Kyo, Naruto and Sasuke met in the training ground.
"Have you all done as I said?"
"Yeah, I ate a few cups of instant ramen", Naruto grinned, patting his stomach. Sasuke merely nodded.
"I have spent the rest of my day yesterday tracking down former students of Kakashi sensei and I found out what the test is"
"Really? You did that in one afternoon?"
"A ninja needs to be able to gather intelligence and it wasn't hard. Kakashi sensei has failed every team he has had over his years as a Jonin, so there were plenty of people to interview. The deal is this: Kakashi sensei will present us with the objective to get two bells from him. Those of us who get the bells pass and-"
"Wait… two bells? But we are three?"
"Yes, that is to sow animosity. He will tell us that only two of us can pass but in reality, all we have to do to pass is work together. He is a Jonin, we are never gonna get those bells from him, he wants us to prioritise each other over the prospect of winning", he explained, "if he will be late, like he was yesterday, let's formulate an attack plan"
"I don't need your help" Sasuke huffed.
"He is a jonin, none of us will even be able to graze him without working together", Kyo explained but Naruto spit on the ground.
"We don't need that duck hair, emo looking guy"
"You know what? How about we test how good you actually are. Each of you, fight me, one on one. If either of you win, fine, you can go out there on your own but if I win, we do it my way, sounds good?" he looked between his two teammates. Naruto, bright as the sun, was nodding with vigor, whilst Sasuke, cold as the night simply smirked, "good then, who wants to go first?"
"I'll go first!" Naruto jumped up, doing his hand seals and immediately, two dozen naruto's appeared around him.
"Not bad but I can do the same", Kyo cut open his arm with a kunai and formed the hand seals. This cut was deeper, as he had to create more clones. In a puff of red smoke, two dozen blood clones appeared, "Blood release: Blood clones. Let's do this", he grinned as shadow clones and blood clones were locked in a furious battle whilst the originals were fighting, kunai in hand. Metal clashed against metal. Kyo was overpowering the dead last moment after moment. His kunai technique was just superior. When he had received a few cuts, Naruto fell back, summoning more shadow clones but he had drawn blood. Now was as good a time as any to try his techniques on other people's blood, so he formed the hand seals.
"Another blood clone?" Sasuke wondered from the sidelines.
"Blood release: blood clone resonance!"
The blood on Naruto vanished and two clones of naruto appeared in a puff of red smoke. They threw themselves in the fight and now, Naruto's clones didn't only have to fight Kyo's clones but also imposters. This wasn't a fight they could win and- as the shadow clones were dispelled, Naruto was overwhelmed with information. He wasn't as used to the mental strain as he would one day be. Kyo rushed over and placed his kunai at the shinobi's neck, "I win"
"That was… so… AWESOME!", Naruto beamed, "how did you do that? I didn't see the clones casting any transformation jutsu"
"It is a new technique I have been working on. Originally, I could only use my own blood but as I learned more about my kekkei genkai, I have broken through that limitation"
"Kekkei what now?" Naruto looked clueless.
"Kekkei Genkai, you idiot", Sasuke explained, "Kekkei genkai are inherited bloodline techniques which cannot be learned unless you are born with them. Kyo Chisuka is the progenitor of Blood release"
"Wow really? That is so awesome! Maybe I have a kekkei genkai too!"
"Unlikely and I believe now it is my turn", Sasuke walked up, "Ready or not, here I come! Fire release: Great fireball!"
Flames spew out of Sasuke's mouth, enveloping him, or so he thought. When the flames cleared, a charred piece of wood was where Kyo stood a moment ago, "Substitution technique?!", he looked around but too late, Kyo was already behind him. He spun around but was too slow, as an upward slash destroyed his shirt… and the bandages underneath. Two small breasts were now visible to Kyo, Naruto and anyone who would be around, "You- are a girl?"
Sasuke covered himself -herself?- up with their arms. They were blushing, heavily, "I- you were not supposed to see that!"
"Who would've guessed that the great Sasuke was a crossdresser?", Naruto laughed, which earned him a slap on the back of the head from Kyo.
"Don't be rude but- I must agree it is strange. I always assumed you were a guy", he told Sasuke, scratching the back of his head, "What's up with that?"
"I am a girl", she said, still blushing furiously, "I have disguised myself as a boy to emulate my brother… when he betrayed us, I swore to only be a girl again when I have killed him"
"That's dumb", Kyo said, calmly, "You hate your brother and yet you keep emulating him. What does this prove? That you still look up to him, the man who killed your clan? That you will live in his shadow? Be yourself, that's a bigger fuck you to your brother"
"I- I- fuck you", Sasuke was rude but she could see the reasoning behind his words. She would have to reflect on this…
"Get yourself a new shirt, you still have time. This has been my win, though, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, we'll work together", she hissed, running off to her clan grounds.
Kyo was left reflecting. Sasuke was a girl… what else could be different? Would the test even be the bell test anymore? Too many questions, too few answers…