Сhapter 18
- Naruto… Stay awhile. - Having completed the last lesson in our schedule for today, Iruka-sensei turned to me. Which was somewhat unexpected and unpleasant… Usually, when he detains me like this, I shouldn't expect anything good. Now, most likely, he will start brainwashing me again about inappropriate behavior. Although, I haven't done anything like that lately, and it was hard to call the teacher's tone formidable.
- What is Iruka-sensei? - With a slight hope for the best, I turned to the young man. He, however, was in no hurry to immediately answer my question, waiting for all the students to leave the classroom. Which only strained me more, and Shikomaru already saluted me with his hand, as if saying "rest in peace" ... the little asshole, also mocks my grief. Although it's easy for him to behave like that, his Iruka hasn't been pulling much lately even for sleeping in class.
- Naruto... - the man turned to me quietly, as soon as my last classmate left the classroom. - Didn't you practice practicing seals in my lesson again today? - Looking at me somewhat frowningly , he asked… I didn't think that he would find out so quickly what exactly I was doing in his lessons. Still, I'm sitting at the last desk, and Iruka himself usually doesn't pay too much attention to me… Although, he's a chunin Shinobi experienced and skilled enough to be entrusted with the training of our class.
- yes. - I decided not to hide the obvious after all. - And how did you understand that? I immediately clarified, trying to figure out exactly what I was wrong about. After all, from the outside, as I thought, it should not have been too noticeable that I was doing something there under the desk… Well, at least from the teacher's side, my movements definitely had to be unnoticeable.
- Oh, Nartuo. - Massaging the bridge of his nose, Iruka sighed heavily. - Sometimes I am struck by your impudence... understand you already, if you don't listen to me in class now, then you won't be able to pass the final exam ... you may be expelled, Naruto. - The teacher started his hurdy-gurdy again... and even if in some sense I understood him, and his words still had a meaning, but at this particular moment I didn't care about his moralizing. I was only interested in the answer to my own question…
- I will pass these exams of yours… There is nothing complicated about them. Better answer my question already. I drawled a little displeased, forcing the man to let out another heavy sigh. But his discontent did not bother me in any way, especially since I was not going to change my behavior in any case. Yes, and such conversations with the teacher have long become something ordinary for me, but still very annoying.
"...Your shoulder movements gave you away. I have seen many times how children learn to fold seals, that's why I was able to notice the characteristic growth of your shoulders. - Nevertheless, the teacher answered me, having let out one more heavy and even some kind of reproachful sigh before that. - By the way, show me what you got in the end. - Apparently, having decided to drop the previous topic of conversation, he asked me for Iruka. Well, I'm glad to show off my successes…
Moreover, now, almost two weeks after the start of my training, I have already learned to fold hand seals much more cheerfully. And my hands had already begun to slowly get used to not the most ordinary movements ... and therefore, I was absolutely not ashamed to show my skills to the same Iruka. However, my hands themselves are already somewhat tired now, I still spent the whole lesson doing nothing but folding twelve standard seals. But as a result, I was still able to demonstrate a good speed of folding seals.… Iruka's eyes even widened a little from what he saw.
"Pretty good. - After a moment's hesitation, the man nodded to me, thereby sending my ego to heaven. Still, Iruka's reaction told me much more than the man himself wanted to show. And it's nice to go beyond someone's expectations… I even wanted to show off a little more in front of the teacher. And it's not all the same for him to tell me off and tell me off, praise, you know, I would also like to hear from time to time.
- Hmm... I haven't shown you my techniques yet. - Proudly turning up my nose, I drawled ... although such behavior was still somewhat feigned. I'm too used to playing the role of a hyperactive child. Well, it's not the point, the main thing is that I still waited for an expectant look from Iruka, and therefore it was possible to show off my first successes in the field of ninjutsu ... For this, however, I had to calm down almost immediately and concentrate on controlling my own chakra…
But in the end, with a barely audible pop, my exact copy appeared next to me… That she was shrouded in a fog of extra chakra for a few more seconds. But I have not yet learned to adequately cope with this disadvantage. I have not yet found for myself the proportion necessary for the chakra technique, so that the clone turns out to be stable, and a foggy veil does not arise at the same time. Well, nothing, such problems are solved by experience and training, especially since for me now a stable clone is already a huge success. And Iruka's surprised face speaks about it more than clearly.
"You're... using too much chakra. - Somehow detached and rather just on a whim, Iruka-sesney noticed before his gaze acquired at least some meaning… He even started up a little after his own words. - But for your age, it's still a very, very good result. It is unlikely that any of your classmates have already managed to master such a ninjutsu. The teacher immediately added, causing a more than sincere smile on my face.
Nevertheless, I have been going to a similar result for a very long time. To remember only all those trainings on awakening and chakra control, with which I am still not all right… But even so, I had a full moral right to enjoy this praise, especially since it is generally difficult to achieve anything from Iruka in this regard. He was more fond of scolding and instructing his students, and praise from him was not given to everyone ... Only the excellent students of the class were awarded such an honor from time to time.
- Now even scolding you for doing nothing in my lessons is somehow wrong ... - he drawled a little thoughtfully, forcing my face to stretch even more into a smile. That's just the further behavior of Iruka somehow abruptly began to strain me ... he looked at me too long and intently. And then, without explaining anything, he reached into his own table for some papers. Which in itself was somewhat unusual and exciting. Did he really decide to punish me for ignoring his lessons?
"Is something wrong, sensei?" - Nevertheless, I forced myself to ask, seeing that Iruka had found some papers he needed, starting to read them carefully... read them so carefully that my question already made him shudder and turn sharply in my direction… Another not the most normal reaction. The man seemed too excited and excited to me.
- Naruto, would you like to try to finish the academy earlier? - Sharply glaring at me with his gaze, the man asked. Thereby causing me a whole bunch of questions and misunderstandings… Although, I quickly remembered that some students, in the likeness of the same Itachi Uchiha, sometimes graduated from the academy in just a couple of years of their studies here. But this happened too rarely and only with clan children, which is why I really did not immediately realize the words of my teacher…
- What do you mean, to graduate from the academy early? - Still, I couldn't resist asking, although I had already started to have some thoughts on this matter... And even though it was hard for me to believe that Iruka was offering me to graduate from the academy as an external, or just skip a few years of study, but I couldn't perceive Sensei's words in any other way. And, to be honest, I didn't know at all how to react to it.