"Bunshin," said the girl, going through handseals quickly and forming a clone. "Kawarimi! Henge!"
"A little sloppy," noted Kakashi as the girl went through the three techniques. "Also, that isn't the test."
"Genjutsu!" said the little girl. "Sakura's Tea Party!"
"Wha?" asked Kakashi as the scenery began to waver. Before the technique could fully materialize though, he broke it. "No, that isn't it either."
"Oh," said the little girl before reaching behind her and pulling out a little crossbow. "Okay."
"No, that's not it either," said Kakashi.
"Oh," repeated the little girl. "What are you testing me on? Fuuinjutsu? Medical techniques? There's so much to learn but I've got to practice this stuff outside the classroom to get it down."
"Oh? Well, tell you what," said Kakashi, folding his arms and looking bored. "Why don't you surprise me?"
Kakashi walked into the room, his uniform blackened and ripped in a few places.
"Uhm," said one of the clan heads who'd been meeting with the Hokage.
"How did the test go, Kakashi?" asked the Hokage.
"...Don't ask her to surprise you," said Kakashi.
"Oh?" asked the Hokage.
"Yes. It was... surprising. Did you know she's been making these little chemical bombs?" asked Kakashi. "No chakra use involved. Little bamboo cylinders with a plunger that breaks a partition and causes chemicals to mix."
"Oh?" repeated the Hokage.
"Some are explosive, some release smoke, and at least one makes your eyes and skin burn," said Kakashi.
"First hand experience, I see," noted the Hokage. "What else?"
"For a six year old Academy student, she's really quite accomplished," admitted Kakashi. "She tried to snag me in some unfamiliar genjutsu."
"'Sakura's Tea Party'?" asked the Hokage.
"Ah, you're familiar with it," said Kakashi.
"A chunin was hit by it, came out of it with the shakes," said the Hokage. "Apparently it involves tea, cakes, talking stuffed animals, and an overload of cuteness. Ibiki Morino is considering using it as an interrogation tool for hardened ninja who would be resistant to more traditional methods."
Kakashi shuddered at the thought.
"Weapons skills and taijutsu?" asked the Hokage.
"She's stuck using a toy crossbow at present due to her size," said Kakashi. "Give her a few more years and she'll be deadly with it. Her taijutsu is a mix of standard Academy and some form I'm not familiar with. Again, her limbs are too short and her coordination too undeveloped to be effective with that."
"Fine, we'll monitor for longterm side-effects," said the Hokage. "Let her practice and continue those skills without further exposure so that she can be a control example."
"I see," said Kakashi. "There are other students besides her and Naruto?"
"Two others so far," said the Hokage. "We're limiting the number for better monitoring of potential problems. None have been observed in the short-term, but that doesn't mean that none exist."
"Ah," said Kakashi, glancing at the still present clan-head.
"This is some new kind of training?" asked Shikaku Nara. "Might I suggest someone?"
[Another student?]
"Yes, are you at capacity now?" asked Jiraiya.
[At present, I am mainly training Naruto and Rock Lee. Though the latter seems unable to manage higher level ninjutsu or genjutsu, that does leave taijutsu and kenjutsu. Likewise he seems to lack the creative flair necessary for fuuinjutsu, but there may be a work-around available to him.]
"You have other students," noted Jiraiya.
[Hinata Hyuga is only allowed brief periods of instruction and therefore only once per week. As I have noticed an uptake on her performance when sharing time with Naruto Uzumaki, I have scheduled such. Hayate Gekko is also scheduled once per week, where he is studying various forms of herbal medicine. Yugao Uzuki, twice per week - she is studying various 'exotic' weapons. The genin Manabu Akado is studying twice per week as well, fuuinjutsu and genjutsu.]
"So, it won't be any trouble to slip someone in for once a day after-school studies?" asked Jiraiya.
[This is going to be a problem student, isn't it?]
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