Chapter 13: Sparing with Konoha’s best

Chapter 13: Sparing with Konoha's best

"The rules are simple. Any type of Jutsu is allowed, there is just no crippling of your opponents or killing them." Naido sensei explained.

Behind him was a Budha statue made out of Earth and Naido sensei mimicked Budha's posture.

I could see that Kakashi was sighing as he saw this.

"The first match will be Naruto against Kazuto." Kakashi-sensei announced.

"HUH! But Sensei, I don't want to fight this guy. I want to fight Shikomu!" Nauru announced as he pointed at Kazuto.

"Naido sensei. I would also prefer fighting Sasuke." Kazuto voiced out.

The Jounin looked at each other for a second, before nodding.

"Alright then. Sasuke, fight against Kazuto." Kakashi voiced out.

Sasuke didn't say anything, and with his emo expressions walked forward with his hands inside of his pocket.

"FIGHT!" Kakashi announced.

"Hey, who do you think will win?" Ayumi asked as she sat next to me.

"I don't know." I told her, but in my mind, I already had an idea.

Sure, Sasuke wasn't as talented as a genius like Itachi, but as of right now he should already have Jounin level Chakra reserves.

He could spam Jutsu against Kazuto, who was probably Average Genin.

Kazuto immediately disappeared from his and ran towards Sasuke. He held a Kunai in his hand and continued dashing towards him.

However to me he was way too slow. I could see his moments extremely easily. Naruto probably felt the same.

The only ones who were surprised were the Kunoichi who were at his level.

At Kazuto's speed, Sasuke didn't even need the Sharingan.

Before Kazuto could even throw the Kunai at Sasuke, Sasuke appeared in front of him and held the hand which had the Kunai.

Then, using the momentum from Kazuto's speed, Sasuke threw him over his head. As Kazuto was falling, Sasuke used another one of his hands to take the Kunai from Kazuto's hand and aimed it at his neck.

However before falling, Kazuto took another Shuriken from his Ninja pouch and threw it at Sasuke.

Seeing a Shuriken in his hand from such close range, Sasuke let go of Kazuto's hand and jumped into the air.

Then he weaved some hand signs and inhaled a lot of air into his mouth.

The falling Kazuto saw Sasuke in the air and before he could even react, had a massive breath of flames fly towards him.

It was the Fireball Jutsu that Sasuke knew.

Before the fireball hit Kazuto, I saw the earth from under Kazuto form a barrier around him.

*BOOM*

The shockwave from the collision caused a mini explosion to occur. I already had Chakra sticking me firmly to the ground, however the other genin who didn't do this flew back slightly.

"A bit overkill. Don't you think, Kakshi?" Asked my sensei to Kakashi.

"We are here to learn after all." Kakashi replied.

"Loser." Sasuke spat, as he landed on the ground. Kazuto had a calm expression on his face, as he saw the Earth barrier slowly move away from him.

It didn't have to be announced, everybody knew that Kazutp had lost the spar.

"Now, why don't Sakura and Ayumi go for their turns? Sasuke come over here." Kakashi announced.

Kazuto then also moved over to Naido-sensei.

"Any advice sensei?" He asked Naido-sensei, seeing Kakashi trying to give a bit of advice to the stubborn Uchiha.

"None whatsoever. You did fine." Naido sensei told him. I was a bit confused at this. Since the start of the game, I had not once seen Naido sensei guide Kazuto. He tried to help Ayumi but didn't do that too frequently as well.

Did Kazuto offend him somehow?

Kazuto just sighed and sat down.

"CHA! It's my turn." Sakura said as she walked up in front.

At this point, it seemed like my Nara bloodline finally kicked in. I could not be asked to watch Sakura fight at all. At least not pre-Shippuden Sakura.

I decided to not pay too much attention to the match and leaned down onto the grass and started cloud watching.

"Watcha doing." Naruto asked me, as he blocked my entire view.

"Shikamaru has been trying to get me into cloud watching instead of sparing in the morning. He taught me how to identify lazy clouds and hardworking clouds." I told Naruto as I moved my head a little.

"What the hell is a hardworking cloud." Naruto asked as he also slept on the floor.

"It depends on the wind apparently. If the wind is strong, the clouds that move slowly are resisting the wind current so their hardworking. If the wind is slow, the ones that are moving too fast are also working too hard. Only the clouds that follow the flow are ones we should watch." I repeated what Shikamaru told me. For a guy who believes that everything is a drag, he did think of a lot of useless shit.

Naruto nodded, as he also looked up at the clouds.

Suddenly, I felt a lump of earth form at my neck. I turned to see one form at Naruto's as well. Then, it slowly got pushed up and made Naruto and I sit straight.

"Pay attention to the match Shikomu." Naido-sensei told me.

I sighed and looked at the kunoichi.

"Begin." Kakashi announced as he moved away.

Sakura immediately threw Shuriken at Ayumi, who used her Kunai to deflect them. Ayumi was also taught the Body-flicker from Naido-sensei, so she used it to get closer to Sakura.

I checked Sasuke's reaction to see a bit of surprise at the high speed movement. It seemed like Kakashi didn't teach them this Jutsu. From what I remembered, he barely taught them anything.

Sakura could barely keep up with Ayumi's movement, who sparingly used the Body-flicker. While it didn't take a lot of chakra, Ayumi didn't have a lot of Chakra to begin with.

However it didn't take long for Ayumi to catch Sakura off guard and almost stab her with a Kunai. Kakashi stopped her before that though.

"Ayumi wins this one." Kakashi announced.

"ALRIGHT, IT'S OUR TURN!" Naruto said, standing up excited.

"Don't you care that Sakura lost?" I asked him.

"Hmm? It's fine. We are a team. If I beat you, the strongest here, I can protect Sakura-chan." Naruto said.

"How do you know I am the strongest?"

"Are you not?"