Toshiro and his squad had the last stage of the Chunin exams coming up and they had to practice hard. Naruto had not been there to cheer him on in the preliminary round but she was here now and he liked that. She was actually watching his squad train today and he was putting in his all, showing her how tough he really was.
One thing that Anko had them do was a sort of a last man standing thing. Ish. She would pick two of us and have us fight each other, no holding back. And then the winner would verse the remaining squad member and then the winner of that match would verse Anko who would always win. First up was Eimi and Hoshi. Hoshi won, meaning that Toshiro would fight him. Toshiro won and fought Anko who beat him within the first few second of the match.
"Anko, you ready to go me? We haven't done this in ages." Naruto said, jumping down from the tree she had been watching from.
"You bet ya." Anko said, rolling her shoulders and preparing for battle. Toshiro and the other two Genin watched on with wide eyes as the two Jounin fought. Their speed was inhuman and a few times Naruto disappeared and then reappeared in another area. He wondered how she was doing it. In the first few minutes of the battle, it had been mostly taijutsu but as it went on, the two Jounin started using dangerous ninjutsu. Anko even tried using genjutsu but Naruto releases it as soon as she sensed it. Anko used the Phoenix Flame Fireball Jutsu and it sent massive swirls of fire everywhere. When the fireballs disappeared, Naruto was nowhere to be seen. Then she reappeared behind Anko, holding a kunai to her throat. "Got ya, Anko. With the many times I have used that strategy on you I would have thought that you would have found a way to prevent it." Naruto said. She removed her kunai from Anko's neck and stepped away. That had been so easy. "Gee, Anko, you're getting sloppy. I guess it must be from getting old and having a baby with Kakashi." Naruto said wiggling her eyebrows. "So how are things between you and Kakashi? Is it still saucy, even at your old age?" Naruto asked, completely forgetting about the three Genin.
"You will never know." Anko said, smiling deviously at Naruto.
"I'll take that as a yes." Naruto said. She turned around and saw the three Genin and then remembered what they had been doing there. "Oh, yeah, sorry guys. Yeah, that's how a pro fights. I haven't even broken a sweat." Naruto said.
Toshiro and the other two Genin looked at Naruto with admiration. That included Hoshi. "How did you do that disappearing thing? It was so awesome!" Eimi said, jumping up and down. "Can you teach it to me?"
"It's called the Hiraishin." Toshiro said, proudly. He only got a cold stare from Hoshi. She noticed that Hoshi didn't seem to like Toshiro or her. Maybe Sasuke did say something.
Naruto knelt down in front of the three. "Sorry, guys. The secret of the Hiraishin can only be taught to a Namikaze." Naruto said. The other two Genin looked sad and defeated. She felt kinda sad but knew that the Hiraishin was something she could only teach to another Namikaze.
"Does that mean you will teach me?" Toshiro asked, hopeful.
"I don't see why not." Naruto said, shrugging her shoulders. Toshiro launched himself into Naruto's arms, knocking her over. Naruto left them to train, promising Toshiro that she would begin teaching him the Hiraishin after the last stage of the Chunin exams.
Should Toshiro pass the Chunin Exams? Should Kazar show up and attack the village? Do you think its time that Naruto loose control of Kurama?
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