Damn...he has to hide his clothes when he showered now...that crafty Maria would no doubt steal his clothes in retaliation for this.
The other clone he made earlier was carrying Mio on his back and motioned for them to head back to the resident healer.
Wonder how everyone else was doing?
*CLANG*
*CLANG*
The hero and the 'unknown' were clashing against one another in a shower of sparks.
They were both using their sharp weapons to fight against one another, a katana against a kunai specifically.
They met again in another clash of blades with their faces inches from one another.
Playful blue was facing off against serious yellow.
Though the hero's yellow eyes had an interesting addition towards them...
It had cross-hairs over the yellow pupils.
This was the manifestation of Yuki's Sacred Gear...True Sight. She figured that in order to stand a chance against her closest friend, that she would need to use everything in her disposal.
Which was why she was trying to retain eye contact with her sparring partner.
It seemed that Naruto was content to let her.
It turned out that Naruto was very much content to let her Sacred Gear work it's magic.
Unlike practically everyone else, he was already well-versed in how Yuki fought. He fought her once before after all.
She showed him everything he had to know about her fighting style, so there was really no point in testing her like the others. Not only that, but compared to the others, she had relatively fewer weaknesses.
While she depended on her speed to overpower her opponents, she didn't over-rely on it...she used her elaborate sword-play as well.
While she depended on her blade to do any sort of damage, the blade had the ability to make those annoying green waves which could stack upon one another.
That Sacred Gear of hers was also another fall-back option when cornered.
He may not have gotten the clones' information about the other sparring sessions yet...but if he could make a guess...he'd say that Yuki has probably got the best chance to beat him among the entire group.
That wasn't saying much yet, but the girl had her bases covered and she wasn't one-dimensional.
Good for her.
So this spar was more about improving what she was good at rather than pointing out her weaknesses.
Which was why he was using his kunai to face against her Sakuya.
As they continued their clashing stalemate, Naruto allowed for the hero to push him back and overextend herself a bit.
Enough for a counterattack.
He allowed for her blade to push against his kunai and then as she was beginning to lose strength due to her extended posture, he pushed Sakuya away from him and stabbed his short blade towards her torso.
After a quick recovery, she parried the blow away instead of facing the strength behind it and realigned her center of gravity for another bout.
The shinobi obliged by slashing his kunai in a quick motion.
The hero countered by using her gauntlet as a shield and aiming for a piercing blow with her blade.
Instead of countering it, the blond twisted his body away from the blow and caught the flat-ends of the sharp object between his arm and torso.
From there, he enhanced his kunai with wind chakra and made for another slash against the hero. Knowing full well that only her sword can stop the cutting power of his enhanced little knife.
But instead of dodging as he expected, she responded by bringing up her captured blade and using it's hilt as a defensive measure.
After that maneuver, she brought her foot up and smashed it towards her friend, attempting to knock him off her sword.
But instead of smashing it into him, he caught the offending limb before it could have hurt him and held it steady.
Yuki only gave him a small smirk despite the fact that he thwarted her plan.
She then used that leg to push against him and wrench Sakuya away from Naruto.
Yep, she was definitely the best fighter among the group besides himself.
They were back where they started when they began the battle, both fighters staring one another down and their weapons brandished.
Naruto grinned at Yuki, she's improved. Not too much in ability...but in mindset.
She's far more creative in her attack pattern when compared to the last time they fought.
"Not bad Yuki! But..." Naruto began, before closing his eyes and preventing her from retaining eye contact with him.
"...Can you keep up with me without your Sacred Gear?" the shinobi finished, he wasn't exactly an expert when it came to fighting without using his eyes...but he was good enough not to let it be a huge problem.
The hero groaned at this tactic, there goes her use of True Sight...
Hearing her groan, the whiskered blond merely grinned and charged at the hero again. Intent on finishing their battle so that he could check up on the others.
Kage bunshin are known to be able to form their own personalities and thoughts once formed by their creator.
But that personality tends to be based off of the creator's personality.
This often makes for some...interesting instances when clones are left to their own devices for too long with nothing to do.
Naruto-3 being that prime example.
Whereas Naruto-1 and Naruto-2 were at least having fun, sparring and getting a little exercise...this clone in particular got the short end of the stick by...baby-sitting essentially.
So he decided to make his own fun.
"Issei! Dodge!"
Issei desperately moved out of the way of the projectile eraser that was sent speeding towards him.
That shit hurt when it hit him!
Naruto-3 decided to flick erasers at him in order to improve his reaction time, speed, pain tolerance...yadda yadda yadda...and have some fun.
...In that order.
Though he did notice how fun it was for the person throwing the eraser rather than be on the receiving end of it.
"Hey Issei! If you want me to stop...you gotta at the very least touch me once! I'll take it easy on you! Remember that this is all for your sake in the end! You will definitely thank me later!" Naruto-3 called out to the perverted boy before flicking another rubber projectile towards him.
Issei was once more knocked off his feet with the eraser and onto his back. Although he knew that the blond meant well...at the moment he really just wanted to hit the bastard once.
He definitely wouldn't thank him later in life either...no...when he got stronger he plotted to get his revenge against him.
Another worthwhile dream to aim for!
But until then...
"Dodge!"
Another eraser smashed him in-between the eyes and knocked him onto his back again.
He was in for a painful training session...
If it wasn't for the fact that he remembered the traumatizing experience of feeling Asia's nearly dead body on his arms...he'd probably give up by now.
But he couldn't give up. More important than his dreams of vengeance on the evil trainer in front of him...he had to protect Asia!
He promised damn it!
"You...do you think that I will lose to this!? I won't lose to this torture session! I will beat the shit outta ya when I get my hands on you!" Issei shouted out with a clenched fist.
Naruto-3 just smirked at this exclamation. "Well...you got a long way ahead of you if you want to do that. But at least you have the fire to get there."
The clone then gave the perverted boy an annoyed look. "Despite the torture session I'm giving you, I've had worse you know? My teacher threw me down a massive cliff in order to help me learn to use a power that I had no hope of getting before. Would you like me to start doing that? Maybe you'd even like me to humiliate you emotionally and physically like my first teacher!?"
Issei paled at that information. There was training worse than this? Just what kind of monsters were Naruto's teachers exactly?
"...Please don't."
"...Yeah...yeah I thought so. Now quit complaining and dodge the erasers. You have a lot of training to catch up on!"
Asia was watching in trepidation as a procession of blond clones were carrying the bodies of their recent victims.
She couldn't help but be intimidated by the sight, ignoring the fact that there were even more versions of the teenaged boy walking around, ignoring how they seemed unharmed despite defeating their sparring partners...
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