Shikamaru Vs. Chouji

Chouji envelops his fist with chakra and shouts "TEKKEN!"

*BAMMMMMMMM

with just one punch Chouji destroys the ground, and luckily Shikamaru is fast enough to avoid his punch.

looking at the ground, not to mention a genin, even ordinary Jounin or veteran Jounin would be a meatpaste if they got hit.

"what the hell Chouji, you almost kill me there!" Shikamaru complained to his friend.

"there is no way Sensei will let us die in a mere sparring Shikamaru, it's better if you do your best if you don't want to receive Sensei's extra training," Chouji replied with confidence.

if not for Kaoru's presence, Chouji also would never have used this technique toward his friend, since the effect was too excessive.

"Haaa, what a drag, I also don't want extra training" Shikamaru sighed and started to take this sparring seriously.

Shikamaru started to run while thinking of a way to break Chouji's defense.

the compatibility of his Jutsu is terrible when fighting against a people like Chouji who has a good defense, it will be worse if the opponent could regenerate or has a near-immortal body.

while Shikamaru keeps thinking of a way out, Chouji is spamming his punch, but no matter how many times no one hits Shikamaru or even grazes him.

Chouji became impatient and started to lose his cool.

what Kaoru taught includes a team rivalry, your teammates are the best rivals that you could get for example both Naruto and Sasuke.

since he can't find a way to break Chouji's defense, Shikamaru chooses to use kiting while attacking with his bow.

and after seeing that Chouji became impatient, he got an idea and started to prepare his move.

on the other hand, Chouji who lost his calmness wasn't aware that Shikamaru was ready with his plan.

Shikamaru then stopped suddenly while making a hand seal he said.

"Chouji, this Jutsu will be my last since I will be out of chakra, so if you can break loose from this then it's your win!"

Chouji immediately aware this time Shikamaru was using his carelessness to bring him into a trap, and when he found that he was in the middle of every arrow that Shikamaru shot before, it was already too late.

"Kurohitsugi!" Shikamaru controlled his shadow and made a giant black box that resembled a coffin to trap Chouji.

but it was not just that, suddenly a spear made of shadow appeared on the surface of the black box, as if there was a shadow spear that pierced the entire box.

after waiting for a few seconds, Shikamaru knew that this was his win and dispelled his Jutsu.

what appears from the inside is Chouji with a body full of injury, it's not fatal but if not treated as soon as possible that kind of injury will affect their future.

Shikamaru then approached Chouji and reached out his hand while saying. "this time it's my win" he said with a smile on his face.

"yeah! I lose" Chouji also gave a smile even though his condition was looking bad now.

and that's concluded their duel.

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after watching their duel, Karin only could applause since she couldn't find any words to describe her feelings now.

at first, she thought she would be a prisoner or worse, a slave like her deceased mother used to be.

but the person who saved her didn't do anything to her even let her work at Konoha.

she actually wants to repay her savior and then leave Konoha, as long as no one knows she is a shinobi then she could go away from Konoha as a civilian.

but after seeing her savior students, especially their duel, she found a new dream, she wants to learn under Kaoru and help him with everything and become his sword or shield.

if she becomes strong then she will have a greater chance to stay beside Kaoru.

different from the canon story, Karin will be a very strong kunoichi and maybe she could surpass both Hashirama and Madara, especially with Kaoru's help.

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looking at the aftermath Kaoru feels content with his students' progress and this time he will teach them Haki from one piece world.

even though this is a different world, Haki is not fueled by some strange mana, chi, qi, or any other energy so it's possible to do it in this world, Kaoru did it some weeks ago and his theory is right.

Haki is a manifestation of will, and to do it someone needs a very strong body and mind, that is also the reason he taught them physical training, he even told his students to fight without any chakra before.

"Okay, now I will teach you guys about Haki. and Karin I don't if you want to hear but never try to use Haki without training your body first, since it will be dangerous, okay?"

the four of them nodded their head, for team 10 Kaoru's warning always meant one thing but for Karin, she nodded her head because she felt that following Kaoru's instruction would be her best action for now.

"Listen, Haki is..." Kaoru then explained the basics of Haki, like how many kinds of Haki, what effect Haki has on the user, and how to train to awaken a Haki.

"So, any question?" 

Ino raises her hand and asks. "Sensei, you said that coating or sensing is just a basic, so there must be an advanced level right?"

this is what Kaoru wanted, he didn't want his students to only be like baby birds that would eat everything that their parents gave, he wanted them to think and ask if they didn't know, that's why he sometimes only gave small explanations and let his students to think.

and after they find that clue Kaoru will give them a prize of a full explanation of what they want to know.

"That's right, there are advanced levels of Haki, for example, is this... " Kaoru stood up and approached a tree.

he then punches it gently without any chakra, and Ino also can't see any chakra movement, she even believes that a Hyuga will also say there is no chakra movement from Kaoru's punch.

but suddenly the tree got destroyed from the other side of Kaoru as if something gouged it.

"What!!!" the four of them were startled by what they saw.

"This is the advanced level of Busoshoku Haki it's called internal destruction, at this level you could send your Haki into your target body and destroy it from within, the other is emission where you could attack your target from far away by sending your Haki outside your body and use it to attack" Kaoru then continued his explanation.

"for Kenbunshoku Haki after you reach the advanced level, it's possible for you to predict a future for a few seconds"

hearing that they could see a future even for a few seconds they could imagine that they would be invincible in a fight.

"and for Haoshoku Haki, like I said before you don't need to think about it, as long as you have the qualification you will awaken it someday, but for Shikamaru, I will say sorry first, I don't think you have the qualification"

"as I said, for Haoshoku you need a strong determination to never bend no matter who your opponents are and keep believing in what you believe, and from what I see Nara clan didn't have it, right?"

Shikamaru didn't need to think since he also understood, it's already flowed in his blood, the Nara clan is full of lazy bums, they may be a loyal clan, but they didn't have the determination to keep growing and walk ahead since it's too troublesome for them.