章 19: The Wolf Spars with Duckbutt

Ninja Academy at the Training Grounds.

"Okay class, listen here. The spar will be divided to two brackets. The boys and the girls bracket. Everyone will fight on an elimination process. If you win, you'll advance to the next round. After we have our champions for the Girls bracket and the Boys bracket, both will have the choice of sparring with each other. Do you understand?"

"Hai! Iruka Sensei." Everyone answered.

"Okay first match would be Ino vs Sakura."

The girls match started with Ino and Sakura. Both girls are sloppy in their moves. It shows that they haven't trained much. I understand Sakura because she was born from a Civilian family, but Ino was born from one of Konoha's great clan.

Even though the Yamanaka clan aren't proficient in Taijutsu. She should have atleast basic knowledge of it.

"Winner: Ino!" Iruka sensei said.

Ino won the spar just by a small margin.

The girls match was just plain boring not that i'm being sexist here. Most of them doesn't have proper strength or techniques except Hinata and another girl that picked my interest.

She has a slender and cute blue t-shirt with a black anbu pants with black sandals. The girl has a bob-length black hair that has long bangs that reach her chin covering the right side of her face and deep blue eyes. She appears to be a cute, normal girl that one would not suspect to be proficient in Taijutsu. She's fast for her age but not by a large margin. If you face her with Hinata on the finals she'll probably give her a run on her money.

Then it's the boys turn. Suprisingly the first match was Naruto vs Sasuke. Fate really wants this 2 boys to be each others rivals. It was a one sided battle with Naruto's defeat but you should also give Naruto some credits for standing up time and time again after being put down by Sasuke multiple times.

If it weren't for Iruka's declaration, Naruto would still have charged Sasuke relentlessly.

Well I tried to train Naruto in multiple occassions but he always gets bored of the Basics. He just wants to directly jump to Ninjutsu learning. I just have to wait for Naruto to mature more so I can teach him again. This time in a proper way.

Shikamaru was matched up against Choji but both don't want to fight each other so Iruka Sensei just declared it as a draw.

When it was my turn, I was matched up with Shino but I just defeated him easily since he doesn't specialize in Taijutsu. But if you rate all of us with our clan techniques proficiency, you could say that Shino is the most proficient among all clan heirs.

The rest of the spars were just plain and simple.

After all of the girls and boys battles were done. There were only 2 battles remaining. The boys and girls finals.

It was me vs Sasuke and Hinata vs the bob cut hair girl named Yuki.

"The first match would be Hinata vs Yuki. Begin!"

Hinata readied her stance while Yuki charged at her. Yuki punch a straight jab at Hinata's face while Hinata countered the punch by slapping Yuki's wrist before the punch connected.

The fight went on with Yuki attacking while Hinata was blocking. Yuki was so agile and fast that Hinata wasn't able to counter back her blows. It's probably because she can't use her byakugan yet.

When Hinata blocked another strike from Yuki, Yuki then docked down and did a spin kick on Hinata's legs. Hinata was caught on the unexpected strike and tripped down, Yuki then comboed by punching Hinata while she was falling.

Hinata rolled on the ground from the impact. She then recovered and stood up but before she can continue Yuki was already infront of her giving an uppercut.

Hinata then stumbled backward and stepped outside the ring.

"Winner: Himura Yuki. Hinata please step inside the ring and do the seal of reconciliation." Iruka said.

As they were doing the seal of reconciliation i was thinking.

'Who is this girl? To defeat Hinata like that. Is this because of my unusual presence here? I need to be careful since other characters might have become stronger or weaker or there might be more unknown characters that will appear later on.'

"Okay next match Sasuke vs Daisuke." Iruka said.

I went in to the arena and Sasuke also entered at the other end. He just smirked at me arrogantly.

'Okay, this kid is asking for a beating.' I thought.

Sasuke readied the Uchiha Basic Taijutsu stance while I just put my hands at my pocket.

He seemed affected by my casual behaviour, and then Iruka Sensei said.

"Begin!"

Sasuke charged at me with speed rivaling Yuki, but I just stood there like a boss.

"This will be an easy win." Sasuke said and aimed a punch at my stomach.

When his attack was nearing inch by inch I just raised my feet Sanji Style and blocked his attack. I then quickly jumped and gave him a quick round house kick.

"I don't even need to use my hand to defeat you, baka!" I said as he sailed across the arena.

When he dropped to the ground he rolled for a bit until he stopped.

I just stood there not moving a bit from my previous location.

Sasuke stood back up slowly, sporting a mild bruise on his left cheek.

