Chapter 10: 10
The weekend passed by, and it was now time for the first Taijutsu lesson for Class 1-A
"Listen up students. Today, we will be conducting a small tournament style battle.
I know that all the clan children have already had some form of training done in their personal times. But so have the civilians in their own ways.
So, to keep things fair, I will be dividing the students according to their abilities.
The top three winners of the civilian group will get a chance to fight in the clan children's group to determine where they stand.
But know this, today's fight is only a lesson. This is only a spar between classmates and fellow Leaf citizens. You will not gravely hurt the opponent, and when I say stop, you will stop, or else you will face punishment. Is that clear?" The white-haired teacher wearing a bandana, Mizuki explained.
"First fight, Shohei Sumire, vs Asuka Saburo. Make the peace sign, and FIGHT." With that, the first fight of the class started.
But it wasn't glamourous or attractive in any sense.
A lot of hair pulling, flapping T-rex arms, crying and goofing around was seen, embarrassing the clan kids, as well as the sensei overseeing the fight.
'What the hell have they been taught at home. These kids are either children of former ninja, talented civilian kids. Why are they 'fighting' like this.' Mizuki thought.
"Stop. Winner is Shohei Sumire, Asuka Saburo is out of bounds." Suddenly, the teacher called out loudly, drawing the children's attention to the child with his hand out of bounds.
A round of weak applause was followed by a few more matches, each similar to the first one.
"Naruto Uzumaki vs Sora Hideyoshi. Make the peace sign." Suddenly, looking at the list of children, Mizuki had a wicked smile on his face, as he paired up the demon brat with the strongest civilian he knew. He had seen the child practice properly with his father in the training grounds, after all, Mizuki worked with the child's father when he was a chunnin himself.
"START"
"Get ready you monster. I'll make everyone proud by being the one to kick the fox monster's butt. Take this, Hiyyaaaa" with a poorly performed flying kick, the brown-haired arrogant boy charged at the blond, who simply stepped a single step to the right, casually watching as the boy's own momentum carried his out of bounds.
"Ugh. What!!! W-win-winner is N-Naruto Uzumaki. Sora Hideyoshi is out of bounds." Mizuki was stunned. He was sure the brat was powerful. The father had been bragging about his child all night when they went for drinks a while back. What happened?
'That bastard must have bragged and oversold his own child in public. Damn trash.' Mizuki cursed as he somehow kept his composure and declared Naruto the winner.
"Not fair. Keep still. You aren't supposed to move out of the way when someone comes at you with a flying kick. You are supposed to catch it, and then I will twist myself and kick you in the head" the boy sitting on the ground cursed angrily, pointing his finger at Naruto.
"Why would I take your kick to my body when I can just dodge. I want to win as a ninja, not follow a practiced spar." Naruto stated with confusion in his voice. 'Why would I take his hit. Hiroki ni-san always told me the best way to win is to not let the opponent even touch you. The next best way to win is to completely overpower the other in speed, power, and skill.' Naruto recalled his lesson.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
"Well said Naruto boy. Well said. It is true. You should take the kick head on if you can just dodge the attack. Remember, it's the wisdom and skill of the person that determines the winner. You should have the wisdom to know when to avoid an attack and when to take it on. Good thinking Naruto." Suddenly, a sagely old voice sounded out as a grandpa wearing a white and red hat, smoking weed walked out from behind a tree.
"Hokage-sama. Welcome." Immediately, Mizuki bowed deeply to the Hokage, as did the children after recognising the old man.
"There, there Mizuki. You have taught them well. I was just watching the new batch of academy students perform in their first Taijutsu battle. Continue on. Don't let me disturb you." And so, the rest of the civilian matches went on, and Naruto kept his calm and tried to use his agility and quick thinking to mostly avoid the rash attacks of the children, while sometimes, using a kick to push them out of bounds.
'I will only attack when the opponent is worthy enough to witness Hiroki ni-san's fighting style.' Damn it, Naruto developed a brother complex.
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