Chapter 014

Any I made my way to class, Naruto was late again. I sat in our usual spot and took out the other book I got, History 101 and began to read it eagerly. I was halfway through the tenth page when Iruka came in and right after him was Naruto.

At the end of that school day Naruto and I went our separate ways. Apparently he had gotten caught after doing a prank on Mizuki so he had detention with Iruka. So I found myself free for the first time since coming here.

I walked around the village for a while, bored and wondering what I can do. I had the entire village for myself to explore..hm, maybe I can see what other ninja teams are doing? After all don't they use training grounds?

I went around for a while and asked directions to the training grounds. Obviously no civilian here knew where that was and even if they did they wouldn't tell a child. But I happened upon a map of the village and managed to figure out there was a lot of forest covered area along the walls of the village, meaning chances are the training fields are all probably there.

I rushed to the nearest one, located near the Academy. I walked towards the end of the road and found that there was a small fence covering up the area with the words, 'Training ground 2 up head'. I smiled and quickly leaped over the fence, rushing into the forest.

The forest was dense, I found no real path so I was forced to leap over bushed and other shrubbery. But just then, I heard it, the clashing of metal. I immediately bent down hiding myself as I snuck over to the noise.

And slowly the trees opened up revealing a flat training grounds where two green flak jacket wearing ninjas fought each other with sharp knives. I lowered my head into the shrubs and watched from a distance.

One had a large black beard and had a kunai in his right hand while the other had long blonde hair tied in a ponytail. Both were male and form the way they moves I'm guessing they were at least Chunin.

I saw the bearded dude deflect several shurikens with his kunai before leaping at his opponent. They then proceeded to fight each other hand to hand, blocking and striking almost immediately, each strike like lightning.

My eyes widened, 'this is so fucking cool!' It was inhuman the way they moved, like a choreographed dance both knew how to play. I watched in silence as the men tried to beat the other one up into paste, but unable to gain the advantage.

Ping!

You have created a new skill!

Stealth, Lv- 1 (0%)

Your ability to hide in plain sight is crucial for being a ninja.

Chances of not getting spotted- 5%

For stronger opponents, -2% for each level they surpass you

'What kind of shitty skill is this?!' my eyes went wide, 'that means even if I'm spying on Naruto, I would have a 0% chance of getting away with it. No, scratch that, less than 0%!'

I grumbled as I swiped the box away and turned back to the fighting, but I realised something, the two men were gone. I blinked as I looked around, where did they go?

"Looking for us kid?" came a sharp voice from behind me.

I went stiff as I slowly turned around seeing the two men looking down at me with amused smirks on their faces. How did they….oh right, of course, my stealth level is shit anyway.

The blonde one;

Karu Hashmi, Chunin of Konoha

Lv- ?

REP- 5

And the bearded one;

Ryuto, Chunin of Konoha

Lv- ?

REP- 5

I blinked, "ah...hi."

Ryuto snorted, "hey yourself kid. What are you doing here?"

I looked at them, "talking to you."

Karu snorted, "oh, looks like we have a smart ass on our hands Ryuto."

"This is a dangerous place kid, not the kind of area kid like you should be around," the bearded man warned.

I shrugged, "it's fine, I'm training to be a ninja so I need to learn these things."

The two of them looked at each for a moment before exploding into laughter. "Kid, you're one strange boy!" Karu laughed hard, "so tell me little ninja, what do you want to learn?"

My eyes winded, practically sparkling, "you mean it?"

Ryuto rolled his eyes, "come on Karu, we don't have time for this."

"Hey, it's my day off," the blonde smirked, "besides, the kid has spark. Can you imagine one of us going into a training ground when we are barely out of our diapers just to learn?"

The bearded man rolled his eyes, "fine, whatever. Just don't come crying to me if you kill the kid," he looked at me, I guess he expected me to react negatively to his death threat, too bad I know for a fact he's full of shit.

"So kid, what's your name?" Karu asked me.

"Yami," I replied bowing a little, "it's nice to met you."

"I'm Karu, that grumpy teddy bear is Ryuto," the blonde man smiled, "now, what do you want to know?"

I blinked, "ah….can you help me increase my chakra reserves?"

Ryuto snorted while Kaoru smiled, "sorry kid, but chakara training is very dangerous business, if you want your reserves to grow you just have to allow it to happen naturally."

Or in my case pour a crap ton of points into the CHA stat. I nodded, "okay...hm, can you help me with weapons?" I used the only other thing I knew about.

This time Ryuto was the one to speak, "this guy teaching a kid about weapons? Please, don't make me laugh. He can barely hit a target with his kunai let alone teach!"

"Hey watch to panda bear! Or skin you!" Kaoru growled.

"Bring it wallflower!" Ryuto growled back.

I cleared my throat, "so weapons, is that a yes or no?"

The two ninjas turned to me with surprised looks. "You're pretty calm for a kid aren't you?" Karu asked.

I nodded, "yup, not a lot that can surprise me. Anyway, weapons."

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