Teach Me How To Jutsu Mission [C Rank]

[Guyviroth]

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Name: Teach me how to jutsu
Rank: C
Repeatable: Once per PC
Description: A group of young kids have been failing at learning the most basic of techniques for shinobi. No matter how hard the teachers try, the arrogant kids just ignore their lessons and whin to learn extremely powerful techniques. The teachers believe that a hard, real life lesson, will teach them why the basics are essential to survival.
Obective: Go have a friendly spar with the group of trainees and show them the importance of the basic academy techniques. Failure to use at least three of the basic jutsus during combat with result in the mission being a failure. Remember that it isn't just a spar, but a lesson filled with tough love.
Reward: 50 EXP and 1,000 Ryo

The adrenaline kicked in as soon as Helios awoke from his slumber, thinking of what his next mission could possibly be as he lay flat on his back upon his soft mattress. The mind worked like a set of cogs in a grandfather clock, turning, rotating, and setting in motion a small piece of motions that would end in grandeur of well-oiled machinery. Yesterday’s mission replayed through Helios’ mind minute after minute, especially when he delivered three killing blows. He could still sense that fight as though he was still there; the flow of blood as it hit his clothes, the sound of their gurgles as he plunged his blade through them, and the splendour of the killing intent that rushed through his body.

His body began to stir and jolt in rapid movements as he relived those moments. However, the young boy would snap from his trance as he began to recollect that he was in his house, in his bed, waking for his next task. Quickly and energetically he kicked the covers from his bare pale body, pressing his feet upon the quilt and pushing it away before spinning his hips so his legs dangled over the side of the bed, feet planted squarely on the floor before arising. The time, as he saw from the face of his clock, read as half-past nine in the morning.

”Such a good night,” Helios smirked and muttered to himself, rather clear and concise as well; it seemed that he was starting to get used to pulling late night shifts and getting up early in the morning. It crossed his mind that he probably awoke so early today because of the amount of energy and adrenaline that rushed through his mind from last night’s mission. He had hoped that, perhaps, he could do so again. ”I wonder if my next mission will involve more swordplay.”

The young shinobi leaned forwards before using his legs to push him up from a standing position, arching his back up straight and shaking his arms a little, although as his wrists began to loosen up he began to keel a numbing pain in them from where the two brutes had restrained him yesterday. Looking down and holding his hands up to his eyes, palms facing towards his sight, he flexed them forwards then back again. It hurt when he bent those inwards but not outwards, to which began to concern Helios as to if it would affect his swordplay. Nonetheless of the afflictions, shrugging, he turned to his clothing and grasped them, slipping them on before slipping on his sandals and grabbing his equipment and proceeding to the mission office.

[Guyviroth]

The day was a lot less bright than it was for the last couple of days; the clouds were tightly gathered together as the sun’s rays only peaked through the veil of fluff, while anything the sun could strike gave small yet wide shadows. Regardless of the weather, Helios felt that it couldn’t dampen his spirits; he was so excited of taking on more opponents that would dare defy the order of the Hidden Leaf, imagining he would be carving thin scars into their body before delivering the finishing touch.

Suddenly noises could be heard drifting away from him before making their way back towards his direction although he couldn’t tell where about they were. Helios turned towards the direction of the sound where he thought they were coming from, and with each passing moment he could hear them getting closer but it was no doubt they were coming from where his line of sight direction. The sound was of a series of rapid footsteps with sounds of panting or heavy breathing; two of the sounds were a bit deeper than the other one.

With a leap forwards Helios saw a young boy jump from one of the alley ways that lead towards the ninja academy, who was followed closely by another two kids. The kid at the front wore a short sleeved red shirt with a pair of grey pants, with spiked up chestnut colored hair that revealed a rounded face with wide blue eyes. The second child was of a young girl donned in a yellow medium-sized skirt with a tunic of the same color with sleeves cut at the elbow, her hair of auburn color in a ponytail with two bangs that frame her fair face. The last kid was considerably notable; the boy was short, stocky, and quite fat, although despite his wide frame he was considerably quick, noted after he overtook the girl as they all proceeded towards the young swordsman. The kids were probably no more than the age of 11, and so Helios questioned in his mind why they were out of class.