Clearly angered by my statement he then charged at me again. He punched and kicked but wherever he tries to land his blows I just block it with my legs or slightly dodge it the last minute if my legs can't reach the attack. And for every blow he gives I just reciprocate it with a hard counter.

After a while i got tired of his attempts and I decided to finally finish the match.

I blurred from my position and kneed him on his abdomen, making him slump on the ground spitting saliva on the floor.

I then looked at Iruka Sensei and asked.

"Have I won or do I still need to kick him out of the Arena?"

"Winner: Inuzuka Daisuke." He said.

Iruka Sensei then went near Sasuke asking him if he was okay. Sasuke just gritted his teeth and stood up. Iruka sensei then asked us to perform the Seal of Reconsiliation.

"Okay, Yuki, do you want to spar with Daisuke?" Iruka asked

"Yes Iruka Sensei. I would like to try." Yuki said.

"How about you Daisuke?" He asked.

"Sure Iruka Sensei." I then accepted.

Then Yuki entered the Arena, bowed her head and readied her stance.

"Last match. Daisuke vs Yuki. Begin!"

Before she charge at me, knowing that she's taking it seriously, as a gentleman I also readied a stance for the first time, surprising her. But after a brief moment she then full charged at me.

She started with a right hook which i then blocked by catching her fist. She was surprised that i didn't just smacked her wrist.

I then maneuvered around her skillfully and braced her arms around her back by her wrist. I then tripped her and slammed her on the ground with smooth precise control.

I pinned her down as light as I can without giving her a chance to escape. I then motioned my other arm and made a 2 finger gun and put it in her neck.

"Yield." I said softly.

She was shocked of how fast the match ended. She then nodded and before I release her I looked first at Iruka Sensei.

"Winner: Inuzuka Daisuke." He said.

I then stood up. I offered a hand for Yuki which she accepted.

"How?" She asked.

"Nice match Yuki Chan. You're fast but you moved too fast at me in a straight line and you've also only focused on your attack. That's the reason why you didn't see me maneuver my hand and changed it from a counter block to a grapple." I said.

She then had a sad face after I said those words.

"Don't be sad, it's okay. There's still next time." I said.

"Thank you." she then bowed at me and we did the seal of reconsiliation.

After that we went back to the classoom. Then Iruka said a few things and dismissed us for the day.

Before me and my friends went out of school to celebrate at Choji's family BBQ restaurant, Yuki san approached me and asked if we could speak in private.

I then told my friends that i'll catch up to them. I then followed Yuki at the previous training ground.

"So what's up Yuki san?"

"You can just call me Yuki, Daisuke kun."

"You can also call me Daisuke, Yuki. So what was it that you want to talk about?"

"I just want to ask if what you used in our match your clans Taijutsu?"

"Well to be honest with you, that wasn't even a stance. I just positioned myself for a block. So no that was not our clans Taijutsu." I said.

"Ohh, can i ask you for a favor Daisuke?"

"Well sure if it's anything that i can do. Why not?" I answered.

"Could you spar with me from time to time? Well I'm from the orphanage and I don't know much about anyone from the village. Also I'm the only one who pursued the Shinobi career among the orphaned kids so I usually only practice with myself, also." She haven't even finished her sentence when I replied.

"Sure Yuki, I can spar with you from time to time." I said.

"Since my friends have their clan to teach them and Naruto really doesn't listen to my teachings since he always lose focus when I do, I usually also train by myself. So that would be lovely if I can have an exclusive sparring buddy." I said with a sincere smile.

"Really?" She said with her eyes sparkling. "But you have your clan members to spar with?" She continued.

"Well, i've already finished most of the clans techniques and defeated all of the kids around my age and no one really wants to train with me. Besides my mom and my sister are always out for ninja stuff." I said.

"Thank you Daisuke. You don't know how much this means to me. If you want anything just say it and i'll do my best to fulfill it." She said.

"Anything?"

She blushed when she realized what her words meant.

'For Kami's sake, why are all of the girls that I've met always blushes around me! You've not even reached puberty yet and all of you are blushing like crazy!' I sweatdropped when I thought about that.

"I just want to ask you one thing as payment." I said.

"What is it Daisuke?" She said.

"Do you wanna be friends?" I said with a toothy grin on my face.

Shocked by my words she then nodded her head furiously while beaming with excitement and happiness while her eyes watered a bit.

'God this kid is so adorable! She's around Hinata's cuteness. I thought this girl would be an Ice lady when she grows up but she's just like a cute little puppy who found a bone to play with.' I thought.

"Come, let's go and eat with my friends so you can get to know them." I said.

After that we went on our way to the Akimichi BBQ Restaurant to introduce her to my friends while she happily asked me questions after questions about Ninja stuffs.