At a training ground in the village.
Naruto waved his fists and said boisterously, "Kakashi-sensei, when are we going to take on missions? I can't wait to make a big splash!"
Sasuke stood with his arms crossed and said nothing, but his eyes were full of eagerness as well.
Jingle, jingle...
At that moment, Kakashi took two bells from his pocket.
"Huh!?"
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura all looked at the bells swaying in Kakashi's hand.
Kakashi then took out an alarm clock and placed it on a wooden post, muttering to himself, "It's nine in the morning now, so let's set the time for noon!"
Naruto asked in confusion, "Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing?"
After setting the alarm, Kakashi shook the bells in his hand and turned to Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. "The three of you may have graduated from the Ninja Academy, but unless you earn my approval, you are not true Konoha ninja!"
Sakura hurriedly asked, "Then how can we earn your approval?"
"I have two bells here. If you can snatch one before the alarm goes off, you'll have earned my approval." After a pause, Kakashi pointed at the three wooden posts in the distance and said in an eerie tone, "Anyone who hasn't gotten a bell when the alarm goes off will be tied to a post—and there'll be no lunch!"
Sasuke curled his lip. "Tch, what a boring little game!"
Naruto confidently rolled up his sleeves. "It's just grabbing bells. That's a piece of cake for me!"
Unlike the unconcerned Sasuke and the confident Naruto, Sakura timidly pointed at the two bells in Kakashi's hand. "Kakashi-sensei, but you only have two bells!"
Naruto chimed in, "Yeah, there are three of us! Kakashi-sensei, don't tell me you forgot to bring a third bell. That's way too