All three of the kids dashed past Helios with the two boys passing him on the right side while the girl, still falling behind due to the length of her skirt, past by the shinobi on the opposite side while exclaimed a barely audible “sorry!”. Helios couldn’t help but turn in confusion as they ran down the pathway towards the village square. Helios began to think; are the kids just playing? Why weren’t they in class? If it was break time, surely it was too early? Were they playing truant? It wasn’t time for him to pay attention; he had a mission to do.

[Guyviroth]

The stair climb was beginning to become less and less of a hassle for Helios the more he kept walking up and down the damn thing. He could feel his entire body get lighter, his legs becoming much looser as he kept having to work them so hard to the joint, and his breathing was become less heavy after the extraordinary climb. He was rather pleased with himself that he seemed to be cutting his time more and more every day he had to come to the mission board. Perhaps tomorrow he would consider sprinting up the stairway?

As the shinobi approached the door he could hear two voices. One of the voices sounded like a young man, perhaps no more than 30 years of age, yelling across the room; the words weren’t considerably clear as Helios couldn’t decipher what he was saying. The other person was much calmer, relaxed, and subtle in his speech. For a moment Helios was contemplating whether or not he should encroach on their conversation, but he needed to get a mission now or he might have to forfeit the entire day. With a sigh and a deep breath he placed his hand upon the brass handle and pulling it down, opening the door casually.

”How am I supposed to take control of these kids? All they do, day after day, is complain about the basics and always wanting to learn stronger techniques! How can I teach them anything if they just keep skipping my classes?”

‘What kids are he talking about?’, Helios thought to himself in a brief moment to which he stood and listened to the Jounin talk, taking in the information he was being fed despite his blatant eavesdropping upon a conversation that was irrelevant to his purpose. Regardless he stepped up to the desk alongside the angered Jounin, not allowing the two of the occupants to continue their discussion. As the young boy proceeded he noticed that yesterday’s mission captain was today’s captain as well; perhaps he was a permanent replacement for the old. ”I’m here for another mission, captain.”

”Ah, Helios right? Well then sensei Jou, I think we have our solution right here.”

[Guyviroth]

For a brief moment in which all three occupants stood in a triangle with eyes shifting between one another Helios could feel the intensity of the atmosphere amounting between them; it felt that even his sword would have a hard time cutting through it. His eyes were fixated upon the captain first; the man’s expression showed a face of cunning and confidence, his eyes jagged with a smirk painted across his lips. His sight then spun to the Jounin next to him; his expression was much different, a face of disbelief sprawled across his face as he returned the look to the Genin.

”Are you kidding me? This Genin is supposed to be the answer? This is completely ridiculous!”

”You don’t know what this kid is capable of, Jou. This kid had single-handedly found and brought in the thief from two days ago. He also managed to solve the grave robber case yesterday. I’m sure he’ll be able to handle a few kids.”

Helios couldn’t understand what the discussion was about; was he going to babysit kids? Was he going to be sent to kill children? It wasn’t him and he was not afraid to let them know about it, but he had to get the whole story from the beginning without jumping to conclusions first. ”Hold on. Start again from the top,” Helios spoke out between the two men. ”What exactly is it that you two want me to do?” The mission captain stood up from his chair and turned to look towards the window that overlooked the streets below. His visage saw three kids; the same kids that Helios had a brief encounter with earlier.

”Ah I’m sorry Helios, perhaps I should explain from the beginning. Jou here is an academy Jounin, teaching kids the lessons of being a ninja and what have ya. However, a few miscreants are ditching their classes to do their own thing. So we need someone more akin to their age group to show them the importance of the basics of Ninjutsu. You fit the criteria quite nicely.”

