The Bell Test Part 2
(FUGAKU)
The next morning, Fugaku stood on the edge of the training ground an hour early, throwing shuriken at the target on the opposite side and hoping for Minato to arrive before everyone else. Thankfully, the blond arrived a few minutes after him, glancing over his shoulder as though he was being followed. Fugaku met Minato at the target and started to yank his weapons out.
"I apologize for how rude I was to you yesterday." Fugaku could not meet Minato's eyes.
"Apology accepted. Kaori-san is coming after because I skipped breakfast. Can you tell her we agreed to meet here and I was late, please?"
"You should not skip breakfast."
Minato mumbled something incoherent.
"Minato-kun!" A woman's voice scolded and she appeared behind Minato a second later. "I told you to eat before you left for training today."
"I am Uchiha Fugaku. Minato-san and I agreed to meet early for extra training, Hatake-san," Fugaku intervened smoothly, placing himself between Kaori and Minato. "We're already starting later than we intended because Minato-san was late. Would you please excuse us?"
Kaori's eyes narrowed in displeasure but she could not argue without appearing rude to the Uchiha scion. "Very well. Enjoy your day." She vanished in a swirl of leaves.
"Now we have to train in case she comes back!"
Minato shrugged, still not meeting Fugaku's eyes.
"You're going to start by learning how to throw a kunai straight; a normal one, not your weird one." Fugaku dragged Minato ten feet away from the target. "Now, are you right or left-handed?"
"Left," Minato responded, shoulders straightening.
"Then why is your weapons pouch on your right leg?"
Minato shrugged and Fugaku did not press the point. Instead, he launched into explaining the proper form. By the time Jiraiya arrived and hid in the trees to watch, unknown by the two boys, Minato went from not knowing the proper form to hitting the center of the target almost every try. Fugaku then demanded Minato teach him how he had taken the book out of his hand the morning before. While Minato explained basic chakra manipulation, Jiraiya intercepted Taja before she could interrupt the boys and left them to train by themselves.