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*System talking, missions*

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"Human talks"

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Chapter title: Crows and stars

/NARUKO/

I awoke early due to fluffy mumbling to myself as I got out of bed. Fluffy's tail wiggled left and right as he took my blanket. "Okay, okay..." I patted the puppy as it jumped into my lap. Five days have passed since Zander-san and I encountered the large, vicious wolf, but I still get queasy just thinking about it.

I was no stranger to killing or taking someone's life, but I'd seen nothing like that. Seeing Zander-nii use his jutsu was cool and terrifying at the same time. My nightmares about the big wolf, on the other hand, aren't going away soon.

I always see it coming back to life as it gets ready to eat Zander-nii while I'm sleeping. I wanted to scream at him, warn him that the wolf had returned, but I couldn't. I was too worried about the wolf discovering where I was hiding.

Fluffy always chase my nightmares away, but I still have flashbacks of Zander-nii getting hurt and the screams he and it made. I got ready for class, stroked Fluffy, and opened my closet door.

Orange, Orange, Orange, Orange... orange... Zander-nii was probably right about me. Perhaps my obsession with oranges is overblown, but my gaze was drawn to a particular piece of clothing. It was black with orange linings. It had the same style as Zander-nii's clothes.

He started teaching me how to read and write, but if I get good grades, he'll sometimes teach me a better jutsu like the shadow clone. He also began teaching me taijutsu, but only if I promised not to tell Jiji.

I'm not sure why he despises him.

I ran to the academy with Fluffy in my hoodie after picking up the clothes. People stared at me, but no one said anything. When I arrived, I was relieved to see that Iruka-sensei was running a little late.

I took my seat as Fluffy jumped out and began playing with Akamaru, and Kiba hid behind Hinata. I'm not sure why he's afraid of Fluffy, but Iruka-sensei came in before I could tell Kiba to stop being a wuss.

I can't wait to show him everything Zander-nii has taught me.

/MC/

I yawned as I lay on a tree branch for a few more days until I could finally spar with the mighty blue beast; however, I'm not sure if my self-made martial art will be sufficient to face him. Remembering the true power of his taijutsu made me think about purchasing some martial arts from the >shop, but I decided against it. If I want to improve my art, I must take it slowly and not rush it, or I will overlook some critical flaws.

After spotting Kakashi, I quickly scanned the >Shop for any Icha-Icha books signed by Jiraiya. They were surprisingly inexpensive. I jumped out of my spot and chased after the future team leader, calling out to him.

"Hey, dude!" I yelled.

Kakashi turned towards me, and despite his lack of caution, my >Observe warned me that if I proved to be a threat, he would slit my throat. "Is there anything you require?" inquired the Scarecrow.

"Yeah, Kakashi right? The copycat? Can I have a moment of your time?" I inquired.

I noticed he was at ease, but prepared for any surprises. "What is it?" he asked, tilting his head. "May I request that you spar with me?"

"Sorry, but I'm busy. Maybe next time."

I smirked and drew my trump card. As he points to my ace, Kakashi can only look shocked. "I figured you'd say that, so I bought this," I joked, waving the book.

"That's a limited edition of the Icha-icha series," Kakashi explained, shaking his head. There was an unknown organization that destroyed it leaving only four copies of this book.

"Oh, so you've read this book," I said, grinning as Kakashi shivered. "W-wait, what are you doing?" said the albino shinobi. "Since you didn't want to spar with me, I guess I'll have to burn it."

"BURN IT!? How about giving it to me instead? I'll trade it for some jutsus."

"No," I said, the book smoking slowly.

"WAIT!" I had no idea Kakashi could screech. I waited for him to go on. "OK, I'll spar with you," he said.

"Good," I said, "but just in case, I'll keep it."

Kakashi let out a relieved sigh and motioned for me to follow him. When we arrived at the training ground, Kakashi walked a few paces away before turning to face me and asking, "So, how do you want to do this?"

"We fight until one of us gives up," I said as I picked up a rock. "We'll start when this land."

"Alright."

Kakashi clearly didn't take me seriously, which was fine with me. So I tossed the rock, but it falls to the ground. A hand emerges from the ground and pulls me in. As Kakashi approaches, only my head was exposed.

"I guess this is my victory," he chuckled.

"No, we're just getting started," I said quickly, causing a small earthquake. Kakashi winced as memories of his clone's death flashed through his mind.

Picking myself up, I dusted the dirt from my coat. "Do you have anything more fancy?"

After a few more exchanges, we both parted ways..

/Third person/

"What kind of taijutsu is that?" He rushed in and threw a few punches and to his shock, he was almost hit but one of his opponent's attacks. He was back to defense once more, as his opponent had mixed punches and kicks with his grapples.

The defense was a bad move, as it only gave his opponent more ways to find or make openings on his guard. Yet he can tell that it meant this taijutsu for quick takedowns and settling fights fast.

It wasn't for this sort of exchange, but it seems the young man had already known this weakness.

The two grappled before Kakashi used Alizander's left hand to make a seal, but then a surprise caught Kakashi off guard. There were no chakra signs, only his.

"What the-" Kakashi grunts as he is kicked in the chin and elbowed in the gut. Alizander rushes in, but the ninja slams his hand down, creating a wall of dirt between them.

Alizander, unfazed, leaps and kicks it. The wall crumbled, but the raging inferno took aback Alizander.

As the flames were put out with a wave of his hand, Kakashi's eyes narrowed. "What an annoying jutsu," he grumbled, his Sharingan open. He wasn't able to replicate it, but he noticed a strange energy surrounding the young man.

"My turn," Alizander said, releasing a wave of flame. Kakashi responds with water but is surprised when the water wall turns into ice. Something drags him to the ground before he can even move.

"guess this is my win?" Alizander said before realizing there was a kunai in his throat. "No, this is my win." Kakashi said, but Alizander smirks and looks down. Curious, he follows and finds a spike ready to lodge itself into him.

"Draw?"

"Draw."

Both backed off before Alizander tosses the porn to Kakashi. The man started to treat it like it was a baby. "Thanks for the spar." Alizander said, leaving the man failing to notice the Hokage hidden behind a tree.

Kakashi quickly became severe and greeted the old man.

"Well, what do you think of him, Kakashi?"

"For starters, his jutsu might be a bloodline limit and his using something as a replacement to chakra." Kakashi said. "His taijutsu needs work, but is troublesome to go around."

It was no lie. The random attack patterns threw him off as if he was going through the motions throughout the spar. It was like he was only concerned about getting a hit, not about how to hit.

"Genjutsu doesn't work either. I used it twice and he ignored it."

"Hm, what are the chances of us recruiting him?" Hiruzen hums.

"Zero, sorry hokage-sama, but I know people like him. His only concern is himself." Kakashi said.

"Sigh, well I can see Guy will enjoy this." Hiruzen said.

The two chuckled while Alizander heads to the academy.