"Go."

I didn't immediately do anything, merely watching my two... opponents.

Sasuke immediately took out a Kunai, brandishing it backwards, dropping into a stance.

Naruto, somewhat surprisingly, didn't immediately rush forwards, but tensed up as he started shifting around.

Hmm. Well, guess I'll be the one to start this off.

I dashed forwards, moving at speeds one might expect from a low Genin. It wasn't my top speed, not even close, but Sasuke and Naruto were just academy students.

Not normal academy students, admittedly, but academy students nonetheless.

I went after Sasuke first, for the sole reason that he was slightly closer than Naruto had been.

I lashed out with a punch, aiming for the center of his mass, starting off with an easy hit that Sasuke would be able to block.

Should be able too, anyway. I wasn't hitting as hard as I could.

My punch hit Sasuke's arm, and I noted his eyes widening. His arm went backwards, moving along with the force, and pushing sideways, turning the block into a hasty redirection.

Good kid. He realised that I was stronger and faster than him, and thus hadn't tried to take the full force of what I could dish out.

Still...

My claws splayed out, and I grabbed his arm. I twisted, and brought my foot up, underneath his guard, hitting him smack dab in the solar plexus.

I kicked off him, bouncing up into the air and over Naruto's punch.

I hit the ground and rolled, immediately passing away from Naruto and out of the range of any retaliation that he might have tried.

Sasuke hit the ground and exhaled, his breath forced out of him. Not for long, he immediately rolled and stood back up again, coming to a stop next to Naruto.

"Naruto, be careful, Drich is much stronger than he... Hang on, are you a male or a female?"

I raised a claw, a ball of Darkness forming at the end of my pointer digit. "Is that really a question you should be asking in the middle of a spar?" I asked, right before I flung the ball at them.

They dodged, Naruto banking right and Sasuke banking left. It harmlessly exploded behind them, forming into a block of ice.

Well, for the moment, anyway.

Sasuke kept moving, ducking behind a tree for a moment before springing out, a Kunai being thrown at me. I merely ducked, letting it sail over my head- and promptly plucked it out the air with my antennae as it did.

It took absolutely no effort at all to send it back at him. He didn't try to catch it, instead quickly dodging and letting it sink into the tree next to him.

Good. He knew the two maxims of fighting a stronger and faster opponent.

Namely; don't, and if you really have to: dodge like a motherfucker.

Naruto, however...

I leaned backwards, neatly dodging his kick.

My claw gripped his ankle, and I promptly began spinning around, dragging him around with me, spinning fast enough to lift him into the air entirely as I did.

"WAAAHHH!!!"

I soon let go, and a meaty thwack quickly told me that no, Sasuke hadn't quite managed to dodge that one.

You know, this is actually rather fun.

Good god these two are persistent little brats.

I deflected a blow from Naruto, and immediately returned another of my own.

Despite the fact that he was panting, his considerable stamina worn down by the sheer length of the spar, he still managed an admirable dodge, though it was honestly more of a graceful fall rather an actual, purposeful dodge.

My arm sunk into the tree all the way up to my elbow, and Naruto only rolled to the side, already prepared to dodge.

Good. He'd learned.

A tendril of Darkness broke out of the side of the tree, stabbing at Naruto, who was already pushing into the air. My tendril missed entirely, sinking into the ground instead of Naruto.

I could have redirected the strike if I felt like it, or even extended another blade-like tendril from that one if I had really wanted to, but I didn't really feel like it.

"Fire Release: -" Was he..?

My head rotated, and yes. He was.

"Great Fireball-"

Whatever else he was saying was lost, because he promptly spat out a giant fucking fireball.

For a brief instant, I considered turning into a shadow, before dismissing it. I hadn't needed to do that in this fight yet, and a fireball wasn't going to make me.

Instead, I brought my other arm around, thoughts of Ice in my mind and a ball of Darkness already gathering at the tip of a digit.

I wasted absolutely no time in releasing it- not at the fireball itself, but at the ground in front of the fireball. The sudden blast of cold wind disrupted the fireball, and it petered out entirely when it hit the wall of ice.

Sasuke panted, breathing hard. He couldn't quite stand up, and I wasn't surprised at all when he collapsed to the ground, groaning.

Poor kid. He was fighting alongside a stamina freak, against a creature that just plain didn't get tired.

It was totally understandable that he was all tuckered out.

"All-right then, I think we'll end the spar there."

And like that, Naruto promptly collapsed, leaning against the same tree that Sasuke himself was leaning against.

"That was a pretty nice fireball you had there, Sasuke. You're also fairly well accomplished in Taijutsu, and you're no slouch with a Kunai, either."

Sasuke groaned, which sounded rather suspiciously like a 'thank you'.

"As for you Naruto... Well, you were actually pretty good at Taijutsu. You also have a lot of stamina, and you're pretty tough and strong."

He grinned.

"However, both of you need to learn to work together. Because you didn't. At all."

Sasuke looked up, and Naruto looked confused. "Why?"

"I'm hardly the best person to explain this, but the reason why is because you are a team. If you two had worked together and cooperated with each other, you would have been able to achieve much more than you actually did."

Sasuke shifted slightly.

"There is a good reason why all genin teams in Konoha are made of four people. You have your teammates, teammates which can watch your back and compliment your skills and abilities. Teammates can cover your weaknesses, and prevent you from coming to harm. Against a single opponent, a team of two or more people is exceedingly dangerous. Against me, for example, if you two had attempted a two pronged assault, I would have had a much harder time actually defending myself against you."

"So, teammates good?"

I rolled my eyes. "Yes Naruto, teammates good."

I looked at them again, my eyes glowing slightly brighter than normal.

"You two... You should try training with each other. Spar with each other. Learn from each other, and get to know each other. Pay attention to each other and try to learn how you both think and act." Which had been exactly what Shikaku, Chouza and Inoichi had done. Those three knew each other well enough to accurately guess each others thoughts and actions, often before the others would actually know what they were going to do anyway. "And once you know each other, team up and spar with someone else. Fight together and apart. Push each other onto greater heights. You two could become an exceedingly effective team if you wanted; you both have advantages that can augment the other."

Sasuke groaned.

Mentally chuckling, I leaned over and picked up Sasuke,

"But before any of that happens, you two should be getting home. It is getting a tad late."