The genin's smile froze on his face.
Yūhi Shinku looked at him expressionlessly. "Change back."
With a poof, the genin turned back to normal and slunk back to the edge of the field.
Another genin patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "Why'd you transform into the teacher for no reason?"
"I just wanted to demonstrate—"
"Demonstrate that his butt isn't that perky?"
"Shut up."
"Keep practicing." Yūhi Shinku's face had gone a little dark.
The genin quickly scattered and found places to practice on their own.
Shin-chan didn't notice his expression. He had one hand under his chin and looked like he was thinking about a very complicated problem.
Yūhi Shinku noticed and walked over.
"What is it?"
Shin-chan looked up. "Teacher, I'm thinking about something."
"What?"
"Can the Transformation Technique turn you into anything?"
"In theory, yes," Yūhi Shinku said. "As long as you can imagine the form and precisely control your chakra to shape it."
"Mm."
"Can I turn into Mom?"
"Yes."
"Can I turn into Dad?"
"Yes."
"Can I turn into Teacher Ibuki?"
Yūhi Shinku was silent for a moment. "Yes."
Shin-chan lowered his head again and kept thinking.
Yūhi Shinku thought he was considering the chakra-control method behind the Transformation Technique, or how to use the jutsu better.
But after waiting for a long while, Shin-chan was still thinking.
Yūhi Shinku couldn't help asking, "What exactly are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking about who would be best to transform into," Shin-chan said seriously.
"Mom has to cook and do laundry every day, so turning into Mom would be too tiring."
"Dad has to go to work every day, so turning into Dad means waking up early. Too sleepy."
"Teacher Ibuki has to grade homework every day, so turning into Teacher Ibuki means writing a lot."
Yūhi Shinku took a deep breath. "Anyone is fine. Transform into whoever you want."
Shin-chan looked at him. "Then can I transform into you?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I'm the teacher."
"Okay then." Shin-chan's gaze landed on Kakashi, and he formed hand seals.
Poof.
White smoke scattered.
Standing there was Kakashi: silver hair, black mask, even the stance exactly the same.
The Kakashi Shin-chan had transformed into walked up to the real Kakashi. "Are you me?"
Kakashi looked at him without speaking.
"Kakashi" continued, "I'm you, and you're me, so does that make us twins?"
Kakashi's brow twitched.
"If we're a twin combo," the transformed Shin-chan said, raising one finger, "our name should be Kakakakashi."
Kakashi frowned.
"Or Shikakaka."
Kakashi took a deep breath.
"Or Kakashikaka?"
Kakashi reached out and pressed a hand onto "Kakashi's" head. "Change back."
"Why?" Shin-chan, still in Kakashi form, looked up at him. "We're twins now. You should be nicer to me."
Kakashi applied a little more force.
"Ow." With a poof, Shin-chan changed back and rubbed his head. "What was that for?"
"Don't transform into me."
"Why not?"
"Annoying."
Shin-chan's eyes suddenly lit up. "Oh right, I can use your face to flirt with pretty big sisters."
Kakashi's gaze became dangerous.
"Then the pretty big sisters will think I'm you, and then—" The more Shin-chan talked, the more excited he got.
Kakashi directly covered his mouth.
"Mmph mmph mmph..." Shin-chan's voice squeezed out from between his fingers.
Kakashi stared at him. "Absolutely not."
Shin-chan nodded, indicating that he understood.
Kakashi let go.
Shin-chan took a deep breath. "That was close. I almost couldn't breathe."
"Are you still going to transform?"
"No." Shin-chan waved his hand. "You're so scary."
Kakashi ignored him and returned to his original spot.
Uchiha Toru had watched the whole thing. He walked over and patted Shin-chan on the shoulder. "You should transform into someone else."
Shin-chan thought about it. "Then I'll turn into Shiro."
He formed hand seals. With a poof, white smoke cleared.
Standing there was a small white dog, fluffy and identical to Shiro beside him.
Shiro froze, then tilted his head at this other "Shiro."
The Shin-chan-turned-Shiro also tilted his head. The two Shiros faced each other, their movements perfectly synchronized.
Shiro barked once. The Shin-chan-turned-Shiro barked too.
Shiro came over and sniffed him, then started wagging his tail.
The Shin-chan-turned-Shiro wagged his tail too. One real, one fake, both wagging like crazy.
The genin at the edge of the training ground stared dumbly.
"He turned into a dog?"
"Didn't he just say he'd only learned the Clone Technique before? Did I hear that wrong?"
"It was the Clone Technique."
"So he just learned this?"
Yūhi Shinku looked at the "dog" still rolling around on the grass, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
"Nohara Shinnosuke."
"Woof?" The Shin-chan-turned-Shiro lifted his head.
Yūhi Shinku was silent for two seconds. "Change back."
With a poof, Shin-chan returned to normal, a few blades of grass still stuck in his hair. "Teacher, what's wrong?"
"Practice properly."
Shin-chan nodded and got up from the ground. "Shiro, let's keep practicing."
Shiro followed at his feet, tail wagging fast.
After practicing at the edge of the field for a while, Shin-chan walked over to Uchiha Toru with Shiro.
"What's wrong?" Uchiha Toru stopped what he was doing, looking confused.
Shin-chan shook his head, said nothing, stood there for a while, then walked away.
Uchiha Toru frowned as he watched his back, feeling like something was off.
Then Shin-chan walked up to Kakashi. He didn't say anything, just stared at him.
Kakashi said nothing either. The two looked at each other for three seconds.
Then Shin-chan turned and walked away.
Kakashi watched his back, his brow furrowing slightly.
Shin-chan walked to an open space at the edge of the training ground, crouched down, lowered his head, and seemed to start practicing something.
Shiro lay down beside his feet, head held high. After looking around for a bit, he simply lay flat and started dozing.
Yūhi Shinku was in the middle of the field instructing the genin when he noticed something felt wrong about Shin-chan.
Why was he so quiet today?
"Nohara Shinnosuke."
Shin-chan lifted his head and looked at him without speaking.
Yūhi Shinku walked over and studied him carefully for a moment. "You're not Shin-chan. Change back."
"Shin-chan" crouched there, unmoving.
Yūhi Shinku looked down at him. "Stop pretending."
"Shin-chan" tilted his head with an innocent expression.
The genin nearby didn't know what was going on, so they all stopped and looked over.
Poof.
White smoke scattered.
Crouching on the ground was a little white dog.
It was Shiro.
The training ground was silent for one second.
Then it exploded.
"It was that dog!"
"The dog can use the Transformation Technique too?"
"Am I worse than a dog now?"
"Then where's Shin-chan?"
Yūhi Shinku turned toward the spot where "Shiro" had been.
There, a little white dog was lying on the grass, ears drooping, sleeping soundly.
"Nohara Shinnosuke."
The little dog didn't move.
"Nohara Shinnosuke." Yūhi Shinku raised his voice.
The little dog rolled over, belly facing the sky, and kept sleeping.
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