Helios couldn’t help but sigh and roll his eyes; the mission seemed beneath him considering for the last two days he was out fighting dangerous enemies. However, he shook his head gently and took the sheet that lay upon the top of the oak desk, glancing over the details quickly. As he has suspected, the kids that the captain and the sensei were talking about were the kids that Helios bumped into in the streets not too long ago, their names and profile pictures were documented on the sheet. It seemed the red shirt kid was the “leader”, by name of Jiro Joutou, but abbreviated to J.T. The girl’s name was Nene Kirika. The last boy was Borai Saotome, but everyone just called him by his last name as it sounded better.

Folding the sheets in half Helios put them into his pouch before preceding the leave the door. His head turned slightly back to his superiors. ”Consider the mission accepted. I’ll show these kids what it’s like to be a shinobi, one way or the other.”

[Guyviroth]

From what Helios saw out of the window from the mission office the kids were running south down the village square but wasn’t able to determine what route they took. It was going to be a considerable task just finding the kids first, so Helios decided that the best course of action was to be to gather information. From what he remembered they first came from an alleyway that was located near the hospital district and then preceded near the market place. Thinking it the best place to conduct his investigation Helios headed to the market.

The market district was considerably saturated with people today, with a lot of adults with their considerably younger kids that could possibly be no more than four years of age, so they definitely weren’t supposed to be at the academy today. They seemed to be having a lot of fun today too, with their parents buying them treats and toys with smiles upon their faces. Helios couldn’t help but smile, but as soon as he did it dissolved off his face; the boy couldn’t remember the last time he had a day out with his own parents. As he sat in thought of the fleeting times he had with them, a voice called out to him.

”Hey! Are you lost? Do you need help with something?”

A girl called out to the distant swordsman; a stall keeper that sold novelty masks carved out of various kinds of woods, from birch wood to oak to cedar. Her head leaned over the counter of vividly-colored masks of kitsune, ookami, neko, tengu and oni designs as she attempted to get Helios’ attention. Her voice struck true with his ears as he turned to face her before proceeding towards the stall.

”Yeah, I was hoping someone could help me with something,” Helios replied to her concern, digging through the pouch on his waist and withdrawing the folded sheet of paper. Unfolding it he held it so that the girl could read it, holding it over the counter before her. ”I’m looking for these three students who’ve decided to start skipping classes. Do you know if they’ve passed by here and where they went?”

”Oh, yeah, I know them three; they’re always skipping sensei Jou’s lessons. This is, like, the second week now they’ve been doing it. But I have seen them around here not too long ago; they were heading to the clearing just south of here.”

”Ah I see,” Helios smirked and nodded whilst folding the sheet of paper back onto itself before slipping it back into his pouch. He was rather happy that he was able to secure good information with a promising lead; if he left now he would be able to catch up to them. ”Thank you for your help, miss. Have a good day.” The girl smiled and nodded before Helios followed her directions to the southern clearing.

[Guyviroth]

The morning sun begin to peak in from around the clouds as it drifted from west to east, drifting upon God’s sky at a 60 degree angle indicating that the time was approximately 11 AM. The clouds were beginning to disperse gradually from one another, allow the sun to shine its heavenly rays upon the Hidden Lead and all within its vicinity. The breeze began to pick up as well, kicking at the dirt and fallen leaves as they danced and flew upon its currents to parts unknown. The sky was of a clear blue as well, and with the clouds as white as sheep it seemed that there was no sign of rain or storms.

The clearing spanned in a radius of thirty meters with a circle of trees around the field’s circumference with three dirt paths leading out of the area; The north path lead to the market square from which the kids originally came from and to which Helios was using as the means to finding them; the east path lead to the residential areas in which families would take the path to take their kids on picnics or on family outings; the last path that lead to the west lead to the Uchiha compound in which, like the residential people, would use in order to access the clearing for various reasons.

