"Ah, um, sorry, I wasn't paying attention!" Naruto darted away.
Crack. Sasuke snapped his chopsticks in half, gritting his teeth as he growled, "Uzumaki Naruto!"
Naruto slipped away quickly. Whether he could win or not was one thing, but mainly he was in the wrong, and Naruto realized he seemed to be getting more and more childish, actually brawling with a 6-year-old?
The afternoon's lesson was taijutsu, or as Iruka put it, you'll all be ninja in the future, so get to know each other through your strength.
"First sparring group, Uchiha Sasuke versus Uzumaki Naruto!"
Sasuke entered the arena, his little fists clenched tightly, glaring at Naruto.
Naruto chuckled sheepishly, "Come on, let it go already, I already apologized."
Sasuke gritted his teeth, "Enough talk! I'm going to beat you today!"
"Battle start, both sides form the Seal of Confrontation!" Iruka eagerly asserted his presence. Actually, Naruto felt he was missing a few lines, such as:
First, absolutely no acting on impulse!
Second, absolutely no overlooking any wrongdoing!
Third, absolutely fair and beautiful judging!
Naruto and Sasuke reflexively formed the Seal of Confrontation. They'd gone through this routine many times, they were very familiar with it.
Sasuke could tell from Naruto's state that this guy was spacing out again. He couldn't understand why this guy had so many strange thoughts, and all of them were unfounded and inexplicably impressive.
This attitude of spacing out right at the start of a battle was annoying, even though he was used to it, it was still annoying.
Sasuke moved his feet and rushed forward, punching towards Naruto's face, wanting to hit that face for a long time.
Naruto raised his forearm to block the punch, and his other hand smashed towards Sasuke's face. Naruto had also been annoyed by that handsome face for a long time.
Sasuke jumped back to dodge. Hmm, no sword energy, so he shouldn't be a sword spirit.
The first round was like saying hello, testing whether the opponent's strength and speed had improved after not fighting for a while. The result was as expected, both of them were improving, so it seemed the other hadn't slacked off.
The two advanced again, fists and palms colliding, evenly matched, but Sasuke knew that he would be at a disadvantage if this continued.
This guy was thick-skinned and had the stamina of an animal. He would definitely be pinned to the ground and beaten once Sasuke's stamina gave out.
The two were very familiar with each other. Sasuke even knew that Naruto's next move was called Black Tiger Steals Heart, so Sasuke ducked to dodge Naruto's claws, and followed up with a sweeping leg.
Naruto jumped to dodge, and Sasuke took the opportunity to get up and side kick, but Naruto grabbed his calf and threw him out after landing.
Naruto guessed this move wouldn't be very effective, and this guy was probably going to start dancing.
Sure enough, Sasuke supported himself on the ground with one hand in the air, performing a beautiful Thomas Flair, eliciting a burst of screams from the surrounding lolis.
The show-off really deserved a beating. Naruto rushed over and jumped up, spinning and sweeping his leg:
"Blue Beast Secret Transmission · Leaf Whirlwind!"
Sasuke, who had just stood firm, ducked to dodge the kick aimed at his head, but didn't expect that after Naruto's kick missed, he continued to spin and sweep towards his lower body.
"Whoa!" Sasuke was kicked off balance and fell to the ground. Naruto skillfully straddled Sasuke and raised his hand as if to strike.
"Winner, Uzumaki Naruto! Form the Seal of Reconciliation!" Iruka announced the result of the match in time, saving Sasuke's handsome face.
Iruka was very surprised. These two kids, just in terms of taijutsu alone, were good enough to be Genin, weren't they? Should he have expected nothing less from the Fourth Hokage's son and the Uchiha's child?
Naruto reluctantly got off Sasuke, bent over, and held out two fingers.
"Hmph!" Sasuke unwillingly reached out and hooked his finger around Naruto's, completing the Seal of Reconciliation and being pulled up by Naruto in the process.
A group of little girls on the side were cheering for their idol:
"Ah, too bad, Sasuke-kun actually lost!"
"Yeah, Sasuke's taijutsu was so cool just now!"
"But Naruto was cool too."
"Sasuke was obviously cooler!"
"Hehehe, when Naruto pulled Sasuke up just now, didn't you guys think Sasuke and Naruto looked like a good match?"
Only Hinata was out of place with them, lowering her head and poking her fingers together, muttering softly, "Naruto-kun, is really amazing..."
...
Naruto, who was eavesdropping, twitched at the corner of his mouth, wondering if something strange had infiltrated Sasuke's fan club.
"Hey, that... what exactly was that move just now?"
Naruto turned his head to see Sasuke looking at him with an awkward expression, his face as if subtitles had popped up: 'I thought I knew you well, but you actually used a new move.'
Naruto shook his head to dispel the strange thought and explained, "That move is called Leaf Whirlwind. The upper-level kick blocks the opponent's retreat, but the actual purpose of the attack is the opponent's lower body. A master taught it to me, he calls himself Konoha's proud Blue Beast Might Guy."
Sasuke nodded secretly when he heard the name of the move, a very powerful move, but when he heard the name, what the hell was that? Sure enough, Naruto's friends were as inexplicable as he was?
"I will definitely beat you next time!"
"Oh." Naruto had heard this sentence many times.
"Damn it, don't look down on people! I'm going to learn ninjutsu from my brother, I'll definitely be able to defeat you!" Sasuke said, stamping his feet in frustration.
Naruto didn't think much of it, "Itachi-aniki is so busy, he doesn't have time to teach you."
Sasuke suddenly felt a little deflated. That's right, after his brother joined the Anbu, he was even busier than before, and he spent less and less time with him.
Forget it, if that doesn't work, I'll ask Dad to teach me. All of this is to defeat Naruto, prove myself, and then surpass my brother, so that Dad can say that sentence!
Naruto watched Sasuke's expression change like a Sichuan opera face-changing performance, it was very funny.
The other people's taijutsu battles were basically chickens pecking at each other, very boring. They were all children, it was good enough that they knew two moves of Wang Ba Quan.
Only Kiba and that someone with a very low presence looked like they had something going on. Sasuke felt like he could take them down in three moves.
Choji and Shikamaru, who could have been expected to do something, didn't even fight in the end.
Choji, the little fatty, was very innocent and kind: "Shikamaru is my friend, how can I punch a friend?"
Iruka advised, "This is sparring, not fighting, it's okay."
"But... what if I hurt him?" The little fatty was unwilling to do it.
"If you want to be a ninja, it's inevitable that you'll get hurt, right? Isn't there a teacher here? Nothing will happen."
"But... no, I don't want to fight Shikamaru," Choji insisted on his opinion.
Shikamaru couldn't stand it anymore. Fighting was not as good as lying on the roof watching the sky and clouds. "How troublesome. Teacher, I give up."
"You two..." Iruka had a headache. It wasn't his first time teaching students. He had seen those who were afraid of being beaten and dared not to play, but he had never seen those who were unwilling to fight others and were unwilling to play. Even if it was kindness, it was too much. Your family is a combat ninja, not a medical ninja!
And that Shikamaru, a little kid, how can he be lazier than an old man...
Iruka had no choice. People had already admitted defeat and left the field. Next time, he would change their opponents, or think of other ways to solve it. The problem of children's personality is the most difficult to solve.
Naruto nudged Sasuke with his elbow, "Sasuke, what do you think?"
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