sensei and they made their decision. Both of them uheir shurikens when Daichi was distracted talking to their Jonin instructor.

  Or so it seemed. They saw a kunai suddenly appearing in Daichi's hand and watched in amazement as he perfectly deflected all the ons away from him.

  "Damn we missed." Seto couldn't help but curse at their failed sneak attack.

  Fshbad.

  Looking at the two, anger bubbled inside Daichi. 'You fucks! You useless fucks. We had it! We won. And you blew it.'

  "You two better have a good reason for what you just did." The anger alpable in Daichi's voice.

  "Sorry Daichi. But we've e to an agreement. We 't let this opportunity pass. I want the bell and so does Mari" Seto replied, gripping his kunai.

  Daichi ched his fists. His expression turned into one hteous anger. But he tried tn in that anger. He o salvage the situation.

  "Are you sure you wanna do this? We have the bells. Do you really wanna fight me for it?" He asked the two.

  Both Seto and Mari gripped their kunai and got into a Taijutsu stance.

  Kakashi watched everything with a sad expression on his fabsp;'Aeam that was doomed for failure.'

  Seeing his teammates' respohat instead of iating with him they were willing to attack him, Daichi could no longer hold back his anger. Killing I burst forth from him freezing his teammates on the spot. Their grim determined faces turo one of fear and horror.

  Kakashi was surprised at the potency of Daichi's killing i. He tensed and got ready for a.

  In a chilling tone Daichi spoke as he looked at his two petrified teammates. "Do you know what I hate? Bullies and people who try to stab their friends in the back. You useless fucks just ruined our ces at passing this test."

  Daichi trated his chakra and tur to wind nature. The sed he sent a powerful burst of wind at the two and bined with his killing i, it khem unscious.

  At that moment Kakashi burst forth from the water prison. Seeing that Kakashi had escaped, Daichi turned his attention back to the Jonin. "You got out of the jutsu so quickly?"

  "You've certainly trained in the ge in chakra nature of water. But I tell that you aren't very familiar with the water prison jutsu. If that had been used by a true expert then I wouldn't have even been able to move."

  Daiodded his head as he agreed with that assessment. He only learhe jutsu just in case he ever needed and it hadn't leveled up all that much.

  The silver haired man looked at the two graduates on the ground and to Daichi. He was disappoi how things went down. He looked at the angry Daichi and spoke in a low tone. "I was right. Looks like you and your team was going to fail the test after all."

  Daichi looked at the man in fusion for a few seds before the answers clicked in his head. His eyes widened as he uood what had really happened.

  "You… You deliberately didn't escape the water prison jutsu earlier. You wanted me to take the bells."

  Kakashi simply nodded. "Yes. It was to see how they would react to you having them."

  "It's why you antagohose tyed on their fears, isn't it…?"

  Kakashi that statement. "I wao see if they were willing to trust you and I also wao see what choice you'd make as well. I had some hope when I saw you three w together."

  Kakashi sighed and spoke. "But it seems they really weren't going to trust you with their lives… Daichi Hekima. You and your team failed the genin exam!"

  "You…" Daichi gritted his teeth and ched his eyes shut. For the first time since he came to this world, he has experierue failure.