”Ah! What do we need that crummy old fart for anyways? We’ll just keep coming here and practice for our strongest techniques, right? I’ll totally master the power of the Chidori, and you’d better start believin’ it!”

A boy cried out as his face tightened into an almighty grin, pumping his fist in the air before imitating activating a Chidori technique, holding his left right with his right hand and open palm to the ground. Jiro Joutou was a rather impulsive young boy with an overactive imagination, always envisioning himself as a legendary Ninja whose powers were unrivalled. Of course, he always neglected his basic training and thus wasn’t particularly good at controlling his chakra, let alone mastering the Chidori.

”But, um, Jiro… You aren’t very good at jutsu…”

Nene Kiriha wasn’t so slow to point out Jiro’s obvious lack of education and training when it came to forming chakra. The young girl was considerably shy and soft-spoken when she was talking to anyone including her friends. She had a habit of holding her hands to her chest with intertwined fingers and twiddling her thumbs.

”Yeah Jiro. I mean, come on, don’t you think we should start paying attention in sensei’s classes?”

It seemed that Borai Saotome was the boy with a mind as big as his belly. The young lad wasn’t like the other two, where Jiro was the rash and head-strong lad who wanted to rush into things despite his obvious limitation and experience or lack there-of, while Nene seemed to just follow Jiro without thought of her own actions, sometimes an obvious characteristic of a person who has a lack of confidence.

”Your friend speaks wise words, Joutou.”

[Guyviroth]

The voice seemed to emanate it all directions of the clearing to which the three kids turned their heads in multiple direction to find its source, their eyes darting side to side in caution but also in fear of being blindsided by an attacker if the voice indeed was a voice of hostility. However, the three of them were rather somewhat educated at the three of them backed into each other after a brief moment of looking around the clearing. With their backs pressed together, they each withdrew a single kunai from their pouches, Jiro in a reverse grip while Nene and Borai held theirs in a front grip.

”W-Who’s there!? Show yourself, coward!”

A light chuckle could be heard from the voice before in a low tone, again the direction of the voice couldn’t be deciphered between the three kids. Again their eyes shifted from side to side until suddenly Borai spotted a white figure begin to emerge from the top of one of the trees as though the bark of the tree was being peeled away to reveal a man in white clothing underneath. The young boy tapped both of his comrades once each on the shoulder to which they turned around to see Helios amongst the branches, back leaning against the trunk.

”O-Oh! It’s… You…!”

Nene was surprised to see the boy whom they had bumped into earlier, although the three of them were rather confused as to why he was here in the clearing with them and hiding as he was doing.

”Yes it’s me,” Helios stated as he fully appeared amongst the branches as the strip of bark that seemed to conceal him floated down onto the grass below. He had a small smirk on his face with fixated eyes upon the group. ”I guess you weren’t able to see me while using my Magic Cloak of Invisibility Technique. But straight to the point already, it’s my mission to show you class-ditching blockheads the importance of basic jutsu.”

”See Jiro, I told you we shouldn’t be skipping classes! What’re we gonna do now?”

”Shuddup Saotome! Why should we stand here and listen to this guy?”

”Because if you don’t I’ll hack off both of your legs.” Jiro’s eyes widened as he gave a large gulp; was this guy really gonna hack off his legs or was he bluffing? Either way he wasn’t going to risk such a thing.

” So, what’s it gonna be?”

[Guyviroth]

It seemed that Helios’ bluff of a threat sunk deep into their heads, but even so Helios couldn’t help but think that hacking off their legs for disobedience would be a rather fitting punishment; at least they wouldn’t be able to skip classes anymore. Putting his grim thoughts to one side Helios looked at his three “students” whilst maintaining a grip on his scabbard, causing some discomfort between the academy students. He eyed all three of them for a moment as they stood next to each other in a line side by side before taking out and unfolding the sheet with their information; their profiles stated their combat effectiveness and where their sensei’s believed their strength lie.

