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Kakashi led his team into a part of the forest six miles away from Konoha. Of course the ninja way by taking to the tree tops. He was content to see that his students were keeping up in formation. As he didn't go a very high speed to not lose Sakura, the boys were assimilating their speed. This formation was a standard one. He took point, Sasuke followed behind him, then Sakura and the end Naruto covered. It was normal for teams. If they were an experienced unit, the position Sakura had normally was the one of the team's medic or generally weakest member. Two strong members front to deflect attacks and the second strongest covering the back against sneak attacks from behind. In teams with Hyuga in them, they normally took the rear position as their byakugan enabled them to perfectly cover the team's backs.
After ten minutes the team reached their destination. Naruto knew this part of the forest. He had hunted here before.
"Okay, I will give you a few hints to where you can find some prey. There is a river a bit to the south west. So that would be the place where you can catch fish. Deer, rabbits, squirrels and birds can be found everywhere hidden in here. I first want to test your individual skills in this area. That means for once, you won't work as a team. After all on missions this kind of task is normally divided between the members of the team. So you all get an hour to catch at least one animal or fish. If you don't manage that, think about ideas what to do about food for lunch, because you only get to eat what you find and catch here. I have taken the liberty to steal your lunchboxes. You will get them back after the sparring session with team ten. So if you don't want to be hungry, I suggest you find food. I will observe you from the shadows, so don't expect to see me at all. Happy hunting." Kakashi said and disappeared.
Naruto copied his movement and left the other two standing there. Sasuke got the idea that he only had one hour to catch something. After asking Kakashi if they would learn how to use the theoretical skills and seeing the way his sensei trained his team he had made sure to read up on the techniques again. Now he was glad he had done so. He took off to the south west. Catching fish would probably be the easiest way to get food. There were some ways to catch fish that didn't take much time. After three minutes Sasuke reached the river. Thankfully it wasn't that big, so building a dam to intercept the fishes would work well enough. He looked for suited wood or stones and came to realize he would have to cut it from the trees mostly. Well, he was a ninja, so getting some branches down wouldn't be a problem.
He quickly walked up a good looking tree and cut four big braches. They wouldn't be enough to stop the water, but manage to keep the fishes in one position long enough for him to strike. Five minutes later his quickly made dam was ready. Now he just had to wait. Thankfully Kakashi sensei had been right and many fishes were coming his way. He stood in the water, keeping still until they were in reach and grabbed them, throwing them onto the shore. He made sure to throw them far enough so that they wouldn't be able to struggle back into the river. When he had six fishes, he walked out of the water and quickly killed the still moving fishes with hits to their necks. He tied them together with a bit of ninja wire and then went looking for some plants he knew would be edible.
He wanted to impress his sensei with his success. He was pretty sure Naruto would also do well in this test, but he didn't intend to fall back too much behind his team-mate. Over the past week he had come to completely rethink his image of Naruto Uzumaki. The boy was nothing like he had given himself at the academy and he wondered just why he had thought it necessary to play the idiot. Naruto wouldn't tell, so he had to find out on his own. But at least his fears to be held back by a weak team had been destroyed after seeing the kind of training Kakashi put them through. Not even the fangirl would be able to stay weak with how Kakashi put them through the grinder. Thank Kami for the old Uchiha bruises and muscle-soreness remedies. He had looked through his clan's scrolls which he had and one had been about them. So the second evening after starting on team seven Sasuke had been busy mixing components fort the salves. They were the only things keeping him functional.
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