Short but establishes the training methods really well.

"GRRR!"

Hinata, having been working with Hana and her triplets for two weeks prior to excelling at the chunin exams, knew all to well what that sound meant. Dodging the triple strikes of the three dogs as gracefully as she could, Hinata knew it was useless to use her eyes. Unlike Kiba or Akamaru, these dogs moved too fast to bother trying to track them at her level. They were a great way to learn instinct and using her other senses, as well as evasion naturally. To be honest, this was a large reason she was able to evade Neji's strikes.

"Good job, girly, I hear you bested the prick Hyuuga boy."

Hinata nodded, sighing. "That prick Hyuuga is right over there, so be nice."

Neji popped up, frowning at them. "Prick Hyuuga? I guess that fits my earlier behavior."

Hinata nodded. "Like Mika would say, you just needed a kick to your overside ego to get your head out of your ass." She was as stunned as they were with her swearing but try working with Mika for two weeks and not start picking up his tendency to drop the f-bomb! "Anyway, she said, continuing to dodge the strikes as much as she could, ignoring the smell of dog breath and the whirling of the winds messing her hair up. "I need help with my training for the next month, we need to up my evasion and conditioning, this is a great way to do that."

Hana gave her a look of intense sadistic pleasure that only an Inuzuka could manage. "I would be honored, as would the triplets. They can play with you while I do my job, then I get to play with you! So much fun!"

Hinata almost regretted her next words. "I want to spar with you, flat out too, not just with evasion. Your taijutsu is even better than Neji's. I am going to be fighting Sasuke, who I am sure copied Lee's taijutsu, I saw that when he fought that Yoroi boy and when Lee fought Gaara. I need experience with my Gentle Fist, through Neji, and with my fighting a harder style which I get through you."

Hana oozed a mile of killing intent, totally moving past her normally sweet and kind disposition. "What an honor, kid! I know mom would be happy to help you too. I'll ask her cause I am so nice!"

She did not whimper, no Hinata did not whimper... "I am working on a few new Gentle fist moves, inspired by medical fighting. I cannot wait to try it."

Even Neji looked stunned." Hinata, there hasn't been a new Gentle Fist taijutsu move in over a century!"

"And now there is about to be at least... three!"

"Where did this come from, your changes?"

"Mika and myself, this part of me was always here, just hiding under the surface drowning with the abuse of our clan. Mika gave it cpr and pulled it from the water, but now... now I am swimming on my own. It's time to face the world, Neji, and I am almost ready."

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Mika panted, exhausted as he dropped to his knees. " Gai, you are a madman. How the fuck did Lee manage this with a thousand pounds of weight?"

Gai chuckled. "Pure determination, and a great diet. Why do you think I adjusted your own diet? You have as much determination as Lee does, which is shocking in and of itself."

Across from them, Raido groaned. "I saw Lee's fight, I am not sure I could best that brat in taijutsu. With Gai teaching you taijutsu and conditioning, and I work on your kenjutsu you will be an absolute beast by the month's end."

"And set up for more afterward," Mika said, proud. "I always struggled physically, my body just is sort of weak, but with Gai's help I can overcome that even if only to a limit."

Gai nodded. "Kakashi had that problem and still does because of his Sharingan eye. He was a great fighter but his strength wasn't the highest until he got much older, til he started to spar with me actually."

"I see. So what now, I already ran four laps around the village, did my hundred wind sprints over the water, did my hundred kicks and punches and... well, you know."

Gai fell into a low stance. "I need to asses your taijutsu skills before we adjust your style for a more offensive method. Now, come at me with the intent to kill!"

Sighing, Mika got up and breathed out, letting his chakra empower him ever so slightly. "Alright,.. but you also need to help me with my Silent killing and... with my secret weapon, one that will give me the edge on even Gaara."

They both looked at him, shock on their eyes. "You have something like that?"

"Yes... I read a scroll on the chakra transfer after I spoke with you yesterday Gai, I want to do the opposite like Yoroi. I want to siphon chakra. There are risks, as with the chakra transfer technique, I could damage my chakra network, overload myself, burn my muscles and skin... I need to do this right. I need to be patient and I need to do this with grace. Gaara's sand armor takes a tremendous amount of chakra, if I can chip away at that, I can turn the match into one of attrition. A war that, oddly enough, i can win. Especially if I learn a water bullet jutsu to expel the extra chakra."

Both men beamed, but it was Raido who spoke. "I have a better idea over the water bullet. I have seen Samurai do it, I can do something similar, as does Asuma... flowing chakra into your blade, to extend your reach. I think that with that, you can expel your chakra and cut that boy to ribbons."

Mika beamed right back. "Sounds great, let's get started." He turned to Gai and charged.

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Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.

This was a joy to write.

Love, your Ninja Overlord, Mika.