Chapter 7
I was lead to some of the training grounds near the academy. I would go up against Gai, then Kakashi, testing out my taijutsu skills against guy, and my ninjutsu and genjutsu against Kakashi.
I was itching for a fight. I hadn't been in a good one for a few months (the last was a tavern brawl, barely counts!). I did a few stretching exercises and gave Naomi a few practice swings while Gai was running laps around the field. I started doing pushups while doing a one-handed handstand, and then going to only balancing on two fingers. It felt nice to stretch everything out. Ninjas should be constantly stretching or making an exercise out of everyday things because you never know when you're going to walk into your next fight. Gai signaled he was ready, and I gave him a thumb up saying that I was ready too. The Hokage was going to be the referee of the fight.
Kakashi's PoV
Gai and Sonya did a few warming up exercises. Gai was of course doing laps around the field (I swear all the man does is run) and Sonya was doing various stretching exercises, settling on doing one-hand handstand and doing pushups like that. Gai signaled he was ready by doing his 'nice guy' pose, and Sonya gave him a thumb up and a smirk. I admit I'm pretty curious to see how she does. When the Hokage gave the signal to start, Gai and Sonya instantly sprang into action. All I could see was two blurs come at each other before I saw Gai crossing his forearms protecting himself from a over the head strike from Naomi. They quickly broke apart and stood a few feet from each other, slowly circling each other. Sonya seemed to be having fun, and Gai seemed shocked at her speed. Again, all I could see was blurs. I activated my sharingan to keep up with the fight. Sonya was giving as many hits as she was receiving from Gai, and that's pretty fast considering she's wielding a two handed sword. Unfortunately though, Sonya was only a tad bit slower than Gai, but it was enough for him to be able to exploit. On an over head chop, Gai managed to get his hands on either side of the blade on the flat side, and promptly sent it spinning away, where it was embedded deep in the soil, effectively disarming Sonya. However, it seemed she was prepared and already had three kunai aimed towards Gai. He managed to dodge them, but on the last one he got a shallow cut on the cheek. Sonya quickly went on the offensive seeing Gai's surprise at getting cut. No longer having a two sword to wield, Sonya's hand-to-hand attacks easily kept up with Gai's. Sonya's fighting movement was very close somewhat similar to The Gentle Fist style, simply because she was aiming for disabling hits, rather than going for a kill. Though hers was a bit altered, she preferred to block attacks rather than dodge, even if she was doing a good job at both. Gai apparently sensing he was at a disadvantage needed a way out and fast.
So of course he activates the first of the eight chakra gates. I saw Sonya's eyes go wide, her expression 'oh shit'. Right before Guy did the Front Lotus move and rammed Sonya into the ground. I can tell Sonya didn't think Guy would be so quick to use that move, because she did nothing to prepare herself. When the dust settled, I saw Sonya laying limply on the ground, Guy hovering over her and shaking her shoulders rapidly, making her look like a bobble head. I quickly ran over to them to inspect the damage, but when I got there it turns out she wasn't as injured as I thought her to be. Guy had stopped shaking her, but he still had his hands on her shoulders. She had a bit of a dazed look on her face, and most of her hair and fallen out of her ponytail. She blinked repeatedly, as if trying to figure out what happened. Then she looked up at Guy.
And then she started laughing.
I was completely shocked, as was Gai. Then Gai started to wail.
"Noo! I have broken the youthful Sonya! I did not think my Front Lotus would do so much damage! I will never forgive myself! NEVER!" Two streams of tears were coming out of Guys eyes, and the air around us started to sparkle, while a sunset slowly rose in the sky. I sweat-dropped.
"Ahaha hahahah, nah nah, it's all good Guy! I was just surprised you used that move on me! I haven't had that great of a fight in forever, and it's been YEARS since someone had the guts to use that on me!" Sonya exclaimed. She had scrapes and bruises all over, but she was currently holding her stomach laughing. Everyone else sweat-dropped at her.
Naruto had promptly jumped out of the Hokage's grasp and ran towards Sonya.
"Mommy mommy! I was so scawed you were dead when Gai said you bwoke you!" Naruto cried out
Sonya smiled and wrapped her arms around Naruto, hugging him assuredly.
"Nah, it's alright baby. It takes a LOT more than that to break mommy."
The Hokage cleared his throat before commenting.
"Well, despite from Guy opening up the first chakra gate, you did a splendid job in that fight. Your taijutsu is in excellent condition." Hiruzen said while smiling.
Sonya smiled back.
"Eh, thanks Gramps! I haven't had a good hand-to-hand fight in awhile, was nice to stretch my muscles." She said giving a large grin to the Hokage.
I still couldn't get over how she could get away with calling him Gramps …