According to the document, Jiro was an A class bum who spent most of his time sleeping in classes and not paying attention to his lectures, although it does say that he has considerable stamina as evident from the amount of fights he gets into. Nene doesn’t have much talent in the ways of ninjutsu although her use of weaponry is considered to be her main point of focus. Interestingly enough Borai has been noted on his speed and his use of Taijutsu coupled with a strong affinity to the Clone Technique.

”Interesting read. I think I have a rather good idea,” Helios began as he looked up from his sheet, looking from left to right at the students who stood in front of him; Jiro has his arms folded with an impatient look, Nene was still looking shy with her head down and twiddling her thumbs, while Borai was up straight with his attention focused solely on Helios. ”Seeing as you simpletons think basic training is a waste of time, I’ll make a proposition; if any one of you can beat me in a one-on-one fight I’ll give you each a thousand Ryo.”

All three of them were gobsmacked at Helios’ proposal; they began to imagine what they could do with a thousand Ryo each. However, Jiro raised an eyebrow as if to say that there was some sort of catch that their instructor wasn’t letting them in on.

”Hold on a sec! What’s the catch on this? It’s obviously you’ve got something up your sleeve!”

”Oh yes, you’re right. My wrist blade,” Helios humoured the boy as he pulled up his sleeve to reveal a wrist-mounted contraption that held a secret blade. ”But jokes aside, here’s the handicap; you three can use whatever equipment you want while I limit myself to only this scabbard, my fists, and my academy jutsu. You know, the ones you never bothered learning, Touhou.” The calling of his last name seemed to bother Jiro somewhat. ”So Kirika, why don’t we start with you?”
 

[Guyviroth]

It seemed the battle was about to get underway as both competitors stood around 10 meters away from each other, which Helios preferred to be a bit more but the size of the clearing was limited after all. Helios stood up straight with a lax posture that wasn’t as rigid as it usually was considering he was only up against a kid, but he still had his left hand gripped on the scabbard despite not having the sword sheathed inside; his chokuto along with the rest of his equipment lay in a pile nearby. His face was still and emotionless as though he really was ready to kill.

Nene’s look had completely changed from how it was before; only moments ago it seemed that she was completely nervous about being confronted by such an older person, and was at one point terrified that Helios approached them so close and threatened to amputate their legs if they tried to run away, but now her demeanour shifted polarities to which she became much more focused with an intent to fight showing in her eyes and posture. She held in front of her a single kunai in a front grip as she was watching closely at her opponent.

”C’mon Nene! Show this guy you ain’t someone to be messed with! Kick his ass!”

”Yeah Nene, show this guy we’re not good-for-nothings! Think of all the clothes you could buy with a thousand Ryo!”

Both Jiro and Borai sat away from the fight along the western set of trees as they watched both combatants from a side view in their stances, waiting for someone to make the first move. It seemed their words reached Nene but perhaps in a moment of pressure she struck out quickly, pulling out another two kunai attached to rope, while also pulling out another piece of rope and tying it to her already drawn kunai, tying it through the rung of it. She flung all three out, but all three seemed to miss, heading past Helios. The swordsman shook his head, but with a flick of her wrists Nene caused the ropes to overlap each other and tighten, and then pulling back she caused the ropes to restrict Helios’ arms. The swordsman was surprised; she was good with weaponry. Quickly the girl drew a fourth kunai and dashed towards Helios, aiming to stab at him.

