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Naruto watched as Sauke and the rest of his team continued on with hand to hand combat training. He chuckle as he saw Kiba and Sasuke go head to head. They were completely into their fight they didn't even realize they were starting to draw attention to themselves. Soon the whole section was watching picking sides and cheering while others placed bets on who would when.
It was a pretty even match until Sasuke managed to trip Kiba's balance and he got the upper hand. Pushing Kiba to the ground and putting the wooden dagger to his throat with a cocky smirk on his face. Thinking the fight over until Kiba managed to kick him off and their fight was back going again. It would have continued on for hours if the commander hadn't stepped in. Separating them saying they were to evenly matched to fight together this long.
And that it would never end if he let it continue. Insuring them they could continue again later but to pick a different partner for now. "That was very foolish for the commander to separate them. If they are together they can build on each others strength." Kurenai said to Naruto.
Naruto glanced her way briefly turning back to Sasuke before answering with a content smile. "Not entirely, If they continued to just fight each other all their training would simply be based on how to defeat one another. If they ever had to fight someone else completely different from each other than they would be unprepared seeing as they were tailored to fight one another." Naruto explained the commanders reasoning.
Kurenai blinked shocked seeing he had a point. She sometimes forgot how much the Kitsune knew about fighting and training seeing as she had never seen him do so herself. There was never a need for him to fight for himself seeing as people like the Priests did it for him. Though Naruto had told her he was not so dependent on them he did train himself at night occasionally as not to get rusty in case a force to strong for them came along.
When she asked who could possibly be so powerful he had merrily looked away with a knowing smile on his lips. "I had not thought of it that way, but still everyone else here is much to easy for them to defeat they need a much more powerful opponent." Kurenai said getting an idea in her head she had a mischievous smile on her face. She leaned in asking permission to carry out her plan from the Kitsune.
Which they all had come to do when anything concerned this squad. They were afraid of messing with whoever it was the Kitsune cared about. Naruto showed his on wide fanged smile at the plan he nodded eagerly at her idea. Excited that she had gotten such a good reaction out of the Kitsune (It was the most interested and happy one she ever got) she jumped out the carriage (Which she currently always sat in with him to provide immediate conversation as long as she didn't touch his tail she could stay) and rushed over to the others in the Kitsune's court.
They were glad to hear she had come up with an idea that pleased the Kitsune so. They conversed about the details before in acting the plan. Wanting to make sure everything was perfect so he would be proud of them. Receiving praise from the Kitsune was something everyone longed for. Once their plan was complete they just had to decided who would carry it out.
It was Kurenai's idea but because she was a handmaiden they might not take her seriously enough so they couldn't be properly graded. That was the same reasons they couldn't do Anko. So That left the Priests. They couldn't do Kakashi because he was to powerful and wouldn't be able to hold back. Iruka was to nice to piss them off enough Guy was to overly excited so that left Asuma.
They went over and told the leading commander of the squad what they were about to do before they began. Naruto was basically bouncing around like a giddy little child. Which was quite comical when you took in his real age. The commander silenced everyone and got their attention before turning it over to Asuma. Who walked up to Sasuke and Kiba both.
He took a position and simply said. "Come at me." It was quite clear he wanted to fight. It shocked everyone to a great deal. One of the ledgendary Priests wish to fight a simple recruit who wasn't even out the academy yet. This was amazing. Just when they thought this squad couldn't be more great then the Kitsune watching.
But now even the chosen priests were interested in members of the squad. Sauske and Kiba were both caught off guard by his words but they looked at each other nodding before charging at him. They knew they stood no chance but that didn't mean that they would simply give up. At least the priests was simply using hand to hand combat on them. Because everyone knew very well that the Priests were gifted with amazing powers from the Kitsune.
It was part of the perks of being a Priests that and increased strength and endurance as well. Which made it that much harder to get a hit in. Though they did manage to trip him almost knocking his balance down. But he got it back quick enough. Sasuke and Kiba manage to get ten hits in before they were down for the count. They were sweating and panting nearly passing out on the ground when it was over.
But they were proud to say that they manage to get the Priests a little out of breath to. Though he recover much quicker after a slight glow engulfed his body. Obviously the gift the Kitsune had given him taking effect. When they all finally caught their breath Asuma smiled widely at them and said loud enough for everyone to hear "Congratulations! You pass the test! You both have now been promoted to official guards!"
They could both be mistaken for fish out of water with their mouths opening and closing like that. Until they broke out into huge grins jumping up and cheering forgetting about their past exhaustion. Their excitement was contagious as everyone started cheering even The Kitsune's court and defiantly Kitsune himself who could not contain his excitement.
The test had been they simply need to land 1 hit on Asuma and they had managed 10! Plus making him tired! That put them beyond the top. They were obviously a great team and if it were up to Asuma he would have made them part of the elite guard but he knew he didn't have to they would make it there themselves in due time. He was quite sure he knew who would be succeeding him in his friends in the future