First Day of Teaching

Past the waterfall portal, the three of them found Hunter pretty early, training very fiercely. Hunter's crimson shirt pretty soaked as he splashed some water on himself. Dustin took evident of that and turned to Tori's direction, avoiding Shane and Hunter but knew Tori had known about him.

"I'll see you guys later," Shane said as he walked and waved to the direction of his class.

"All right," Tori replied on behalf of the both of them. Hunter came to Dustin's direction and greeted them with a smile.

"Hey Dustin," Hunter called him over. Dustin thought in his mind to just shake it off. Tori gave him a pat on the back. One that tells 'good luck.' He really needed that.

"Hey Hunter. Aren't you cold?"

"I was just training. I needed that."

"Then, aren't you hot?" Hunter laughed at him. But then, out of nowhere he slowly removed his crimson shirt as the water trailed down his figure, showing such detail that made an inner Dustin have a huge nose bleed. He wrung his shirt out and left it on top of a pole to dry out in the sun. The rays reflected on his wet body, and Dustin was going insane.

Hunter leaned over to Dustin and hugged him, causing his yellow shirt to turn see through.

"Ha ha, got you wet. Now that that's done, c'mon Dustin let's go for a swim." Hunter removed his trainers to reveal white and yellow boardies. Dustin couldn't help but to look at that. The incentive of it. Dustin just looked straight back into Hunter's blue eyes until he turned away and dove into the river. He removed his shirt and left it next to Hunter's to dry. He dove in head first, causing a tremendous splash that impressed Hunter.

Once Dustin surfaced, he looked around to find Hunter. He couldn't see him anywhere. Hunter was underneath him. He started to rise and Dustin was found on top of Hunter, then fell back into the water. Hunter pulled off a great prank, he started laughing hysterically. Dustin came back up and chased after him. After shallow waters, it became easier for Dustin and he tackled Hunter to the ground. The water level came about above Hunter's ear. An awkward moment had happened as Hunter was tackled. Dustin was on top on Hunter, water dripping on Hunter's forehead. Both pairs of eyes fixed on each other. Dustin thought his blue eyes matched the river and Hunter thought Dustin's brown ones stood out in the blue sky.

Dustin had an impulse reaction and leaned close to Hunter. Their faces were pretty close, they could feel each other's pants. Closer and closer they came and then..

"Hey, you two." Tori called from afar. They both turned their heads to see. "Sensei's calling you guys. Y'know just because you graduated doesn't mean you should start slacking off." Dustin looked back at Hunter and grabbed his hand to help him up. Tori came close and absorbed all the water they were soaked in. They were instantly dry. They grabbed their shirts and ran to Ops.

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AS soon as they both came down the stairs, they found their ninja uniforms thrown at their faces.

"Get dressed. Your first class is soon. You two will be teaching together." They slipped into the leather suits and made their way back up. They went back to the surface to find a huge crowd lined up in front of Ops. Dustin was a little surprised and shocked, no words came out.

"Alright class. We're your mentors for this semester. I'm Hunter and that's Dustin." Hunter bowed after the introduction and the class bowed in return. "Okay pair up and start sparring as practice. You'll need all the training you can get." Dustin became marveled by Hunter's strength in his voice and his authority over the class. He was impressed.

Half and hour later, until the class has gotten much out of that time, Dustin halted them and called for attention.

"Alright class, today being the first lesson and all, we'll start with some basic tricks and recap on your training. Remember, ninja training should never be used aggressively. It shows weakness. Watch." Dustin threw a punch at Hunter but was blocked and knocked over by a counter force. He fell down to the dirt below him. A friendly hand came up to his face and he grabbed it and stood back up. Hunter brushed off the dirt he missed off his uniform.

"Alright, that was an example. Pair up then." Dustin walked over to Hunter.

"Sorry about that, yea?" Hunter had an apologetic face and patted Dustin's shoulder.

"Yeah, no sweat dude." He patted back and were exchanging smiles at each other.

Dustin turned back to face the class. "Alright next recap."

"It's important to never let your guard down" Hunter exclaimed. "It would also be great if you could lower your opponents too. It gives you the upper hand."

Dustin saw the opportunity to strike and ran straight for him. He threw a punch at him and he grabbed it with ease. He drew it behind his back and shoved him forward. Dustin threw a hi kick and Hunter ducked and leg swept Dustin, who fell back. But what he felt was not hard ground but two suspending objects on his backside. Hunter had caught him before he hit the ground. At this point, Dustin blushed a little but was not evident. He helped him back up and addressed the class.

"Offensiveness can be helpful when trying to throw your opponent off." He grabbed Dustin and dragged him forward but in the process, tripped him over. Hunter took a good hold of Dustin's arm, spun him around and pulled him closer, ending in the position of a dip in a formal dance. Now Dustin was in full blush mode and turned into a cute strawberry, in Hunter's opinion. He dragged him back up and Dustin became overwhelmed. Hunter took over and told the class to go practice.

Dustin fell backwards to the ground and spread his arms and legs wide open in relaxation. Hunter lied down next to him and brushed a few strands of hair away from his face. Dustin opened his eyelids until a shadow like figure appeared as his first sight. He expanded his eyelids until he saw shining blonde hair reflecting in his eyes, and an innocent like face staring back at him. His heart started fluttering at the cute sight and sat back up.

"You doing anything later?"

"Nah, I'm free. You got anything planned?"

"Well, I was going to ask you out - " Dustin slowly blanked out by that, not realizing he hadn't finished yet. He was got a little excited too fast.

"- to the movies. That sound good to you?" Dustin paused about 5 seconds to comprehend what had happened, and blanked out in front of Hunter before giving his response.

"Uh, yeah. That sounds great." Dustin tried to act as casual as he could.

"Cool. So um," Hunter stuttered a bit. "How about I come round about 7. The movie doesn't start until 8 but I figure we could just go and hang out."

"Okay then. So it's a date then."

"Yeah well I think we should wrap things up."

They both stood up, called the class together and dismissed the class.

"I'll see you soon then." Hunter waved behind and walked back to his apartment.