Author's Note: Sorry for the very late update! Here's the two chapters! Enjoy^^/
Training With Sasuke
Kakashi was waiting for Mugen at Ichiraku Ramen as he had told them earlier that he wanted to meet him for Sasuke's training. "Excuse me. Yo, Kakashi." Mugen said as he walked in and greeted the owner, Teuchi. The man took a seat next to his friend and ordered a glass of water. "You're late." Kakashi simply said and that made Mugen chuckled. "Talking about yourself over there? I heard you were always late meeting your team." Said Mugen, thanked Teuchi for giving him the glass of water that he really needed. "Oh? Are you sure it's me? Maybe you thought of someone else there." Said Kakashi, denying it and finishing his ramen. At the same time, Kakashi put down his bowl while Mugen put down his empty glass. "Please don't start a fight…Please don't start a fight…It would be an interesting fight but not in my shop!" Teuchi hoped while had his eye on them.
"Dad, I'm back! Oh! Hey, Mugen! Kakashi!" Ayame greeted, with her usual cheery smile. After not receiving any answer from the man, Ayame turned to her father. "What the heck is going on here?" She whispered and her dad shrugged. The two looked closely at their two customers and fell to the ground when they dozed off. "HEY, WAKE UP!" Ayame yelled and slammed her hand on the table. Worked like a charm, the woke up and looked at each other. "You too, huh?" Mugen asked, with his eyes and Kakashi's weren't visible. The white haired Jounin gave a nod, "Yeah…" He said, making Teuchi and Ayame more curious than before. "What the heck happened, you two?!" Ayame asked. Both slowly looked up at her and color drained from their faces, "The new issue of the Make Out Series isn't out yet…" They said in unison and Ayame simply told them to go home.
The two men walked down the street and serious this time. Hopefully. "So, he already knew what his chakra nature is, huh? And you taught him Chidori too?" Mugen asked and Kakashi responded with nods. "You kinda know how to use Chidori, right? So, I thought you train him to perfected his Chidori. Can you do that?" Said Kakashi and stopped when he asked him the question. Mugen stopped as well and gave a thought. "Sure, leave him to me." Said Mugen, and Kakashi told him to meet Sasuke by the Village Gates. He will also showed him where he and Kakashi usually train.
On the next day, Sasuke was making his way to the village gates early in the morning. And to his surprise, instead of waiting for Kakashi, Mugen was waiting for him. The man noticed his presence and gave a short wave, "Yo." Sasuke sighed and closed his eyes as he walks up to the man. "I'm guessing Kakashi ditched me with you, huh?" Sasuke asked and received no answer from him. "Sensei? Hey-!" Sasuke stopped when Mugen rubbed his knuckle into the boy's head. "What's with that attitude of yours, huh? Who the hell do you think I am, you bastard..!" Said Mugen, making expressions of a thug. Sasuke stopped him by grabbing his hand, "O-okay, I'm sorry." He said and Mugen laughed, patting the boy's back. "I was just pulling your leg, Sasuke! I'll be taking over your training until the finals! Come on, live a little!" Mugen said while laughing and patting Sasuke's back. Sasuke glared at him and sighed, "Alright then, let's go." Said Sasuke and he walked past him, Mugen followed.
Mugen whistled as he looked around at the training area. Smashed boulders, cracked ground and a lot of debris. "You really did a number on those innocent boulders, Sasuke." Said Mugen, earning a confused look from the young Uchiha. "Uh, sorry?" Sasuke said as he didn't know if he should apologized or not. "Nevermind about that, let's get down to business." The man said and cracked his knuckles. He told Sasuke to use Chidori as long as he can while smashing the rocks and boulders around them. "It's all about chakra control so, show me what an Uchiha can do!" Mugen said and Sasuke followed his instructions as his will was lit on fire by his words. Mugen would sometimes help him by showing him how to intensify the Chidori and demonstrated him but most of the time he would just watch.
"Alright, that is it for now. Get some rest while I get the fire ready for our camp." Said Mugen and walked away to get some firewood as well as food. Sasuke nodded and waited Mugen was out of sight before he let his body fall on the ground. The boy sighed and catch his breath. The two were sitting by the warm and brightly lit fire, waiting for their fish to cook. "Are you okay? Need any healing?" Mugen asked while poking the sticks in the fire with another stick. Sasuke simply gave a nod and watch the flickering flame. "Is Itachi your goal, Sasuke?" Mugen asked, without looking at him. Sasuke shot up his head and looked at him in surprise, before he turned away. "Yeah, what of it? You want to stop me and said that it's wrong goal or something?" He asked with anger and hatred in every word. "Well, usually that's what most people would say. And calm down, Itachi isn't going anywhere. Here." Said Mugen and handed him a cooked fish. "You can't fight with an empty stomach, right?" He said while Sasuke looked at him, confused and surprised by his reaction. The boy grabbed the cook fish and closed his eyes. "Sensei.." Sasuke called him. "Hm?" The man responded as he just bite into his fish. Sasuke grew a smirk on his face, "Thanks for the food." He said and bites into his meal. Mugen nodded, "Yup."
On the next day, they started the training at full throttle. "Itachi is strong, way strong. Revenge is a bad thing and even though I don't understand that anger of from your parents died but everyone lost things that are precious to them." Said Mugen, while watching Sasuke smashing more boulders. "So I was right, you would tell me that my goal is wrong." Said Sasuke as he stopped to catch his breath. "I'm not saying it's wrong and I'm not saying it's right either!" Mugen said and Sasuke gripped his knees, "Then what are you trying to say then?!" Sasuke asked, looking at the man with frustration and anger. "To learn about the truth, that should be your goal. And beat some sens into him." Said Mugen and he walked up to him. "Sure, you need power to fight someone like him but going through it alone is not meant that you are strong. It's foolish." Said Mugen and his answer made Sasuke's eyes widened. "You have friends and comrades in this village, don't forget them. Don't let yourself carry that burden. You can become strong, everyone is strong in their own way. Now, let's finish this training and kick ass in the finals!" Said Mugen and held out his fist. Sasuke looked at him and his fist before gently hit it with his fist.
On the day of the finals, everyone was waiting restlessly because Sasuke hasn't arrived yet and any longer will cause him to disqualify. "Come on, where are you, Sasuke?" Naruto asked and clenched his fist until the wind blew harshly, leaves were dancing all over the place. "The heck is with this wind?" Ino said while covering herself from the wind as well as Sakura and everyone else. Then, the girl saw something in the arena and saw Sasuke and Mugen appeared. The wind died down and everyone was impressed by the entrance the two made. "Hey, Genma. Are we still in?" Mugen asked and the proctor smirked, told them they just barely made it. Mugen nodded and turned to the boy next to him. "Good luck." He said and patted his shoulder, earned a nod from him.