”You’re not bad Kirika,” Helios applauded and praised her for her ingenuity. However it wasn’t enough to best Helios in this fight, when suddenly the ropes loosened as he shook his arms. As Nene drew close Helios pulled the scabbard from his waist ropes and struck her hard in the stomach with the end of it, causing her to yelp with a wide open mouth and hunching over before falling to her knees. Quickly he raised the scabbard as though to slam it down on the back of her neck, which caused her to close her eyes instinctively, but Helios stopped the attack just a few millimetres from the base of her neck. ”But had this been a real fight you’d of lost your head. The Escape Skill allowed me to escape from your binds. You made a good effort though.” Helios smirked as he turned to the two boys sitting down.

”So, who’s next?”

[Guyviroth]

It seemed that the kids were no longer as confident as they were since before they started this little sparring session. All of them were considerably quiet, with only light murmurings between the two that remained seated at the moment. Nene was still clutching her tummy after taking such a strong blow from Helios, while Jiro awaited his turn as he watched Borai stand a distance in front of the swordsman. The tension was getting considerably thick as one of them was taken out so easily, to which they all began to think if winning was at all possible.

Borai stood in a rather thuggish, almost caveman-like stance with a hunched back and arms held up in front but not square like a boxer would but more in lines of a grappler. His face had the look of seriousness plastered all over it, his eyes drawn and fixated upon Helios only. The swordsman however remained in his lax and upright stance as he did before, waiting for Borai to make his first move.

At first, the wide boy placed his hands close to one-another, his fore and middle fingers straight and crossing over one another. His use of jutsu was limited but he was fairly adept at using the Clone Technique, creating two clones beside him. Quickly though all three clones began to charge towards Helios, crossing over one-another in order to create confusion as he hoped that his opponent would have trouble keeping track with which one the real one was.

Helios wasn’t that much of an amateur though so he had already figured out which one was the real one without even thinking. Quickly Helios did the same thing as Borai did; crossing his fingers over one another he too created two clones. As his opponents charged closer Helios quickly stepped forwards with his clones soon following. The quick movement caused Borai and his clones to shield themselves in synchrony in reflex of the attack. The six of them collided upon the ground; one of Borai’s clones and Helios’ clones collided together and caused them to dissipate, while Helios’ second clone passed right through Borai and Helios passed through Borai’s second clone; it was evident that Helios was merely toying with the boy.

The boy was rather agitated and instead turned around seeing Helios form a seal. Borai reared his fist back and was about to punch at his opponent with great force, but suddenly Helios disappeared with nowhere to be found leaving behind a puff of smoke. As Borai become confused, Helios suddenly reappeared in another puff of smoke and struck Borai twice with his scabbard; one in the stomach like with Nene and then again in the side, causing the boy to tumble down.

”Your clones were good Saotome,” Helios awarded the boy’s efforts with kind words. ”The problem with clones is that only the real one gives off a shadow, which I used to find you were the real one and instead attacked your clone. My transformation Jutsu also allowed me to avoid your punch by turning into a rock and then changing back again to strike. I hope you’ll learn from this. Now then, one more opponent.”
 

[Guyviroth]

The last match was about to start. Both Borai and Nene sat down along the trees as they watched Jiro step up to the challenge and his began to jump up and down the spot with a smirk on his face, confident that he was going to be the one to beat Helios. The other two were not so sure however, considering that Jiro was the least effective in their training classes and didn’t even know any of the basic academy jutsu anyway. Even though Nene and Borai couldn’t win against Helios, Jiro believed he was going to be the one to win.

”You’d better have that thousand Ryo ready, cuz you’re about to get beat!”

Helios couldn’t help but sigh at the boy’s obnoxiousness and simply shrugged at his taunt. Helios knew from an instant that this boy wasn’t going to win but he thought he would entertain the thought anyway; he was here to show the kids that skipping class was bad and learning the basics of ninjutsu was vital to one’s growth as a shinobi. ”Well then Touhou, take your best shot at me.”

The boy growled and then quickly dashed in with a loud war cry as he reared back his fists. Helios didn’t pay much attention until he realised that it seemed this boy was considerably quick with his punches; a quick straight punch came at Helios’ stomach to which the swordsman avoided narrowly by twisting his hips and letting Jiro flow right past him. Helios was curious as to where this sudden speed came from considering it wasn’t mentioned on the document he was carrying.

