He was going to show up a bit later, but he'd heard the rumor mill and had gotten a little curious. Naruto had managed a new jutsu, some sort of legacy from his father, and had come back with new allies.
The blue dog-like creature was half Naruto's height and practicing by itself, repeatedly striking a training post in what was obviously a taijutsu combination attack. It had some serious strength from what he could see.
The creature that Naruto was personally directing was a small lizard with leaf-shaped extensions of its body.
"Leaf Tornado!" commanded Naruto, and the lizard responded by forming a whirlwind of leaves which repeatedly sliced the target it was focussed on.
Kakashi interpreted what he was seeing as a wind attack that gathered leaves and then used them as a focus for the cutting edges of the technique. Potentially useful.
Well, he'd have to go to the classroom and fetch the other two. This group might be interesting, but he'd fail them anyway. Let them be kids and survive a bit longer. There was no need to crank out soldiers to be cut down the way most genin were, everyone was at peace after all.
He felt the presence a bare few seconds before the door shuffed open and a scarecrow walked in. A mask covering his lower face, his headband canted to the side to cover one eye, and otherwise mostly covered by his clothing. What secrets the jonin was trying to keep was not immediately clear. His body language was relaxed, almost lazy.
"Oh, you must be our new sensei!" said the pink-haired useless fangirl nearby. Who then proceeded to tell the man what should have been blantantly obvious in that their third member hadn't waited for him in order to go do something outside.
Of course, she went on about it in an inefficient (also loud) manner that she meant to emphasize that the two remaining in the classroom had obeyed the rules and were therefore reliable compared to the antics of the third.
The jonin made very little acknowledgement of the blatant spin that Sakura was using. In fact, he apparently was as fond of silence as he was of concealing his face.
"Well, in any case, let's convene outside, shall we?" said the jonin. "A bit stuffy in here."
Not for the first time, Sasuke wondered why he had to go through so many damn hoops in order to accomplish his simple goals. He was the vengeance of his clan, he had to get stronger to do this. It was just that life and those around him all seemed to conspire to throw one obstacle after another into his path.
Getting outside, Sasuke paused for a moment as he took in the sight of the two odd creatures with Naruto. Summoned beasts of some kind?
Again the annoying fangirl was going on about some drivel of some kind. Can't she just shut up? Does she feel that silence is a vaccuum that her nature abhors?
The jonin gestured towards Naruto as he chose a bench, and then waited as Naruto joined them.
"Okay, now why don't we get the introductions out of the way?" asked the jonin.
"You first," said Naruto.
"Yeah, you're kind of suspicious," seconded Sakura, who then looked annoyed at Naruto.
Probably just realized she was agreeing with him. Sasuke let out a little 'hn' noise just to indicate he was still awake.
"Very well, my name is Kakashi Hatake. My hobbies are classified, I don't have any particular goals, my likes are my own business, my dislikes are a few things. Next, you."
"So basically, you haven't told us more than your name," pointed out Sakura.
Kakashi shrugged.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha," Sasuke said, stirring himself slightly for this. "I don't have anything I particularly like or dislike. I don't have a dream so much as an ambition: to become strong enough to kill a certain person, then renew my clan."
Sasuke avoided wincing at the faint 'kyaa' noise escaping the fangirl.
"Well, I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen, new jutsu, friends, and getting stronger. I dislike how it takes so long for cup ramen to be ready. My goal is to become Hokage, believe it! This is Snivy, who is a leaf pokemon and loves to bask in the sun. And this is Riolu, who wants to get stronger and likes sparring! I've also got Chansey, but she's back at the aparment taking care of my plants."
That left the annoying pink-haired fangirl, but Sasuke's attention wasn't on her. No, the two creatures that Naruto had produced. They appeared to be able to follow the conversation but neither could talk.
Oh, and now the jonin was talking again. A test?
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