Naruto was very quickly back peddling away from the girl as dozens of kunai and shuriken flew toward him with deadly accuracy. He pulled a pair of kunai and tried to parry as many of the projectiles as he could but it wasn't pretty or very effective, his steadily dropping health bar was proof of that.
"[Chakra Reinforcement] [Chakra Sprint]," Naruto activated the two abilities trying to outpace the girls thrown weapons.
"Where the hell is she getting them all?" he asked as she began throwing more to accommodate his increased speed. Naruto was furiously reactivating his Sprint and Reinforcement every time it faded which was still barely keeping up with the damage he was taking. Especially considering his CP was draining fast.
"Fight back or she's going to beat you," called Shikamaru, actually yelling for once.
"Screw it then," said Naruto. "[Chakra Sprint] [Kunai Bukijutsu]," he said in quick succession, now dashing straight at Tenten, trying to engage her in close. Shikamaru was right, at range he had absolutely no chance of surviving the fight, it was quickly apparent that she wasn't as skill in melee fighting.
Until she pulled a quarter staff out of nowhere. The fight was still fairly one sided but Naruto's plummeting HP had slowed to a steady downward glide.
You've survived a spar with Tenten. Collect your reward from Tenten when your regain consciousness.
"When I regain consciousness?" asked Naruto, confused by the text message.
"Lights out," said Tenten, grinning as she batted Naruto across the temple with her quarter staff sending him rapidly into black.
Naruto came to a few minutes later to the smell of smelling salts. He blinked several times before pushing himself away from the green monstrosities in confusion.
"Easy there, Naruto-kun," said Gai, trying to calm the confused boy. "You might have a bit of a concussion. Confusion is normal at first."
Naruto shook his head a couple of times to clear the cobwebs out. He rubbed his face with his hands trying to clear his vision up when he jerked in pain. "Ow," he complained as he felt the large welt or bruise forming on the side of his face near his temple.
"Yeah, sorry about that. I might have gotten a bit carried away," said Tenten, not looking very apologetic at all.
"It's okay, I'll be fine soon enough," said Naruto, standing straight again and bowing to show proper respect for the match end.
Tenten mirrored the bow but much more nonchalantly. Coming up from her bow she reached into her hip pouch and produce a book which she tossed to Naruto.
Naruto caught it.
Completion Awarded: 2000 Exp, [Advanced Academy Taijutsu] Skill Book, 50% off coupon for any one item at Higurashi Weapons, +50 reputation with Higurashi Tenten.
"But I lost the fight?" question Naruto, his mouth moving on its own.
"It wasn't about winning or losing, it was the challenge and you challenged me . . . a little . . . very, very little . . . like a teeny-tiny-itty-bitty miniscule challenge," she boasted, showing a hand with her thumb and forefinger nearly pressed together.
"Thanks . . . I think," said Naruto.
You've obtained the skill book [Advanced Academy Taijutsu].
Would you like to learn the skill?
Naruto would have been happy to learn the book now but there was a chance Tenten really would kill him if he burned it in front of her.
"Anyway, keep working and I'm sure you might measure up to me some day. Not any time soon but, you know, someday, far in the future, like years- no, decades from now."
"I get it, you're good, I'm bad. Stop harping on it already," grumbled Naruto.
Suddenly Tenten's demeanor switched to be completely serious. "Oh, and thanks for helping my dad out with those deliveries while I'm away on missions. I appreciate it a lot."
"Yeah, sure," said Naruto bashfully. He wasn't used to receiving such a genuine thanks from anybody. It had never really happened before.
"So, you and your little friends can run along now. Real ninja have training now," said Neji, his voice was ice cold when he spoke.
"I still say you're jerk but that's fine. We should hit the road anyway. See you around Stabby-girl, Bushy-brows, and Super Bushy-brows." Naruto ran to join his friend before the weapon girl could turn him into a pincushion again.
"Not bad," said Shikamaru, nodding in approval. "Not good exactly but considering how much she outclassed you, it wasn't bad at all."
"Thanks, she is mean and powerful. And that's with less than a year after graduating," said Naruto.
"I think we might need to start training harder," said Chouji, much to Shikamaru's surprise. "If that's the level they're at after just a year then we've got a really long way to go."
"You're not joking, Chouji," said Naruto. The difference between them was ridiculous. That DEX was insane, it was a miracle she ever missed him. There had to be some kind of accuracy versus dodge calculation that he just wasn't getting.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru complained again. "Fine, we can meet up every day after class at my house. We can train there and my old man might even help."
"We can go to my house too, my dad would probably help also if he's free," offered Chouji.
"Well, I don't really have a house or anyone to help us train but if you want to train stealth I have the best roof top in the world for it," added Naruto, grinning at the befuddled looks on his friends faces. "It's super creaky and my neighbors are really sensitive so if we make any noise they yell. I've found I've gotten a lot sneakier since I started training up there."
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