Despite missing with the first punch Jiro maintained his forward momentum and kept lashing out with one strike after each strike. Helios began to notice that with each attack he seemed to be getting a bit more speed, so he opted in taking out his scabbard and using it to bat away Jiro’s clenched fist. The parry left a red bruise upon Jiro’s hand, to which he yelled out in pain while holding it thinking it was fractured. However, his anger started to get the better of him as he lost focus, rushing at Helios who met him with only a strike to the stomach. The boy was winded but kept standing, again taking another swing only for Helios to sidestep again and then strike twice with the scabbard; the back of the leg caused Jiro to fall to one knee whilst the second swing to the back caused him to hunch down and plant both hands on the ground.

”Do you understand the importance of your classes now, Touhou? Your sensei’s are there to teach you so you can understand the nature of ninjutsu, to protect your country, and more importantly to protect your loved ones. If you cannot do that… then you have no right to be called a ninja.”

Jiro was visibly disturbed, upset and angry with Helios’ words, to which he suddenly lashed out at Helios with a powerful rising uppercut. The fist connected squarely upon Helios’ jaw, causing him to rear back. The young boy gave a big smile as he struck him with his attack, but suddenly the swordsman disappeared, leaving behind only a log in its place. From behind, Helios struck the boy in the back of the head with his scabbard, causing him to fall unconscious. It seemed the fights were over.

[Guyviroth]

It seemed that with the three fights over no one had been able to come close to winning their share of the thousand ryo that Helios had offered as payment if they were able to beat him. However, it seemed that each one of the kids knew that they had learned a great deal from fighting with Helios; tactics in which they could deploy in combat, tricks to certain jutsus and how to avoid them, and why the basics of ninjutsu and basic academy techniques were important.

The three kids stood in a line side by side as they did earlier, facing Helios as he stood with his equipment back on his person again. The three of them seemed down, not because they lost or because they weren’t able to get any money out of it, but because they had wasted their time skipping classes instead of practicing which could have cost them their lives today.

”I was impressed by all three of you today if I have to be honest with you,” Helios praised the three of them to which he was all but too kind with. The three of them looked up with a small gleam in their eye to know that what they had done today was something well worth it. ”even though you skipped your classes you displayed a great deal of courage, tenacity, skill, and spirit.” Helios began to scan again from left to right, the first being Nene.

”Kirika, I believe that your use of items and your weapons were to be considerable. I think that you should focus on your weapons training as well as learning your ninjutsu.” a cheery smile and a blush began to show upon her face as Helios addressed her abilities. Her shy face hid behind two bangs of hair and her intertwined fingers with twiddling thumbs. Regardless, she was considerably pleased with Helios’ evaluation of her and her fighting abilities despite having such a short spar.

” Saotome, when I first laid eyes upon you I thought I was going to have a considerably easy fight on my hands, and I was proven wrong. Your uses of clones were considerable and despite your looks and your build you’re considerably quick as well as packing a lot of power behind your punches.” Borai gave a wide smile and nodded; it was great, knowing that despite his overweight physique he was still considerably quick.

”Touhou…” The sullen tone of Helios’ voice made Jiro wince at the sound of his name, not because he used his last name but because his voice sounded as though all he had was bad news. ”You’re a tough man. It’s a shame that this document doesn’t say you’re pretty quick, but you are; you should apply yourself more to your training and show off your speed. And the fact that I had to hit you so many times before you stayed down was remarkable.” Jiro smirked as he held his hands behind his head and chuckled a little.

It seemed that the mission was a success; Helios was able to demonstrate all of his academy jutsu as well as teach the kids the importance of the basics of jutsu and training; if not for one’s self, then for others.

EXIT

[Not Masakuni]

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