Back at the starting point where Naruto is tied to a post, Kakashi informs his stunned students that they need not return to the academy. They are so bad, they should quit being ninjas. He asks them a very important question which they cannot answer: "Why do you think we're training by breaking into groups?" He reveals the answer. "It is for teamwork. If all three had come together, maybe one would have acquired a bell. Sakura asks, "Why do we need to use teamwork, where there are only two bells?"
It is because the test tries to put the three against each other. It is to find students who put teamwork before their own personal interests. But they were pathetic. Sakura cared more about Sasuke than Naruto. All Naruto did was work on his own. And Sasuke believed the other two were just going to burden him. But missions are done in groups. "If you become captured. Someone will die. In every mission, you put your life on the line."
Kakashi-sensei says he will give them all one more chance later after lunch. They are to eat lunch only if they are up to the challenge. But they must not permit Naruto to eat, and he is to remain tied up. It is his punishment for breaking the rules and trying to eat lunch early. Anyone who feeds him will fail. Kakashi steps away, and Sasuke and Sakura begin to eat their lunches. Naruto, unable to move, is famished, and his stomach is growling loudly. But Sasuke notes that Kakashi is not nearby, and he says that if they are going to get the bells together, it is only going to be trouble if Naruto is hungry. He offers food to his starving teammate. Sakura agrees and she also offers her lunch to Naruto. Because his hands are tied, she must feed him.
