Prodigy

"What do you mean you want to test us?" Killua raged at the impudent teacher. Iruka was beginning to get on his nerves with his thinking they were like the rest. Heck, the Uchiha brat didn't even come close to his level! It was pitting greenhorns against seasoned veterans in the field of combat. He was still against the whole school issue. Gon had shown he could only make a single clone with the siphoned energy. Killua struggled with two. It was easy to pass it off as a result of their "bloodline", but it made for some mocking and doubts on the part of the two teachers.

"So, I have decided to pair Gon with Naruto," Oh right, the teacher had been speaking, "and Sasuke versus Killua."

"What?! I'm not going to face that guy!" Killua pouted and jabbed his thumb in the direction of the brooding boy.

Sasuke growled, "Are you mocking me? I could beat you to the ground in an instant." Killua smirked and shrugged.

"I know I could."

"Boys quit it now! I'm sorry about this, but I do not agree with the Hokage's assessment to let you opt out of taijutsu. You're just kids!"

"Ch." Killua glared at Sasuke.

"Hn." Sasuke glared right back. They didn't need any prompting to get on the field. Killua relaxed his stance, hands in his pockets, and allowed his anger to diminish. There was something about Sasuke that always upset him. He carried himself with an air of superiority, which would be fine, except he repeatedly scorned everyone around him. For his lack of experience, Sasuke was undoubtedly strong; however, his personality left much to be desired. His personality was eerily similar to that of Miluki's (minus the laziness and yelling.)

Iruka sighed, one hand on his forehead, in defeat. He seemed to be doing that frequently. He waved his hand, "go ahead. Be sure to give the proper greeting." The seal of Confrontation. They would hold up two fingers on their right hands signaling the challenge. "Bow." The two gave a polite bow. "Begin!"

Sasuke launched himself with trained grace. There was a deep lunge with his right hand. Slow, Killua thought. He's way too slow! In a split second, Killua had shifted his body within centimeters of the boy's fist. It ruffled his clothes but left Killua otherwise unscathed. Killua's face remained calm and composed as Sasuke's face contorted into a snarl. He lunged again, aiming for a sharp kick, which impacted the air.

"Go Killua!" Killua turned to Gon with a somewhat blank expression. The boy wasn't even focused on the fight! But he was distracted now! Sasuke took the chance to aim for the face. His fist came around towards the oblivious boy. I got you now!

"How naïve." Killua ducked and twisted around with a sharp kick to the abdomen. Sasuke went tumbling to the ground. HE grunted and held his stomach in pain as he struggled to sit up. Killua raised his hand and shouted, "Sensei! I beat Sasuke, so can I go now?"

"Eh?" There's no way! He just took out the top student with a single blow! "Is Gon on the same level?"

"Hmm. We use different fighting styles, but we trained together. Yes? Actually, Gon relies purely on brute strength so he may be even better than me." Killua shrugged and laced his hands together behind his head. His right foot was kicking the dirt in impatience. He wanted to get out of the stupid class already.

"Alright. You two can leave."

"Thanks Sensei!" Killua yanked Gon out of the line of students. "Let's get out of here Gon! We can go practice making jutsus work!"

"Eh? But I wanted to fight Naruto!"

"You'll just beat him anyway! You don't want Naruto getting hurt do you?"

"No…" The entire class watched the new students go. No one could say a thing. They had just watched the top student get beaten in a few seconds. There was no words to describe what they had just seen.

"I guess I'll just pair Sasuke up with Naruto again."

"Why do I have to fight that bastard!" Naruto groaned. "Gon seemed so much more fun."

"You can do that some other time. Now get in the ring Naruto!"

"Dang it…"

Sasuke clenched his teeth and bore daggers into the retreating figure of Killua. Why? Why is there always so much difference?! For a moment, Killua's figure was replaced with that of his older brother's.

"You are weak."